{"id":210881,"date":"2026-03-27T14:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=210881"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:51:37","slug":"10-yrs-ago-tna-impact-tv-report-3-8-2016-the-episode-headlined-by-lashley-vs-angle-with-chaos-afterward-with-drew-and-ec3-lashley-rocks-impact-to-its-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/03\/27\/10-yrs-ago-tna-impact-tv-report-3-8-2016-the-episode-headlined-by-lashley-vs-angle-with-chaos-afterward-with-drew-and-ec3-lashley-rocks-impact-to-its-core\/","title":{"rendered":"10 YRS AGO \u2013 TNA IMPACT TV Report (3-8-2016): The episode headlined by Lashley vs. Angle with chaos afterward with Drew and EC3, Lashley &#8220;rocks Impact to its core&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2361016013\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em>The following report originally published 10 years ago this week here at PWTorch.com\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>TNA Impact Wrestling Report<br \/>\nMarch 8, 2016<br \/>\nTaped in Birmingham, U.K. at Barclaycard Arena<br \/>\nAired on Pop TV<br \/>\nReport by Mike McMahon, PWTorch contributor<\/h3>\n<p>TNA opened with a video highlighting Kurt Angle\u2019s TNA career. The narrator called\u00a0tonight a \u201cmoment in time that can\u2019t be missed,\u201d as Kurt Angle wrestles Bobby Lashley in his final TNA match.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Mathews welcomed us to the show as crowd shots were shown.<\/p>\n<p>In-ring: Dixie Carter was set to\u00a0address the fans. She says she wants to thank everyone for being here, because it\u2019s going to be a very special and emotional evening.\u00a0The camera pans back, and at least a good portion of the TNA roster is surrounding the ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here to celebrate an incredible man,\u201d Carter said.\u00a0Carter than introduces Angle to the crowd, calling him \u201cthe best wrestler in the history of our sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Angle comes to the ring, Mathews notes that Angle was the first TNA World Champion, when the NWA was removed from the belt.\u00a0Angle greets Gail Kim, Bobby Roode, James Storm, and Drew Galloway as he enters the ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight marks the end of the Kurt Angle farewell tour,\u201d Dixie said, choking back tears. \u201cI speak for every fan, everyone who has ever worked for you, no one has wanted to see this day come.\u00a0I\u2019ll never forget what you did for this company 10 years ago, when we shocked the wrestling world, and kept it a secret, believe it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dixie said that Angle has set the bar high for the company, and the industry.\u00a0\u201cI am eternally grateful to you, for what you have done for us,\u201d Dixie said, crying. \u201cI speak for everyone when I say, thank you Angle.\u201d\u00a0The crowd sheered \u201cThank you Angle!\u201d as Dixie gave Angle a long hug.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2654292134\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Drew Galloway stepped in the ring and grabbed a microphone. He said that he came to Impact to compete with the best wrestlers on the planet. But he said the main reason was to wrestle the best wrestler of all-time, Kurt Angle.\u00a0\u201cI mean that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of us wanted to be pro wrestlers our whole life,\u201d Galloway said, \u201cand 100 percent of us wanted to be Kurt Angle. I just wanted to say, thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now Kurt has the mic.\u00a0\u201cThank you for the warm reception, I\u2019m a little overwhelmed right now,\u201d he said. \u201cI came to TNA about 10 years ago because I needed to find myself.\u00a0They say when a wrestler retires he becomes a shell of himself, but not me. I\u2019m a better man, a better husband, and a better father.\u201d\u00a0Kurt began crying when he said that last line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a better friend and a better wrestler, and Dixie I want to thank you for that,\u201d he said. \u201cMost of all, most importantly, I want to thank each and every one of you for being such gracious fans. I love you all. I can honestly say right now that I am the luckiest man on this planet. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this point, Lashley\u2019s music hits and he begins to walk to the ring with a microphone.