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Credit: PWInsider For the first time ever, the repeat Monday airing of TNA Impact on Spike TV did a better number than the original Saturday night showing. As Mike Johnson reported earlier, the 1/14 edition of Impact did a 0.8 cable rating, with a 1.4 share. The 1/16 replay did a 0.9 cable rating, with a 2.6 share, by far the highest number that they have ever done in the Monday time slot. The replay was helped by a big lead-in from the UFC special that preceded it, which did a 1.7

-411wrestling WWE is planning to remake Orlando Jordan and give him a bisexual character. Former TNA valet Trinity and Jordan's real life friend Erik are set to serve as his love interests/managers for the new gimmick. The three will have a love triangle of sorts. Considering how UPN has been somewhat picky with controversial characters, it remains to be seen how far WWE goes with this new character. I wonder how long before Orlando walks in on an unsuspecting Vince McMahon with his pants down.

I was reading the Observer preview on the site and he mentioned something about an important decision just made regarding TNA/Spike. Can anyone shed some light?

Atleast the TNA skit has something to do with a storyline going on. Sure it might not be great but this Tim White shit is just random and has nothing to do with anything.

I really hope that the Konnan/Truth segment was a sign that they're finally gonna push Ron Killings, one of the best talkers/workers on the roster, into the main event. I'd love to see them do a thing where the war is going on between the Jarrett's crew and the Invaders/Sting and Killings can kinda be the lone wolf like Sting used to be during the WCW vs. nWo feud.

Credit: Wrestlingobserver.com --TNA has gotten a lot of publicity already off the as yet not-aired angle involving A.J. Pierzynski and coach Dale Torborg of the Chicago White Sox, Bobby Heenan, Chris Sabin, A.J. Styles, Sonjay Dutt and others that airs a week from tonight in TNA's second prime time special. It's already gotten play on CNN Headline News today as well as the ABC news in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times and for the first time in its history, Sports Illustrated has actually called TNA for a story. There will also be a TNA guest due to it shortly on ESPN 2's Cold Pizza. This wasn't an angle designed for wrestling fans, but designed for media exposure. Pierzynski, Heenan and Torborg are also appearing on the PPV show on 12/11. If they put on a hot show for the prime time special, hopefully they'll bring in some new fans.

I'm pretty sure TNA has most of their guys locked under contract for the time being so it's not like WWE could just open up their pocket book and just sign whoever.

What does everyone think of the job Tenay and West have been doing since comin to Spike? To me, they're a major problem with the constant screaming and over-selling of everything. Before, it was just West but it seems like Tenay has inherited some of his bad qualities. They've got a lot to do with the way TNA comes off on television and a lot of the times, because of them, it comes off real bush-league. A Scott Hudson/Shane Douglas announce team would probably be a lot better or maybe some kind of 3-man combo.

Yeah, but the hour time slot is what they have to work with so they need to find a way to make it work for the time being. Throwing out 4-5 matches in a hour format is ridiculous. They should be putting out 2 or 3 competative matches that go in the 10 minute range (instead of 3 squashes and 1 competative match) and use the rest of the time for promos, angles, and character development. I agree with whoever said that they should be doing a PPV every other month. They'd obviously have more buildup and they could use the prime time specials as TNA's Clash of the Champions-type events. As far as the announcers go - I consider myself a hardcore fan that will always tape the show, order the PPV, etc but listening to Tenay and West screaming makes me want to change the channel... I can only imagine what casual fans that are channel surfing think. Same when they see a pudgy Scott D'Amore barking into the camera, Petey Williams singing "Oh Canada" in the middle of a match or Monty Brown wearing a leapord skin jacket. I know those are all little things and it seems like nit-picking but it's those little things that make people turn the channel. Many elements in the presentation are hokey...It's a big problem and no one in the company even seems to realize it or care about it.

I honestly think that they don't have anyone in the company that can book/write the type of product that can grow the audience. Mike Tenay and Scott D'Amore are not the answer. They really need to reach out to Paul Heyman and give him the head booker spot. That's the only guy that, in my opinion, can turn it around and who they have a chance of getting signed.

I love the 3-man teams too. A lot of people might disagree, but if they made sure that he toned his catch phrases down, Konnan might be entertaining. I watched his commentary in WCW towards the end and it was pretty good. Shane Douglas would be another good choice as well as Raven, although I'm waiting for them to actually start usiing him and letting him do what he does best. Since he can't wrestle, they could put Kevin Nash in as the third man. Nash would bring a lot to the table in terms of actually being in the ring before and I bet feel of the overall show would be totally different in a good way. Nash is really entertaining on the mic, I think he'd be a good choice.

