Tonight, Chris Sabin addresses the crowd for the first time as the TNA Heavyweight champion.
Also, the X Division Title is on the line in an "Ultimate X" match between Sonjay Dutt vs. Manik vs. Greg Marasculio
The Knockouts Title will also be on the line as Mickie James defends the belt against Gail Kim
Plus, three BFG Series matches will take place:
Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles
Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels
Mr. Anderson vs. Hernandez
Also, the X Division Title is on the line in an "Ultimate X" match between Sonjay Dutt vs. Manik vs. Greg Marasculio
The Knockouts Title will also be on the line as Mickie James defends the belt against Gail Kim
Plus, three BFG Series matches will take place:
Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles
Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels
Mr. Anderson vs. Hernandez
So they're not out of business yet?
ReplyDeleteI've spent the last three hours (and an hour last night) watching old WWF stuff on Youtube.com through using my AppleTV. WWE should get their WWE Network on the Apple TV like ESPN and HBO have done.
Jesus Christ it's 8:50 and I'm going to be the first comment?
The show starts at 9:00pm
ReplyDeleteSince some have asked in the comments, I was thinking of posting a thread for Smackdown tomorrow. Is this something that you guys would like?
ReplyDeleteThe show starts at 9:00.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? Since when?
ReplyDeleteOkay kid, you have the belt. Not bad for a first promo.
ReplyDeleteOh no... no more legal bullshit.
A month?
ReplyDeleteWho is this fucker?
ReplyDeletelol, what is suing TNA really going to accomplish?
ReplyDeleteOnce the company goes out of business, it's harder to sue.
ReplyDeleteHOLY CRAP the lead attorney is Dean Hill, the lead announcer for OVW. It's absolutely surreal to see him on TNA.
ReplyDeleteNegative TNA comment
ReplyDeleteWhy does TNA sell guitars?
ReplyDeleteThis.
ReplyDeleteBackstock from Jarrett's run?
ReplyDeleteOr Mickie's stash?
Bully Ray...badass gangleader who uses a lawyer.
ReplyDelete"I don't comment on pending litigation" That should just be Hulks new catchphrase!
ReplyDeleteLet it play out, see where it goes retort.
ReplyDeleteI think a "digital" channel would be awesome. Roku has plenty of them, though like you, I'm an Apple TV user.
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, I've never actually seen an Ultimate X match.
ReplyDeleteUgh, it look like someone pasted an X over the old, ugly IC title.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with that, Michael Corleone used Tom Hagen.
ReplyDeleteSomeone has suggested eliminating the fancy "Titantron" type screen as a cost-cutting measure. I agree. While it's nice, it doesn't even show the action in the ring. What is the point of it?
ReplyDeleteFun little match so far.
ReplyDelete"Hey, Monsoon! I hear Dixie Carter was harassed on Twitter by the humanoids. Poor Dixie."
ReplyDelete"Sometimes people go too far, Brain. Frankly, I'm surprised you're showing some sympathy for Dixie Carter!"
"What?! I did not."
"You just said 'Poor Dixie!'"
"I was talking about her financial situation!"
"WILL YOU STOP?!"
So much win.
ReplyDeleteSuicide is dead.
ReplyDeleteTNA 10 Reunion: Say Goodbye While You Still Can
ReplyDeleteDamn, that's high.
ReplyDeleteFearless? More like smart. Easier to crawl on a "solid" structure than shimmy on a rope.
ReplyDeleteManik is winning this one.
ReplyDeleteNot a fan of them going to the top of the scaffold, slows the action down too much and it turns into a scaffold match.
ReplyDeleteMAAAAAANNNNNNMNICKCKCKX
ReplyDeleteThat ending was flat. Fine match, just a "eh" finish.
ReplyDeleteNow take off your mask Chris Daniels.
ReplyDeleteThe only time a lawyer angle has worked is with Andy Kaufman and that was because he was the outsider using non-wrestling tactics to annoy everyone
ReplyDeleteSince there's literally NOTHING else on tonight, I flipped over to IMPACT for the first time in a year. The ending spot to Ultimate X might be the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Why did those guys climb above the cables and on to the top of the "structure"? Why did Manic hang upside down around the belt for 2 minutes before grabbing it? So, so illogical and non-sensical. Back to the CFL...
ReplyDeleteI'd rather it be Eric Bischoff. Too bad 3 Minute Warning can't run out and decimate everyone.
ReplyDeleteSo you're watching the TNA of football?
