TNA Xplosion is Awful

[X]

So I decided to go back and catch up on Xplosion in 2011, thinking "Hey, maybe they actually fit some good wrestling into that syndicated hour broadcast"....nope. Not even close. They average maybe one or two matches on the show, and they absolutely NEVER go past 5 or so minutes, EVER. What are the other 40 odd minutes of the show spent on you ask? Recapping Impact, more backstage promos...and more recapping Impact.

Just a fair warning to everyone out there, don't even bother with this show, it's a waste of your time. Add up all of the in-ring time from Xplosion AND Impact, and odds are you still won't have as much in-ring time as your average episode of WWE Superstars or WWE NXT. Which is pathetic.

Anyone else ever catch this show? The only redeeming quality is JB on commentary really.

 

[klunderbunker]

Impact barely has as much ring time as NXT. Last week it beat NXT by I believe 3 minutes.

 

[X]

It just boggles the mind KB, it really does. I mean fuck, Superstars manages to fit like 30+ minutes of in-ring time into an hour broadcast AND recap everything from Raw and sometimes NXT, and TNA can't even match that with 3 hours of programming. Just pathetic.

I just watched a 5 minute match between Robbie E and Douglas Williams. No exaggeration, 4 minutes and 30 seconds of the match was a chinlock by Robbie E and fist-bumping by Douglas Williams. I'm longing for the days of Beaver Cleavage and Droz on Sunday Night Heat right now.

 

[Joe's Gonna Kill You]

Umm the most recent ones I've seen have had one taped match and 1 old match recaps of iMPACT and the Spin Cycle show they do.

EDIT: X the ones who are watching now is different from the ones that have aired recently they have changed the format to what I mentioned above

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

I don't mind a show with little in-ring action. I like seeing solid matches, for free, but whatever. If I were enjoying the talking segments, I wouldn't mind. If I were enjoying the feuds/storylines, I wouldn't mind. But I'm not, so it gets old.

Caught a few episodes of Xplosion, and wasn't impressed.

 

[klunderbunker]

It just boggles the mind KB, it really does. I mean fuck, Superstars manages to fit like 30+ minutes of in-ring time into an hour broadcast AND recap everything from Raw and sometimes NXT, and TNA can't even match that with 3 hours of programming. Just pathetic.

I just watched a 5 minute match between Robbie E and Douglas Williams. No exaggeration, 4 minutes and 30 seconds of the match was a chinlock by Robbie E and fist-bumping by Douglas Williams. I'm longing for the days of Beaver Cleavage and Droz on Sunday Night Heat right now.

I mentioned in one of the SD reviews awhile back that it's not even the ring time that matters. It's the pacing of the show. SD had about 20 minutes of in ring time but there was never more than about 4 minutes between matches. Even if the matches are 2 minutes long, it keeps things going. On Impact you're lucky to get 10 minutes of wrestling in the first hour. The rest is talking and commericals with a random brawl thrown in.

 

[a0161613]

Oh yes, cant forget about the obligatory Impact brawl. Either that or an ring promo to start the show. 9 times out of 10 anyway

 

[Mighty NorCal]

I mean really, you could have just edited out the word "Xplosion" here, thats the bottomo line to all this

 

[X]

I mean really, you could have just edited out the word "Xplosion" here, thats the bottomo line to all this

Yeah but that would be redundant. I just wanted to let everyone know that if they had any interest in checking out Xplosion, don't worry, you don't have to because it's hot garbage.

The things I do for my fellow wrasslin' fans.

Now, back to the GOOD stuff....episodes of Heat and Thunder from 1999. Oh yeah.

 

[The Crock]

I don't even want to hazard watching Xplosion. I can barely make it through Impact.

 

[Joe's Gonna Kill You]

The episodes since the "rebrand" have been good

 

[Smooth Sexual Chocolate]

I'd mark out hard if the E ever decided to bring back Sunday Night Heat, I loved that show as a kid, especially before a PPV.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

C'mon guys, TNA is still a new company. You can't expect them to know what they're doing after only 9 years as a company.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

The episodes since the "rebrand" have been good

Was this supposed to be funny?

Good like waking up in the middle of a fucking house fire, I guess

 

[X]

The episodes since the "rebrand" have been good

I hope so. Right now I'm at April in my Xplosion-viewing, and the first four months of 2011 have been really, really bad. I mean would it fucking kill them to give ONE match more than 5 minutes EVER? God even WCW Worldwide and Pro on Sunday mornings at 8AM had more in-ring time than this.

I'd mark out hard if the E ever decided to bring back Sunday Night Heat, I loved that show as a kid, especially before a PPV.

Fuck year, loved Heat. Show got REALLY good towards 2000-2001 with guys like Jerry Lynn, RVD, and the Radicalz rocking the house every week. Some awesome hidden gems on those shows that have been unfairly forgotten.

C'mon guys, TNA is still a new company. You can't expect them to know what they're doing after only 9 years as a company.

You're right, you're right. I'll give 'em another 20 years.

 

[Joe's Gonna Kill You]

I hope so. Right now I'm at April in my Xplosion-viewing, and the first four months of 2011 have been really, really bad. I mean would it fucking kill them to give ONE match more than 5 minutes EVER? God even WCW Worldwide and Pro on Sunday mornings at 8AM had more in-ring time than this.

Since the rebrand the shows are much better with a new format.

The first show after the re brand had Wolf's return Pope vs Suicide in the new tournament that Wolfe introduced. The TNA on-demand match of the week which Kaz vs Kurt Angle from Slammiverary 2010 an all knockout spin cycle and 1 TNA rewind with Sting and Anderson

Second show had Crimson vs Robbie E. X-Division KOTM match from Slammiversary 09 Second half a Spin Cycle with the Knockouts and the rewind was the Angle vs RVD match from a couple weeks ago.

 

[ABMorales787]

The last one I saw was when Desmond Wolfe returned. I like the format, but it could REALLY use more matches. The show feels to short.

 

[goodlay]

Serious question: Who exactly watches Xplosion? Like, where is it broadcasted? Because it certainly isn't anywhere on US TV.

 

[Joe's Gonna Kill You]

Its show in the UK on Challenge TV

 

[X]

I do like the Spin Cycle segments though now that Joe brings them up, those are always pretty entertaining and I like the whole "shoot" feel to it.

I believe it airs in Australia on TV too Joe.

 

[Brian in Austin]

It's all the fault of executives with Turner Broadcasting. LoL

 

[Joe's Gonna Kill You]

I do like the Spin Cycle segments though now that Joe brings them up, those are always pretty entertaining and I like the whole "shoot" feel to it.

I believe it airs in Australia on TV too Joe.

Yea I enjoy them to
Here are the most recent spin cycles