\u00a0\u201cThank you Kurt,\u201d he said. \u201cThank you Kurt. What a truly amazing experience we have here today. It\u2019s a truly amazing experience for everyone here on the roster. Today\u2019s going to be a rough day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the same time, it\u2019s a great time for everyone in the arena to be here for Kurt Angle\u2019s last wrestling match.\u00a0And lastly, it\u2019s truly an amazing honor to have an opportunity to not only wrestle the man who got me into this business, the amazing Kurt Angle. And for that, I say thank you.\u00a0The only sad thing is, as I look in your eyes Kurt, you\u2019re just not ready to wrestle. You\u2019re just not ready, Kurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lashley drops his mic and walks out, as the camera zooms\u00a0in on Angle\u2019s eyes. Lashley is shown walking back up the ramp, clapping his hands.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Reax: Just two weeks ago, Lashley was playing a big heel in a promo opposite Angle. He did a little bit here as well, at least at the end, but he was a little too respectful at the start of this promo.\u00a0I\u2019m sure that Angle is a big role model for Lashley, but if they are really trying to build heat for this match, then Lashley should have followed up his previous promo more strongly. The audience doesn\u2019t need to see Lashley\u2019s admiration for Angle. That doesn\u2019t do anything but douse the little friction they created with his promo a few weeks ago. If Lashley wanted to show respect for Angle, do it after the match, not an hour before it.]<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2500417454\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Tonight: The Wolves vs. Beer Money and Eric Young defends the KOTM Title right now.<\/p>\n<p>In-arena: Jeremy Borash announces Eric Young to the ring for his King of the Mountain Title defense.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial break at 9:12]<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 \u2014 TNA King of the Mountain champion ERIC YOUNG vs. BRAM vs. BIG DAMO vs. JIMMY HAVOC vs. WILL OSPREAY \u2014 King of the Mountain Title match<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>About one minute into the match, Ospreay pinned Havoc to earn the right to hang the belt.\u00a0After one minute, Havoc got\u00a0out of the penalty box as most of the group wrestled on the outside. After Havoc got out of the penalty box, he climbed to the top and took\u00a0out Damo and Bram.<\/p>\n<p>In the ring, E.Y. whips Ospreay into the turnbuckle and hits a running clothesline. Meanwhile,\u00a0Mathews says that next week, Jeff Hardy will return on Impact.\u00a0E.Y. hits Jimmy Havoc with a piledriver on the ring steps, which makes him eligible to hang the title.<\/p>\n<p>[Q2] In the ring, Bram hits a Brighter Side of Suffering on Big Damo to become eligible.\u00a0E.Y. comes in and, as Mathews calls it, there is an implosion as they begin to trade right hands. Bram drops E.Y. and grabs a ladder, climbing with the title in an attempt to hang it, but E.Y. gets back up in time and pushes the ladder over.\u00a0Pope says that this is what he likes about Impact \u2013 titles matter.<\/p>\n<p>Ospreay springboards into the ring and takes out E.Y. Ospreay begins to climb the ladder with the title, but E.Y. hits a flying neckbreaker off the rope.\u00a0After a replay, E.Y. climbs the ladder and hangs the belt to retain the title.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Eric Young retains the KOTM Title at 6:48.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, E.Y. grabs the title and runs back up the ramp. Mathews announces that next week, on a live edition of Impact, E.Y. will go one-on-one with a returning Jeff Hardy.<\/p>\n<p>Video: Mathews throws to a video highlighting Kurt Angle\u2019s TNA career, beginning with his 2006 Genesis match against Samoa Joe, when Angle became the first person to beat Joe in TNA.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage: Maria thanks Dixie Carter for having her and The Miracle there. Maria says it was an inspiring move, on her part. Maria says that tonight, Mike Bennett wants to call out Dixie and ask her a question, and that tonight Dixie can be part of making a Miracle happen.\u00a0Maria also says that she could be an asset in the Knockouts Division. She tells Dixie to give her assistant a call and they can have a formal chit-chat.\u00a0\u201cAs it relates to the Knockouts,\u201d Dixie said, \u201cI saw what happened between you and Gail. And like Gail, I believe in actions more than words.\u201d\u00a0Maria just stares off into the distance as the show goes to break.