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?