TNA iMPACT! (Airing Next Thursday (5/24):

Kazarian won what appeared to be a dark match.

It’s Open Fight Night week.

1. Gail Kim and Madison Rayne defeated ODB and Eric Young to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Titles.

Rob Van Dam called out Gunner, which led to a match.

2. Rob Van Dam pinned Gunner. Van Dam flew three-quarters of the way across the ring and won with a Frogsplash.

3. Devon and Garett Bischoff fought to a no-contest in a TV Title match. Devon and Garett shook hands before the match. A few minutes in, two wrestlers wearing sweaters hit the ring and had the upper hand for a moment, but Devon and Garett cleared them from the ring.

4. Austin Aries defeated Joey Ryan to retain the X Division Title. Aries won with what appeared to be a brainbuster.

Bully Ray called out Joseph Park from the stands. Park held a trial by fan reaction and the verdict was guilty. Ray punched him in the stomach and then hit him with his chain. He grabbed the mic and laid down in front of Park and yelled not guilty.

5. Bobby Roode defeated A.J. Styles to retain the TNA Title. Roode worked on A.J.’s shoulder throughout the match. After a number of near falls for both men, Roode got the win.

Roode had a party for becoming the longest reigning TNA Champion. After confetti and champagne, Hogan came out. The lights went out and Hogan brought out a special guest: Sting! Sting beat Roode out of the ring.

Hogan announced the new time 7:00 p.m. CT starting time for Impact and announced that the first match on that show will be Roode vs. Sting in a lumberjack match.

TNA Xplosion

1. Velvet Sky pinned Angelina Love.

TNA iMPACT! (Airing This Thursday):
Bobby Roode comes out and brags about his victory over RVD at Sacrifice. Because he is going to be the longest World Champion in TNA history he wants a celebration party. He calls out Hogan to confirm. Hogan declines it then later announces that at next week’s Open Fight Night, the World Title will be defended. There will be a series of matches (Bully Ray vs RVD, Anderson vs Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe vs Kurt Angle and a Battle Royal) with the winners facing off next week in a Fatal 4-Way. The winner of that match will face Roode later in the night for the World Heavyweight Title.

In the first match, Bully Ray defeated Rob Van Dam to advance to next week’s 4-Way.

AJ Styles won a 10-Man Battle Royal (also included Austin Aries, Robbie E and Robbie T, Devon, Garett Bischoff, Crimson, Magnus, Eric Young and Gunner). After the match, Hogan congratulated AJ.

AJ stood in the ring to explain the Dixie Carter scandal. Before he could thoroughly explain it, Daniels and Kazarian came out interrupting him. Daniels and Kazarian then show a video of AJ on their IPAD of of Dixie Carter and AJ Styles at a hotel. They end up going into a hotel room together. Daniels and Kazarian trash talk AJ. AJ goes after the tag champions but eventually leaves the ring.

Gail Kim defeated Velvet Sky and Brooke Tessmacher when she stole a pin from Velvet Sky to retain the Knockouts Title.

Jeff Hardy defeated Mr. Anderson to advance to next week’s 4-Way.

Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe to advance to the 4-Way by reversing the Musclebuster into a rollup. Bobby Roode (who was on commentary) had a few words with Angle after the match. Eventually Hardy came to ringside followed by Bully Ray and AJ Styles on the stage. Roode had a staredown with his four potential challengers.

TNA Xplosion:
Eric Young defeated Gunner

Impact Wrestling 5/10:

* TNA champion Bobby Roode promo to open the show. He brags he will soon break the records and become the long reigning TNA champion of all time. Rob Van Dam, Ken Anderson and Jeff Hardy come out. Hulk Hogan announces a 4-Way Match with the winner earning something if they win. Anderson and Hardy would take RVD’s title shot if they win. If Roode wins then he chooses his opponent at Sacrifice. If RVD wins, then he gets to pick the stipulation for Sacrifice.

