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  1. TNABaddboi

    The RUSH is up at the main page...

    Good recap Voice.
  2. I guess this is the first bi-product of the association with Fox. It's an interesting move. I don't know the guy, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, but I'm not fan of 3 man announce teams. TNA's announced improved sooooo much when they dropped Ferrara from team.
  3. Good news for TNA. Now if they could just get those DVDs in stores....
  4. TNABaddboi

    OAO 6/25 Impact Thread

    I liked this week's show alot. It moved better than the last two editions and seemed more like an event. My thoughts: The opener was a fun match other than Red blowing all his spots. Sabin is awesome and deserves a real push and Skipper is decent as well. I'm so mad that Kazarian has gotten lost in the shuffle however, as I was really enjoying his character prior to AJ's return to the X Division. The squash match was eh. I want Simon Diamond back! I've tried to give "Irish" Pat Kenney a chance, but I miss heel Simon. I understood them wanting to put Monty over here since he's being elevated to the World Title Scene and at least they gave Kenney more offense than they gave Siaki. I really liked the AMW/Team Canada match. Those teams worked really well together and I'm sure that suplex spot impressed a few newer viewers. I'm glad they appear to be gearing up to push Team Canada in the tag division and I say they should strike while the iron is hot and put the belts on them. The Jarrett/Zbysco promo was better than the Jarrett/Dusty promo because you can still understand Larry. I liked that they used him as the judge this week, so they can start to put over that it could be anybody. But does being the judge mean that you have to get El Kabong-ed by JJ? If so, I definitely wouldn't want the job. I like the ME event as well, but I'm a mark for AJ and D'Lo, but separately and as a team and I like Abyss as well. Hell, Dallas is even growing on me. The match was well done with each guy looking good. The post-match beatdown did a good job on putting heat on the respective matches for the PPV, which is the point of the show. I was looking for Erik Watts to come to the faces' aid, but that was not to be.
  5. TNABaddboi

    OAO 6/25 Impact Thread

    I don't believe so. The only time I've seen the commercial anywhere on TV was during a recent RAW, which I'm sure was TNA's doing. I don't understand why Fox wouldn't run commercials on the network, its not like it would cost them anything. And God knows they run enough ads for I, Max.
  6. TNABaddboi

    Dennis Rodman coming to TNA

    AND WE GO BACK ON TOPIC...according to Da Meltz, Rodman's appearance is a one-off deal, which makes me feel waaaaaaaaaaayyyyy better about this company. Here's the quote:
  7. TNABaddboi

    Dennis Rodman coming to TNA

    Not that I'm defending bringing in Rodman, but I would say I wouldn't order any shows with him on there either, but if I had a match from the Styles/Daniels series they are talking about, I'd order and then come on here and bitch and moan about Rodman. I'm sure that's what they're going for. Guys like us will order to see the kick ass match and guys like him will order to see Rodman. That's about the only attempt at sense I can make of this move. And it's a stretch, I will readily admit that.
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    Jeff Hardy to stay with TNA

    Holding off debuting Hardy on Impact is a smart move, IMO. A) It makes people who didn't order the PPV feel like they missed something and Hardy fans who heard he would be in TNA, and thus watched Impact, will have to watch next week's show as well, giving them a chance to become hooked on the product.
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    Ken Shamrock Returning Next Week!

    I wonder what they are going to do with him. Should be interesting to watch.
  10. TNABaddboi

    Non-Spoiler Impact Matches

    Can someone who's read the spoilers for this week's episode please post the matches in here.
  11. TNABaddboi

    Non-Spoiler Impact Matches

    Three of the four matches should be quite good. Looks like they've left time for a Russo promo explaining the title situation, but hopefully that doesn't open the show. Still no Raven though? Bad TNA And here's hoping the AMW/Team Canada match is sooo good that it leads to an extended program like the original AMW/Simon & Swinger match did.
  12. While I see Kash's point, IMO it's not very professional for him to say so publicly.
  13. TNABaddboi

