It's that time of the month, for my TNA monthly catch-up. I review Impacts & PPV how I see em, the only bias is mine. I talk about what I find interesting, you won't find me talking about s**t like Jay Lethals c**p gimmick. If ya don't like my views, don't read it. On to the action then.
Impact 19th April 07 - Show starts with Jeff Jarrett coming to the ring to bore us on the mic. Why is he still being called "King Of The Mountain" even though he isn't the champion?
A bit of shit involving Angle & Sting and a backstage interview.
4-way 1 fall contest - Chris Daniels vs Rhyno vs AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe. Funny because I thought 4-way meant all 4 in the ring at once so they took a bit of a liberty there. Daniels took the win from Rhyno after twatting him with a baseball bat in his attempt to become more like "Crow" Sting.
Chris Harris vs Robert Roode - The start of the match was delayed as Jackie Moore jumped Gail Kim. Roode cheated the win with the help of a pair of handcuffs.
Tag Team title match - Christian Cage & Abyss vs Team 3d. After a pretty even match Team 3d took the win from Abyss with the 3d. The show ends with Team Cage giving Abyss a beat down.
Impact 26th April 07 - Sting vs Kurt Angle (winner to meet Cage at Sacrifice) - This was a pretty even match until it was thrown out when Team Cage interfered when both men were outside the ring.
4 corners singles suicide stampede match (Winners to meet Sabin in a 3 way match at sacrifice) - Everyone else apart from Kaz of Seratonin was already in the ring when this started, everyone else being Sharkboy, Senshi, Petey Williams, Jerry Lynn, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt & Alex Shelley. West & Tenay were too wrapped up in the Cage/Sting match that they weren't even calling this match and didn't bother to bring us up to speed as to who was who's partner or even who was standing at ring-side. Jay Lethal took the pin for him and Sonjay Dutt.
Tag Team title match - Team 3d vs Tomko & Steiner. Hang on, since when are these 2 f**kwits tag partners or even contenders? LAX and VKM would be in line for title shots way before these 2 d**kheads. Team 3d get the win after a bit of interference from LAX.
NWA World Title match - Sting vs Christian Cage. This one started on the ramp and Team Cage couldn't interefere as it'd cost Christian the belt. This went pretty even until Kurt Angle interefered and the ref threw the match out.
Impact 3rd May 07 - Show opens with some c**p between Sting & Angle picking up from the previous week.
Tag Team Match - Team 3d vs Rhyno & Samoa Joe. Team 3d against yet another newly formed team to get some mileage out of the NWA title. Another pretty even match until Chris Daniels interfered and got his just deserts from everyone involved.
More crap involving Eric Young & Robert Roode.
Jackie Moore vs Gail Kim - Essentially this was a hardcore match where neither woman wanted to be involved. It was over so fast I had the feeling the ref told them to end it when the bell rang at the start of the match. Gail Kim took the win in a very scrappy match.
No DQ Tag match - AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Kurt Angle & Sting. Crap match which couldnt be over quick enough for me, both Sting & Angle being given the fall setting up the 3-way for the title at Sacrifice.
Impact 10th May 07 - 3 way dance. Homicide vs Brother Devon vs Scott Steiner - This was supposed to be a preview of the up-coming tag match on the PPV but it wasn't really. No real alliances were formed that were going to stand but outside interference allowed Homicide to get the win off Devon.
Christie Hemme finally gets herself a decent team in one of the Bashams and Damaja whoever he was (turns out he's the other Basham).
Tag Match - Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin vs Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt. Yet another warm-up match previewing talent due to be involved in Sacrifice. 6 man tag match - Samoa Joe, Chris Harris & Rhyno vs Chris Daniels, AJ Styles & James Storm. A very boring finish where Storm got the win.
Sacrifice PPV 2007 - X Division Title 3-way - Jay Lethal vs Sonjay Dutt vs Chris Sabin. In an excellent match where everyone got to show their talent Chris Sabin retained his title in a hard fought match. This could well be a heel turn for Sonjay Dutt.
Robert Roode vs Jeff Jarrett - No titles were on the line here, just a plain old fight. This is a part of the attempt to reinvent Jarrett as a face which I am never going to take seriously. Neither man really did much here in a match that just killed time. Roode took the win with a Perfect plex.
Chris Daniels vs Rhyno - Another card filler which most people most likely used as a bathroom break. Daniels won using the baseball bat.
Damaja & Basham vs VKM. It ended up being just Kip James, BG had been taken out. Basham took the win for Christie Hemme finally managing winners.
Texas Death Match - Chris Harris vs James Storm. Pretty back & forth with lots of blood and Chris Harris finally getting his revenge.
4 way X Division match. Tiger Mask vs Alex Shelley vs Senshi vs Jerry Lynn. Won by Jerry Lynn. Very dull, actually.
3 way Tag Team title match - LAX vs Scott Steiner & Tomko vs Team 3d. For teams that had a fair amount of bad blood between them this match didn't offer much. Plenty of power moves as their all big chaps but Devon made the pin on Tomko as Team 3d retained the belt. Tomko gave Scott Steiner a slapping afterwards but Rick Steiner came down to make the save on his brother. It looks like these 2 are back together as a tagteam and about time too.
AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe - Another card filler. Went both ways with Joe pulling AJ's trick of pretending to be injured then getting the win while AJ was offguard. Both these guy can and have previously offered a lot more and this wasn't either man trying his hardest or at his best.
NWA Heavyweight Title match - Sting vs Kurt Angle vs Christian Cage. This is a title shot that Angle didn't deserve and this storyline totally sucks donkey c**k through a straw for breakfast. Cage was always going to be the 5th wheel in this match. Highlights included Angle giving Sting a german suplex onto the ramp outside the ring, Angle giving Cage 8 consecutive german suplex's in a row, Angle Superplexing both Sting & Cage, and the big query of who actually won the title. Rudy Charles had made the 3 count on Sting pinning Cage before the other ref (who had no business being there or making a title call) said Sting tapped out to Angle's anklelock. Don't be surprised to see Sting vs Angle after Jim Cornette declares the belt vacant.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Mar - Apr 07
Did ya miss me last month? Nope? Like I care! Ok. Yeah, I know, last months update is WAY overdue. Sorry about that, I won't give excuses why. In life s**t happens and I won't bore you with it unlike certain bleating s**tewads. We'll just cut right to the review. THE CAVEAT! This review is from my Point of View, I call it how I see it. If you don't agree that's not a problem, don't read the review. I won't talk about backstage interviews or c***py gimmicks in the ring that don't advance TNA in any way. It might mean a short review but I only watch THE WRESTLING!
Petey Williams vs Robert Roode. Roode got the win after a long hard match.
Jackie Moore vs Gail Kim. Kim wins with the pin from an amazing jump off the top of the cage.
Senshi vs Austin Starr, guest ref Bob Backlund. A pretty dull mat based match where neither man did much very exciting. Senshi won in this long, boring match.
Blindfold match - James Storm vs Chris Harris. You know a fed is scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas when they pull out the very boring blindfold match. You always know at least 1 person will remove the hood and it was predictable who took it off 1st. Storm cheated the win off a superkick without his hood on.
Wrath Of X - Jerry Lynn vs Chris Daniels in his on-going heel turn which I'm quite enjoying as Daniels is always a brilliant heel. Daniels eventually got the win in this decent evenly fought match.
NWA Tag Team title match Electrified Cage Match - Team 3D vs LAX. Obviously everyone watching knows there's sod all voltage going thru that cage and West & Tenay are the only ones thinking there are. To be honest, after the HUGE build up this match got I was really surprised that not a great deal actually happened during this match. With all the play on an electric cage it wasn't used anywhere near enough, the border toss on Devon looked pathetic. I think the fans were getting bored and restless (couldn't quite make out exactly what they were chanting but it didn't sound excited or happy). Team 3d got the win and finally the titles after totally screwing up the 1st attempt at the 3d.
Main event Lethal Lockdown with special guest Harley Race as the keeper of the cage keys. Starting for Team Cage Aj Styles, and for Team Angle, Kurt Angle. Joining them for Team Cage next was Abyss. Joining them next from Team Angle was Rhyno. Joining them next from Team Cage was Tomko. Next in was Samoa Joe from Team Angle. In for Team Cage next was Scott Steiner. Team Angle's next man was Sting. The final man in for Team Cage was their Captain Christian Cage. The final man in for Team Angle was Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett passed the weapons to his team once the Lockdown started. Loved the gore by Rhyno on Tomko thru the cage door!