* Brooke Tessmacher defeated Velvet Sky but was laid out by Gail Kim.

* Matt Morgan was laid out on the way to the ring against Crimson by Bully Ray and was carried out. Crimson had the referee count Morgan out.

* TNA X-Division champion Austin Aries defeated Zema Ion,

* Kazarian and Daniels revealed their secret, which were photos of AJ Styles making out with Dixie Carter. Styles, who came out during the segment, was shocked.

* TNA TV champion Devon beat Robbie E.

* Joseph Park confronted Billy Ray but was punched and laid out.

* Rob Van Dam defeated Bobby Roode, Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy in a Four Way, then posed on top of a ladder, so we are getting a ladder match. Abyss emerged on the stage and cut a promo, announcing his return.

TNA Impact spoilers 5/3.

* Impact opened with Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan going back and forth on the mic, teasing a match for down the line.

* Brooke Tessmacher and Velvet Sky defeated TNA Knockouts champion Gail Kim and Madison Rayne.

* Bobby Roode and Rob Van Dam face off in the ring and pick each other’s opponents for later.

* TNA TV champion Devon defeated Robbie T by DQ when Robbie E. interfered.

* There is a Gutcheck Judging segment (think American Idol) where Al Snow, Ric Flair and Bruce Prichard deliberate over whether Alex Silva deserves a TNA contract. He gets one.

* Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy.

* Bully Ray bullies Jeremy Borash. Austin Aries comes out and they go back and forth until a brawl breaks out.

* AJ Styles & Samoa Joe & Magnus defeated Kurt Angle & Christopher Daniels & Kazarian after a Styles Clash on Kazarian. Angle was upset with his partners. Daniels claims that if Styles doesn’t reveal the secret next week, they will.

* TNA champ Bobby Roode defeated Mr. Anderson in a No DQ match. Hardy got involved and it ended with Roode laying everyone, including RVD who hit the scene to help, out with chairs.

* TNA TV champion Devon pinned Bully Ray.

* Jeremy Borash came out and cut a promo on Eric Bischoff, saying tonight is his last night with the company and cuts a promo on Bischoff drunkenly tweeting about him. Bischoff comes out and says that if Borash wants a fight, he’ll get one. Bully Ray nailed Borash and laid him out. Bischoff covered him for a pinfall and twets a photo of Borash beaten down.

* Mexican America cut a promo, ripping on America, leading to…

* Kurt Angle defeated Anarquia with an Anklelock for submission.

* Al Snow announced that he will be the lead Judge for the TNA GutCheck tonight and brings out OVW’s Alex Silva.

* Robbie E pinned Alex Silva.

* Brooke Tessmacher challenged TNA Knockouts champion Gail Kim, since she pinned her last week.

* Brooke Tessmacher pinned TNA Knockout champion Gail Kim in a non-title match.

* TNA Tag Team champions Samoa Joe & Magnus beat Mr. Anderson & Jeff Hardy when Joe made Anderson tap. It was supposed to be a three-way but Hulk Hogan told Chris Daniels and Kazarian they were out of the match before it started. Anderson and Hardy had dissension. Daniels and Kazarian attack the champions.

* Immortal come out for the Eric Bischoff farewell. They present Bischoff with some sort of Hall of Fame ring Garett Bischoff, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Austin Aries, Rob Van Dam and Jeremy Borash come to the stage. Borash said that Bischoff is instead going to the Hall of Shame. There is a huge brawl, leading to Bischoff being thrown into a Port-A-Potty by Garett and Borash, which is shoved off. The show ends with Eric falling out covered in crap.

*TNA champion Bobby Roode comes to the ring. Roode brags about winning at Lockdown, which leads to Ken Anderson coming out. Roode blows him off, leading to Jeff Hardy coming out. Anderson says that he was here first and wants his shot. Hulk Hogan appears on the videoscreen and announces all the champions will need to be in the ring later. He announced a number one contender’s bout with Hardy vs. Anderson for later.

