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

[ACTAFOOL]

ya just watched the 2 hour show, i didnt know what to expect really, either it was going to be amazing, or horrible, thank god TNA did an amazing job!, they booked the show very well and im glad to see so much exposure from the roster, as TNA promised, i think they proved to every1 how they're still high on their home grown talent and will be pushing them more and more in the future

one of the best things was how TNA was able to continue with the stories and promos and not be all lost and have no meaning to everything, i also was glad to see they decided to form a stable of black rain, raven, and judas, it was a great idea, though i think they just did it cuz judas was hurt, but still, loved the idea and the monsters ball at BFG will be awsome, imagine abyss and rhino vs black rain and raven? what a bloodfest

the opening match suprised me, open the show with rhino and black rain? i was expecting some x division match first to pump up the show, but still, the match was good, mostly cuz of rhino, and the brawl after the match was great

womens match was OK, too short.. wich is suprising since they had much more time, but not bad, no doubt the match at BFG will be great

ohh the 10 man gauntlet match was awsome! PPV quality, its great to see such a great match that shows off the rosters talent on IMPACT

oh and the main event, one of the best matches of the year! simply incredible! loved it! good thing they pushed LAX and MCMG, hope they're still not thinking of leaving the company

anyways, GREAT impact! i hope TNA can keep this up, great booking, good storyline, with the 2 hours its not so fast paced and all, i hope they simply continue as good as they were this week, im interested to see the ratings, i hope it either went up or stayed at 1.1.. imagine if it went down.. man that would suck ... but it cant go down, its been a long time since ive seen such a great wrestling show...

 

[Dj Martyn]

OK...11/10/07 - Impact - second 2 hour edition.

Ok so ...what did everyone think?

I didnt think it was as good as last weeks mile a minute edition...But this week was a perfect example of a well balanced episode. It was the one before a ppv so alot of focus was on making it balanced and making sure you knew which feuds were which and what was happening at BFG.

The main event was damm good as well, i was so happy that LAX dominated the match completely, homicide got loads of offense on angle.

Jay lethal vs Havok, was a good little TV match with plenty of nice spots.

Triple X vs team pacman....annoyed me..although handled well, triple X shouldnt have that loss on there record, i will be glad when pacman is gone from TNA.

The monsters ball match was ok....could have been better...it all seemed a bit methodical...trash can,check...thumbtacks,check...james mitchell,check...gor through a table, check....i hope the BFG match is better.

Anyway...if you missed it click the links below....

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[X]

I missed the premiere of the 2 Hour iMPACT! but I thought that the episode last night was very good. It was a perfect example of how to put together a wrestling show. It honestly reminded me of the golden days of wrestling (the Attitude era that is). There were a lot of matches (not just the 3 or 4 on RAW that suck anyways) and some time actually contributed to each angle instead of what the old 1 Hour impact used to be like.

I'll definately be tuning in for sure. And jesus I didn't realize Dustin Rhodes and gained so much damn weight!

 

[Uncle Sam]

The most recent iMPACT! wasn't as bad as I expected. Because of how awful the previous one was, I decided to only catch the second half of it. I guess it was a bit of a stupid move. Still, it wasn't mind-blowing if I'm totally honest and I think the quality has gone down since the 2 hours have been introduced. I'll being watching next week's edition in the hope of hearing more lines such as:

"I'll buy you porn! I'll buy you porn!"

 

[Crippler4ever]

eh.. didnt really like it at all.. was happy about Shelly vs Sabin but then Team 3D ruined the match. And the rest of the matches were just ok.. Parts i thought were hilarious was AJ Styles flipping out about the Nintendo DS and Pokemon LOLOL!! And Angle has that very serious intro.. his music hits.. everything goes black.. then he slowly pops up in a wheel chair! LOL!

 

[The Bearded One]

Wow. Something about last nights Impact just seemed off. I don't know what it was, maybe having the World Title Match in the middle of the show. bbIt was just an all around Impact for me, I don't know what it was.

 

[mattitude_03]

yeah i agree i think impact last night considering they had a huge match in middle was ridiculous you could tell from the start that something was going to happen and it did and they half assed it big time. a ref came in and counted three why do they need to review it was patheitic and mike tenay does my head in and even worse is don west TNA needs new commentators!

 

[mean_gene_roberts]

In a word: Solid! Everything last weeks show seemed to miss was brought together in this weeks episode. In my opinion, if you look back it all makes sense. The build up is for who the partner of Sting is going to be (which most agree is Booker T).

