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TNA house show report
January 9, 2008
Belton, Tex.
Report by Tyler Richardson, PWTorch correspondent

Here are the results. Pretty good crowd. I'm horrible with guessing crowds, but probably 1,200 or so - almost a sellout as the venue was a expo center with no permanent seats so everything was on the floor. Venue felt a lot like an indy show. They mentioned they would definitely be back again. TNA seemed very impressed with the crowd. I noticed D-Lo Brown backstage as well.

*Borash opened the show and mentioned that they would have TV cameras for tnawrestling.com

(1) Jay Lethal defeated Kazin 8:00. One of the best matches of the night. Lethal came out and mentioned it was his first time in Texas since Tuesday Night in Texas where he beat Jake Roberts. Lots of nearfalls for Kaz. Crowd was really into Lethal. Lethal had a nice tope to the outside. Finish came with Kaz going for the Flux Capacitor on the top rope but Lethal knocked him off and hit the top rope elbow. Both men shook hands afterwards.

(2) Awesome Kong defeated Miss Brooks and Jackie Moore in 4:00. Actually a pretty good match although a bit short. Borash announced that it was for a TNA Knockout title shot next Thursday on Impact. Nice to see them try to make the matches feel important, since half the crowd probably didn't know about the taping results. Early on Brooks and Moore knocked Kong out of the ring and she stayed on the outside for a couple minutes. Brooks and Moore had a nice little exchange before Kong destroyed both of them. Kong hit a double underhook front suplex on Moore and then pinned Brooks with a sitout powerbomb.

(3) Motor City Machine Guns defeated Elix Skipper & Johnny Devine in 14:00. Crowd was really into Sabin and Shelley, along with lots of heat for Devine. Crowd broke into a USA chant at Devine. Pretty good match that was given some time, but they were some blown spots and the chemistry really wasn't there. Finish came with Devine held in a tree of woe and getting two kicks to the face, then double superkicks on Devine for the pinfall.

(4) Eric Young defeated James Storm in 7:00. Storm comes out and rips the crowd, stating that the Oilers left Texas for Tennessee and so did Vince Young. Comedy match with Referee Earl Hebner doing some wrestling with Young then putting a headlock on Storm, but Storm gives him a shoulder block. Then Hebner and Young doubleteam Storm with a hiptoss. Finish came with Storm having a sleeper on Young and Young flipping on top of Storm with help from the corner turnbuckle.

Intermission with LAX signing autographs

(5) Christian Cage defeated Samoa Joe in 13:00. Pretty good match but not on the level of any of their recent ppv matches. Christian initially had alot of the crowd backing him but soon the crowd was very behind Joe. Joe and Cage had a ton of near falls and the match really picked up at the end. There was ref bump and Joe hit a powerslam but couldnt get a count. Christian went for his finisher but it was reversed into the choke, but Joe was counted down for the three count. Afterwards Christian wanted a handshake but instead got a clothesline and a muscle buster. Afterwards Christian played as though he had suffered a concussion.

(6) LAX defeated Jimmy Rave & Lance Hoyt in 8:00. LAX was really over with the crowd. LAX dominated most of the match and hit a toprope Bulldog on Jimmy Rave for the three count.

In between matches they had some of the troops that were at the show in the ring as they filmed some footage. There were alot of troops on hand due to Belton being near Ft. Hood.

(7) Booker T defeated Robert Roode in 12:00. Booker T got the biggest pop by far of the night. Roode came out first and said what happened at the ppv on Sunday was an accident and he even flied out to Houston but Booker T would answer the phone. Finish came with a ref bump and Roode going for a chair but Miss Brooks ran down and fought Roode over the chair, allowing an axe kick to the face with the chair by Booker T. Solid but not spectactular match that let the crowd go home happy. Afterwards they had autographs for anyone that wanted in the ring with Booker T and Miss Brooks.

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