    From Even Further Outside

    Wuzup everyone….once again, it is the one and only TNABaddboi and I’m here with another edition of From Even Further Outside to get you hyped for this week’s double dose of TNA! For those of you who are new to the column, you can find out a lil’ bit more about me as a wrestling fan in last week’s column. Last week I asked for feedback, and lo and behold, I got it! How cool is that? So, we’ll debut a new feature in the colun here: THE MAILBAG There’s only one here this week, and it’s all the way from the Mid-East. Let’s read: "dude i'm a tna fan im israel and we get our episodes in a five month delay fromyou guys and still i'm more updated then you. you wrote an enriely freakin long collumn about how bad tna and all you did was diss tna but to tell you the truth all you did was just show how good tna is. if all you really care about is the little details and get down to the little things in tna how the hell are you going to enjoy the show. bottom line is: get a life cause all you have now is dissing a really good wrestling show in your free time" Now, let’s discuss: First, let me thank you for reading my debut column and taking the time to respond. Now that the formalities are out of the way, let me point out to you that I am a huge TNA fan and have been since the VERY beginning. I’m such a huge fan, in fact, that I’m driving 4 hours to be apart of this week’s special anniversary show. That said, I am NOT a blind TNA mark. There are things about TNA that I think could and should be done different, which I will not hestitate to point out here, in MY column, where MY opinion is always welcome. Whether you agree or not is irrelevant. Granted, I do have a sarcastic tongue that makes me laugh when writing, but it does not mean that I’m an dissing TNA. If you’ll recall I gave TNA props for the debut of Impact, the Styles/Kash feud and the Raven/Sabu feud, among other things. Check it out, dude. Please. I will continue to recap the happenings of TNA with my opinions of them included before preview the upcoming show. That’s the point of the column. If I was here just to praise TNA, it’d be posted on TNAWrestling.com. But since I am not a TNA employee, I don’t have to ignore the flaws that I see in the product as a FAN. And if I wasn’t a FAN, trust me, I wouldn’t waste my time writing this as you so eloquently pointed out, “enriely freakin long column.” And let me apologize for not getting this week’s up sooner, but I was out, enjoying the life that I apparently don’t have. Again, thanks for reading and remember, feedback is ALWAYS welcome. E-mail me at: [email protected]. LAST WEEK IN TNA Ok, I admit it. I’m a cheap bastard and I didn’t order this weeks TNA. There, I said it. I just wasn’t that intrigued by the line-up. The only match I was hyped for was Styles/Dallas. Well, with most reports labeling it a hot show, I’m officially an idiot. With that firmly established, this week’s last week recap might be a bit less in depth than last week's. I did of course watch Impact, so now that I’ve got that off my chest, let’s get to the recap. In breaking news, 3 Live Krew are apparently still chumps and Jarrett found even bigger chumps to soften them up. If you will remember from last week, our lord and savior, the end all and be all, King of the Mountain, Triple J, warned 3 Live Krew that he would be bring in mercanies to take them out and that Killings wouldn’t make it to his big title match. The Elite Guard lasted about 5 minutes before falling victim to Killings’ axe kick Lie Detector finisher (what a lame name for that move. Jeez!). The King then came off his throne to administer a 4 on 3 beat down. Then on Impact, after Killings won a tune-up match with Team Canada’s Eric Young, Jarrett made his appearance, and attacked Dusty Rhodes and Killings, getting the better of both and delivering the El Kabong to Big Dust. Then, in an extremely bone headed move, TNA let Vince F’N Russo cut the final promo before the big match. Russo let Jarrett know that if he uses the Guitar during the title match, he's be DQ'ed, and as we all know, titles change hands on DQs in TNA. Listen, Russo and Jarrett hate each other. We get it. They’ve hated each other for 2 years. We get that too. What we don’t get is why we should care at all, because most of us (us being the viewing public) either don’t have a clue who Vince Russo is at all (marks) or know that Russo and Jarrett are never going to have a match, and thus find the feud pointless (smarks). Why not make this match about, ya know, the guys in it. At this point, they’ve rendered Killings