TNA Destination X 2007

Date: 03/11/2007

Location: The Impact Zone in Orlando, FL

Announcers: Mike Tenay & Don West

The Setup 

Joe was going for the title after losing a couple of times to Jarrett in 2006 for the title, and just losing the best-of-three to Kurt Angle. It seems like they could have timed that a little better, but what the fuck do I know? I’m blogging about wrestling in 2025. 

This show was also the blow-off for several feuds in their three-match cycles. Has anyone ever pointed out how the way TNA ran their feuds, they all get old simultaneously? Thank God we had Russo and his “Ler’s build a set in the ring” fever dreams and his never-ending book of stip matches. 

The Business 

Despite all the bullshit with Joe mentioned leading up to this, VSR has this show at 36,000 buys, tied with Bound for Glory for the most in the year. It’s also interesting to note that this show did 56.5% higher than Angle wrestling for the title for the first time, the month before at Against All Odds. 

No attendance necessary at the Impact Zone. 

Results/ Ratings 

Ghetto Brawl: LAX (Homicide & Hernandez) def. Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) in 14:49 ***3/4

Double Bullrope Match: James Storm & Jacqueline Moore def. Petey Williams & Gail Kim in 7:52 *1/2

Crossface Chickenwing Match: Senshi def. Austin Starr in 11:09 **3/4

Tag Team Match: Voodoo Kin Mafia (B.G. James & Kip James) def. The Heartbreakers (Antonio Thomas & Romeo Roselli) in 9:02 1/2*

2 out of 3 Falls Match – TNA X Division Championship: Chris Sabin (c) def. Jerry Lynn in 12:18 **1/2 

Elevation X Match: Rhino def. A.J. Styles in 9:05 **

Kurt Angle def. Scott Steiner in 12:42 *1/2

Last Rites Match: Sting def. Abyss in 10:41 *

NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Christian Cage (c) def. Samoa Joe in 17:43 ***3/4 

Snap Bumps 

-I didn’t like the Joe vs. Christian finish at all, with Christian winning with his feet on the ropes. Some TNA world title matches were so overbooked that it felt like it took a literal tank to take a babyface down. Joe loses to “leverage.” Jesus, the guy got over beating people. Obviously, you can’t do that forever, but why is he losing like this when he’s supposed to be a monster? 

-I’ve always thought Christian was underrated as a worker, but I’ve seen three months of him in this spot and I’m over it. He does all the right things and generally does them well, but he doesn’t feel like he should be THEE top guy. 

-The ending to Lynn/Sabin was textbook Russo. You’re doing this program where the “legend” vet will put over the young guy. You make it meaningless by having Christopher Daniels interfere in the blow off and make him the focus, not Sabin, conclusively proving he was better than the legend. Sabin basically just did some stuff with a guy for months who hadn’t wrestled on television for a couple of years. 

-I’m all for long-term booking, but when you do six combined matches of some form of AJ vs. Rhino and Petey vs. Storm, none of them are good and none are over, maybe you should pivot. 

-The SPECTACULARLY BAD James Gang vs. Christy feud finally included awful wrestling when Christy debuted the Heartbreakers as a mystery team—a bad match for a horrible payoff to a surprise. Great work. 

-If it seems like I’m being hard on Russo, the 2007 Impact Zone disagrees. There were loud chants of “Fire Russo” during the Sting-Abyss match, which was basically a casket match with the ring decorated like, I guess, what a funeral home would look like. Sting won, putting Abyss in the coffin, and they worked hard despite the shackles that are Vince Russo’s mind, but it was still a bad match. 

-Steiner was not exactly mobile by the time this match happened in 2007, but can you imagine Angle vs. 1992 Scott Steiner??? 

-The stips hurt the Low-Ki/Aries match, which sounds like a broken record. Why is Low Ki a setup guy for Bob Backlund in 2007? This is asinine. They set that match up for Lockdown after building it for three months. 

-Team 3D and LAX finally had a good match, even with the unfortunate name of “ghetto brawl.” It took a big brawl to get on the same page. 

-Alex Shelley, interfering and costing 3D the match, got a massive pop from the Impact Zone. Say what you want, but all the stuff with the camcorder and Nash was getting him over. 

-AJ and Rhyno did a good job teasing the scaffold bump, and AJ took it safely, but they faced all the usual challenges of a scaffold match despite a more modern structure. This three-match feud was such a waste of both men, particularly AJ. 

-Why are we doing a double bullrope match without the big cowbell in the middle? The wrestlers were tied together, inhibiting movement and action, without the typical payoff of blood.

The Verdict: Thumbs Down 

I almost went thumbs in the middle here because of the match quality of the opener and main event, but Jesus, Abyss-Sting, and the James Gang tag were horrible. Half of the matches were average at best. Don’t waste your time