On Wednesday, January 7, 2004, NWA-TNA presetned NWA-TNA PPV 76. from the Asylum in Nashville, TN with PPV 76.
The show kicks off with a dramatic video package: NWA-TNA World Champion Jeff Jarrett, brimming with confidence, proclaims his dominance with Don Callis by his side.
The tension spikes as CM Punk and Julio Dinero shockingly betray Raven. In a suspenseful moment, Jarrett, phone in hand, boasts there’s no number one contender after Diamond and Swinger upset D’Lo Brown in a tag match—leaving his championship throne unchallenged and the arena buzzing for what comes next.
Following the opening match recap, the focus shifts to the TNA Christmas party, where Don Callis met with Goldylocks for drinks because he wants influence over her career.
Callis tells her he decides when people work and for how much, signaling he holds power in TNA. He suggests Goldy would be better off aligning with him, implying protection or advancement, rather than being left out.
When Callis mentions money, it signals to Goldy that her association with him could bring her financial gain, piquing her interest.
Meanwhile, Jeff Jarrett is on the phone with Kid Kash by his side, and he has a list of people who make money for the company. Jarrett wants answers about loyalty and is trying to secure allies to maintain his control.
Either people are with him or against him, so Jarrett pressures Kash to talk to Abyss, although Kash doesn’t seem eager, showing reluctance or fear.
Apparently, Erik Watts has to step down, or Jarrett is prepared to threaten exposure of the board, making Jarrett’s motive to protect his own power clear.
Jarrett is not allowed to reveal anything significant, which suggests he is holding on to key information for strategic advantage.
3LK comes out to the arena to debut their new single. The song would eventually become their theme for many years.
NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett enters with Don Callis and Kid Kash. Jarrett boasts about punking Toby Keith and starting 2004 strong.
Since there’s no current contender, he claims there won’t be a title defense tonight. Jarrett demands that Mike Tenay announce him as Mr. TNA and insists Erik Watts must leave his position.
Erik Watts comes out with Goldylocks. Callis warns Watts about potential trouble and mentions doing a background check, finding issues with the board.
Callis tells Watts to reconsider his position or risk embarrassment. He also insinuates Goldy isn’t cheap. Watts acknowledges potential problems but refuses to step down, jokes about Kash, and promises Jarrett will lose the championship at the Asylum. Jarrett accuses Watts of being drunk and insists there’s no contender.
Suddenly, a masked man appears behind Jarrett, hurling him over the top rope to the floor! The crowd erupts as Watts pummels Kid Kash while the masked attacker unleashes fury on Jarrett atop the announcer’s table. Jarrett clings to the ropes and narrowly escapes to the floor, chaos echoing through the arena.
A video of Roddy Piper cutting a promo is shown. Piper talks about fighting under the NWA banner. Piper takes credit for Hogan not having any hair.
Later backstage, Scott Hudson is with Johnny Swinger and Simon Diamond for an interview. Swinger says that Hudson the holiday season has been subpar. Swinger didn’t kill himself because they have a title shot tonight.
Glen Gilbertti comes over and says that Jarrett wants the tag titles tonight. Diamond asks Gilbertti if he ever thought they’d win the titles for themselves.
Gilbertti wants them to do it the right way. Diamond blames David Young for everything falling apart. Gilbertti threatens to take matters into his own hands.
NWA-TNA PPV 76
AJ Styles, Chris Harris & James Storm vs. Abyss, Joe E. Legend & Kevin Northcutt
Storm starts off with Legend hitting a head scissors and a few kicks to knock Legend to the mat. Storm hammers away on Legend before tagging in Harris and Styles.
Styles clotheslines Legend in the corner, and AMW hits a double bulldog out of the corner for a two count. Legend uppercuts Styles and Northcutt tags in.
We see Sarah, the ticket lady, arguing with Kid Kash, and she’s forced to sign. Harris hits a crossbody off the top to take out the Red Shirts.
Abyss attacks Styles from behind, but Styles sends Abyss to the floor with a hurricanrana. Storm forearms Legend, but Northcutt beats on Storm.
Storm is tossed to the floor and worked over by Northcutt using a strap. Storm boots Northcutt in the corner and tries for a tornado DDT, but Northcutt tosses Storm into the corner with a suplex for a near fall.