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break at 9:26]<\/p>\n<p>Back from the break, Maria and Mike Bennett are in the ring. Maria says that before they call out Dixie, Bennett should tell them who and what the Miracle is?<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of &#8220;Wrestling Coast to Coast&#8221; with Chris Maitland and Justin McClelland, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/wrestling-coast-to-coast-maitland-mcclelland-review-hog-superclash-incl-mason-vs-dijak-shirakawa-vs-shotzi-amazing-red-vs-guevera--70885277\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wrestling Coast to Coast - Maitland &amp; McClelland review HOG Superclash incl. Mason vs. Dijak, Shirakawa vs. Shotzi, Amazing Red vs. Guevera\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=70885277&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[Q3] \u201cDo you people want to know what the miracle is that\u2019s happening tonight?\u201d Bennett asks.\u00a0The crowd boos.\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s a resounding yes.\u201d Bennet continues:\u00a0\u201cArguably the greatest pro wrestler alive, Kurt Angle, who ducked me and cheap-shotted me by the way, he\u2019s on his way out the door. So the miracle that\u2019s happening tonight is that I will be named the No. 1 contender for the TNA World Hvt. Championship. And once I become the No. 1 contender, I will go on and win the TNA World Title and complete my mission of saving this company, and saving all of pro wrestling. So Dixie, come on down and let\u2019s make this miracle happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of Dixie Carter, out comes Drew Galloway, who still holds a TNA World Title match in his Feast or Fired briefcase.\u00a0\u201cYou don\u2019t get it,\u201d Galloway said. \u201cYou think everything is going to get handed to you. I have a news flash for you, this is a wrestling company, not a charity. If you want that title shot, I have some advice. I suggest you do a little more fighting, and a lot less running your mouth like a little b\u2014-.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bennett said that Galloway knows about charities, because he begged Kurt Angle for a second match because he didn\u2019t get the job done the first time. He said that Galloway won some game show for his World Title shot.\u00a0\u201cLet the adults talk, Drew,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cYou go back there where you belong. Go get Dixie for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Galloway said he could do that, or he could also \u2026\u00a0And Galloway gives Bennett a shot and he\u2019s all over him. But Bennett fires back. Galloway rolls over and throws double fists. Galloway hits a clothesline.\u00a0\u201cThat was my moment!\u201d Bennett yelled as he retreated up the ramp. \u201cYou ruined my moment!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angle Video: Highlights of Angle\u2019s first TNA World Hvt. Title win were shown, when Angle won a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage: The Wolves told\u00a0Angle how much they respect him. Davey says he\u2019s been looking up to Angle since he was a kid. Angle said he appreciates it, and that they have no idea how good they really are. Angle ribs Richards for using the anklelock, and then said that he\u2019s allowed to use it.\u00a0\u201cKen Shamrock passed it on to me, and I\u2019m passing it on to you,\u201d he said.\u00a0Angle told the Wolves to go out and defend their tag titles, and when it was over, he\u2019d show Richards some pointers on the anklelock.<\/p>\n<p>Up next: Gail Kim vs. Jade for the Knockouts Title.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break at 9:39]<\/p>\n<p>Back from the break, Jade is already in the ring and Gail Kim is making her ring entrance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 \u2014 TNA Knockouts champion GAIL KIM vs. JADE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gail whips Jade into the corner. Back in the middle, Jade drops Gail on her knee. Jade then walks over Gail\u2019s rib cage and connects with kicks to her face as she tries to stand up.<\/p>\n<p>Gail starts to get some offense back and brings Jade to the corner, wrapping Jade in a figure-four around the ringpost. The referee breaks it at a four count and Gail goes back into the ring. She drags Jade to the middle, but Jade kicks her off, sending Jade to the mat.<\/p>\n<p>[Q4] Jade goes for a submission but Gail gets out and reverses into a modified arm bar. Jade lands a kick as they get up off the mat.\u00a0As both get to their feet, Gail blocks two right hands from Jade and whips her into the turnbuckle. Jade misses a clothesline.