Destination X 2007: A Strong Main Event Trapped Inside Gimmick Overload

NWA World Tag Team Champions LAX, Homicide and Hernandez, fought Brother Ray and Brother Devon of Team 3D in a Ghetto Brawl at Destination X 2007. The belts were not being defended, so a victory would settle the street fight rather than change champions. Garbage cans and baking sheets entered almost immediately, while Hernandez launched a spectacular dive over the ropes onto Devon. Both teams fought through the crowd before returning to the ring, where Team 3D threatened its 3D double-team finish. Konnan and Johnny Rodz accompanied their respective teams, but neither was a legal participant. A group of allies also invaded during the melee, complicating the closing covers.

Team 3D hit the 3D on Homicide, but Machete pulled the referee away before a three-count. Alex Shelley appeared with a camera and climbed the ropes to splash Devon, who lay on a table. Homicide pinned Brother Devon after that interference at approximately 14:50, winning the brawl for LAX. The deciding pin was not a clean Homicide singles finishing move and did not mean the NWA tag titles changed hands. The inherited B / 7.6 credits the high-energy brawling while acknowledging how the outside participants decided the final fall. WATCH the wild finish and correctly distinguish the legal four wrestlers from the crowd of seconds.

James Storm and Jackie Moore faced Petey Williams and Gail Kim in a double-bullrope tag match. Storm was tethered to Williams, while Moore and Kim were tied together with a separate rope, limiting how far each pair could move without pulling the other along. The four were legal participants in a mixed tag, not a handicap match with the women's involvement limited to ringside. Kim wrapped her rope around the ring post to punish Moore, while Storm used the bullrope against Williams and stopped several attempted covers. Williams attempted a Canadian Destroyer as the ropes and his rival's proximity repeatedly interrupted both teams' offense.

At the decisive exchange, Williams set up the Canadian Destroyer, but Jackie Moore struck him with an illegal low blow while the referee was distracted. Storm followed with a superkick and James Storm pinned Petey Williams at the recorded 7:52–8:05 range in contemporary results. Kim was the losing partner but was not pinned. The match was resolved by a fall rather than touching turnbuckles or escaping the ring, despite its rope stipulation. The retained C- / 5.8 notes the constrained wrestling and tainted finish. SKIP except for the rivalry and precise use of the separate bullropes.

Senshi faced Austin Starr at Destination X 2007 in a singles match with the Crossface Chickenwing as the designated finishing submission. Bob Backlund had a visible interest in the stipulation and accompanied the wrestlers' ongoing dispute, but he was not a third legal opponent. Starr tried wrestling around Senshi's kick-based offense and repeatedly pressed him against the ropes, hoping to use technical counters to escape the champion-style grip. Senshi responded with forearms and head kicks while looking for a chance to lock his opponent's arms behind him. Unlike the later cage bout between these rivals, the March match did not feature Backlund as special referee.

In the closing stretch, Senshi caught Starr and applied the Crossface Chickenwing. Senshi forced Austin Starr to submit to that hold in approximately 11:09. No pinfall decided the match, and the result should not be swapped with their later Lockdown finish, where Bob Backlund's officiating involvement led to a bridging pin. The inherited C / 6.3 credits the stipulation's recognizable finish while acknowledging that the hold-focused story constrained the action. SKIM for the actual submission and the history between Starr, Senshi and Backlund.

B.G. James and Kip James of the Voodoo Kin Mafia faced the Heartbreakers, Antonio Thomas and Romeo Roselli, in a conventional tag match at Destination X 2007. Christy Hemme accompanied the Heartbreakers as part of her escalating conflict with the two veteran James wrestlers. The rivalry was framed through Hemme finding new opponents for VKM, but she did not enter the bout as a third legal teammate. Thomas and Roselli attempted to isolate one opponent while B.G. and Kip relied on power moves and quick tags to regain control. The match was short and principally served the continuing feud rather than a championship or tournament qualification.

After the teams traded momentum, B.G. James scored the concluding fall on Antonio Thomas. B.G. James pinned Antonio Thomas at roughly 9:02, giving the Voodoo Kin Mafia the win. Kip was the winning partner, not the individual who made the deciding cover, and Roselli was not the wrestler pinned. The inherited D / 4.8 reflects how the tag contest functioned primarily as an angle for the wider Hemme feud, with little title consequence. SKIP the match unless following that ongoing storyline.

Chris Sabin's X Division Championship defense against Jerry Lynn used a two-out-of-three-falls format instead of a single quick pin. Lynn struck first with a tornado DDT and pinned Sabin at 5:51, forcing the champion to fight from behind. Sabin evened the score at 8:51, with contemporary ringside coverage recording his feet on the ropes during the cover. Lynn continued chasing the win through exchanges around the Cradle Shock and his own cradle piledriver attempt. The different fall mechanisms gave the bout a competitive structure, while Sabin's shortcut meant the score was not tied through an entirely unassisted pin.