into nothing more than a disinterested 3rd party. They should be playing up their history. Telling us how Jarrett won his first title from Killings and that Killings is 0 for 2 against Jarrett. Put some babyface heat on him by have him say that he’s matured and gotten better since then and that the third time is going to be the charm for him. See, one simple promo could have made this match about the guys in the match instead of the guy who made the match. And that is my biggest beef with the way this feud has played out. Fans have no reason to invest themselves in Killing’s title chase because he hasn’t told us why we should. So anyway, in summary, Killings is now less than a week away from the biggest match of his life and he has a snowballs chance in hell, apparently. This is NOT how you draw money with your World Title, TNA! The other big title feud in TNA right now is in the X-Division. AJ regained the belt last week and successfully defended it against “Don’t Call Me Frankie” Kazarian in another good, albeit much shorter, Impact match-up. Once again post-match, the Two Dudes With Attitudes, Part Deux, worked over AJ, leading to a match between the Phenomenal One and Dallas on the PPV. Reports said this match was very good, which I tend to believe, because as I said last week, NO ONE work the big man/little match up in 2004 better than AJ Styles (at least until HBK faces Kane. Then he might have some competition). Besides, Styles brought with him the absolute BEST dropkick in the business today. How could he lose? Of course he couldn’t. And of course, post-match, Kash and Dallas worked him over. Guess who made the save? Need a hint? *Hint courtesy of last week’s column* ==== And I have a sneaky suspicion that all this AJ getting outnumberedness leads to a triumphant D’Lo Brown return and a kick ass tag match on the way to a kick ass X Division title match. It makes sense on a bunch of levels, because AJ and D'Lo patched up their differences after their feud and D'Lo was feuding with Kash and Dallas before he left for Japan, so AJ would be calling on his "mentor" for help dealing with someone who has more experience than he does and the even out the numbers game. Cool with me. ==== I hate to say I told you so, but I TOLD YOU SO. And I’m sooooo down with the Brown! So we haven’t gotten that kick-ass tag team match yet, but D’Lo did save AJ on the PPV and on Impact, so I promise you, its coming. D’Lo also made it known that he’s coming for the World Title, as he was inspired by AJ’s X Title win. This is another move I applaud because I think D’Lo could make a good addition to the World title scene (witness his feud with AJ last summer) and he has his fans. How they introduce a feud with Jarrett will be key in whether or not he gets as over as he was during the AJ and Siaki feuds though. These feuds not withstanding, TNA’s most awesome ongoing story has been Raven’s challenge to Sabu. Raven’s consumption with the World title lead to him abandoning his partner Sabu, who responded by costing Raven his opportunity to win the belt. Raven began challenging Sabu to a fight, but Sabu wouldn’t agree. Two weeks ago, on the PPV, Sonjay Dutt of all people, informed Raven that no match would happen because of the Promise and Tenay told us on Impact that a promise was made to Sabu’s uncle, The Sheik, who trained them both, that they would never fight. On the PPV this past week, Dutt sought revenge for the MAN-SIZED beat down he took from Raven in a Raven’s Rules match. Raven used this opportunity to further goad Sabu, as he had Dutt beaten several times, but refused to pin Sabu’s “friend.” Sabu finally came to ringside to check on Dutt, because as I said last week, he’s awful thoughtful and compassionate for a homicidal, suicidal, genocidal maniac. Even though Raven attacked him while he tended to Dutt, Sabu wouldn’t respond, causing Dusty Rhodes to come down and remind Raven about respect. Raven backed off, telling Big Dust it was none of his business, but he later realized the err of his ways and apologized. On Impact, Dutt and Sabu teamed up for the first time, but lost a competitive match-up to the more experienced team, The Naturals. Good developments in this story and I have a feeling when these two finally locked up, the crowd reactions are going to be insane. And BTW, Sabu was more over in 90 seconds of action on Impact than he has been in 1 year plus of work in Nashville, and that’s saying a lot, because he’s pretty over there too. Last week, AMW’s random challenger generator brought them the team of “The Alpha Male” Monty Brown and the monster