So I think I'm going to give the new era of TNA one more week to impress me. I think this week has to be graded somewhat on a curve because basically TNA had one night to book a PPV. So that probably did require all the talking and little wrestling to get the booking together. But that better not happen next week or I'm bailing once more.
So I guess we're supposed to believe The Nasty Boys spent the last 10 days holed up in The Dudleyz...er Team 3D's locker room? Really? Even for those slobs I find that idea hard as f*ck to believe. I will give Team 3D credit for trying to make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t and for Bubba...er Brother Ray, saying exactly what the fans are thinking: Those two are only there because Knobbs kisses Hogan's ass and rides his coat tails. If TNA thinks for a second this is something like if you put the Road Warriors against Team 3D they're insane. I'm really hoping this is a one and done kind of feud that see's The former Dudleyz absolutely destroy Knobbs and Sags and sends their asses packing.
The Band? The Band? It's The Kliq minus Michaels and H. Screw they're combined weight how about a combined age, that'd be WAY more instructive. Kevin Nash looks like an evil seven foot tall Santa now...seriously, why the hell do they let him on TV with all that gray, it just sends a terrible message. Scott Hall? Pssh, whatever, inside of a month he'll blow this gig. Waltman? Well nice to see some things never change. Who's the first one leading the charge and getting his butt whomped on a bit till his big buddies come save his ass? Yep, good ol' Syxx-Pac. So they beat on Beer Money and Bischoff appears to be buddy buddy with the former wolfpack (these three were the original) again. Oh and Sting watched from the rafters. I swear to God I thought it was 1997 again, but then when I noticed how little I cared it reminded me that it was 2010 and the only leftover from '97 I care about even a little is the one being done in WWE. I sadly see Beer Money having their asses handed to them here and the Three Stooges getting to prove that they've learned nothing and the good times will roll for them in TNA till they just don't care anymore. Or the fans don't care...whichever comes first.
I did think it was funny how Eric Bischoff appeared like Hogan's secretary...but apparently he's running the company with Hogan? But then Jeff Jarrett barged in bitching that he founded it and built it and should run it...then Bischoff said Dixie runs it? I'm so confused and this is why this work shoot sh*t Russo is so obsessed with doesn't f*cking work. Because you now have three people that are supposedly running TNA and you expect the average fan to keep that straight or even WANT to try and keep that straight? I'm a hardcore fan and I don't even want to do it. Convoluted stories just make people get pissed. So piss off with it. Oh, and can we please just fire Russo already? Kthx.
Wow, remember when Samoa Joe mattered? I mean, I know they wanted Desmond Wolfe ready for PPV with Dinero and all Sunday (by the way, that character seems massively annoying to me, I liked him better as straight up Elijah Burke), but Samoa Joe was the best opponent you could come up with? This is not a knock on Wolfe, he was a great pick up and TNA should be pushing him, no doubt, but Samoa Joe was also an incredible pick up that TNA has basically destroyed the value on with start stop pushes and never being consistent. I almost think Joe should just go to WWE and suffer through developmental or whatever they want him to do because they do tend to push Samoans and he has the right look to go far in the company as long as he learns to play the game like Punk did.
About the only thing I liked on this show is they tend to treat AJ like the face of TNA, he's the champion, he's got a world class challenger and they made their bout Sunday seem important.
So wow, in two hours I found only one really good thing to say about the show. Oh the women's match was pretty good and it was nice to see Lacey Von Erich knocked on her ass, she's hot but she sucks. Ditto Sean Morley trying to be Val Venis without the name, Daniels knocking him on his ass was a mercy.
So yeah, one week to recover from this dreck or I am out of here once more. I can't take that much stupid every week, I just can't. It'll hurt my brain far far too much. Also what the hell happened to pride in being a wrestling company Dixie? All the ad's put over Hogan as a man who "revolutionized sports entertainment" which by implication makes me believe you want to say you're sports entertainment too and playing Vince's game. It really does appear TNA will be WCW redux, complete with all the mistakes and problems.