Sabin recovered the last decision at the recorded overall 12:18 mark. Chris Sabin pinned Jerry Lynn for the deciding third fall, completing a 2-1 defense of the TNA X Division Championship. The detailed 2007 live report does not reliably identify a decisive finishing move for that last cover, so the result is recorded without inventing one. After the decision, a masked man attacked Sabin and Lynn and revealed himself as Christopher Daniels; that angle occurred after the legal fall, not as the person scoring it. B / 7.8 credits the three-fall progression and the relevant late title storyline. WATCH the final equalizer and deciding cover.

Rhino and A.J. Styles contested the new Elevation X stipulation high above the ring, where the losing wrestler would fall from the raised intersecting platform. Styles climbed first, and Rhino followed carefully after the two had fought on the floor. Styles used a low body slide and hid inside the crossbeam structure to avoid an immediate fight, while Rhino had to locate his opponent before moving toward the edge. Those restrictions created real visual danger but made traditional in-ring offense impossible. This was not a falls-count-anywhere pinfall match, so a Gore by itself could not settle the contest.

Styles attempted to throw white powder toward Rhino; the powder came back into Styles' own eyes. Rhino then landed a Gore on top of the structure. Styles caught the ledge and continued hanging by his hands, delaying defeat until Rhino stomped those fingers. Rhino won when A.J. Styles fell from the scaffold, with medics later checking Styles on a stretcher. The inherited event clock is 9:05, while a contemporary detailed report gives a longer scaffold sequence; the decisive fall and participants are more firmly established than reconciling those clocks. C / 6.0 and SKIM reflect the unusual spectacle's payoff and limited technical wrestling.

Kurt Angle met Scott Steiner in one of Destination X 2007's few conventional singles matches. Both wrestlers' amateur backgrounds shaped the early exchanges, but the feud quickly became physical as Steiner was cut above the forehead. Angle hit a run of German suplexes and went after Steiner's ankle. Steiner answered with the Steiner Recliner and a modified Olympic Slam, then survived an extended Ankle Lock attempt by reaching or forcing his way free. Because there was no cage or novelty stipulation here, the finish depended on counters inside the ring rather than a separate escape condition.

In the closing exchange Steiner lifted Angle toward the corner and tried a belly-to-belly superplex. Angle slipped underneath and rolled his opponent into a sunset-flip cover. Kurt Angle pinned Scott Steiner with a sunset flip at the inherited 11:42, though one contemporaneous report timed the fall around 11:44. The victory was not an Ankle Lock submission, despite Angle using that hold repeatedly throughout the match. B- / 7.1 rewards their direct wrestling exchanges while acknowledging the awkward-looking final roll-up. SKIM the German suplexes and final counter.

Sting and Abyss were assigned the Last Rites match, with a coffin hanging above the ring and ceremonial candle arrangements acting as weapons. Abyss struck Sting with the props until Sting was bleeding badly. The pair tried using the descending coffin to end the rivalry, but Abyss escaped an early attempt to be sealed inside. Sting also applied the Scorpion Deathlock and Abyss tapped out; under the advertised Last Rites stipulation, that submission was not an official match-ending condition. Sting broke a tombstone prop over Abyss and continued forcing his opponent toward the coffin while the crowd turned against the cumbersome presentation.

Abyss countered with a chokeslam onto the coffin, bending it, before Sting answered with another blow that sent him through a tombstone prop. Sting shut the coffin lid over Abyss for the recorded victory at approximately 9:40, after which the coffin was hoisted above the ring. The actual finish was sealing the coffin, not pinning Abyss or counting an earlier submission as decisive. The inherited F / 3.8 reflects how the match's complicated equipment and crowd reaction buried the work of its two performers. SKIP for viewers seeking a coherent wrestling match, although the historical gimmick outcome is documented.

Christian Cage defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Samoa Joe in the Destination X 2007 main event. The match restored a clear singles-title structure after the evening's many gimmick stipulations. Joe entered with a ceremonial Samoan presentation and attacked Cage around the ringside crowd before taking control in the ring through a series of suplexes and a submission hold. Cage hit the Unprettier but could not secure the three-count. Joe delivered a Muscle Buster, only for the champion to kick out. A referee collision and Cage's low blow were late shortcuts, rather than proof that Joe had lost his offense against the champion.

Joe applied the Coquina Clutch in a final attempt to force the title switch, but Cage shifted his weight into a roll-up with illegal leverage. Christian Cage pinned Samoa Joe with his feet on the ropes at 17:43 to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Joe was the wrestler covered; the referee did not award the championship on a knockout or disqualification. This prevented Joe from completing his challenge despite the extended effort and kept Cage's reign going into the next program. B+ / 8.0 rewards the strongest conventional contest on the show while retaining the decisive officiating controversy. WATCH the two finishers and rope-assisted last cover.