TheBigSwigg reviews IMPACT! again

[TheBigSwigg 0]

The Pyro goes off and we’re ready for another edition of IMPACT!

 

6 man tag match- Amazing Red, Chris Sabin, and Primetime vs. Nosawa, Miyamoto, and Kazarian.

The match starts out with Kazarian and Amazing Red. Kazarian with a kick and some punches before tossing Red into the ropes. Red reverses and hits an armdrag, followed by another armdrag, and then a enziguiri like dropkick. Red ducks a clothesline, and then hits a tornado hurricanrana.. Red kicks Kazarian and then whips him into the ropes. Kazarian reverses, and catches Red in a backwards wheelbarrow. Red falls, which is an odd looking botch, and Kazarian hits him with what starts out lookin like a neckbreaker, but ends up an X-Factor. Kazarian goes for the tag. In comes Nosawa.

Kicking and punching by Nosawa before Red is whipped off the ropes. Red comes at Nosawa with a wheelbarrow, which he again botches, and he and Nosawa pretend that it never happened as Nosawa rolls over Red like he just got armdragged. Red with a spinning heel kick and then a tag to Sabin. THANKFULLY.

Sabin punches Nosawa before, you guessed it, he whips him off the ropes. Sabin telegraphs the back body drop, and Nosawa says no thank you with a kick to the face. Some punches by Nosawa before the throws Sabin from 'buckle to 'buckle. Nosawa comes running, but Sabin catches him with what's becoming the trademark spinning kick to the gut. Nosawa stumbles before charging at Sabin. Sabin sidesteps, and Nosawa jumps on the second turnbuckle, jumps off and meets Sabin’s dropkick. Not too convincing. Sabin stands, and we see in a split screen that Vince Russo is carrying the belt to his office. OOOH!!!!! Sabin goes for the cover and gets 2. He grabs hold of Nosawa, and throws him into the ropes. Sabin misses the clothesline, then another, and Nosawa with the slide between the legs before Sabin gives him a tilt-a-whirl. Seriously, just a tilt-a-whirl. No slam, no backbreaker, he just picks him up off his feet, spins him around and puts him back down. So Nosawa can kick him in the head. Nosawa tags Miamoto.

Miyamoto steps in and Sabin catches him with a jumping hurricanrana before tagging in Primetime. Primetime jumps into the ring before dodging Miyamoto's imaginary mist. (I think he confused him with Tajiri.) Miyamoto laughs hysterically, and then tries to kick Primetime. Primetime catches the foot and spins him around, himself connecting with a spinning back kick. Primetime grabs Miyamoto and connects with a belly-to-belly that's weaker than Rikishi's. Cover for 2. Primetime pushes Miyamoto against the ropes and then connects with an armdrag, which he follows up with a headlock. Kazarian saves Nosawa with a wussy kick, and Primetime doesn't look to happy, so he tags in Amazing Red.

Primetime picks up Miyamoto into a power bomb position, and Red comes off the turnbuckle and hits an inverted bulldog/powerbomb double team. Red covers for 2. Miyamoto is thrown into the corner, where he tosses Red over the ropes. Red lands on the apron and pops Miyamoto in the face before jumping onto the top rope, which Kazarian supposedly shakes to make Red fall flat on his face. A nice german suplex by Miyamoto, which looks punishing. Miyamoto tags in Nosawa.

Nosawa and Miyamoto throw Red into a turnbuckle, and follow up with two running clotheslins. Nosawa then places Red on the top turnbuckle, and Miyamoto places Nosawa on his shoulders. Three man superplex. Nosawa covers Red for 2, broken up by Primetime. Nosawa with a (as Tenay called it) sit-out driver and a cover, which he pulls Red out of. He throws Red into the corner and tags in Kazarian.

Kazarian throws Red into the ropes, and throws him in the air before getting hit with a hurricanrana. Red rolls under Kazarian's clothesline and tags in Sabin. HAIL SABIN! Sorry.

