Against All Odds (2005)

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The 2005 Against All Odds was a

TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the first event under the Against All Odds chronology. Eight matches were featured on the event's card
.

The

Lance Hoyt
; AMW claimed victory in the match.

The event marked the debut of the Full Metal Mayhem match, which later became one of TNA's most successful

Canadian Online Explorer website rated the entire event a 7 out of 10 stars, which was the same rating as the 2006 event
.

Background

The event featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The main event at Against All Odds was a standard wrestling match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in which Jeff Jarrett defended the championship against his on-screen rival Kevin Nash. The bout was announced on the January 21 episode of TNA's primary television program, TNA Impact!, during a pre-taped press conference.[2] On the February 11 episode of Impact!, authority figure Dusty Rhodes added the stipulation that if Jarrett used a guitar (a weapon he often used to win his matches) during the match, he would be automatically disqualified and would lose the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to Nash even if the referee did not see him use it.[3]

Full Metal Mayhem match
at Against All Odds.

Another storyline rivalry heading into Against All Odds was for the

submissions is the victor. The rivalry for this match began on the January 21 episode of Impact!, when Daniels challenged Styles to a match that night, in which if Styles could not defeat him in under ten-minutes then Daniels got a X Division Championship match at Against All Odds.[2] The match ended in a time limit draw, which meant per the pre-match stipulation Daniels gained a championship match at Against All Odds.[2] Dusty Rhodes then entered the arena after the match and announced that the contest would be a thirty-minute Iron Man match.[2]

A featured match heading into Against All Odds was the debuting of

Scott Hall.[4] On the January 21 episode of Impact!, Abyss attacked Hardy once again and this time by slamming him through a table. On the January 28 episode of Impact!, TNA advertised the debut of Full Metal Mayhem between Hardy and Abyss at Against All Odds.[5] On the February 4 episode of Impact!, the second stipulation of the match was announced, that the winner would gain a future championship match on a future edition of Impact!.[6]

In the

Lance Hoyt. This match was the result of a challenge issued by Kash and Hoyt on the January 21 episode of Impact! to AMW to defend the championship against them at Against All Odds, which AMW accepted.[2]

Event

Other on-screen personnel[7]
Commentator
Mike Tenay
Don West
Ring announcer Jeremy Borash
Referee
Rudy Charles
Mark "Slick" Johnson
Andrew Thomas
Interviewers
Jeremy Borash
Shane Douglas

Pre-Show

The thirty-minute pre-show aired before the event began with a match between

real-life brothers Ron and Don Harris defeat the team of Mikey Batts and Jerelle Clark.[8]

Preliminary matches

Lance Hoyt
at Against All Odds.

Against All Odds official began with a standard match between Elix Skipper and Petey Williams, who was accompanied by Coach D'Amore. The match ended when Skipper performed a move in which he holds his opponent upside-down and around his back. He grabs their head and falls to a seated position to cause their head and neck to be forced into the mat, a move he dubbed the Sudden Death. Skipper followed by covering Williams for the pinfall.[9]

The following bout was a

dropped onto Kazarian with his elbow cocked to gain the pinfall.[10]

The third contest pitted

Dustin Rhodes in a standard match. After a few minutes of fighting, Raven pinned Rhodes with a roll-up
style pin-attempt.

The NWA World Tag Team Championship was on the line in the encounter between the champions, America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), and Kid Kash and Lance Hoyt. The match ended when America's Most Wanted performed their finishing maneuver the Death Sentence, which saw Storm wrap his arms around Hoyt and squeeze tightly while Harris jumped off the top turnbuckle and performed a legdrop across his neck and head. America's Most Wanted followed by covering Hoyt to retain the World Tag Team Championship.[11]

Main event matches

NWA World Heavyweight Championship
match.

The fifth contest was a Full Metal Mayhem match for a future match on Impact! for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Early in the match, Abyss placed two tables side-by-side and then stacked two more on top of those at ringside. Mid-way through the match, Hardy grabbed Abyss and placed him on a table at the top of the entrance ramp, he then ascended to the roof of the entrance ramp and performed a front-flip, landing on Abyss in a move Hardy calls the Swanton Bomb. In the final minutes of the match, Hardy climbed a ladder and retrieved one of the envelopes, however, it was empty which meant the last one held the future championship match. Hardy then tried to move the ladder and retrieve the second envelope. While he was climbing again, Abyss grabbed him and pulled him down, he then threw Hardy against the ropes. When Hardy connected with the ropes, he flipped over them and crashed through the four tables set up earlier in the match. Abyss followed by climbing the ladder and removing the envelope to win the match.[8]

The next bout was between the team of

Bobby Roode and Eric Young), who were accompanied by Coach D'Amore and Johnny Devine. DDP and Brown were the winners of the contest after DDP grabbed Young around the head and neck, jumped forward and landed on his back to force Young's face into the mat and his shoulder. DDP followed by covering Young for the pinfall and the win.[9]

Iron Man match at Against All Odds for the TNA X Division Championship
.