*Bully Ray & Crimson beat Matt Morgan & X Division champion Austin Aries.

*Team Garett Bischoff comes out to celebrate their Lockdown victory. Ric Flair appears at the top of the ramp and says that next week, he’s hosting a party in Eric Bischoff’s honor.

*Kurt Angle pinned AJ Styles. So much for taking time off! Chris Daniels and Kazarian come out. Angle is surprised they are there. They are trying to serve Styles with some sort of document. It leads to Styles’ loss but Angle tells them he has nothing to do with any of it

*All the champions come to the ring. Hulk Hogan comes out and announced that once a month, Impact will now have “Open Fight Night” where talents from outside the company can show up to have a match and there will be three judges to determine with Hogan whether that talent should get a TNA contract. The talent can challenge anyone on the roster and that person must wrestle them. It’s also announced that the TV title must be defended every week on Impact going forward.

*Brooke Tessmacher & Tara & Mickie James defeated Madison Rayne & Sarita & Rosita.

*TNA TV champion Devon beat Gunner.

*James Storm came out let down and apologized for losing at Lockdown. He told a story about having to admit to his daughter that he lost when he tuckets her into bed. He says that he may have lost, but it’s because he beat himself, not that he lost to Bobby Roode. He thanks the crowd and his family.

*Rob Van Dam beat Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson to become new #1 contender to the TNA World Title.

I’m here in Orlando for Tuesday’s Impact taping. Advertised (and I mean this somewhat loosely) are RVD, Jeff Hardy, and Hulk Hogan. For those of you who have never attended, you basically get to hang out in a line under a roller coaster. Every now and then, something falls out of the pocket of one of the riders and hits a hapless taping attendee in the head. Hardcore!

After standing under the coasters for a few minutes, I am herded into the taping studio area, a long and exceedingly smelly hallway. There does not feel like a ton of people here as opposed to people in line for Shrek outside. This crowd is noisier here, though, and lots of chants (from one noisy guy) for Hogan. A guy behind me is interested in wrestling news, so I direct him to the free PWTorch App. A Universal Studios cast member makes fun of me for typing on my phone, but has a charming Aussie accent. Somewhere in-line, a guy yells out, “I wanna f— Velvet” who I’m assuming is the Knockout, and not a weird fetish. There are also lots of promises of it being a lot cooler inside the studio. We shall see. Live in the Impact Zone!…

Doors open and there’s a mild stampede inside. There are lots of signs here and Harry Potter gear. It feels like something clever could be done there. Inside, the merchandise has a lot of day-glo in it, really nailing the feeling that I’m back in the ’80s. Also, lots of Direct Auto Insurance advertising. “My outfits may leave me exposed, but my car insurance won’t,” reads the slogan. Well, geez, Love, put on a coat. Problem solved.

My seats are staggeringly good. Vince McMahon was never this good to me; automatically, I find myself giving the matches an extra star. I also regret the choice of not changing from work clothes prior to coming to the event. Lots of set-up happening, and some quick advice: the gloss stickers on the ringposts would look better in matte. Just saying. Also, tons of Team Tara shirts. She’s the champ, right? No? In the title chase? No? Er…

Hey, unlike WWE, these folding chairs aren’t chained down! Now we’ve got a party! Warm-up includes showing the results of Lockdown on the nice HD screen. That’s a smart move. I doubt many people here ordered Lockdown, and it gets the crowd invested.

Dixie Carter is out, along with Taz and Mike Tenay. Holy cow, Dixie looks pretty solid. Jeremy Borash then comes out to warm up the crowd. He’s really working the camera side. Hemme battles slightly with the ramp as Borash runs down all the countries where Impact airs. Flag of Norway with PCW on it; new faction? Who knows. Some models at ringside; not sure what the story is there, either. At the start, it’s not packed; there are empty spaces, but certainly loud.