Sabin with a clothesline, a back elbow, and then a backslide style flip, which followed by Sabin picking up Kazarian similar to a Canadian Backbreaker, and then spinning him around into a DDT. Cover for two broken up by Miyamoto. Miyamoto attacks Sabin, but Sabin gets the last laugh as he grabs Miyamoto for a Tornado DDT catching Kazarian with a enziguiri while going around. Kazarian tags in Nosawa.

Nosawa with a punch that sends Sabin stumbling into the turnbuckle. Nosawa charges, but Kazarian catches him and racks him on the top rope. Tag is made to PrimeTime, who of course walks across the top rope and delivers a hurricanrana to Nosawa. Kazarian then leaps of the tope rope to the outside Sabu-style onto Miyamoto. Red climbs the tope rope, jumps off, skips and catches Kazarian in a tornado DDT. Primetime and Red then throw Nosawa off the ropes. Nosawa ducks a Red clothesline, but Primetime catches him with a drop toe hold to set up for the 7-1-8 by Red. Red then does an Asai moonsault off the second rope catching Kazarian unaware on the outside. Primetime hits the "Play of the Day"/Overdrive for the 1-2-3. (5:33)

 

WINNER: Amazing Red, Chris Sabin, and Primetime

 

WHAT DO I THINK? This match showcases both the best and worst aspects of the X-Division. The best aspect being the high risk action which can be very entertaining. The worst aspect being the botched moves, and the moves that require the work of both men to execute, i.e. the wheelbarrow, etc. Typical wrestling fans will have a hard time getting into a wrestling show in which so many moves are botched, and so many look like both wrestlers are having to work to pull it off. It was a good match, but mostly Amazing Red’s botches messed it up. It’s sad, because this is the first time I’ve seen Miyamoto and Nosawa. I can completely understand the argument against these spotfests, as I'm getting tired of them, and I actually like Mexican wrestling. 2 chugs

 

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The Commercials pimp the Wednesday night PPV, which looks to be an OK card, with Kash vs. Styles, and the Impact debut of Jonny Fairplay

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Irish Pat Kenney vs The Alpha Male Monte Brown.

Brown comes out first, and they pimp his 1 loss record. They also explain how Kenney was Simon Diamond, and how he's "paying tribute to his Irish heritage" by wresting with his real name. Good character explanation. Too bad I'd rather hear the wrestlers explain it themselves.

They lock up, and Brown leads off with a headlock. Kenney tries to loosen it by throwing Brown into the ropes, but it doesn't work. A couple of punches to the mid section, and again off the ropes. Only Brown catches Kenney with a shoulder tackle, so it kind of defeated the purpose. Brown of the ropes, and Kenney lays down so he can catch Monte Brown with an armdrag, and then another armdrag. Kenney taunts as Brown tries to collect himself outside. Kenney, the wise yet daring veteran, has none of this as he tosses himself over the ropes and hits the cross body onto Brown. Brown is thrown back into the ring and quickly gets to his feet. Brown knocks Kenney down with a punch, and proceeds to stomp him. He drops to his knees for some more punching and a little bit of choking as well. We have a camera backstage in a black room, where Gilberti and Johnny Swinger are still wearing those horrid costumes. Why they're sitting in a black room with a monitor, I'll never know, but I do know that Swinger is enjoying that coconut bra. Really, this isn't that funny. I'm ready for this angle to be done with. Suddenly Gilbertti notices the camera, and we go back to the "Non-Stop Action."

Brown taunts the crowd, which Kenney takes advantage of by punching Brown, and then tying him up with an arm wrench. He should've use a better knot, though, as Brown takes him off his feet with one punch. Methodical movement by Brown before kicking the only Irishman who's fallen down without being drunk. Brown throws Kenney off the ropes and catches him in a sleeper. Kenney elbows Brown in the ribs to loosen the hold, and then runs the ropes and meets up with Browns near missile dropkick. Monte AGAIN taunts the crowd before making the cover for 2.