Angle & Styles were duking it out on top of the cage. Cage got a backfull of thumbtacks. Angle punched Styles off the top of the cage onto a whole bunch of competitors outside on the floor. Jarrett gave Abyss a guitar full of tacks over the head. Jarrett gave Sting the win by offering him the pin on Abyss. What an AWESOME match, s***ting on the competition from a very great height.
Impact 15th March 07 - Show opens and Jim Cornette tells us about an up coming event for the next PPV stolen right from the Dusty Rhodes big book of wrestling.
Kaz vs Jerry Lynn vs Jay Lethal in a 3-way X-division match. Jay Lethal gets the win.
Homicide, Hernandez & Alex Shelley vs Team 3d & Brother Runt. LAX get the win with some outside help.
Impact 22nd March 07 - Seratonin vs Rhyno, Samoa Joe & Kurt Angle. Team Angle get themselves a pre Lockdown warm-up match. Joe took the win for Team Angle with the muscle buster.
Eric Young vs Austin Starr, Starr getting the win after interference from Robert Roode.
James Storm vs Jerry Lynn. Lynn had been jumped by Chris Daniels prior to the match so this was never going to happen.
Chris Harris comes out with Gail Kim who gets called a slut for her trouble. Kim and Jackie Moore have a mini cat fight and the ref's can't break it up. TNA is in a sad state when the women over a few minutes are more entertaining than the men over the whole night.
AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Sting & Abyss. Sting & Abyss work together pretty well as a tagteam until James Mitchell lures Abyss away and Steiner uses a "steel pipe" which looked like cardboard to clock Sting & Styles gets the win.
Impact 29th March 07 - Sonjay Dutt, Sharkboy, Alex Shelley, Austin Starr, Jerry Lynn & Petey Williams. Sharkboy elminates Alex Shelley. Jerry Lynn eliminates Sonjay Dutt. Austin Starr eliminates Sharkboy. Petey Williams eliminates Austin Starr. Jerry Lynn gets the win in a good match.
Eric Young vs James Storm. Storm took the win with help from Jackie Moore.
Match for Tomko - Abyss vs Kurt Angle, Angle makes a clean good win, Tomko knocks out Angle & signs for Team Cage anyway.
Impact 5th April 07 - No DQ 8 mile street fight - Rhyno vs Tomko. Rhyno gets the win from the gore in the ring after a mainly out of ring match where Abyss tried to interfere and failed when he hit Tomko with a chair.
VKM vs LAX. LAX got dq'd in the non-title match and Team 3d made the save after The Latino Nation pulled the numbers game on VKM.
Austin Starr vs Senshi. Bob Backlund threw in the towel for Senshi when he was in some sort of modified leg lock.
Cornette announces the card for Lockdown.
Impact 12th April 07 - Jay Lethal vs Chris Sabin. Lethal gets the win in his new gimmick which I refuse to comment on.
Gail Kim & Petey Williams vs Robert Roode & Jackie Moore. Roode got the win with help from James Storm as the 2 women spent the whole match kicking the c**p out of each other.
Lethal Lockdown advantage match - Aj Styles for Team Cage vs Samoa Joe for Team Angle. A decent match with good moves and tactics. Joe gets the win after Jeff Jarrett makes his comeback and joins Team Angle (oh dear, this spells trouble!)
Lockdown Pre-show - VKM vs Havok & Kaz of Seratonin. Kip wins against Christy Hemme's team. Yep, only 1 match in the pre-show.
Petey Williams vs Robert Roode. Roode got the win after a long hard match.
Jackie Moore vs Gail Kim. Kim wins with the pin from an amazing jump off the top of the cage.
Senshi vs Austin Starr, guest ref Bob Backlund. A pretty dull mat based match where neither man did much very exciting. Senshi won in this long, boring match.
Blindfold match - James Storm vs Chris Harris. You know a fed is scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas when they pull out the very boring blindfold match. You always know at least 1 person will remove the hood and it was predictable who took it off 1st. Storm cheated the win off a superkick without his hood on.
Wrath Of X - Jerry Lynn vs Chris Daniels in his on-going heel turn which I'm quite enjoying as Daniels is always a brilliant heel. Daniels eventually got the win in this decent evenly fought match.
NWA Tag Team title match Electrified Cage Match - Team 3D vs LAX. Obviously everyone watching knows there's sod all voltage going thru that cage and West & Tenay are the only ones thinking there are. To be honest, after the HUGE build up this match got I was really surprised that not a great deal actually happened during this match. With all the play on an electric cage it wasn't used anywhere near enough, the border toss on Devon looked pathetic. I think the fans were getting bored and restless (couldn't quite make out exactly what they were chanting but it didn't sound excited or happy). Team 3d got the win and finally the titles after totally screwing up the 1st attempt at the 3d.
Main event Lethal Lockdown with special guest Harley Race as the keeper of the cage keys. Starting for Team Cage Aj Styles, and for Team Angle, Kurt Angle. Joining them for Team Cage next was Abyss. Joining them next from Team Angle was Rhyno. Joining them next from Team Cage was Tomko. Next in was Samoa Joe from Team Angle. In for Team Cage next was Scott Steiner. Team Angle's next man was Sting. The final man in for Team Cage was their Captain Christian Cage. The final man in for Team Angle was Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett passed the weapons to his team once the Lockdown started. Loved the gore by Rhyno on Tomko thru the cage door!
Angle & Styles were duking it out on top of the cage. Cage got a backfull of thumbtacks. Angle punched Styles off the top of the cage onto a whole bunch of competitors outside on the floor. Jarrett gave Abyss a guitar full of tacks over the head. Jarrett gave Sting the win by offering him the pin on Abyss. What an AWESOME match, s***ting on the competition from a very great height.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Feb - Mar 07
Yep, it's catch up time again. This is my review of the TNA Impact shows and this months PPV. I call it how I see it, the only bias is mine. My reviews vary from everyone else's, I won't go into the minutae of the show and If I think something is b**ls**t I won't even mention it, hence some reviews are shorter than others.
Impact 15th Feb 07 - The show opens with Scott Steiner boring us on the mic. Kurt Angle gives us a few words too. Angle puts the hurt on Steiner, Cage & Tomko but is outnumbered. He's saved from a beatdown by Samoa Joe & the rest of the locker room.
LAX vs Sharkboy & Norman Smiley. You knew where this was going before the bell rang. Predictable win for LAX.
Armwrestling match - Gail Kim vs Jackie Moore. Kim wins (surprisingly) and the post match cat fight is much better entertainment. Petey Williams saves Kim from a double team and Chris Harris saves him.
14 man gauntlet match. Sting & AJ Styles start it off. Rhyno joins them a minute later. During the break James Storm, Chris Sabin & Kip James entered the match (yes, they had a commercial break during a match, stupid, isn't it?) with Abyss next in and he eliminates Sabin. Kurt Angle is next in and he eliminates James Storm. Tomko is next in and he eliminates Styles & Rhyno. Samoa Joe is next in and he eliminates Kip James. During another break Robert Roode, BG James and Eric Young joined the match, last man in is Scott Steiner who eliminates BG James. Samoa Joe eliminates Abyss. Steiner eliminates Angle, Sting throws out Roode and is thrown out himself by Steiner. Tomko exits Eric Young. Joe hip tosses Steiner out from the apron and Joe takes the win from Tomko with the Muscle Buster.
Impact 22nd Feb 07 - AJ Styles comes out to bore us on the mic. LAX vs Team 3d (with big cousin Steve) in some sort of leather strap lumberjack style match., Team 3d get the win off Hernandez with the 3d.
Robert Roode, Eric Young & James Storm vs BG James, Kip James & Lance Hoyt in a 6 man tag match. Storm gets the win off Hoyt for his team.
5 way ladder match to find the X division Number 1 contender, Jay Lethal, Senshi, Jerry Lyn, Sonjay Dutt & Austin Starr. Jerry Lynn gets a decent win.
Impact 1st Mar 07 - Chris Sabin, Austin Starr & Alex Shelley vs Jerry Lynn, Senshi & Jay Lethal. Nice action filled match with lots of good moves. Senshi eventually took the win off Austin Starr for his team with a little aid from Bob Backlund.