<\/p>\n<p>Jade tries for package piledriver, but Gail blocks it. Gail goes to the top and hits a crossbody, but Jade rolls through it for a two count. Gail turns over that pin attempt and lands a pin for the win.\u00a0After the match, Gail grabs her title and celebrates as she walks back up the ramp.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Gail Kim retains at 6:31.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage: Beer Money is approaching the ring for their Tag Title match against The Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>Back from the break, Mathews announces that ECIII will have one more World Title shot next week against Matt Hardy.<\/p>\n<p>Mathews then throws to Matt Hardy in a pre-taped interview.\u00a0\u201cThis is an injustice,\u201d Hardy said. \u201cWhat did you pull, ECIII, to get this done? One more shot at my World Title? I told everyone there was a conspiracy against me!\u201d\u00a0Hardy then calms down and says he doesn\u2019t know why he was getting worked up, because ECIII can\u2019t beat him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 \u2014 TNA Tag Team champions THE WOLVES (Davey Richards &amp; Eddie Edwards) vs.\u00a0BEER MONEY (James Storm &amp; Bobby Roode) \u2013 TNA Tag Title match<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Storm and Edwards start out the match. Edwards wraps up Storm\u2019s arm and Richards tags in.<\/p>\n<p>[Q5 \u2014 second hour] Storm works his way to his corner and tags in Roode, who grabs a side headlock. Good teamwork by the Wolves, as Edwards drops Roode with a drop toehold and Richards flies in with a dropkick. Similar double-team on Storm, only Richards dropped an elbow.<\/p>\n<p>Back to their feet, Richards helps Edwards fly through a double suplex. The Wolves hit a double dive on Beer Money.\u00a0Edwards rolls Roode back into the ring, drops a leg, and goes for a cover but Roode kicks out.\u00a0Roode then hits Edwards with an atomic drop and Storm tags in, taking him out from behind.<\/p>\n<p>Roode tags back in and gets a two count on Edwards. Roode snaps Edwards over and locks him in a chin lock and then brings him to the mat with a front facelock.\u00a0Edwards hits a double huracanrana\u00a0on Beer Money. Edwards dives and makes a tag to Richards. The Wolves are in control after Richards hits dual dropkicks.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break at 10:05]<\/p>\n<p>Back from the break, Richards has Roode in the anklelock, but Storm is the legal man. Roode gets to the rope for a break.\u00a0Storm climbs to the top where he grabs Richards but Richards slips free and drops Storm on the turnbuckle. Storm is on the tree of woe as Richards climbs the opposite turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick.\u00a0Storm kicks out at two, though.<\/p>\n<p>Richards tags in Edwards. After some back-and-forth, Storm hits Edwards with a huracanrana\u00a0off the top. Roode then lands a top-rope splash, but Edwards kicks out. After a backstabber, Storm tags in Roode.\u00a0Beer Money follows that with their signature \u201cBeer! Money!\u201d spot. But,\u00a0Edwards counters out of the DWI.<\/p>\n<p>Storm charges Edwards, but Richards hits him with a kick. Richards flies off the top at Storm but Storm lifts his knees.\u00a0Roode hits a spinebuster on Edwards and Storm catches him in a DDT, but Edwards kicks out at two.<\/p>\n<p>Roode sets up Edwards on the top rope. Edwards fights his way out and drops Roode to the mat. Edwards goes up on the ropes, but Storm takes out Edwards and drops him on the turnbuckle.\u00a0Beer Money hits DWI for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Beer Money wins the TNA World Tag Team Titles at 16:15.<\/p>\n<p>[Q6] After the match, Storm and Roode celebrate, as Mathews points out that this is their fifth title win. On the outside, TNA officials appear to be helping one of the Wolves to their feet, but it\u2019s hard to tell who it is. The camera doesn\u2019t focus on them.\u00a0The camera does finally show The Wolves walking back up the ramp, as Edwards is helping Richards walk after he blew out his knee.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Reax: What a match. WWE\u2019s tag team division is so much better now than it was four or five years ago, but there isn\u2019t a team in WWE that can touch what Beer Money and The Wolves did here. The teamwork and double-team moves, the fast-paced action, it\u2019s just not WWE\u2019s style.\u00a0TNA also gave these four plenty of time. It was a little more than 16 minutes of television time, but who knows how long that match actually was? It could have been edited down from 20-plus minutes. There wasn\u2019t a dull second for the entire match.