Impact SPOILERS 4/19

- Out comes TNA World Hvt. champion Bobby Roode. Slow walk to the ring, and apparently he got a huge haircut. Some basic gloating that the crowd isn’t into to start off. He points out that James Storm’s kick won him the match at Lockdown. Psychology, folks. Some decent heel heat as Roode runs through his wins, but then is interrupted by serious-face Mr. Anderson. Anderson’s mic isn’t working very well.

Anderson says he doesn’t need a beer bottle to win. This is hilarious to Roode, who tells Anderson to get back in line. This is a cue for Jeff Hardy, who gets a louder pop and limps to the ring. He’s the most over so far, for sure, and stakes his claim to the belt. Anderson points out he was here first and calls shenanigans. Roode moderates some bickering as refs take the ring, and encourages a bake-off.

This brings Hogan to the screen. He says that he wants all the champions in the ring later, and makes a match for the number one contender slot for later in the night. As an aside, Hogan’s music sounds like a lame circus/ska remix.

Back from break, it’s Crimson with some pyro and this cocky heel walk and gum chew. He’s apparently in a tag match with Bully Ray, who looks surprisingly younger from his late WWE days. They are fighting Matt Morgan and Austin Aries.

(1) Bully Ray & Crimson beat Matt Morgan & X Division champion Austin Aries. Morgan goes after Crimson as Aries chases Ray up the ramp. Inside the ring, Morgan dominates until some hyjinks occur. This leads to Crimson and Ray working Morgan’s leg. Morgan tempts fate by pulling Crimson’s tights uncomfortably low, then makes the hot tag. Aries cleans house, which leads to Crimson hitting Ray and being dumped outside. Aries gets in a surprising amount of offense before Ray wins with a fluke roll-up and hook of the tights on Aries. Overall, a perfectly serviceable tag match from new teams; nothing special, but a good level of offense given to “the midget,” as Ray kept screaming.

Borash was out next to remind everyone that Eric Bischoff has lost the right to his name and is off the air. Garett is out next for a celebration.

– Back from break, Garett is out with A.J. Styles, Mr. Anderson, and RVD to celebrate. I suspect this will end in tears. Garett is just not good on the mic. He makes RVD sound brilliant. Also, if they want him to be taken seriously, perhaps he should not wear a loose-fitting plaid shirt. It’s all in the positioning.

A.J. compliments Garett on his balls at Lockdown. But, here comes Ric Flair. It’s serious suit time; no feathery robe. Flair stays on top of the ramp and claims that Eric is responsible for all the talent in the ring. Also, Garett is a punk. Wait, all of them are punks. Flair promises a party next week as a tribute to Eric Bischoff. He’s hosting it, and he’s drinking at it, and the four in the ring aren’t invited. A.J. and Anderson sell broken up. RVD just looks slightly stoned. Told you it would end in tears.

– Back from break, it’s Kurt Angle. His leg is taped and he’s ready to wrestle. Out comes A.J. Styles, who had time to change into his hoodie vest.

(2) Kurt Angle beat A.J. Styles. Basic lock-up and counters. Hey, couldn’t this be a PPV level match? It feels like something could be built here. Angle dumped to the outside, and down comes Christopher Daniels and short-haired Kaz. Daniels has a paper and encourages Kurt to get him, but Kurt seems annoyed and surprised they are here. This leads to Angle eating a move from A.J. as Daniels and Kaz sell concern. Daniels hops up on the apron as the referee politely asks him to step down. A.J. then grabs the paper as Angle rolls him up for the win. Overall, serviceable while it lasted, but this was clearly a vehicle for an angle, which is a shame.

Afterward, Angle tells A.J. he had nothing to do with the shenanigans as A.J. puts the paper in his tights. That’s what I always do when I get handed important information.

– It’s announced that Rob Van Dam is also in the main event for the #1 contender. The ring girl dumps two microphones next to me on a chair. Super tempted.