The continuing skit of Angle interrogating everyone was entertaining in a Andy Griffith way. Borash playing Barney to Kurts dark-side Andy. They must have heard my idea to get a boom-mic for the skits. LOL.

The matches from top to bottom, imo, were all of excellent caliber and each had a purpose in building towards the next PPV as well as helping establish some identity for the talent.

I was mostly impressed with the women's division on this week's episode. For a long time now I couldn't have given a crap for womens wrestling. It sucked. I like looking at pretty women in skimppy outfits but if you are going to call them wrestlers that's a different topic.

There have been a lot of excellent women over the years but seldom do they ever come together at once. WCW barely ever used women as more than valets.

The WWF/E gives us pretty women with a minimum degree of wrestling ability. There are exceptions to this rule. You have to have some excellent women who can make the others look good. This group would be talent such as Ivory, Lita, Victoria, Medusa and Molly Holly.

I have seen Awesome Kong matches online against men in both comedy genre matches as well as straight up fights, against women and even fought in the women's division of MMA. She can go if they turn her loose. And Christy Hemme made Kong look even better. She has proven herself that she was more than another model winning the diva search. She took some good hits and sold them well. Show me a match with a good heel type character that knows how to sell a move or slap or slam to the mat such as Hemme took on Kong's `Sit-out Power Slam' finisher.

While I tend to agree with a lot of fans on here who seem tired of older talent hogging the spotlight such as Nash, Hall, Angle, Christian Cage, Sting and others, they are what TNA needs right now. Seasoned veterens who know how to cut a promo, sell moves, put talent over and sell popcorn.

This was an episode that made me feel like a fan again.

 

[psykohurricane]

Personally i didn't cared about last night show for 2 reasons the 1 reason was the AJ Styles crap that they showed us all throught the night and secondly the gautlet matches for rankings in each divisions. I thought it was way too much for one show and do you really believe that those rankings will mean anything in a couple of month especially since you still got the feast or fired briefcases that weren't used yet.

Basicly this was pretty much the worst way to build up this weekend ppv and i just didn'T cared about the show.

 

[dirtyshubb]

Just finished watching Impact and really wanted to find out what people thought of it.For me the show was very good and managed to advance a lot of stories with some very interesting scenarios.

Impact started with the Tag Title match which although wasnt the best of matches it did result in the heel turn of Kip which is something that will most likely lead to VKM going to WWE if reports are to be believed, which i feel is a good thing because it would give room to other teams such as LAX and MCMG and could also be an entertaining feud to after the actions and words of Kip.

Next we have the Black Machismo segment which i felt really showed how good Lethal is starting to get on the Mike and best of all showed clear signs of a Sunjay heel turn through his desire for So Cal Val and im sure that will be a great feud.

Then we have the Cornette and Joe. I know having the 6 man match has been done before quite a bit recently but i still am looking forward to the match because its sure to have some good action and i feel the way its being described by Joe this will most likely lead to the end of the Angle Alliance and lead to Joe getting the title withing the next few months.

We then have Kaz vs Rellik. I have to say its nice to sear some focus being put onto Rellik, we had Kaz point out how its Just a man to EY and having Rellik portray his act is all about intimidation adding a little more depth to him, and also make TNA seam a little more serious. The match was good, Rellik has some stiff moves at times and if development continues could be something of good value.

The 3 way was next and as always an entertaining match from the X Division. Devine has seemed to get quite a confidence boost since his teaming with 3D and put on a good performance. As for Petey its great to see him getting a push and am loving The Maple Leaf Muscle character, he shows such personality these days and the rub from Scott will only help him.

Next i will go to the A.J and Karen segments, now i know there are bound to be people who will hate them but for me were fantastic! A.J played his part to perfection and really came across as a lovable guy and really showed some great acting, especially in the final moments. Karen too really felt believable with her feelings and helped it seem that much more real. A.J has really developed his speaking and once the eventual Styles vs Angle feud comes round It should be a fantastic feud.
On a side note JB is the best interviewer at the moment and love his character, he has such great chemestry when with Angle and Karen.

The 3D vs SCSB and Currey Man was up and i have to say i wanted 3D to go not too long ago but tonight really had me laughing, even though i was sceptical about the weighing it has made some very funny moments, Ray calling Devon a fat bastard was great and is actually working out as a good angle.