Abyss. All reports said this match rocked until the ending. That ending saw the Naturals run in and attack AMW to cause a DQ. Then, it a move of supreme dastardlyness (or not), The Naturals stole their ring gear and showed up sporting on Impact. AMW, of course, took much offense and attacked them before their match, which the Naturals won anyway (that’s got to be some kind of first). Now, while I’m all for AMW getting a real feud for the belts and have wanted to see the Naturals get a push for a while now, the beginning of this feud just screams 1985 to me. Why should I care that they stole AMW’s ring gear. And for that matter, why should AMW care? Shouldn’t they have more than one? And its imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Maybe that’s just me. Either way, this feud should be excellent and should help breathe some life back into the tag division. Speaking of Abyss, Erik Watts has accepted Goldi’s challenge, so the contract versus money match should be on. No word on when yet, but it’ll be on. And I still couldn’t care less. I just want it to end. Team Canada is still pissing off the entire free world as the X Cup just will not go away. The defeated Team NWA this week in the ME of the PPV, by what else, D’Amore interference. On Impact, a frustrated Jerry Lynn chased D’Amore from ringside during his protégé’s match, and a match between them has been signed for this week. “Irish” Pat Kenney and Sonny Siaki finally extracted their revenge on the NYC by defeating them in an Ultimate Humiliation match. The NYC then had to dress up in costumes provided by Kenney and Siaki leading to Leprechaun Gilberti and Ahola Swinger. If you didn’t see the show, find the pictures. They’re absolutely hilarious. I’m assuming that means this feud is over, even though Siaki and Kenney get to humiliate the NYC for a month, which is about as long as wrestling fans were tortured with this god forsaken feud. In other news, D-Ray is still stupid, David Young is still a loser, the X-guys still mostly just fly a lot and Abyss is now on a healthy diet of SQUASH. Gee, I really wish I had more to say, but I just don’t. Once again, if TNA’s not going to put any effort into character development, I’m not going to give any effort to writing about it. Now…onto the preview: THIS WEEK ON TNA This is the second anniversary show for TNA (even though last week’s show more closely resembled the actual second anniversary), and in theory is the biggest show of the year for the company. I know I’m pumped for it because I’m making the ~FOUR HOUR DRIVE up from Atlanta to attend. Last year on the big show, TNA’s had a relatively stacked line-up and delivered the debut of Sting, but the show itself was largely underwhelming as AMW and XXX saved the good stuff for the cage match the following week. This year’s show features matches that have been building longer, and all 3 titles in the company will be defended, but it does not have as much star power. We’ll see how everything turns out. These are the matches listed in the official preview: World HWT Title: Jeff Jarrett © vs Ron “The Truth” Killings X-Division Title: AJ Styles © vs ??? Tag Team Titles: America’s Most Wanted © vs. Nosowa and Miyamoto Jerry Lynn vs Scott D’Amore Stretcher Match: Desire vs Trinity AAA Mini’s in Action Ron “The Truth” Killings challenging Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Title will get top billing this week given the history of the parties, be a very good 15-20 minute main event. That is, of course, until the run-ins start. I foresee this match out doing Raven/Jarrett in that department, and that’s a lot of running. I also foresee this match ending in a similar fashion, with the Stroke. There are a lot of parties that could figure into this one: Minsa, 3 Live Kru, D’Lo Brown, Vince Russo and the Elite Guard to name a few. TNA hasn’t done much to show fans that Killings is a prime time player in the build up to this match, but a good showing here would do wonders for his appeal to the new audience. I don’t know how they’re going to do this one, though, because Jarrett needs a big win to start his reign, but Killings need to be protected too, or else he’s replace AJ Styles in fans eyes as Jeff Jarrett’s official bitch. Another match TNA had been building for the better part of a month leading up to this show was AJ Styles versus Kid Kash, a match that would have kicked all kinds of ass. Unfortunately, as most of you know, Kash has injured himself and is off the show. AJ has issued an open challenge to defend the belt on the big event and speculation has begun. I’d like to see it