Abyss splashes Storm in the corner. Abyss press-slams Storm to the mat for another near fall. Legend uses a strap on Storm outside the ring, and the referee is distracted.
Legend perches Storm on the top rope, threatening a suplex, but Storm fights off and nails a breathtaking tornado reverse DDT! Harris tags in—an explosion of offense—drilling Northcutt with a full nelson suplex.
Harris dodges Abyss’s clothesline and delivers powerful right hands. Styles soars with a springboard dropkick, and AMW combine to clothesline the Red Shirts out of the ring. Styles dives outside with a stunning somersault.
AMW’s teamwork shines as they flapjack Abyss, but the Red Shirts drag them out. Styles crushes Abyss with a tornado DDT! Harris spears Legend at the ringside.
Storm unleashes a thunderous superkick on Northcutt, chaos swirling. AMW clashes with the Red Shirts with straps, and Styles blasts Abyss with a kick.
But as Styles sets for the Styles Clash, Jarrett blindsides him with the championship—Abyss delivers the devastating Black Hole Slam and scores the 1-2-3!
Winners: Kevin Northcutt, Joe E. Legend & Abyss.
A video package of Trinity is shown next. Trinity explains her career as a stuntwoman. She’ll do whatever is extreme.
She says that she loves pain. Trinity wants to be the number one female performer in professional wrestling. Trinity was voted the 2003 TNA Babe of the Year. Sonny Siaki enters the scene and dismisses Trinity’s accomplishment.
After the video, backstage, Scott Hudson interviews Trinity, but Sonny Siaki reenters the scene. Siaki thinks he should have been the babe of the year.
Kid Kash enters the scene and hits on Trinity. Siaki tells Kash that he’s not signing anything. Siaki refuses to tell them who is telling him not to sign. Kash wants Trinity to call her.
NWA-TNA PPV 76
Ron Killings & BG James (c) vs. Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger
Diamond and Swinger go after James to start the match. Diamond and James legally begin the match with Diamond dropping James with right hands.
James jabs Diamond a few times but misses a right hand. James decks Swinger off the apron, and Diamond delivers a superkick for a two count.
Swinger enters, and they hit a side slam/reverse DDT combo for a two count. We see Elix Skipper talking to Christopher Daniels backstage.
Diamond and James trade strikes with Diamond getting the better of the exchange. Swinger keeps control of James on the mat. James clotheslines the challengers to get momentum in his favor. James tags in Killings.
Killings hammers away on Swinger but misses a clothesline. Killings powerslams Swinger and connects with a leaping forearm. Killings nails Swinger with a scissors kick.
David Young has come out and entered the ring. Diamond wants Young to leave the ring. The referee is on the floor trying to maintain order. Young accidentally clotheslines Diamond. Killings hits a front suplex and pins Diamond to retain the titles.
Winner: Ron Killings and BG James
After the match, Diamond attacks Young from behind, and they have a pull-apart. Following the earlier matches, Kid Kash comes down to the ringside with the contracts and sits next to them.
Tenay says they are expanding internationally. TNA will be working with AAA, and they work with IWA in Puerto Rico.
Back to Kash, he has forced Tiny the Timekeeper to sign the contract. Security is telling Kash to head backstage. Kash shoves Chris Vaughn a few times.
Backstage again, Scott Hudson is with Raven for an interview. Hudson mentions that Raven had his destiny taken from him when the Gathering stabbed him in the back.
Raven says that Punk and Dinero are unprepared for what is coming to them. They have opened the door and hopes they are ready for what is inside. Raven tells Hudson that he may or may not have a partner tonight, but he’s coming for payback.
Kash has a microphone and calls Vaughn a little boy, trying to humiliate and provoke him. Kash says he’s a true athlete and that Vaughn doesn’t belong here, suggesting he is motivated by self-aggrandizement and dominance.
Kash demands that Vaughn sign the contract to assert his power. Vaughn, wanting to prove himself, agrees to sign, but Kash turns his back, showing disrespect and taking Vaughn lightly.
NWA-TNA PPV 76
Kid Kash vs. Chris Vaughn
Vaughn hits Kash with the clipboard. Vaughn hammers away on Kash, but Kash delivers a few kicks. A referee runs into the ring and is shoved by Kash. Vaughn hammers away on Kash and delivers a clothesline.
Vaughn hooks Kash for a suplex, but Kash counters. Kash drops Vaughn over his knee, neck first. Don Harris comes out and big boots Kash.
