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Kudos for their effort, but a lot of the Ultimate X spots last night look terribly contrived, with guys clearly waiting around to act as crash for the next big spot. I hate that about UX matches, and bouts with certain spot monkeys and the like, where the guys don't even try to hide the fact that they're standing around and waiting to catch someone on the next big spot.

First Rumble buys are projected at 446,000 worldwide with 246,000 domestic, both down a sizable amount from last year's final numbers. Of note, UFC 93 (Henderson vs. Franklin) eight days before has been projected at 320,000 buys. This was the PPV that aired live at 3pm EST. Source: WON.

True, but this one was entirely clean and without controversy. The Hogan one was a total schmozz. I've now edited my original post accordingly.

First projected buys for Henderson vs. Franklin are at 320,000. For comparison, the Royal Rumble domestic buys are at 268,000 domestic. For a 3pm EST PPV, headlined by Henderson (unproven draw) and Franklin (minor draw at best), that's a very good number. Source: WON.

1) Bret was an established main event star. CM Punk is not. Jeff Hardy really isn't and is more of a stop-gap guy they go to while they get ready the guy they intend to push to the top. 2) Matt Hardy isn't about to get put into the main event scene. Colt Cabana never was. Owen was because... 3) The loss to Owen was done to set up a main event title program because... 4) Bret ended up giving Yokozuna his first clean pinfall loss to win the WWF Title. Such a thing was a far bigger deal back then than it would be now. Apart from that, and ignoring the sweeping and inaccurate generalization, your post seems on the money.

Because it's so bad wanting to see a crowd go crazy on a night of shitty action and poor booking? No, because you wouldn't want to hear someone talk about the upcoming main event over seeing shots of the crowd clapping? TNA could have spared a minute or two to show the crowd going crazy to get over the match and talk about how this is the kind of action fans want.

Because it's so bad wanting to see a crowd go crazy on a night of shitty action and poor booking?

Kurt looks really old.

It sounds like the audience loved the Ultimate X match. Shame we can't see it.

If they had just done the count-out finish, it wouldn't have been so bad. But they just teased a DQ finish only to have Cornette restart things. Logically, why isn't Cornette coming back out and restarting the match again?

It's the lack of finishes that people are annoyed about rather the matches not being blow off matches. You can keep feuds going without doing cheap finishes, and doing them in consecutive matches.

Logically, Suicide's moves should be no-sold.

The MCMG have really shitty music that sounds like it's been stolen from a cheesy Saved by the Bell-like sitcom.

Shingles.

At least they're sticking with AJ's big win before going TO THE BACK~

Booker T owns the belt. How can TNA force him to defend it? It's not an official title.

Well, that's one way to piss off the fans in attendance.

I'm trying to work out two things. One, why this was put on PPV, and two, how this in any way makes TNA look like a quality alternative to WWE.

You couldn't tell the who the worker was in those videos(!)

I guess the blood is being saved for later.

I didn't see this, but, via PWI, this aired during the opener:

Cue Danny Bonaduce?

After this past Thursday, wasn't there any other lower level babyface they could have fed to Magnus?

It looks like they raided Ron Simmons wardrobe. http://www.justin.tv/warpig5