Impact Spoilers

[Guest Gatornibs]

Thanks to FREELANCE INTERNET JOURNALIST Alan Wojcik.

 

Dark Match

The Naturals over Rod Steel and Bruce Steele

AJ Styles and D-Lo Brown over Team Canada (Petey Williams/Bobby Rude)

Elite Guard over Jerelle Clark/Mikey Batts/Antonio Banks

 

TV Matches

Alex Shelley over Roderick Strong

Sabu over Alistair something

Monty Brown over Lex Lovett

XXX (Daniels/Skipper) over Nosawa & Miyamoto

AMW over Kazarian/Shane in a 10 Minute Draw (Won by judges decision)

 

Roderick/Shelley was cut 2 minutes short. NWA FL guys rumored to be getting contract offers. No reason as to why Scoot wasn't on the show.

[slimm44 0]

With the exception of the last two matches, it sounds like Xplosion type matches this week, with main names over no named jobbers. But who cars, I watch it anyways

[Guest The Ultimate Fantasy]

They really need to stop treating IMPACT like heat, especially with the whole Direct TV situtaion costing PPViwers.

[Kizzo 0]

They really need to stop treating IMPACT like heat, especially with the whole Direct TV situtaion costing PPViwers.

I totally agree......

 

With the loss of Directv....which meant a loss of viewership...they put on a card like this..

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

So, wait...Impact is focused on the X-Division, and I see one X-Division match-up that won't even be that good because Nosawa and Miyamoto suck the meat missile? Grrrrrreat.

 

I don't know Alex Shelley. I don't like Sabu. I don't like Monte Brown's current style in the ring (I really liked him when he was greener, surprisingly). I don't like Nosawa or Miyamoto. And I HATE HATE HATE America's Most Wanted. Fuck this show.

[Guest Soylent Green Is People]

Shelley/Strong on paper would be greatness, though unfortunately i can't imagine it getting enough time to be much of anything.

[Guest The Ultimate Fantasy]

Man how come there is no A.J Styles? I so wanted to dub him Mr. Impact because he pretty much reminds of a awesome hybrid between Jericho, HBK, and RVD although I really don't like the Styles Clash.

 

Although I should say that he is probaly the only wrestler that actually lives up to his hype. Which is awesome since Don West pretty much hypes him on the same level as God.

[Silence 0]

I think TNA also needs to quit with the time limit on the matches, even though Impact is only a one-hour show. The time limit puts too much pressure on most of the wrestlers, IMO.

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

How does it put pressure on the wrestlers? They are given a certain amount of time to work a match. It's not something new or anything.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

So, wait...Impact is focused on the X-Division, and I see one X-Division match-up that won't even be that good because Nosawa and Miyamoto suck the meat missile? Grrrrrreat.

 

I don't know Alex Shelley. I don't like Sabu. I don't like Monte Brown's current style in the ring (I really liked him when he was greener, surprisingly). I don't like Nosawa or Miyamoto. And I HATE HATE HATE America's Most Wanted. Fuck this show.

Whoa Corey, have you seen any of Miyamoto outside of TNA? If not....then that explains it. Otherwise, if you have seen Miyamoto in Japan you might have a different opinion.........but yes, NOSAWA sucks major league amounts of ass.

[Placebo Effect 0]

Styles shouldn't be on the program. I'm glad they kept him off to sell the injury.

 

I recognize the name of the jobber Sabu put down. I'm thinking he was a jobber on Xplosion a couple months back.

 

I like the 10 minute time limit. They're on a sports network, so they're throwing little things out there to "impress" FSN in a great attempt to make it seem more like a sport.

 

Looks like a fun show.

[Guest The Ultimate Fantasy]

He was injured? I didn't know because the Rush was not up....

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

I'm going to quote Mike here, DK:

If a wrestler in TNA doesn't impress me, I won't want to search out his other stuff. So, while in TNA? Fuck Miyamoto.

