OAO Impact Thread - June/8th/06.

[TNABaddboi]

I can't believe I care about a Scott Steiner match in 2006.

 

I'm still shocked too, BPS. The past couple weeks, I've gotten excited when the sirens hit. I have said it already, but i think it's worth repeating: TNA has gotten more out Steiner in 3 months than the WWE ever did. They are just booking him incredibly smart, playing up his strengths and hiding his weakness. They resisted the temptation to bring him in as face and feud him with Jarrett (a la HHH) just because he'd get a big pop the first night. Steiner just is more believable as a monster psycho heel. This match with Joe is probably TNA's best built one-on-one match since Raven/Jarrett at Destiny. I don't think they get enough credit for that....

[Astro101]

I was just like the crowd during the Steiner/Joe brawl. JUST LET THEM FIGHT. Steiner can still put on a passable match, so that's good.

 

Alex Shelley...I hope this all leads to him beating Nash. I mean, he's the lackey, laughing at the corny jokes, just having fun and going along making fun of the division he's in...gotta be a turn somewhere down the line.

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins]

I can't believe I'm interested in a Scott Steiner or a Kevin Nash storyline in 2006.

 

 

And Sabin needs to go back to the "Hail Sabin" pose instead of the shitty gun thing he does.

[razazteca]

I was just like the crowd during the Steiner/Joe brawl. JUST LET THEM FIGHT. Steiner can still put on a passable match, so that's good.

 

Alex Shelley...I hope this all leads to him beating Nash. I mean, he's the lackey, laughing at the corny jokes, just having fun and going along making fun of the division he's in...gotta be a turn somewhere down the line.

This is not WWE where random people get paired up only to be broken up 2 months later...Alex Shelley is better off as a heel and he should stay a heel forever or until the camera gimmick gets stale.

[Jericholic82]

I can't believe I'm interested in a Scott Steiner or a Kevin Nash storyline in 2006.

 

 

And Sabin needs to go back to the "Hail Sabin" pose instead of the shitty gun thing he does.

Yea, it scares me too.

 

Actually the sting-steiner match wasnt as bad as I would have thought, and the fans were into that match. The joe/steiner match has so much heat with the live crowd and is so well built, that I am even pumped for the match (though I wont order the ppv since im broke).

 

Killings seems to be the odd man out in KOTM. After the 3lk breakup, he has been thrust back into the ME level with no buildup. In the match he has no real issue with any of the other guys. while sting has issues with jarrett, Christian with abyss and jarrett, jarrett with christian and sting.

[luke-o]

Overall, is this worth me tuning in for next saturday?

[TNABaddboi]

Ratings, from the Torch:

 

TNA Impact last Thursday (6/8) drew a 1.0 rating, with a 1.0 among the male 18-49 demo and 1.3 among the male 18-34 demo with an average audience of 1.2 million viewers. That is down from the 1.1 and 1.2 ratings the past two weeks. The show opened with the Sting vs. Scott Steiner main event, which TNA management hoped would lead to a record rating for Impact.

[2GOLD]

Considering the first game of the NBA Finals and the last hour of the MTV Movie Awards were on that night, I'm actually kind of surprised they got the 1.0 at all.

[luke-o]

Yeah it's not too shabby. Given the competiton they had.

[Guest Coffey]

TV's shows are always going to have competition with other TV shows. It's not a good excuse. When Raw & Nitro were going head-to-head and pulling in huge numbers, no one was talking about MTV or ABC. It's just an "out."

[claydude14]

When there's a good MNF game on, people always talk about it affecting RAW's ratings. Sure it's just an out, but I'm just saying it's nothing new to compare things other than wrestling airing at the timeslot geared towards the same demographic with a wrestling show.

[Guest Coffey]

I know it's nothing new. It's just a way to "blame shift" though.