[Official] TNA TV Shows Aftermath, Review & Ratings Thread

[The Hiphopapotamus]

Well,it wasn't a terrible show,but it wasn't incredible either.I enjoyed some of it>

Samoa Joe vs Homicide,X Division title:
*sigh*,Joe does it again.I've been saying for a while that he focuses less and less on wrestling now and it happened again.TAZ cut a great,umm Face promo.Surely he forgot his allignment.Well it wasn't a great match,but it was decent.Nowhere near as good as either can do,but it was good for impact,despite a little short.Joe's suplex was awesome,pity he doesn't do more of that.But when he opunched the ref,I was happy and sad.Homicide retains,but Joe does another self dq.Idiot.Hernandez returning was great.
2.9/5

Kevin Nash vs Amazing red:
Red Squash match + Kevin Nash=very low score.Although the jacknife was sick.
0.2/5

MEM vs Foley's security[/B
Depressing how,despite having a great tag team division,they have security wrestle.What about the guns?Lethal Consequences?Idiotic.But it wasn't too bad,not as bad as expected.The crowd got into it.Funny how Rocco and Sally get more reaction then some of TNA's wrestlers.And when they almost had them win.Booker trying to book end Rocco was hilarious though.
2.6/5

Knockout Battle Royale
The prize money angle is stupid,but Traci winning at the end would have been surprising,had I not accidentally seen the taping results.Deaner and Slick facing off was like a 2 hyper kids with red faces arguing.
2.2/5

British Invasion,Sheik and Kiyoshi vs Beer Money,Daniels,AJ Styles and Eric Young:

I did expect Young to swerve,as his heel turn wouldn't have lasted a month or so if he didn't.Good enough.Rob Terry finally wrestled,all he was was a frankenstein type guy,get hit,stare,and throw.Other two brits are good together.Traditional TNA clusterfuck at the end.Eric Young botched at the end,but not the move.He failed to even pull AJ away the first attempt.Mike Tenay getting all angry about a move was odd.Even if it has been dangerous.
3/5

Keys on a pole,Mick Foley vs Kurt Angle:
Pretty bad,all it really was punch,fall,punch, fall.I was bored.Ca they have a match without MEM interference.They're giving legacy a run for their money.Lashley turning was expected from me.He doesn't look like he can be a heel.And there was another beatdown.
2.7/5

• Notes
• Where were the tag teams while seccurity wrestled.Quite embarassing.
• Nash can only win squash matches,and still looks shit.
• Red is starting to rival sharkboy for squash matches.He's becoming the MEM's private whipping boy.
• Traci has huge boobs.I'd love to see them in playboy.
• Impact ends with another beatdown.

Final Thoughts
Not great,but not terrible either.Enjoyable,occasionally, at least.
2.8/5

 

[MisterRob]

You're obviously new to TNA or oblivious to the fact that Joe's "COMPLETELY DIFFERENT character" is not different from his character when he first came to TNA which was all about hurting people and being deceptive. In fact, it's about the same character with a slight twist. He's gone back to his roots of being a badass! He's gone back to being a killer! He's back to being a man who walks around with a chip on his shoulder! To say he's a completely different character shows you're ignorance. What you see now is part of his traits. Before the Samoa Joe who preached to Nash about being a fighting champion and working hard, you had a similar character in Joe who was all for himself while remaining questionable so what you see now is not too far along the lines of that. So before you proceed, go back and brush up on your TNA history before you embarass yourself.

We'll have to agree to disagree, then, since I think you're entirely wrong. Samoa Joe came into TNA as a loner bent on domination by any means. He went to violent extremes (even contradicting later Samoa Joe who was all about fighting for respect when he spit in the face of the respect of the X division's unspoken code), but he never ever was one who was led by another or bought by anyone. He was his own man, out for domination by his own means, and even when that shifted into being a face he was still out to dominate which changed to being a champion and proving he was the best in TNA. So him being someone's lackey, him giving away the top spot willingly because he was bought, is in fact an entire different character then he came into TNA as. So once again, I think you're wrong.