Scott Steiner vs Chase Stevens. Stevens jobbed in a VERY short 1 move match.
Alex Shelley comes out to bore us on the mic.
Tomko vs Samoa Joe. Tomko gets the win with help from Cage.
Impact 8th Mar 07 - Kurt Angle starts the show by boring us on the mic.
The VKM with Lance Hoyt vs Seratonin. Hoyt gets the win for his team.
TNA welcomes Hector Guerrerro who will now be part of the Spanish Announcement Team.
Robert Roode, Eric Young & James Storm vs Petey Williams, Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt. Storm gets the win for his team.
Scott Steiner, Christian Cage & Tomko vs Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle & their mystery partner who turned out to be Rhyno. This ended up being a no-contest after a run in from Abyss.
Destination X PPV 07 - Non-title Ghetto Brawl, LAX vs Team 3d with Johnny Rodz. The win finally came for LAX after help from Alex Shelley and The Latino Nation, It was great to see Johnny Rodz back in action again.
Double Texas Bullrope match - James Storm & Jackie Moore vs Petey Williams & Gail Kim. My main issue with this match was they weren't proper bullropes as there were no cowbells in the middle. Jackie helps Storm to the win off Williams with a low blow in a pretty good match.
Cross Face Chicken Wing Submission Match - Austin Starr vs Senshi. Basically this was an X Division match with only 1 way to win. Both these guys impressed me throughout this match, I hope RVD does come to TNA as him vs Senshi would be excellent. Senshi gets the win after a nice roll-up into the middle of the ring.
Tag Team Match - Kip and BG James vs Christy Hemme's mystery team The Heartbreakers Antonio Thomas and Romeo Rozelli. The new guys gave a good account of themselves against VKM. BG makes the win for his team after a decent match and a bit of help from Lance Hoyt.
X Division Title Match, Best 2 out of 3 falls - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lynn. Lynn won fall 1 off a Tornado DDT. Sabin won fall 2 with help from the ropes and super blind ref Earl Hebner. Sabin got fall 3 and the win with help from Chris Daniels in a Sting mask.
Elevation X match - Rhyno vs AJ Styles. Styles was 1st up to the catwalk and Rhyno took his time climbing up. Rhyno got the win after Styles spent most of the match hiding under the scaffold and taking his own ring chalk in his face, Rhyno then gored him and Styles was sent to the canvas.
Scott Steiner vs Kurt Angle - This match reminded why I don't like the modern Steiner. He doesn't wrestle much, he just relies on power. I would have liked to have seen more classic mat work from Steiner. Neither Steiner or Angle wanted to sell the final sunset flip but Angle got the win.
Last Rites Match - Sting vs Abyss. This was a slightly reworked angle on the casket/coffin match to close the opponent in a "death bed". Sting was truly busted open with a candle stand. I loved the "Fire Russo" chants from the crowd which went unremarked on by West & Tenay who obviously value their jobs but not their impartiality. I wasn't too sure why the crowd were chanting "Boring" during the match? I was amazed Hebner didn't try and end this one early as Sting was bleeding a lot. Sting took the win after smashing Abyss in the head with another candle stand and supplexing Abyss through a tombstone.
NWA Heavyweight Championship - Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage. With no Tomko to interfere and Scott Steiner leaving Cage to his own devices could the title stay around Cage's waist? TNA's creative department showed their uselessness again with having no clue what to do with a huge star like The Great Muta. At least this month the main event actually was the main title belt on the line unlike that previous 2 months PPV's. For a main event this was a truly weak match with neither man giving their all considering this was for the big prize. Joe was the crowd favourite, and they were enjoying the action even if I didn't, they weren't doing very much.
Where was Rudy Charles when Joe had Cage on his back for a 5 count? Did Cage step on Rudy Charles left ankle on purpose when he was "knocked out"? Cage took the win with the aid of the ropes, this was a very weak main event and TNA now need to raise their game.
Impact 15th Feb 07 - The show opens with Scott Steiner boring us on the mic. Kurt Angle gives us a few words too. Angle puts the hurt on Steiner, Cage & Tomko but is outnumbered. He's saved from a beatdown by Samoa Joe & the rest of the locker room.
LAX vs Sharkboy & Norman Smiley. You knew where this was going before the bell rang. Predictable win for LAX.
Armwrestling match - Gail Kim vs Jackie Moore. Kim wins (surprisingly) and the post match cat fight is much better entertainment. Petey Williams saves Kim from a double team and Chris Harris saves him.
14 man gauntlet match. Sting & AJ Styles start it off. Rhyno joins them a minute later. During the break James Storm, Chris Sabin & Kip James entered the match (yes, they had a commercial break during a match, stupid, isn't it?) with Abyss next in and he eliminates Sabin. Kurt Angle is next in and he eliminates James Storm. Tomko is next in and he eliminates Styles & Rhyno. Samoa Joe is next in and he eliminates Kip James. During another break Robert Roode, BG James and Eric Young joined the match, last man in is Scott Steiner who eliminates BG James. Samoa Joe eliminates Abyss. Steiner eliminates Angle, Sting throws out Roode and is thrown out himself by Steiner. Tomko exits Eric Young. Joe hip tosses Steiner out from the apron and Joe takes the win from Tomko with the Muscle Buster.
Impact 22nd Feb 07 - AJ Styles comes out to bore us on the mic. LAX vs Team 3d (with big cousin Steve) in some sort of leather strap lumberjack style match., Team 3d get the win off Hernandez with the 3d.
Robert Roode, Eric Young & James Storm vs BG James, Kip James & Lance Hoyt in a 6 man tag match. Storm gets the win off Hoyt for his team.
5 way ladder match to find the X division Number 1 contender, Jay Lethal, Senshi, Jerry Lyn, Sonjay Dutt & Austin Starr. Jerry Lynn gets a decent win.
Impact 1st Mar 07 - Chris Sabin, Austin Starr & Alex Shelley vs Jerry Lynn, Senshi & Jay Lethal. Nice action filled match with lots of good moves. Senshi eventually took the win off Austin Starr for his team with a little aid from Bob Backlund.
Scott Steiner vs Chase Stevens. Stevens jobbed in a VERY short 1 move match.
Alex Shelley comes out to bore us on the mic.
Tomko vs Samoa Joe. Tomko gets the win with help from Cage.
Impact 8th Mar 07 - Kurt Angle starts the show by boring us on the mic.
The VKM with Lance Hoyt vs Seratonin. Hoyt gets the win for his team.
TNA welcomes Hector Guerrerro who will now be part of the Spanish Announcement Team.
Robert Roode, Eric Young & James Storm vs Petey Williams, Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt. Storm gets the win for his team.
Scott Steiner, Christian Cage & Tomko vs Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle & their mystery partner who turned out to be Rhyno. This ended up being a no-contest after a run in from Abyss.
Destination X PPV 07 - Non-title Ghetto Brawl, LAX vs Team 3d with Johnny Rodz. The win finally came for LAX after help from Alex Shelley and The Latino Nation, It was great to see Johnny Rodz back in action again.
Double Texas Bullrope match - James Storm & Jackie Moore vs Petey Williams & Gail Kim. My main issue with this match was they weren't proper bullropes as there were no cowbells in the middle. Jackie helps Storm to the win off Williams with a low blow in a pretty good match.
Cross Face Chicken Wing Submission Match - Austin Starr vs Senshi. Basically this was an X Division match with only 1 way to win. Both these guys impressed me throughout this match, I hope RVD does come to TNA as him vs Senshi would be excellent. Senshi gets the win after a nice roll-up into the middle of the ring.
Tag Team Match - Kip and BG James vs Christy Hemme's mystery team The Heartbreakers Antonio Thomas and Romeo Rozelli. The new guys gave a good account of themselves against VKM. BG makes the win for his team after a decent match and a bit of help from Lance Hoyt.
X Division Title Match, Best 2 out of 3 falls - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lynn. Lynn won fall 1 off a Tornado DDT. Sabin won fall 2 with help from the ropes and super blind ref Earl Hebner. Sabin got fall 3 and the win with help from Chris Daniels in a Sting mask.
