EV 2.0 Is a Really Stupid Name

TNA has a tendency to name things badly. If they had a kid they would give it some trendy name that the kid would hate later on like Apple, Pilot Inspektor, Sage Moonblood, Maddox, Prince Michael II, Blanket, Moxie Crimefighter, or some other stupid name.

So now we have Fortune instead of the Flair Four or the Four Horseman and we have EV 2.0 instead of ECW. Okay, whatever, I get you have to change it but think about it longer than two seconds.

I saw the list of ECW original that have been confirmed and to be honest, it's a little disheartening. To be honest, we already know most of them: Dreamer, Foley, RVD, Bubba, Devon, Raven, Rhino, Stevie Richards. The ones that are pretty obvious to most people: Simon Diamond, Al Snow. And the ones that are new but not really surprises: Johnny Swinger, Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney.

Mikey Whipwreck has declined, so did Roadkill. But what about Danny Doring, Steve Corino, Jerry Lynn, The Sandman, Kid Kash. I mean, there are so many names that can be thrown out... this is starting to worry me.

But on to Impact!

We start with a quick legal note from Dreamer, then he welcomes Devon, they talk Bubba into joining up (with somehow Taz getting the final almost non-existent word).

Hogan came out and ruined the moment, followed by Abyss who ruined it more. But we do get to see Dreamer against Abyss tonight in a hardcore match which could be good. Although I doubt they go all out, they might.

Vel Vel is getting more and more annoying every week and this feud with Rayne isn't helping. I fast forward every time. They talk over each other too much.

Angelina Love vs. Sarita (Number One Contender's Match) - Sarita looks better in pants. Something about the way the trunks she was wearing were sitting or something but she looked real awkward. She also did some hilarious gyrating that I think was supposed to show she was Hispanic, in case we didn't know. All I took away from this match is wrestling needs less people who kick people in their face as a finisher (Morgan, Love, Sheamus, Kofi, granted his is coolest).

Eric Young and Orlando Jordan talk back stage. Jordan asks him if he's retarded, way to set wrestling back again Jordan. EY said he had a plan.

OJ chewed some gum and then put it in So Cal Val's mouth. Why is it everything he does is the worst thing in the world. I was hoping for Super Eric but instead got a mannequin.

Mohawk Inc vs. OJ and EY - Not really sure what the point of this match was but Eric made the mannequin tag in and OJ got pinned for the loss. Afterward, EY kept throwing up the X symbol for his mannequin, I'll admit, I laughed.

The Flair Four along with Grandpa are in the ring and talk a bit. They add Beer Money to the group, AJ renames the Global Title to the TV Title, which is a far better name, and we get Kaz vs. Tob Rerry later tonight. Angle comes out and reminds AJ he's coming for him, I can't wait, these two always put on a great match.

Beer Money vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Best of Five Series, Steel Cage) - MCMG climbed in from the outside to the top and started things right. This match was by far the match of the night and MCMG and Beer Money both have amazing moves and chemistry. If this was WWE both teams would've been split up by now. Take note, everyone who complains about tag team wrestling in WWE, TNA does it right more often than WWE in recent years. The action was packed into this match and honestly, if you didn't see it, go watch it. It was a little short to be called PPV quality but it was a really good match.

MCMG better win this thing after the five series is over culminating at the August 12th "super" show.

Matt Morgan may never reach his full potential but the guy is good at what he does. He plays on the mic a bit making fun of Anderson until Anderson comes down. These guys play well off of each other. Anderson punches him in the yam bag, which was obvious before it happened to anyone paying attention. Hardy ran down to make a save and then two security guards (read: independent wrestlers) came in and tossed Hardy and Anderson.

TNA's roster is so full and they just keep bringing people in. There are people we haven't seen in months (Amazing Red) and there are champions being left off of shows (Doug Williams) and yet we have two new guys coming in for a match with two of the top talents in TNA (Anderson and Hardy).

Tob Rerry vs. Kazarian - This was a squash, plain and simple, Rerry went over, no big deal.

Hardy and Anderson vs. Morgan, Murphy and Gunner - This match served no purpose. All the quick tags in the beginning were dumb and really unless Murphy or Gunner had somehow pinned Hardy or Anderson, it made no sense. They lost and now should go back to being security.

Bischoff comes out with Ms. Boobmacher and they make the crowd cheer by pulling a pin from between her melons. As tight as the dress was she should check and make sure ink didn't squeeze out of the tube.

Abyss comes down to ruin things again. He talks about hitting Bischoff and RVD makes the save. They are setting up the Janice on a Pole match for the August 12th show, which is fine, I just hope that soon we found out who "They" are so Abyss can stop screaming about them. Glad they aren't the ECW guys though.

Abyss vs. Tommy Dreamer (Hardcore Match) - It wasn't great but it had some good spots. Tommy looked rough whether its from age, weight gain or his MCL problem. But he made it work and we did get a classic "dropkick an object into the opponent while they are in the tree of woe" spot which made me mark out. Tommy went through barb wire for the end and after all was said and done, Raven came out to start the feud with Tommy back up. They will have a hell of a match at Hardcore Justice, just wait.

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Let's Get Extreme!

After last week's brawl I'm interested at least in what they are going to do with the ECW guys. Plus it might lead to some other ECW guys getting another shot at being on TV. I miss guys like Roadkill, Danny Doring, C.W. Anderson, Justin Credible and many, many others. I know some of them have gotten up there in age but so has Grandpa Flair and he's still going.

Hopefully will see more tonight, fingers crossed, let's start.

Abyss babbles about THEM some more. I think most people believe that THEM is ECW but why then did they attack Abyss last week. If it's someone else, I'll be surprised, if not, I want to see them explain this.

Dixie McMahon makes another on screen appearance to tell us that later she'll tell us why she invited the ECW guys (who were already on the roster, except Dreamer, but don't tell anyone)

Tob Rerry vs. AJ Styles (Global Title Match) - No gimmick... are you sure? Couldn't we do something... a Casket Match... Buried Alive, you know, just cause... Come on TNA you're letting me down! Tob is the longest running Global Champion... good for him (considering he took like two months off during his reign). And after all this crap, Kaz helps AJ win the belt from Rerry... Oh well, no more push Tob, go back to the jobber card.

Taz and Mike Tenay try some witty commentary and fall flat. They couldn't sell ice water in hell.

Sarita and Madison are now getting chummy for no reason. Vel Vel and Lacey walk in and everyone is angry in an 8th grade kind of way. Lacey tries to keep mom and mom together but to no avail.

Dixie yelling makes me sad... she's so bad at it. "You're agents, you don't need to know what's going on!" What the hell does that even mean?

Angelina Love and Taylor Wilde vs. Madison Rayne and Sarita - Why? Because it's TNA dammit! They take the belt from Angelina (which at least makes sense with the context of the match). But it's dumb to keep bouncing the title around like this. Tara shows up again on her bike. Lacey leaves Vel Vel all alone and goes off with Sarita, Tara and Madison. And again, nothing is really furthered.

Kurt Angle vs. Hernandez - Okay, seriously, last week it was all gimmicks, this week we are three matches in and nothing... I'm having withdraws, I'm starting to shake... I, no wait, everything is fine. Honestly, I didn't care much for this match, nor do I care for the story of Kurt Angle coming up through the ranks of the title contenders. He is one of the best there, he doesn't have to prove it. Of course, he wins and moves up another spot.

Big "Not" Sexy comes out and calls out Jarrett. Remember when I didn't like this last week... surprise, surprise, my feelings haven't changed.

Dixie and Kurt share a tender moment and Dixie asks Kurt to trust her... I hope no one is thinking of crucifying anyone... Angle may walk out... Wrestling history boys and girls, learn it, use it, love it.

Fatty Joe vs. The Creature of the Night (aka Matt Hardy's brother) - Hardy starts high-fiving everyone after the bell rings and it just felt... forced... I don't know. TNA isn't even paying attention to this match, focusing more on Bischoff on the phone with Dixie. And it ends in a time limit draw. I like these finishes. It makes you feel like there is more to give. It builds anticipation, now it just needs to go somewhere.

Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Asshole - Anderson saved Pope last week so he is fighting Morgan this week after attacking Morgan... again, at least it makes sense. However, Anderson wins it, way too quickly and that doesn't make sense. What purpose does it serve? Nothing, that's what.

Motor City Machine Guns vs. Beer Money (Street Fight) - Oh Hallelujah, a gimmick match. For those of you who are curious, a Street Fight, No DQ, Falls Count Anywhere, Extreme Rules match are all the same thing. It is given different names to seem varied without being varied. It's a trick and we all fall for it. Very little reason for this to be a street fight which generally puts both competitors in street clothes. Every so often they actually fight in the street, not here, they spend more time in the ring than on the floor. MCMG hits some cool moves and there is good chemistry between these two teams, I'll give them that. Beer Money up by two, MCMG takes the next two and then we get a blowoff for number 5.

Devon and Ray talk about ECW, Ray is against, Devon is for, for no real reasons.

Christy Hemme explains that RVD has history with ECW... Holy... No way... Did he wrestle for them once, maybe a surprise guest spot? How about he was the face of the whole f*n company. RVD says it great to have them back and I believe him. ECW always felt like a fraternity, a bunch of guys who were there because they wanted to be, they believed what they were doing. If there was any justice in the world, it would've lasted. It didn't and I don't know if this will work, but I hope it does.

Dixie's Announcement - They hyped it like a match but it's odd for TNA to end on a promo. Fingers crossed, please work. 

Dixie tells us she loves us and our money and informs us that we like hardcore, extreme wrestling. Out come Dreamer, Rhino, Richards, Foley and Raven. Dixie actually says something that rings pretty true for me, she said something along the lines of what Hogan meant to the 80s, ECW meant to the 90s. It's true. The Attitude Era of WWE wouldn't have existed if ECW didn't prove that you could do it. ECW started the movement that most wrestling fans my age love. They brought out a side of wrestling fans that Vince McMahon didn't know existed. He capitalized on it, but he didn't bring hardcore to TV, ECW did.

Tommy gets the mic and I have to pause it for a second. I met Tommy Dreamer once, outside a WWECW house show in Huntsville, Texas. He shook hands and talked with us like we were all friends despite the fact that we were a bunch of drooling fans who staked out a building hours in advance to bother these guys before they went to work. Out of everyone we met that day, I remember Tommy the most. He was just such a nice, genuine guy.