As for TNA Impact. I didn't watch this weeks show, since I did attempt to watch last week's show and was so disappointed by it. It once again reminded me of a bad WCW show where the nWo dominates and has silly matches against nobodies. Taz's debut didn't impress me. I don't think he bashed the WWE at all, in fact, I thought he was entirely good with what he said about the WWE while instead focusing on telling the important aspects of his career. What I didn't like was how they booked Samoa Joe to lose the X division match. The whole thing was silly... he assaults the referee for absolutley NO reason, and then he's angry and shocked when he's disqualified and loses the match, as if he didn't see that coming? Huh? And I really didn't like the poses he was doing like Taz, because they felt entirely forced and not natural in any way. It just didn't fit. Not a good Impact debut for Taz and Samoa Joe at all.

The squash matches/title defenses by the MEM didn't do anything at all to entertain me, the Knockouts Battle Royal was entertaining enough but I didn't really see the point of one of them trying to join the MEM when the MEM already has females and is just turning into an overcrowded nWo storyline now. I've just seen this show all before, I lost interest. The Foley/Angle match was bad, and I'm not a fan of Lashley.. never was.. so the ending was predictable and did nothing for me. TNA needs help.

 

[Kenny Powers]

No one has posted anything so far about the 200th Episode of Impact so I will because it was incredible. A lot of people will piss on it because the majority of people here are TNA haters because they hate the MEM and Joe's heel turn. Get over it. It's more entertaining then seeing Michael Cole make a fool of himself along with a midget blindfold match which hasn't happen since the 80's. Not to mention the fun main event for a PPV that has been going on for 3 years. But I guess that's entertainment for some people. Kurt Angle came out with a great promo with Foley. Bobby Lashley was over and even did a decent job on the mic. Hernandez vs. Joe was one of the best matches of the night. Great push for Hernandez. Taz telling Joe that Joe lost to Joe was classic Taz. It's good to see the Knockouts in full force even though I'm not a huge fan of ODB/Deaner. Team 3D is pretty much the same week after week. World Elite really shined with Eric Young cutting a great promo. I never thought he had it in him. Stevie Richards cut one hell of a promo too. It's sad that when a midcard heel like Stevie Richards has more emotion and intensity in his promos then WWE's top heel Randy Orton. Of course how could any star especially up and coming stars shine when VKM has his "restrictions" and censorship. God Forbid a good promo on Raw gets in the way of another "insert celebrity name here" /Santino segment. AJ Styles and Matt Morgan was the best match I've seen on Impact. I'll admit the main event handicap match with Angle/Nash vs. Foley was pretty stale but it gave Lashley exposure and Sting's return. I give Impact 8/10 which is more then most people will give it I'm sure. I'll give Raw it's due with the Beat the Clock challenge and the scuffle between Shaq and Big Show was more believable then Seth Green and ZZ Top's lip syncing at least. Sorry for the rant I just wish WWE would have some decent storylines and emotional promos instead of the same thing. If TNA can make Eric Young look credible you think WWE could do that with some of their new talent. Anyways, Impact is improving we just have to see if ratings improve and more importantly PPV's improve.

 

[gd]

I actually think that last night's Impact was pretty decent. Hernandez/Joe and AJ/Morgan were both very good matches. The Styles match was probably one of the best matches I've seen on Impact in the past few months. He should get the title ASAP.

The Knockout stuff was pretty standard, but entertaining nonetheless. I think the EY promo went on a little too long, he shouldn't be the leader of any group. The crowd was really into the Tables Match which was good. I'm glad British Invasion went over, I"m a big fan of Magnus and think that they can do big things.

I really enjoyed the main event as well. I absolutely love Foley playing the underdog role. I don't know why TNA was trying him out as a tweener, he is definetly better off as a face. The ending was done pretty nicely and the crowd was absolutely loving it.