Up next we have the Knockouts match and first thing i have to say is i have so much respect for the women wrestlers in TNA, they just keep getting better and better each week. Miss Jackie at times really looks like she is just beating the hell out of her opponent One of the best women wrestlers of all time. Also some great performances from the rest of the ladies, upset to hear the anti Gail chants, really didnt expect that
P.S was it just me or did ODB have an underwear malfunction just after the first break

Just before the main event we have Cage cutting a fantastic promo about A.J and Tomko, plus the match at Destination X. Cage is just always so consistent with top level promos, becoming one of the greats.

And now the Main Event Angle vs Booker T. Now i saw the ending coming but still loved the match, great action from both Legends and some great acting inside the ring, Angles character has recently become very serious and has reduced his TV quite a bit, which has helped Angle build his ruthlessness back up. The other thing great about the match is it made Booker look like a real threat and of course made Rude get an even bigger rub from Booker (All the respect to Booker for his determination to help other talent).

For me Impact is getting better and better all the time. Yes sometimes there are things that dont work as well as others but they are really starting to tie up some of the loose ends and creating a show that not only gives some very good action but story lines that keep me coming back for more.

 

[psykohurricane]

I used to be one of those TNA fans that would get frustrated very easily everytime something didn'T make sense and it made me wondered why i was still watching TNA every week. But a couple of month ago i decided to forget about the bad storyline or about the bad booking that didn't make sense and i started to just watch the match for what they were, and it help a lot because am actually having fun while watching TNA Impact. But now and again, i'm like to watch for the stupid things that doesn'T make any sense during the show and last week was one of those time. So know i got to review last week's show.

First things first, i really hope that the whole Karen/Kurt and A.J love triangle will lead to something because it's one of the storyline that i truly hate watching every week. Secondly, the Team 3D story doesn'T make sense at all for a couple of reason, three weeks ago, D-von makes weight but Bubba doesn't. Then the following week, even if they look the same, Bubba made weight but d-von didn'T. Now this week Both members don'T make weight even after going on a diet for a week, somebody help me understand this because i really don't get it. Also why would Team 3D cared about Shark Boy And Curryman anyway? Another thing that didn'T made sense to me was the whole drinking title ladder match. First why would you have a ladder MAtch for a drinking title? Secondly why was it so short? finally since Miss Jackie got the belt should she be the Drinking champion instead of James Storm?

The only thing that made sense in the whole show was the booker/traci vs Robert Roode/Payton banks feud and the main event. I did like the knockout match even if it wasn'T a long match same thing goes for the first tag team match but for the most part it was a average show and i'm really hoping that i'm able to return watching TNA like i used to.

 

[TheOneBigWill]

Karen Angle's Bombshell: She wants a seperation.

Kurt Angle's Reaction: Overly joyed and happy.

This is bar none, the greatest marriage storyline ever. Kurt just blew her off and kicked her to the curb. I literally laughed my ass off when he mentioned after Lockdown they could sit down and talk about spliting things up, but he wanted to make sure she'd take complete care of the children. They're truly pushing Kurt as having NO life outside of being the World Heavyweight Champion, and I just find that hilarious for some unknown reason. Perhaps I can relate?

I have no idea where they're going with the Scott Steiner/Petey Williams storyline anymore. Steiner still has two Championship title shots, that somehow I honestly think he'll never cash in. Although, with Samoa Joe assumably becoming the World Champion after Lockdown, I can definately see Joe v. Steiner as the first big Championship feud for Joe. (Sad for Steiner, to be punked out like that though)

As far as Petey Williams goes. I wish they'd just give him the X-Division Championship. I mean, seriously. Jay Lethal is good and all, but hes over as much as hes ever going to be. And Petey has been researching for "himself" ever since Team Canada was destroyed. I dispise the Maple Leaf Muscle gimmick, but maybe he needs the Championship to get him back over?

What on earth are they doing with the Motor City Machine Guns?! Seriously, first they have them lose to L.A.X. in the 3-way #1. contender's match. Now to Black Reign and Rellik?! Did Shelley and Saban piss off the wrong head writer or something? Whats the best thing to do with two guys you've been building up as one of the best Tag Teams in your company? I know.. let them lose to glorified jobbers.. cleanly!

I get that they're doing the "Remember the Outlaws" storyline to build up an obvious showdown between the two, possibly at Lockdown, but lets just get to the match already. Everyone knows their past.

