Tag Team Dream Match to Take Place in UK
On January 28th, a wrestling dream match is taking place for the first time ever. It’s going to be The Hardys (Matt and Jeff Hardy) vs. Motorcity Machine Guns. This is huge and it will probably be the best match on tour. Look the resumes of both teams.
The Hardys are former WCW Tag Team Champions, and six time WWE Tag Team Champions. Both Matt and Jeff have held numerous singles titles. They have competed in some of the greatest tag team matches of all time including TLC matches with Edge and Christian and Team 3D. The Hardy’s have been wrestling since they were teenagers in high school, and even lied about their age so they could get dark matches with WWE.
Both Matt and Jeff have been involved with some controversial things in their careers but no one can deny both men have great ability in the ring. Jeff is a daredevil, a high risk taker and leaves it all in the ring every time. Matt on the other hand is more technically sound in the ring but can be a daredevil as well if he needs to be.
The Hardy’s are one of the greatest tag teams of all times and it’s great to see them reunited again even if it’s for one night only in England. I know they will be used together again on TV but we don’t know how often. It all depends on what the writers want. The Hardy’s are back together and this time it may be for good.
Now you have the Motor City Machine Guns who are young and haven’t even made it into their prime yet. Together they have won AAW Tag Team Championship, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, ZERO1-MAX International Lightweight Tag Team Championship, and TNA World Tag Team Championship. While together they have also each held the TNA X Division Championship on one occasion. They have had some outstanding matches with Beer Money, Team 3D, Generation Me, British Invasion and The Latin American Xchange.
I have seen the Machine Guns live before and I can tell you this much, they bring it every time they go out into that ring no matter how big the crowd is or if their on TV or not. They have reinvented tag team wrestling into what it hasn’t been in a long time. Fans in the UK are going to see the best tag team of the late 90’s and early 2000’s take on the best tag team of right now. Even though they don’t have the gold right now the Machine Guns are what makes tag team wrestling go in TNA. They are the heartbeat of the tag team division in TNA. This will be a true test for them to see how truly great they are and how far they have come.
The matches announced for the “TNA Maximum iMPACT! 2011” Tour – which takes place from January 21-29 – include:
Friday January 21 – Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match – Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam
• TNA World Tag Team Championship Match – Beer Money, Inc. vs. Motorcity Machine Guns
• “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan vs. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero
• TNA X Division Champion Kazarian will defend the gold!
• Also Appearing: “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, Matt Hardy, TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne, Douglas Williams, Mickie James, “Prince of Punk” Shannon Moore, Angelina Love, Tara, Mark Haskins and more!
Saturday January 22 – Paris Le Zenith
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match – Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy
• TNA World Tag Team Championship Match – Beer Money, Inc. vs. Motorcity Machine Guns
• Genesis Re-Match – Rob Van Dam vs. Matt Hardy
• TNA X Division Champion Kazarian will defend the gold!
• Also Appearing: “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle, TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan, “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, Douglas Williams, Mickie James, “Prince of Punk” Shannon Moore, Angelina Love, Tara, Mark Haskins and more!
Monday January 24 – Dublin National Stadium
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match – Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy vs. “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett
• TNA World Tag Team Championship Match – Beer Money, Inc. vs. Motorcity Machine Guns
• Genesis Re-Match – Rob Van Dam vs. Matt Hardy
• TNA Knockouts Tag Team Action – TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne & Tara vs. Mickie James and Angelina Love
• TNA X Division Champion Kazarian will defend the gold!
• Also Appearing: “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan, “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, Douglas Williams, “Prince of Punk” Shannon Moore, Mark Haskins and more!
Tuesday January 25 – Berlin Le Zenith
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match – Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy
• TNA World Tag Team Championship Match – Beer Money, Inc. vs. Motorcity Machine Guns
• Tag Team Action – Rob Van Dam & “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan vs. Matt Hardy & “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero
• TNA X Division Champion Kazarian will defend the gold!
• Also Appearing: “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle, TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne, Douglas Williams, Mickie James, “Prince of Punk” Shannon Moore, Angelina Love, Tara, Mark Haskins and more!
Thursday January 27 – Glasgow Braehead Arena
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match – Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy
• Tag Team Action – “Nature Boy” Ric Flair & Kazarian vs. Douglas Williams & Matt Morgan
• Genesis Re-Match – Rob Van Dam vs. Matt Hardy
• TNA World Tag Team Championship Match – Beer Money, Inc. vs. Motorcity Machine Guns
• Special Challenge Match – “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett vs. Scotland’s own Lionheart with special guest referee Greg Hemphill
• Also Appearing: Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle, TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne, “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, Mickie James, “Prince of Punk” Shannon Moore, Angelina Love, Tara, Mark Haskins and more!
Friday January 28 – Manchester Evening News Arena
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match – Mr. Anderson vs. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero
• First Time Ever! Tag Team Dream Match – The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. Motorcity Machine Guns
• TNA X Division Champion Match – Kazarian w/ “Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs. Rob Van Dam
• TNA World Tag Team Championship Match – Beer Money, Inc. vs. Douglas Williams & “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan
• “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett has issued an open challenge!
• Also Appearing: Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle, TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne, Mickie James, “Prince of Punk” Shannon Moore, Angelina Love, Tara, Mark Haskins and more!
Saturday January 29 – London Wembley Arena
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match – Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy
• TNA World Tag Team Championship Match – Beer Money, Inc. vs. Motorcity Machine Guns
• First Time Ever! – “Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs. Douglas Williams
• Genesis Re-Match – Rob Van Dam vs. Matt Hardy
• Special Challenge Match – “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett vs. England’s own Johnny Moss
• TNA X Division Champion Kazarian will defend the gold!
• Also Appearing: Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle, TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan, “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, Mickie James, “Prince of Punk” Shannon Moore, Angelina Love, Tara, Mark Haskins and more!
Remember cards subject to change but this looks like it’s going to be a great tour for TNA and the fans in the UK are going to see some of the best wrestling they have ever seen.
If anyone from the UK is reading please post your thoughts on the shows below. I would like to know how they went. Thank you.