Overall, a solid show and a definite improvement over last week. I'll give it 7.5 out of 10

 

[The Hiphopapotamus]

Well I enjoyed Impact more than usual this week, mainly because of the riot. Here we go:

Daniels vs Eric Young: Eric's and Daniels' promo before the match were decent, but completely overshadowed by the hilarity that is the motor city machine guns. They actually made this match. Being uninerested, messing with the camera, reading magazines. It's what I miss about them. They have a point, what the fuck have they done since Slammiversary?

Back to the match. Decent wrestling wise. Daniels being his same, good at wrestling, but slightly boring. The crowd were really into it, a lot against Eric chanting "USA,USA". It's like they're all fucking veterans. I can understand them being pissed with Eric, he was the crowd favourite and then he turned. Also, finally Kiyoshi used the mist. I was slightly entertained, so it warrants a decent score.
2.9/5

beer Money and Team 3D vs. British Invasion and MEM: This was a good tag team match. The greatness of Beer Money and Doug Williams in the ring kind of cancelled out the shitness of Rob terry, and Booker and Steiner. They really carried this match, along with 3D sort of. they got the crowd involved, which they should be with both 3D and Beer Money there. Terry is just a big fucker who can slam and lift. and look big. That's it, like Batista but worse. Imagine.

Best part of the match was the riot. Which I'll review seperately.
2.8/5

The Riot: I knew this was coming, fucking forums. But nonetheless, this was some crazy and entertaining shit. but it was missing Hernandez, who should have been there. But i suppose it made him at the end seem much better. I was literally on the edge of my seat just kind of going "Holy shit, Nash took a trash can shot". And foley beating him with the cardboard boxes was hilarious. The worst part was brother Ray putting Booker behind the table and hitting the table. What the fuck's going to happen. He'll be hurt by the,umm,vibrations.

Imagine being in the theme park and seeing loads of big dudes in tights beating the absolute shit into each other. The chair duel between Ray and Dougie was hilarious. And then the police. So security is shit, but the police are all powerful. And why was noone arrested? Anyway,brilliant. Gets a..
4/5

Alissa Flash and Traci Brooks vs Taylor Wilde and Sarita: I love Sarita and Alissa flash, both great wrestlers. They really made this match what it was. I hate Taylor, and Traci can barely wrestle anymore. Taylor and Sarita was holding hands was odd. She's a wrestler, can't she walk without holding mommy's hand. Good,but Sarita winning by roll up again was idiotic. It makes her look like a fluke. Push her with a finisher next time.
2.8/5

AJ Styles vs Matt Morgan: It was obvious who'd win. The last time I saw a match that has something like best of 3 when one wrestler won the first 2 matches/falls was MVP vs Chris Benoit Judgement day 2007. But it was a good match. Usual for AJ. Surprisingly, Morgan sold an injury. Wow! AJ's sick landing on the ropes was crazy.
3.1/5

Sting vs Brutus Magnus: I was surpised to see Magnus in the main event. Not a great match by any stretch of the imgination. In fact it was pretty bad. Just a glorified squash match. For a main event! This should have been before AJ and Morgan. But once Sting is involved,it has to be Main event. No matter how bad. And Hernandez coming with the chain was crazy. There was almost another riot.
2.7/5

Notes

• Why are Bobby's punches at the end like clotheslines. They fell in one punch.
• Kip James picking up after everyone was hilarious.
• Kiyoshi finally used the mist. Took him fucking long enough.
• Rob Terry is shit. He should never wrestle again.
• No red at all. Or any X match. Boo!
• Lethal calling Abyss "Andre". Priceless.
• Sarita needs to win a match without a roll up for me to take her seriously.
• If Team 3D use a table, are they not DQ'd?
• Homicide sounds like he has a cold. All the time.

Finl thoughts.
Good show. Entertaining to say the least. Best in a while. They're starting to improve.
3.4/5

 

[MisterRob]

I only watched a few parts of Impact this week but I do have opinions on what I did see. I, for one, wasn't as impressed with the riot as a lot of other people seem to be. It was an interesting idea, and I enjoyed the fact they jumped around from different and it wasn't just in the parking lot they focused on. I also really liked the security camera shot, just a nice little touch I thought. But the brawl itself looked really fake, and I think if they're going for aspects of realism like this riot portrays and the cops showing up implies then they should go all the way. No one was arrested; okay? To me though I'd have rather seen a more realistic aftermath, where the people in charge don't just accept it and turn a blind eye to their talent making that kind of reckless scene and endangering themselves and everyone else. It would've been more interesting if management had reacted in some way, even after the show on their website, etc.

