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I always thought Scott Hudson was a pretty solid announcer. He would definitly be an improvement over Tenay. They could add Nash, Simon Diamond, or even Don Callis as a color commentator. They need someone that could get over the angles in a calm and logical way instead of just screaming about them and taking away from something that could potentially be good.

Pretty much every big moment TNA has had in the last couple months has been watered down by Tenay and West's constant yapping. Take LAX's entrance for example. LAX's entrance is as good as DX's was back in 1997 when they first came on the scene. What made it so great was that Ross and Lawler would shut the hell up and let their charisma soak in. With LAX, the minute they come through the curtain West and Tenay are talking a mile a minute and making it impossible to keep your attention on the performers. That's just one example. And the thing with West is that he's supposed to be a color commentator but he adds no color to the action at all...the only thing he does is yell about the stuff that's going on that we can already clearly see with our own two eyes.

\ LoL I love the fact that Tenay and West have the right look to be announcers but Borash doesn't have the right look to be a backstage interviewer.

Anyone know what kind of program you need to have and how you go about making a you-tube type wrestling highlight video?

We all know how bad most of the TNA themes are (IMO the only good ones are LAX and Angle.) What would it take, price-wise, for them to use real songs for their wrestlers. I know UFC uses real music for their PPV's. How expensive would something like that be?

I'm sorry but the commentary is just atrocious. I've never ever had to listen to a more annoying announce team. They can't shut the hell up for two seconds to let anything sink in.

No more believable than Kelly dating Mike Knox in ECW.

Not saying its a great storyline at all but how in the hell will "BG and Kip being pissed at Michaels and HHH for taking the DX name all to themselves and declaring war on VKM" confuse anyone? People watching the show that don't follow it on the internet aren't all braindead morons.

I'll agree that it was a disaster in the 2nd run but I feel that if he was given full time without any interruptions the result could have been different. But to say that Russo was the one that ran it into the ground, when it was already bleeding money like crazy before he came in, is BS. Didn't listen to the show. What did he say?

If that's true then fine but I would have loved for Alvarez to confront Konnan about that when he was actually on the show. This is the same wrestling company that was on track to lose millions of dollars, 6 months before Russo even signed a contract with them, right?

As far as all the talk about Russo...Konnan pretty much confirmed, on WOL the other night, that Dutch/Jeff are writing the show right now and Russo's just an idea man.