– After the break, TNA tag champs Samoa Joe and Magnus are out. They are joined by… Knockouts Gail Kim? Gail’s outfit does not look appropriate for ring work, but I’m sure it’s okay and perfectly normal. TV champ Devon comes out to a big pop. As in, surprisingly big. Gail has a mic. I just clued into that this is all of the champs coming to the ring. I had a really strange idea of what match was getting set up. X Division champ Austin Aries is out next, weakest pop thus far. Finally, TNA World Hvt. champion Bobby Roode. Roode is still perfecting the slow walk.

Out comes Hogan. Biggest pop and pyro thus far. Gail has ceded her mic to Roode. Hogan announces that change is in the air, and starting next week change is coming. Once a month, Impact will be called “open fight night.” Basically, a talent from outside TNA will show up to have a match. There will be three judges (smells like “The Voice”) and Hogan who will decide if the person get a contract or not.

But, there’s more!

On open fight night, anyone can come to the ring and make a challenge, and whoever the person challenges must come to the ring to fight. Roode is pissy. Hogan tells them that any champion must be ready to fight. Gail asks who decides this. Hogan decides. And, the crowd randomly chants for Miss Tessmacher. Hogan says he wants to hear who the fans want to see. Clearly, it’s the responsibility of someone to call out Hogan next week. Just saying.

Devon talks about how he promised to be a fighting champ. (Really? Wasn’t he MIA between PPVs?) Hogan announces that from now on, the TV Title will be defended every single week. Devon likes it. Hogan closes the segment with a statement that on open fight night, everyone fights. Roode looks dismayed. I shrug. Roode shrugs. We have a moment. Everyone leaves but Gail. It looks like it’s time to test that outfit.

– Mid-Show Thoughts: It dawns on me that if I’m seen on TV, it’s going to be this guy in dress clothes typing frantically. The women next to me seem both nonplussed and very bored. What is their story? Mystery of the night. The crowd is clearly hoping for Tara here. By crowd, I mean the two guys with the Team Tara t-shirts on and cardboard Knockouts belt.

– Next out are Madison Rayne and Sarita & Rosita. Whichever one in the green can’t figure out how to stand. Out come Tara and Tessmacher. Finally, Mickie James. No wait, Velvet Sky. Eight-woman tag? I’m getting why the Knockout matches are popular with the collection of 13 year-old boys at ringside.

(3) Team Tessmacher beat Team Rayne in a Knockouts tag match. Sky starts off with various spots and clubbering. James comes in and looks basically solid. Wasn’t she told to lose weight in the WWE? Sheesh, this isn’t a ring masterpiece, but I’d take this over Kelly Kelly in the ring any day. This whole match reminds me of a slutty version of the cruiserweight matches in WCW during the ’90s. A lot less talent, but spots that the crowd likes and some genuine engagement from the crowd. I suppose Eric didn’t know what to do with them back then either. It turns into a Jr. High School cheerleader brawl, and Tessmacher rolls up KO champ Gail for the win, and presumably sets up a match down the road.

Afterward, there’s some bickering in the ring as Gail gives her best scowl and points to the belt. More bickering. Madison wants to go again, and the crowd is interested. Instead, they all leave.

– After the match, some guys come out to wipe down the ropes. What kind of message is that sending? Borash is giving away some tickets to meet people later, then Hemme enters the ring. apparently there is a massive U.K. contingent here tonight.

– Back from the break, it’s Gunner. Zero reaction. Meanwhile, the crowd is being urged to cheer for tickets. Out as Gunner’s opponent is Devon, who again gets a strangely loud pop. Sure, why not.

(4) TV champion Devon beat Gunner. Gunner attacks him from behind and the ring girl takes the belt with some really good scared selling. Some of the better selling tonight. Also, she let me take a photo of the belt, so she’s a good egg. This isn’t such a good match. Also, both men seem blown up after 60 seconds. TNA encourages a “Devon” chant as he tries, but he’s no Kurt Angle, and Gunner is no sack of flour. Devon wins. Apparently he will be defending the title every week going forward. Testify!