Brown goes for an standing armbar as the crowd chants for Kenney. Kenney gets to his feet and breaks the hold. He bounces off the ropes, ducks a clothesline and gets into a fistfight with the Alpha Male. Monte wins. Monte whips the Irishman into the ropes, and telegraphs a back body drop, which gets him a boot to the face. Kenney with a few punches, and then he goes off the ropes and connects with a spinning punch. Brown goes down and now Kenney is taunting. Kenney throws the Alpha Male face first into the turnbuckle. An Irish whip by Irish Pat is reversed and Kenney leaps over a rushing Monte Brown before kicking him square in the gut. Irish cover for 2.

Kenney pleads with the ref while Brown gets to his feet. Brown tries to rush an Irishman, and gets a kick to the gut as a reward. Monte Brown reverses an Irish whip and does the weird neckbreaker that looks like pure shit. Seriously, this doesn't work at all for him. STOP DOING THIS MOVE MONTE!!!!. I'M WARNING YOU! Monte throws Kenney into the ropes and utilizes the six sided ring well for the POUNCE...well, it looks more like a glorified shoulder tackle, but we'll pretend it was ok. Cover for 1-2-3. (3:52)

 

WINNER: MONTE BROWN

 

WHAT DO I THINK? This was a surprisingly good match up. Kenney showed his ability to work a steady paced match, and Brown looked intimidating in his attacks. My problems are that all of Brown’s moves aren’t as good as they should be, and that the commentary could’ve put Kenney over as a vet and used that as a reason for his getting the upper hand on the Alpha Male. I have to say that Kenney made this match for me, as I was thoroughly impressed with his work, but Monte Brown brought it down. In spite of the fact that it was surprisingly good, it was slow and the two didn’t have much chemistry.” 1 ¾ chugs

 

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VIDEO PACKAGE: Pimps D'Lo vs. Monte Brown on Wednesday night. Monte needs new tights. The leopard print just doesn't do it.

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TEAM CANADA VS AMERICA'S MOST WANTED

 

Someone's chanting boring before the match has even started. Clairvoyance in Orlando....

The match starts out with Petey Williams and Chris Harris. Williams slaps Storm. He retaliates with several clotheslines. Storm puts Williams in an arm wrench, a chop, tightening the wrench, and a tag. Harris comes in and goes after Williams' elbow, and follows up with an arm wrench of his own. Williams pulls Harris’ hair and backs him into the ropes. Harris reverses a whip into the ropes. Harris delivers a huge hip toss to Williams, which beautifully demonstrates the size difference between the two. Harris taunts, though, which gives Bobby Rude the opportunity to clothesline him in the name of Canada after getting a blind tag. Rude punches and kicks Storm as we see via split-screen Shane Douglas standing outside Russo’s office with a mic in a HORRIBLY BRIGHT yellow shirt. Rude whips Harris into the ropes and telegraphs the back body drop, which gets him slugged in the back for variety. Harris can’t seem to get the vertical suplex going, so he clocks Rude a few more times and eventually gets off a standing vertical suplex for two.

Rude gets a hit on Harris and tags in Williams, who gets an arm drag and then an arm wrench before Harris makes the tag. Williams off the ropes as Harris sets him up for a double team. Harris slingshots Williams into the turnbuckle, which looks way better than when someone does it to HHH. I wonder why? Storm takes Williams down, and they do the silly roll over leg snap double team thing. That doesn’t really look painful. They both attack Rude, and then pick up Williams like a bag of cement before tossing him square into Bobby’s chest. That was nice, but relied too much on them knowing what was going to happen for me. D’Amore tends to his team as AMW stays in the ring. It’s TIME FOR A COMMERCIAL! Just as Team Canada takes over, too.

 

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COMMERCIALS FOR THE PPV!!!

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We return to the in ring action as Rude has Storm stretched out. Instant replay of Williams hitting a sunset flip, which Storm rolls out of just to give Williams a dropkick to his chin. Storm hits the turnbuckles as Rude goes for a tag.

