Against All Odds 2006: Christian Cage's World-Title Win Gives TNA a Complete Pay-Per-View Payoff

Ron Killings faced A-1 alone during the Against All Odds 2006 pre-show. Team Canada was ordered away from ringside, narrowing the setup to two actual wrestlers instead of a faction brawl. Killings was operating separately from the former 3Live Kru teammates who would wrestle later on the main card. The short preliminary placement meant the result introduced the show's running authority-and-interference theme without carrying a championship challenge or larger tournament stake.

Killings delivered the Axe Kick and Ron Killings pinned A-1 at the documented 1:43. The contemporaneous WrestleView summary confirms the winner; historical results accounts supply the more specific finishing move. Team Canada's absence is relevant because it distinguishes this fall from the faction-heavy matches later in the event. The inherited D / 4.5 assesses a very brief singles warm-up rather than a full pay-per-view match. SKIP unless watching the complete pre-show.

Lance Hoyt teamed with Cassidy Riley and Shark Boy against Shannon Moore, Elix Skipper and David Young in the six-man Against All Odds pre-show. Simon Diamond accompanied the losing side as a second but did not enter the ring as a seventh competitor. The arrangement brought familiar midcard wrestlers together without a title defense or a clearly defined longer rivalry to settle. With the five-minute match placed before the paid broadcast, it was an undercard team result rather than the kind of stipulation match that drove the show later.

Hoyt caught Skipper and finished him with the Texas Towerbomb. Lance Hoyt pinned Elix Skipper as the three-man Hoyt/Riley/Shark Boy side won in the recorded 5:49. The Pro Wrestling History ledger identifies the individual cover, and the results listing independently specifies the powerbomb variation. Riley and Shark Boy were legal winning partners but not the individual fall scorers, while Shannon Moore and David Young were not pinned. The inherited C- / 5.8 and SKIP guidance reflect the narrow consequence and short duration.

The Naturals, Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas, opened the paid Against All Odds 2006 show against Austin Aries and Roderick Strong. The match followed an earlier contender-tournament encounter in which Aries had cheated. Strong trapped Stevens with backbreakers while Aries attacked him through repeated tags, but the Naturals' teamwork produced several counterattacks. Stevens dived from the top rope onto both opponents outside. Douglas later escaped a double-team suplex-and-clothesline combination after Stevens interrupted, bringing the bout back to the rivalry's central question: whether Aries could find another illicit way to win.

Aries tried to hook the ropes during a roll-up as he had before, but the referee spotted it. The Naturals recovered, landed the Natural Disaster and Andy Douglas pinned Austin Aries at the recorded 10:29. Strong was his losing partner, not the pinned wrestler, and no titles changed hands. The inherited B / 7.5 reflects a full-length tag contest with meaningful counters and a finish directly tied to their previous meeting. WATCH for the thwarted repeat cheating attempt.

Jay Lethal met Petey Williams, Alex Shelley and Matt Bentley in the four-way X Division match, with Traci accompanying Bentley. They worked through rapid tags and counter chains as though each temporary pairing could break down immediately. Shelley and Williams argued over a submission while Lethal survived heavy pressure. Bentley and Petey exchanged suplexes, and Lethal answered Shelley with dropkicks. The story gained an unusual outside complication when Jackie Gayda came to the entrance and confronted Shelley over a previously taped incident, pulling his attention away just as the wrestlers started setting up their finishers.

Williams prepared the Canadian Destroyer on Bentley, but Bentley escaped with a back body drop. Lethal stepped into the opening, rolled up Williams and Jay Lethal pinned Petey Williams at the recorded 10:30. Shelley and Bentley were part of the match but did not take the deciding fall. The inherited B+ / 8.0 reflects the inventive counter sequence and Lethal's timely victory; Gayda's confrontation belongs in the description as outside distraction, not as another legal entrant. WATCH the last several reversals.

The James Gang's B.G. and Kip James faced LAX's Homicide and Machete, with Konnan at ringside. Machete had joined the group following Apolo's departure, so the contest established the new LAX pair rather than presenting Konnan as one of the legal wrestlers. Kip threw Homicide with a powerbomb early, but Machete and Konnan worked to isolate him. Konnan added illegal shots and even bit Kip near the apron while the referee was occupied. Kip fought back and opened a tag for B.G., shifting the closing exchanges toward the new LAX recruit.

B.G. delivered a pumphandle slam and B.G. James pinned Machete at the recorded 5:59. Homicide did not take the fall, and Konnan's ringside involvement did not make the finish a disqualification. LAX attacked afterward until Bob Armstrong arrived to prevent a prolonged beating of his sons' team. The C / 6.4 grade reflects a compact rivalry chapter rather than a complete match showcase. SKIM the final move and Armstrong's arrival.

America's Most Wanted defended the NWA World Tag Team Championship against Chris Sabin and Sonjay Dutt after the challengers advanced through a televised tournament. Sabin entered with a taped ankle; Harris dragged him into the ring post and Storm repeatedly attacked the same leg during their extended isolation. Dutt finally took the tag, sent the champions backward with a springboard attack and came close after a moonsault. Sabin returned for a tornado DDT onto a chair but could not stay in long because AMW kept turning his injury into a disadvantage. The established champions were protecting their belts, not participating in an open-ended four-way match.