Okay, enough of that...

He talks about the similarities between ECW and TNA, the parallels that the companies had. Taz and Samoa Joe, Rick Flair and Terry Funk. Tommy talks about WWECW and how great One Night Stand was, and how hard it was for WWE to reinvent ECW and fire his friends and destroy the legacy of ECW. He says he quit his job at 38 years old because he couldn't stomach what they had done to ECW.

It's not about an invasion or taking over, Dreamer says. It's about showing the true ECW spirit again, not what WWE perverted it into. He begs Dixie for one more night, Dixie gives it to him, tells Tommy he is charge and tells him it has nothing to do with TNA, all ECW.

Please, please let that be a shoot.

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EC-Dub, EC-Dub, EC-awww.....

Well that was terrible... Dixie Carter had a meeting this week with talent about tightening up ring work and obviously no one on the roster got the message. Impact! was sloppy and at times looked like some of the worst backyard wrestler's ever come to life. I've seen better fights in middle schools than aired on my TV last night.

Now is this a direct result of the meeting... maybe. Is Dixie sending them a message about how much editing they do by not doing it one night? God, I hope so. I hope this kind of shoddy work is not going to be the norm.

It was hard to sit through and will be hard to relive as I type this... I will have violent flashbacks I'm sure during these writings. This is the terror I put myself through for you, the reader.

We start with the new power rankings, which mean absolutely nothing and are as contrived as any other system ever put in place by any member of management ever.

10) Tob Rerry; 9) The Pope; 8) Kurt Angle; 7) Hernandez; 6) AJ Styles; 5) Jay Lethal; 4) Fatty Joe; 3) Ken Anderson; 2) Matt Hardy's brother; 1) Mick Foley 2.0.

Despite losing to RVD at the PPV in a four-way, Abyss is still the number 1 contender and stars the show with his new girlfriend Janice (the nail board) and a side of beef. During the entire segment all I could think about was that I hoped they changed the ring mat after that huge slab of meat was in the middle.

No one in their right mind would want to wrestle on the canvas after that thing was in there... and then, Abyss ate some of the raw meat... so there's that.

It was a terrible segment that accomplished nothing and Abyss broke his girlfriend in half... there's a joke there but I'm not low brow enough to use it.

I've seen chick fights and in chick fights (especially street fights) there is a lot of pulling hair and gouging with nails. If I was watching a street fight between girls, this is what I would expect, those are the dirty tactics that girls use.

Taylor Wilde vs. Sarita (Street Fight) - Wilde and Sarita seemed lost and confused the whole time, neither one wanting to hit the other one with anything but were told they had to. You can tell their is literally NO animosity between these two because they didn't want to do anything to hurt the other one. This went on way to long and to no point. I still don't know who turned on who, or why, or why I care. They were better as a tag team and TNA should've left well enough alone. And if that was my purse (read: my wife's purse) and I was in the crowd, I'd be pissed. At the end, the crowd felt like me: confused and wanting their life back.

Ms. Teschmacher (or however the hell you spell it) is on the phone talking about something stupid that no one cares about and are just trying to see her adminispheres (was that too much, it felt forced). I think Kevin Nash is going to have sex with her though, so that's punishment enough.

Brian Kendrick vs. Douglas Williams (I Quit Match) - Okay, another gimmick match. I know, I know, I said I like them on TV. It's my fault, I did it. I asked and now I will get them. But I'd like them to make sense. Dougy-Doug beat the BK Value Meal at the PPV so why does Spanky get another shot at Doug... because TNA has no hope for any other X-Division member... or Spanky has guaranteed money coming to him so they figure they better use him.

There was a lot of miscommunication in this match and for the record if someone kicks you in the "back of the head" you shouldn't fall down on your back, it's awkward. Either way, this was a let down. But I think Kevin Nash is going to have sex with Spank though, so that's punishment enough.

Nash vs. Jarrett, I'd pay money not to see that.

Desmond Wolfe vs. The Freakizoid Tob Rerry vs. Fatty Joe - Okay, this could be good... maybe... Magnus is on commentating and the whole time is salivating over Chelsea, I can't blame him, but seriously keep away from my girl Brutus. Wolfe plays a comic foil in this match, a sad place for him to be after coming in and dominating against the likes of Kurt Angle not that long ago. It just goes to show that politics mean more in this business than talent. Joe spent more time outside catching his breath than the mermaids that use to perform at the Aquarena Center in San Marcos (boy there is a mention... anyone who has seen it raise their hands, it was cool!).

Motor City Machine Guns vs. Beer Money, Inc. (Ladder Match, best of 5 series) - Okay... another gimmick... with no point. MCMG won at the PPV, granted it was after a restart, but that isn't why you have a best of 5 series. If this is where they wanted it to lead, they should've had both refs count and each one award one belt to a member of MCMG and one belt to BMI (Body mass index?). Then we could've had a best of 5 to decide. As it stands the MCMGs will hold the belts through to the end.

And by the way, if you could choose any match you wanted when you won the contract, wouldn't you choose a handicap match. I'm pretty sure that would give me a better advantage than a Street Fight.

TNA has hired Gallager to join the main roster, and already he makes more per appearance than any female wrestler on their roster.

Matt Morgan vs. The Pope D'Angelo Dinero - This could be good, two talented young guys who are both hungry to impress management and have some ring time together to show off both of their stre--- oh wait, it's done. Morgan took a Codebreaker and the pin, then stood up immediately to beat down Pope. Anderson made the save which made everything think he was going to beat on Pope but he didn't, proving again that he really is a good guy now... no really... honestly... why are you laughing?

Velvet and Lacey wearing too much clothing yell at each other backstage for no real reason. Madison Rayne is suing TNA for the decision to take her title at the PPV (shouldn't she sue Panda Energy, they have all the money?). Velvet is angry and we know that because she says bad words and yells. Madison is angry as well. Angelina comes out and tries to make it work but Sky won't shut up long enough for it to happen.

Velvet leaves, Angelina is beaten down by Madison and the "mysterious" woman (Tara) and Lacey looks on like a deer in headlights.

Jay Lethal vs. Jeff Hardy - Lethal beats the hell out of Hardy but since he is the golden boy he will get the win. He shouldn't Jay should, keep him on the roll, he's hot (not in the sexy kind of way) and they should let his fire burn, let him get some narrow victories, it's good for him.

Flair announces that Kaz and Styles are in the Flair Four and Desmond whines about not going in.

Abyss comes out and soon RVD and the ECW guys finally make a move, coming in and beating down Abyss which makes little sense if they are the them that he keeps talking about (oh God I sound like TNA). 

The ending was okay but it was hard to see who was on what side. RVD looked like he was mostly fighting with the ECW guys against TNA, Al Snow and Devon too, but it was hard to see.

Dixie put a stop to it all by politely asking them to stop after the cops tried to break it up... get that woman some riot gear and send her to LA, it'll be the cleanest city within a week.

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Stealing the Show

Another week another TNA to critique. There is rampant speculation about ECW continuing and both Dixie Carter and Jeff Jarrett have been fueling fires about "big surprises" again. Although, I think they need to learn to let a surprise be a surprise, that way if it doesn't happen (like last time) no one feels disappointed.

Anderson comes out first and tells everyone he didn't mean to hit Jeff... okay, whatever, I don't care. Hit him, don't hit him, I don't care, just keep calling yourself an asshole and getting pops. They are going to have a match and if the chair gets used someone is obviously pissed.

If TNA was smart they would have Jeff use the chair, Anderson's over and Jeff's creatures of the night have all but disappeared from the Impact Zone.

Kazarian vs. A.J. Styles - Very, very quick opener. Always a good thing, get the crowd nice and pumped up at the beginning, the energy will carry the whole night. And Kaz and A.J. can definitely get this going. The Pele kick has got to be the sweetest looking ineffective move ever. He rarely hits it correctly but when he does it is amazing. And all of this excitement leads... to a double count-out... OH COME ON!!!!!!

Topless Angelina makes me happy, topless Chelsea would make me lose it, not saying, I'm just saying.

Daffney vs. Angelina Love - Daffney looks angry and attempts to take it out on Love but Angelina tears through her. Daffney had little to no offense at all. Not someone who should be squashed. Oh well, that's TNA for you.

Madison Rayne comes out to confront Angelina, the add the stupid career-ending stipulation for Angelina and the other Beautiful People can't interfere. This makes this whole match dumb, because Love is going to win, she isn't going anywhere.

Devon is still trying to convince Ray that Jesse is okay, he's not, I'm on Bubba Ray's side. And of course all of this leads to Jesse vs. Devon vs. Bubba at Victory Road.... dumb, just dumb.

RVD vs. Samoa Joe - Why is the champion fighting in the middle of the night, no one knows and TNA doesn't care. If you want Anderson and Hardy to main event, give them the belt, don't do this to RVD. This is a match that should've been saved for PPV as well. Joe may be getting fat but this is what many would consider a dream match. And it delivered. The ECW guys show up and RVD acknowledges them. All was good with this... just bad timing.

Douglas Williams vs. Jeremy Buck (Ladder Match) - This is one of the reasons I love TNA, how often do you see a ladder match on Raw or Smackdown. Some might say it destroys the match, making it less special, but I enjoy it. And holy crap somehow Buck got a win over the X-Division champion. That is sad, very, very sad.

Decent promo by the MCMG, funny and quick. Good on them.

MCMG and Hernandez vs. Beer Money and Matt Morgan - Here's a match that was thrown together for time. I hate when they do this. Cut out some of the stupid segments and just have two matches. It's dumb. The heels go over, I don't know why, I didn't really watch.

Pope cuts another decent promo, Nash is still bitching, Hogan is unsure.

Lethal talk some and Flair interrupts. It may be a dream matchup for the boy from New Jersey but I don't want Flair back in the ring.

Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson - They get through the match and no chair is used. Hardy gets the win and really nothing is furthered at all.

Abyss comes lumbering out with a big spiked board. RVD comes to help and now Anderson grabs the chair. He hits Abyss and all his happy in the world of TNA...





Victory Road this weekend... meh, I don't care.