Don Harris plants Kash with a slam as Rudy Charles literally turns around and doesn’t see it. Vaughn covers Kash and wins the match.
Winner: Kid Kash
Switching gears backstage, Scott Hudson is with CM Punk and Julio Dinero for an interview. Dinero says they don’t need Hudson’s opinion. Punk says they made a mistake in following Raven.
Punk asks how it feels to be so close to getting what he wanted, only to have it snatched away. Punk says they may have something up their sleeves.
NWA-TNA PPV 76
CM Punk & Julio Dinero vs. Raven & The Sandman
Punk slaps Raven as they have a standoff. Raven slaps Punk and drops Dinero. They spat beer into Punk and Dinero’s face. Sandman dropkicks Dinero while Raven low blows Punk.
Punk avoids a DDT by Raven and crawls to the floor. Elix Skipper is talking to Low Ki now as well. Raven hammers away on Dinero in the corner, followed by stomps.
Raven drop toe holds Dinero and Sandman hit a top rope leg drop. Sandman works over Dinero with chops in the corner. Sandman beats on Dinero with several overhand chops.
Sandman drops Dinero over the top rope and heads to the top rope, hitting a leg drop. Sandman slams Dinero and goes to the apron, only to miss a slingshot leg drop attempt.
Sandman elbows Dinero in the corner and continues with left hands. Sandman misses a swanton off the top rope. Punk missile dropkicks Sandman and chokes Sandman while taunting Raven.
Punk stomps on Sandman in the corner and delivers a few boot scrapes. Raven tries to deck Punk from the apron, but Punk delivers a running boot in the corner.
Dinero dropkicks Sandman for another two-count. Dinero mounts Sandman with right hands. Dinero leg sweeps Sandman and tags in Punk. Punk hits a top rope leg drop.
Dinero hits a moonsault off the top rope and tags in Punk. Punk misses a twisting senton, and Sandman tags in Raven. Raven cleans house with strikes and knee lifts.
Raven superkicks Punk, but the referee is knocked down in the corner. Raven hits a bulldog/clothesline combo on Dinero and Punk. A mysterious person dressed in all black, holding a rag sprayed with ether, is on the apron.
They press the rag into Raven’s face on the apron, and Raven is out of it. Punk plants Raven with a DDT to win the match.
Winners: Raven and The Sandman
After the match, Sandman hits Punk and Dinero with kendo sticks. The mystery man reveals himself to be Father James Mitchell!
Backstage, Scott Hudson conducts an interview with Michael Shane, Shane Douglas, and Traci Brooks. Shane wants Douglas to tell Hudson who the best champion of all time is.
Douglas says he agrees with Jeff Jarrett about how NWA-TNA is run. Douglas thinks that the NWA is setting Shane up for a downfall. Douglas tells Shane this is why he’s wrestling three other guys.
Douglas wants Shane to focus on Chris Sabin and allow Low Ki and Christopher Daniels to take each other out. Douglas wants him to get the job done.
Mike Tenay is in the ring with Erik Watts and Goldylocks to present the Mr. TNA award. The original group of men to be voted for were Sting, Raven, Dusty Rhodes, AJ Styles, and Jeff Jarrett.
There are two screens focusing on Styles and Jarrett’s reactions. Goldy opens the envelope, and Tenay looks disappointed. Tenay tricked us and revealed that AJ Styles won the award.
Jarrett was pissed to find that out. Styles considers 2003 to be a great year for him. Styles puts over the TNA fans as being the best fans in the world. Styles wants more and says he wants the NWA World Championship.
NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett makes his way out with Don Callis, Abyss, and the Red Shirt Security. Jarrett wants Tenay to look at Styles’ record and notes that he was the longest-reigning NWA World Champion.
He took out the Titans, Dusty Rhodes, Vince Russo, and Hulk Hogan. Tenay tells Jarrett that Styles is Mr. TNA. Tenay suggests they settle this in the ring one-on-one.
Jarrett asks how the fans feel about the winner-takes-all match. Jarrett says they will do it his way. Jarrett is going to give Styles the chance to earn it.
Jarrett wants a tag match in which Styles teams with Watts to take on Jarrett and Abyss. If they win, then Styles gets a title shot.