When Dutt missed a high-risk press, Storm superkicked him and the champions connected with their Death Sentence double-team finisher. James Storm pinned Sonjay Dutt in the documented 10:43 retention. Harris supplied the leg drop from the ropes, but Storm was the credited scorer; Sabin was the unpinned challenger whose ankle had been exploited for much of the contest. Citing the injury explains the title defense far better than treating the final cover as an isolated move. The inherited B / 7.8 reflects substantial tag wrestling and effective injury targeting. WATCH the last near falls.

Rhino and Abyss turned their Falls Count Anywhere match into a long brawl through the Impact Zone and backstage at Against All Odds. Rhino used a kendo stick and an old TNA trophy; Abyss answered with a trash can, a bat and a suplex on the entrance ramp. James Mitchell supplied more weapons from ringside but was not a legal participant. Abyss assembled four tables beside the bleachers and later dragged Rhino back toward the ring for a chokeslam through another table, only to get a two-count. Rhino retaliated with a Gore through a table in the corner, but Abyss also survived that cover.

They climbed back into the elevated crowd area above the original stack. Abyss threatened a chokeslam off the ledge, but Rhino broke away and charged. The Gore sent Abyss off the bleachers through all four tables, and Rhino pinned Abyss on the floor at 15:25. The pin could take place outside the ring under the announced stipulation; the earlier Gore and table spot inside did not end it. The inherited A- / 8.6 reflects the escalating set pieces and genuinely decisive finish. WATCH the final climb and crash, but keep Mitchell as a second, not a wrestler.

Samoa Joe defended the TNA X Division Championship against A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels in a three-way that revived their unresolved rivalry. Daniels kicked Joe outside and traded submission holds with Styles, but Joe repeatedly interrupted both opponents' attempts to build a winning sequence. Styles struck Daniels with a dropkick and countered Joe's attacks, while Daniels landed his Best Moonsault Ever on Joe for a near fall. Joe used a suicide dive to scatter both challengers and survived Daniels' release German suplex. The constant broken pin attempts demonstrated why a three-way title contest offered a different challenge from a singles defense.

Styles survived one Muscle Buster attempt and briefly had Joe caught with the springboard inverted DDT, but Daniels broke the Styles Clash setup. After Joe kicked Daniels off the apron, he caught Styles and delivered the Muscle Buster. Samoa Joe pinned A.J. Styles while Daniels was outside and retained the X Division championship. Histories differ on the exact runtime (the inherited event ledger lists 10:06 while other detailed accounts give about 16 minutes), so the verified deciding wrestler and finisher are firmer evidence than one contested clock. A / 9.3 reflects the extended exchange of counters and a clear champion's fall. WATCH the entire late sequence.

Team 3D fought Bobby Roode and Eric Young after TNA fans selected Team Canada as the opposition following their previous encounter. Roode and Young concentrated on Brother Devon, whose forehead had already been cut open on television. Coach Scott D'Amore interfered from ringside, sending Devon into the steps, while Team Canada rotated through chinlocks and rapid tags to keep Brother Ray from entering. Ray finally took the hot tag, attacked both opponents and interrupted Young's attempt to climb the ropes. D'Amore's coaching presence was an illegal advantage, not membership in this two-on-two contest.

Roode struck Ray with a hockey stick while the referee's attention was elsewhere, but Young's cover could not keep Ray down. Ray dodged Young's next moonsault, and Team 3D connected with the 3D double-team finisher. Brother Ray pinned Eric Young in the recorded 13:12, rather than Devon scoring the final fall. After the bell America's Most Wanted joined Team Canada in another attack, but Ron Killings came out to stop it and helped the winners put Young through a table. The inherited B / 7.9 recognizes the worked-over Devon storyline and decisive comeback; WATCH the finish and the post-match alliance.

Christian Cage challenged NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett with Earl Hebner appointed special referee. Cage's bid carried the story of a former WWE wrestler leaving to prove he belonged at the top of TNA. Jarrett targeted Cage against the guardrail, used the Sharpshooter and repeatedly argued with Hebner, while Gail Kim interfered despite the warning that outside interference could lead to dismissal. A top-rope Stroke drew a close count after Hebner recovered from an earlier collision. Cage then landed his Unprettier, but another referee had to enter for the cover and Jarrett survived. The multiple officiating interruptions were central to the late struggle rather than evidence of a disqualification.

Jarrett hit Cage with a guitar while Hebner was recovering, but still failed to finish him. Kim attempted another hurricanrana; Cage caught and powerbombed her, forcing the champion to attempt the Stroke again. Cage countered into the Unprettier, and Christian Cage pinned Jeff Jarrett at the recorded 16:14 to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Cage celebrated with his wife and Rhino as fans entered the ring, providing an unusual pay-per-view ending compared with the earlier referee chaos. A- / 8.9 recognizes the championship significance and dramatic resilience without falsely describing an interference-free conclusion. WATCH the final reversal and aftermath.