Elevation X match - Rhyno vs AJ Styles. Styles was 1st up to the catwalk and Rhyno took his time climbing up. Rhyno got the win after Styles spent most of the match hiding under the scaffold and taking his own ring chalk in his face, Rhyno then gored him and Styles was sent to the canvas.
Scott Steiner vs Kurt Angle - This match reminded why I don't like the modern Steiner. He doesn't wrestle much, he just relies on power. I would have liked to have seen more classic mat work from Steiner. Neither Steiner or Angle wanted to sell the final sunset flip but Angle got the win.
Last Rites Match - Sting vs Abyss. This was a slightly reworked angle on the casket/coffin match to close the opponent in a "death bed". Sting was truly busted open with a candle stand. I loved the "Fire Russo" chants from the crowd which went unremarked on by West & Tenay who obviously value their jobs but not their impartiality. I wasn't too sure why the crowd were chanting "Boring" during the match? I was amazed Hebner didn't try and end this one early as Sting was bleeding a lot. Sting took the win after smashing Abyss in the head with another candle stand and supplexing Abyss through a tombstone.
NWA Heavyweight Championship - Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage. With no Tomko to interfere and Scott Steiner leaving Cage to his own devices could the title stay around Cage's waist? TNA's creative department showed their uselessness again with having no clue what to do with a huge star like The Great Muta. At least this month the main event actually was the main title belt on the line unlike that previous 2 months PPV's. For a main event this was a truly weak match with neither man giving their all considering this was for the big prize. Joe was the crowd favourite, and they were enjoying the action even if I didn't, they weren't doing very much.
Where was Rudy Charles when Joe had Cage on his back for a 5 count? Did Cage step on Rudy Charles left ankle on purpose when he was "knocked out"? Cage took the win with the aid of the ropes, this was a very weak main event and TNA now need to raise their game.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Jan - Feb 07
Once again, it's that time of the month. Time for my monthly TNA catch-up. As always I have to state the caveat that I call the matches how I see them, the only bias is my own.
Impact 18 Jan 07 - Show opens with Team 3d vs LAX for the tag team title. After interference from Moody Jack, LAX get the win using the slapjack.
Gail Kim & Miss Tennessee (jaqueline) are seen fighting back stage.
Christie Hemme interview vid.
Christian Cage comes out to bore us on the mic and is interupted by Kurt Angle. Boring chat until Cage teases us with the promise of an advisor who knows & hates Angle.
Lance Hoyt vs James Storm (with Miss Tennessee aka Jaqueline). Storm gets the win after 2 baseball players double team Hoyt.
AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle. Was Tomko doing the Anvil beard rub supposed to be a clue? Angle gets the win after slamming Styles onto a chair.
Impact 24 jan 07 - Show opens with Samoa Joe boring us on the mic. Kurt Angle interupts him. Christian Cage interupts them. And TNA fans? Stop shouting "what?", your not in the WWE, ok?
Rhyno vs Raven (with Seratonin), Raven turns out to be AJ Styles dressed as Raven. Match is thrown out (dq by outside interference I assume), and Rhyno is floored by a chair.
Chris Sabin vs Senshi vs Austin Starr vs Jerry Lynn in a non-title 4-way. Jerry Lynn gets the win off Sabin from a roll-up after an overly long match.
VKM insert.
Sting comes out to bore us on the mic, with details of Abyss's secret. No-one cares about storylines like this, we just want to see wrestling. By doing this kind of thing, TNA are becoming the thing they hate the most - WWE. Abyss does a number on Sting.
Chris Daniels vs Christian Cage in a non-title match. Cage gets the win after a low blow.
Impact 1 feb 07 - 5 way no limits X division match - Jay Lethal vs Alex Shelley vs Sonjay Dutt vs Austin Starr vs Jerry Lynn. Austin Starr gets the pin after interference from Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal.
Samoa Joe gives us a lecture - dull.
Robert Roode vs Petey Williams. Roode gets the win after interference from James Storm.
James Mitchell bores us on the mic.
Aj Styles vs Samoa Joe. Match is thrown out after Rhyno climbs in to chase Styles back in the ring. Lots of after match trash to "develop storyline" that we didn't need.
Impact 8 feb 07 - Abyss vs Chase Stevens. Abyss gets the very quick win off the black hole slam. Team 3d mouth off to LAX who give them a beat down.
6 man Tag team match Chris Sabin, Austin Starr & James Storm vs Senshi, Jerry Lynn & Rhyno. Starr gets the win for his team.
Sting comes out to bore us on the mic.
Tag Team match - AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Samoa Joe & Kurt Angle. Angle gets the win from an Olympic slam off the top rope with some help from Rhyno. Cage's "special consultant" turns out to be Scott Steiner.
Against All Odds PPV 07 - Little Italy Street Fight with Team 3d vs LAX. Pretty even both ways the whole match. LAX got the win with The Border Toss.
Austin Starr vs Sensi - Overly long match where Senshi got a win that was very difficult to call.
Tuxedo Match - Christy Hemme vs Big Oily Fat Guy. Hemme gets the win going the whole match with a boot unlaced, and yes the match was that dull I noticed that!
Basebrawl Match - Dale Torborg vs Lance Hoyt. How low have TNA sunk to have a wrestler fight a baseball player? Torborg gets the win but it's overturned to Hoyt for use of a chair.
Motor City Chain Match - Aj Styles vs Rhyno. Pretty even match, heel Aj is quite cool. It was pretty obvious Rhyno would never use the nightstick and that AJ would free himself from the chain 1st. Aj got the win after Rhyno missed a gore through the tables.
X Division Title - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lyn. Another overly long but even match. Sabin got the win by holding the ropes.
Mixed tag match - Miss Tennessee & James Storm vs Gail Kim & Petey Williams. Very good & very even match with Jackie getting the win for her team.
Prison Yard Match - Abyss vs Sting. The match started outside The Impact Zone, and ended with barbed wire on a table and Sting getting the win by locking Abyss in the solitary confinement cage.
NWA Heavyweight Title match - Kurt Angle vs Christian Cage. Tomko was sent back the locker room as per Jim Cornette's instructions. After some major interference by the world and his dog, Cage gets the win by using a lead pipe.
I want to go on record and say I also saw episodes 1 and 2 from WSX and I was damned impressed. Good names like Vampiro (who is now their champ) and X-pac, Teddy Hart impressed the hell out of me. If WSX offer that kind of level every week then fans are going to be leaving ECW, leaving Raw & Smackdown and leaving TNA because WSX are offering an excellent piece of serious hardcore wrestling.
If you haven't watched it yet, I highly recommend it!
Impact 18 Jan 07 - Show opens with Team 3d vs LAX for the tag team title. After interference from Moody Jack, LAX get the win using the slapjack.
Gail Kim & Miss Tennessee (jaqueline) are seen fighting back stage.
Christie Hemme interview vid.
Christian Cage comes out to bore us on the mic and is interupted by Kurt Angle. Boring chat until Cage teases us with the promise of an advisor who knows & hates Angle.
Lance Hoyt vs James Storm (with Miss Tennessee aka Jaqueline). Storm gets the win after 2 baseball players double team Hoyt.
AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle. Was Tomko doing the Anvil beard rub supposed to be a clue? Angle gets the win after slamming Styles onto a chair.
Impact 24 jan 07 - Show opens with Samoa Joe boring us on the mic. Kurt Angle interupts him. Christian Cage interupts them. And TNA fans? Stop shouting "what?", your not in the WWE, ok?
Rhyno vs Raven (with Seratonin), Raven turns out to be AJ Styles dressed as Raven. Match is thrown out (dq by outside interference I assume), and Rhyno is floored by a chair.
Chris Sabin vs Senshi vs Austin Starr vs Jerry Lynn in a non-title 4-way. Jerry Lynn gets the win off Sabin from a roll-up after an overly long match.
VKM insert.
Sting comes out to bore us on the mic, with details of Abyss's secret. No-one cares about storylines like this, we just want to see wrestling. By doing this kind of thing, TNA are becoming the thing they hate the most - WWE. Abyss does a number on Sting.
Chris Daniels vs Christian Cage in a non-title match. Cage gets the win after a low blow.
Impact 1 feb 07 - 5 way no limits X division match - Jay Lethal vs Alex Shelley vs Sonjay Dutt vs Austin Starr vs Jerry Lynn. Austin Starr gets the pin after interference from Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal.