The TNA X Division Championship was contested for in an Iron Man match in the seventh match, as then-champion, A.J. Styles, defended the title against Christopher Daniels. The first fall of the match came when Daniels pinned Styles following bending Styles forward, placing Styles' head between his legs, tucked Styles' arms behind Styles' back, lifted him up, turned 90°, and dropped to the mat to force Styles' face into the mat in what Daniels dubbed the Angel's Wings.[10] Styles scored the second fall by pinning Daniels with a roll-up, tying the match one fall apiece.[11] Before the deciding fall to break the tie could take place, the thirty-minute time limit ran out. Daniels then demanded the match go into overtime/sudden death, which he was granted by Dusty Rhodes. The deciding pinfall saw Styles grab Daniels, lift him up, hold him upside down, trap Daniels' arms behind his legs, and jump forward to implant Daniels entire body into the mat in a move Styles dubbed the Styles Clash to retain the X Division Championship.[9]

The main event was for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in which defending champion, Jeff Jarrett, fought Kevin Nash. During the match, since Jarrett couldn't use his trademark guitar, Jarrett used a similar instrument, a cello.[11] Jarrett went to hit Nash with the cello, however it broke before he could swing it. Later, Nash grabbed the broken cello and placed it on the canvass. He then followed by lifting up Jarrett onto his shoulders and dropping him onto the cello to perform what he dubbed the Jackknife Powerbomb. While lifting Jarrett, Nash accidentally knocked out the referee. With the referee unconscious, no one could count the pinfall. Monty Sopp then made his debut in TNA and attacked Nash, which led to a fight between the two.[8] After the conclusion to the brawl, referee's tried to remove Sopp from the ringside area. Sean Waltman then made his debut in TNA and attacked Jarrett, which also led to a fight between them.[9] A while later the match came to an end, when Jarrett hit Nash in the groin, grabbed him, and tripped him, which caused him to fall and force his face into the canvass, which completed Jarrett's finishing maneuver the Stroke. Jarrett then covered Nash for the pinfall victory and to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[8]

Aftermath

After Against All Odds, Jarrett went on to fight Diamond Dallas Page at Destination X in a Ringside Revenge match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The match was announced on the Impact! following Against All Odds.[12] The match was changed to a Ringside Revenge match on the March 4 episode of Impact!.[13] Jarrett was victorious and retained the championship at the event.[14]

A.J. Styles went on to Destination X to defend the TNA X Division Championship in an Ultimate X Challenge match. An Ultimate X Challenge match has three stages. Stage one involves the four men being paired up into two tag teams and having a standard tag team match, with the person who is pinned being eliminated from the bout. Then it becomes a standard match involving three people, with the one being pinned in that phase being eliminated from the match. The final two then fight to climb the ropes and retrieve the championship that hangs in the middle. The participants were announced for the match on the March 11 episode of Impact!, with Elix Skipper and Ron Killings being added to face Styles.[15] The final participant was determined in a match that pitted Christopher Daniels against Chris Sabin, which Daniels won.[15] Styles would lose the championship to Daniels at the event.[14]

Kevin Nash went on to fight Monty Sopp, newly dubbed The Outlaw, in a First Blood match at Destination X, in which the only way to win is to make your opponent bleed. The match was officially announced on the March 11 episode of Impact!.[15] The Outlaw would claim victory in the match.[16]

Abyss and Jeff Hardy continued their feud at Destination X in a Falls Count Anywhere match, which was announced on the February 18 episode of Impact!.[12] Hardy went on to win the encounter.[16]

Reception

TNA Home Video.[18]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1P
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
19:45
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Iron Man Match

A.J. Styles defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the TNA X Division Championship. It was a draw after 30 minutes, but Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes ordered for sudden death overtime.

Score Point Winner Decision Notes Times
0-1 Christopher Daniels Pinfall Christopher Daniels won the point using an Angel's Wings 14:30
1-1 A.J. Styles Pinfall A.J. Styles won the point using a roll-up 24:00
2-1 A.J. Styles Pinfall A.J. Styles won the point using a Styles Clash 31:42

Notes

  1. ^ "Against ALl Odds 2005 at Pro Wrestling History.com". Pro Wrestling History.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  2. ^ a b c d e Droste, Ryan (2005-01-22). "Impact! results - 1/21/05 - (Christopher Daniels takes on AJ Styles)". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  3. ^ Caldwell, James (2005-02-11). "2/11 TNA Impact review: Caldwell's Review of Nash & Jarrett, Styles & Daniels, Hammond "Wrestling"". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  4. ^ Caldwell, James (2005-01-20). "Keller's TNA PPV report 1/16: Detailed rundown with star ratings of Sunday's event". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  5. ^ Droste, Ryan (2005-01-29). "Impact! results - 1/28/05 (3LK vs. Shane, Kazarian, and Prime Time)". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  6. ^ Caldwell, James (2005-02-04). "2/4 TNA Impact review: Caldwell's Review of DDP & Brown vs. Naturals, Styles vs. Daniels, Nash Nearly Naked". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  7. Don West (2005-02-13). "Total Nonstop Action Wrestling presents: Against All Odds (2005)". TNA Against All Odds. In Demand
    .
  8. ^ a b c d Caldwell, James (2005-02-13). "2/13 TNA Against All Odds PPV: Caldwell's "Alternative Perspective" review". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  9. ^ a b c d Keller, Wade (2005-02-13). "Keller's 2/13 TNA Against All Odds PPV report: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  10. ^ a b Martin, Adam (2005-02-13). "Against All Odds PPV results - 2/13/05 - from Orlando, Florida". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  11. ^
    Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved 2008-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  12. ^ a b Caldwell, James (2005-02-19). "2/18 TNA Impact review: Caldwell's review of Brown vs. Hoyt, DDP & Jarrett, Candido". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  13. ^ Caldwell, James (2005-03-04). "3/4 TNA Impact on FSN: Caldwell's Review of Styles vs. Kash thriller, DDP & Jarrett, Team Canada". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  14. ^ a b Keller, Wade (2005-03-13). "Keller's TNA PPV report 3/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  15. ^ a b c Caldwell, James (2005-03-11). "3/11 TNA Impact on FSN: Caldwell's Review of Dest. X Build Up, Hoyt vs. Apollo, Daniels vs. Sabin". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  16. ^ a b Caldwell, James (2005-03-13). "3/13 TNA Destination X Review: Caldwell's Alt. Perspective Report". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  17. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2008-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  18. on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-11-02.

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