– James Storm is out next, looking sheepish, as if he recently lost a big match in his hometown. I know this because of the nice recap at the start of the show. Thanks, TNA. James Storm is sorry. The crowd says it’s okay. Very supportive crowd. Storm said he wasn’t just trying to hurt Roode, but cause him pain. Um…okay. Storm starts talking about tucking his daughter into bed, then she asked him where the belt was. Sadly, he had to tell her that he lost. Didn’t she order the PPV?

Storm says that Roode didn’t beat him, but that he beat himself. Storm then cites the crowd for his inspiration, and thanks his dad up in Heaven, who was killed by a drunk driver. (Wasn’t his team *Beer* Money? Odd.) But, wrestling is what he loves. He’s kind of all over the map here. Storm says maybe his luck has run out and he leaves. The crowd is dismayed. “Well, that sucks,” says the ring girl next to me.

– Next, they set up for the main event #1 contender three-way match between RVD, Mr. Anderson, and Jeff Hardy. Also, the next PPV is Sacrifice. Yep… RVD comes out to a good pop. Anderson does his own announcement, which wakes the crowd up, but in the battle of crowd reactions, RVD has him beat by a mile. Hardy’s pop is okay, but RVD had the best reaction. Much of the crowd is just standing there, and Hardy is mumbling to himself. One of the U.K. people gets his shirt, and she seemed happy, then hung it over the fence barrier. RVD’s the champ of the crowd. By the way, TNA, don’t just cut off wrestlers’s music. Fade it out. It’s more classy.

(5) Rob Van Dam beat Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson in a three-way match to become new #1 contender to the TNA World Title. Typical three-way action with each wrestler getting a chance for a few moves on offense. Again, little reaction to Hardy’s moves. Not enough teenage girls to paper the crowd with? Anderson on top, then RVD, then Hardy, then Anderson. Very structured momentum here. The ref then finds Anderson’s gum and tosses it out. It’s these details you miss on TV. Hardy goes up for the Swanton and nails Anderson, and the crowd finally comes alive for Hardy. RVD goes for the big splash on Anderson, Hardy goes for the Twist of Fate, RVD reverses it, and scores the pin. The crowd is happy and RVD is the new #1 contender.

Reax: Okay match, but it was more structured than fluid. It felt like a paint-by-numbers match. Move + move + move + reversal, rinse, repeat. Not bad exactly, just a round robin spot fest. But, by crowd reaction alone, this was the right move. RVD was the clear favorite and there was some excitement at the prospect of a title match. It was a little weird he wasn’t in the opening segment to sell the match that he would then WIN, but whatever.

– More wiping down of the ropes. An Xplosion match is up next.

Xplosion match: Daniels beat TNA tag champion Magnus. Daniels works the crowd well, but the U.K. crowd is clearly behind Magnus. Daniels doing heel things like selling, smirking, and playing a heel. Dear Gunner, consider watching Daniels. The crowd is also more alive for this than the main event. For the finish, Kaz comes out, distraction, roll up, Daniels wins.

Afterward, Magnus clobbers Daniels some for revenge, but is over-run by Kaz and Daniels. Out comes Joe and the ramp sounds like it’s about to implode as he runs down it. Joe scares off the heels and it’s posing time. Again, nice huge crowd reaction. Seems legit.

Reax: The match was generally fast-paced and decent. Magnus doesn’t seem like the best worker, but Daniels was bumping like crazy for him and did the usual heel tactics to, you know, sell that he’s the heel. I give Daniels credit, but it really doesn’t seem that hard to make heel faces, sell moves, stall to rile the crowd, etc. It feels like a lost art because most of the heels tonight didn’t do it. Magnus looks better, Daniels looks better. See how it works?