Samoa Joe gives us a lecture - dull.
Robert Roode vs Petey Williams. Roode gets the win after interference from James Storm.
James Mitchell bores us on the mic.
Aj Styles vs Samoa Joe. Match is thrown out after Rhyno climbs in to chase Styles back in the ring. Lots of after match trash to "develop storyline" that we didn't need.
Impact 8 feb 07 - Abyss vs Chase Stevens. Abyss gets the very quick win off the black hole slam. Team 3d mouth off to LAX who give them a beat down.
6 man Tag team match Chris Sabin, Austin Starr & James Storm vs Senshi, Jerry Lynn & Rhyno. Starr gets the win for his team.
Sting comes out to bore us on the mic.
Tag Team match - AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Samoa Joe & Kurt Angle. Angle gets the win from an Olympic slam off the top rope with some help from Rhyno. Cage's "special consultant" turns out to be Scott Steiner.
Against All Odds PPV 07 - Little Italy Street Fight with Team 3d vs LAX. Pretty even both ways the whole match. LAX got the win with The Border Toss.
Austin Starr vs Sensi - Overly long match where Senshi got a win that was very difficult to call.
Tuxedo Match - Christy Hemme vs Big Oily Fat Guy. Hemme gets the win going the whole match with a boot unlaced, and yes the match was that dull I noticed that!
Basebrawl Match - Dale Torborg vs Lance Hoyt. How low have TNA sunk to have a wrestler fight a baseball player? Torborg gets the win but it's overturned to Hoyt for use of a chair.
Motor City Chain Match - Aj Styles vs Rhyno. Pretty even match, heel Aj is quite cool. It was pretty obvious Rhyno would never use the nightstick and that AJ would free himself from the chain 1st. Aj got the win after Rhyno missed a gore through the tables.
X Division Title - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lyn. Another overly long but even match. Sabin got the win by holding the ropes.
Mixed tag match - Miss Tennessee & James Storm vs Gail Kim & Petey Williams. Very good & very even match with Jackie getting the win for her team.
Prison Yard Match - Abyss vs Sting. The match started outside The Impact Zone, and ended with barbed wire on a table and Sting getting the win by locking Abyss in the solitary confinement cage.
NWA Heavyweight Title match - Kurt Angle vs Christian Cage. Tomko was sent back the locker room as per Jim Cornette's instructions. After some major interference by the world and his dog, Cage gets the win by using a lead pipe.
I want to go on record and say I also saw episodes 1 and 2 from WSX and I was damned impressed. Good names like Vampiro (who is now their champ) and X-pac, Teddy Hart impressed the hell out of me. If WSX offer that kind of level every week then fans are going to be leaving ECW, leaving Raw & Smackdown and leaving TNA because WSX are offering an excellent piece of serious hardcore wrestling.
If you haven't watched it yet, I highly recommend it!
Thursday, December 14, 2006
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Dec 06 - Jan 07
It's that time of the month again - Time for my monthly TNA catch-up on Impacts and the PPV. The views inside are my own and I call it the way I watch it.
Impacts:- 14th Dec 06 - Robert Roode calls out Eric Young but is ousted by Kurt Angle, b**ching about a rematch with Samoa Joe, A prerecorded tape of Joe says no rematch. Don West earns himself an Ankle Lock, very funny stuff.
Ron "The Truth" Killings vs Abyss in a non-title match. Killings works a good match against Abyss with Sting watching from the rafters, Killings dominated the whole match until James Mitchell suckered him into chasing him and Abyss got the win with the Black Hole Slam.
Christian bleats about wanting a rematch.
PCS Championship event #2, the push-up contest with Nash ragging on Sonjay Dutt yet again with steriod jibes.
Petey Williams vs Chris Daniels in a very even match, Williams gets the win in the non-title event after Chris Sabin stole the title belt & was interupted by Jerry Lynn getting it back only to get done over by Daniels who never saw Sabin.
VKM video insert.
AMW vs LAX Tag title match. Konnan is locked in a cage to stop him interferring, and if AMW lose they have to disband as a tag team. Storm hits Harris in the face with a beer bottle, Homicide takes the easy win and AWV are officially disbanded.
A bit of dull b**ls**t involving Abyss ended the show.
21st Dec 06 - The team of Seratonin (Maverick Matt, Johhny Devine) newly created by Raven backing Kazarian vs Sting. Sting gets an easy win in a short match off The Scorpion Death Drop.
Team 3D vs The Naturals in a tag team Tables match. Team 3d gets the win with a power bomb thru a table.
Truth comes out to do an Xmas rap while Petey Williams, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal and Lance Hoyt pass out gifts to the fans.
PCS event #3, The Pogo contest? Nash takes the piss in this. Santa (AKA Brother Runt) thows more gifts to the fans but is interupted by LAX.
VKM video insert from RAW on Knoxville.
Sting & Abyss exchange words in the ring after a vid from Cage.
4 man Tag match - AJ Styles & Samoa Joe vs Rhyno & Kurt Angle. Both teams have a good match and generally kick the shit out of each other, AJ gets the win for his team off Rhyno with an inside cradle and handfull of Rhyno's ring outfit.
28th Dec 06 - Chris Sabin & James Storm vs Petey Williams & Chris Daniels. Storm gets the win from a chair unseen by the ref.
Samoa Joe has a memory lapse during an interview and forgets his 5 losses in his so-called "18 month unbeaten streak".
Runt goes crazy with Team 3D & LAX.
PCS Event #4 - The Limbo Contest (Does anyone give a FLYING F**K about this S**TE any more?), utter b**ls**t that I won't discuss. Get this type of C**P off the air, TNA.
VKM Knoxville video insert.
Robert Roode vs Lance Hoyt (Ron Killings comes to ring with him). Roode gets the win after Miss Brooks finally comes down to the ring and distracts Hoyt.
Night stick on a pole match (Sounds suspiciously like a Russo idea, eh?) Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Sting vs Abyss (with James Mitchell). Sting wins after Tomko drops the nightstick.
Cornette annouces a 3-way elimination match at Final Resolution.
Samoa Joe wins Mr TNA 2006, Joe gives Angle the rematch after he hurts some faceless tart that Joe brought with him to the show.
4th Jan 07 - Robert Roode vs Rhyno. Rhyno gets the win after Miss Brooks f**ks up the interuption.
VKM bore us on the mic.
PCS Event #5, Musical chairs. Kevin Nash, shut the F**K up, please?
No DQ Lucha/Mexican street fight Runt vs Homicide from LAX. Homicide wins after Hernandez uses The Border Toss onto a ladder as Konnan distracted the ref.
Dull vid insert from Abyss about prison. BORING!
Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Kurt Angle. Samoa Joe jumps Angle on his way to the ring, Cornette turns them loose and lets them fight into the crowd & outside. This is a PPV quality no holds barred scrap and I loved it all! Don Harris in the back guiding them into the table (WWE Creative, TNA were doing Creative on the fly! Learn from this stuff!). Cage & Tomko work over Angle with Sting breaking things up.
11th Jan 07 - Seratonin walk out to back Maverick Matt vs Kurt Angle. Angle wins with the ankle lock.
6 Man tag match James Storm (with Gail Kim), Chris Sabin & AJ Styles vs Petey Williams, Chris Daniels & Rhyno. AJ made the win for his team after pulling the "knee injury cheat" yet again.
PCS Final Event - Texas Hold 'Em. (F**k you & your boring b**ls**t Kevin Nash).
VKM vid insert from San Antonio.
Tomko (with Cage) vs Abyss in a non-title event. Cage is put in a cage at ringside by Angle. Abyss wins on a DQ for outside interference from Cage after Joe jumps Angle & Cage unlocks himself. Sting makes the save on Abyss who uses the Shock Treatment & Abyss goes back to Mitchell.
Final Resolution 07 PPV - Last Man Standing Match - AJ Styles vs Rhyno. Rhyno wins 2 falls to 1 after AJ refuses to get up after fall #2. Rhyno comes back to gore AJ thru a table at the top of the entrance ramp.
X Division title 3 way match - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lynn vs Chris Daniels - considering how long Jerry Lynn has been out of the ring, he's still got the moves & ability. Sabin gets the win off Jerry Lynn after very long & pretty good match.