Williams stomps on a laying Storm. Petey goes for a kick, which Storm catches. Petey, though, drives Storm’s head into his knee. Petey steps away and then charges into the turnbuckle, only for Storm to throw him over. It’s ok, though as Williams lands on the second turnbuckle. He leaps back and is oddly power bombed by Harris, I guess?!?!?! Both men are down and the crowd sees the hot tag coming. Storm tags in Harris, Williams tags in Rude. Rude gets a clothesline from Harris, and then another. Rude reverses an Irish Whip from Harris, and Harris hits the turnbuckle. But he no sells and bounces off as if it were just the ropes. NOT GOOD! Harris clotheslines Rude, and then Williams before delivering a full nelson slam. He goes for the cover and only gets two. Storm knocks Williams off the ropes, and we go to a split screen of Larry Zbysko, the judge, watching IN THE BACK? Why isn’t he ringside? Oh well. Harris and Storm set Rude up for their finisher, but Williams makes the save. Williams goes for a superplex, and Storm makes it a three man superplex. Bobby Rude joins the fun to make it a power bomb superplex. Did we really need this twice in one show? All four men are laying in the ring. Storm and Rude clothesline each other. Williams goes for a move, but gets the back body drop from Harris, who follows it up with a spear. Bobby Rude powerslams Harris and only gets a two count.

Storm throws Rude into the turnbuckle, charges and eats boot. Rude goes for the tornado DDT, but he gets placed on the apron and then gets a super kick for his hard work. Storm then leaps over the top rope and hits the cross body splash. Petey Williams goes for the wheelbarrow, but Harris hits the full nelson slam. Harris sets up for a fall away slam before the Naturals come in and throw salt near and around Harris, but not on him. Chase Stevens then hits Harris with the steel chair, and there’s only 39 seconds to go. Williams goes for the cover 1-2-3. (9:27)

 

WINNER: Team Canada.

 

WHAT DO I THINK? Good balanced match that did have some good aspects. They emphasized the size differential, which I was impressed with. AMW put out another solid outing, but they sometimes telegraph the next move. I’m not sure if I like the way the Naturals interfered, but I like their feud. I like the fact that Team Canada didn’t go over clean, and that AMW didn’t go over as it gives a vague bit of credibility to Team Canada as a real tag team. I’m kind of angry that they showed Shane Douglas backstage waiting to talk to Russo, but they didn’t go anywhere with it. Very bad. The match, though, gets 2 chugs for being okay.

 

The Naturals taunt AMW as Team Canada celebrates.

 

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VIDEO PACKAGE: It explains the story behind Watts vs. Abyss on Wednesday. Another package pimping Vince Russo.

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There are trumpeters in the ring as the ring announcer gives a “royal entrance” for Jarrett. Jarrett comes out, holding the guitar like a weapon. Seriously, I’m tired of him and his game of “Who will I EL-KABONG today?” I think he needs to lose the guitar. It would do him wonders. Jarret starts talking, and everything starts moving downhill. Jarrett talks about Truth using the guitar, and how Russo said use of the guitar equaled instant disqualification and calls out Russo to give him back “his title.” Instead of Russo, we get the Living Legend Larry Zbysko. Jarrett yells at Zbysko, and I would like to make a point. When you, as the person in the ring, have to explain who is coming out, and why they are there, it’s not good. I’m ok with people not knowing Zbysko. But for Jarrett to have to say “Larry Zbysko, I’m not asking you to come out here. I don’t care if you are the judge TONIGHT (Impact doesn’t air at night, Jeff) on IMPACT. I don’t care if you’re a Living Legend….” It just comes across shitty. It makes it seem like people don’t know who your wrestlers and your “guests” are. Pretend that everyone does, and that they need to. Don’t try to explain it to them, you just look “bush league.” It’s also pretty bad that the moment Zbysko opens his mouth, Jarrett’s lack of mic skills shines even brighter. Zbysko is clear with what he says, he doesn’t interrupt, and he doesn’t whine. He just makes his point and goes on. Jarrett just rambles on about himself like the rest of TNA doesn’t exist. To finish summing up what happens. Zbysko announces that we’ll find out about the belt on Wednesday, and Jarrett EL-KABONG’s him. Seems like Jarrett is stealing Randy Orton’s gimmick. Oh yeah, I hate Jarrett in this gay ass tux. 3LK comes out and attacks Jarrett. The Elite Guard come out and attack 3LK, and there is a lot of crap going on in the ring.

