01-24-12 Brussels, Belgium – Mickie James and Tara defeated Gail Kim and Madison Rayne. Tara came out filming the crowd. At a certain point, Mickie performed a Thesz Press form the turnbuckle on Rayne. She covered Rayne, but Kim came into the ring to break the count. Tara threw Kim out of the ring. Tara and Mickie James threw Madison Rayne into the arms of the referee (Earl Hebner). Earl hesitated for one moment but started to kiss Madison Rayne afterwards. Rayne looked shocked and disgusted and walked right into a superkick by James. James covered Rayne for a three-count. After the match, Tara jumped Mickie James and started to kiss her (massive pop from the crowd) which left Mickie looking confused.
01-26-12 Nottingham, England – Gail Kim defeated Tara, Madison Rayne, and Mickie James in a four-way to retain the TNA Knockouts Championship. Gail hit Tara with the title behind the ref’s back for the pin after Tara had hit the Widow’s Peak on Rayne.
01-27-12 Manchester, England – Mickie James & Tara defeated Gail Kim & Madison Rayne in a non-title match. James & Tara channelled Nash & Hall before the match, doing ‘Rock, Paper Scissors’ to decide who started the match. All four women worked hard, with the heels working over James and Tara making the hot tag. Finish saw Madison knocked silly, into the arms of Earl Hebner, who kissed her. Hebner then strutted around the ring like he was Ric Flair, which was pretty funny. Tara then hit the Widows Peak on Kim to score the pinfall win. After the match, both James and Tara kissed Hebner on the cheek, causing him to briefly faint.
02-18-12 Beckley, West Virginia – TNA Knockout Women’s Champion Gail Kim b. Tara. Tara worked the match with her knee wrapped and was visibly shaken up afterwards.
02-19-12 Glenville, West Virginia – TNA Knockout Women’s Champion Gail Kim b. Tara to retain. Tara is legitimately banged up but sold her knee in the match.
03-10-12 Pikeville, Kentucky – Knockouts champion Gail Kim beat Tara to retain the KO Title. The match was in Tara’s favor until she went for Widow’s Peak and sold a knee injury, allowing Kim to win.
05-04-12 Ontario, California – Tara defeated Winter.
05-06-12 Visalia, California – Tara defeated Winter. Referee Earl Hebner did a spot where he had Winter in his arms and kissed her. After the match, he did the same with Tara.
06-14-12 Belton, Texas – Tara cuts a promo early in the show. Velvet Sky & Tara & Mickie James beat Winter & Angelona Love & Sarita & Rosita in a four-on-three match in 10 minutes. Velvet won after using her Pedigree-like finisher.
06-16-12 Houston, Texas – Velvet Sky & Tara beat Angelina Love & Winter at 8:05. Sky was best-received by the crowd during intros since she had the only recognizable music using the Beautiful People theme. The heels isolated Tara for several minutes, scoring several nearfalls, before Velvet tagged in and picked up the win. No Tessmacher in her hometown a week after winning the KO Title.
09-15-12 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – Brooke Tessmacher defeated Tara.
09-16-12 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – TNA Knockouts champion Miss Tessmacher beat Tara. Tessmacher didn’t wait for her entrance, as she just ran out and started beating on Tara. A few minutes into this, Matt Morgan came down the steps in the stands and attempted to get to ringside. Morgan got into a yelling match with Atlas Security and eventually they led him up another set of stairs in the stands. After that, Tara took over until she went for her swinging side slam, which Tessmacher reversed and then hit the Tess Shocker to retain her title.
10-05-12 Hot Springs, Arkansas – Knockout Championship Match-Tara vs. Miss Tessmacher Tara had a Miss Tessmacher bridged in the corner of the ring but the referee saw Tara’s feet on the ropes & stopped rhe count. Tessmacher was playing possum & got the win with a small package roll up. Earl Hebner was announced as the most infamous referee in pro wrestling. He was wearing his “Damn Right I did” shirt.
10-26-12 Poplar Bluff, Missouri – Knockouts championship. ODB VS Tara. Solid back and fourth knockouts match that saw Tara pick up a clean victory with the Widows Peak.
10-27-12 St. Louis, Missouri – Tara came out next for the opening Knockouts Title match, and bagged on the Hebners. KO champion Tara beat ODB to retain Knockouts Title. Fun comedy match to get the crowd going. Tara hit Widow’s Peak for the pin and the win.
11-02-12 Hidalgo, Texas – ODB v. Tara (Knockouts Championship match). ODB with her KO tag-team belt came out first to no music as the sound team was having a hard time at the beginning of the event. Tara then came out and cut a promo about her boyfriend needing medical evaluations from last night’s match on impact with ODB. This match saw back and forth action with Tara eventually getting the upper hand and hitting Widow’s Peak for the win.
11-03-12 Laredo, Texas – Knockouts champion Tara pinned ODB after hitting Widow’s Peak to retain the KO Title.
11-30-12 Bemidji, Minnesota – TNA Knockouts Title Match: Tara (c) vs ODB: ODB was very over with the hometown crowd. They put on a decent match. Tara retains with the widow’s peak. Funny note: As Tara went to celebrate the victory going up the turnbuckles she slip and fell. Not sure if it was planned but she played it like it wasn’t.
12-01-12 Fargo, North Dakota – Tara (c) vs ODB. This was a non title match. ODB was very over with the hometown crowd. They put on a decent match. ODB wins the match in a quick match that wasn’t very exciting.
12-02-12 Grand Forks, North Dakota – Knockouts Title match: Tara (c) vs ODB. Very different match from what you’d see on TV but typical for the house shows from the reports I’ve read. Ref Brian Hebner was involved in several spots where he’d inappropriately touch the girls. Tara controlled the match before ODB made the flask-filled comeback and nearly took it before Tara hit a widow’s peak out of nowhere for the win.