Paparazzi Championship Series Final - that lanky streak of p**s Nash comes out to call the match with West & Tenay. Austin Starr vs Alex Shelley. The judges for the match are masked wrestler Samolian Joe, Big Fat Oily Guy & wrestling legend Mr Bob Backlund! I think Samolian Joe was Hercules Hernandez? Shelley won in extra time after no falls and the judges called a tie.
James Storm (with Gail Kim) vs Petey Williams - not really 2 people I'd have matched together for a ppv quality match. Williams worked good match, Storm was awful & boring. Storm cheats the win using the ropes in a roll-up. Miss Jackie saves Storm from a bottling from Gail Kim.
VKM declare victory over WWE. Christie Hemme demands to wrestle. Womens division soon?
Tag Team Title - LAX vs Team 3D, LAX are without the injured (IRL having a kidney op) Konnan. Team 3d were way in front and about to take the win when Runt cost them the win by getting them DQ'ed (outside interference, I assume?).
30 Minute Ironman Match - Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe. Joe wins submission 1 from the rear naked choke hold with 17:05 left on the clock. Angle wins his 1st submission from the ankle lock with 13:58 left. Angle wins his 2nd submission with the ankle lock with 11:05 left. Joe wins a fall from the muscle buster with 7:40 left. Angle wins a fall from rolling over an inside cradle with 5:17 left. Angle wins 3-2 but Joe almost took him to a dead heat by having the ankle lock on Kurt who held on until time ran out.
NWA Heavyweight Title - 3 Way Elimination Match, Sting vs Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Abyss. To make this fair Tomko was locked in a cage at ringside. Which you knew he was going to get out of. Sting eliminated Abyss, James Mitchell freed Tomko and Cage won after Abyss hit Sting with the chain that held the cage closed after Tomko tried and failed 3 times to hurt Sting enough for Cage to pin him. Pretty rubbish for a title and main event to be honest.
Impacts:- 14th Dec 06 - Robert Roode calls out Eric Young but is ousted by Kurt Angle, b**ching about a rematch with Samoa Joe, A prerecorded tape of Joe says no rematch. Don West earns himself an Ankle Lock, very funny stuff.
Ron "The Truth" Killings vs Abyss in a non-title match. Killings works a good match against Abyss with Sting watching from the rafters, Killings dominated the whole match until James Mitchell suckered him into chasing him and Abyss got the win with the Black Hole Slam.
Christian bleats about wanting a rematch.
PCS Championship event #2, the push-up contest with Nash ragging on Sonjay Dutt yet again with steriod jibes.
Petey Williams vs Chris Daniels in a very even match, Williams gets the win in the non-title event after Chris Sabin stole the title belt & was interupted by Jerry Lynn getting it back only to get done over by Daniels who never saw Sabin.
VKM video insert.
AMW vs LAX Tag title match. Konnan is locked in a cage to stop him interferring, and if AMW lose they have to disband as a tag team. Storm hits Harris in the face with a beer bottle, Homicide takes the easy win and AWV are officially disbanded.
A bit of dull b**ls**t involving Abyss ended the show.
21st Dec 06 - The team of Seratonin (Maverick Matt, Johhny Devine) newly created by Raven backing Kazarian vs Sting. Sting gets an easy win in a short match off The Scorpion Death Drop.
Team 3D vs The Naturals in a tag team Tables match. Team 3d gets the win with a power bomb thru a table.
Truth comes out to do an Xmas rap while Petey Williams, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal and Lance Hoyt pass out gifts to the fans.
PCS event #3, The Pogo contest? Nash takes the piss in this. Santa (AKA Brother Runt) thows more gifts to the fans but is interupted by LAX.
VKM video insert from RAW on Knoxville.
Sting & Abyss exchange words in the ring after a vid from Cage.
4 man Tag match - AJ Styles & Samoa Joe vs Rhyno & Kurt Angle. Both teams have a good match and generally kick the shit out of each other, AJ gets the win for his team off Rhyno with an inside cradle and handfull of Rhyno's ring outfit.
28th Dec 06 - Chris Sabin & James Storm vs Petey Williams & Chris Daniels. Storm gets the win from a chair unseen by the ref.
Samoa Joe has a memory lapse during an interview and forgets his 5 losses in his so-called "18 month unbeaten streak".
Runt goes crazy with Team 3D & LAX.
PCS Event #4 - The Limbo Contest (Does anyone give a FLYING F**K about this S**TE any more?), utter b**ls**t that I won't discuss. Get this type of C**P off the air, TNA.
VKM Knoxville video insert.
Robert Roode vs Lance Hoyt (Ron Killings comes to ring with him). Roode gets the win after Miss Brooks finally comes down to the ring and distracts Hoyt.
Night stick on a pole match (Sounds suspiciously like a Russo idea, eh?) Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Sting vs Abyss (with James Mitchell). Sting wins after Tomko drops the nightstick.
Cornette annouces a 3-way elimination match at Final Resolution.
Samoa Joe wins Mr TNA 2006, Joe gives Angle the rematch after he hurts some faceless tart that Joe brought with him to the show.
4th Jan 07 - Robert Roode vs Rhyno. Rhyno gets the win after Miss Brooks f**ks up the interuption.
VKM bore us on the mic.
PCS Event #5, Musical chairs. Kevin Nash, shut the F**K up, please?
No DQ Lucha/Mexican street fight Runt vs Homicide from LAX. Homicide wins after Hernandez uses The Border Toss onto a ladder as Konnan distracted the ref.
Dull vid insert from Abyss about prison. BORING!
Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Kurt Angle. Samoa Joe jumps Angle on his way to the ring, Cornette turns them loose and lets them fight into the crowd & outside. This is a PPV quality no holds barred scrap and I loved it all! Don Harris in the back guiding them into the table (WWE Creative, TNA were doing Creative on the fly! Learn from this stuff!). Cage & Tomko work over Angle with Sting breaking things up.
11th Jan 07 - Seratonin walk out to back Maverick Matt vs Kurt Angle. Angle wins with the ankle lock.
6 Man tag match James Storm (with Gail Kim), Chris Sabin & AJ Styles vs Petey Williams, Chris Daniels & Rhyno. AJ made the win for his team after pulling the "knee injury cheat" yet again.
PCS Final Event - Texas Hold 'Em. (F**k you & your boring b**ls**t Kevin Nash).
VKM vid insert from San Antonio.
Tomko (with Cage) vs Abyss in a non-title event. Cage is put in a cage at ringside by Angle. Abyss wins on a DQ for outside interference from Cage after Joe jumps Angle & Cage unlocks himself. Sting makes the save on Abyss who uses the Shock Treatment & Abyss goes back to Mitchell.
Final Resolution 07 PPV - Last Man Standing Match - AJ Styles vs Rhyno. Rhyno wins 2 falls to 1 after AJ refuses to get up after fall #2. Rhyno comes back to gore AJ thru a table at the top of the entrance ramp.
X Division title 3 way match - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lynn vs Chris Daniels - considering how long Jerry Lynn has been out of the ring, he's still got the moves & ability. Sabin gets the win off Jerry Lynn after very long & pretty good match.
Paparazzi Championship Series Final - that lanky streak of p**s Nash comes out to call the match with West & Tenay. Austin Starr vs Alex Shelley. The judges for the match are masked wrestler Samolian Joe, Big Fat Oily Guy & wrestling legend Mr Bob Backlund! I think Samolian Joe was Hercules Hernandez? Shelley won in extra time after no falls and the judges called a tie.
James Storm (with Gail Kim) vs Petey Williams - not really 2 people I'd have matched together for a ppv quality match. Williams worked good match, Storm was awful & boring. Storm cheats the win using the ropes in a roll-up. Miss Jackie saves Storm from a bottling from Gail Kim.
VKM declare victory over WWE. Christie Hemme demands to wrestle. Womens division soon?
Tag Team Title - LAX vs Team 3D, LAX are without the injured (IRL having a kidney op) Konnan. Team 3d were way in front and about to take the win when Runt cost them the win by getting them DQ'ed (outside interference, I assume?).
30 Minute Ironman Match - Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe. Joe wins submission 1 from the rear naked choke hold with 17:05 left on the clock. Angle wins his 1st submission from the ankle lock with 13:58 left. Angle wins his 2nd submission with the ankle lock with 11:05 left. Joe wins a fall from the muscle buster with 7:40 left. Angle wins a fall from rolling over an inside cradle with 5:17 left. Angle wins 3-2 but Joe almost took him to a dead heat by having the ankle lock on Kurt who held on until time ran out.
