Didnt go in so well...

Kurt Angle vs. Eugene

** stars.

The Heart Throbs vs. Val Venis and Viscera

* star...jobber city for the Heart Throbs

Matt Hardy vs. Snitsky

No match as Big Show comes into the ring...

Tyson Tomko vs. John Cena

* star... Cena hasnt lost a match in...

Torrie Wilson (w/Candace Michelle and Victoria) vs. Ashley

* and 1/2 star. was not a messy match.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Rob Conway

Can we get Benjamin to Smackdown...please?

These Impact commercials are really doing a good job at showing TNA as a definite alternative to WWE with all the high flying moves and different look. The time slot is kind of bad, but hopefully that is just a temporary slot and they get something better when/if they draw a good audience.

YOURE DAMN RIGHT!

Hurricane and Rosey vs. Cade and Murdoch (non-title)

* star...

UGH... let Peter end this review of RAW...

You know, Vince has been bitching and complaining about Spike running ads for UFC and TNA during RAW, but I just can’t sympathize with him. Face it, RAW’s audience since the move to Spike has been declining, not increasing and Spike has started to gain a good audience with UFC for probably less money than they are paying for RAW. The second hour of RAW this week was pitiful, full of Heat-level matches and crappy characters and booking. I honestly hope that UFC and TNA are able to take some of RAW’s audience away once it moves to USA, because that might finally, FINALLY give Vince the kick in the ass he needs to realize that he’s gotta get off of cruise control and provide a product that’s worth watching every week. If he doesn’t, his audience will just keep spiraling even lower than it is now.

 

THANK YOU!

Now on to Puro News:

New Japan ran an angle with Osamu Nishimura advising Hiroyoshi Tenzan to not enter into Chono's Black New Japan army.

Hustle ran an angle with Generalissimo Takada stating that he would not wrestle on the 11/3 Yokohama Arena (Hustle Mania) show. Takada considered Naoya Ogawa's challenge to a match "a joke."

Hustle has hired two new "image girls" for advertising campaigns. The girls are 20-year old Aki Motoki & 23-year old Ai Ito. These girls are known in Japan as "gravure idols," which is slang for models. When the image girls were introduced, "Hollywood" Tadao Yasuda did a run-in because he was attracted to the women. Look! He has the card shirt on! Hustle's 2nd in command in the PR department, Kishimoto, was not happy about the arrival of the hot women.

Saturday, more news, and hopeully a full review of SMACKDOWN's Friday.

Until Then