A couple of months prior to this match, Sting disappeared from TNA. It must be nice having a job like that. Mike Tenay and Don West are on commentary. Mike Tenay goes over the Tale of the Tape before the match and reminds us that Kurt Angle is the special guest enforcer for this match, he makes his way out first. If you're wondering why this match has so many stipulations, there's a sign welcoming Vince Russo back to the company. Samoa Joe has been removed from the building due to a heated confrontation with Kurt Angle. The champion enters, getting in Angle's face, Don West reminds us that Jarrett has the belt hostage whilst TNA is using the NWA belts. The lights go out before Sting enters and he debuts the red tights. Mike Tenay asks if his baseball bat is a tribute to the Detroit Tigers as if he hasn't used it since 1997. Jeremy Borash gives us the Big Fight in-ring intros
JEFF FARRETT © VS. STING (Kurt Angle as Special Guest Enforcer)
(NWA World Heavyweight Championship vs. Sting's Career)
TNA Bound for Glory 2006 (22nd October 2006)
The bell rings and they lock up, seven minutes into the video, reaching a stalemate. Jeff Jarrett takes Sting down with an arm drag from the second attempt. Sting gets to his feet and they lock up again. Jarrett gets a headlock, chain wrestling his way around Sting all the way back to it. Sting sends Jarrett off the ropes but Jarrett blocks a hip toss, hitting one of his own. Sting takes his time getting to his feet, Jarrett cuts him off with a knee to the gut and backs him into the corner. Jarrett rams his shoulder into Sting's ribs but Sting blocks a hip toss out of the corner. Sting blocks another attempt and sends Jarrett into the corner. Jeff Jarrett dodges a right hand, sending Sting across the ring with a hip toss. The commentators wonder if Sting is suffering from ring rust as he applies a headlock to Jarrett. Jarrett sends Sting across the ring but is knocked down with a shoulder tackle. Jarrett goes prone and leapfrogs. Jarrett turns around and ducks a right hand, knocking Sting down. Sting is getting frustrated because he can't get anything going. They lock up and Sting breaks it, getting some strikes in at Jarrett. Jeff Jarrett is sent off the ropes but he ducks a clothesline and hits a standing dropkick.
Sting rolls to the floor and Kurt Angle follows him around ringside telling him to get back in the ring, where Jarrett is strutting. Jarrett tells Sting that he's washed up so Sting asks the crowd, who roar in support. Jeff Jarrett spits in Sting's face but we miss it for a far-out shot. Sting grabs Jarrett by the throat and backs him into the corner with right hands. Jeff Jarrett reverses an irish whip but ducks early so Sting plants him with a powerbomb. Sting lifts Jarrett and drops him over the top turnbuckle then clotheslines him over the top rope. Kurt Angle tells Jarrett to get back in the ring, leading to a shoving match. Sting gets bored of waiting, going out to Jarrett at ringside and sends him into the guardrail. Sting sends Jarrett into the guardrail across the arena and a cameraman becomes collateral damage. Kurt Angle throws the referee in the ring so Angle can do his job. Jarrett reverses an irish whip sending Sting into the guardrail and grabs a chair. Kurt Angle stops Jarrett from using it and Sting takes advantage of the distraction, clapping Jarrett's ears. Sting takes it up the ramp and suplexes Jarrett,
Sting tries to use the steel chair but Kurt Angle stops him from using it. Jeff Jarrett jumps Sting from behind, knocking down Angle in the process. Jeff Jarrett drops Sting on the ramp with a DDT and drops him chest first onto the guardrail before taking it back into the ring. Jarrett lays in boots and sends Sting off the ropes. Sting ducks a back elbow but runs into a sleeper hold. Kurt Angle is back at ringside but he's still groggy. Sting elbows himself free from the sleeper and Jarrett reverses an irish whip. There's miscommunication but Jarrett sends Sting across the ring again. Sting ducks a pair of clotheslines and they collide with flying cross bodies. They're both down for the count but Kurt Angle slides in the ring and hits an Angle slam to the referee so it doesn't end in a draw! He throws the referee out of the ring and Jarrett and Sting get to their feet, in unison with the crowd. Sting blocks Jarrett's right hands, replying with his own and backs Jarrett into the ropes. Jarrett is sent across the ring and runs into an inverted atomic drop. Sting knocks Jarrett down with clotheslines. Jeff Jarrett gets to his feet in the corner and eats a Stinger Splash. Sting hits the Scorpion Death Drop and gets a nearfall. Jeff Jarrett counters an irish whip and knees Sting in the gut, hitting The Stroke for a nearfall.
Kurt Angle manhandling the referee apparently gave him that job officially, as Jeff Jarrett brings Sting to his feet. Sting uses his weight advantage to counter a tombstone attempt into one of his own for a close nearfall. Sting starts climbing the corner but Jarrett cuts him off with a low blow. Kurt Angle has a stern word with Jarrett before the champ climbs up to the middle rope. Sting elbows his way out of a Stroke attempt and sends Jarrett across the ring. Jarrett gets his knees up on a running splash attempt and locks in the Figure Four. Sting's shoulders stay down for 2, but he rolls over. Jeff Jarrett grabs the bottom rope so Sting has to break the hold. Jeff Jarrett immediately gets an ankle lock right in front of Kurt Angle! Sting crawls to the bottom rope but Jarrett is able to drag him back to the middle of the ring. Sting rolls through, sending Jarrett out to the floor. Sting grabs the baseball bat, leading to words with Angle. Sting backs Angle away with the bat but Angle takes it off him. Sting turns around into a guitar shot from Jarrett, but it does nothing! Sting knocks Jeff Jarrett down with a right hand and locks in the Scorpion Deathlock, sitting on Jarrett to apply the pressure and Jeff Jarrett taps!
WINNER: STING (NEW NWA World Heavyweight Champion)
I liked this match being an oldschool NWA match. Jeff Jarrett was able to keep Sting from getting anything going for the opening minutes. Kurt Angle may have been involved a bit too much for me personally but that's Russo booking. Other than the TNAttitude stipulations and booking it was a serviceable match with a big moment to cap off the show. – WORKRATE: 2.5/5 PERSONAL ENJOYMENT 2.25/5 OVERALL 4.75/10
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