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Angle Video: Highlights of Angle\u2019s TNA Hall of Fame induction are shown.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage: Lashley is shown walking backstage and he sees Drew Galloway.\u00a0\u201cAfter tonight, there will be a new top dog in town, and it\u2019s not you,\u201d Lashley tells Galloway.<\/p>\n<p>Still to come: Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Lashley.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break at 10:17]<\/p>\n<p>Back from the break, Mathews threw to fan-submitted videos for Kurt Angle, where fans thanked Angle for his TNA tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage: Angle is warming up as Mike Bennett approaches.\u00a0\u201cKurt, I am a firm believer that everything in life happens for a reason, and everything (Lashley) does out there tonight, you deserve. But you could have wrestled me. You\u2019re done, and that\u2019s fine. Hall of Famer vs. future Hall of Famer. If you ever get that wrestling itch and want to scratch it, I\u2019ll be here to beat you, Kurt.\u201d\u00a0Angle says that Bennett better hope he never decides to come back, or it would get real.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Reax: Could this be building up to something? There doesn\u2019t seem to be a reason to have Bennett and Angle keep interacting if it\u2019s not going to lead to a match. Building up this Lashley match as Angle\u2019s last, only to go back on that so quickly is not the best move, but down the road if Angle does decide to come back for one match, there is a built-in opponent with Bennett. If nothing else, he at least got to interact with him.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In-ring: Grado runs to the ring and says that he has video proof he was screwed in Feast or Fired. He tells \u201chis friend\u201d Kenny Smith to play the video, and Eli Drake comes to the ramp along with Jessie Godderz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at you, you\u2019re pathetic,\u201d Drake said. \u201cHere you are, begging for your job back.\u201d\u00a0The crowd is chanting for Grado.\u00a0Drake says that security has taken out Grado for two weeks in a row. Now this week, he says that he\u2019s going to walk to the ring with his Feast or Fired briefcase and smash it over Grado\u2019s head so many times, he\u2019ll never come back.<\/p>\n<p>Godderz says that they are two people who \u201cdon\u2019t have to pump up in the back\u201d in order to take him out.\u00a0Godderz and Drake them jump Grado, laying boots to him in the corner. That brings out Mahabali Shera, who runs in to help Grado. He goes to work on Godderz in the corner, but Drake lays out Grado with the briefcase. He then slams the briefcase over Shera\u2019s back.\u00a0Grado then emerges, taking out Godderz and Drake and stealing the briefcase.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage: Lashley and Angle are shown walking to the ring.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break at 10:28]<\/p>\n<p>Back from the break, Mathews says that Jeff Hardy returns and there is a World Title match between Matt Hardy and ECIII.<\/p>\n<p>Video: Mathews throws to a music video tribute dedicated to Kurt Angle\u2019s career. As clips are shown of Angle\u2019s career, cuts from his promo a few weeks ago on Impact air, where he thanks the fans.<\/p>\n<p>Comments from Pat Kenney, his agent, Al Snow, Shane Helms, and Earl Hebner, are shown as part of the video as well. As the video closes, a graphic reading\u00a0\u201cThank You Kurt\u201d is shown as the crowd chants \u201cThank you Angle!\u201d in the background.<\/p>\n<p>In-arena: Lashley makes\u00a0his entrance. He\u2019s followed by Angle, as Mathews runs down Angle\u2019s resume, including his multiple World Titles and Olympic gold medal.\u00a0Jeremy Borash handles ring introductions for Angle\u2019s final match. Brian Hebner will be tonight\u2019s referee.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Reax: This was obviously a huge match, but TNA did a really great job making it feel like a huge match. Between the ring walks and introductions, it felt more than a typical TNA main event, including World Title matches.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break at 10:40]<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 \u2014 BOBBY LASHLEY vs. KURT ANGLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bell rings as Angle and Lashley circle each other in the ring. Of note, Lashley is wearing a bright white headband.