Welcome to the live spoilers for the post Bound For Glory taping of TNA Impact for Spike TV. They will air the next two weeks before the November 6th tapings. I am sure the new NWA World Heavyweight champion Sting will be in the venue as well as LAX, Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle. Anytime Detroit was mentioned the Orlando fans booed. David Penzer announced we would be seeing a tournament “fight for the right” face Sting at Genesis on November 19th. He also announced a barbwire cage match will be held on November 6th between “War Machine” Rhino and “Captain Charisma” Christian Cage. Jeremy Borash came out to tell the fans they were going to be filmed and recorded for the upcoming TNA videogame to be released by Midway Games. Not on the show: Elix Skipper, David Young, Shark Boy, A1, Gail Kim, Jim Cornette and Jeff Jarrett. Matches and interview segments for hour one: The evening was opened by the new NWA World Heavyweight champion Sting standing in the ring. But before he could talk he was joined by Christian Cage. Cage said Sting had been stealing his thunder for weeks so it was payback time. Cage was upset about the 18 person tournament he had to compete in to get a shot at the title he never lost. Next Cage mocked Sting’s updated outfit and said he was scared and terrified that he wasn’t the biggest star in wrestling. Cage told Sting to stop hiding behind the makeup. Sting replied Cage could have a shot at the title when Sting decided it would take place, then he decked Cage with the trusty baseball bat. Jeremy Borash was backstage talking about the PPV and tonight Kurt Angle would talk to the fans. Samoa Joe came over to the interview area. He said he already knew Kurt but tonight they would get up close and personal. (1) NWA World Tag Team champions Latin American Xchange (“Notorious 187” Homicide and Hotstuff Hernandez w/Konnan) defeated the Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas w/ “Franchise” Shane Douglas) Before the LAX hit the ring they were decked by America’s Most Wanted. The beating went on for a while before AMW tossed LAX into the Naturals which was weird to see knowing their storied past. Stevens and Douglas jumped LAX but Douglas got dumped to the floor. The match was short and sweet as Homicide hit Stevens with the Cop Killer as Hernandez destroyed Douglas with the Border Toss. After the match Shane Douglas got in his teams faces but they bloodied his lip with smacks. On the canvas Douglas laughed at what occurred. They dapped fists after Shane Douglas got to his feet and it looked like their partnership wasn’t over. David Penzer broke down the tournament, three stages worth. 18 wrestlers would start on the floor and try to climb in the ring, sort of a reverse battle royal. The first seven to get in over the top rope went on to stage two. Those seven would then compete in a battle royal. When five are tossed that is the placement in the tournament and the final two compete in a singles match for a bye in the bracketing to happen later. (2) Abyss (w/Father James Mitchell) won the “Fight for the Right” match to receive a bye. The 18 wrestlers around the ring were: Christian Cage, Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, Eric Young, Senshi, Frankie Kazarian, Raven, Lance Hoyt, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Brother Runt, Brother Devon, Kip James, Ron Killings, James Storm, Robert Roode and Abyss. Team 3D took themselves out as they fought with the Naturals to the locker room. Rhino came out and stopped Cage from getting in the ring. The seven that got in the ring were: Robert Roode, Chris Sabin, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Abyss, Lance Hoyt and Ron Killings. The order of elimination from this stage was: Killings, Sabin, Daniels, Roode and Styles. In hour two we would see the following matches: Ron Killings vs. Lance Hoyt, Chris Sabin vs. AJ Styles and Robert Roode vs. Christopher Daniels. The winners will face each other on the November 6th tapings three way style to face Abyss. Lance Hoyt and Abyss survived to face each other in the single match which was won when Abyss survived a top rope dropkick into a chair Hoyt placed in front of his face. Somehow Abyss blocked a move and hit the Black Hole Slam. After the commercials we were joined by the “Olympic Hero” Kurt Angle. Angle said lots of people asked over the past weeks why he left the other place. Was he fired, was it a mutual release or did he quit. Angle said he quit because he wanted to wrestle for the best audience in wrestling. Angle said the other reason he came to TNA was the roster backstage, he wanted to beat all of them. He said being the best in TNA meant you were the best in the world. Angle said one person was the one who made him quit, Samoa Joe. Angle said he was ready for Joe despite the fear of facing him in the ring. Angle said TNA told him lots of stuff about Samoa Joe but they didn’t tell them Joe was a bleeder. Joe hit the ring and was immediately tackled by TNA security. When security couldn’t do the job the good guy locker room cleared into the ring. Some TNAWrestling.com interviews were going to be shown to the crowd. On was Christy Hemme speaking to Chris Sabin who took Jerry Lynn to task when he was interrupted by AJ Styles. Styles didn’t like Sabin badmouthing his fellow X Division pioneer. Sabin and Styles fought but Sabin said he would defend the belt anytime. Matches and interviews for hour two: (1) “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles became World X Division champion when he defeated “the Future” Chris Sabin. At the bell the war of words became physical. Styles took Sabin to the mat in a surfboard but Sabin countered into a backslide for two. Sabin locked in a chinlock but when Styles tried to get to his feet he got dragged back down. Styles got up second time and hit some kicks followed by the slingshot forearm. Sabin escaped the Styles Clash, hitting an enziguri followed by a tornado DDT for two. Sabin hit some forearms but Styles hit the Pele’ kick. Sabin countered the inverted DDT and dropkicked Styles to a corner and went for the Cradle Shock but Styles countered out into a small package pin. Mike Tenay and Don West spoke to the home crowd. Jeremy Borash spoke to Lance Hoyt and Ron Killings about their upcoming match. Eric Young said he was looking for someone but the live crowd was to could to hear over. (2) Ron “the Truth” Killings defeated Lance Hoyt. This match was fast as hell. Killings was moving fast but ran right into Hoyt’s boot. Hoyt hit several power moves but couldn’t get the pin. Hoyt went for another move but Killings hit several moves that resulted in the Scissor Kick to Hoyt’s head. After the match they were joined in the ring by the James Gang. BG James took the mic to talk about some guys who recruited them to care for their business back in the day. I think he was talking about HHH and Shawn Michaels. Next BG talked about the 3LK and said TNA dropped the ball on it. James said if they couldn’t find him work he would find it somewhere else. BG said six months together with the James Gang and no gold to show for it. He said they were done working for TNA. Kip took the mic said told TNA/Spike TV to, well he didn’t say it because his mic was cut off. Kip went to the table and took Don West’s headset but he was cut off the air again. So Kip yelled out “Suck It!” (3) Robert Roode (w/Ms. Brooks) defeated “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels. Roode backed Daniels to a corner and kicked him to the mat. Daniels got in a kick to the jaw but Roode decked him with a shot to the jaw. Roode took Daniels down with a neckvise. Daniels fought to his feet and hit an STO. Daniels got on the attack with several moves in and out of the ring. Brooks tried to cut off a top rope move by Daniels but somehow Daniels hit a bodyblock for two. Roode hit a full nelson slam for two. Roode went for a power move but got hit with a DVD. Daniels hit the BME but Brooks called over Hebner. Daniels confronted her and when Roode came over he got kicked. Daniels went for the Angle’s Wings but Brooks grabbed his leg. This allowed Roode to beat Daniels with the Last Rites. AJ Styles came out to tell Hebner about the interference but the decision stood. So as a result of theses matches we will see on November 6th: Ron Killings vs. Robert Roode vs. AJ Styles. The winner faces Abyss. (4) In four corner pole match, “War Machine” Rhino wrestled “Captain Charisma” Christian Cage. Two poles had chairs and wire cutters. On the other two were a straight jacket and the cage door key. The match ended when the items were taken down and could be used on November 6th. Cage came out first but Rhino decked him from behind and the fight was on. Rhino took Cage in the ring ripped his pants off, trying to choke life out of body. Rhino went for the hairs but Cage cut him off. Rhino got in a backdrop and tried to rip Cage’s mouth apart with his hands. Cage kicked Rhino in the mouth but got hit with a clothesline. Cage went for the key but Rhino climbed up with him. Rhino tossed Cage to the floor and grabbed the key. Rhino brought Cage back into the ring only to press slam him to the floor. Rhino got the straight jacket down as the fans chanted “use it now.” Rhino was going to put it on Cage but the referees stopped him. Rhino pulled out a table and sent it in the ring with Cage. Rhino went for the GORE but Cage hit a dropkick. Rhino missed a shoulder tackle and Cage got down the wire cutters. As Cage got down the chairs, Matt Bentley (with dyed hair and face paint) came in and attacked Rhino for some unknown reason. Rhino got the straight jacket and locked up Cage. Frankie Kazarian and Bentley came in and jumped Rhino. Cage got away but Kazarian got picked up by Rhino and was driven into the table. Matches to be seen on Global Impact and Xplosion: (1) Sonjay Dutt defeated Petey Williams when he countered out of the Canadian Destroyer, dropkicked Williams and hit a standing shooting star press. (2) The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas w/Shane Douglas) defeated Austin Starr and Alex Shelley when they hit Shelley with the top rope dropkick into the power bomb. Announced and guessed matches for the Genesis PPV: ***NWA World Heavyweight champion Sting vs. “the Fight For Your Right” winner TBD ***NWA World Tag Team champions NWA World Tag Team champions Latin American Xchange (“Notorious 187” Homicide and Hotstuff Hernandez w/Konnan) vs. America’s Most Wanted (“Tennessee Cowboy” James Storm and “Wildcat” Chris Harris w/Gail Kim) ***Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle

