TNA iMPACT! LD for 06/17 Complete With New TNA Mod

[Rhonda Rousey's Sports Bra]

Very nice little match.

 

[ABMorales787]

NOOOOO!!!!!!

One time that Desmond should've won. WHHYYYY!?!?!?!?!?

 

[klunderbunker]

WOW that WOlfe look into the camera cracked me up.

 

[ABMorales787]

So I guess Desmond is still in the group, right?

 

[Rhonda Rousey's Sports Bra]

Love the shoes Hogan.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

This has been solid, but one thing: with WWE it's a rarity they have an unwatchable show. With TNA it's a rarity the show is even decent. They're on a mini-roll though.

I wish I could agree man, I really do – but the characters do absolutely nothing for me with the WWE. I have to fast-forward through nearly every segment that involves all those card-carrying members of the DPC like Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

So I guess Desmond is still in the group, right?

I hope so.

 

[ABMorales787]

Those are some awesome shoe Hogan has.

 

[ABMorales787]

Let Lethal cut a promo. Again.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

It'd be even more hilarious if Hogan were wearing crocs.

P.S. You called it, KB. Flair v. Lethal at VR. I dig it brother, ooh yeah, dude!

 

[Rhonda Rousey's Sports Bra]

I need a pair of those kicks fo sho.

 

[klunderbunker]

I wish I could agree man, I really do – but the characters do absolutely nothing for me with the WWE. I have to fast-forward through nearly every segment that involves all those card-carrying members of the DPC like Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase.

Not everything is about character development man. And the good thing is Virgil is gone, and Rhodes is getting better and better in the ring, which I never thought I'd say.

 

[klunderbunker]

It'd be even more hilarious if Hogan were wearing crocs.

P.S. You called it, KB. Flair v. Lethal at VR. I dig it brother, ooh yeah, dude!

When will you people listen? Old school guys know booking. It's what we do.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Not everything is about character development man. And the good thing is Virgil is gone, and Rhodes is getting better and better in the ring, which I never thought I'd say.

For me it is. Maybe not all about it – but the character is what makes me initially care about someone or not. Even if Rhodes were capable of putting on four-star matches, I just wouldn't be able to care much if I couldn't buy into his character. It's why I don't give a fuck about Matt Sydal. Never have. Guy has no personality. His matches can only take him so far.

 

[Mailman]

Crowd went wild when Hogan's music hit.

 

[klunderbunker]

That's an advantage WWE has. They have Smackdown for the long matches where wrestling is showcased and Raw for angles etc. That's what TNA needs to do: find a balance between those two. It winds up being too much on angles which is bad.

 

[Tiger Chaos Theory]

That match announcement pretty much tells me the Faces are going to, yet again, dominate a PPV. Getting harder and harder for me to care about TNA.

What did I miss so far?

And WTF IDR is a Mod!?! Holy shit, great job man.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Crowd went wild when Hogan's music hit.

He's way over in Orlando. Has been for months. They only began booing him (slightly) when he started going overboard with the number of segments he was on TV for each week. Now that he's more of a McMahon-type character they can buy it, and so can I.

 

[ABMorales787]

Not everything is about character development man. And the good thing is Virgil is gone, and Rhodes is getting better and better in the ring, which I never thought I'd say.

Rhodes is wrestling again? How come I missed this?

 

[It's Damn Real!]

That's an advantage WWE has. They have Smackdown for the long matches where wrestling is showcased and Raw for angles etc. That's what TNA needs to do: find a balance between those two. It winds up being too much on angles which is bad.

I think they started to find that niche the last few weeks, to be honest. They're putting on 7-8 minute matches and finding a nice groove to work in promos where they need to on top of it. Main events and second to last matches tend to go the 12-14 minute route, too. I like the mix.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

That match announcement pretty much tells me the Faces are going to, yet again, dominate a PPV. Getting harder and harder for me to care about TNA.

What did I miss so far?

And WTF IDR is a Mod!?! Holy shit, great job man.

I'll let KB or anyone else who's kept really good track of the show fill you in on what happened, but yeah – modded earlier.

 

[klunderbunker]

I think they started to find that niche the last few weeks, to be honest. They're putting on 7-8 minute matches and finding a nice groove to work in promos where they need to on top of it. Main events and second to last matches tend to go the 12-14 minute route, too. I like the mix.

Yeah but how long before they mess that up?

POPE is in the top ten? HOW?

 

[ABMorales787]

This ranking makes more sense than the last. Looks like Rob Terry left the building.

 

[klunderbunker]

I'll let KB or anyone else who's kept really good track of the show fill you in on what happened, but yeah – modded earlier.

We open with a quick recap of Slammiversary, of which there isn’t much to say.

Bischoff says that due to Hall having some issues, the Band have been stripped of the belts and there’s a tournament to determine who gets a shot at the Guns, who still aren’t the champions.

Tag Tournament Semi-Finals: Ink Inc. vs. The Band

It’s Nash and Young here. Wait, why not have them drop the belts to the Guns? Oh that’s right: it’s TNA. We get Abyss vs. Anderson vs. Hardy for the #1 contender spot tonight. Nash and Young are dominating early on as I’m finally caught up with all this. Team 3D vs. Beer Money is the other semi-final. Neal is getting his ass kicked here. It’s a bad sign when you need to tag in a career jobber to save you. I love that elbow Young uses from the top. Moore gets the hot tag and botches a top rope rana. Nash goes old school with the straps down but Neal spears him and Ink Inc hits the Mooregasm (I hate my life) on Young to win it.

