RedJed 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2008 For the show airing Christmas night Show opens with the announcement of A.J. Styles & Devon vs. Booker T & Scott Steiner and Kurt Angle vs. Rhino rematch with Jeff Jarrett in Rhino's corner Chris Sabin b Kiyoshi in the X Division tournament. Sheik Abdul Bashir attacked ref Shane Sewell after the match Styles & Devon b Booker & Steiner. Post match saw the Mafia attack and Mick Foley make the save. Foley then announced Foley & Styles & Devon vs. Nash & Booker & Steiner for Genesis on 1/11 Taylor Wilde & Roxxi & Christy Hemme & ODB b Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed & Rhaka Khan & Sojourner Bolt in a match where they all dressed up in Christmas outfits Kurt Angle b Rhino via DQ when Jarrett interfered. Big brawl at the end involving Sting. -----Spoilers are very limited with details, so can't say much about it all, but having Foley's first match in TNA under the direction of a thrown together six man tag such as that seems a little underwhelming to say the least. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2008 If I had any faith in TNA being able to book this correctly, I'd actually like what they've done with Foley here. The MEM took out two Frontline guys the previous two weeks, and Foley returning to the ring to stop them works. There's also the thing where Foley hasn't worked a match in a long time...and a good singles match in even longer...so he'll be protected here. I assume that the plan is Foley/Angle at some point in the near future...so this is all just leading to that anyway. But I'd really rather see Foley vs. Alex Shelley. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Truthiness 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2008 You didn't like The Flair series and The Edge match, BPS? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 I never saw the Flair match that was supposed to be good. The Edge match was great...but it was a real long time ago and from the looks of it...many many meals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlwaysPissedOff 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 Kong in a Christmas outfit? Seriously? I doubt it'll be anything notable, but if it is, the lulz factor should be extremely high. As for the Genesis match, how scary is it that freaking KEVIN NASH isn't the most immobile guy on either side? It should be decent as long as Steiner isn't in there for a long stretch. Would've been nice if they had done Lethal/Angle again instead of Rhino/Angle, but it's a Christmas show, so meh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 I wonder if Cheerleader Melissa actually dressed up. It'd be kinda weird seeing the Saeed gimmick dressed up in a Christmas outfit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Truthiness 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed just defeated Beer Money Inc. to capture the TNA Tag Team championships in a bout that will air on 1/8/09 at the currently ongoing TNA Impact taping. We'll have full spoilers later this evening. http://www.pwinsider.com You know, this company can really go fuck it self. They managed to fuck up the best characters on the show and the most protected Championship they had, just to get over some stupid ass gimmick match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cd213 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 'll post the spoilers, but from what it said, Roode was taken out by Abyss and Creed and Lethal cashed in the cases against Storm who wasn't in his gear. I'd say that is still protecting the team. This sets up for a certain rematch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed just defeated Beer Money Inc. to capture the TNA Tag Team championships in a bout that will air on 1/8/09 at the currently ongoing TNA Impact taping. We'll have full spoilers later this evening. http://www.pwinsider.com You know, this company can really go fuck it self. They managed to fuck up the best characters on the show and the most protected Championship they had, just to get over some stupid ass gimmick match. So you must hate it when WWE does the same thing every year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BruteSquad_BRODY 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 Big angle on the least watched show of the year. Brillant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Truthiness 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed just defeated Beer Money Inc. to capture the TNA Tag Team championships in a bout that will air on 1/8/09 at the currently ongoing TNA Impact taping. We'll have full spoilers later this evening. http://www.pwinsider.com You know, this company can really go fuck it self. They managed to fuck up the best characters on the show and the most protected Championship they had, just to get over some stupid ass gimmick match. So you must hate it when WWE does the same thing every year? WWE doesn't do the same thing ever year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 It really isn't that stupid, that was a bit of an overreaction Truthy. Storm wrestled the match by himself and it wasn't a clean finish. I'd hardly call that "fucking up their best characters". Did you say the same thing when Punk did it to Edge? Or when Edge did it too Taker? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2008 Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed just defeated Beer Money Inc. to capture the TNA Tag Team championships in a bout that will air on 1/8/09 at the currently ongoing TNA Impact taping. We'll have full spoilers later this evening. http://www.pwinsider.com You know, this company can really go fuck it self. They managed to fuck up the best characters on the show and the most protected Championship they had, just to get over some stupid ass gimmick match. So you must hate it when WWE does the same thing every year? WWE doesn't do the same thing ever year. Money in the bank? Money in the bank is the same exact gimmick as feast or fired. Winner gets a briefcase that gives them a title shot whenever they want. Except in TNA you can get a "fired" briefcase. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Truthiness 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2008 It's 1 briefcase in the MITB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2008 If you read between the lines, Scroby is saying TNA enjoys stealing ideas and making them worse with overbooked stipulations. A fair assessment, Scrobs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2008 The Observer update today says that this show will actually air on New Years Day. The Christmas Night show will be a best of 2008. I watched 2008. The show should be the MCMG vs. Speed Muscle, The X Cup Gauntlet match, and the build for Joe/Angle at Lockdown. That is all...unless they want to reair Global Impact for the first hour...that is all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2008 And todays update says that the year in review show is on New Years Day afterall. Seems like Christmas night would have made more sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cd213 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2008 The only reason the new show playing this Thursday makes sense is because there is a Knockouts match where they dress in Santa outfits. That wouldn't really work for New Years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2008 I watched Impact on Thursday, but I'm watching the replay now- I guess after the UFC thing, they moved it to 6 A.M. permanently- and I just have to say, as my first HD wrestling show, this is awesome. I'm so glad to finally b able to watch in high def. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