– Out comes some ring crew with steps for crowd shots. Suddenly, a huge crowd of children are standing in front of me, apparently to get into the ring for some reason. I think this is my cue to leave.

* Gunner beat Mr. Anderson via disqualification because Anderson wouldn’t listen to the ref’s orders to stop stomping Gunner in the corner.

* Team Garett vs. Team Eric was set up in a segment where Eric Bischoff is tricked into believing it was a 4 vs. 4 Lethal Lockdown match. Hulk Hogan comes out and announced it will be 5 on 5. Bischoff puts himself in the match, only to find out the last member of the team isn’t Hulk Hogan but RVD.

* TNA X-Division champ Austin Aries defeated Christopher Daniels.

* Bully Ray defeated AJ Styles.

* The Motorcity Machineguns, Mexican America and Samoa Joe and Magnus got into a brawl with each other.

* Velvet Sky & Mickie James defeated Gail Kim & Madison Rayne.

* Eric Young and ODB get married inside a steel cage.

* Bobby Roode and James Storm go face to face to promo Lockdown.

*Matt Morgan vs. Crimson goes to a no contest when both brawl out of the Impact Zone and into the back.

*TNA champion Bobby Roode, surrounded by security comes out and cuts a promo on Dixie Carter, Sting and James Storm. Storm comes down and promises he will beat Roode for the TNA title. He goes after Roode but security stops him. Bully Ray attacks Storm from behind and lays him out. A handicap match is announced.

*Velvet Sky defeated Madison Rayne.

*TNA X-Division champ Austin Aries comes out and is angry about Bully Ray attacking the X-Division talents. He announces he will team with Storm in the main event.

*Ken Anderson defeated Jeff Hardy with the Mic Check after Kurt Angle interfered.

*Eric Bischoff cuts a promo and calls out his son. Bischoff gives Garett one last chance to walk away from wrestling. Garett shoves him down and says he will be at Lockdown and will wrestle Gunner.

*James Storm and X-Division champion Austin Aries defeated Bully Ray and TNA champion Bobby Roode when Roode accidentally spit beer in Ray’s face, allowing Storm to nail the Last Call.

*They close the episode with Dixie Carter asking Hulk Hogan to take the job running Impact. Hogan declines but Sting and the roster come out to change his mind. Hogan finally accepts.

TNA Impact spoilers for 3/22:

*Dixie Carter comes out and announces her intentions of firing TNA champion Bobby Roode. Sting comes out and asks her not to, saying it would be the easy way out for Roode and that she needs to let James Storm take him out at Lockdown. Sting then announces he is stepping down as an authority figure as he cannot do it and wrestle. He then suggests Dixie bring back Hulk Hogan to run the company.

*James Storm cut a promo about facing Roode at Lockdown, promising to win the belt. Someone representing Roode comes out and says the champion won’t be seen until the PPV as he doesn’t have to contractually appear until them. This ends up with Storm being told he has to wrestle Chris Daniels and Kazarian in a handicap match. Roode lays out the rep.

*TNA Knockouts Tag Team champions Eric Young and ODB defeated Rosita and Sarita.

*X Division champ Austin Aries vs. Anthony Nese vs. Zema Ion vs. Kid Kash goes to a no contest when Bully Ray hit the ring and declared that this could happen again, anytime, any place to anyone.

*TNA Tag Team champions Samoa Joe and Magnus defeated Mexican America. Rosita and Sarita interfered in the match but Josh Lewis from SpikeTV’s Repo Games ran out to the ring and stopped them and carried them out.

*Three Minute Challenge: Kurt Angle vs Garett Bischoff. Gunner attacked Bischoff towards the end of the three minutes, which brought out Jeff Hardy.

*James Storm defeated Daniels and Kazarian in a handicap match.

*They close the show with Hulk Hogan returning as Sting pleads with Dixie that Hogan is a changed man and should be placed back in charge.