NWA Heavyweight Title - 3 Way Elimination Match, Sting vs Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Abyss. To make this fair Tomko was locked in a cage at ringside. Which you knew he was going to get out of. Sting eliminated Abyss, James Mitchell freed Tomko and Cage won after Abyss hit Sting with the chain that held the cage closed after Tomko tried and failed 3 times to hurt Sting enough for Cage to pin him. Pretty rubbish for a title and main event to be honest.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Nov - Dec 06
Welcome to this months TNA Catch-up as reported by the totally unimpartial me, I call it as I see it. Last months catch-up was killed/lost by that annoying little T**T Outlook Express, as it decided to crash after I'd written up all the Impacts and 2/3's of the ppv. It didn't ask to save the posting, it just crashed and lost over 1hrs worth of writing. Hence no catch-up last month. This months catch-up is being done on wordpad to avoid that problem.
Impact 23rd Nov 06 - Show opens with Abyss & James Mitchell boring us on the mic. Run in from Christian Cage dressed as Sting, he bores us on the mic. The real Sting calls out Cage.
AJ Styles & Chris Daniels vs The Naturals. Aj & Daniels get the win in "their last match together as a tagteam".
VKM vid insert.
Cornette on the mic, LAX break up a flag raising. Seriously CHEAP heat! Angle cleans house. Enter Samoa Joe, who now believes the hype about his so called "undefeated" streak (during which he was beaten 5 times, including losing a title).
More vid insert from the VKM.
Robert Roode bad mouths Eric Young (dressed as turkey for thanksgiving I assume, why though - he's Canadian, not American) and demands a rematch. Young gets the win and this is The Gobbledy Gooker all over again.
Nash vid insert, BORING!
Cage V Sting (#1 contender match, though why bother? Sting was already anyway) - an even match until Tyson Tomko (formerly of WWE) nails Sting while the ref is "out cold", no winner.
Impact 30th Nov 06 - New blonde girl Latisha interviews LAX.
Christian Cage (with Tomko) comes to the ring & bores us on the mic.
Cornette calls a 3 way dance for the PPV title match.
VKM vid insert.
3 way #1 contender match for the X-Division, Chris Sabin vs Sonjay Dutt Vs Jay Lethal. Sabin gets the win as he's flavour of the month. VKM vid insert.
Nash Vid insert, boring!
Tag team match, Truth & Lance Hoyt vs Alex Shelley & Austin Starr (AKA Austin Aries) - return match from the last ppv, Shelley gets the win by grabbing the trousers, but is then DQ'd and the win is reversed thanks to Aries.
More VKM vid insert rubbish from the WWE raid.
Sting talks to Abyss, Cage & Tomko jump Abyss.
Tag Title match - LAX vs Kurt Angle & Petey Williams, Williams had already been jumped by LAX backstage before the match. Samoa Joe comes out to watch Angle's back as promised last week. Joe & Angle make an excellent tagteam! Match is ruled a no contest by Cornette, LAX keep the belts. (Who is LAX's Attorney? He looks so familar, he's obviously a wrestler - he's huge!).
Impact 7th Dec 06 - Rhyno comes out and bores us on the mic, calling out AJ Styles.
Petey Willams vs Homocide. Williams gets the win in a fair fight then LAX jump him just like last week. AMW run in to make the save.
VKM news insert (can someone who watches WWE explain the whole "no pants" thing?).
Nash vid insert, really dull!
Eric Young Vs Senshi. Senshi wins thanks to assistance from Miss Brooks.
VKM news vid insert again.
Cornette books a flag match challenge AMW vs LAX for Turning Point PPV.
Cage bores us, Abyss jumps him but gets done over by Tomko. Sting saves Abyss and gets beaten down for his trouble by Abyss.
The All Star War - Sting vs Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage vs Rhyno (who gets jumped by AJ Styles) vs Kurt Angle vs Abyss. Rhyno vanished off fighting backstage with Styles before the match even began. This was a PPV quality match on regular tv. Angle gets the win after making a save on Samoa Joe from Cage.
Turning Point PPV 06 - Kevin Nash comes out to provide colour for the 5 way Papparazzi Championship Series X Division match. Senshi vs Jay Lethal vs Alex Shelley vs Sonajay Dutt vs Austin Starr (aka Austin Aries dressed like Macho Man). This was an elimination match for points.
Dutt eliminates Shelley with a Camel Clutch thanks to help from Starr and Senshi, Shelley scores a point and is eliminated. Senshi eliminates Lethal who scores 2 points. Nash needs to know about Slander by the way as he keeps saying Dutt is on steroids. Nash, call your lawyer you fool.
Were the crowd chanting "Suck his d**k" to Dutt about Starr? Sonjay scores 3 points as Starr eliminates him. Senshi eliminates Starr who scores 4 points and Senshi gets the win and 5 points thanks to help from Alex Shelley.
Eric Young vs Miss Brooks in a Bikini Contest (judged by the fans) - Traceys outfit was a swimsuit with cut-out tummy panel, very nice in red trimmed with black. Eric wore a t-shirt with a bikini printed onto it, underneath that was a pair of Spongebob Boxer shorts, underneath that were Spongebob trunks. Miss Brooks outfit wasn't a bikini either, a bikini is 2 pieces, not a slashed 1 piece. This should have been a double dq as neither person wore a proper bikini. Eric got the fan verdict, but was beaten down by Roode.
X Division Title - Chris Sabin vs Chris Daniels, Jerry Lynn as special referee. This was called right down the middle by Lynn, lots of in and out ring action which was very even by both Daniels & Sabin. Daniels took a well deserved win from the BME (Best Moonsault ever). little bit of an aftermath with Lynn slapping Daniels for not showing respect. Weird. Is this setting up a Jerry Lynn comeback match?
Cornette chats to some baseball people who we Brits have no clue about, this was obviously set up as a scrap and it was S**TE!
Aj Styles vs Rhyno - This started backstage as Rhyno was being interviewed and AJ jumped him. Lots of backstage area fighting which came through the bleachers and the crowd onto the ramp and into the ring. Then the bells rings, funny t**t that timekeeper. Aj hurt his knee being backdropped out of the ring over the ropes. Aj says "I heard it pop" and AJ was faking as he ran into the ring and pinned Rhyno (with the wrong ref making the count by the way so it wasn't a legal win however it's called as Hebner counted it but Rudy Charles was the official).
Some garbage backstage thing pastiching Vince (who was playing him?).
Non-title Flag Match - AMW vs LAX. Russo's "Things on a pole" influence is very clear in the booking of this match. LAX get the win after AMW bump heads.
VKM come out dressed as Shaun Micheals and HHH. I assume the 4 guys were The Spirit Squad having never seen them ever. Can someone who watches WWE, explain the fat greasy guy? VKM shoot on Vince big time. VKM call out Dx for $1 million and call Vince "a gutless pice of s**t".
Heavyweight Title - A 3 way dance between Sting, Abyss & Christian Cage (again for some reason the title isn't the main event match, another case of TNA s***ting on the NWA title for the 2nd time in 2 months). Every time Abyss uses thumbtacks or a chokeslam both Mick Foley & The Undertaker must cringe at him stealing their gimmicks. Abyss won after a Black Hole Slam but this was a really scrappy awful match that didn't belong in a tv show, let alone a ppv.
Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe - No titles involved, just a rematch and this was the main event? F**k that s**t, the main title belts are the main event and TNA need to learn that pretty darn sharpish. This was a mainly technical wrestling match, lots of holds, submission moves and mat work. Angle tapped out while the ref was "unconcious", please don't b**ls**t us with that very old idea of a knocked out ref. FFS. Nice kick in the balls from Angle on Joe (he'd never feel it, those guys wear cups anyway). Joe wins with the rear naked choke hold, having made Angle tap out twice in 1 match.
Impact 23rd Nov 06 - Show opens with Abyss & James Mitchell boring us on the mic. Run in from Christian Cage dressed as Sting, he bores us on the mic. The real Sting calls out Cage.
AJ Styles & Chris Daniels vs The Naturals. Aj & Daniels get the win in "their last match together as a tagteam".
VKM vid insert.