be Teddy Hart, myself, but most likely, it’ll be Hector Garza, Kazarian or Michael Shane. I say Garza because he won the 6 way on Impact, Shane, because he defeated Chris Sabin a few weeks ago, and ya know, he’s Shawn Michaels cousin or Kazarian because they’ll know it’ll be a good match. If I was a betting man, I’d say they’ll go with Garza though because they appear to want to push and Kazarian simply CANNOT afford another job to Styles. Either way, it should be a good match and I’m sure Dallas, Kash and his crutches will be around. I wouldn’t be surprised to see D’Lo end up facing Dallas on this show too. As long as AJ brings the BEST DROPKICK IN THE BUSINESS with him, I’ll be smiling in the crowd. America’s Most Wanted will defend the tag belts again Nosowa and Miyamoto in a match that I could care less about. I’d rather see the Naturals in a number one contender’s match in this spot or something. But I digress. I haven’t really been impressed with Nosowa and Miyamoto came off as a Tajiri rip-off on Impact. Now granted, that was the first time I saw him, and my only exposure to Nosowa was the first Super X Cup. I’m sure the Naturals will be lurking around here to continue that feud. Jerry Lynn will finally get his hand on Scott D’Amore on the show, as well. This match has been building longer than anything in the entire company, and I’m sure that once Lynn FINALLY gives D’Amore the cradle pile driver, the roof will come off the place. With that said, PLEASE TNA, end this feud. Move Lynn back to the X division, reform his team with the Amazing Red. Anything. And please put Team Canada into the Tag division. I have been screaming for a Team Canada/America’s Most Wanted feud and many others have as well. Just do something else with these guys. ANYTHING. The feud that just will not die will continue here as Desire takes on Trinity in what TNA is billing as the first ever Stretcher match. This is an extension of the Siaki and Kenney/NYC feud. Since Trinity has pretty much spent the last 3 months trying to break Desire’s back again, one would expect Desire to go over here, but hey, I thought Team NWA was going to win the flag match last week, so what do I know. I do know that I don’t think this match is going to be very pretty at all, which is hard for me to stay consider the level of beauty in it. Raven will pay tribute to The Sheik on this week’s broadcast as well. This is without a doubt going to be the highlight of the show. Who knows what Raven has up his supposed sleeve? I’m sure that this week Raven and Dusty will come to blows, leading to a match to allow TNA to continue the feud without delivering the actual match. Should be very interesting. There are only 5 matches scheduled this week, most likely because TNA wanted to give big minutes to Jarrett/Killings and Styles/Kash. With Kash out, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them add another match, as I don’t believe Styles versus ??? will get as much time as Styles/Kash. Kash’s injury may be a blessing in disguise for TNA as they can save the big match to headline another show and continue the feud here. As I said earlier, D’Lo versus Dallas would fit quite nicely onto this show. RANDOM TNA NEWS: Before I go, let me quickly discuss some news in the TNA world. The first Impact rating is in and it’s a 0.32. That is absolutely huge for TNA to draw that kind of viewership in the middle of the day and if they can keep it up, it will give them leverage in negotiating for a better slot. FX was rumored to have been interested in bringing Impact to its station in prime time. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com has since shot those rumors now, but it would’ve been great, wouldn’t it? TNA did not sign Chad Colliyer at the PPV as was widely rumored. It is now being said that they just told him that to get him to come to the show to put over 3LK. If that is true, that is an extremely low move on TNA’s part. I hope they wouldn’t treat the talent so badly, because if they do, that makes them no better than the company they are trying to differentiate themselves from. TNA has gone ahead with plans to remove Xplosion from smaller markets as of June 30. I think this is a good financial decision on TNA’s part as they were paying to air the shows in slots that no one would possible watch. I think they’d be better off putting the show on their website for viewers who can’t watch it. That's it and that's all. Lemme know what you guys think. Agree, disagree? I don't care, just FEEDBACK ME!!!!
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    Mitchell's Take on TNA