ReplyDelete-The structure is a lot more secure than hanging by a cable.
ReplyDelete-Manic was unfastening the belt while being kicked in the head
HUZZAH!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, can a wrestler debut on either TNA or WWE as CARLOS DANGER? That would be awesome!
ReplyDeleteRusso would've been all over that
ReplyDeleteBut isn't the point of the match to go across the cables? Why would I climb higher? They make it so hard to suspend disbelief. So obviously choreographed, that's all.
ReplyDeleteAnyone listen to the Scott Hall appearance on the Steve Austin podcast? Listening to people who know wrestling talking about wrestling is more enjoyable than most modern wrestling.
ReplyDeleteAnd Manic was just hanging there for a while before anyone was kicking him in the head.
ReplyDeleteWith all the illegal shit on YouTube they practically have one. I would pay $10/month easy for a better version of what I've been watching right now for free (two old SNME's and two old Coliseum Videos).
ReplyDeleteInstead what did they put on their YouTube channel? Fucking original programming. Fuck that. I want to access anything ever and I think if you put that shit on YouTube that would totally work.
I've done some commentary before, so naturally now, I sometimes just think of stuff in my head, and funnily enough, at that point I was thinking of mentioning how if you can handle the obvious height issue, and the risk of danger, then taking the structure route could pay off.
ReplyDeleteSo it was more of a commentary issue, imo.
It's to get the belt in the middle. The only "no-no" is getting it from below.
ReplyDeleteThey should give Hernandez an Aaron Hernandez gimmick.
ReplyDeleteOh and not that I'm complaining, but no Taz week #2
ReplyDeleteHave I said recently how much Anderson's grown on me since joining Aces?
ReplyDeleteOh, and when did Kennedy turn into Andrew Dice Clay???
ReplyDeleteNOW back to the CFL...
He was mentioned by Tenay and JB, something about "keeping his own schedule."
ReplyDeleteSo I'd assume no firing. Yet.
Supposedly he tried to get back in WWE and they had no interest at all. Is his absence part of an angle?
ReplyDeleteIt's so much better listening to Jeremy rather than Taz. I don't know what anyone sees in that guy.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that was dumb SuperMex.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you bud. I'd LOVE for them to create a WWE Classics YouTube channel, similar to what TNA does. $5/month or so for most of their back catalog. Or even make a pay structure. $5 for all TV, another $1 for WCW and ECW shows, another buck for other promotions, another for PPV. It's so idiotic that they haven't done it yet. They're sitting on money.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny, I'll watch a little TNA here and there but this is going to be the first time in a long time I've watched an entire episode beginning to end. All it took was being in the hospital. That should be TNA's new target audience.
ReplyDeleteShe's being relentlessly mocked on twitter, Dixie doesn't have time to answer questions!
ReplyDeleteDixie was asked for her opinion on the Bubba/Sabin situation. She answered with "you'll know when i know." I guess she's still thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, her "assistant" seems to be underqualified for that role.
ReplyDeleteVelvet Sky's eyebrows are distracting.
ReplyDeleteNothing makes a biker gang look tough like calling their attorney.
ReplyDeleteNo. No more Velvet title shots. Please no more.
ReplyDeleteIt's all the rage.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see more of Taryn Terrell.
ReplyDeleteHas Velvet had her tits done again?
ReplyDeleteWhat's in it for WWE anyway? Taz was never a major star for them, he can no longer work matches, and he's lazier than Lawler on commentary.
ReplyDeleteDamn, I forgot how much I love Mickie!
ReplyDeleteDid Homicide do it?
ReplyDeleteAny chance WWE would ever take Mickie or Gail back after their awkward departures now that HHH is in charge of talent instead of Johnny Ace?
ReplyDeleteThe Sons of Anarchy have a lawyer.
ReplyDeleteJust saying.
Okay... I'm starting to want to see this feud:
ReplyDeleteRoode/Aries/Mickie v Daniels/Kazarian/Gail.
SO MUCH AWESOME HEEL. SO LITTLE RING.
Maybe MIckie but not Gail.
ReplyDeleteThere's a stunt granny in the front row!
ReplyDeleteThat was another damn fine match. Needed a fast count though.
ReplyDelete*sigh* Go away!
ReplyDeleteGail, SLAP BROOKE. Do it.
ReplyDeleteIS GAILS GIMMICK FEUDING WITH REFEREES?
ReplyDeleteShut your mouth overpaid WHORE
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised she didn't fire him when he blew out that second knee.
