So what your saying is you prefer wrestling to be full of Super Eric, Shark Boy and Curryman segments of them running around looking for a ring? You would prefer to see Kurt Angle on a tanning bed running around in a thong looking for his clothes? And you would prefer to see AJ Styles on a date with Karen Angle at some hick place? Well if thats what you wanna see each week then I dont know how you can class yourself as a wrestling fan, when all you do is fast forward through all the matches. TNA has the best matches because they dont get their movesets limited like they do in WWE, but yet you fastforward through all of it. Dont get me wrong theirs always room for comedy in wrestling, WWE does it well with Santino cause Santino is hilarious, but when TNA over use the comedy it just gets annoying, and makes the product childish.
I agree with this post entirely. Seeing Marty2Hotty say that there was too much wrestling and not enough of the other stuff TNA has been doing poorly (in my mind) lately really puts things into perspective for me and now I totally realize why Marty2Hotty loves TNA so much and loves Russo. But it's a WRESTLING show, complaining that there's too much wrestling baffles the hell out of me. It's also TOTAL NON STOP ACTION!
Here's my Review of the Augst 7th Impact:
The opening video was good but I have to admit that the second they cut into the show with West/Tenay and then JB in the crowd I actually lost all interest in the show and turned it. What a bad way to open up the show and draw people in to watch, there is something really "annoying" to me (and I don't even know specifically what it is) about all of TNA's announcing from West/Tenay to JB to the point I don't even want to listen to them. Get right to the action, or an interesting segment, that's my advice to open the show with.
I turned back to watch the first match:
Roxxi def. Jacqueline. This was a good match I thought, starting this whole "hardcore" night off. The match itself was nothing special, but it was nice to see Jacqueline actually do what she does best and wrestle instead of being nothing but James Storm's valet. This was a good opening match, although I really think the TNA fans in the crowd can take away from a match much more then they add to it by the constant back and forth chants for both participants, it ruins all disbelief in the whole face/heel concept and is so obviously the fans trying to get themselves over in the match rather then helping the match get over.
Lauren interviewed Christian Cage and Rhino backstage. I never mind watching a Christian Cage promo, but why is he calling himself the Champ? Cena anyone? I'd really like to see Christian elevated back into the main event, I'd rather watch him wrestle/cut promos/entertain then Booker T or Kurt Angle any day. I enjoy Rhino but I really think he should be portrayed as a man of very few words, it would hide his negatives better and it would push his gimmick better in my mind.. he really needs to stop saying his catch phrases at the end of every promo he does. It never comes out naturally and always just sounds forced, no flow to it.
JB interviewed SoCal Val backstage.
This was a horrible segment, made more horrible by Super Eric appearing. Who (aside from Marty2Hotty) likes this crap? I walked away shaking my head, wondering how the Hurricane gimmick in the WWE somehow seems "good" compared to Super Eric. That's saying something.
Sonjay Dutt defeated Curry Man.
During this match I found myself wondering how a top tier talent like Christopher Daniels who was dominant in the X Division suddenly lost something in the ring where he now has a tough time competing with Dutt and actually loses to Dutt. Then I reminded myself to suspend disbelief. The match was rather short, but it was good for what it was, up until the ending which saw Dutt win with his legs on the rope RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE REFEREE. There was no possible way the referee didn't see it; come on people. I actually laughed when Val came down and the camera was panning back and forth to her shouting and giving sign language to a guy wrestling in the ring who wasn't even paying attention to her, and West/Tenay are telling us everything she's saying word for word. That part of the match made me groan. Even worse was the aftermath when the Super Heroes came down to prove Dutt had stolen the ring and I turned it off long before Val somehow "forgave" Dutt. There is no way that stuff is written for adults of any age, no wonder they're not drawing in the 18-35 demographic, it leaves me wondering what TNA is thinking.
Does the crowd actually dance to Curry Man's entrance and love it as much as Tenay/West imply?