I see glimpses of little things that really entertain me and are good things, and I wish TNA could take those little details and grow them into bigger pros in their product, because then I'd have a much more favorable opinion of TNA. I loved Lethal refering to Abyss as Andre, I enjoyed the antics of the Motor City Machine Guns, I even enjoyed Homicide's promo and the bleeping at the end of it.

Speaking of promos; I laughed, out loud, at the Hernandez video before his interview segment. That is clearly not the reaction TNA wanted, but it was horribly done because it sounded like Hernandez was doing nothing but reading blandly from some script. It sounded awful, maybe they should cut back on Hernandez speaking.

I really wish Brutus Magnus was the leader of the World Elite instead of Eric Young. I'm not buying Eric Young as the leader, I much rather prefer to listen to Magnus and even see Magnus. And if he had been the leader it would've made much more sense that he was in the main event with Sting, and maybe he wouldn't have even been squashed by the Icon. Has Sting ever put any young talent over? Has he put anyone who isn't already established and didn't need the rub over? And people talk about Triple H. They both could learn a lot from Chris Jericho.

 

[Marty2Hotty]

There was a lot of wrestling here. Key moments of the show was when Cody Deaner kissed Awesome Kong. That was funny.
Rhino/Jesse Neal story progressed substantially with Rhino finally being frustrated and attacking Jesse Neal. He cut a promo afterwards with Lauren about it as well. Very well done.
3D and Steiner exchange words - meh. I'm getting tired of 3D - they need a new theme and gimmick.
Matt Morgan wins the match with a super kick to the face. AJ sells it well. Matt wins totally clean. Awesome promo to end the show with Matt Morgan saying he doesn't take demands from anyone and that he'll be going into Hard Justice to take the title. Taz spoke for a bit; Bobby Lashley talked about balancing MMA and Pro Wrestling.
Nash and Foley's segment was extremely entertaining. Foley gets it, and Nash is just extremely funny. It ends with Nash saying he ain't going through the table for free and won't be putting Foley into the table for free but to tell the fans to wait for Hard Justice. Foley says he'll do it for free and went in!
All and all.. a lot of wrestling, but enjoyable show altogether. Awesome Kong putting the awesome bomb on Cody Deaner made me mark out HUGE! Christy Hemme was SUPER SUPER HOT as well!!!
I guess a slow build show is good..

 

[tbp82]

Impact was solid as they come last night.

No long skits to open the show.
Solid matches throughout.
AJ Styles carried Morgan to what was the best match of Morgan's career that I have seen. Big props to AJ for that one.
Nash and Foley were gold in their segment as well.

I think if TNA books Impact in the same vein as they booked this show then they are headed in the right direction.

 

[Karnuj]

agreed i think aj and morgan was a solid match. the relentless assault on morgans leg that was supposedly injured last week the figure four even though im not used to aj doing submissions was well placed building off the injured leg. i was happy with impact last night hope they continue like this.

 

[thebigbadfox]

It was definately a solid IMPACT and the AJ Morgan match was very good... I am also glad they let Morgan win and main event at the PPV. Hopefully they let him stay in the main event picture now for rest of his career because hew has the potential to be a major player in wrestling period for a long long time with his potential skills.

 

[smalltownfan]

TNA was indeed good last night, but last week's riot episode will not be duplicated for a while. That was awesome! There is one thing that TNA needs to do a better job of and that is providing the on-air storylines that will help build up the PPV matches better. For instance, there has not been one thing on TV to build up the Steel Asylum X-Division match except mentioning the match itself. There has been only one Samoa Joe/Homicide incident and only one incident involving Beer Money/British Invasion. Also, the only thing hyping up the Hernandez/Rob Terry match was last night when Terry hit Hernandez with a briefcase. That should be a good match of strength, by the way. Rob Terry is huge!