ReplyDeleteWhoops...guess I should specify who I meant there with two Hogan segments back to back
ReplyDeleteI hate TNA's backstage segments. It's like we're spying and makes the talent look dumb like they don't notice the camera crew. It's awful.
ReplyDeleteYet WWE has done it for a decade
ReplyDeleteNo specifying needed. Either Hogan's a good target for that line.
ReplyDeleteWOW SO THEYRE GONNA STRIP SABIN OFF THE TITLE? CHEAP
ReplyDeleteThe "hidden interviewer" segments work out okay IMO.
ReplyDeleteI don't like there's either, but at least they're not filming through partially closed blinds.
ReplyDeleteTheir's*
ReplyDeleteThe Beek is awesome as always!
ReplyDeleteNothing stings like a pun.
ReplyDeleteYEA IT HAS A REALISTIC LOOK TO IT. I'M SURE THE WRESTLERS ACKNOWLEDGED THE CAMERA'S PRESENCE TO SAME SENSE THAT REALITY TV PPL DO.
ReplyDeleteI dunno. Could just be me. I think it's dumb and makes them look stupid, like they don't know their "private" conversation isn't being broadcasted to the world.
ReplyDeleteAnd Dixie
ReplyDeleteMEM's theme sounds like an 80's video game.
ReplyDeleteThis should be good.
ReplyDeleteANYONE ELSE THINK THE MEM'S THEME SONG IS ONE OF THE WORST THEME SONGS EVER MADE? I MEAN, ONLY SHIT, WTF IS THIS? TETRIS? FUCK OFF TNA
ReplyDeleteOne of these days, Joe should pin a bitch off the Bitchslap Of Pain.
ReplyDeleteThat could have gone longer and without the BS ending.
ReplyDeleteWasn't that good.
ReplyDeleteDaniels sold that palm thrust like a WCW Revenge KO.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind the ending... about time Aces f*** with the MEM. Would be funny to see the two of them remove Joe and Anderson from the final four with continuous interference/BS.
ReplyDeleteMagnus... yeah, he's pretty much Top 4 now. Unless he eats -10s
Nearly all TNA themes suck.
ReplyDeleteNo, it wasn't but it was too short so they didn't have time to do much. These two can usually bring the goods though.
ReplyDeleteSting looks more like a Florida real estate agent more and more each week. It's the glasses ... and soul patch.
ReplyDeleteI'll never forget the epic confrontation between Sammartino and Monsoon's lawyers that headlined arenas all over the northeast in the 70's.
ReplyDeleteOr Hogan vs. Heenan's lawyers RE: Orndorff on SNME, Andre at Main Event and WMIII, etc...
ReplyDeleteGood observation man. Also a Florida used car salesman. Hey I think you just thought of a gimmick for him if he ever goes to WWE. He sells Undertaker a house that has property damage that wasn't revealed. Undertaker gets pissed and challenges Sting to a match at Mania with the house on the line.
ReplyDeleteThis lawyer business is stupid. For a company that once prided itself to an obnoxious degree on being different from WWE, it's really not - still following the same tired, hokey wrestling staples - authority figures, marriages, power struggles, lawyers, matches made on the fly after a chance confrontation with the authority figure.
ReplyDeleteIf a promotion would go back to a Jack Tunney style authority figure only used for for major announcements, no backstage segments, and cards announced a week or two ahead, it would feel like Bizzaro World.
ReplyDeleteIt felt like TNA might head that way a while back... then someone got impatient.
ReplyDelete(IMO)
I like the idea of the show starting and there being a number of matches signed because they're wrestlers in a wrestling company and that's what they do - it's not like the Dodgers play the Yankees because Don Mattingly pissed off Bud Selig and he ordered them to play a baseball game as punishment.
ReplyDeleteThat's how I wish authority figures were used, just like that. And only ONE authority figure, none of this CEO, COO, GM, Assistant GM crap.
ReplyDeleteSweet!
ReplyDeleteSmart move AJ, you don't know where that hand has been.
ReplyDeleteNow that's more like it AJ. That should've been him for the last couple months.
ReplyDeleteIt would be kinda cool to see baseball be like wrestling. 1986 World Series Game 6, ball goes through Buckners legs. The Red Sox kick Buckners ass on the field and kick him off the team. Game 7 has Buckner come out having joined the Yankees, hits a home run to win the game.