 

WHAT ELSE DO I THINK? This makes Jarrett look REAL bad. It shows exactly why Jarrett didn’t have Main Event potential in WWE. He gets overshadowed by anyone with real talent on the mic, and in the ring. When Zbysko, a ‘legend’ there just to fill in Dusty Rhodes shoes, overshadows the champ it shows how far away from a true high quality company TNA really is. It’s very obvious that Jarrett has things he’s trying to remember to say, and that ruins the segment. I’m annoyed, embarrassed for TNA, and flabbergasted that Jarrett is THIS bad.

 

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IMPACT! FLASHBACK: Jarrett attacks Hogan. With a guitar. Whoo-hoo.

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Tenay and West pimp the PPV ringside. WASTE OF MY TIME! Seriously, I’ve seen dozens of commercials pimping the PPV, why must I hear Tenay and West shove it down my throat even more?

 

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VIDEO PACKAGE: Pimps Jeff Hardy. Then a commercial pimping Hardy vs Styles, calling it one of the most competitive X-Division Title matches in TNA history. BULLSHIT.

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ABYSS & DALLAS vs. AJ STYLES & D’LO BROWN

 

Abyss is wearing new tights, which look nice. Dallas is wearing a trucker hat, which makes me want to see him in a trucker gimmick. AJ and D’Lo look normal. .

The Match starts OUTSIDE with some brawling, and AJ looks SHORT. Abyss and D’Lo in the ring. Abyss throws D’Lo into a turnbuckle and charges full speed. For some reason he tries for a Bronco Buster while D’Lo is standing. It makes no sense. AJ is kicking Dallas’ ass outside, which makes Dallas look more like Test. D’Lo tries for a vertical suplex, but can’t pull it off, but that’s ok, because Abyss can’t either. AJ and D’Lo double team Abyss and throw him to the mat. AJ takes out Dallas. D’Lo calls for a double team and picks up AJ in a sidewalk slam, and flips him onto Abyss. D’Lo covers, and Dallas tries to save Abyss only to drop the elbow on him. D’Lo goes after both big men, giving rights and lefts at will. D’Lo taunts, and Abyss gives him a Big Boot to teach him a lesson. Dallas attacks D’Lo, and Dallas and Abyss try for a double clothesline. D’Lo ducks and slides out of the ring, while AJ comes off the turnbuckle with a double clothesline for Abyss and Dallas. It doesn’t do much good, so AJ walks out of the ring while D’Lo double clotheslines Abyss and Dallas, their second helping. The crowd starts a D’Lo chant. D’Lo and AJ toss Abyss into a corner, and double team him. Styles Splash followed by D’Lo Splash. D’Lo winds up the arm and springs off the ropes. Actually, Goldylocks grabs his foot and distracts him. This of course means Abyss takes over. But wait, Abyss tags in Dallas.

Dallas and Abyss do a double gorilla press on D’Lo, which sounds better than it looks. Dallas gets some offense in, and then tags in Abyss. Abyss goes after D’Lo with a few big forearms. Abyss with a choke to D’Lo and a tag to Dallas, who then chokes D’Lo. We’re seeing way too much of Goldilocks in this match. D’Lo and Dallas exchange blows, and Dallas wins by scooping D’Lo up and body slamming him. Dallas taunts and misses a knee drop. D’Lo responds with an enziguiri. Hot tag as Dallas reaches Abyss just before D’Lo gets AJ. AJ hits a hurricanrana off the ropes and starts punching at the master of the Black Hole Slam. Abyss throws AJ into the ropes, and AJ flips over a bending Abyss. AJ AMAZINGLY leap frogs over Abyss, plays the log, and then feigns a dropkick as Abyss holds on to the ropes. AJ then catches Abyss with a spinning heel kick, which pleases the fans at Universal Studios.

Dallas with a blind tag as AJ throws Abyss into the ropes. Abyss reverses and throws AJ up in the air. AJ catches Dallas in the face with a boot on the way down. Poor guy looks like Test, AND fights like Test. AJ charges Abyss, and is tossed over the ropes. He lands on the apron and executes a springboard flying forearm. Dallas comes in and sets AJ up for an inverted Razor’s Edge, but D’Lo saves him. D’Lo and AJ hit the Sky-High/neckbreaker combo and only get 2.

