TNA Wrestling's 'Bound for Glory 2007' Preview and Predictions

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Welcome to the big preview and predictions column for this Sunday’s bound for Glory event. This is it, the big show, the signature event, TNA’s Wrestlemania. Well, now we know what Wrestlemania would feel like if it were booked by TNA.
If you like stipulation matches and matches with illogical build then this is the show for you because we’ve got plenty of the first and no shortage on the second. Lets run this card down and see what we’re dealing with at Bound for Glory 2007.

Ultimate X Match:
Triple X Vs. The Latin American Xchange
Ok, as near as I can figure it here is the build for this match. Both Triple X and LAX have X in their name and are thus qualified to be in Ultimate X because we’re required by law to have an Ultimate X match on this show.
The 2 teams have had minimal interaction save for being on opposite sides of an 8-man tag on the 2 hour debut of iMPACT. Really, this match is just on the show to have a good match on the show. I ordinarly don’t object to that sort of thing but the few fans TNA does have are in to both of these teams and would like to see some attention paid to them.
This will open the show and it is a risk because there is potential that nothing else on the card will be able to top it. Really, picking a winner here doesn’t matter because it isn’t as though either team will advance past this point but I’m going to take LAX.
Winners: LAX Homicide and Hernandez

Fight for the Right - 16 man Reverse Battle Royal for Future Title shot
Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Jimmy Rave, Lance Hoyt, Eric Young, Petey Williams, Robert Roode, James Storm, Chris Harris, Kazarian, Junior Fatu + others
TBA
Yes, it is back, the worst gimmick match I have ever seen and the reason I’m recapping this show. Hey, if TNA is going to book it, I am going to be there to make fun of it. As a tease, during the show, I will reveal my top 10 needed reverse gimmick match ideas.
An explanation of the rules since we’re not going to get one from TNA. All 16 men fight on the floor. The first 4 men to make it in to the ring will then fight with the man scoring the winning pin getting the future title shot. Why we couldn’t just pick 4 guys and have them wrestle for the title, I don’t know but it likely has to do with the need to get everyone on this show. I expect that Sonjay Dutt, VKM and maybe Sharkboy are 4 of the five remaining participants.
You can eliminate Shelley and Sabin because people like them so it isn’t going to happen. Eliminate Eric Young and Petey Williams because who cares? Eliminate Kaz and Robert Roode because they seem to be off in their own deal. Really, Junior Fatu, Chris Harris and James Storm are the only viable choices of the one’s we know so far. Well, the Chris Harris push stalled out over the summer, James Storm and Kurt Angle are both heels and Junior Fatu used to wrestle in WWE. Only way it is one of the mystery dudes is if one of those is RVD. Oh, and if Jeff Jarrett returns in the reverse battle royal I’ll laugh my ass off and he’ll win, thus ending the laughter.
Winner: Junior Fatu

Monster's Ball Match:
Raven Vs. Rhino Vs. Black Rain Vs. Abyss
Well, this match is different because this will have all of the blood and weapons and such. I’ll give TNA credit for this much at least they have the 4 best possible guys on the roster in this kind of match, well 3 and Black Rain who is useless at everything. Judas Mesias was supposed to be in this match but his injury in Mexico had to scratch those plans for the time being. I see Abyss as being the only viable winner. Rhino gains nothing with a win and loses nothing with a loss. Raven is way past the point of interesting and Black Rain is so useless that he’s practically guaranteed to go over just because of that fact.
I’ll go with my pick though and say Abyss goes over even after taking a big bump of some kind.
Winner: Abyss

Tables Match:
The Steiner Brothers Vs. Team 3-D
I cared about the first meeting between these 2 teams but don’t really care so much about the rematch. Way to build up a feud, TNA! Steiners won the first go-round so I’ll say Team 3-D does some cheating to even things up and prepare us for another wacky stipulation match in the future.
Winners: Team 3-D

