TNA Victory Road 2012 Live Stream On Sunday night, TNA Wrestling presents Victory Road 2012. The main event of this show features Bobby Roode battling Sting in a non-title match in his final pay-per-view appearance before defending the title against James Storm in a Cage Match at Lockdown next month. In addition to giving you my predictions for this show, I'm also going to try and guess what the card for Lockdown will look like. As is always the case, you can let me know what you think will be happening on Sunday night by clicking on the "Leave a Comment" link below. I just ask that you help me keep the site non-spoiler and not mention anything that will be broadcast on Thursday night until that show has aired.
Before I get to my predictions for the show, I have some exciting news for fans of wrestling that also enjoy country music. Longnecks and Rednecks, which is the theme song for "Cowboy" James Storm has been released to country music stations. A video for the song was recently filmed and it features Montgomery Gentry and Cowboy Troy. The song is performed and co-written by Serg Salinas. Serg has appeared on IMPACT WRESTLING a few times in his real-life role as the husband of TNA President Dixie Carter. He is currently the Vice President of TNA Knockout Music, a subsidiary of TNA Entertainment, LLC., and had a career in the world of country music before getting involved in wrestling.
X Division Championship: Champion Austin Aries vs. Zema Ion - Austin Aries has been amazing over the past few months as the champion of the X Division. However, he has found himself in the weird zone where a heel wrestler is so good that the fans can't help but but to admire his work. Since he is going against another heel in this bout, I expect for the audience to be firmly behind him and for this to mark the beginning of a face turn for the champion. Sadly, with Jesse Sorensen's injury, the division is lacking a top-fight face. All Austin needs is a little sympathy from the fans to take over that role. He'll get that when Zema out-cheats him to get the win. Predicted Winner: Zema Ion
Tag Team Championship: Champions Samoa Joe & Magnus vs. Matt Morgan & Crimson - Earlier today, I took part in a press conference with Matt Morgan. I hope to have highlights of it posted to the site tomorrow. As far as this bout goes, I think we will finally be getting the break-up of the team of Matt Morgan and Crimson when Crimson turns on his partner. That will lead to a match between the two at Lockdown and hopefully a match between the champions and the Motor City Machineguns. Predicted Winner: Samoa Joe & Magnus
Knockouts Championship: Champion Gail Kim vs. Madison Rayne - So far, there have only been two singles title matches announced for this show. Both of them feature a heel vs. heel dynamic. Unlike the prior bout, I don't see the fans getting behind either woman in this one. My gut feeling is that this one will end with a lot of interference from some of the Knockouts that are angry about the way Madison got in this bout. That will set up a match featuring several Knockouts Predicted Winner: No Contest
AJ Styles & Mr. Anderson vs. Christopher Daniels & Kazarian - My first reaction when AJ named Mr. Anderson as his partner was that Mr. Anderson was going to turn on him. Since I have already predicted one tag team breaking apart for this show, I don't think that it will happen again. My guess is that Mr. Anderson gets the pin against Kazarian and that will result in neither AJ nor Daniels feeling good about the ending since they want to beat the other guy so badly. I think that all four men will continue this feud as part of the Lethal Lockdown Match next month. Predicted Winner: AJ Styles & Mr. Anderson
Jeff Hardy vs. Kurt Angle - Kurt Angle is officially listed as a competitor for the 2012 Olympic Qualifiers. That tournament takes place on April 21 and April 22. Since Lockdown takes place a week earlier, I can't imagine that he would wrestle on that show. I think that he will be written off television by making the excuse that he was too focused on amateur wrestling to properly train for Jeff Hardy. Predicted Winner: Jeff Hardy
Non-title Match: TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode vs. Sting - Usually when a champion fights in a non-title match on pay-per-view, it is almost a guarantee that he will lose the bout. However, the reason the title isn't on the line here is because James Storm has already earned a shot at the title for next month's show and a match between Roode and Storm has been almost half-a-year in the making. I think that Roode gets the win here thanks to the interference of Bully Ray, who has been having a non-physical feud with Sting for the past few months. Predicted Winner: Bobby Roode
Predicted Lockdown Card
TNA World Champion Bobby Roode vs. James Storm
Lethal Lockdown: Team Sting (Sting, Jeff Hardy, Mr. Anderson, & AJ Styles) vs. Team Bully Ray (Bully Ray, Scott Steiner, Kazarian, & Christopher Daniels)
Matt Morgan vs. Crimson
Tag Team Champions Samoa Joe & Magnus vs. Motor City Machineguns
Knockouts Champions Gail Kim vs. Madison Rayne vs. Mickie James vs. Velvet Sky vs. Angelina Love vs. Sarita
Garrett Bischoff & Rob Van Dam vs. Eric Bischoff & Gunner
X Division Champion Zema Ion vs. Austin Aries