TNA is on the right track but they still need to work out how they tell stories to better build up their PPVs.

 

[WOLFPACK0524]

Impact was solid as they come last night.

No long skits to open the show.
Solid matches throughout.
AJ Styles carried Morgan to what was the best match of Morgan's career that I have seen. Big props to AJ for that one.
Nash and Foley were gold in their segment as well.

I think if TNA books Impact in the same vein as they booked this show then they are headed in the right direction.

I have seen maybe 4 Impact shows. That segment with Foley and Nash, I was bored. I was giving them the wrap it up sign towards the end. The table thing Foley did reminded me of when Funk did it in ECW. Just so sad. Nash looked good for his age though.

Morgan/Styles match was great. The Carbon Footprint was sold perfectly and it looked like it hurt. Well done. Good match that had a lot of stuff that is missing from WWE television.

 

[Kingdoug]

SOME COMPLETE DUMBASS SAID AJ CARRIED MORGAN IN THEIR MATCH.....i would have to disagree...i would have to say Morgan carried AJ.....Morgan sold the leg injury from last week's Impact like a veteran.......if his selling would've been bad then the match wouldve sucked...but the pele kick AJ delivered was nothing short of amazing....their moves last night were done correctly but when AJ went for the superman twice i knew either the Carbon FootPrint was coming or the Hellevator was coming.....AJ sold the Foot Print.GREAT........But to let Morgan go cleanly over with no help from Angle was just great and no interference in the match was good especially after the annoucers were playing up how Angle and Sting were not strangers to interfering in matches was great......i dont think i was alone when i thought it was only a matter of time before Angle jumped on the apron and Sting pulled him down to the inevitable brawl.....but when that didnt happen i was like wow.......they are finally going to give Morgan a shot........AJ is the future......No matter how corny it was Angle would not have called him Prince AJ if he didnt believe it to be true.......Side Note.....Kevin Nash the Best Big Man in the History of Pro Wrestling.........(argueably)........

 

[FiveTymeWCWChamp]

.......Side Note.....Kevin Nash the Best Big Man in the History of Pro Wrestling.........(argueably)........

Ummm, there is the guy. Maybe you have heard of him. His name is Mark Calloway. He goes by the name of the Undertaker. That is the best big man in the History of Pro Wrestling.

 

[FiveTymeWCWChamp]

TNA is on the way up. Each impact has been better than the one before. The only thing missing is X-Division on TV. I am even enjoying Dr. Stevie/Abyss now.

 

[Paradox100]

So i guess wasn't the only one who saw the difference. I barely watch TNA anymore, but last night's sucked me in. It was so greatly done. If they do more shows like this, They will become a big threat.

 

[Kingdoug]

Ummm, there is the guy. Maybe you have heard of him. His name is Mark Calloway. He goes by the name of the Undertaker. That is the best big man in the History of Pro Wrestling.




NO doubt taker is great but in MY OPINION (since i guess u cant read when i said argueably before) Nash is better........No one has made a company more money than Nash other than (maybe Hogan and Macho Man)...........NWO i will steal a line from someone else.......'nuff said.....

 

[jbwphoto1]

I enjoyed not having MEM come out at the beginning of the show with Kurt cutting a long promo and Booker, Kevin, Scott and Taz chatting amongst themselves in the background. I think having the MEM members show up throughout the two hours and not coming together until the end helped to better pace the show.

Last night had to be one Matt Morgan's best nights on Impact. The points he made with Lauren we on target (really, how many of us fear AJ styles?), his in-ring work has improved and the in-ring promo with Kurt was much smoother than some of the veterans, although he could still use a little work.

With the recent increase in his moveset and promo skills, he may have the chance to be the face of TNA. I enjoy watching AJ and Joe, but it's time to give someone else a try.