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Situation Normal, All F*D Up

First off let me say that MPX Mayhem at Midcities was the best show that Metroplex Wrestling has put on so far. The introduction of Genesis and all that happened at the show made for an enjoyable evening. I can't wait to see what happens next.

Now enough shilling, and on to TNA.

Abyss is throwing chairs around, you know, cause he's a heel now. Bischoff hits Abyss and then Abyss rips his arms off and beat him to death in the middle of the ring... oh what, sorry, I fell asleep, may have been dreaming.

Tonight we get Abyss and Hardy and I couldn't care less. Abyss goes after Taz, furthering the idea of ECW invading, probably being pissed at Taz for being a "TNA guy" now.

A few weeks ago, Hogan gave Abyss everything. Now he wants to "end" him. Terrible continuity.

Mohawk Inc. vs. Motor City Machine Guns - I refuse to call them Ink Inc. any more. It's dumb and I hate it. This got the crowd going and MCMG is always a good match. But its hard to work to face teams, the Mohawks came off as heels and the crowd hated them. D'Von comes out to stop Bubba from interfering which means he will and it causes Neal to be distracted and they lose again.

I thought they were supposed to be fighting for the belt.

Dixie shows up, won't talk about why... I bet it's Sting, we haven't driven that into the ground yet... right?

AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe - These guys used to have great matches together with Christopher Daniels. I want it to be like that again, but sadly it can't be. Styles is a pussy and Joe is fatter than hell. His move set doesn't work with the excess weight and he doesn't look good doing it. AJ definitely came off better here but took the loss to Joe. Which doesn't make any sense. At this rate, Styles will never be in the Flair Four (much better name than Fortune).

Oh what a shock, a meeting with Dixie about Sting. He is the only reason she is ever on the show. It makes no sense. NO ONE CARES ABOUT STING ANY MORE!!

Desmond Wolfe vs. Brian Kendrick (Submission Match) - Okay, I get it, the company isn't high on Wolfe right now. But he is an internet darling, and one of the few in your company that has a good reputation and fans that generally enjoy him. Stop squashing him. It is bad for business. Especially if he is going to lose to Spanky. I get that you needed to put Spanky over in a submission match to make him a viable threat to Douglas Williams but not Wolfe. That's stupid.

For the record, I love Chelsea... I would do things to her that are unmentionable here. She is a very attractive woman.

Tommy Dreamer, who is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet as a wrestling fan, snubs a camera guy. It's fun to watch him try to heel, it won't work once he's on TV the fans will eat it up and cheer louder for him than Anderson.

The Pope is back and that makes things better for the company. Dinero was really hitting a stride when he separated his shoulder and hopefully it can continue now.

Angle and Pope and Victory Road, it will be a good match, but I'm concerned in case Pope isn't 100%. Angle goes all out and if someone is not at their best, it can end badly for them.

Lethal gave a decent promo as did Morgan (still miss him calling himself "we")...

Jay Lethal vs. Matt Morgan - OH COME ON! Can't we have matches that go to a finish any more. I am so sick and tired of run-ins and all the other bull. Write a finish that has someone winning clean.

Madison Rayne vs. Taylor Wilde - This battle makes me very happy. Taylor Wilde does not get as much ring time as she should. Wilde should be, by far, someone the company is building the Knockout Division around. She is amazing in the ring. Dreamer made his appearance and Rayne got the win.

Angelina comes down, bringing the chair with her but Rayne gets out of the way. And then Sarita comes down to attack... Taylor? Why... what the hell TNA, why do we have to ruin everything that is good. There is no explanation, no setup, nothing that makes any sense. Write a story line and figure it out. This is why no one likes you.

Dixie gives Sting the ultimate punishment... he's SUSPENDED. What the hell? Is this high school? Steve Borden is on SUSPENSION... OH NO!!!! What will he do!!!!

Jeff Hardy vs. Abyss (RVD as Referee) - I have seen these two fight before. It is a mismatch of styles and doesn't work unless it is hardcore. This isn't. They both take some nasty bumps. Hardy gets a clean win, killing any heat Abyss had going into Victory Road.

But, look, something original, an attack after the match. Boy I need a sarcasm button.

Anderson hits Hardy with a chair in another heel turn? I don't know, I don't care.

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Even AT&T Hates TNA

Yesterday I got to suffer through TNA with a group of some of the greatest guys I know and I appreciate them sacrificing their time to walk me through this painful experience.

Even my AT&T UVerse is upset at TNA as it cut out TWICE during taping of the show, so I missed "vital" parts of the show. Don't worry, it'll be fine, I'll figure it out.

We get a replay of Abyss looking stupid and putting Anderson in a pile of sugar. And then we're "graced" by Hulk Hogan's presence. Stupid tourists... chanting for a 60 year old man in a wrestling ring. Hogan talks for a while, not really sure what he said other than BROTHER!

But eventually Abyss comes out, screams about another mysterious "they", I mean come on TNA, is this going to be like Fat Joe's kidnappers... we'll mention it here and there and then eventually you'll forget you wrote about it in the first place.

Of course, speculation is that this is leading the way for the ECW/TNA faction to be formed. As an original ECW fan, this concerns me. They have Rhino (who hasn't been seen in forever), RVD, Dreamer, Raven and Stevie and there are still some guys around who could work from the new breed (WWECW) and the old breed (Classic ECW) but it failed so miserably with WWECW, I don't know that I can take it again.

The glory of ECW will never be recaptured, I've discovered. You can't put me back in my twelve year old self and have me watch with awe the absolute chaos that was ECW. It will never work. Please just let it die for the sake of people who still want to call themselves ECW fans.

Sorry, tirade for a different moment.

Abyss shoves a dirty ring into Hogan's dirty mouth and then he lays out RVD and Anderson makes the save. It's a stupid open segment and the Asshole should never make a save... even as a face it seems out of place for him to do.

Sky and Rayne are in the back talking and really all I took from the whole segment is how fantastic Velvet Sky's boobs are. They are glorious.

Angelina Love vs. Velvet Sky - TNA really could've came up with a different ending for this one but no, Sky got a DDT to a chair after fumbling around forever trying to get on camera side. Not worth either of these girls time. Although Love showed John Cena how to take a run into the steel steps, take notes John, that's how you do it.

Jay Lethal's brother is here.You know that means he's getting beaten up at some point.

The Band breaks up, which makes sense because one member's head was split open in a pool of blood, one is in jail, the other is so old and beatup he can barely move and Eric Young has better things to do.

Matt Morgan dropped his "we" act that I loved so much and now comes off bland. Taz tells us Hernandez is in Mexico, well before Morgan invites him out, way to kill the suspense Taz. And then Homicide, who maybe can reach Morgan's pecs, jumps him from behind. Homicide takes the same hit Hernandez took that put him "on the shelf" for months. Who wants to bet Homicide is just fine?

Kazarian vs. Jay Lethal - I'm becoming more and more of a fan of Jay Lethal. His ring work is solid and his mic work is amazing. He finally sees that his brother is beaten down and runs to the back... and then we never hear anything more about it.

Jarrett attacks a fake Sting and the real Sting beats him up. And then says something stupid. Pretty much par for the course with these two. It's like I'm watching the same Impact from six weeks ago. All that changes are the dates.

Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe - We get a video recap of these two which shows some of the best moments in TNA from the past year. And then we get a decent but not nearly as great match between the pair. I know TNA management isn't high on Wolfe right now, I'm not sure why, but I hear he is a pain in the ass backstage. It's a shame, because he is an amazing worker and great character and should have a spot in the company.

Douglas Williams comes out and slays on the mic again. If you want to see why he is so good, listen to him and then listen to Spanky, Williams hits every line, crisp, clean, doesn't stutter... and Spanky, doesn't.

I am excited for an Ultimate X between the two though, hopefully they don't do something stupid like let it end in a submission for the second stipulation to make sense.

Abyss cuts the same promo he cut at the beginning of the show for all the fans tuning in halfway through.

Ink Inc vs. Beer Money Inc. - This battle "incorporated" (see what I did there) a whole bunch of stupid. Jesse Neal attacked beforehand, Moore getting the upper hand on Storm and Roode, ECW guys arriving, Neal showing back up, spitting beer and a win for the rich alcoholics.

AJ finds an action figure of himself and is giddy like a school girl... WTF!

Abyss vs. Ken Anderson (Falls count anywhere) - Falls count anywhere should very rarely end with a pin inside the ring. It makes the whole notion kind of dumb. Especially when there are NO pin attempts anywhere but inside the ring. Call it hardcore, call it no-DQ, fine, but call it a Falls Count Anywhere, there better be at least an attempt to pin someone outside the F*N ring.

Abyss wins and then puts Anderson through the stage like he did Hardy last week and then Hogan hits him with a chair. All while no one gave a crap...

The end...

WASP is back to TNA

First off let me apologize to Larry Stanley and anyone who became a regular reader. After TNA switched to Thursday nights, I have been lax in my duties to cover the show. Mostly because it is hard to find time to watch the damn thing.

I will try to be more regular now.

Now, onto TNA, a lot has happened since I last talked about them. Scott Hall and X-Pac are officially gone, RVD is champion, Tommy Dreamer showed up, Hernandez returned, Roxxi returned and was let go again. Man it's like a freaking revolving door, it's only been four weeks that I haven't talked about them.

THE BAND vs. INK INC. - If The Band was stripped of the titles, why are they in the tournament. TNA has a bunch of tag teams (Generation ME would've fit here) but instead we get Old Sexy and Half-Carton a Day Habit Eric Young against the tragically named Ink Inc. Surprisingly to me at least, Ink went over. Kevin Nash really needs to stay out of the ring. It's sad, it makes my heart hurt.

Chelsea is very attractive, Abyss is not, Chelsea has daddy issues.

Ric Flair is the best talker in the business, hands down.

However, Fortune is a stupid name, why not just call them the four horseman, could we not get the rights to it. And you should never just announce the name of your new stable. Stables should form naturally, let the announcers say it, that's why they are there. That is why J.R. was so good, he gave storyline information but it felt natural so you just accepted it. God Bless Jim Ross.

Jay Lethal's impression is great.

However, this went on WAY too long. It got to the point where it was just insane. It had some great moments and you can tell that Grandpa Flair is really enjoying his time in TNA.

Lacey Von Erich makes me weep for my children. She makes more money than the average American because she is slightly attractive, has an historic wrestling name, and is willing to lie on a table nude on TV.