I must of missed the part of the impact interview where Jarrett actually mentioned ANYTHING AT ALL regarding his family or health issues...

Here are some backstage notes from the tapings, courtesy of PWinsider... Good to see they're going ahead with the Nash/Shelly/Starr stuff. The Jarrett interview should also be interesting.

It's not really THAT complicated.

But thirteen years ago WCW didn't have something like the UFC on the same channel, much less as a lead-in. When someone is watching the UFC, with the production and the set-up as real as it is, and then TNA comes on with the tuxedos and facial expressions of Mike Tenay and the Don West's screaming, it just comes off as second rate and fake. THey have guys like LAX, Joe/Angle, and Senshi that can really bring you in and make you believe what they're doing but the typre of environment they're presented in takes away from that. I know that's not the only problem they have but it's something that can change perception of the company.

I really think a huge problem with their show is the announcing. It's just atrocious. The two of them are just so corny and annoying most of the time. Combine Tenay/West with the hokey setup (Lasers, goofy looking TNA signs everywhere, rainbow colors everywhere, etc) and people turn on the show and laugh at it. Getting a different announce team and changing the setup to look more real, kinda like UFC, and that would go a long way in changing people's perception of TNA.

They did show the size of the arena and it looked pretty close to a sellout. As far as the lighting...I always liked how WCW had their lights way up during the height of the nWo. Some of the big pops tonight could have been really cool visuals if the lights were all the way up and you could see the entire crowd.

LoL in typical TNA fashion, when it comes to stuff like this, they draw their biggest crowd to date so what do they do? Turn the lights all the way down so the crowd barely looks bigger than the size of a regular Impact crowd.

I wouldn't mind having a Tenay/Nash broadcast team after tonight. It's ridiculous when you have an act like LAX getting over with the crowd as a team of crazy SOB's and then Don West says something stupid/screams like an idiot and ruins it.

Pretty good show with a hot crowd throughout the night. Jesus, though, somebody get Mike Tenay and Don West the hell away from the announcers table. I can't count how many good moments could have been that much more special if those two had the ability to shut the fuck up for two seconds and let the moment sink in without overhyping it to death. Perfect example was LAX's entrance.

I'm pretty interested to see where this BG James/Jarrett thing goes.

Anyone who's got the total extreme warfare game...can you buy it at a store or do you have to order/download it online?

It's funny how people think they know exactly what will happen on a show that hasn't aired yet.

I'm thinking they might do a deal where it's supposed to be AJ/Daniels v. Jarrett/Christian but LAX jumps Styles backstage and Killings comes out to team with Daniels as a substitute. There is probably a bunch of backstage stuff that they didn't show the live audience at the taping.