The Jay Lethal/So Cal Val storyline is apparently going to add in Sonjay as the heel? I have no clue where this is going, but clearly Sonjay is becoming more and more interested in So Cal Val. (Could this be a heel turn for Lethal, from the Black Machismo to the Machismo King? That'd be fricken awesome!)

Finally, Team Cage v. Team Tomko was announced as a Lethal Lockdown match, and at the end of the show it looks like Team Tomko will be A.J. Styles, Tomko and Team 3D. All in all, not a bad team, I just wish they'd add all 4 single's stars, instead of basically two Tag Teams. Meanwhile, it looks as if Christian will have Kevin Nash for sure.. and he went to Rhino, albeit Rhino completely blew him off. Who knows where that'll lead.

 

[GreenEyedDevil]

I actually felt bad for Karen. Kurt just doesnt give a shat about her right now. Its a good story though. Its been a good, long, natural progression. If the acting was bad, then i would complain about the aj/karen/kurt/alliance squabble. But i cant. Everybodys been so good in there roles.

Dammit, i like the main event scene in tna. Its different. Its different story telling, but its paying off. I get the feeling its REALLY gonna pay off come Slammiversary. We could concievabely have Tomko vs Cage. Angle vs Styles. Joe vs. Sting. MCMG vs LAX. Maybe Nash vs Roode? Or Roode vs Sting?
Gosh i cant stop predicting. With a solid card, Steiner could cash in and challenge Joe for the belt. I just feel like all these storys are building up to a great Slammiversary card, then they start booking for Bound for Glory.

 

[psykohurricane]

This week edition of Impact wasn'T great but for the most part did what it was meant to do and that sell the double main event. The build-up for both main event is just great to bad that everything isn'T as great. There was several things that bother me this week, first of all, what was the point of the interview with Kong, i didn't learn anything new about her or her manager. Secondly, i actually laugh when Mike Tenay annonce that he just learn that Awesome Kong and Her manger would face Gail Kim and ODB, since it'S been announce on TNAWrestling.com for a week now. Thirdly, what with having a match where the goal is to get in the cage at the PPV. So now at Lockdown, we get a match for the X Division Title were the object is to eliminate everybody until there is only 2 guys left and then the winner is the guy who X-cape the cage and we got a konckout match were the goal is to get in the cage and the first 2 that get in the cage are going to have a match. Who thought that was a good idea anyway. Speaking of the X-division, am getting tired of those skit with Jay LEthal, Sonjay Dutt and SoCal Val. Those skit were good at first but know they are just stupid. Finally, am getting sick and tired of those TNA roughcut segment with Bj and Kip James. I don'T know why they have to actually give the whole history that these 2 guys have with each other since all the TNA Fans knows who they are by now and it doesn'T make there match a Lockdown like a most see.

Has for the match themselves, i actually like them and i really didn'T have any problem them and the build up for both of the PPV's main event'S were well done so they got that going for them this week but compare to last week's live show, it wasn'T has good.

 

[AndySmithers]

I actually enjoyed it a lot. I really enjoyed the matt morgan twist which i was quite good. I had the feeling that could happen, but they did it well enough for it to be a bit of a suprise when he handed sting the bat, which at that point it was obvious he was the 5th member.

Not the best Impact i have seen, but I thought it was good

 

[RKO Orton]

Am I the only person that is mad that TNA keeps pushing stupid gimmicks such as Shark Boy, Curry Man, "Super" Eric Young, Black Reign, Rellik, even giving "Super" Eric Young the Tag-Team titles, yet blow off the Motor City Machine Guns to the side. What the hell TNA? If I want to be entertained, I'll go watch Family Guy. Some of their skits are funny, but why in the hell are they making Eric Young look like a total douch? Makes me mad that they have ALL this talent and fail to use any of it.

 

[Marty2Hotty]

RKO, what on earth are you talking about. Shark Boy and Curryman haven't been on the show.. and i think shark boy is entertaining. TNA is great at comedy but they also need one super hot angle. I didn't like TNA this week. too much wrestling and cornette. Here's my review:

i liked the booker t/sting segment.. then roode/storm came out. Karen/AJ - a little bit.. not much advancement except Kurt being angry and telling Karen to leave with AJ . Matt Morgan beat up Kip James backstage. Eric young did a promo with Kaz.

Cornette basically rants throughout the entire show, booking matches for Sacrifice. Very boring... divas came to the ring. I love Rhaka Khan, she's pretty hot... nothing happens.