ReplyDeletewe are going to sue the girl, we are going to sue the teachers, we are going to sue the school system and we are going to sue.. the girl's parents.
ReplyDeleteIt's because Vince is a genius, brother. Hulkster recognizes that, and is bringing that genius to TNA.
ReplyDelete(I find it hard to compromise the evidence that Vince turned a regional promotion into a global publicly-traded corporation with that fact that he is creatively bankrupt. Vince is less than a hack creatively. The millionaire who should be a billionaire.
WWE has no reason to question this, because they're doing all right for themselves. But if you're the competition, why emulate WWE's creative bankruptcy? Why not look that their product and go, Christ, imagine how much money they'd make if it were any good? This is why TNA is failing.
They're actively emulating a creatively terrible product because the people in charge aren't exactly John Lasseter when it comes to discerning taste, and at heart they're carny con men and women with no respect for their audience. There's no desire to create art and believe that it'll be of enough quality to find an audience. The goal is to con the marks out of their money.
I'd say this works for Vince because there's a demand for professional wrestling in general, and WWE simply fills that vacuum. But has it never occurred to anyone else that producing the HBO or Pixar-equivalent of wrestling in terms of quality would be like shooting fish in a barrel?
But I digress.)
So then Sting should be filing a lawsuit also? And Hardy?
ReplyDeleteOnly if it's the house from the first IYH PPV.
ReplyDeleteCena won't let them sign Mickie back, i'd bet.
ReplyDeleteThis is dumb and is making Bully look like a whiney bitch.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm a casual viewer tuning in, I'd find Chris Sabin the least credible world champion of all time.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you read it upside down?
ReplyDeleteAlso, Bully is willing to sue over losing his title after being hit in the head with a hammer, but isn't suing Sabin for actually hitting him in the head with a hammer? Seems like he'd have more of a case.
ReplyDeleteSo one month. Sabin gets to be champ for one month.
ReplyDeleteDidn't they actually do a thing where Heenan brought in his own personal attorney? I seem to remember watching something like that on some of the Prime Time's from 87 or 88.
ReplyDeleteGotta say, compared to RAW, Impact flies by.
ReplyDeleteIt's a far better style than the WWE's everyone stands in front of the camera and spouts expository dialogue and someone relevant to the conversation is standing just out of shot waiting to interrupt.
ReplyDeleteHernandez has almost killed more people with the Border Toss.
ReplyDeleteStephanie Wiand can be the guest referee!
ReplyDeleteI assume the Yankees locked the Mets in the locker room and took their place in this scenario?
ReplyDeleteits a good thing that hogan made a steel cage match to ensure that bully doesnt win with outside help from a&8. it would be a shame to have a repeat of the last time that bully won a steel cage match with outside help from a&8
ReplyDeleteand at the end of the show, i like how hogan talked about how he was goin' over the contract all day... even though hed only known about the lawsuit for 2 hrs. maybe hes like me and spends all his free time lookin' over legal docs just in case
i havent read the comments yet, so if anyone else made the following observation, kudos on bein' as brilliant as me:
ReplyDeletekevin nash is bullys lawyer?
How do you like Apple TV? Why choose it over Roku? I am thinking of investing on both actually...
ReplyDeleteMight as well... anything to give me more shit to read while I am not doing my job.
ReplyDeleteThey should hire Rosey and call him 1.5 Minute Warning
ReplyDelete"Velvet Sky's ass cheeks are distracting"
ReplyDeleteFIFY
She's so, she's so fine she blows your mind?
ReplyDeleteHow did Gail leave awkwardly?
ReplyDeleteMisogynist!
ReplyDeleteThat's what she said!
ReplyDeleteIf they did that who would come out and turn everything into a TAG TEAM MATCH PLAYA?
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty much the point.
ReplyDeletewhat do you expect, she fired him even though she promised him a job for life!
ReplyDeleteI love it! I chose it because I have a huge iTunes library of music and I use the Apple TV to listen to music through my sound system. Netflix makes it even better. It's also great for when I start listening to something on my iPhone in my car, I can finish listening to it through the Apple TV. It includes apps for MLB.tv and NHL.tv and I'm hoping (praying?) that they'll be an NFL app that gives me access to Sunday ticket.
ReplyDeleteBut really, I bought it because I already have an iPod, iPad, iPhone and Macbook so the AppleTV was just the next purchase in the collection.
That's what they always say to me.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct sir, my bad. I have no idea why I put Yankees there instead of Mets.
ReplyDelete