HERNANDEZ vs. SAMOA JOE - I don't know why but I really thought Hernandez was taller than the 6'2" they are billing him at. And for the record if he is 6'2" and 280 pounds, there is no way that Joe is 6'2" 285 pounds. Joe looks like he's eating too much Fausi, look it up!

I was really interested to see this match and Matt Morgan came in and does what he does best and screw with Hernandez, it worked. I love Morgan and am glad he is coming into his own, he does need to shave though, he's starting to look like the Brawny Paper Towel guy.

AJ Styles is so great in the ring, I wish he could talk. Desmond Wolfe really is the whole package, just the simple "Wanker" under his breath as Styles walked away, it killed me.

DOUGLAS WILLIAMS vs. MAX BUCK - Doug Williams is the one of the best wrestlers in TNA. That may seem shocking but not if you watched this match. He was crisp, solid and hit every spot, including some very difficult maneuvers. He's very good on the mic and should be a champion for a long time. He is doing a great job of pissing off the X-Division fans and backing it up.

Spanky should never attack anyone post-match. Especially for the crowd to start popping for him. You may as well chant for Barry Horowitz.

ANGELINA LOVE vs. LACEY VON ERICH - Angelina made a very good point, you never know what will happen when you step in the ring. Any move at any time can go wrong. I think that is one of the reasons I idolize these people so much. They put everything on the line for us, many wrestling fans have lost the respect for the workers that they deserve. Love kills Lacey, as she should and then DDTs her into a chair. Really didn't think Lacey would take that so good for her.

However, that was an atrocious drop toe hold from Lacey and if I was Love there is no way I would've gone along with that. She missed, plain and simple and it was bad enough that the announcer felt the need to try and cover it up. If she is going to be in the ring (and a champion to boot) she needs to know how to do simple maneuvers. My 5-year-old daughter can drop toe hold someone.

The dynamic between Hardy and Anderson is really good. I like that everyone thinks Anderson is just a timebomb waiting to turn on Hardy. If they were smart they would have Hardy do the turn and really screw with everyone's mind.

TEAM 3D vs. BEER MONEY INC. - I'm sure this was decent enough. But nothing really sticks out as a great moment. Even the distraction from Ink Inc. felt forced.

Chelsea is mistreated by Wolfe on camera, poor Chelsea, no one loves you, come, I will comfort you. All I ask is you let me do some unspeakable things to your body. That's it, no more strings attached. Wow, that got kinda creepy for a moment...............

DESMOND WOLFE vs. JAY LETHAL - Lethal took a sick bump to start and Tommy Dreamer showed up to sit in the crowd. Those people were very lucky to have an icon sit among them for the show. Dreamer is a classy guy, met him at a show once. Always has time for everyone.

Chelsea quit and Wolfe chased her down, she fell (and was wearing black panties BTW) and Lethal makes the save. Lethal's new finisher is awesome as well.

Hogan announcing Lethal vs. Flair at Victory Road gets a big meh out of me. Flair shouldn't wrestle he should push his boys and talk.

Jeff Jarrett and Sting talked for a while but I didn't listen.

ABYSS vs. JEFF HARDY vs. MR. ANDERSON - A count-out. A three-man count-out.What stupid booking. This doesn't happen. Triple Threats are designed so no one can be counted out, because you HAVE to have a winner.

Cue Randy Orton "You're Stupid!"

Abyss makes his "long awaited" turn to a heel beating Jeff and Ken down. It could've been a slow build, should've been a slow build, but no, we blew our load right away.

And TNA, for the record, thumbtacks are one thing but broken candy glass is ridiculous. And stop with the bloody towel trick, you may have executed it better this time, but we've caught you at least twice, you aren't fooling anyone now.


Okay, now for the plugs: Make sure you check out Larry Stanley and John Conner on Showstoppers on Tuesday's for all your wrestling news. Check out J-Call's RAW blog as well for his opinions.

And last but not least, support local wrestling, Metroplex Wrestling presents Mayhem in Midcities on June 26th at the Metroflex Midcities Gym in Bedford. It's going to be a great show, with a lot of surprises and Larry Stanley is going to get in the ring against "The Choice" Matt Andrews.

Doors open at 7:30, bell time is 8 p.m. and tickets are only $8 for adults and $5 for kids. 

No TNA Blog This Week

Sadly comes the realization that I have become so busy in my life that I do not have two days a week to watch wrestling.

I did not get a chance to watch TNA Impact last night, and can't see a time in the foreseeable future to see this episode.

I could write a blog based on spoilers I found on the internet but I don't think it would come across as well.

I will be back next week to get it done.

Thanks,
Wasp

Why ask questions?

Okay so I was a little disheartened last week by the announcement that Impact was moving back to Thursday nights, and viewed it as a defeat. And it is one, make no mistake about that. But the talent is still there and maybe, just maybe, if they handle it correctly they can flourish on Thursday nights.

The biggest issue will be not taping the shows ahead of time, even if you are on Thursday's you should do a LIVE show on Thursday. I hate the idea that I can know everything about the show two weeks before it happens if I want to. It sucks and its stupid.

Onto Impact...


Bischoff and RVD fist bumping, this is a dark day for me as a true ECW fan. Decent promo work from AJ, I like the shots he is taking at Van Dam, they are cheap shots, but that is what he should be doing, he is a heel after all.

Hardy had a good one-liner about not being able to keep up with Impact's schedule. Good on you Jeff, making fun of your own company. I'm convinced this is a vacation from the road for Jeff. Once the trial is concluded (he won't be convicted) and he's rested some, he'll head back to WWE for another big run.

Another big match (AJ vs. RVD vs. Hardy) wasted on tapped TV where no one is watching. You know what you should do, announce this match and then hold off on it for a week or two, build some hype and then have them fight. WHY DOES NO ONE THINK OF THIS?!!?!?!?!

Velvet is hot and Lacey is an idiot, I'm really beginning to despise the backstage Beautiful People segments.

Tara vs. Taylor Wilde, oh the beautiful and talented Taylor Wilde, if only TNA knew what to do with you. You would be the champ and have weekly battles with Sarita, Hamada, Velvet and Mickie James when she is done with her atrocious country music "career". No stupid tag matches, no putting all the titles on the line at the same time, just awesome women's wrestling. Instead, you job out to Tara who is leaving the company after Sunday. I don't know how to spell the sound that came from me when I saw this but it was something like WHAMAOTHEFUCCMON!

Chelsea was attacked... fondled... stolen... I'm not sure, the chaos was a little much.

Dougy "Fresh" Williams vs. Brian "Spanky" Kendrick, these guys were tag team partners for one week and now they hate each other. Williams announcing it was a non-title match was pretty funny considering Kaz is the "real" champion. I like this gimmick. Williams dominated most of this as he should, sorry Spanky fans, he's enhancement talent, always will be and don't fret he got the win with some distraction help from Kaz.

Uh, yeah, Chelsea was attacked, backstage, um and the police have to be there before we hear the name of her attacker. Um, okay. I know that we are supposed to BELIEVE what happens is real, but come one, when you bring the cops in (WWE does this too so this is a universal gripe), you really destroy the believability. The cops would have to investigate the proceedings and probably arrest someone (if it were real). When no one gets arrested fans who did believe, lose a little something.

Matt Morgan vs. Generation Me, guess Morgan didn't need or couldn't find a partner this week. Way to squash out a great new tag team TNA. These guys are so good but have yet to have a chance to really prove themselves, instead we get Ink Inc. and the Band in the title picture.

Samoa Joe vs. Matt Morgan would be a really good match I think, it would be entertaining to see what one man could do to the other, especially after seeing Joe hit Morgan with the muscle buster.

And a big FU to Matt Morgan as he loses his awesome gimmick of being both tag title members with Kevin Nash clumsily laying on top of him and winning it. That's it ladies and gentlemen, the finger poke of doom for 2010 and Scott Hall and Kevin Nash are champions AGAIN!

MCMG vs. Mohawk Inc. (I refuse to call them Ink Inc. anymore) vs. Team 3D vs. Beer Money, that's a lot of tag teams for one match and nothing on the line. Lots of good stuff here, lots of bad stuff as well, and Mohawk Inc. gets the win. ??Woo-hoo??

Tob Rerry vs. Abyss, why is Abyss fighting for this title, why is it face vs. face, why does anyone care? There are no answers, only questions when it comes to TNA booking. Oh wait, nevermind, he's being "arrested" for assaulting Chelsea. Wolfe attacks Abyss while in police custody, guess who won't get arrested even though that is illegal. And then everyone's favorite bisexual and evil wrestler Orlando Jordan shows up and hits Tob and offers an open challenge. Those words aren't good for him to say.

Orlando Jordan vs. Tomko, man, Tomko gets fatter and fatter. Who even knew he was still with TNA, not me, I know he is listed on the roster page but it has been months since we've seen him. Guess who is getting job out to the evil bisexual?

Tara vs. Sarita, I knew as soon as I saw this Tara was going to beat her too. It's so dumb, why have her fight again if she is just going to win? And why are you building her as a heel now that she is leaving? And why wouldn't you just pay her the money she asks for and keep her around?

RVD vs. AJ vs. Hardy, there can not be a match in TNA without interference. I like Anderson and everything and it kind of makes sense for him to come out but just once I would like to see a TNA main event not end like this. 


Hardy beat up Anderson and for some reason Lacey has footage of Wolfe and Chelsea planning the attack angle. Why Lacey, Why ask Why?


Make sure you check out J-Call on Monday's with his Raw blog and Larry and John on Tuesday with ShowStoppers. 


Also, Metroplex Wrestling will have a live show, Saturday, May 29th at Metroflex MidCities in Bedford. Checkout our web site, www.metroplexwrestling.com for more information.

TNA Roster in WWE

I decided to go alphabetical because it was easier, of course it means you'll probably skip around, but that's okay, it's more a reference guide than anything. Enjoy.

Abyss - Uh-oh a big guy, Vince LOVES big guys. He could find Big Show and Great Khali and... um... Kane, that could be good... um... no thumbtacks though. Abyss may actually live a few years longer if he was in TNA, less chair shots is probably good in prolonging life.