- match 1: 3d wins
- match 2: rhino/christian wins
__ joe does a promo in the ring earlier today. No fans. Nash says Joe is ready (all seriously). nothing happens.
- match 3: sting/booker t wins. nothing happens
- match 4: joe vs angle. i fast forwarded the entire thing. Scott Steiner hits Angle with a pipe. Joe pins and wins. A little scuffle and security pulls them apart.

Absolutely nothing happened throughout the entire show except clean finishes and very litttle to no storyline advancements. TNA has a sh*tload of stars.. yet there's no time for a shark boy or no intriguing hot angles. Just cornette and boring wrestling

Thumbs Down

 

[McCobbM]

iMPACT! was Killer this week, as it does week after week

I definitely like the Angle-Joe Match. I've never enjoyed Sting, or Booker T so that match was a lil dumb.

Im a huge 3D fan and a big fan of Rhino..... So i loved the 3d match and the one with Cage and Rhino. MCMG is really being hurt by their decision to not blade, i think they should just suck it up and stop watching the youtube of the "Mass Transit incident"

They are innovating, which is what WWE lacks, and i think that is exactly what they need to do, and trademark their matches, because id they start doing exactly what WWE does, they will get beat when vince wakes up from his ego induced coma.


Does anyone know if they are turning Cornette heel?
I think that would be interesting. Especially if he keeps up the "I'm a good Christian business man....who wants to make sure his employees Tow(?toe?) the LINE!" that could end up being a trademark character, and i think it would work with their "Cross the Line" promo, if they play up the conflict between his beliefs and his duties.

 

[Rusty]

I thoroughly enjoyed Impact this week. It had great matches especially Angle vs Joe, Machine Guns vs Christian/Rhino and Sting/Booker T vs Robert Roode/James Storm.

If more episodes were like this one than I think Tna's ratings will go up. I was entertained from start till finish and hell, I found this Impact more entertaining than the 3 Hour Raw and Im a fricken WWE FAN!!!

Seriously, the WWE needs to have matches like the ones on this weeks Impact. The WWE rarely gives good T.V matches, but TNA gives us 3 great LONG matches in one night!

Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe stole the show for me. I can't believe that match went for over 20 minutes when it felt like a 12 minute match.

 

[Capt. Charisma]

Impact has gone from bad to worse. Nobody cares about Joe/Steiner/Angle mainly because everyone knows Joe will retain, and because they just gave away 3/4 of the match on TV. The deuces wild thing is intresting but theres way too many tag matches now on Impact, and it's just a waste of singles guys like Christian, Sting, Booker, and Roode just because TNA creative can't be arsed writing any decent storylines for them. What a joke Sacrifice is going to be, the card is awful the only reason I would watch it would be to laugh at how crap its gonna be.

 

[Marty2Hotty]

first, nobody cares as joe will retain? well, people would bitch if he did lose, which i dont mind too much if both Nash and Karen screw him over. deuces wild is great but cornette is annoying, imo. the Sacrifice Card looks great in my eyes. Here's my review for the 5/7/08 impact;

I liked this show for the most part. Cornette's interview i fast forwarded. He's VERY annoying and not cool. Shark Boy needs to stun that guy, in all honesty. Sting/Storm segment was okay and then Sting later pinned him.

- The X match was very fun, and booked Russo style due to all the stars getting their moves in near the end back-to-back. Curry Man is over. "Give me a shell yeah" is probably one of my favourite themes. I still mark out when Shark Boy does the stone cold moves. HE hasn't got on the mic in a while which is kinda annoying. Jimmy Rave gets the win surprisingly.. cool stuff

Kip James rules... I marked out HUGE when he mentioned he created DX and referenced everyone.. Kip really hates HHH in real life, FYI. TNA needs more reality shoot-type dialogue like this

Matt Morgan has to team with him, Kip gets on the mic again.. which rules. he loses as Morgan kicks him.

Divas match was fun too.. Gail wins.. cool to see everyone there..

BG James' promo was really cool too as he talked about Booker having braids and how he used to have them and it not working due to him being a fat white guy. He also mentioned he's an ugly DOGG.. says awesome kong teaming with him would make him look good.

Petey was pretty humourous with the "10 minutes" thing.

The Sacrifice card looks REALLY intriguing with the Terror dome, the woman getting their head shaved off at the battle royal, the multiple tag team thing (EY was funny at the final package), steiner/joe/angle. Nash is always holding Joe's belt..