Jarret's not the answer but I do think D'Amore should be removed from the head booker spot. There are no compelling storylines, no character development, and no real reason to watch the show other than the wrestling itself. Yes, the wrestling is great but the 0.9 rating they got for the prome time special proved that just the wrestling isn't enough to bring in new viewers. Once Paul Heyman's contract runs out TNA should think about making him a serious offer to be the head booker.

The flow of the show feels so much better now that they're not rushing and running through everything.

LoL I loved that fuckin funeral.

CREDIT: tnawrestlingnews.com Welcome to the second Spike TV/Impact tapings on October 11th from Universal Studios in Orlando, FL. Today we should see the finalizing of the card that is to be on display at “Bound For Glory” on the October 23rd. In case it wasn’t on the sites Team 3D is in Japan today. This match was taped for Xplosion: Apolo and Sonny Siaki defeated The Diamonds in the Rough (“Primetime” Elix Skipper and David Young w/Simon Diamond) when Diamond’s interference backfired and Siaki hit the Siakalypse Now or Ace in the Hole (I get them mixed up sometimes). After the bell Siaki and Apolo were beat down by the trio. TV Hour One to air October 15th and October 17th: The show began with a recap of AMW beating down Team 3D in their own blood. (1) In a handicap match, “Alpha Male” Monty Brown defeated Mikey Batts and Jerrelle Clark after he POUNCED Clark and hit Batts with a powerbomb. Did I mention Brown caught Batts coming off the top rope with a cross bodyblock. Brown got the house mic and welcomed us to the Serengeti, telling us NO ONE would stop him on his quest to the NWA title. That brought Lance Hoyt to the ring. Hoyt told Brown he better not forget about his desire for the title. Shane Douglas spoke to Larry Zbyszko about the Naturals defending the title against America’s Most Wanted. He was interrupted by Raven who was still hot about Jarrett getting his title and Nash getting his shot at “Bound For Glory.” (2) Matt Bentley (w/Traci Brooks) defeated David Young (w/Simon Diamond). Weird moment, Bentley came out of the babyface tunnel. Young jumped Bentley as he was escorting Traci out of the ring. Bentley was on the defensive after a back suplex and a vicious corner whip. Bentley fought back with a neckbreaker and a to rope elbow. Diamond distracted him but it backfired as Bentley tossed Young into Diamond, hit the flapjack followed by a superkick to win. After the bell Petey Williams hit the ring and hit Bentley with the Canadian Destroyer. Williams kissed Traci and was ready to hit her with the Canadian Destroyer before Chris Sabin came down to interrupt Williams who pulled Brooks’ dress up to show off her underwear. Sabin and Williams traded punches before Williams went to the locker room. Bentley and Sabin had words in the ring but they parted without coming to blows. After the break ended Don West and Mike Tenay spoke on camera to the home audience. They cut to the exterior of a funeral home. AMW (“Tennessee Cowboy” Storm and “Wildcat” Chris Harris), Team Canada, Gail Kim, Jeff Jarrett, Abyss and James Mitchell held a “funeral” for Team 3D. Storm drank beer and Team Canada banged hockey sticks. After Mitchell eulogized about the “deceased”, Harris and Storm spoke about why they joined with Jarrett. Money, power and to show the new teams like 3D they couldn’t take the spot they earned in TNA. Mitchell said they were going to be back for a funeral, for Kevin Nash. As we were leaving the home Storm tried to urinate in one of the coffins, telling Harris he had to pee real bad. (3) Rhino defeated Sabu. Welcome to ECW Redux. Sabu got the early advantage until he missed a moonsault. Rhino laid in punches before locking in a chinlock. Rhino hit a running kick and forearm to the back but his third attempt Sabu sent him over the top rope. Then Sabu followed him over with a tope’. Both men got chairs and twice hit them together, before Rhino hit Sabu in the head. Rhino went to power bomb Sabu off the top into the chairs but Sabu fought out and hit Rhino with a huricurana. Rhino was close to losing when Abyss came out but Sabu tossed the chair in his face. When Sabu got refocused on Rhino he was hit with the GORE. Abyss hit the ring and he was followed by Jeff Hardy Justas Abyss was going to open his black bag of tacks. TNA blackshirt Security hit the ring to break the four men up before they caused any further damage to each other, before their Monster’s Ball match on the PPV. They played a graphic hyping next week’s matches. (4) In AJ Styles X Division Open Challenge: Christopher Daniels defeated Shark Boy and Sonjay Dutt but didn’t defeat the third person, AJ STYLES. Last week on TV Daniels bragged to Styles he could beat ANY three people Styles could find in fifteen minutes. So Styles sent Shark Boy to the ring first. The home crowd got to see a clock ticking back from fifteen minutes. Shark killed some clock running from Daniels and getting a two count after a rude awakening. Daniels hit the Angle’s Wings with it looked like 13:38 on the clock. Dutt hit the ring at 12:58 and hit Daniels with chops and a springboard elbow. Daniels and Dutt briefly went to the floor after Dutt hit a slingshot dive. Once back in the ring Dutt got a two count, followed by a powerdrive elbow, Great Muta Style. At some point they went to commercial because the clock in the building went off screen and reappeared with 7:44 left. Daniels was locked in a submission move that needs to be seen because I can’t describe it. Daniels bodyslammed Dutt three times before tossing Dutt back first into the buckles. Daniels hit Dutt with a gutwrench suplex but got two. Daniels kept running to Dutt’s body parts in the corner and Dutt hit clotheslines followed by the Undertaker rope walk drop to the arm. At four minutes left Dutt was close to winning but Daniels refused to be beaten even after a Powerslam. Dutt missed the Hindu Press and Daniels hit an enziguri and the Angel’s Wings at 3:05 on the clock. Daniels demanded the third person and out he came, AJ STYLES. Daniels bailed and Styles followed hit into a chair shot and other damage on the floor. Daniels