    Gilberti still draws decent heat. And he's not featured in a big time role like he was last year, so I don't have a problem with it. In fact, he's been quite funny in his leprechaun role. After seeing the show get crapped on, I actually thought I just enjoyed it because I was there. It was their best show, but it wasn't the horrible mess that people are making it out to be, IMO.
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    Keller column on TNA

    Maybe its because I was there live, but I thoroughly enjoyed the show. The atmosphere for Hardy/Styles was incredible and the DQ didn't piss me off because they almost had to keep them both strong if Hardy is going to be around any longer. And it didnt' hurt that I had that pegged as the finish from the Kash interview earlier in the night. And the ME was very good IMO too. Everyone was on there feet the whole time and I didn't feel cheated by the finish at all. And if anyone had a right to demand a clean finish, it would be me, consider I drove 200 miles and back in one night to see the damn show. But honestly, I wasn't pissed at the ending at all. I just wanted to watch Impact to see where they were going with it. I know it's a totally different perspective in the arena, especially considering my excitement at it being my first TNA show, but I gave the show a thumbs up. Great crowd, good action. My only complaint immediately after the show was the sorry Raven segment, but I understand now that he was sick. Was it the best TNA show ever? No. Was it horrible? No. Did it make me want to see what was going to happen next? Yes.
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    Four questions

    I'm sure they'll end up bring Steiner in, but if they're just going to relive his 2000 feud with Jarrett, I'll pass. Now, if they're going to bring him in and build him up before feeding him to someone like Monty Brown or Abyss, I'll be all for it.
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    D'Lo Brown Interview

    Very true indeed.
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    D'Lo Brown Interview

    Yeah, that is very true. I wonder if Truth would be leary about working with him. I think I'm just intrigued by the match up since its fresh blood to the ME scene, but we all know that if they ran that feud, it'd just take a back seat to Jarrett/Russo part 89.
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    D'Lo Brown Interview

    Yeah....if they go ahead and put the belt on Truth (which they should), D'Lo will be a great person to use to get Monty up to the ME level after a credible feud. After seeing this feud begin, I'm thinking more and more that they are going to put the belt on Truth, because I can't see them sacrificing Monty to D'Lo, as much as I like D'Lo.
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    The OAO TNA 2YA Show Thread

    Voice, this is the reason for the lame tribute, according to Meltzer:
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    The OAO TNA 2YA Show Thread

