Austin Aries Makes His Decision on Hulk Hogan's World Title Shot Stipulation

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Austin Aries makes his decision about the stipulation given by Hulk Hogan to forfeit the X Division Championship for a shot at the World Heavyweight Title, and in the process adds a stipulation of his own. Watch IMPACT WRESTLING every Thursday night at 8/7c on Spike TV.
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[@AustinJensen21]

Around this time, TNA was on fire! 2012 was an amazing year for this company! The storylines, the matches just felt different. Then after it just slowly went down

[@Tetsumikun]

Yes, roster had so much potential.

[@Aaron.T_82816]

2012-2014 was my favorite period of Impact. Like you're saying, it was top-notch television!

[@vexxvenno]

I miss the old x division championship

[@coolvideos5113]

me too

[@aztecwrrior1997]

I liked it it was unique and hope whoever is the next X-DIVISION Champion brings that title back

[@robthecommentor6940]

That's not the Original X Title.looks nice but the Original NWA/TNA X Title was Beautiful and so Prestigious.

[@vexxvenno]

@@robthecommentor6940 damn I sent that 4 years ago

[@MrJared93]

@@robthecommentor6940 I loved that giant x in the middle that belt was sick! I remember seeing it for the first time around the time Christian came there. I was son intrigued by the way it looked

[@too_many_mannys]

I think in this particular time-- limited rosters due to the pandemic of 2020-- the "Option C" idea would be a great idea for WWE to use and it could be used for the midcard titles (IC and US). Doing this, I think, would better move up great midcarders into the main event scene and give some proper notoriety to the midcard titles and its select group of wrestlers. Even better, at least in my thinking, is having them being "cashed in" the month before the Night of Champions PPV. It would really be a nice play on it's name and theme, kind of like how TNA has the cash-in set up strictly for Destination X.

[@Scottwilkie18]

More for the cruiser weight

[@sougotokiwa8439]

It used to be until Samoa Joe won it.

[@jorgetrujillo2175]

"Thank You! I know my name, I have something very important to say." 😂😂

[@ms_attitudetnagirl8987]

The birth of option C

[@jesusmosqueda991]

Ms_AttitudeTNA Girl can you explain that to me?

[@johnjuniorluyindula5153]

Jesus Mosqueda Option C is when you win the X-Division Championship at Destination X and you can relinquish the title but in exchange you get a World Title shot.

[@jesusmosqueda991]

John Junior Luyindula okay at only 1 event, that makes sense

[@richieherlinger4545]

U don't win the X Division title AT Destination X, you have to be the champion before Destination X, and announce your intentions to use option C at least the Impact episode before the PPV. But I don't even think they have this option anymore now that they don't hardly do actual PPVs. They just consider Impact episodes as PPVs.

[@adamV5]

WWE Should steel this idea with the Intercontinetal Championship is that every year inside the road to summerslam june to summerslam in august whoever is the IC Champ should trade in the ic title for a shot at the universal or WWE Title

[@fyrewatermelons]

HH: "This isn't like the past where one man is going to hold two belts and be at whole bunch of places at the same time." *Fast forward to today and Austin Aries is the Impact Champ, Global Champ, X Division Champ, and champion at multiple indie feds since being released from WWE.*

[@fyrewatermelons]

So Option C was basically Option A but with extra benefits?

[@robertjuniorsernaquevelasq151]

@@fyrewatermelons not exactly like that but with a few stipulations with the likes of being "First and Second Way" Option A and Option B under many conditions of course, as well that's why after then he creates a so called "Third Way" and how it becomes from that day on the Option C, and that's how Austin Aries makes the reign of the X Division Title and the largest X Division prestigious as well.

[@elijahhill6602]

Kenny Omega: *hold my broom*

[@JordanMikeHicks]

...so, what happens to the whole "Option C" deal now that Destination X isn't on the PPV calendar?

[@skullkrusha9549]

"Thank you I know my name" I'm done

[@drummerjc5]

i love that they found a way for him to drop the title while actually putting over the x division in the process. this makes the x division title even more important than before. great stuff.