 

TNA should've just tried as hard as fucking possible to get a deal with New Japan or NOAH. That way we'd get KENTA and Marufuji, who ROCK THE FUCKING CASBAH.

[Guest The Last Free Voice]

It was a work. It had me for a second or two but they did the whole angle thing. I'll try to get everthing typed up today, but I don't think I'll be able to go back and redo the entire show for in depth PBP guys. Sorry. I'm still pretty out of it.

[TheBigSwigg 0]

Wow, this looks disappointing. Not only do we have to watch YET ANOTHER Monty squash match, but 2 major heel teams and 2 major face stars are sitting this one out. Why are the Naturals and Team Canada on the dark matches? Why are AJ and D'Lo in the Dark matches? Why do I have to have Monty Brown shoved down my throat instead of seeing them? I'm ok with showing Sabu instead, since he could help attract some old ECW marks, but MONTY FUCKING BROWN? They need to learn to mix up the talent on IMPACT and the PPV's better, not to mention actually develop the storylines on IMPACT.

[Exslade ZX 0]

This Alastair guy looked like Ace Steel for a few moments...

 

EDIT- And I expect soon we're going to see an Alex Shelly/Abyss feud from the looks of it.

[Guest Nelly's Bandaid]

This whole Raven vs Sabu angle is so unbelievable, simply because I refuse to believe Sabu has had training.

 

Alex Shelley needs a new finisher if that's it, because it's the embodiement of all stupid indy moves, overly complicated and much more effective when simplified. Why not a fishermans buster? What's the point of trying to wrap the legs like that when it has no bearing on the lift or impact? Ugh.

 

I like XXX's double team, mainly because I always used to use a top rope version of that for my efed tag teams.

 

And can someone explain why Monty is such an exaggerated seller!? When your gonna be killing people like this what does selling punches like Tyson was throwing them acheive?

 

And if the pounce was a momentum changer it would be my new favorite move. As a finisher, no.

[Exslade ZX 0]

Alex Shelley needs a new finisher if that's it, because it's the embodiement of all stupid indy moves, overly complicated and much more effective when simplified. Why not a fishermans buster? What's the point of trying to wrap the legs like that when it has no bearing on the lift or impact? Ugh.

 

And can someone explain why Monty is such an exaggerated seller!? When your gonna be killing people like this what does selling punches like Tyson was throwing them acheive?

 

And if the pounce was a momentum changer it would be my new favorite move. As a finisher, no.

Actually...as hard as it may seem, the way Shelly crosses the legs would make it hurt more. This is kind of a bad example..but jump regularly...and then jump with your legs cross. Not exactly like the move, but you can tell there's a difference.

 

And the Brown thing is true lmao..he should be 'Taker selling' the punches..but instead he overreacts to him, and he's supposed to be a monster?

 

But as being one of those against the Pounce at first..because it was nothing more then a shoulder block...the last few weeks he's made the move look like a true finisher IMO. The move actually looks bad ass. And the fact that they work in the football stuff and all of that..makes it 'seem' even better. Sort of like Henry...who had one of the worst finishers ever...in a way made it look credible because he's the 'World Strongest man'. (The fall front move)

[TheBigSwigg 0]

But as being one of those against the Pounce at first..because it was nothing more then a shoulder block...the last few weeks he's made the move look like a true finisher IMO. The move actually looks bad ass. And the fact that they work in the football stuff and all of that..makes it 'seem' even better. Sort of like Henry...who had one of the worst finishers ever...in a way made it look credible because he's the 'World Strongest man'. (The fall front move)

If I have to hear Tenay talk about "4th and 1" one more time....

[DangerousDamon 0]

This whole Raven vs Sabu angle is so unbelievable, simply because I refuse to believe Sabu has had training.

 

Alex Shelley needs a new finisher if that's it, because it's the embodiement of all stupid indy moves, overly complicated and much more effective when simplified. Why not a fishermans buster? What's the point of trying to wrap the legs like that when it has no bearing on the lift or impact? Ugh.

 

I like XXX's double team, mainly because I always used to use a top rope version of that for my efed tag teams.

