TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match: Suicide vs Moose (c)
Suicide avoided the No Jackhammer Needed at the beginning on IMPACT. He took Moose down with a tilt-a-whirl headscissor before launching himself into the ropes. Moose ran in, falling through to the floor.
Moose caught Suicide mid-dive, but was sent into the ring post. Suicide followed up inside the ring with another headscissor takedown. The Iron Octopus trapped Moose in the middle of the ring. Though the hold was broken, Suicide kept up the pressure on IMPACT, delivering two dropkicks to the knee of the "champion."
On the outside, Moose caught Suicide going for a rolling senton and slung him head first into the barricade repeatedly. Back inside the ring, Moose hoped for a count-out victory. Suicide narrowly beat the count.
Moose launched Suicide into multiple corners, leaving Suicide sprawled out on the mat. The "TNA World Heavyweight Champion" continued to batter his challenger, Suicide tried to muster up some offense, but his clotheslines did little to Moose. The first three barely affected him, but a fourth turned Moose inside out.
Suicide avoided some of Moose's offense, and lit up the "champ" with some running dropkicks in the corner. A rolling fireman's carry into a lionsault earned him a nearfall over Moose.
Not too happy, Moose sent Suicide into the corner again where he stomped a mudhole into the masked high-flyer. As Moose was distracted giving the referee some trouble, Suicide rocked him with a superkick and a Codebreaker. Three more superkicks connected, but Moose refused to go down. A fourth, though, knocked him on his back.
Suicide moved up top and connected with a flying cross body. Moose, though, rolled through and held the tights to steal another victory on IMPACT.
Results: Moose defeated Suicide via pinfall.
Grade: A-
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