TNA Women's Championship Match - 10 woman gauntlet
Gail Kim, Amazon Kong, Angel Williams, Shelley Martinez, Talia Madison, ODB, Christy Hemme, Jackie Moore, Ms. Brooks, Roxie Laveaux (earned the right to
enter the match last)
I know that Amazing Kong has signed a TNA deal. I don’t know what kind of deal the other 4 women are under, so it will either be Kong or 1 of the original Knockouts. I think that Kong winning the title and being set up as the monster for the other women to try and conquer would be the most interesting story. Plus, she’s already got a victory over my beloved Gail.
Winner: Amazing Kong

There must be a Winner: Matt Morgan as special Enforcer
Christian Cage Vs. Samoa Joe
I love matches that must have a winner because it implies that all other matches must not have a winner. What the company is going to do here is so obvious everyone but the announcers can see it coming. Christian will get all up in Morgan’s business, Morgan will punk him out and Joe will get the win. Thus Christian can say he only lost because it was 2 on 1 and as another bonus, Joe gains nothing from the win. Everyone loses which is standard opporating procedure in TNA.
Winner: Samoa Joe

TNA World X-division Championship:
Christopher Daniels Vs. Black Machismo Jay Lethal
Believe it or not, this match actually has a couple of months build behind it and even more amazing is that it kind of makes sense. Lethal pinned Daniels in a tag match at Hard Justice while Daniels was #1 contender for the X-title. So Lethal took Daniels’ place as top contender and then beat Kurt Angle to win the belt. Then, Daniels pinned Lethal in a non-title match.
TNA has screwed up bad when it comes to Jay Lethal. They didn’t even need an hour to start ruining any momentum he might have gained by beating Angle when he was punked out like a random jobber by Samoa Joe later in the show. Then he lost to Daniels on the next week’s iMPACT and then he and Sonjay were beaten down by Team 3-D on the 2 hour debut. Yeah, this guy is the X-division champion. Reportedly, Kurt Angle hasn’t been happy with the way Jay Lethal has been treated and maybe that’s what caused him to go on a drunk driving excursion.
As for who wins, who cares? Daniels has no defined character and Lethal has been made to look like a joke. Lethal’s last title reign only lasted a week so he’s already got that bested.
Winner: Black Machismo Jay Lethal

TNA World Tag Team Championship Match:
AJ Styles and Tomko Vs. Ron 'The Truth' Killings and Pacman Jones
So help me in an odd sort of way, Team Pacman is growing on me. Pacman Jones’ is the worst interview ever but he’s so bad I end up being entertained.
The trouble is that you can only do what they’ve done with him for so long before people catch on and people are catching on. So as funny as I find it to watch them do everything possible for him to avoid contact, I’m afraid my amusement is coming to an end.
I think it is time for the belts to go to Styles and Tomko. Plus, I think they can then annoy Christian by pointing out that they have belts and he does not.
Winner: AJ Styles and Tomko

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Sting Vs. Kurt Angle
So get the logic of this match. Kurt Angle tells Karen to pretend that Sting slapped her so that Kurt has an excuse to go in to a rage and go after Sting’s own family. Kurt Angle is hoping that this will make Sting mad enough that he’ll revert to the Sting of old for the PPV and be at his very best.
So wouldn’t Angle attacking Sting’s son without any false motivation have accomplished the same goal. I mean the reason for the attack was already bogus so why do we even need a bogus reason in the first place when no reason at all would’ve theoretically accomplished the same thing.
As for who is going to win. Well, seeing as how Kurt was arrested for drunk driving and TNA has a strict drug policy, he should probably do the job. However, given that the previous line is a bunch of shit and given that Sting is unlikely to sign for another year in TNA, the drunken champion will probably retain.
The more interesting question, and not by much, is whether or not Kevin Nash costs Sting the bout as I theorized in my iMPACT coverage. Sting said to Nash that he was losing his edge and in Vince Russo’s world those comments are always a hint of something to come. So, since the buzz has been a Nash return to the ring, why not get it started here? Plus, talk has been of maybe Waltman and Hall coming in because TNA isn’t 1997 enough as it is so why not say that the whole thing was foreshadowed the whole time even if it really wasn’t so?
Winner: Kurt Angle

Despite my better judgement and mainly due to the fact I can make fun of a reverse battle royal, I’ll have live coverage of this show as it happens.

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