Rating: C-. Short and sweet here with the Band being put out of the title picture for awhile as they should be I guess. They were hardly legit champions anyway so it’s not like they’re going to be missed. I still don’t get why they’re not just giving the Guns the belts in a throwaway match but whatever.

And here’s Flair with his team and he says he has a big announcement after the break.

Back from break and Chelsea wants to be with Abyss. Shoot me now.

Flair says they’re reforming the Horsemen. Instead they’re called Fortune though. Oh dear. Flair compares AJ to Arn, Kaz to Windhamd and Beer Money to Ole and Tully. Wolfe is the Lex Luger of the Horsemen. So….Flair would still be leader? Flair goes off on AJ for losing to Lethal. Of course that brings out Lethal in a sweet suit. Ok, the Flair imitation is absolutely amazing, but can he just be Jay Lethal? I can’t tell them the difference between them if I close my eyes. They start throwing shoes at each other. THEY HAVE A WOO OFF! This is absurd but hilarious as the camera keeps jumping back and forth between them like a bad comedy movie. Wolfe cuts them off and it’s Lethal vs. Flair later.

Lacey is getting a massage.

Anderson is ready for the match.

Hernandez vs. Samoa Joe

Uh…sure. Joe has sideburns now too and they look awful on him. The familiar Joe chant starts up. I hope they mean Joe the Plumber. Hernandez hits a SWEET springboard shoulder block to take over. This is a physical match to put it mildly. Supermex hits something close to a Pounce to put Joe on the floor but Morgan runs in for a low blow. Joe comes back in and a T-Bone Suplex ends it. Joe sees the replay and goes after Morgan as does Hernandez. He gets away and we hear Morgan vs. Hernandez in a cage at Victory Road. Ok then.

Rating: B-. Short but VERY physical. If this had gone longer it would have gone down in rating but even at this it was very fun. At times all you have to do is just have two big guys hit each other and that’s what happened here. This worked quite well.

Wolfe and AJ talk and AJ says Wolfe’s woman is gone. If Wolfe loses tonight he’s out.

Hardy and Anderson have a weird BFF moment.

Williams is here and says the old X-Division is dead. He says he’s going to make things about ground and pound etc.

Max Buck vs. Douglas Williams

These guys are still on the payroll? This is a glorified squash as Buck gets the hell beaten out of him for the most part. He gets a little bit of offense in and looks all smiley and happy. Then he gets his head slammed into the mat with a tornado DDT to end it. Kendrick comes out and chokes Williams out to a roar.

Rating: N/A. This wasn’t long enough to mean much but this worked fine for what it was supposed to do: get Williams over more and let Kendrick get his run in done.

Jarrett vs. Sting in a stern lecture match still to come.

We get a video about the action figures, complete with jokes about how they don’t look like the figures.

Love is in the ring and DAMN her boobs are epic. Tonight she gets Lacey and next week it’s her vs. Velvet and THEN at Victory Road she’s getting the title back.

Lacey Von Erich vs. Angelina Love

Do they grow these hot girls somewhere? Lacey isn’t that horrible here, but Love is destroying her as you would expect. Love hits a powerbomb and goes to get a chair. DDT on it and Lacey is more or less dead. This worked as she already has the title match so there we are.

Rating: N/A. Love’s boobs are enough to make this passable here. This was about an angle so that’s all that it needed to be. This worked.

Hogan talks to Lethal about being a star and how impressive he is. THIS is how you use Hogan right here.

Hardy says it’s about tonight, not Victory Road. And here’s Mr. Anderson for the sake of interruption. Nothing of note is said here.

Tag Tournament Semi-Finals: Team 3D vs. Beer Money

Please…don’t split them up. They argue in the aisle to the shock of no one. I hate that stupid cruiser thing Storm rides. Winner of this gets Ink Inc. This is a pretty decent match and Ink Inc. does commentary. Bubba gets chants of being a douchebag. Ink Inc (what a damn idiotic name that is) wants Team 3D to win. Beer Money does their pose and the Dudleys smack them in the head because they have common sense. They hit the Doomsday Device but Bubba goes after the Ink guys. Storm spits beer into D-Von’s face and gets the rollup for the pin.

Rating: C-. Nothing great here but you have the old school team doing what they do best: having a simple tag team match. Beer Money vs. Ink Inc should be fine but it’s not going to light the world on fire. I’m afraid they’ll go with the titles on Beer Money to help the Fortune stable but that’s another story for later on. This was fine for what it was, which is a 4 minute tag match with an angle for an ending.

Wolfe yells at Chelsea for no apparent reason. Maybe she burned the kippers and chips to feed the redcoats for the stereotype festival.

Desmond Wolfe vs. Jay Lethal

Dreamer is here. Ok then. This is mainly about Wolfe and Chelsea though but Lethal hits that throw in the air neckbreaker thing for the win. There was maybe a minute of wrestling here and the rest was Wolfe yelling at Chelsea. Post match Wolfe beats up Lethal (throwing in a HILARIOUS growl into the camera) and here’s Flair to help with the beatdown. Hogan comes out for the save.

Rating: N/A. WAY too short to grade it here but I like that neckbreaker thing.

Hogan calls out Flair and of course it’s Flair vs. Lethal at the PPV.

10. Angle
9. Wolfe
8. Pope
7. Lethal
6. Joe
5. Sting
4. AJ

Abyss, Hardy and Anderson are some combination of the top three so there’s your main event. That’s how much notice I got for these as well: none at all. They just appeared. By the way, what has Pope actually done to deserve a spot?

Jarrett calls out Sting. He wants to see “Steve” eye to eye. That’s the second time I’ve seen Sting’s bare face on a wrestling show.

 

[ABMorales787]

Where do these guys get these shoes?