On another note, while watching a bit of the Allied Powers dvd yesterday, I noted how Matt has the same build Sting did back in his NWA days.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

The past few weeks of Impact I've enjoyed but, for the most part, I thought last night's episode sucked.

To me, it seemed as though TNA lost some focus last night. The return of Christy Hemme didn't do anything for me, haven't seen her in months, her match woth Sojo was completely predictable, just brought nothing to the show.

Rhino makes his return last night, I haven't seen the guy in months, and they're still doing the thing where this family friend that was in the military and is trying to learn the ropes of wrestling angle. I haven't seen either of these two guys in months, truth is I forgot all about them, and they pop right back onto tv and pick up where they left off. The angle is completely dull, the set up and match were dull and entirely predictable.

Now, TNA brings Christy Hemme, Rhino, and his friend whose name I can't remember and has a Mr. T hair cut back from oblivion but the TNA X-Division Champion is nowhere to be seen? Homicide's reign as X-Division champ has been something of a joke I'm sorry to say and it's almost certain that he's going to drop the belt Sunday to Joe. However, it seems overall that the X-Division simply isn't a priority to TNA as they've pretty much ignored the division, the champion and, with the exception of a couple of shitty promos, an upcoming match for what is supposedly a coveted championship. Instead, we get Christy Hemmy and Rhino.

I like that Hernandez is still getting a push, but I think it might have worked out better if they'd put him up against a member of the World Elite that's not really doing anything, like Kyoshi or Bashir. They're not really bringing much to the group or project anyhow at this point, they're not part of the ppv this Sunday so why not have him go over on them rather than one half of the IWGP Tag Team Champs? I know that on one hand, going over a guy with a strap makes Hernandez look stronger but it doesn't exactly give the British Invasion any sort of momentum going in against Beer Money at the ppv.

Speaking of which, where the hell was Beer Money? The last show before the ppv and the opponents for the IWGP Tag Team Champions aren't on the show? Just awful. Once again the MCMG are also nowhere to be seen. These angles are left flapping in the breeze while we get a dose of shit like Chrissy Hemme, Rhino, Abyss and Stevie Richards.

The contract signing for the TNA Legends Championship didn't go as I figured. The back and forth banter between the two, but the incident with Foley and the table was an absolute debacle. Foley didn't so much as jump onto the table as he fell through it. He got like 3 inches off the canvas, kind of reminded me of Hulk Hogan doing his atomic leg drop in recent years. I dig that everyone involved was trying to make it work: Nash looking wide eyed, Foley lying on the mat as if it actually hur thim, Don West and Mike Tenay trying to sell it as if he'd done a suicide dive off a 20 foot ladder, etc. but I just wasn't buying it. If anything, it showed me just how physically broken down Mick Foley is and just reminds me of exactly why I have no interest whatsoever in watching these two wrestler for that belt at Hard Justice.

The one really bright spot in the show is the last match in the Styles/Morgan series. I predicted Styles would win but I was surprised to see Morgan pull it off, cleanly pull it off as well. Now, while I highly doubt that Morgan is ready to be TNA World Champion, I wouldn't be surprised now to see him walk out with the strap, though I'm not all that hot on the idea right now. Morgan telling Angle to stick it was a good and logical choice. The in ring promo Morgan did after the match was good, on point and, logically made a shitload of sense.

Overall however, I thought last night's Impact wasn't all that hot.

 

[cyborg2040]

Anyone watching tonight? TNA seems like another good show tonight. Looks obvious that Morgan is going to turn on Angle tonight.

 

[Marty2Hotty]

the main story, as sad as it is, is dissension with matt morgan and kurt angle. the rest of MEM came out and does nothing. jenna morasca doesn't do anything. Tazz is the new commentator now and Don West has been "promoted"..

THe funniest part of the show was Cody Deaner backstage wanting to be Knockouts champ and mentioning "ASS U ME" (assume). Abyss talking with Foley was hilarious as well.

Motor City Machineguns' role was hilarious too.

AJ cut a great emotional promo about retiring. Sting comes out to console - very well done.

Hemme looks hot, and did a great backstage promo with the knockouts. Angelina / Velvet humiliate Madison.

