TNA Impact Spoilers (First Hour Spoilers now up)

[Corkscrew_Senton 0]

Why do you care if TNA gives away good matches for free, you don't work for them. I just want to be entertained by TNA and that seems to be impossible nowadays, ppv caliber matches or not.

Do people who say this sort of thing ever think about what they're actually saying?

 

ripn tna iz da kewlest~!

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Why do you care if TNA gives away good matches for free, you don't work for them. I just want to be entertained by TNA and that seems to be impossible nowadays, ppv caliber matches or not.

Do people who say this sort of thing ever think about what they're actually saying?

 

ripn tna iz da kewlest~!

How was that statement ripping TNA?

[RedJed 0]

Here is the thing, guys - they are doing shit like Angle/Sting, Angle/Christian for basically no point - its clearly bait and switch, for one thing, and secondly, TNA doesnt have the willpower and whatever you would call it (perhaps promotional power?) to even push these matches strongly to the masses so people even know about, much less care about. So the rating stays generally the same with or without doing "ppv matches" on Impact. Given that fact, they shouldn't even bother doing them on Impact. With that said as well, the company is in such a state of "eh" right now that if they even put Sting v. Angle on the next ppv, it really wouldn't even draw, IMO.

[David Blazenwing 0]

With that said as well, the company is in such a state of "eh" right now that if they even put Sting v. Angle on the next ppv, it really wouldn't even draw, IMO.

 

Couldn't have said it better myself. TNA was great up until Bound for Glory 2006, and after that, it just fell apart.

[Corkscrew_Senton 0]

Why do you care if TNA gives away good matches for free, you don't work for them. I just want to be entertained by TNA and that seems to be impossible nowadays, ppv caliber matches or not.

Do people who say this sort of thing ever think about what they're actually saying?

 

ripn tna iz da kewlest~!

How was that statement ripping TNA?

 

Here's how I interpret that comment: everyone's problem with TNA is they're supposed to be the "wrestling" company as opposed to "sports entertainment." The complaint with them the last seven months or so is it's been the latter. So qdes says that he can't be entertained by PPV caliber matches. Seems real contradictory to me.

 

Just for the record, I think it's stupid to have the match on free TV when it should be saved for PPV, but my point is if wrestling matches are impossible to entertain him and segments are impossible to entertain him, then it just becomes a matter of ripping for the sake of ripping.

 

EDIT: I didn't mean YOU were ripping TNA pointlessly, HTQ, if that's what you meant.

[CubbyBr 0]

Couldn't have said it better myself. TNA was great up until Bound for Glory 2006, and after that, it just fell apart.

 

Come on, are you kidding me? That whole saga with the Hebners and Larry Z was great? The Jackey Gayda mystery tape was great television? What about almost every match being a squash? Was that great? TNA is in the shitter right now but it damn sure wasn't great up to BFG 2006.

[razazteca 0]

Loved the Abyss beatdown and Konnan as the third man at the announcer booth. I would say that is alot better than the usual oh here comes Sting to save his soul again after a few minutes the beatdown was brutal, bloody, and everything what a stable beatdown should be.

[cd213 0]

Abyss was fucked up afterwards. Those cuts looked deep. He really puts his body on the line for this company.

[Mecca 0]

There's nothing like taking a beat down that required something like 60 stitches that will likely lead to um well nothing for him or something stupid.

[cabbageboy 0]

Yeah that Abyss beatdown was one of the sickest things I've seen in a while.

 

TNA was pretty solid for a while in the build to BFG last year and maybe the first parts of Joe/Angle's feud. Since then however it's been pretty dubious to say the least. With that said, there's no way right now that TNA is as bad as they were around the time of Slammiversary last year. That whole KOTM match with Jarrett winning the way he did....my god there were people online saying they should just go under the next day. I used to do vicious, ranting posts on here trashing that whole Jarrett/Hebner/Larry Z. storyline saying it was the worst shit I'd ever seen.

 

Russo joining actually got them out of that horrible storyline. People seem to forget that.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

I absolutely loved the Abyss beatdown.