[@Lorric101]

So here's how I see it. The 4 pioneers. First came AJ Styles. He started the whole thing. He set the standard, and led by example. Then came Daniels. AJ Needed a rival, and he provided that rival, elevating the status of the belt, and for a long time having the honour of being longest reigning X Division Champion. Then came Joe, rewriting the book on what an X Division wrestler is, and taking the competition to further new heights...

[@lalohernandez2623]

"God's gift to professional wrestling" and that my friends is what makes Roode GLORIOUS!

[@jackeuiiijiuiuiiuoioiiobro4202]

Lalo Hernandez LaloHerndez

[@brianconnelly1238]

This promo might just be the greatest promo that ever lived, it was simply GLORIOUS!...

[@ricardomargera]

oh, I see what you did there

[@jeremylynch266]

This was and still a brilliant idea. WWE should come up with something similar with the cruiserweights.

[@Joecbg100]

Too brilliant, or even logical.

[@conniecarroll7222]

Give them some meaning as they have almost buried them...again

[@too_many_mannys]

I think in this particular time that'd be a great idea for WWE, but since the cruiserweight title is exclusive to NXT now, it could be used for the midcard titles. Even better, at least in my thinking, is having them being "cashed in" the month before the Night of Champions PPV. It would really be a nice play on it's name and theme, kind of like how TNA has the cash-in set up strictly for Destination X.

[@noahp1124]

They already have the mitb. They shouldn’t do this it would be redundant. It should stay tnas thing bc they don’t have the mitb

[@recx2012]

“...this isn’t like the past where one man is going to hold two belts and be in the bunch of different places at the same time...” Quite an odd foreshadowing, Hulk and you did not know it. I guess history somehow repeats itself.

[@austintucker1586]

I like the concept of option C I wish they would do something like that in wwe if you're the Intercontinental or United States champion have the option to surrender the belts to challenge for the wwe or Universal championship

[@farieqmustapha8481]

Cruiserweight champion please...

[@noahp1124]

It’s called the money in the bank

[@leependergraft5926]

Roode sounds like JBL in this

[@jackeuiiijiuiuiiuoioiiobro4202]

Lee Pendergraft Leependergraft

[@HimanshuDoi]

Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode at Destination X should have been at a real venue, not the Impact Zone. Aries vs. Roode is something that can really sell and deserves to be witnessed by a lot more people than the Impact Zone can hold.

[@Lorric101]

...And now comes Aries, first bringing respect back to the belt, and now taking the importance and prestige of the belt to a whole new level, not just as a belt for exciting young wrestlers to fight over, but now as a legitamate means of elevating young stars to main event status, and not by winning a one off multi-man match and winning a completely worthless match against a beaten down Champion to steal their belt, but by cutting their teeth with a title, then stepping up to the main event.

[@Mago_Cleyton]

One of the best ideas in TNA and even recent wrestling, which could become an annual tradition, like Money in the Bank in WWE, is treated like garbage by the company... sad 😢

[@Adyman182]

3 months later, in my opinion Jeff Hardy is the best thing going on in TNA right now.

[@godson30032]

Austin Aries vs AJ Styles would've been a hell of a match.

[@MightyOak1488]

So they basically just made the X Division belt = the WWE's version of having the Money In The Bank briefcase...

[@jeichien7743]

That Option C is great. Gives people opportunity for world title shot

[@TheDocstylez]

the X-Division championship has just become equivalent to the WCW's United States title. Back in the day, the US title was the #1 contender's belt. It was the title that meant that you were on the grasp of becoming "the man".

[@kasheembates7529]

#OptionC 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Lorric101]

One of the best things TNA has ever done imo.

[@arlexis52]

Austin Aries is one of the main reasons i watch this show!

[@KBlade1]

What I don't like about the aftermath of Option C is the fact that it made it feel as if people only wanted the X Division title, to get to the World Title. It was like they didn't really CARE about the X Division. And sometimes, it would be like that, where you had an X Division champ who barely wrestled X Division style, but wanted to stay champ at least till Destination X to use Option C!