 

And can someone explain why Monty is such an exaggerated seller!? When your gonna be killing people like this what does selling punches like Tyson was throwing them acheive?

 

And if the pounce was a momentum changer it would be my new favorite move. As a finisher, no.

I believe Shelley also does a variation of the Crossface. He'd be better off using that.

[Guest Nelly's Bandaid]

It's credible, it's just not a finisher. If you try to define it, it's nothing special. It's a shoulderblock. A basic move used all the time, yet somehow where supposed to believe this guy is so powerful, so much more so than anyone else who uses it, that he can finish people with it? I just can't buy that contrast.

 

And please tell me your kidding about the Shelley move, for 1 it's a head impact move, back if anything. Why a persons legs would have any bearing when they weren't even part of the match I'll never know, and there's no way landing with your legs crossed is painful enough to keep someone down let alone have an effect on anything. When you consider the fact that it's held like that only when he's in air, meaning by the time he lands his legs are uncrossed, that just doesn't work as a justifcation.

[Guest Nelly's Bandaid]

Some of this camera work is just horrible. Why are you focused on Storm basically crawling out of the ring backwards rather than the guy pulling him out?

[Guest Nelly's Bandaid]

Not sure what to think of those time limit endings, you can see them coming a mile away and and it doesn't matter who controlled what you know the faces are gonna get it. Seems rather pointless.

 

Ok show, most annoying part was some of the wrestling, but that's nothing new.

 

Give Monty some new tights, a top rope spear for a finisher and make the pounce a momentum changer for his longer matches.

 

No AJ is a problem, they should really never do that unless there really selling an injury, and I don't remember one mention of that from the announcers.

[Exslade ZX 0]

No AJ is a problem, they should really never do that unless there really selling an injury, and I don't remember one mention of that from the announcers.

They showed him backstage during the Kazarian/Shane tag match on crutches watching the match. And they mentioned how he was hurt on Wednesday.

 

It's credible, it's just not a finisher. If you try to define it, it's nothing special. It's a shoulderblock. A basic move used all the time, yet somehow where supposed to believe this guy is so powerful, so much more so than anyone else who uses it, that he can finish people with it? I just can't buy that contrast.

And while being true..if you want to go that route...then most people's finishers sucks because a lot of people just use them as regular moves. The Xdivision for example. Most of them do better or I guess you can say 'more impactful' moves then that finisher or something and yet they can never keep them down. But the fact that it's the 'finishing move' the oppisition usually doesn't kick out.

 

Red's red Star press for example...is just a simple flip from like 4-5 ft in the air. Even if it is usually after a kick or something. But he could do the same thing..as well as something off the top in another match, but have it kicked out and still lose.

[Guest Nelly's Bandaid]

"And while being true..if you want to go that route...then most people's finishers sucks because a lot of people just use them as regular moves. The Xdivision for example. Most of them do better or I guess you can say 'more impactful' moves then that finisher or something and yet they can never keep them down. But the fact that it's the 'finishing move' the oppisition usually doesn't kick out.

 

Red's red Star press for example...is just a simple flip from like 4-5 ft in the air. Even if it is usually after a kick or something. But he could do the same thing..as well as something off the top in another match, but have it kicked out and still lose. "

 

And they do. Stupidity can't be excused because it exists elsewhere.

[Michrome 0]

He has multiple finishers, I just doubt TNA wants him using them. The straight Jacket Northern Lights Bomb would get over, but I bet he's not allowed to use it. The Border City Stretch is way too similar to the Crossface, and the Shellshock is similar to Kazarian's finish. They should let him use the Border City Stretch. Credibility of finishers though isn't always that important. The 2 biggest draws of the last 10 years had a simple sitting ace crusher and a weak uranage. Kurt Angle has a version of the samoan drop, Brock Lesnar had a pancake move.

[Magus 0]

i agree on Monty's selling. he could use a Jackhammer as his main finisher. Goldberg's not gonna mind.