I turned back to see the end of Daivari's (whatever the Sheik his name is) promo. He said some valid things about America.
Black Machismo and Consequences Creed defeated Motor City Machine Guns. This match really didn't do anything to develop or bring interest in either Jay Lethal or Creed's matches at the PPV so I'm not sure what the purpose was here, but the match itself was good as always. I won't say great though, and I'm really starting to wonder why MCMG are viewed as such a great tag team by internet fans, etc.. they're a tag team of flashy moves and crazy double teams sure, but they really have no depth or content to their matches its just move after move, doesn't feel like there's meaning or reason behind what they're doing and they certainly don't have the pschology of tag team wrestling down like the great tag teams of the past. The ending saw Creed pin Shelley with a roll up which felt really anti climatic. After the match Shelley shoved Creed so maybe they're planning to turn MCMG heel, I really don't know, but if it leads to a feud with the tag team champions and maybe a title run for MCMG I'm up for that. Lethal was somewhat an after thought in this, and so was his match with Dutt at the PPV.
Karen Angle had Frank Trigg as her guest. I turned this off because it was such a boring segment and both are really bad actors, I really couldn't sit through it.
Lauren interviewed Velvet Sky, Angelina Love, and Awesome Kong backstage. I've heard people praise the Beautiful People for their promos, I really don't see why. This promo was incredibly cheesy, and Angelina Love sounds pretty bad on the mic. No love here.
LAX, Christian Cage, and Rhino defeated Team 3D and Beer Money in a no DQ I really don't understand putting people who are competing against each other at the PPV in gimmick matches against one another on free tv, 3 days before the PPV, in a gimmick match. Especially since in this type of match someone is far more likely to get hurt and then that has the risk of blowing a match or two at the PPV in 3 DAYS. As always no complaints about the wrestling, these are eight great talents who can go in the ring and deliver, especially when they're all put together. LAX gets the win here, Beer Money ends up putting Homicide through a glass table, I really wonder why there'd be a lot of incentive to buy the PPV to see these teams fight when we just got to see them in a brutal fight, with a big spot with the glass table, on free tv? I think the 6 man and 8 man tag matches are getting a bit overdone in TNA.
A TNA Rough Cut segment aired on Taylor Wilde. She's Canadian, I'm a fan.
Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saeed and The Beautiful People) defeated Salinas. I guess Salinas is the Knockout divisions jobber? She came out all excited and ready to go, considering her Crew had just been sent to the hospital and Homicide could've been seriously injured after that glass table. I guess she wasn't too concerned: It's little details like that that take away from the product. Wouldn't it have made more sense to have this match right after their promo and right before the match where LAX gets sent to the hospital? I'm really not sure why an Awesome Kong squash match was needed as it didn't do much to hype to the PPV and we already know the sheer dominance of Awesome Kong and didn't need to be reminded. After the match the Beautiful People grabbed a microphone and did ANOTHER cheesy promo and cheesy antics that really had them looking more like children (which writing-wise TNA seems intended for) then arrogant woman to hate.
I turned the show back on for the main event:
Samoa Joe pinned Tomko to win a weapons gauntlet match.
Once again I ask, why do people competing in gimmick matches on the PPV to settle their scores need to be booked 3 days before hand, on free television, in a gimmick match? It kind of defeats the purpose to me, even with this whole "hardcore" night which seemed random and non-sensical to me, too. I also said it in another thread, but why would this really give people incentive to buy a PPV.. when AJ Styles got to get in the ring and finally get his hands on Angle, got to bust him open and bloody him, and got to eliminate him from the match? What is the incentive to pay money to watch Styles fight Kurt now? And I felt in no way the intensity, anger, and thirst for vengeance that Styles implied in his promos over the past few weeks.. it seemed like he went in there and merely was wrestling a match like he would with anyone, not out to kill Angle or vice versa with Angle.
The ending was good with Sting looking down from the rafters at Joe, but its nothing new we haven't seen for years or in WCW.