 

Cage and Styles are just so awesome as heels right now.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

--Regarding the angle at the end of TNA Impact last night, the decision (at least as of this week) is that it will be sold as a major injury angle and Abyss will disappear for a few weeks. He won't be wrestling at Sacrifice and no doubt will return for an angle where he is a big babyface and has to go through all the members of Team Cage.

 

Meltzer

[Zack Malibu 0]

There is potential there for Abyss to hand Christian his first pinfall loss, which could be hugley beneficial to that face run.

[razazteca 0]

Watching the Abyss beatdown and the Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen DVD on the same day gives me hope that TNA can make this work. Unfortunately Christian's group has both Paul Roma and Sid characters but seriously I can see AJ with the X title again. That way this stable can dominate the show from top to bottom leaving everyone in a bloody mess. Who doesn't want to see Steiner or Tomko running in on X division matches randomly killing the comedy acts? Who is going to standup to these villians why not have Joe play the part of Dusty, Team 3-D playing the part of the Road Warriors, Kurt Angle as Magnum TA, and Sting as himself!

 

I can only dream...

[Guest trueattitude]

Didn't mind this weeks Impact.

[RedJed 0]

Didn't mind this weeks Impact.

 

Same here- to be fair to TNA, this was a very solid show this week. The ending angle stuck in my mind as one of the most memorable moments this company has done in months, and if followed up properly, Abyss will get over strong. The Jarrett interview segwayed (sp?) into the Angle/Sting promo was done far too quickly and cut away to really make that impact they were probably hoping for, though. But otherwise, a really strong show that was fun to watch.

 

So is Jarrett's big third surprise just that he's

Eric Young's "friend"?

- if so, that's pretty weak. Now if he made a point to say he was going to "start from the bottom" and work his way up to earning the fan's respect again by not even being in the title hunt for a LONG time, I wouldn't mind that.

 

Funniest line of the night had to come from Styles in the backstage interview w/ all of Team Cage, as Abyss does his usual goofy arms crossed pose and he asks, "What's your problem? Got a chocolate hot dog up there?" or something to that effect.

[muzz 0]

I don't watch much TNA, but the Abyss beatdown was pretty good. Tenay and West are just plain annoying though. I don't mind when Ross goes absolutely nuts, but they just sound ridiculous.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

I agree with that.

 

The beatdown itself should have been this big deal iconic thing...

 

and it nearly was.

 

I hope thwy let Abyss run through all the bad guys and hand Cage his first loss.

 

He earned it,

[razazteca 0]

But under pro-wrestling logic the loss does not count if it the match involves more than 2 wrestlers.

[Failed Bridge 0]

If that's truly going to be a stable then they need a better name than "Team Cage". I also don't understand the need for both Tomko and Steiner in it. They're essentially the same wrestler now in what they can do in-ring.

 

Not to mention if you have Steiner running in repeatedly in the future to kill X-Division wrestlers then that will lead to a Steiner/Nash feud which we all know is 10 years too late from being any good.

 

I wouldn't mind that stable ending up to be Christian, Tomko, Styles, and Daniels. They could easily make that happen as well with the Daniels/Sting feud on the horizon.

[razazteca 0]

Steiner vs Nash will never happen cause we all know that Nash would tear his quad walking to the ring. What it would lead up to is AJ Styles returning to the division in hopes to attempt to get some of the X division wrestlers over in one-on-one matches and some tag matches with Christian and Steiner. So in my fantasy world I would have Christian, Steiner, AJ vs Angle, Joe, Sabin and possibility for Killings, Starr, Shelley somehow finding a way to get involved. Sting would be busy with Abyss, Daniels, and maybe Seretonin. Steiner/Tomko would kill off the dead weight of Nash, Backland, Sonjay with the typical bloody beatdown so these guys can leave for the medical facility Nash/Backland would never return to tv but Sonjay could return if they found something useful for him like say the monthly #1 contender match or weekly 6 man match. The only comedy that worked was the occasional Sharkboy match and the Eric Young material everything else was just pure crap.