[@chataclysm2112]

Wait, why was he calling himself ''God's gift to professional wrestling''? Pretty sure that was the Fallen Angle, Christopher Daniels.

[@TheScrabbleKing]

I thought that was QT Marshall... ._.

[@MrKillingspre]

chataclysm2112 are we going to ignore the spelling mistake? Fallen "Angle"

[@freelandwhippet]

Agreed. For a lonnnnnnnnnnnng time ive been quite happy that Roode has held the belt long and is elevating it and treating it like its the most important thing there is. However, now I am torn, I REALLY think AA NEEDS to win for this to mean anything, but, I having Roode hold it longer IMO elevates it even more. So I hope they have some kinda insane 45 minute 5 star match and Aries gets screwed somehow, so we get more AA and Roode.

[@Bycops]

This is one of the best things for TNA to do and Austin Aries is in my eyes the new face of TNA, like TNA was the face of wwe back in the day!

[@kevmiller2277]

Opinion A. Hand over the X Division Championship for a shot at The Impact World Championship Opinion B. Keep the X Division Championship Opinion C. Who ever is the X Division Champion can cash-in the X Division Championship for a Impact World Championship name at Destination X

[@dxtrememwe2215]

Kev Miller til now, Option C is now nothing more than Option A. Cage vacated the X-Division Title for a shot at Homecoming.

[@Straightedgex34]

WWE should do something like this. Trade in the Intercontinental/United States Championship for a shot at the WWE/Universal Championship.

[@noahp1124]

They already have the money in the bank for that. It’d be redundant

[@kryptomanik]

Exactly, and in my opinion this elevates the X-Division to a greater level.

[@geneva1999]

Kind of sad WWE has underutilized both Roode and Aries. They got Roode of to a good start wining the IC title and making us think he could be a main eventer, then did nothing with him. Aries had a good little feud with Nevel, then zero story-lines for him then fired him. Always thought they should have had Aries feud with and/or partner with Daniel Bryant over the World's Toughest Vegan title.

[@cdfchung]

I cannot agree more! I am so glad's back with TNA and now finally getting a shot at the top. Face or heel Can't get enough of A double!

[@viewer3]

If I was ever going to buy a TNA PPV... It would be the upcoming Destination X PPV because this main event is going to be good... maybe the most truly legit main event in TNA history... and I never say anything good about TNA so good on them for booking this match!

[@TheXIVPlayer]

and that my friends starts a new condition on X division man austin aries is good

[@ameliaaries9130]

he's amazing

[@93widewhite]

i like the idea on rebuilding the x division with that stipulation

[@cdfchung]

Aries' moves will be watered down if he joined WWE, but his charisma could be fully utilized. He could be used as the new Ric Flair imagine that.

[@JhnTft]

Your slightly right. ECW did start to make themself a bigger traveling schedule but Eric Bischoff admited that he would take ECW spots and put dark matches there because he had more money so thats when ECW would lose a major ratings becuase they would have to find another spot and spend more money. WCW aka Eric Bischoff underhanded ECW most of the time.

[@d-reigns7605]

x division is awesome

[@jackeuiiijiuiuiiuoioiiobro4202]

D-REIGNS DRElGNs

[@marcosalvarez4210]

I honestly loved the bound for glory concept and open fight night. Was a big fan

[@JMXXL]

That's because WWE does not allow Ziggler to reveal his true potential in ring.

[@jackeuiiijiuiuiiuoioiiobro4202]

Spartasaurus Rex spartsavrvsRex

[@Kainham142]

Apparently, since it's live, it's harder to bleep them out XD

[@Therealtjriddell_PMP]

This was the best concept in TNA history

[@lfcspectre4335]

Austin Aries was such unbelievable X Division champion and changed the game at TNA for X Division by cashing in their belt for World Heavyweight Championship opportunity.

