Impact Wrestling #4 "Outsider's Shot"
July 10, 2002
City Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee
An opening video package is played that shows some classic old-school NWA wrestling which then shows the phrase "The Past, The Present, and The Future of Wrestling". The Impact Wrestling logo appears as we enter the arena and get a pyro show.
Don West is in the ring and welcomes everybody to Impact Wrestling. Tonight Scott Hall tries to fulfill his destiny by winning the NWA World Heavyweight Title from Ken Shamrock. Later tonight the match maker and the face of the Championship Committee will be introduced. As West is talking there is a disturbance in the crowd as Steve Corino, CW Anderson, and Simon Diamond make there way through it to the front row. West asks security to stop them, but Corino pulls three tickets as they sit down. West doesn't know what to say and he throws it to Maura Ranallo, Mike Tenay, and Don Callis.
Ranallo and Tenay are worried about these thugs at ringside, while Callis is pissed that Corino is not challenging for the World Title instead of sitting in the audience.
The Full Blooded Italians (James Maritato & Tony Mamaluke) vs Southern Comfort (Tracy Smothers & Chris Hamrick)
A normal southern tag with Hamrick playing the face in peril. Smothers gets the tag and the win over Mamaluke.
Winners: Southern Comfort @ 7:26
A video is played of Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo shopping for mantle's to put the NWA World Tag Team Titles they will eventually win on. However they are annoyed by all the southern accents in Tennessee.
Doug Williams vs Jimmy Yang
Williams gets the win with the Chaos Theory.
Winner: Doug Williams @ 5:33
Jeremy Borash is backstage and brings in James Mitchell. Mitchell proclaims The New Church is growing and this will mark the end of Impact Wrestling.
Low Ki, Dixie, & Kid Kash vs AJ Styles & The SAT
An epic match that isn't just a spot fest as AJ plays a long face in peril segment. Towards the finish Low Ki hit the Ki Krusher on Joel Maximo that looked to be for the win, but AJ nailed Ki with the Spinal Tap off the top knocking him out and Joel was put on top for the win.
Winners: AJ Styles & The SAT @ 20:01
The losing team is left in the ring as The New Church's music hits. Slash and Cobain come in the ring lead by James Mitchell to take out Dixie and Kid Kash. Low Ki composes himself after the lose and starts to turn the advantage back to his side, before Mitchell waves to the back and out comes Super Dragon. Dragon goes right after Low Ki and hits the Psycho Driver knocking him out. Mitchell celebrates as Slash, Cobain, and Super Dragon stand victorious.
Homicide w/ Da Hit Squad vs Psicosis
Homicide has quite the battle with Psicosis, but he has the help of the Da Hit Squad to gain the advantage.
Winner: Homicide @ 10:09
Don West is on the platform to introduce the new match maker for Impact Wrestling. He brings out the legendary wrestler "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. Armstrong says he is here to keep order in Impact Wrestling and give everybody a fair shot. That being said he warns Steve Corino and company to stay in their seats. He announces a deal he has made with Pro-Wrestling Zero1 that will bring in former NWA World Champion Shinya Hashimoto and former ECW World Champion Masato Tanaka to square off next week where the winner will get a title shot against whoever the champion is in two weeks.
NWA World Tag Team Champions Christian York & Joey Matthews vs Bo & Stan Dupp
The Dupps use every trick in the book, but York and Matthews pull out the win.
Winners: Christian York & Joey Matthews @ 10:02 to retain the NWA World Tag Team Titles
As York and Matthews celebrate Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper appear at the entrance and take their time getting to the ring. During this time Shane Sewell and Brian Kendrick jump York and Matthews from ringside. They motion they want the titles as Skipper and Romeo get in the ring and in their face. They motion that they want the titles.
Don West is in the Event Centre and hypes up next week's show where Shinya Hashimoto and Masato Tanaka will determine who the number one contender is. Plus AJ Styles will defend the X Division Title against Dick Togo.
Backstage Jeremy Borash is with Scott Hall who has one shot tonight to become the World Champion. Borash asks if Hall was worried about Ron Killings and BG James interfering after what they did last week. Hall said that those two are Kliq rejects. Hall talked to Hunter last week and they said they were only kept around because they carried Hunter's bags. He doesn't sweat them.
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ken Shamrock vs Scott Hall
Hall looked to have the win wrapped up as he had Shamrock up for the Outsider's Edge, but BG James and Ron Killings came to ringside and took out Hall's knee. Shamrock put on the Ankle Lock for the tap out win.
Winner: Ken Shamrock @ 10:54 to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title
As Shamrock celebrates the announcers notice that Corino, CW Anderson, and Simon Diamond are standing up and applauding. They raise four fingers and the announcers speculate if Shamrock is the fourth man they are alluding too.