 

Jeff Jarrett's big surprise would eventually get him into the main event as usual but its time for him to start to go on a nice long losing streak before he gets the belt back. Jarrett wants to be a face? Well its going to take alot of Dusty Rhodes beatdowns from the Cristian Coalition its time to carve up JJ's forehead. JJ's wants to be Flair? Well its time for him to leave every match in a bloody mess complete with the crimson mask and red dyed hair!

[King Cucaracha 0]

If that's truly going to be a stable then they need a better name than "Team Cage". I also don't understand the need for both Tomko and Steiner in it. They're essentially the same wrestler now in what they can do in-ring.

 

Did WWE copyright "Christian Coallition"? That'd be better. Also, Tomko is in simply for his history with Cage (the stable and for that matter the company). Steiner is in for his name. They're the same wrestler, but you lose one of the two things by taking one or the other out.

[razazteca 0]

So we open this weeks Impact with the main event nWo throw away match! It might of worked if it was built up to with a few threatening interviews from Christan or Steiner or if it was a 2 hour program. Well at least nobody got spray painted.

[cd213 0]

So far the show has been pretty good. I liked the X-Division tag match, but the stipulation had me confused for a minute, but I liked the fact you couldn't tag in your partner. You had to know that one team would be in there trying to get the tag on themselves. Overall a good clusterfuck of a match.

[razazteca 0]

The ghost of Eddie is freaking me out and the latest Alex Shelley video has me wondering WTF is this going no wonder Austin Starr got "suspended" that looked like crap. The Steiner/Tomko interview was classic with the match being what you expect about average but the commentary by Konnan made it worth watching. The X division tag match was great got to see Sharkboy again! Jerry Lynn did his usual spots, Senshi looked good, Kaz got tv time and you got the conflict between Lethal & Dutt. I believe the Christian interview about the beatdowns would of made a bigger impact if it was done at the beginning of the show after the Abyss highlight and had Christian warning that Sting & Angle were next. Eric Young and Robert Roode bit was better than what it should of been not sure what to think of Jarrett being the mystery guy with so many swerves that been going on should I expect Jarret to turn on Young next week? Hell if Sting had 2 matches on one show why shouldn't I expect any less?

[cabbageboy 0]

I saw that same Young/Roode/Jarrett bit at the house show last week, only there I think it was a bit more satisfying since Roode took the guitar shot. Ms. Brooks taking it tonight was more unpleasant.

 

Jarrett shouldn't just turn heel again. For once he's finally dropped the awful heel schtick he's been stuck with (or has stuck with voluntarily) for the past 13 years. If he can simply be the old Memphis/USWA Jeff Jarrett that is a good ole boy, humble, and generally a nice guy he will get over as a face. That's always been a problem with JJ as a heel....he's always seemed much too nice of a guy in real life and is forcing these heelish acts.

[razazteca 0]

If it will ever happen he would need a complete character overhaul with different move set, different interview style, different look, and no more guitar schtick. The guitar schtick is a relic of the 80's cheap heat tactic when everybody literally carried a gimmick to the ring be it a pet, a tennis racket, megaphone, guitar, or trophy girlfriend. Its going to take alot of work because everybody is so used to him as a heel and the crazy booking style of people turning on a weekly basis with nothing really sinking in. So let's say he went old school became a classic Southern Brawler or the master of the headlock, armbar, leglock wear down the opponent for the big submission finish would he get over as a face? Would his opponents drop like flies from a taped fist or leather gloved punch? The Robert Roode/Eric Young working the Ted Dibiase/Virgil angle is kind of working but how is this going to get Jarrett over as a face? What we need is a Jarrett vs Russo match surely the fans would cheer for JJ then! Everybody hates Russo, right, so if Jarrett wins a Loser-Leaves-Town match he would be the great savior of the company!

[Jacques 0]

Did you had your eyes and ears closed when everybody was cheering for Jarrett?

[razazteca 0]

Those cheers were for Eric Young not the person who made the save I willing to bet that if Lance Hoyt came out he would of gotten the same response.

[Jacques 0]

Petey Williams has made the save many times for Eric Young but he didn't got anything more than a mild response.