AJ back flips to the outside to hit Abyss, but gets caught and introduced to the SQUARE ringposts. Abyss throws AJ back in, but D’Lo hits a suicide dive to teach Abyss a lesson. It’s AJ and Dallas inside, and Dallas goes for the chokeslam, wait, no… He goes for a Baldo Bomb, which AJ reverses into a hurricanrana and a roll up for the 1-2-3. (7:37)

 

WINNER: AJ STYLES & D’Lo BROWN

 

WHAT DO I THINK? Everyone but Dallas did a decent job. AJ’s variety of risky moves emphasizes that he’s an X-Division wrestler, and not a heavyweight. Why Abyss couldn’t suplex D’Lo, I’ll never know. It’s ok, though because D’Lo and AJ blend well as a team, and that helps me forget. Dallas looks bad, as his offense was barely there, and he lost to an lighter guy who rolled him up. Oh well. I’d say 2 ¼ chugs for this, as it was at least entertaining.

 

Afterwards Kid Kash and Monte Brown come in and attack the winners. Typical Russo booking with the heels outnumbering the faces in the ring. Kid Kash must have said his prayers and taken his vitamins, as the massive limp from Wednesday is gone. Not only that, but he’s kicking with his BROKEN leg. Very bad, TNA, very bad.

 

OVERALL: 2 chugs as the matches were entertaining, but the Jarrett segment made me want to shoot my TV. It was a show that was heavy on the wrestling, which is good, but low on coherence, which is bad. I’m not a fan of TNA following WWE in the wrestling department, but they could take notes in the storyline development and broadcast development department. How so? First we see Russo walk into his office. Then we see Shane Douglas standing outside his office. THEN we hear from Larry Zbysko that there was a meeting in the back involving Dusty Rhodes, Russo, himself and some others about the title situation. Why didn’t he just tell Shane Douglas? Tell me when you get to the center of the Tootsie Roll Pop, my friend.

Also, West and Tenay wasting my time by selling the PPV HSN style totally doesn't work. I hate segments where all I'm doing is listening to commentators telling me what I could see.... FOR LESS THAN TEN DOLLARS! The gazillion commercials and repeated pimping during the show do a good job.

 

Tell me what you think, what you agree or disagree with...OR ELSE!!

[Guest The Last Free Voice]

Nice recap. But you totally stole my el-kabong bit. I like the play by play too. Keep up the good work. And go feedback my RUSH, bastard.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

2 chugs as the matches were entertaining, but the Jarrett segment made me want to shoot my TV.

 

Well, if you did shoot your TV, get a new one so you can review next weeks show. Good Job........ol Swiggy

[LucharesuFan619 0]

Good review, holmes. The tag team match with Red *sounded* really good. Was it actually as good as it sounded?

[Guest whitemilesdavis]

Good review, keep it up. But, The whole thing came off negative, and that's cool if that's what you thought, but I thought overall it was a really good show.

[Guest Goodear]

If I were you, I would actually cut down on the ammount of play-by-play you're doing and talk more about the why than the what. I generally find people tend to react more to ideas rather than general discription that for me always seemed like the larger chore for this sort of thing. Also as LucharesuFan brought up, it can make matches sound better than they are by bringing up a whole bunch of spots that look nice but are poorly executed.

[TNABaddboi 0]

Good recap, Swigg! Keep it up....and go read FROM EVEN FURTHER OUTSIDE! *End cheap plug*

[TheBigSwigg 0]

First off, thanks for the positive response.

 

Now, to answer everyone's questions:

 

Yes, the 6 man tag match was good. There were about 2-3 blown spots involving Red, but all in all it was entertaining. Mike will argue that it's just a spotfest, and I can see why, but I think it's a good way to showcase multiple talents at once. My only concern is that A) it's becoming formulaic to start the show with a multi-man X match and B) they're showcasing much of the same talent, which means Primetime's walk the top rope Hurricanrana is getting stale. Other than that, they always come across as the X-Division should, exciting and innovative.

