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7 -- CHRISTIAN CAGE vs. JEFF JARRETT vs. STING vs. RON KILLINGS vs. ABYSS (w/James Mitchell) -- NWA Title match -- King of the Mountain match
After all the challengers came out, Christian Cage was shown walking through the backstage area through the Gorilla Position to the ring entrance. He climbed a ladder and showed off his NWA Title belt. Larry Zbyszko was introduced as the match emcee. Earl Hebner is the referee. Christian and Killings worked on Jarrett in the ring. Christian mocked Killings's dance and Killings had a laugh before catching Christian with a side kick to the face. Killings and Sting worked together before Killings hit a splash over the top rope onto Jarrett, Abyss, and Christian. Sting flew off the penalty box with a splash onto all four other wrestlers. Sting hit a Stinger Splash on Jarrett in the corner. Killings hit a missile drop kick then covered Jarrett for a pin at 3:45. Like a pin would occur four minutes into a match following a missile dropkick. Jarrett had to spend two minutes in the penalty box and Killings was eligible to hang the NWA Title on the belt hook above the ring. Christian catapulted a ladder into Killings. Christian scored another unbelievable pinfall on Abyss at 5:20 with a quick roll up, making Christian eligible to hang the belt. Jarrett told Abyss they should work together, but his penalty time expired and he went after Christian. Jarrett placed Christian in between two legs of a ladder then stood on the ladder. Abyss's time expired then he talked to Jarrett. They set up a double stack of tables on the outside. Sting and Abyss flew over the top rope with dual clotheslines. Jarrett crotched Killings on the top rope then hit the Stroke from the apron to the guardrail. Jarrett rolled over Killings and covered him to earn eligibility. Christian dumped Jarrett over the guardrail right next to a fan wearing a PWG Champion Joey Ryan moustache t-shirt. Sting and Abyss spilled to the stands. Sting landed chair shots to the head. Christian and Jarrett fought up the bleachers to the very top where Christian failed at dumping Jarrett over the guardrail. They continued to brawl while Ron Killings's penalty time expired. He set up a ladder in the middle of the ring then began to climb up the ladder to hook the belt. Of course, he took ten years to climb each rung. Abyss came into the ring and tipped the ladder over. The action returned to the ring. Jarrett and Abyss worked together to smash everyone with a ladder. They dumped Killings over the top rope to the floor. Christian and Sting worked together to hit a double dropkick on Jarrett and Abyss. Christian and Abyss kinda tumbled over the top rope to the floor. Killings set up a ladder and began to ascend the ladder with NWA Title in hand. Abyss tipped the ladder over again. Abyss flung the ladder back and knocked Earl Hebner out cold. Jarrett and Abyss argued over the NWA Title. Jarrett stole the belt then hit the Black Hole Slam on Jarrett. Referee Slick Johnson hit the ring to make the count for Abyss to make him eligible. Zbyszko took the title belt and told Slick to leave. Jarrett was locked in the penalty box for two minutes. Abyss climbed a ladder then Sting shoved Abyss off the ladder and Abyss went crashing through a double stack of tables. Christian and Sting exchanged blows. Sting hit a Stinger Splash then applied the Scorpion Deathlock. Jarrett, who was supposed to be in the penalty box, ran out of the box and hit Sting with the NWA Title belt. Christian stole a guitar from Jarrett then Sting hit the Scorpion Deathdrop on Jarrett. He told Christian to climb the ladder as he applied the Deathlock on Jarrett. Zbyszko low blowed Christian . West and Tenay predicted victory for Sting, but Christian met him at the top of the ladder. They fought over the belt then Earl Hebner shoved the ladder over sending Sting and Christian to the floor. Jarrett ascended the ladder with the NWA Title belt in hand. The fans trashed the ring with bottles. Jarrett hooked the belt on the ladder for the win.
Afterwards, Hebner and Zbyszko hightailed it, trying to re-create Survivor Series '97. Jarrett began to leave with trash pelting him, but referee Rudy Charles stole the NWA Title and handed it to Cornette, who walked out on stage. Jarrett dropped to his knees in frustration as the fans popped for the swerve ending. The show ended with Mike Tenay asking who the champion is.
WINNER: Find out on Impact in 23:00. I might pull out the tape of ECW TV from Tuesday to cleanse the palette after this. Bogus finish. Bogus "wrestling" action. Not even close to main event worthy from a promotion trying to re-live 1997 and 1999. Looking to the long-term, this could work out to crown a new champion and create interesting TV building to the next PPV, but, also in the long-term, a completely bogus non-finish to a PPV main event could hurt future PPV sales. Then again, if you're still ordering TNA PPVs, the previous 25 PPV main event non-finishes haven't deterred you from ordering again.
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