\u00a0Good mat wrestling to begin the match. Angle has a headlock, but Lashley begins to power out. Angle resets the side headlock and Lashley resorts to throwing fists at his mid-section.<\/p>\n<p>[Q8] Angle hits a German Suplex, and then another.\u00a0Angle whips Lashley into the corner but he backs out with an elbow to Angle. Lashley mounts little offense as Lashley gets back in control with right hands in the corner.<\/p>\n<p>Lashley hurdles Angle as he goes off the ropes and then catches Angle, tossing him across the ring before getting a two count.\u00a0Lashley is now in control and jams his boot into Angle\u2019s throat for a count of four before he breaks it.<\/p>\n<p>Lashley drapes Angle\u2019s neck on the rope and begins to choke him with his knee. Lashley throws elbows in the corner but Angle begins to fight back. Lashley comes right back, driving his shoulder into Angle\u2019s gut in the corner.\u00a0Angle goes off the rope and is able to kick Lashley, but Lashley comes right back with a spinning elbow to remain in control of the pace.\u00a0Lashley covers Angle for a two count at 4:57.<\/p>\n<p>As Angle begins to get to his feet, Lashley grabs a side headlock. Angle tries to power out with elbows but Lashley stands toe-to-toe as both trade right hands.\u00a0Angle ducks a punch and hits two straight German suplexes without releasing. Lashley gets out of the grip with an elbow and then a power slam.<\/p>\n<p>Angle drops Lashley with an Angle Slam after avoiding the spear, but Lashley kicks out at two.\u00a0Angle is bleeding from his mouth. Pope says it came from the back elbow.\u00a0Angle locks up Lashley for three more German suplexes and then grabs the anklelock at 6:50.\u00a0Lashley reverses into a cross-arm breaker, but Angle somehow rolls out of it and again locks in an anklelock. Lashley is in the middle of the ring. He powers Angle to the corner and then hits a spinebuster as Angle charges him.<\/p>\n<p>Lashley is stalking Angle as he lays on the ground. Lashley hits Angle with a second spear for another two count.\u00a0Lashley stalks Angle again looking for a third spear but Angle side-steps it, throwing Lashley into the corner post and then snatching an anklelock at 9:37.\u00a0Mathews says that Lashley has nowhere to go. Angle drops to the mat and wraps his legs around Lashley\u2019s, still cranking his ankle. Mathews says that Lashley is going to tap out, giving Angle a storybook ending.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lashley breaks the hold with a kick as Angle tried to reposition himself.\u00a0Angle misses a spear and Lashley hits a spear out of nowhere for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Bobby Lashley at 10:57.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, they show a close-up of Angle on the mat bleeding from his mouth. Pope says that Lashley did it through his own merit.\u00a0Lashley picks up Angle for a hug as Brian Hebner is applauding. Lashley has a huge smile on his face as he raises Angle\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Lashley drops Angle with a huge clothesline before sitting in the corner. Angle gets back up and Lashley smashes Angle with another spear before throwing Brian Hebner outside the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Drew Galloway charges the ring. Galloway is screaming at Lashley, as Lashley throws his hands up. Galloway checks on Angle and Lashley spears Galloway. Eddie Edwards runs in to help but he gets a spear.<\/p>\n<p>Lashley then picks up Angle for another spear.\u00a0Suddenly, ECIII\u2019s music hits. He walks into the ring and goes face-to-face with Lashley, who backs down and walks out of the ring as ECIII stares him down.\u00a0ECIII stands in the ring, noticing all of the carnage and he goes to check on Angle.\u00a0Mathews says that Lashley has rocked Impact Wrestling to its very core.<\/p>\n<p>Next week: Eric Young vs. Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy vs. ECIII as Impact will be live next week.<\/p>\n<p><em>[FINAL THOUGHTS: Lashley works better as a heel. He had the storyline a few weeks back of the mystery woman flirting with him, and that could be part of the explanation for his change in attitude here. Although TNA runs the risk of that mirroring the Matt Hardy\/Reby story currently being told.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They seemed intent on getting Lashley over as a heel after this match, destroying everyone that came to Ange\u2019s aid, including the man of the hour, twice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It was good booking to have ECIII come out and make the save, with Lashley retreating. 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