TNA Victory Road - July 13, 2008

TNA World Heavyweight Championship
Samoa Joe vs. Booker T

TNA Tag Team Championship (Fans' Revenge Match)
The Latin American Xchange vs. Robert Roode & James Storm

Six Man Tag Team War (Fans pick the stipulation)
AJ S_tyles, Christian Cage, & Rhino vs. Kurt Angle & Team 3D
(Voting starts on the website when the PPV begins on July 13!)

World X Cup Tournament Finals
Featuring Team TNA, Team Japan, Team Mexico, and Team International

Grudge Match
Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt

TNA Women's Knockout Championship
Taylor vs. Awesome Kong

Gail Kim vs. Angelina Love

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Here's the official PPV trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyZJDuQFfTs

Click the following pic to get your official TNA Victory Road wallpaper.....



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"Houston.....we have a problem." That seems to be the major theme to this PPV.

Post your thoughts and whatnot for TNEH's post-Slammiversary PPV.

I'm not so excited about Joe wrestling Booker T at this time and period. No wonder the Book is getting the World Title match cuz it's in his hometown.

The World X Cup Finals should be one hell of a match.

cm shut up james storm and robert vs lax will be great

the world x cup wil be badass and will the main event

The World X Cup sound cool, and the LAX Vs. Roode and Storm is sounding kind of weird with the fans being able to use a strap on Roode and Storm?

and Booker T Vs. Joe sound like it could be ok, but not great, or even amazing.

This could be one reason for Bookers push

Booker T has been frustrated with TNA in recent weeks. Booker is a vocal critic of TNA's booking style, although some observers believe he's happier with his character's direction since the heel turn. The bulk of Booker's frustrations are with creative writers Jeff Jarrett and Dutch Mantel. On the otherhand, Booker is said to have a good relationship with Vince Russo (who booked his first World Title win in July 2000). He also had an incident on the UK tour last month. Booker was upset over the number of meet and greets he was asked to take part in during the tour. He was also unhappy with the lack of catering in the UK venues. According to one well-placed source, Booker was so upset that he threatened to leave the tour unless the company addressed the accommodation issues to his liking. Although, his frustration over TNA's travel accommodations was said to be justified as there was no catering at some of the buildings or water on the tour bus at the time of his complaints. On another note, Booker spends most of his time backstage playing video games. Some feel he's not doing as much to help the younger wrestlers as he lets on. Although, he's been playing video games backstage dating back to his WCW, which could give a false impression that he's difficult to approach.

Source: Wrestling Exposed

New Matches added to Victory Road:

Fans Pick The Stipulation: 6-Man Tag War: AJ S_yl_s, Christian Cage and Rhino vs Kurt Angle and Team 3D

(Voting for the stipulation starts on July 13th on the PPV)

TNA Grudge Match: "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal w/SoCal Val vs Sonjay Dutt

I'm hoping the Joe-Booker match is good, plus the World X Cup Ultimate X match is good too, but i'm not sure on Lethal-Dutt, yes it looks like it's gonna be good but it's too much Hogan-Savage Wrestlemania V again.

TNA Victory Road PPV Prediction:

TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Samoa Joe(c) vs Booker T: Joe Wins, I see this being a decent match and i hope Stingy does something at the end of the match like challenge for the title.

TNA World Tag Team Championship: L.A.X (Homicide and Hernandez)(c) vs Beer Money inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm): LAX wins, This could be a good match and involving the fans too, i hope the feud lasts longer.

World X Cup Ultimate X Match: Team International vs Team TNA vs Team Mexico vs Team Japan: Team TNA Wins.

6-Man Tag Team War: Kurt Angle and Team 3D vs Christian Cage, AJ S_yl_s and Rhino: Cage, AJ and Rhino win and another Angle, 3D beat down on AJ (and Cage and Rhino) after the match.

World X Cup Elimination Match: Team International vs Team TNA vs Team Mexico vs Team Japan: Team International wins.

Grudge Match: Jay Lethal vs Sonjay Dutt: Lethal wins, i have a good feeling in this match too.

TNA Knockout Championship: Taylor(c) vs Awesome Kong: Taylor wins.

Gail Kim vs Angelina Love: Kim wins.

That fans revenge tag team match just sounds so dumb, as it was last time they did it.

Just reading the results now too, yawn. Even with probaly how good the world cup x was, was so obvious who TNA wanted to win.

But wow, the main event for the title took an interesting turn.

This PPV pretty much seemed liked filler. Having Booker T in the main event just because the event was in his hometown.

Excited for Victory Road though. It's in Trenton, about 10 minutes away from me.