The show opened with the story of Eric Bischoff and how he was defeated and therefore made to leave Impact Wrestling. We saw clips from his farewell party and his induction in to the ‘Shed of Shame.’ You can see more details of this here.
Ric Flair told us he feels that Hulk Hogan thinks that he is his pawn and has him under his thumb. He’s “Ric G O D Flair” so he doesn’t buy it. He’s smarter than Hogan thinks. In our world he says that he’s “just plain God”.
First we were shown a recap of the events which we have seen unfold over the past few weeks on Impact Wrestling. Highlights were Bobby Roode dragging Dixie Carter over the barrier and into the ring, Hulk Hogan affirming a match between Ken Anderson and Roode in which we saw Roode hit Anderson over the head with a beer bottle just as he did with James Storm and most recently the Bischoff team’s proposal.
The show began with Eric Bischoff walking down the ramp as the commentators discussed the rules of the aforementioned Lethal Lockdown match. We were reminded that the ODB and Eric Young wedding which we were all invited to will take place tonight. Bischoff has some business to sort out and said that his name will live on. Everybody in TNA seems to have ‘business’ to attend to these days. Bischoff went on the say that he has a team of the most “devastating talent”, before welcoming his chosen wrestlers into the arena.
As the show opened we saw a recap of the General Manager (GM) fiasco involving Sting, Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter. When the video package finished the camera cut to Sting and Dixie Carter who were stood in the ring with the majority of the TNA roster stood around them on the arena floor.
Mike Tenay had told us moments earlier that Hogan had called everybody to the ring for the meeting but when Dixie took to the mic she said that she had asked all of the wrestlers to join her to introduce Hulk Hogan, even though he doesn’t need an introduction, to everybody. As he made his way to the ring the Hulkster milked every last drop of the crowd reaction (as he always does). He was handed a mic by Dixie Carter and explained how good it felt to be the GM of Impact Wrestling; he went on to personally thank Sting for having his back and Dixie for giving him his second chance. Hogan, stated that there will be some new segments introduced to Impact and that a few things need to be taken care of starting with the business of Lockdown.
