Right now, TNA is the highest rated and most watched show on Spike TV. They should take advantage of their comfortable position with the network and just shove good wrestling matches down our throats every week ala ROH. They have the talent to do it. Instead, they're feeding me crap every week and letting it slip through their fingers.
TNA for 7/22
A.J. Styles vs. Rob Terry for the TNA Global Championship. Match lasts literally 3 minutes with The Freak hitting Styles with power moves. Terry has the moveset of The Ultimate Warrior so it's no surprise that they copy the ending of the Wrestlemania 5 Warrior/Rick Rude match with Kazarian playing the Bobby Heenan role. Styles wins the title.
TNA Knockouts tag team match. Hot chicks that can't wrestle. Somebody wins and there's a chick with a motorcycle hiding her identity by wearing a helmet. I can only hope it's a woman that can wrestle a good match. Mickie James?
Kurt Angle vs. Hernandez. Hernandez sucks. Angle carries the match and makes it tolerable. At least he's rewarded with a win for his effort.
Kevin Nash appears looking more and more like Jerry Garcia. He calls out Jeff Jarret and talks about Sting and Jarrett taking dumps. Seriously. No reason for this segment.
Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Hardy. Very good match that ends in a time-limit draw. The only problem is that it was a 10 minute match. Two of your best workers trying to get the viewers into the second hour of the show and you end the match after 10 minutes! Gay.
Mr. Anderson vs. Matt Morgan. The arena audience might actually be sleeping during this match. Crummy match. Anderson wins and people yawn. Too bad, because I like Matt Morgan.
Beer Money vs. Motor City Machine Guns in a street fight. Apparently it's match #2/5 in a series. Don't get how BM won the first match yet they're not the champs going into match #2. Whoever wins 3 matches in the series is the champ? I thought that was for vacant titles. Match is actually really good with Beer Money winning following a ref bump and fake beer bottle over the head. I'll bet my bottom dollar the Machine Guns win the next 2 matches to push it to match #5.
Dixie Carter appears dressed like a hussy. Are we suppose to take a 46 year-old woman serious as President of the company when she dresses like a college chick complete with tons of make-up and attempted cleavage. She brings out Mick Foley, Tommy Dreamer, Rhino, Raven and Stevie Richards. Hurts that they can't legally use ECW, so these guys are "hardcore" and "extreme". Dreamer takes the mic and basically craps on the reincarnation of ECW and asks for just one night to show everyone how it used to be. Dixie Carter tells him to go ahead and get it done. This angle peaks my interest only because of the success of the One Night Stand pay-per views.
I really can't see how someone could watch this show as it happens without the the benefit of fast-forward. DVR TNA and watch the 2-hour show in an hour if you care about yourself.
Love,
Chico
TNA for 7/22
A.J. Styles vs. Rob Terry for the TNA Global Championship. Match lasts literally 3 minutes with The Freak hitting Styles with power moves. Terry has the moveset of The Ultimate Warrior so it's no surprise that they copy the ending of the Wrestlemania 5 Warrior/Rick Rude match with Kazarian playing the Bobby Heenan role. Styles wins the title.
TNA Knockouts tag team match. Hot chicks that can't wrestle. Somebody wins and there's a chick with a motorcycle hiding her identity by wearing a helmet. I can only hope it's a woman that can wrestle a good match. Mickie James?
Kurt Angle vs. Hernandez. Hernandez sucks. Angle carries the match and makes it tolerable. At least he's rewarded with a win for his effort.
Kevin Nash appears looking more and more like Jerry Garcia. He calls out Jeff Jarret and talks about Sting and Jarrett taking dumps. Seriously. No reason for this segment.
Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Hardy. Very good match that ends in a time-limit draw. The only problem is that it was a 10 minute match. Two of your best workers trying to get the viewers into the second hour of the show and you end the match after 10 minutes! Gay.
Mr. Anderson vs. Matt Morgan. The arena audience might actually be sleeping during this match. Crummy match. Anderson wins and people yawn. Too bad, because I like Matt Morgan.
Beer Money vs. Motor City Machine Guns in a street fight. Apparently it's match #2/5 in a series. Don't get how BM won the first match yet they're not the champs going into match #2. Whoever wins 3 matches in the series is the champ? I thought that was for vacant titles. Match is actually really good with Beer Money winning following a ref bump and fake beer bottle over the head. I'll bet my bottom dollar the Machine Guns win the next 2 matches to push it to match #5.
Dixie Carter appears dressed like a hussy. Are we suppose to take a 46 year-old woman serious as President of the company when she dresses like a college chick complete with tons of make-up and attempted cleavage. She brings out Mick Foley, Tommy Dreamer, Rhino, Raven and Stevie Richards. Hurts that they can't legally use ECW, so these guys are "hardcore" and "extreme". Dreamer takes the mic and basically craps on the reincarnation of ECW and asks for just one night to show everyone how it used to be. Dixie Carter tells him to go ahead and get it done. This angle peaks my interest only because of the success of the One Night Stand pay-per views.
I really can't see how someone could watch this show as it happens without the the benefit of fast-forward. DVR TNA and watch the 2-hour show in an hour if you care about yourself.
Love,
Chico
I watched it in real time...it did hurt.
ReplyDeleteHernandez does suck...in their little backstage promo section, Bubba Ray had a Latin American Exchange shirt on...could this foreshadow a reunion when Homicide gets off the DL? Its probably the best thing for his career right now.
I was actually impressed by the use of the time limit draw, 10 minutes or not...it drives me crazy that TNA gives away PPV matches on free TV, but using the time limit whets the appetite for an upcoming feud or match with those two. I tip my hat to them for giving us the match on free TV but still holding something back for a PPV. Nice booking.