I was happy that BG and Kip got some mic time because they usually get shut out during the show and that always annoys me because they're huge recognizable names. Still not completely fond of the way they're using Sting or Booker T. Kurt Angle is playing the total serious guy and isn't really getting a reaction that much.. hopefully that will change

All in all I enjoyed the show due to some of the stuff that went down..

 

[RatedR69]

Other than hoping to see Saeed wrestle and have it not happen, I had no real problems with the show. Knockouts were the highlight of the show, as usual. I like how TNA is mixing everything up, since "Change" has been the mantra of the whole election year. Petey Willams disappeared like Mary McFly after he got that kick to the face(get well soon, Pete!!).

All the IWC "Jeremiah Wrights", like Jeff Hamlin, whine and bitch as usual--I'm surprised they're not writing that TNA gave minorities aids and that TNA's lates numbers are the "chickens coming home to roost."

Please, GG, slap the taste out of that no-talent Jeff Hamlin's mouth. He sux as a journalist, and he lies if he says he's just fairly criticizing TNA--there's a difference between constructive criticizing and downright making sure that no one watches the show, as he has deemed himself the only person that knows how to book wrestling. Meltzer is fair most of the time, and I'm ashamed he lets that biased, WWE cheerleader, write on his site. Why does he waste his time writing crap, just so that he and his WWE fanboy pals can hive-five each other? It's like he wants TNA to go out of business, so he can say "see, see!! I told you I know more than those guys!! I told you I know more than Disco!!"

 

[Fuzzy]

I have to admit this week was pretty good. Sucks what happened to Petey but hopefully they don't strip him of the title. I mean if he is coming back in 6 weeks they can just say he is training for Slamiversary or something to that effect. Or strip him and make him come back at Slamiversary and ruin whatever tournament TNA comes up for the X div.

Anyone else smelling a full on "evil" cornette? I would absolutely love it. Cornette is one of the few reasons I keep watching TNA because he is so creative on the mic. His timing is off sometimes with his punchlines but his subtle humor is absolutely great.

I wasn't too pleased with the Storm Sting or Kip James Matt Morgan matches. They both needed more time. Also, can someone explain to me why Matt Morgan even attacked Kip? I've been confused about that for awhile. Also Jimmy Rave winning... Meh. I'd prefer to see Curry Man win. Jimmy Rave is stuck in Jobbers-town with a mildly entertaining gimmick, which is a shame because he has so much more potential than Devine to be "THE" heel of the X-division.

Overall great build towards the PPV and good job of TNA grasping the "identity" of this PPV. I think it should blow Backlash out of the water.

 

[Talon_DR]

TNA iMPACT scored 0.9 Rating last night for what was an average show. I hope this is a one-week rating and not a trend or else bad things could happen to TNA.

What I thought about the show:
-I thought TNA should have waited until Sacrifice to announce the Egotistical 8 Tag Teams. Announcing Storm and Sting as a team and Morgan and Kip as a team tonight just eliminated some intrigue for the PPV.

-The opening segment was good in my opinion, however I am a wee bit tired of hearing Jim Cornette freak out. This is opposed to William Regal, who is the evil quiet GM. Cornette just needs to chill out a little.

-I really enjoyed the X Division 6-Way with the exception that TNA needs to lay off on Multiple Man Matches. It makes the X Division seem important when you have multiple feuds going on but the X Division has like one right now, none being in this match. The match was fun and I never saw Jimmy Rave winning it. I like the name of his new move "The Move that Rocks the World". By the way Jeff Hamlin, it was formerly called Ghanarhea, not the Rave Clash.

-Has Booker T gotten boring or what? I was never a huge fan of Booker but when did he get so stale? Where is the character? He was at least a little entertaining as King Booker.

-I like LAX's push on this show where they regained a little of their edge. I haven't seen this so called great mic-work from Homicide so at least now they have a person who can talk well on the mic, Hector Guerrero. While on the topic of LAX, Salinas to me is the most annoying person on the TNA roster. She isn't very attractive and in my opinion only brings down LAX. TNA, cut her loose.

-I liked the interview featuring Christian Cage, Rhino and Team 3D. I also liked the brawl involving the four being broken up by LAX, who is my favorite to win the Deuce's Wild Tournament.