    This show was the first TNA show I’ve ever attended, and while I don’t know how it came across on TV, it was absolutely fantastic live. I brought 2 non-fans with me and they both enjoyed themselves so much that they now plan to watch Impact to see if Truth is given the title. Now, my random thoughts: Seeing what the Asylum looks like on the outside made me further appreciate the work the staff has put in to make it look halfway presentable on TV. It’s a freakin’ garage! I thought I went to the wrong place and had to ask someone if this was where they held the wrestling events. Once I got inside, I was stunned by how professional the set looked. Since the building is so small, it’s the first thing you see when you walk in the door and it took me by surprise. Does it look as good as the Universal Arena? No….but it looks 20 times better than it has any right too be. There was a line to get in to the show and the house looked pretty packed, but they only let people with wrist bans indicating that they paid into the post-show party and judging from that, only about half the people paid. I'd estimate the attendance between 800-1000. All the section were full I believe except the very top of the camera side bleachers. I don’t know how it translated to TV, but the crowd was hot all night long, especially for the Truth. The Xplosion matches were, of course, short and sweet, but they got the crowd going. Prime Time and Chris Sabin, Team Canada and Sabu all appeared. I’ll admit it, I marked hard for the Canadian Destroyer live. The PPV started with AMW coming out to a mixed reaction and Team Japan coming out to no reaction at all. In person, Miyamoto still comes off a Tajiri rip-off. Little “let’s go cowboy” and “let’s go wildcat” chants here and there, but not much else. Death Sentence got a pop, however. The Trinity/Desire match was loads better than I thought it was going to be and Vito appearing at the end was a nice surprise. Because they fought over to the side opposite to the big screen before going outside, most people missed the finish and weren’t aware the match was over until Trinity’s music started playing. Lynn/D’Amore was fun and got some heat, but it was long and the crowd kinda died in the middle. The came back for the end though and popped big for the cradle pile driver, however. Lots of Jerry chants in the beginning. And I let out a Holy S*** when D’Amore busted out the moonsault. The mini’s match was great comedy and the crowd enjoyed it. David Young was greeted by loser chants and Posey hitting the dropkick was met with a loud pop. I couldn’t believe how over D-Ray was. I guess it must be something that doesn’t translate to television. AJ coming out for the X-Title match set the stage for the loudest reactions of the night. Once Jeff Hardy’s name was on the screen, the place went nuts. Lots of dualing “AJ” and “Hardy” chants. Jeff even got a “He’s still got it chant” at one point. A few Team Xtreme signs were in the crowd, so I believe there wasn’t much of a surprise for some of the crowd, but most people had no idea Jeff would be there and where happy to see him. The World title match was fun as well. Truth was super over. Lots of Truth chants, Suntanned Superman chants and You Can’t Handle the Truth chants. Jarrett was getting something of a pop too, as there was a small Let’s Go Jeff chant. Fans counted the pin with the ref and celebrated the win, but groaned as Russo walked out. I believe the show ended with Dusty telling Russo to make the right decision, because they rolled the Xplosion listings on the big screen after that. After the camera’s stopped rolling, Borash said he knew and everyone else knew that the Truth was the new champ and Jarrett just kinda shook his head. James got on the mic and said the same thing, and led a loud Truth chant. Then everybody went to the back and they kicked out all the freebies. They then brought out a cake and Borash introduced the wrestlers one at a time. The ones I saw before I left were: AMW, D’Lo Brown, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Chris Sabin, Elix Skipper, Sonny Siaki, Desire, Trinity, the NYC (in their humiliation get-up), Kid Kash, Dallas, The Naturals (in the AMW ring gear). The wrestlers all dropped character and signed autographs and took pictures. Skipper kept joking about how he looked on the TNA Picture Pack as he was signing one of them. I got D’Lo’s autograph, took a picture and brought an AJ Styles shirt. All in all, a great time was had by all. If I lived near Nashville, I’d go every week, but since I don’t, I’ll try to go at least once a year until they start traveling and come to Atlanta (or DC where I’m in school). I hadn’t had that much fun in a long time a wrestling show and I’d recommend that every TNA fan who can do so, take the trip to the Asylum or the “Impact Zone” once, even if you have to drive a little. It’ll definitely be worth it. Biggest Pops: Jeff Hardy AJ Styles Ron “The Truth” Killings D-Ray 3000 (wtf?) Biggest Heat: Jeff Jarrett Scott D’Amore and Team Canada Kid Kash Funniest chants: You’re a B cup to Scott D’Amore Little Lesnar to one of the jobbers in the Team Canada Xplosion match You’re still short to the taller mini after he made fun of the shorter one
  22. Credit: PWInsider.com This is an intriguing match up, but I have to question why they don't just announce it to pop a number with the teenage girls that love Hardy. I guess they're going for the anything can happen vibe. Good pick IMO, on such short notice. First anniversary show we got Sting, this year we get Jeff Hardy. They're going to mess around and establish this show as important or something. lol.
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