EY talks to Hernandez.

They hype Pope's debut. He fights Creed. Suicide beats up Pope afterwards = all three had "pre hypes" prior to their debuts.

They tried to show that Morgan was going to screw Angle in the main event but it never happened. Looks like Morgan got hurt.

Okay show.. but the pacing is not typical Russo.. some building of characters.

 

[BradXXX]

I thought tonight's show was great. There was a lot of GREAT wrestling. The opening hardcore match was awesome with a great finish. MCMG's segment was funny. The only downside to me was the botched spots in the women's 4 way but other than that it was one of my favorite impacts in a long while.

I don't know what it was, but when Abyss thanked Mick for groceries, that actually made me LOL.

Morgan is getting over. This program with Angle definitely seems to be working. I'm a little confused at the booking of the main event as it seemed as though Morgan was going to double cross Angle at anytime, but it never happened. So it looks as though Morgan was dumb all along and was that gullible? I guess I don't get it.

Overall this was a 7.5/10 from me. I'm excited for next weeks show.

 

[Marty2Hotty]

Yeah Abyss thanking Mick for the groceries. I was in tears laughing at the entire segment and JB for the few times had trouble keeping his composure. I'm concerned that the main story TNA has is Morgan and Angle.

I also find it interesting and concerning that everyone involved in the main event were WWE-castoffs: 3D, Morgan, Angle. Even the commentary table was Taz and Bobby Lashley. It does seem like WWE-Lite

The shows seem to be okay and strong, but for some reason I want more to happen something that will get the word out and create a buzz

 

[Kenny Powers]

I can't really say anything bad about last night's Impact, because I enjoyed the hell out of it. I was kinda disappointed that they didn't take off and run with Matt Morgan. I know they are still teasing a feud with him and Kurt, but why take all the reaction away from Morgan just to bring heat on him at the end. It would of been better if Morgan could at least got some offense on Kurt. The fans went crazy when he first came out just to chant Morgan sucks at the main event.

I'm sure Morgan and Angle will tear it up soon though. I thought the Beer Money and British Invasion match tore the house down. What a great match to start the show out. I loved the MCMG interview along with Foley and Abyss. I'm glad we didn't have to see too much of Deaner, he actually had something mildly amusing to say this time. The Knockouts always impress me week in and week out. It will be interesting to see how the Knockout tag title tournament plays out. I'm not too fond of Sharmell being in a tag team, but whatever.

The Pope had a good debut and a potential feud with Suicide coming soon. I can't stand Suicide's character myself, let's hope The Pope caps his ass. Is it me or is the Pope hairier then George the Animal Steele? Eric Young is impressing the hell out of me with his promos, I would love to see Hernandez turn heel again if that ever happens. The AJ/Sting promo was probably the best promo I've seen in wrestling in a long time.

Some say it was cheesy but you know a lot of AJ's words were true when it comes to his family. I can't wait to see Sting and AJ go at it. Sting passing the torch to AJ Styles, wow. It was a very intense main event, it left me wanting more. I hope they let Matt Morgan step out of the tweener stage to be a full blown bad ass face. I'm not a huge fan of Taz on commentary, I wish they would of made him heel since he is technically in the Mafia. Anyways it was still a great show. I give it 8/10

 

[BradXXX]

I'm not worried about Morgan vs. Angle being the number 1 feud. As long as they can keep it as hot as the opening segment became. Everyone in that arena wanted to see Morgan knock Angle's head off.

TNA did almost everything right in my book with this show. There was a lot of humor, but it wasn't normal wrestling humor (which is normally very stupid). They are setting up Morgan to get the rub from Angle, AJ from Sting, and hell even Eric Young's little backstage interruption of Hernandez was good.

The show had last night what it's been lacking for so long - DIRECTION. They took the TV-14 thing and ran with it. They pushed the young guys. They had lots of hard hitting action.

My only concern is this show was a lot more enjoyable than Hard Justice itself. It seems like TNA is using ppv's to setup weekly tv, which is kind of ass backwards.