took Styles back to the ring and punished the X Division champion. One minute remained when Daniels slammed Styles and got a two count. Daniels set Styles for the Angel’s Wings but Styles countered out with a backdrop. At thirty seconds the fists flew and Styles hit four clotheslines. As the bell rang Styles was ready to springboard into the ring but Daniels left the ring. Styles told Daniels he wasn’t going to chase after him; he was going to wait for the PPV. TV Hour Two to air October 22nd: (1) Samoa Joe defeated “Primetime” Elix Skipper (w/Simon Diamond) I guess Joe asked for a smaller opponent to prepare for Liger. The fans chanted “Joe‘s going to kill you.” Joe hit a backchop, front kick and a knee to the face. It was followed by the facewash and the Ole’ kick. Skipper Matrixed out of the pin attempt and kicked Joe in the back. Skipper covered Joe for two counts but was hit with a Powerslam for two. Skipper was put on the top turnbuckle and Joe brought him out with the Muscle Buster before getting the tap out with the Kokina Clutch. Mike Tenay and Don West spoke on camera probably about the upcoming matches. (2) America’s Most Wanted (“Tennessee Cowboy” James Storm and “Wildcat” Chris Harris) won NWA World Tag Team championship defeating the Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas). Not even six months ago the Naturals were heels and AMW was the top babyface team. Not a shock with the hatred between these four the fighting went on the floor and Stevens hit a shooting star press onto AMW. Gail Kim came out as the show went to commercial. Once back from break the Naturals were in control until Kim grabbed Douglas’ leg and he followed her around the ring….right to Harris who was waiting with a title belt shot to the face. Douglas was busted open but survived the AMW attack and tagged out to Stevens. Stevens hit Harris with a DVD for two but Storm saved his partner. Harris got Kim’s shoe and hit Stevens but Stevens kicked out of the pin. During he action between Stevens and Harris, Charles got knocked out and the Naturals hit the Natural Disaster. Kim went for a huricurana but Stevens moved and she hit Harris with it. The Naturals went to hit Kim with the Natural Disaster but Jeff Jarrett hit Douglas in the crotch. Storm hit Stevens with a beer bottle, grabbed Harris who he laid on Stevens to win the belts for the seventh time. The foursome beat down the Naturals as the show went to break. Stevens was busted open with the beer bottle (Stevens was busted open Thursday in a cage match as part of the NWA National Convention.) (3) Team Canada’s Bobby Roode (w/Scott D’amore) defeated 3 Live Kru member Ron “the Truth” Killings (w/BG James) Roode tossed the former NWA World champion around as the Pit sang the National Anthem. Killings went on the attack and clotheslined Roode to the floor. Killings followed him out with a suicide tope’. D’amore tried to shout encouragement to his man and it worked as Roode got on the offensive once the action came back to the ring. The two traded right hand punches before Roode hit the Val Venis inspired knee lifts and a sidewalk slam. Kip James came out to ringside to talk to BG as Konnan was shown watching in the locker room and he came out to argue with Kip as Killings made a comeback. Killings slid to the floor and Kip punched him. That led to Konnan attacking Kip. While all this went on Team Canada hit the ring and hit Killings with the hockey stick flag pole to win the match. Shane Douglas spoke to Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown, James Mitchell and Abyss. Brown said TNA forced him into this match. Because he didn’t want to hunt with Jarrett, he wanted to hunt Jarrett. Jarrett said Brown needed to impress him in the ring tonight. Then he told the same thing to Abyss and James Mitchell. Of course this means Kevin Nash will be out at the end of the main event along Daniels, Sabu and Rhino. (4) NWA World Heavyweight champion Jeff Jarrett, Abyss (w/James Mitchell) and “Alpha Male” Monty Brown defeated NWA World X Division champion AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy and Lance Hoyt. This was hard hitting and filled with “Hardy Sucks” chants from the Pit. Both teams had control of the advantage during the match but Hardy got beat down for several minutes by the heels until Abyss missed a led drop and tagged Styles who hit Abyss with a dropkick and Jarrett with a Pele’ kick. All three men did topes onto the heels who powdered to the floor. During this a commercial took place and the action came back to the ring, not before the six men beat each other around the ringside area. Styles punched Jarrett in the corner and hit Abyss with a tornado DDT. Styles went for the Clash but Jarrett cut it off and went for the Stoke but Styles countered, only to be kicked in the face by Abyss and clotheslined by Jarrett. Brown came into beat down Styles with punches, kicks and corner whips before bringing Abyss back in the match. Abyss hit a splash and tagged Jarrett who traded pinches with Styles before colliding when both went for body blocks. Brown and Abyss argued over who Jarrett tagged and the fighting again as Hoyt was Black Hole Slammed by Abyss but Hardy saved him. Hardy hit Abyss with the Swanton but Brown saved Abyss. Brown hit Hardy with a fallaway slam but Hoyt kicked Brown n the face. Jarrett saved Brown. Jarrett went for figure four but Styles hit an enziguri and Daniels hit the ring to attack Styles. Brown looked like he was going to POUNCE Jarrett but Jarrett moved and Styles got the POUNCE to lose the match. The fighting began as Daniels locked Styles in a choke hold, Rhino came to fight Abyss but he went with Hardy into the crowd, Sabu came out to fight Abyss and finally Kevin Nash (wearing a Red Wings jersey) came out for Jarrett. (Props to T-Shirt Mike for flashing the Tampa Bay Lightning jersey at Nash.) Apparently Cassidy Riley came out to the announcers table and said Raven would be at the PPV. This was taped for Xplosion: Samoa Joe and Alex Shelley defeated Cassidy Riley and Austin Aires when Riley tagged Aires out and Riley’s springboard moonsault hit Shelley’s knees. Joe tagged in and hit the Muscle Buster followed by the Kokina Clutch.

