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Booker apparently got knocked down by a ghost there. Talk about a botch!

Yeah, it kinda did. Styles appeared to have hit his head on the concrete off that amazing moonsault he did off the top rope to the outside. I didn't notice it first, but on the replay it looked like he may have. And now he's either selling a beating well or is probably seriously knocked silly.

That was a fun weapons match, made the Monster's Ball stip more than just a typical kind of these TNA hardcore style of matches. So it stood out more than the norm of these kinds in the company. Another thing about it was that it seemed to have went at least 20 minutes, and the crowd was definately 110 percent into it. The Mongo element was bad though in how he counted count properly. But I still can't believe that bump Abyss took through the fire. Looked really sick. The bump alone, without the fire element, would have been stiff enough as he didn't really break the fall that well through the table and pretty much bounced his back off the concrete, since he really had air when he took the double chokeslam.

Abyss has to be seriously burned, he wasn't really protected at all with that fire spot, just basically a light t-shirt material. Hernandez just hit Storm with one of the stiffest kendo stick shots I've ever seen, right across the forehead. This one is getting crazy.....

Haha, fuckin Mongo keeps doing his stupid finger pointing and shaking it all the time, how he did in WCW. Holy fuck on the fire spot! DAMN

I had flashbacks of the ridiculous football match from the dying days of the AWA during that spot.

Mongo can't count properly for shit.

haha, I think so. One thing that is for sure here on this show, this crowd is rabid.

Mongo has gotten alot more retarded looking since WCW.

That was just starting to get into a good match, and stiff too, but was JUST STARTING TO and that finish came out of nowhere. These three could have and should have been able to do much more than this. Definately a letdown on that one, totally cut off at its' legs in a way.

For those who are wondering why people dressed up in Halloween costumes are at ringside..... http://www.searscentre.com/halloween.shtml Goofy side promotion for the show live.

For those who are watching, any estimates on crowd total? They definately have a bigger crowd than I have seen before, I am thinking between 7-8K.

What's funny is that Melissa actually had a match on Impact months ago, I think against Daisee Haze or something. But never followed upon....I thought they were going to build to them revealing who Saeed was under the mask by having her appear seperately like that.

That was a weak finish to an otherwise alright match, but nothing spectacular either. Basically average all around. Foley must have creative control if they really ARE bringing back Urple the Clown (the clown who hassled Vince in the hospital and also I think was brought back for the This is Your Life segment w/ Foley and Rock). So she will take a bump for Kong on Impact? Expecting this ladies title match to be stiff as hell.

Oh man, Mike Tenay starting to spaz out at Creed there at ringside was great stuff.

WTF on the introduction of the Iraq veteran. Sounds like a super cheap way to get heat for Bashir. One little small annoyance with the production end of TNA.....they really need to get rid of David Penzer. He was falling over his own words there, introducing that guy. Don West as ring announcer (and someone else on color) would be worth a shot.

I think they said Detroit (since they kept referencing that Tigers player in the stands) Never thought of it, but Creed debuted with TNA last year on this show. Definately see him going over here, although a Lethal/Creed feud seems to be a little odd, but could be real good.

I agree. The fact that they do little to differentiate the big shows from everything else makes them look very second-rate. I think I said it before, but this show would have been prime to have debuted the HD feed, as well as a ton of other production upgrades, such as a cool set, etc. WWE always delivers by having an above exceptional production upgrade for Mania each year, so it would have just made sense in order to keep up with a plausible and realistic competition with the WWE of sorts. Anyway that match was at least kept short, but nothing about it was good at all really except Love and Sky bending over the ropes.

Words can't express how I can't wait to see Sky and Love bending over on the ropes in HD....I swear I'm seeing close to lip action there....damn!!! If this was a show for TNA to do a really cool entrance set, this would have been it, using the same props they had when they filmed those downtown street vignettes for the commercials. Would have been cool to have them used in the weapons matches on this show by brawling out by the set. Instead they didn't do anything different, production-wise.

And I'm still trying to figure out why Jim Cornette's office looked like some 80 year old female asian decorated it. They're doing the Bimbo Brawl next, which I don't get how Rhino is considered a "bimbo." Kip James makes sense, but WTF. Ahh well.

Definately a really fun highspots all over match. That reverse rana by Lethal, then followed by a good sequence of moves right after that, was one of the big spots. Devine totally killed Rave on that jumping piledriver. Much better than the first attempt at this new match in May. The crowd is really good so far, and it looks like they definately have the most sizable crowd in history. Foley interacting with the hot blondes, yeah this gives the vibe of him being the GM down the road here.