AJ Styles - AJ is a phenomenal athlete, he can do amazing things inside and outside of the ring and his promo work has increased greatly over the last couple of years, especially now working with Ric Flair. He still isn't great on the mic but the things he can do in the ring more than make up for it. Heading over to WWE would probably see him on NXT trying to persuade the likes of Michael Cole and his trainer The Miz that he is really cut out for this business despite the naysayers.

Amazing Red - Red should never be out of the X-Division title picture, he is what the X-Division stands for, high-flying fast-paced action that keeps everyone on the edge of their seat. Yeah he isn't a 7-foot tall 300 pound giant but he can wow a crowd. Since WWE no longer has a cruiserweight belt, you can expect Red to get squashed in most matches and make an appearance at Money in the Bank to do one sick move off the ladder before falling into obscurity again.

Angelina Love - She's so close to fitting the WWE mold, if it wasn't for those pesky tattoos and wrestling talent. In my mind, Maryse and her teaming up would rival McCool and Layla teaming up, all four together, they would own the Diva division between attitude and skill. Of course, WWE would bring her in, put her in dresses and have her walk around as arm candy for Mark Henry after Henry squashed Zack Ryder. It's not like they have another female wrestler who is just as good as Love from Canada and used to work in TNA that could fill that role.

Beer Money (James Storm and Robert Roode) - This team is just what WWE would be looking for. They could feud with the Hart Dynasty, really give them a run for the unified Tag Team titles and invigorate the Tag Team division. And then, when things get rocky they could break up, turn into singles competitors and then have them fight each other. GOLD!

Brian Kendrick - He would be perfect in a tag team with another smaller guy, they could be fast and in your face and really kick it up a notch. Or you could put him with a big muscled up guy and have him playing the sneaky heel who hides behind his body guard. Either way, Spanky could carve out a niche spot in WWE.

Chelsea - She's hot and doesn't seem to mind being objectified which will make Vince happy. Dye her hair blonde and she could become the next Divas champion, it's not like she needs ring skills, just has to work well while in a submissive position.

Christy Hemme - A fiery red head who can interview people backstage, lookout Josh Matthews someone is coming for your job.

"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero - The Pope's congregation has grown by leaps and bounds and had you told me when he first showed up in TNA that I would be upset that he was out on injury, I would've called you insane. Now, with some real experience behind him he is one of the best on the TNA roster. WWE would have him debut as a face and when he didn't get a reaction right away they would turn him heel claiming to be the best. Eventually the crowd would warm up to him so he would go back to being a face to try and get a push, maybe team up with Mark Henry. Just as things were coming together, they would squash him in three PPV matches in a row and then trade him off his current show to get rid of him since creative wouldn't have anything else for him.

Daffney - She could.... well if you... she might be... um... the top hat... zombie... uh... SyFy might want her on Smackdown.

Desmond Wolfe - WWE already talked about picking him up and had him near signed until he failed his physical. Even if they had him, he would become another generic "I talk a lot because I'm from another country and WWE likes to pretend their global". WWE would lose Wade Barrett and add Wolfe and he might get an IC belt once or twice and do nothing with it.

Doug Williams - He could be Regal's lackey for a while learning the ropes from a fellow Brit and then eventually turn on his teacher and get his revenge. Then he would sit around for a while before being added to comedy segments with Goldust and Hornswoggle.

Dr. Stevie - If anything, Stevie Richards would play a backstage role or an NXT pro, something that kept him out of the light just enough. He could've done great things once, but that time has passed.

Eric Young - A viscious bulldog of man, Eric Young has a mean streak and the mannerisms to make a great heel. But at the same time he has the ability to win over a crowd with his words. Whatever he does he makes it work. A program with Edge, Christian or any other Canadian wrestler would help put the other guy over as Young used all his skills to prove that they are the best. For all his hard work, he would be offered a place on the very significant Future Endeavors list.

Generation Me - These two young guys have a lot of potential. I could see one of them going real far in the company, if he put on some weight and got a following and a bit of a personality he could get a main event push, they may even overlook some of the drug problems if that happened. The other one, as long as he kept his nose clean, did what he was told, had good solid ring work could maybe one day get a tertiary title on a third-rate show and eventually be teamed up with Great Khali.

Hamada - As much as Angelina and Chelsea may fit the mold, Hamada doesn't. Sure WWE has had ethnic Divas before but their has been a real push toward attractive over skill and while some may find Hamada alluring, WWE will not. She'd be lucky if she didn't end up with some huge facial growth or wrestling in a mask.

Hernandez - Hernandez is a big strong guy with ties to Mexico that WWE will look for. He probably realistically has one of the best opportunities to move to a main event spot after Rey Mysterio leaves or finally ruins his reputation. He would have to tone down his offense a bit because some of his stuff won't fly in WWE, and he would have to work on his Spanish because it is a little rough.

Homicide - Another guy that could bring in a Mexican audience if used write, his name would have to be changed, not PG but he could keep his style and gangsta flair, he could join up with JTG and join a group that goes around listening to rap and committing petty crimes, you know because they aren't white so that's what they do, right WWE?

Jay Lethal - WWE would swallow him whole and spit him out a shell of a former man. In ten years, he will be Shelton Benjamin, all the potential in the world, and no career.

Jeff Hardy - This is obviously a no-brainer, bring him in, have him feud with a guy like CM Punk, it could be top notch stuff. The only worry would be that as soon as he got big, Hardy would fall off the ladder and crash and burn.

Jeff Jarrett - Seeing as how he's from Tennessee, I think a country music superstar gimmick could work for him. He wouldn't be near the level he is now but he wouldn't have the power to do it either. It could be a fun reveal later that someone else was actually singing the songs that he claimed to be singing.

Jesse Neal - Get rid of the hair, shave it and have him join the Straight-Edge Society. Claim to be saved and eventually be discovered as having been swapping needles and bodily fluids with Serena while Punk and Gallows were off trying to save diminutive Mexican men from their own destruction.

Kazarian - Kaz is a good everyman, you don't really expect anything out of him so when you seem him do something moderately cool you are impressed. This could mean an IC or US title reign.

Kiyoshi - Who? No really, I'm just kidding, Kiyoshi was a member of the World Elite. Who? You know that faction that had guys from all over the world. What? You know it had Eric Young and Kiyoshi and the british guys and they feuded with the Main Event Mafia. He some Japanese guy, team him with Yoshi Tatsu and make them the Rising Suns.

Kurt Angle - A real Olympic gold medalist on the WWE roster, Vince would do everything he could to keep this man happy, title reigns, big name feuds, overlooking prescription pill problems, pushing him harder than any other athlete, asking him to forgo rehab and "just get over it." Big things for this guy right here.

Lacey Von Erich - WWE Woman's Champion right here. On name alone, she could join Ted DiBiase Junior's new group, although she isn't really a Fortunate Son. But every WWE fan would know just how fortunate they were to have this blonde with them. You know what I mean.

Madison Rayne - If she had just a little less skill she would go far in WWE. The problem is she can work a little better than most of their current Divas (now that Mickie James is gone) and therefore probably wouldn't kiss as much ass or suck up as much as she needed to. Take that how you will. Sadly, she wouldn't last very long.

Magnus - Another British guy, good lord, how many of them do you need. WWE has a quota, and it's been reached and maybe even expanded by the addition of the TNA roster. Let's not fool ourselves here, Magnus has no place. But if he did, his story would look similar to Doug Williams.

Matt Morgan - Here is a guy that would give Vince a second thought. A big guy with some skill and great mic work. That would be a vast improvement over most of his big guys. However, I could see creative not being able to keep up with him and eventually running out of ideas for him.

Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelly and Chris Saban) - This team breaks up the Big Guy/Little Guy tag teams that WWE have been forming recently. It would be nice to see this kind of change in the Tag Team division and, these guys have great chemistry together. They could really pump some life into whatever show they were put on, teaching everyone a bit about tag team wrestling. And then, when things get rocky they could break up, turn into singles competitors and then have them fight each other. GOLD!

Mr. Anderson - His mic skills are second to none, even if you want to say that his in-ring work is sloppy at times. But talkers get over big in WWE, this guy should be in line for a main event push. If there were any problems with injuries, WWE might take that seriously but he has been healthy the entire time he has been on the TNA roster and that says something. He has had some brutal programs with Kurt Angle and despite the fact that the TNA fans wanted to cheer him, he made them hate him. He is as good as guy as any in the WWE right now and a program between him and John Cena might finally quiet down some of the Cena Haters and give them a reason to cheer for his Superman gimmick and Five Moves of Death.

ODB - You gotta be kidding right, you don't really expect WWE to have a place on their roster for an alcohol swigging, swearing, molesting, beef of a woman. There is no way you could call her smart, sexy and sophisticated. And why put her on their when she would just antagonize the other women. Wrestling is a friendly sport and there should be no controversy, damn it!

Orlando Jordan - How about no. Just no, he is a failure and pushing his agenda in a wrestling crowd doesn't work. Sorry, that's how it is.

Raven - He's still employed. I mean I guess you could dress him up in a pink polo shirt, have him fix his hair, quit with the makeup, shave and cover the tattoos and give him some name like Scotty Flamingo and change his personality completely. It might get the fans into him again.

Rhino - A powerhouse that has been around since the original days of ECW, he doesn't do much in TNA anymore, not sure why, I would really like to know as I think he had a ton of potential at one time. WWE would benefit using him as a pro for NXT.

Rob Terry - Next World Champion. He has the look and if he had a manager who could talk for him, he could be a WWE champion. And WWE has got themselves in a tizzy over the first Irish-born WWE champion with Sheamus, could you imagine what they would do with this big English Wanker!

RVD - No reason to talk about it... dude... One major reason he won't go back and if you don't know it, you don't know RVD.

Samoa Joe - It's been a while since WWE had a Samoan on their roster, ever since the death of Jamal, Eddie Fatu and Umaga. Samoans have always had good careers in WWE and I think Joe would do well also. He would have to wear some war paint, and probably some flashy colors and learn to dance and he couldn't do the Muscle Buster anymore, but that's okay he can always do that Rear Naked Choke or they could give him a better finishing move, like the Samoan Spike.

Sarita - It's like Eve but with real wrestling talent and smaller tetas. Sarita is a real women's talent and if WWE recognized it (they wouldn't) she could be a champion (not really) with a long reign (like a week) that could legitimize the division (HAHAHAHAHAHAH!).