I really like what they're doing with AMW as they're actually living up to their name. I can definitly picture AMW as cocky, ass-kicking, and beer drinking rednecks. Breaking the beer bottle over one of the Naturals' head should be a cool visual.

I think it definitly is a work and is going somewhere. If you read the Impact spoilers, there is something on their that shows that.

It was pretty funny though.

UFC's proposed show for 10/3 on Spike could be in trouble as Stephan Bonnar, figured to be the biggest draw on the show, suffered a clean break of his right hand in training and won't be able to fight. Bonnar was scheduled against James Irvin in the main event for a show that now has to be seriously considered whether it's a good idea to go forward with. -WrestlingObserver.com I know TNA originally pushed to get that head to head slot against Raw. Any chance Spike might reconsider and give it to them now?

Where did you pick it up? I didn't even realize that it was out already.

I read that Mike Tenay and Dutch Mantell were on the comitee as well.

I was at the Raw in August 1999 where Chris Jericho debuted. He got an awesome reaction live...mad over. I also went to the Raw in early 2002 where they set up Rock/Hogan for Mania with the ambulance ramming angle.

I just switched to dish network from comcast cable and can't seem to find Impact. Do they air it on dish and if so what channel is it on?

I got the "Everything" pak with all the move packages and all that. I guess that's the most amount of programming you can get but for some reason I don't get the regional channel. If i go through channels, it goes from 407 right to 445 (the first sports alternate channel) skipping all the regionals.

Anyone know where I can DL a clip of this?