**Review by Tom Dawkings
The British Invasion d. Rhino & Eric Young, Brutus Magnus Doomsday Uppercut -- pin Jesse Neal (5:35, *1/2). Rhino gets a big pop. End came when EY walked out on Rhino, then Jesse Neal (with his hair still looking like a total train wreck) came out and the ref let him become Rhino's tag team partner, but was immediately destroyed.
Nice Fully Loaded 1999 opening.
X champion Suicide d. Lethal Consequences and the Motor City Machine Guns in a King of the Mountain match (23:30, ***1/2). Nice booking; KOTM to open, KOTM to close. Alex Shelley was the star of that match here and got the biggest pop. Fun opener and TNA needs more of that and less of the rest.
Back-to-back Shane Douglas promos. Douglas can't go a promo without mentioning Flair, ECW or the Kliq.
Daniels d. Shane Douglas w/ gut and half tanned arms, Best Moonsault Ever -- pin (8:10, **). Douglas was terrible as he can't even run the ropes properly or do the Memphis heel tactics as he got winded fast. This match should have ended with Douglas sucking up all the air in the arena to keep himself moving and pins Daniels as he and everybody else in the arena start gasping for air due to the lack of oxygen. Anyways, this wasn't a half bad match tbh. Wasn't anything mindblowing, but it certainly wasn't bad. In the end, Douglas jobs cleanly. Back to Summer School, Dean.
Knockouts champion Angelina Love d. Tara, downward spiral -- pin (6:50, **). Okay match; Tara looked strong as Angelina retained through sneaky heeliness, so by order of TNA Management, this feud must continue!
Abyss & Taylor Wilde d. Raven & Daffney in a Monster's Ball match, Abyss black hole slam into the thumbtacks -- pin Raven (14:10, ***1/2). This was awesome, despite Taylor looking out of place and Raven and Daffney proved they still belong out there; they exceeded all expectations, but poor Daffney taking a bump on the tacks.
Sting d. Matt Morgan, scorpion death drop off the middle rope -- pin (10:00, **). Sting as always, is super, super over. Oh man, when was the last time Sting did a missile dropkick? Anyways, they screwed up the float-over into the Death Drop, but nice recovery by Morgan and the match had a nice finish. The whole MEM stip reminds me, you gotta love how the Frontline just quietly died.
Beer Money d. TNA tag team champions Team 3D, DWI -- pin Devon (17:00, ***1/2). Man, that was an epic reign by 3D. They spent more time talking about how great the tag division is than actually wrestling and then lost the belts on their first defense. Anyways, this was the best tag match I've seen in a long long time and I love Bubba's Balding Mohawk.
Kurt Angle w/ hobo beard and hair d. TNA champion Mick Foley, Samoa Joe, Jeff Jarrett & AJ Styles in a King of the Mountain match (21:30, ****). Joe looks like Abdullah the Butcher and Angle looks like Wanderlei Silva here. End came when Joe faked an injury as AJ was climbing the ladder, then when AJ wasn't looking Joe powerbombed him off the ladder and started climbing as Angle started up the other side and just as he was about to hang the belt, Joe handed it to Angle who hung the title and won. I just got swerve'd. Both KOTM matches were awesome. As much as I don't know what to think of the Joe swerve yet, the match itself was awesome so I'll pick that.
Final Thoughts: I think this was TNA's best PPV of the year. Easily. I enjoyed both KOTM matches very much and the Monsters Ball and the tag title match was great as well. Sting-Morgan, Tara-Love, and Daniels-Douglas were the only low points, but they were OK matches.
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