 

The negative vibe occured for several reasons: When I wrote this, it was late and I was waiting for my fiancee to get into town so I could get to sleep. This wasn't the ONLY reason it came across negative, but it was part of it. Another reason is because of the Jarrett segment. I'm tired of him using the guitar since it has no connection to his current gimmick, or his gimmick since leaving WWE. The last thing is, I REALLY want this to catch on. I'm hoping that TNA does get a real TV spot and stop doing the weekly PPV's and start making money. I'm not a blind TNA mark, but I really enjoy the ability to watch something other than WWE on a regular basis.

 

And as for cutting down the play by play, I'm definitely going to start doing that, as it would take a hell of a lot less time and I wouldn't get quite as cranky about some of it. As for ideas, I've got my own idea about how the show should've been booked if anyone wants to see. I surprised myself with it, as I'm not usually good at coming up with good ideas on my own.

[TNABaddboi 0]

Yes, the 6 man tag match was good. There were about 2-3 blown spots involving Red, but all in all it was entertaining. Mike will argue that it's just a spotfest, and I can see why, but I think it's a good way to showcase multiple talents at once. My only concern is that A) it's becoming formulaic to start the show with a multi-man X match and B) they're showcasing much of the same talent, which means Primetime's walk the top rope Hurricanrana is getting stale. Other than that, they always come across as the X-Division should, exciting and innovative.

 

I agree. It was fun little match other than Red the Amazing Spot Blower. Hell, I marked for all of Sabin's spots and Skipper has charisma, which is something alot of X guys are missing, but they should either try to feature different talents in the weekly spotfests or give them some meaning.

 

Another reason is because of the Jarrett segment. I'm tired of him using the guitar since it has no connection to his current gimmick, or his gimmick since leaving WWE. The last thing is, I REALLY want this to catch on. I'm hoping that TNA does get a real TV spot and stop doing the weekly PPV's and start making money. I'm not a blind TNA mark, but I really enjoy the ability to watch something other than WWE on a regular basis.

 

Again, I agree. I think Jarrett brought back the guitar because he thinks that how casual fans remember him, but it's way past overkill at this point, especially since Jarrett had done a good job tweaking his character throughout TNA's existence. It's like once they got TV, Jarrett set his clock by to 1999. And I too hope they get real TV and drop the weekly PPVs, without trying to be a blind TNA mark.

[HandofFate 0]

It was fun little match other than Red the Amazing Spot Blower. 

[marking out mode] IT'S CATCHING ON!!! WHOO HOOO!! [end marking out]

 

*Ahem*

 

Anyways, I find that it was an ok review. A little too negative for my tastes. I am just sayin that if I was reading your column and never watched the show, I wouldn't really be wanting to watch it. There were some good points that you made about the bad parts, but it kinda overshadowed the good parts of the show. Maybe add something at the end like THE L~A~Z did with a good and bad list. Hey...maybe make a Good, Bad and Ugly list. The ugly list can be filled with the worst botch of the night. lol Good job on your first review...unless you have done some previous reviews elsewhere.

[Guest Wondermouse]

Good review. I thought the Monte/Kenney match was atrocious, though. I mentioned this in the Impact thread, Pat couldn't do a move that looked like it hurt at all, and he looked like he was just lightly setting down Monte and nudging him with his foot. He's got some fine punches, though.

 

I thought Tenay covered one of Red's blown spots well by saying Kazarian shook the ropes. Red, Miyamoto, and Nosawa were all worthless in that match, I felt. Everytime one of the Japanese guys was in the ring, the match just went down the toilet instantly. Well, except the mist bit. That was funny as hell.

 

I dug the two regular tag matches.

[TheBigSwigg 0]

I thought Tenay covered one of Red's blown spots well by saying Kazarian shook the ropes.

I agree. I was thoroughly impressed with how quickly Tenay handled that.

 

Everytime one of the Japanese guys was in the ring, the match just went down the toilet instantly

 

I would agree to disagree with that. Except for Nosawa rolling over Red after Red botched a wheelbarrow to armdrag. Of course, I would've probably done the same thing.