Shannon Moore - He only has a job in TNA because TNA wanted Hardy and Jeff through his friend into the deal. He would have to drop the Diligaf stuff as it's not very PG and probably join up with Evan Borne and Hornswoggle to create some type of boy band.

Sharkboy - A masked wrestler that stole Stone Cold's gimmick and turned it into a giant parody and than got fat and taken off the show because he couldn't fit his own costume. I smell money and tuna, not sure why. He would be great in WWE comedy segments, just imagine Hornswoggle dressed as DX and Sharkboy as Stone Cold, it'll be like its 1998 all over again!

SoCalVal - Not unless one of the boys wanted some strange on the side would she even make an appearance. She doesn't even really do anything for TNA anymore except grab the wrestler's entrance gear. WWE has some random dude do that and they probably don't pay him very well.

Tara - From the looks of it Tara is done with wrestling period, she will put her career on the line at Sacrifice and will more than likely concentrate full time on MMA from then on. It's a shame because she plays crazy like so few divas can play crazy, as a face she isn't much but she is a genuine talent that the wrestling business will be sad to lose. Also when she was in WWE before they did their best to make her look like a man, don't really know why, she has really sexed it up on TNA and the look works for her.

Taylor Wilde - I am a HUGE Taylor Wilde mark, she has a girl next door look and a huge amount of talent. TNA has wasted her ever since her first program with Kong. It's a shame really because this was probably Wilde's one opportunity to shine because she will never get the same amount of airtime in WWE she just doesn't have their look.

Tomko - Is he the guy that looks like the guy from the band Anthrax, but you know, really fat. Yeah, he's not going anywhere.

Velvet Skye - She has been used well in TNA and knows her role, she is as slutty as can be and has decent matches. I love when she is in the ring and screams at everything that happens. Seeing her live at least once made me really happy as a wrestling fan. She makes the women's matches fun and seems to really enjoy putting on a show for the crowd. If there was any justice, she would go to WWE and build the entire division around her and her remarkable ass. Talent, I meant talent.

Sting, Team 3D, Hogan, Flair, Bichoff, Hall, Waltman and Nash - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

And Then There was One

So despite my best efforts the battle is lost. And I fear so soon will be the war. I would like to say it was a valiant effort, but who am I kidding it wasn't. TNA didn't give their Monday night show the time or energy it needed to compete. They saw a ratings drop and decided they were done.

I call bullshit on the whole "company" that was "researching" and the fans told them to go back to Thursday nights. That is a big bunch of bullshit. A live TV show is harder and probably more expensive to tape. Now TNA can sit back, tape things two weeks ahead of time again and fix anything that goes wrong.

No one has any pressure any more, no more reason to perform well, if they screw up, it just gets retaped. No big deal.

It's a depressing end, seeing TNA cower into the Thursday night corner and despite their large bankroll from Panda Energy, fans like myself, who like having all the wrestling on one night so it doesn't dominate their ENTIRE week, won't follow them back to Thursday. 

Anyway, onto the last hurrah, which was more like...

HURRRRRR

They start with the announcement that they are moving back to Thursdays and Mike Tenay and Taz can't wait. Just like they couldn't wait to go to Monday nights and couldn't wait to change time slots and couldn't wait to call a chokeslam the wrong name and couldn't wait to wear that ugly blue suit. That thing is an affront to the eyes, JEBUS.

Jay Lethal's impressions are awesome, its a shame the company can't think of anything better to do with him. I think he has a lot of talent. Lethal's promo both before and after Flair's appearance were really good. The group beat downs are getting ridiculous. It happens every week with a different group and then everyone in the group gets different matches. It happens the same time, all the time.

It takes OVER 34 minutes before we get a wrestling match, probably longer after Doug Williams' awesome promo but I will give him some props for that. He should've called Kendrick by his real name, you know, Spanky.

Kendrick and Williams vs. Ink Inc. (Shannon Moore and Jesse Neal), What, really, that's their name. You know cause they both have tattoos, get it, Ink Inc. It's great, writing geniuses. At least go with something that could be considered witty like Mohawk Inc., see how that works, because they both have mohawks and a lot of INK but they aren't really an incorporated business (inc.) so it kind of flows. Not saying it's great but it's better than Ink Inc.

Oh wait match is over by the time I'm done ranting, didn't really watch it. Guess it was okay. Matt Morgan provided some commentary and screwed up saying "I" again. Oh well, it's still a good gimmick.

Samoa Joe makes another appearances for no reason. That was fun. He almost killed Spanky with the muscle buster, that was a lot of fun.

I don't know what Anderson was wearing (I think it was a choir boy outfit) but his beat down of Pope means that Dinero is gone for some time. His shoulder must've been worse than they thought. Not good, not good at all.

Anderson cuts another good promo and the crowd hates him. That's why I love him. Hardy comes out and babbles something incoherently. And TNA makes the mistake again of letting the face get over on the heel. Anderson should've punked Hardy out, got the crowd hot and hating him more. Got them ready for Jeff to kick his ass at Sacrifice. Instead, Hardy punked Anderson, made fun of his "panties" even though half the roster wears wrestling trunks and somehow accepts the match on Anderson's behalf.

Wait, what's this, a second match, hold on TNA, it's only been an hour and twenty minutes, don't push it.

The BPs vs. Sarita, Tara and Taylor Wilde, I missed Sarita and Wilde while they were on their Japan/Mexico/wherever else tour. Glad they are back, but they look like they haven't wrestled in weeks. They look real rough for some reason. There is no chemistry between Tara and them and Tara is going back to playing a heel in time for her to leave the company due to money reasons. Oh, Lacey and Skye tried to DDT Sarita (who did most of the work herself) and probably gave her a concussion.

All of this setups Rayne vs. Tara at Sacrifice in a title vs. career match. It's a shame that Madison Rayne is the person who puts Tara "out of the business". Shawn Michaels/Undertaker this won't be.

Team 3D vs. MCMG vs. Beer Money Inc., Tag Teams are getting serious in TNA, they are all forming corporations. I think before long MCMG should form a limited partnership to protect some of their assets and Team 3D should definitely look into forming an LLC.

Hey, so this match sucked and Nash and Hall interrupted (continuity gets a plus at least). And then they screw it all up with Eric Young coming down and teaming up with Nash again. I guess they had to shove someone in there since X-Pac no showed and will probably be fired. And really, at that point, why try to make any sense. Just say screw it and put someone in there. It's not like you don't have 50 people on the roster to choose from.

Orlando Jordan came out and talked to a cardboard cutout of Tob Rerry until Tob made an appearance to be beaten down by a small effeminate man.

AJ Styles vs. Abyss (Monster's Ball), Okay first off, a Monster's Ball match, as dumb as it is, is supposed to require both participants to be locked up without food, water or light for 24 hours before the match. That was the whole point of the match, now, it is a hardcore match. That's it, so just call it a hardcore match. It had some good spots but nothing great. The finish was dumb with Flair distracting Abyss with Chelsea in a jacket pretending like she was going to be stripped naked. Abyss apparently doesn't realize they are on TV and things like that can't happen. So he falls for it and Flair interferes.

RVD vs. Desmond Wolfe, The TNA fans voted for it and now we get it, Desmond Wolfe in a championship match, this is going to be so exciting and it's over. What... it got like three minutes. What the hell?

Hulk and Sting talk to end the show, don't know what happened. Don't care.

I am going to write a special blog tomorrow looking at how the TNA roster would be in WWE, because that's where I see it going. Now I am not going to speculate on who would/wouldn't get hired, just what would happen if they got hired.

Make sure you check out Eric Ringel's Raw Blog (J-Call is out this week) and ShowStoppers all on BigBadSportsDaddy.com.

Think I had a Hart Attack.

I don't even want to talk about this crap. Monday was possibly the dullest five hours of wrestling I have ever watched (and I re-watched Wrestlemania 13 & 14 this Saturday). Not to say there were no upsides, there were a few, but in five hours of wrestling I really expected it to be more like a handful... it was not.

Let's get on to Impact... Yay! (sarcasm).

Hulk and RVD in the ring together makes me want to bang my head against a steel plate, hard, hard enough to bleed like Grandpa Flair. Not even AJ Styles and Ric Flair could save this (ha ha pot jokes, we're hilarious).

Lacey Von Erich is really that stupid, it's not a gimmick, she's a moron.

Tara vs. Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love, not a bad match, I disagree with turning Tara heel but whatever, TNA will make her a face again in six weeks and then back to a heel, they don't know how to do a turn. It was a decent match, nothing real impressive and sadly Love tore her arm up during the match. You could see her holding it close after the match but she still went through the post-match beatdown and fight with Tara. Pretty cool if you ask me, tearing your UCL in your arm and then still swinging wildly with the same arm.

I did like Tara crying and apologizing at the end only to get up and attack Love when she turned her back. It was pretty creative and made Tara look like she'll do what she can.

Kazarian vs. Shannon Moore, could've been great, but it wasn't. There was a little promotion for this but no one really seemed excited for it. Kaz totally whiffed an enziguiri by about ten feet and Morgan spoiled the finish but it made sense because Moore turned him down last week.

After the match Samoa Joe lumbered down to the ring breathing heavily and sweating like he was in a sauna for eight hours... and kicks the crap out of Kaz for no reason. Oh well, the muscle buster is still cool, right?

Is anyone else tired of hearing about the other companies Hall of Fame rings.

Morgan continued the promo work, this time with Jesse Neal, you know the other guy with the mohawk, the one Team 3D "trained".

Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy (the Jeffs) vs. AJ Styles and Sting (No DQ, Falls count Anywhere), I'll admit, I didn't know this was a gimmick match until the end. If Tenay or Taz said it, I wasn't paying attention. The only thing that could've saved the atrocity would've been Hardy leaping from the ladder on the stage on top of AJ on the table. Instead, Sting got a pin after hitting Jarrett with a rubber bat and Slick Johnson pulled the table away from Hardy. Thanks TNA, thanks for giving me what I want.

Pope is injured, Love, Daffney, Angle's gone... either people aren't working smart or they are going too hard. I did finally see the clip of how Pope separated his shoulder, I don't know what AJ was trying to do but he's lucky he didn't do more damage to the Pope dropping him like that.