However, if Jarrett wins, then Watts is out of a job. Goldylocks gets the microphone and says, “you’ve got it, bi**h.” Watts looked a bit confused by that. A video package promoting the Ultimate X match is shown.
NWA-TNA PPV 76
Michael Shane (c) vs. Chris Sabin vs. Low-Ki vs. Christopher
Ultimate X match
Daniels and Shane try to climb early but are stopped by Low-Ki and Sabin. Sabin takes Shane over with a standing hurricanrana. Shane drops Sabin face-first over the top rope.
Low-Ki and Shane go over the top rope to the floor following a clothesline from Low-Ki. Daniels heel kicks Sabin to keep control in the ring. Daniels forearms Sabin from the apron and kicks Low-Ki.
Shane stops Daniels on a moonsault, and Sabin chokes Daniels upside down. Low-Ki trades strikes with Shane until Sabin hits a somersault dive to the floor! Sabin sends Shane back first into the guardrail.
Sabin sends Shane into the steel post. Daniels goes under the ring and grabs a table. Sabin hits a springboard leg drop on Shane, sending Shane face-first onto the steel chair.
Shane avoids a kick by Sabin but is met with a few elbow strikes. Shane kicks Sabin and delivers a chair shot. Daniels has Low-Ki on the apron looking for Angel Wings.
Low-Ki blocks by holding the ropes and goes for the Ki Krusher. They trade several strikes until Shane knocks Low-Ki off the apron to the floor. Daniels drops Shane over the top rope. Daniels tries to springboard off the ropes to reach the belt, and misses.
Daniels begins to cross the wires, but Shane delivers a chair shot to the back! Shane tries to jump off a chair to grab the title and misses. Shane tries to cross climb and takes Daniels off the chair with a hurricanrana.
Ki is sent through the ropes to the floor. Daniels has grabbed a new chair and set it underneath the belt. Daniels misses grabbing the title. Low-Ki springboard kicks Daniels off the steel chair.
Low-Ki rams Daniels’ face-first into the steel chair. Sabin kicks Low-Ki off the chair. Daniels and Low-Ki trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Low-Ki has a dragon sleeper in the corner on Shane.
Daniels tries to reach the title, but Low-Ki also climbs across and kicks Daniels. Low-Ki puts the dragon sleeper on Daniels until Daniels drops. Sabin hits a springboard dropkick to drop Low-Ki to the mat!
Shane Douglas comes down with a ladder to help Michael Shane. Ladders are not allowed to reach the championship. Elix Skipper comes running down and attacks Douglas with right hands.
Sabin has Daniels over his shoulder and drops Daniels face-first onto a chair. Skipper chases Douglas to the backstage area. Sabin accidentally hit the referee on a baseball slide. Shane uses the ladder on Sabin.
Low-Ki kicks Shane into the corner with the ladder. Shane counters a cartwheel attempt with a superkick! Shane begins to climb the ladder, but Daniels meets him halfway on the same side.
Daniels slams Shane down to the canvas. Sabin gets out of the Ki Krusher attempt by Low-Ki. Sabin climbs the ladder and is met with a kick by Low-Ki. Low-Ki hits a German suplex on Sabin off the ladder!
Daniels rams the ladder into Shane and does the same to Sabin. Daniels slams Ki to the mat and hits the Best Moonsault Ever! Daniels decks Shane in the corner with a right hand.
Daniels climbs the ladder, but Shane gets on the other side and is shoved off the ladder. Daniels drops Shane groin first onto the ladder. Daniels delivers a step-up kick to drop Sabin.
Daniels begins to climb the ladder, but Low-Ki starts climbing the other side. hitting kicks Daniels a few times, but Shane tips over the ladder and both Low-Ki and Daniels crash to the floor.
Low-Ki is holding his ankle in pain. The referee is stopping them from using the ladder. Chris Vaughn takes the ladder away. Shane is pissed and starts to climb the wire.
Sabin kicks Shane off the top, and Shane crashes through a table on the floor. Chris Sabin climbs across and struggles to yank it down, but eventually does and crashes to the mat to win the championship!
Winner: AND NEW X Division Champion, Chris Sabin.
Backstage, Jeff Jarrett is on the phone telling Tom that he’s a genius for the stipulation. Jarrett says Erik Watts will exit the company the old-fashioned way. Jarrett is happy to make sure Watts is out of the company. NWA-TNA PPV 76 goes off the air.