Has anyone actually seen it yet? I'm going to it after the TNA ppv tonight. Caught Blindness earlier today, what a waste of time that was.

As for who's next for Joe after this pay per view, I think the Nash contract deal is all kayfabing shit and he's still penciled in for a feud with Joe upcoming here. Time will tell, though. Sting may break away again here from the company for a bit, or else a feud with Christian, or for that matter, Styles, could happen. I can't see them continuing him as a pseudo-heel though, as they have to see it's just not completely going to work long term. I could see him go back and forth in typical shades of grey though, but eventually one would think they have to be thinking of Sting-Foley too, but by the time that comes around, Foley could be heel. As for Jarrett, I will be really curious to see where they go with him after this. If Angle/Foley is a go, that leaves him up in the air in terms of a role. Maybe a feud with Booker perhaps? Regarding Lashley, as I said before, I was totally just throwing it out there and in no means does it make sense. To break down the briefcase storyline a little more, I am thinking he has either a picture of someone in there, or else a contract for someone?

TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Samoa Joe vs. Sting -If Sting has his gameface on like he had the past two Bound for Glory shows, I would expect this match to really deliver strong. It will be interesting to see how the two's styles mesh, but given that Angle/Sting was really good last year, it will probably be a similar style of match such as that was. I expect Joe to go over, and then the two do the handshake thing after the match to kind of go full circle with the storyline. Nash may play a role in this match as well in attacking Joe after the match, with Sting providing the save (since that has always been Sting's issue pretty much, that guys were unfairly attacking others after the match has already ended). I have thought that even though the "shades of grey" issue has been super heavy with these two, that the storyline has been good and it has built well. Particularly, I thought the backstage segment they did on last week's Impact, as well as the contract signing angle, pretty much put a solid final hype to the match. GRUDGE MATCH Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle Special Enforcer: Mick Foley -I'm looking forward to this match even more than Sting/Joe, just to see how Jarrett can work (especially against a workhorse like Angle) for not having a single match for a good 16 months or more. One would think Foley's role in this will be to build to a program with Angle after this, so I would expect some controversy in the finish. Jarrett more than likely will go over. THREE-WAY MATCH Booker T vs. "The Instant Classic" Christian Cage vs. "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles -It took them up until the last minute to actually put some heat on this match, with the Christian pseudo-turn on Styles on the last Impact. The pairing off of a heel, face, and tweener is good though, and I would expect a pretty solid match from these guys. More than likely we find out what is in Booker's briefcase in this match when he uses it on Styles or Christian to get the win. Your guess is as good as mine as far as what is in that briefcase, but curious if it might have something to do with Lashley? That's a total random guess. MONSTER'S BALL TNA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Champions Beer Money Inc. vs. Team 3D vs. The Latin American Xchange vs. Abyss & Matt Morgan Special Referee: Steve "Mongo" McMichael -The match itself probably won't be very good, but weapons and blood should be prevelant. Beer Money should probably retain going by how things have been booked. Mongo interacting with Team 3D and Abyss might bring some unintentionally absurd moments. TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Champion Sheik Abdul Bashir vs. Consequences Creed -I could see a title switch here, since they have been building Creed up for months now to lead to this. TNA KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Champion Taylor Wilde vs. Awesome Kong vs. Roxxi -Another title change is likely here, but can't decide if it will be Kong or Roxxi. Given they have been trying to push and promote Roxxi alot on Impact, I'm thinking she gets the belt here, and it leads to a feud with Kong. THE RETURN OF THE STEEL ASYLUM (AKA THUNDERDOME) MATCH The X Division superstars battle inside the steel dome to try to escape -I've said this weeks ago, but I can see this match simply designed for Suicide to show up and win it. KNOCKOUT BIMBO BRAWL Special Referee: Traci Brooks Rhino, Rhaka Khan & ODB vs. Beautiful People & Cute Kip -This will be your token shitstorm and clusterfuck of a match, would expect this one to open the show. Poor Rhino deserves better than this, and ODB and Rhaka Khan as a team is about as random as you get. They will probably try for alot of comedy here, and I would expect alot of it to be really flat. -------Thoughts on the show tonight? They are saying TNA is probably going to break their attendance record tonight, which was previously at this year's Lockdown.

Yeah, I thought Body of Lies at number one was a no brainer.....apparently not. Damn, City of Ember really bombed. I thought it looked pretty good from the previews, good toke it up and check it out movie for sure. Blindness sure fell off the radar in no time also! Heading to go see probably Blindness and Quarantine today later.....