The crowd enjoys Pope but they don't listen to him. He kept asking to get an amen and they would cheer, but not say amen, it's like they care, but only just enough to cheer him... it's weird.

Mr. Anderson (I'm so buying that t-shirt) comes out and says Pope reminds him Jim Jones, which made me chuckle but "younger" wrestling fans probably wouldn't get it. Then he called the crowd all sorts of funny names that again made me laugh. I really enjoy Anderson, boy did some company miss the boat on him. Of course, he wouldn't really fit the PG clean cut era of the north.

Sean Waltman laying on the ground in a pool of blood is an image I have seen many times in my head but I was proud to see it on my TV. Maybe he's gone again, I doubt it.

Matt Morgan and Jesse Neal vs. Team 3D, this isn't even a match as Hall and Nash come down in the beginning with Hall taking the worst bump ever on the stage. Morgan kicked the crap out of Neal for no reason and Neal demanded he come back for no reason. Morgan obviously kicked his ass and Shannon Moore ran in for the save.

It's like TNA just went, wait a second, Shannon Moore has a mohawk... Jesse Neal has a mohawk... holy crap this is gold!

Bischoff's new ranking system is dumb. You can only vote for 10 (pre-approved) people. It's stupid, no one cares now. I wanted to vote for Amazing Red to fight for the belt, or Sharkboy, or Jay Lethal.

Orlando Jordan makes me want to throw up. I am no homophobe, I don't care what you put where with who or why, but he sucks on the mic and in the ring and bad talent getting spots and airtime that could go to better people make me sick. I mean, he's calling out Tob Rerry for god sakes and now he's going to have a talk show.

Angry Kevin Nash is Angry.

Abyss vs. Ric Flair, Grandpa Flair bleeds so easily now, I wonder what his pillow looks like, he's gotta bleed in his sleep with that paper thin skin on his skull. A punch to the junk with brass knucks is not cool at all, even from the dirtiest player in the game. Heb restarts the match rather than just award it to Abyss, hooray for inconsistency and Abyss wins the ring (you know, the other companies ring).

And Hogan is going to give it to someone... will it be Abyss... will it be Jay Lethal... will I give a crap? No.

Make sure you check out J-Call's blog on WWE and the draft on BigBadSportsDaddy.com and check out ShowStoppers every Tuesday on BBSD as well. 

DILLIGAF

Does it Look Like I Give a F@#%?

Good question Shannon Moore. Bad execution but a good question. More on Moore later but for now it is TNA review time. After a terrible showing last week, I'm hoping the boys can make an Impact (see what I did there) this week.

The Pay Per View was lackluster, Pope should've beat AJ, he didn't. Doug Williams was sucking ash in England so they changed the X-Division match which Kaz won for the belt. Team Hogan vs. Team Flair ended with a bloody Flair laying in thumbtacks (ugh!). And Hall and Nash jobbed to Team 3D without X-Pac who no-showed the event.

Wow that sucked even typing that. Can't imagine watching it.

The savior of the night however was Angle/Anderson. I haven't seen it yet, but I plan to find a way to. It was supposed to be really good.

Now onto Monday Nights...

AJ really is talking a lot more now and his accent is really coming out. As a friend of mine pointed out to me last night, he's sounding a LOT like Jim Cornette. Really Weird. The crowd was really hot against AJ which is good and RVD got a good pop as well.

RVD can talk, I don't know what happened last night, he can cut a promo, I've heard it. But he stumbled and was lost last night. I guess he was celebrating 420 a little early. Hogan comes gingerly down to the ring, scared by his own pyro, and makes a match of Hardy vs. RVD tonight and the winner will face AJ, tonight.

Okay TNA, I get it. Raw didn't have their guys so you want to go crazy but blowing these two potential PPV matches in one night is a bit ridiculous. I guess we'll see if it helped the ratings at all, my prediction, no it did not.

Lacey Von Erich and Velvet Skye vs. Daffney and ODB, Not quite sure why Daffney is fighting the beautiful people after just two weeks ago working with them against Tara but TNA has a habit of doing this shit. And why ODB would work with Daffney either confuses me. Why not Tara and Love vs. these two, or Sarita and Wilde, or Hamada and ODB, or any other god damn combination of Knockouts. It was stupid, skip it. I'm so pissed at TNA and the Knockouts now, used to be good women's wrestling, now its a joke again.

AJ talks some more backstage with Flair and the crowd returns to nap time. Abyss and Jarrett talk some more and the crowd snores louder.

Oh look a babyface beat down, that hasn't happen in a couple minutes, let's do that. And a save by... Tob Rerry? Really, that guy... he's going to... okay... whatever. Freak, what a generic moniker... kills me.

Bischoff says someone will be there tonight to help them, I'd be all aflutter if I gave a crap.

Matt Morgan continues to cut good promos. No slip-ups this week and he looked good and angry in the end. The problem with this segment all rested on Shannon Moore. Now, I like Shannon Moore, I think he has more potential than most give him credit for, but at the same time, this Prince of Punk stuff is dumb.

First off, if you know what Dilligaf means, you would know that there wouldn't be a book of it. It's kind of like a book of anarchy, if you are purporting anarchy, you aren't going to have a book to organize things and if you don't give a F%@$ you aren't going to write a book about why you don't give a F%@$.

And then, he gets a chance to redeem himself but instead of casually saying dilligaf and walking away, Moore tells him to kiss his tattooed ass... stupid.

I'm interested to see this Rankings System that Bischoff keeps talking about, I don't have high hopes for it because I see it as the WWE Power Rankings but actually meaning something. I just don't care.

Jeff Hardy vs. RVD, Holy crap, a match! As good as this should've been, it wasn't. Don't get me wrong it was alright, probably a three and a half star match but it wasn't a five-star like it could've been. Maybe they are holding all of that for when these two do meet at a PPV, I don't know. Things felt awkward, they looked confused at least two or three times, but I will say this, I thought Hardy was going over from the minute it was announced and I was pleasantly surprised that RVD was getting a title shot.

Now the segment after where RVD and Hardy kissed and made up, that was dumb, really, really dumb.

Team Flair vs. Team Hogan (with substitutes), I groaned when I heard how this was going to go. Sting and Jarrett would get five minutes and then one competitor at a time was going to come out in 2 minute intervals. Oh how long was this going to be. Sting and Jarrett took some fighting around the crowd which was good to see. Wolfe took it to Jarrett, Tob Rerry took it to Sting and Wolfe and this continues.

As strange as it was, this entire match was a vehicle to reintroduce Samoa Joe... you know the guy that was kidnapped and then barely talked about. Yeah, he's back... woo-hoo? I'm not sure how to react. He looked like he had dropped some weight (not much) and hit an awesome kick and used the Muscle Buster again which was cool and then he walked away looking pissed again. The man could be used much better, much, much better.

Next week Flair vs. Abyss (UGH!) in a ring vs. ring match.... UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AJ Styles vs. RVD, this again did not deliver like I expected. Granted at this time it is RVD's fourth match in 28 hours. That's rough for anyone and RVD is no spring chicken anymore. They did what they could but still only managed about a three star match. It just wasn't that great and the huge botch from RVD didn't make it better.

RVD won and became the new TNA Champion, which should've been more exciting to me and it just wasn't. I guess I'm pissed that they didn't put over Pope at the PPV but then decided that RVD could take it from AJ on Impact. Seems like your spitting in the face of the Pope who is getting huge and promoting RVD who doesn't need a belt to be legitimate.

Belts should be used to elevate someone, if you beat a champion you become a champion, if it is the first time you've become a champion and you beat someone that EVERYONE hates at the moment, you will skyrocket as a babyface. You can catapult a career off winning a belt the first time depending on who it is against. Pope beating AJ would've been like that. Pope defying all odds and AJ's trickery to win in the steel cage, it would've been Pope's push. His time to shine.

Instead TNA fails again by going back to a guy who, yes everyone likes, but doesn't need a belt. RVD is over because he is RVD. He is an ECW guy and ECW fans are TNA fans. As much as I love RVD I know that it doesn't make sense for him to hold that belt, because fans are going to cheer for him anyway. Give it to someone that matters TNA, build some new stars and stop relying solely on stars that you didn't make.

Dilligaf? No not this week.

Make sure you check out J-Call's blog on bigbadsportsdaddy.com for all the news with RAW, should be an interesting week considering most of their superstars are stuck in Ireland.

Also make sure you check out Showstoppers (on Wednesday this week) for more wrestling news on bigbadsportsdaddy.com.

A resounding Meh!

Let me start by saying this was a shitty Monday night for wrestling fans. Both shows sucked hardcore and both companies should be ashamed of what they produced. Each had moments of "okay" but for the majority they were both terrible. If there is a Monday Night War (hint: there is), both sides lost tonight, there was no winner.

Why Sting, Why? - This was the question that Jeff Jarrett kept asking Sting, the answer... shitty booking. I've never understood how someone can get so confused when the lights go out, but we proved it once again here tonight. The lights went out, Jarrett was all the sudden facing the other way and Sting had a bat and the advantage.... ugh....

WOO... WOO... WOO... - Team Flair promo took a little long but was decent, the best part was Grandpa whipping around in his wheelchair in the end. Crazy Grandpa.

Some old guys and one new guy vs. some REALLY old guys - Team 3D and Jesse Neal vs. The Band, HOLY CRAP THIS SUCKS! Scott Hall needs to have a career ending injury, I don't wish death on the man but he is soiling whatever name (and trunks) he has. You suck, go home, quit, work backstage, just get off my damn TV. By the way, if Bubba or D-Von EVER bring out tables, you know they are going through them.

Spotfest - Shannon Moore vs. Kazarian, Um... yeah, first off not a big fan of people changing matches for no reason. Now all the sudden at Lockdown it will be Williams vs. Moore vs. Kaz... why... because the announcer told us it would be... This match would've been good had there been a reason, you know like Kaz fighting for a spot in the match at Lockdown, instead it was a spotfest that wasted 10 minutes and looked disjointed and like they had planned EVERY SINGLE MOVE. No way these two should ever get a time limit draw. Stupid, just stupid.

Crappy promo time - How many crappy promos can you air in a row? TNA can run 5... 5 bad promos in A ROW! First we get Williams sputtering over words, then Hogan and Bichoff rail through some crap, Lethal doing his continually good impression of Macho Man but to no point, Angelina tried but Tara came in and stumbled over herself and then the Pope and Abyss didn't really make a point. That's a lot of terrible right in A ROW!