-I didn't like the segment in Jim Cornette's office involving the Knockouts. To me the Makeover Battle Royal is too complicated to casual fans and will hurt the match. I also don't like having these segments involving so many ladies as in my opinion, it hurts their credibility.

-The Immunity Pole Match was pretty good. One thing about tonight was that TNA did pretty good with commercial break placement. I hope someboy like ODB or Angelina Love gets her head shaved on Sunday.

-I loved the Samoa Joe/Kevin Nash interview. What happened to Joe's fire since winning the World Championship? What happened to him signing a TNA Contract when he won the TNA Championship? Has anyone else gotten kinda bored with his character? I do like Kevin Nash's mentoring, money man character. I also love how he keeps on teasing that it takes someone with cunning (him) to take the title off of Joe.

-I enjoyed the NO DQ Match between James Storm and Sting but felt it was too short. I liked seeing Sting want to punish Storm even after putting him through a table. The only thing I didn't like about the match was James Storm not picking up a much needed win.

-Kip James cut a promo about how he was DX. While I find it okay to put yourself or your opponents over on the mic, I didn't like him talking about DX. DX is dead and belongs to the opposition. It was fine when Kip and BG were "Taking the War to WWE's Front Door" as VKM but now all it does is make TNA look second-rate.

-The announcement of the second team for Deuce's Wild was a repeat of the beginning of the show. I don't like anyone in TNA referencing WWE, ECW or WCW. They need to reference TNA and blaze their own trail. Also seeing Kip and Matt Morgan talk trash then brawl after being announced as partners was reminiscent of what happened between Sting and James Storm

-The Kip James vs Matt Morgan Match was hurt by a commercial break but it was okay for what it was. I do like Morgan alot however.

-I enjoyed the BG Promo more than Kip's promo. He put over his potential partners rather than the competition. Good job BG!

-Sacrifice is one of the most intriguing lineups TNA has ever had. Maybe it isn't one of the biggest shows or one of the most stacked shows or one of the best shows but it does have alot of intrigue involved.

-While I am not thrilled about his matches, I do like Scott Steiner's character. Steiner's character isn't very smart. Also Petey Williams looks just like Steiner now, which is okay.

-The main event was boring.

-Shark Boy needs more of a push and like Marty said, he should feud with Jim Cornette like Stone Cold did with Vince McMahon. Shark Boy could win the X Division championship, give it a Shark Boy look as start raising shell in TNA.

-If Black Machismo turned heel, wouldn't he be Machismo King?

-The reason I think TNA gets lower and lower ratings is because there is nothing fresh. I don't think it has anything to do with Booking, Storylines or what not. We don't see enough X Division or TNA Homegrown Talent. Every week we see Christian Cage, Rhino, Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe.

-TNA has never been great on capitalizing on someone's popularity. The Knockouts are the highest rated segments because they are new and original. Awesome Kong, the Beautiful People, ODB and them are all new to TNA. TNA had opportunities in the past to capitalize on certain individuals popularity like The Machine Guns, Tomko, James Storm, Samoa Joe and more. TNA needs to start doing this right away or else these characters won't draw as well.

-I agree with Marty on the fact that TNA needs a big angle or storyline, possibly along the lines of Vince McMahon's murder or Millionaires Club vs New Blood Angle. My idea is a Homegrown vs Outsiders feud. This is similar somewhat to nWo except the outsiders aren't badguys. It would be interesting because guys like AJ, Samoa Joe, LAX, the guys of the X Division, Robert Roode and James Storm would be sick of guys like Sting, Rhino, Team 3D and Christian Cage taking their spots in TNA. A massive feud would then erupt, many guys could be elevated and the X Division could get more attention than what they have been getting.

 

[Marty2Hotty]

I like some of the stuff you said. a 0.9 is pretty bad. Glenn himself can't come on here and say they're growing because the ratings for TNA are actually going down now, so obviously something is wrong. Some Russo fans said the show sucked because there was too much wrestling.

There just isn't enough entertainment. They were on the right track early this year when I think they did at least 15 straight great shows and I was on the boards praising the shows a lot.

They need to make the characters more interesting. and there was way too much cheesy Jim Cornette. Shark Boy needs to stun the guy man... They need Mark Madden as commentator and really need to make a realistic angle

I disagree with you on Kip though. I enjoyed kip James on the show and his promo on DX, he really hates HHH in real life so taht was a sweet promo in my eyes.

TNA can't be a predictable wrestling show anymore. THey need to push the envelope in 2008