[@jackbowyer5271]

austin Aries the new world heavy weigh champion of the world

[@charlesnelson1222]

Miss old Tna

[@velvetsky8567]

At 8:08 should b censored

[@jackeuiiijiuiuiiuoioiiobro4202]

Velvet Sky velvetsky

[@djdesautel5051]

Velvet Sky DJ💋💋💋💋💋💋💋🌷

[@jackmeriustacktheritrix]

Say what you will about TNA/Impact, but they have awesome looking titles

[@ArminFilms]

TNA is really awesome right now, I really like it :D

[@Project_Nitsuj]

Yeah me too. I wouldn't exactly call it MITB on account of the match will take place at Destination X instead of anytime the X division champ chooses. But, I digress, this is a good idea and it will help put the X division in the main spotlight again.

[@schram21891]

Amazing how we get this awesome wrestling based story, and the last part of Impact was a crappy Cassie Lynch soap opera mic show. I will buy destination X to watch Austin vs Roode. Keep this legit title run going, and then fix the rest. We will have a GREAT show if this keeps getting better.

[@michaelspikes8076]

Great show

[@DoctrineOfMayhem]

And Option C just returned!!! Homecoming 2019 Baby!!!

[@johntarver5684]

Just returned again!

[@malagant1735]

Know what sucks now, man i remember the days when the X Division meant as much as the TNA Heavyweight title, and TNA was good.

[@Lorric101]

Oh, and the X Division just got a new pioneer to go alongside the long time trio of AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe.

[@c00ltouch]

HEck yeah, would love to see a match between them :)

[@JMXXL]

Cesaro lifted Brodus Clay. Also Wade Barrett put a beating on Sheamus last monday. Ziggler is move flexible than punk. I think Ziggler and Tyson would perform a better match than Punk vs Aries if WWE pushed both of them.

[@jackeuiiijiuiuiiuoioiiobro4202]

Spartasaurus Rex spartasarvsRex

[@SWyrick366]

THIS WAS AN INGENIOUS IDEA.

[@WraithTDK]

I always hated this. It de-valued the X-Division that its champion would relinquish its championship just for the CHANCE to win the heavyweight belt.

[@silver300179]

Option D: Champion vs Champion Match: Austin should just show that the X-Division Champion is on equal ground if not better than the World Heavyweight Champion Robby Roode. BY the way more X-division matches!

[@canUsaythis]

With this I will say he has become Like AJ Styles '1st ever, joint ever most regins and Built the Division from the start' Daniels 'At one point longest regining, Main Event a PPV With the title and beat so many different people to keep the title' and Joe 'Rerote the book on what X Division is and had nothing but violent match' Has become a X Division Pioneer by helping future X Division Champions get the main event the question is how many will take the shot?

[@spinemelter2000]

The videos involving Hogan usually have a lot of dislikes, but the rating for this one is enormously positive. I think the likes are because of Austin Aries.

[@1Deminator]

What do you mean no room for small guys? The two faces of the company right now are CM Punk and Bryan Danielson.

[@GenesisXTRM]

that sir, is an absolute FACT and thank you for posting it:)

[@Solarbear95]

Austin Aries clap clap clap clap clap Austin Aries!!!!

[@BJHER9]

I'm hoping that if Austin wins TNA isn't gonna water him down like how WWE did to Cena(US Champ), Orton(IC Champ),

[@freedolphin3077]

Hulk Hogan in the background like 😑😑😑😑😑😑

[@JMXXL]

Well CM Punk managed to beat AA back in ROH. Daniel Bryan is not the only one. There is Justin Gabriel, Tyson Kidd, Cody Rhodes, Sheamus. I'd add Ryback, but he's overrated.

[@jackeuiiijiuiuiiuoioiiobro4202]

Spartasaurus Rex spartasavrvsRex

[@NYCrazyRob]

Roode was reminding me of ECW Shane Douglas for a bit there.

[@cdfchung]

It's a disgrace to job him out of the biggest stage of all in 18 sec. TNA will never do that 4 sure!