Leather and Lace, no just kidding, bullshit - Angelina Love vs. Velvet Skye, firstly this is probably the hottest women's feud of the moment right now. Angelina came back fired up at Skye for replacing her in TBP and they have mostly been kept apart, the way a feud should build. This would've been an awesome one-on-one matchup at Lockdown. I even believed they were setting it up when Love got the belt and Skye got the title shot.

Then this Leather and Lace thing came up... so we were going to blow this wad on Impact... okay, not great but at least it would happen. Oh and then its not Leather and Lace because we shouldn't see Skye's goodies... even though she shows everyone every night bending over the rope (and mooned someone in the crowd at the end of the match).

Oh and its not for the title. Oh and Love is handcuffed. Oh and its an I Quit Match. Oh and there will be a title match at Lockdown. Oh and it will be a tag match. Oh and for all the Knockout belts.

WTF!!!

Dumb, just plain dumb. Way to ruin your best division.

A terrible Accident - Abyss was hit by a car. Now Abyss is 350 pounds, have you seen what a deer does to a car. It will tear a car up. If you hit a 350 pound man with a car, you probably aren't driving away. But there is no car in sight. Also, didn't WWE do a car accident angle not two months ago. Its a little early to be so blatantly stealing ideas. BTW, Desmond Wolfe did it.

Best moment of the Night - Matt Morgan and Amazing Red vs. Motor City Machine Guns, Morgan's promos are funny, and no slip ups this week, good boy. Decent match, not too much time, served its purpose, the right guys one, Red looked amazing. And Morgan kicked his ass afterward. The most cohesive point in the entire show. Bravo.

What just Happened? - Robert Roode vs. Jeff Hardy, I'm sure this match was okay, I mean with Hardy and Roode but for some reason it felt way too short and felt awkward. SpikeTV wouldn't air the fireball, it got cut off. You would think someone would've found that out ahead of time.

Cluster Bomb - So it was supposed to be Abyss and Pope vs. AJ and Wolfe. But with Abyss out Pope was going to fight it himself. Lethal offered himself as a partner (with Rev. Slick against the Model and Dynamite Kid, great references) but Lethal got beat up so it was back to Pope in a 2-on-1 situation, but than Hogan took out Wolfe so we get a preview of the main event at Lockdown, Pope vs. AJ. I'm tired after just writing all that.

Grandpa can Walk again - Grandpa hit Pope and AJ lost by DQ, big deal.

Make sure you check out BBSD's Raw Blogger, J-Call for his take on the other half of Monday Night. And listen to Show Stoppers every with Larry Stanley and John Conner every Tuesday for more Wrestling News and Information. 

Make No Mistakes

Make no mistake about it, the war is on. BigBadSportsDaddy Raw Blogger J-Call may not believe it, but the fact of the matter is, we have two wrestling shows on the same night, on opposite channels that are fighting for the same audience. Now the ammunition may be a little weak at the moment, and there may not be a huge influx of viewers yet and I agree that both companies need to do something to bring in non-wrestling fans, but that doesn't mean it hasn't started. It just hasn't heated up yet.

TNA is gearing up toward their yearly (and inventive) pay-per-view Lockdown, where every match is inside a steel cage. Now for anyone who hasn't seen a Lockdown from years past where the Six Sides of Steel were featured, you are missing out. Crazy spots, awesome action and a lot of good work. It will be interesting to see them do it in a regular steel cage this year but should be good none the less.

The writers at TNA are always trying to be creative, sometimes they score a hit (Lockdown concept) and sometimes they fail (The Lockbox Challenge for tonight). In essence, its a decent plan, but the rules are so convoluted and there is really only two prizes in the four boxes. Who gives a shit about the spider or the strip tease, last I checked we are still on regular cable which means the strip tease is nothing more than spank material for 13-year-old boys. I've seen women naked, I don't need to see Lacey in her bra and panties.

Team Hogan vs. Team Flair is probably the least thing I care about going into Lockdown. And Flair's team just looks odd with Beer Money in it. Although, Abyss teaming up with RVD and Hardy doesn't seem to make a lot of sense either. It's like they just threw all the main event guys into this. Whatever. Although with this being a Lethal Lockdown match with weapons it could turn out decent with these participants.

TNA is trying to be the anti-WWE which is fine, but you don't really have to say ass nine times in the first 15 minutes of the show, we get it, you swear... again, I'm not 13, it doesn't do anything for me if you over use it. It's fine to have it, but don't act like I've never heard it.

RVD vs. James Storm, RVD's first singles match since being back in the ring. It's amazing that the man has been away as long as he has and comes back without missing much of a beat. Sure there are some missteps but give the guy his due, he'll get it back to 100%. When RVD got tossed into the guardrail, I cringed, it was pretty nasty looking. The split leg moonsault was amazing with RVD getting a ton of height out of it.

The aftermath was pretty dumb, RVD got hit with a bottle and the trainers brought out blood soaked towels to make it look like RVD was bleeding. Just blade Robby, don't be a pansy, you're too good for that.

More Knockout Lockbox information and terrible promos from Tara, Angelina and ODB. I know these women are better than this, I don't know what happened with this. Tara is looking more manish again like she did in WWE, I hope she stops that.

Homicide vs. Rob Terry (Global Champion), Rob Terry's new moniker "The Freak" is ridiculous. I mean, its one of the options for your Create A Wrestler on Smackdown vs. Raw. Come on writing team, don't be so lazy. Homicide tried to hold his own, but it really was just a long squash match with Terry winning again. I like the build for Terry, even if I think he sucks. Missed the spin kick in this match though, that is why people are interested Terry, don't get rid of it.

The chair shot after the match was scary. The top of the chair folded around Rob's head and the top of it hit him on the top of the skull. He's lucky he was still able to stand, if you watch, you can see where Rob's knees buckle after the hit, he almost went down. After another big chokeslam, you can see the blood start gushing from Terry's head. That, ladies and gentlemen, is getting busted open the hard way.

Orlando Jordan showed up and scared everyone into changing the channel. WHAT THE HELL TNA? Seriously, what the hell? You are going to drive people away with this crap. Bury this dude now and get him the hell off my TV. You're audience is homophobic and this is not going to bring in anyone new, stop it, stop it now.

ODB, Tara, Love and Hamada vs. Daffney, Lacey, Madison and Velvet (Lockbox Challenge), If it takes more than three slides at the bottom of the screen to explain a match, the match shouldn't be happening. So dumb, so, so dumb. Tara, Daffney, Velvet and Angelina get keys. If anyone didn't see the outcome right there, you are not a wrestling fan.

Kurt Angle vs. Ken Anderson (Ladder Match), yes it is a ladder match but the prize is merely the key to the cage. Kind of hurts when the prize isn't that great but this match delivered. Both guys hit big spots on the ladder without overusing it. Kurt took a NASTY bump to the outside, where I'm pretty sure he was supposed to catch himself on the rope more than he did.

TNA or Spike sensors a Holy Shit chant... so we can say Ass a thousand times, but god forbid the crowd chant Holy Shit for a real Holy Shit moment.

Kurt hit a nasty looking dropkick and a beautiful moonsault. Again, every knew Anderson was getting the key, and I think that hurt this match a bit. 

Bubba shows up and has a stupid angle with Hogan, and no one cared. They tried to recapture magic with Jay Lethal and Hogan and no one cared.

Matt Morgan, the most under-utilized big man in professional wrestling, now has a split personality, but couldn't even hold it together for one promo. He his most of the "we" but added a "me" in there. Ugh, another stupid gimmick for a man who should be fighting for a title.

Motor City Machine Guns vs. Team 3D, I was concerned, Team 3D is not as young as they once were and MCMG is prone to quick paced action. Bubba Ray really stepped it up for this match, taking falls like I haven't seen him do in a LONGGGGG time. Watch the cross body and the end with the X-Factor from Waltman. Someone had a couple bowls of Wheaties before tonight's show. 

Pope cuts another good promo, Wolfe shows up and talks back to him. It's funny with Wolfe's accent I swear when he says D'Angelo's name he calls him "Poop". And there was a weird exchange of glances between Wolfe and Chelsea when Wolfe said Duty... is this another 13-year-olds joke?

Doug Williams cuts an awesome promo, calling the X-Division a bunch of clowns and circus monkeys, it was great. I hope he wrote it himself like Hogan and Bischoff said they were going to make the talent do.

Williams vs. Generation Me (Gauntlet), generally a gauntlet match has more than two people, but you know, whatever. I expected Williams to crush both members of GM until I realized he was only fighting these two guys. It was a decent match that showcased Williams. GM needs new pants, ones without their Twitter names on them. The rolling suplex is awesome, but no one should ever be crotched when their opponent kicks the middle rope.

Shannon Moore comes out a says something about DILIGAF again and says Ass again and asks for a shot at Lockdown. He had his shot, and Kaz is #1 contender, but TNA has to keep Moore happy to keep Hardy around, so look for Moore to get in there somehow.

Pope D'Angelo Dinero vs. Desmonde Wolfe, Pope beat the crap out of Wolfe and hit a HUGE finisher, I don't know what Pope calls it but Jericho calls it a Code Breaker. But I've never seen Jericho hit one like that. That was amazing.

AJ came out and attacked him and we got a little melee at the end to a large resounding, meh.

The Knockouts are finally going to open their Lockboxes. They started this at 9p.m. CST when they were supposed to be off the air so my DVR cut out. It really pissed me off. Don't over run if you aren't going to tell the cable companies to increase the DVR time, you are going to enrage fans not endear yourself to them.

Velvet gets a contract for any title at any time. Tara got her dumb spider back. Angelina gets the title, guess they had to take it off Tara again but didn't want to put Love vs. Tara in a match, so Tara again gets screwed out of the title. Daffney has to do the strip tease..... woo?

Love and Tara start to battle as Daffney begrudgingly starts to "strip", Lacey comes out and hits Daff and performs the "striptease" herself as Love and Tara continue to fight. Weird ending... strange way to finish the show, this should've happened before the final match.

Next week we get Love vs. Skye in a Leather and Lace match... another stipulation that I don't really know what it means, I get the gist of it, but you know whatever... hot chicks... you know... amiright?