Cornette on the mic, LAX break up a flag raising. Seriously CHEAP heat! Angle cleans house. Enter Samoa Joe, who now believes the hype about his so called "undefeated" streak (during which he was beaten 5 times, including losing a title).
More vid insert from the VKM.
Robert Roode bad mouths Eric Young (dressed as turkey for thanksgiving I assume, why though - he's Canadian, not American) and demands a rematch. Young gets the win and this is The Gobbledy Gooker all over again.
Nash vid insert, BORING!
Cage V Sting (#1 contender match, though why bother? Sting was already anyway) - an even match until Tyson Tomko (formerly of WWE) nails Sting while the ref is "out cold", no winner.
Impact 30th Nov 06 - New blonde girl Latisha interviews LAX.
Christian Cage (with Tomko) comes to the ring & bores us on the mic.
Cornette calls a 3 way dance for the PPV title match.
VKM vid insert.
3 way #1 contender match for the X-Division, Chris Sabin vs Sonjay Dutt Vs Jay Lethal. Sabin gets the win as he's flavour of the month. VKM vid insert.
Nash Vid insert, boring!
Tag team match, Truth & Lance Hoyt vs Alex Shelley & Austin Starr (AKA Austin Aries) - return match from the last ppv, Shelley gets the win by grabbing the trousers, but is then DQ'd and the win is reversed thanks to Aries.
More VKM vid insert rubbish from the WWE raid.
Sting talks to Abyss, Cage & Tomko jump Abyss.
Tag Title match - LAX vs Kurt Angle & Petey Williams, Williams had already been jumped by LAX backstage before the match. Samoa Joe comes out to watch Angle's back as promised last week. Joe & Angle make an excellent tagteam! Match is ruled a no contest by Cornette, LAX keep the belts. (Who is LAX's Attorney? He looks so familar, he's obviously a wrestler - he's huge!).
Impact 7th Dec 06 - Rhyno comes out and bores us on the mic, calling out AJ Styles.
Petey Willams vs Homocide. Williams gets the win in a fair fight then LAX jump him just like last week. AMW run in to make the save.
VKM news insert (can someone who watches WWE explain the whole "no pants" thing?).
Nash vid insert, really dull!
Eric Young Vs Senshi. Senshi wins thanks to assistance from Miss Brooks.
VKM news vid insert again.
Cornette books a flag match challenge AMW vs LAX for Turning Point PPV.
Cage bores us, Abyss jumps him but gets done over by Tomko. Sting saves Abyss and gets beaten down for his trouble by Abyss.
The All Star War - Sting vs Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage vs Rhyno (who gets jumped by AJ Styles) vs Kurt Angle vs Abyss. Rhyno vanished off fighting backstage with Styles before the match even began. This was a PPV quality match on regular tv. Angle gets the win after making a save on Samoa Joe from Cage.
Turning Point PPV 06 - Kevin Nash comes out to provide colour for the 5 way Papparazzi Championship Series X Division match. Senshi vs Jay Lethal vs Alex Shelley vs Sonajay Dutt vs Austin Starr (aka Austin Aries dressed like Macho Man). This was an elimination match for points.
Dutt eliminates Shelley with a Camel Clutch thanks to help from Starr and Senshi, Shelley scores a point and is eliminated. Senshi eliminates Lethal who scores 2 points. Nash needs to know about Slander by the way as he keeps saying Dutt is on steroids. Nash, call your lawyer you fool.
Were the crowd chanting "Suck his d**k" to Dutt about Starr? Sonjay scores 3 points as Starr eliminates him. Senshi eliminates Starr who scores 4 points and Senshi gets the win and 5 points thanks to help from Alex Shelley.
Eric Young vs Miss Brooks in a Bikini Contest (judged by the fans) - Traceys outfit was a swimsuit with cut-out tummy panel, very nice in red trimmed with black. Eric wore a t-shirt with a bikini printed onto it, underneath that was a pair of Spongebob Boxer shorts, underneath that were Spongebob trunks. Miss Brooks outfit wasn't a bikini either, a bikini is 2 pieces, not a slashed 1 piece. This should have been a double dq as neither person wore a proper bikini. Eric got the fan verdict, but was beaten down by Roode.
X Division Title - Chris Sabin vs Chris Daniels, Jerry Lynn as special referee. This was called right down the middle by Lynn, lots of in and out ring action which was very even by both Daniels & Sabin. Daniels took a well deserved win from the BME (Best Moonsault ever). little bit of an aftermath with Lynn slapping Daniels for not showing respect. Weird. Is this setting up a Jerry Lynn comeback match?
Cornette chats to some baseball people who we Brits have no clue about, this was obviously set up as a scrap and it was S**TE!
Aj Styles vs Rhyno - This started backstage as Rhyno was being interviewed and AJ jumped him. Lots of backstage area fighting which came through the bleachers and the crowd onto the ramp and into the ring. Then the bells rings, funny t**t that timekeeper. Aj hurt his knee being backdropped out of the ring over the ropes. Aj says "I heard it pop" and AJ was faking as he ran into the ring and pinned Rhyno (with the wrong ref making the count by the way so it wasn't a legal win however it's called as Hebner counted it but Rudy Charles was the official).
Some garbage backstage thing pastiching Vince (who was playing him?).
Non-title Flag Match - AMW vs LAX. Russo's "Things on a pole" influence is very clear in the booking of this match. LAX get the win after AMW bump heads.
VKM come out dressed as Shaun Micheals and HHH. I assume the 4 guys were The Spirit Squad having never seen them ever. Can someone who watches WWE, explain the fat greasy guy? VKM shoot on Vince big time. VKM call out Dx for $1 million and call Vince "a gutless pice of s**t".
Heavyweight Title - A 3 way dance between Sting, Abyss & Christian Cage (again for some reason the title isn't the main event match, another case of TNA s***ting on the NWA title for the 2nd time in 2 months). Every time Abyss uses thumbtacks or a chokeslam both Mick Foley & The Undertaker must cringe at him stealing their gimmicks. Abyss won after a Black Hole Slam but this was a really scrappy awful match that didn't belong in a tv show, let alone a ppv.
Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe - No titles involved, just a rematch and this was the main event? F**k that s**t, the main title belts are the main event and TNA need to learn that pretty darn sharpish. This was a mainly technical wrestling match, lots of holds, submission moves and mat work. Angle tapped out while the ref was "unconcious", please don't b**ls**t us with that very old idea of a knocked out ref. FFS. Nice kick in the balls from Angle on Joe (he'd never feel it, those guys wear cups anyway). Joe wins with the rear naked choke hold, having made Angle tap out twice in 1 match.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Oct - Nov 06 (not complete)
Currently missing, here is some details of the PPV.
TNA Genesis PPV Nov 06
Angle V Joe as the main event? TNA doesn't give a fuck about it's heavyweight title then?
Isn't the title supposed to be THE ultimate accolade that a wrestler can win?
So if TNA set this as their main event they just told the champ to get fucked, basically. Didn't they?
The Sting match was ok. I do get pissed off about TNA's "lose the title on DQ" bullshit rule.
Abyss doesn't deserve to be champ. He isn't a strong enough character.
They are getting a bit silly with these short X-division title reigns too.
Can someone at least hold that title longer than 5 minutes?
The James Gangs VKM rebranding is a right old load of bollocks and thats a fact you can take to the bank.
Bobby Roodes rebranding along with Tracey is him in the vein of Ted DiBiase/Bradshaw and her as Miss Jones/Stacey Keibler.
TNA Genesis PPV Nov 06
Angle V Joe as the main event? TNA doesn't give a fuck about it's heavyweight title then?
Isn't the title supposed to be THE ultimate accolade that a wrestler can win?
So if TNA set this as their main event they just told the champ to get fucked, basically. Didn't they?
The Sting match was ok. I do get pissed off about TNA's "lose the title on DQ" bullshit rule.
Abyss doesn't deserve to be champ. He isn't a strong enough character.
They are getting a bit silly with these short X-division title reigns too.
Can someone at least hold that title longer than 5 minutes?
The James Gangs VKM rebranding is a right old load of bollocks and thats a fact you can take to the bank.
Bobby Roodes rebranding along with Tracey is him in the vein of Ted DiBiase/Bradshaw and her as Miss Jones/Stacey Keibler.
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