[@stagglee1227]

This was when Bobby Roode was a goddamn GOD!

[@PsyberKing48]

WWE should take notes of this

[@geraw1209]

Something that make Impact Special, Option C!, 6-Side Ring nice!

[@03ariley]

Popularity and talent are not the same thing, nor do they go hand in hand.

[@Huw312]

It really does suck Aries probably won't win it for the sake of the Storm/Roode feud, he'd be such a kickass world champ

[@grantball43]

tna actually lets u post comments

[@justin_your_cousin9273]

Back to a 4 sided ring and a Blue "Impact Wrestling" logo. Awesome

[@mmscott9]

As long as they are still in it, I refuse to watch it on principle. Its evident Bischoff and Hogan dont give a shit about it and are trying to milk it before it collapses inevitably.

[@1Deminator]

No I agree with you, Aries belongs in TNA but him being in WWE would be cool also. Imagine him in Wrestlemania in the main event with CM Punk. What a match that would be!

[@Lorric101]

With this, if they feel someone is ready to hold the belt, they can, but if not, they have 2 options. If they feel no one is ready, they can have the X champ keep his belt. If the belt is presigious enough, this will be a respectable decision. If they are not sure if the X champ is ready, they can book them to lose the World Title match, but see how they handle main eventing a PPV, then go from there.

[@ikrawiryoatmodjo6744]

TNA IMPACT has made alot of improvements. every one has to start small to be famous and big, where did you think WWE started? all respect to WWE but i think TNA can be good and there are high expectations for them

[@wesaalvb2]

jeff jarrett vs Austin Aries will be awesome

[@sharadreddy566]

-hogan extends hand aries : no business first! -crowd goes *clap clap clapclapclap* austin aries! aries : thankyou i know my name, i got something importan to talk about here -crowd goes silent lmao, aries - Likes a boss!

[@drummerjc5]

i agree man. tna is putting out a really entertaining product and in my opinion has been the best wrestling show on tv for at least a year. what its going to take for them to grow their rating is for them to consistantly put on great shows and great ppvs and they've been doing just that. they have built some real momentum this year and built some stars and im really excited to see where they go in the future.

[@stillgaming]

I wish the ending of Destination X or the Impact afterwords would be Joey Ryan leading a band of X-Division cast-offs and some others from other companies to fuck up the place. Generation Me, John Morrison, Chris Masters, David Hart Smith, Chavo Guerrero, Jimmy Rave, Sonjay Dutt, Amazing Red, Alex Shelley, Jay Lethal, etc. Wishful thinking that has 0% chance of happening, but whatever.

[@XL95]

Kurt Angle was World Champ and X Division Champ in the same time... Why Aries can't do this too?

[@TheMosayat]

GREAT COMMENT !! TOTALLY AGREE !!!

[@Lorric101]

Also, this is much more flexible than MITB. WWE have shackled themselves with MITB. Someone has to win, a shot, and they have to win the title, or they look like the biggest idiot on the roster.

[@malagant1735]

Now the X Division title is going to have a cheaper meaning as holding the Money in the Bank briefcase.

[@brad71forfsu]

Aries putting over the X Division Title >>>>>>>>>

[@skysofly4]

best part of tna each week is Austin aries

[@cdfchung]

If Bryan Danielson can be a World Champion on mainstream television, then so is "The greatest man that ever lived!"

[@berserkchip]

Won't that make it less prestigious? Now it's just a big shiny "IOU a title shot"

[@1Deminator]

And the titantrons....

[@stoneharper7038]

One of TNA’s best ideas ever

[@jcp1977]

Wait and see,what TNA will come up with next. Wether it's good or bad I don't give a crap as long as it is GOOD-TV

[@TeknoBoy]

OK, fine. I was wrong about that. But in my defence, I didn't know that they were just going to change most of their Pay-Per-Views into Special Editions of their Impact shows

[@jackeuiiijiuiuiiuoioiiobro4202]

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