It's good to see you dedicate so much time to building Against All Odds. It's not what you come to expect from a show of that magnitude, but it comes across as far more speciaql than it ever truly was. The Top 10 Moments post is a rather interesting methodology to hyping your big events. It doesn't necessarily devalue your television, but it does raise questions as to how each particular show has been booked. I'd be very curious to know how you came to these results.
AJ Styles and Samoa Joe are two guys who can feud and team until the end of time. It helps that they have that kind of chemistry, but with that said I'm rather intrigued by how you have built this feud up and how that differs compared to their past feuds.
I was always a fan of Tara's work in TNA. She was always incredibly handy in WWE as Victoria, but her competence as a worker truly shone against stars who, you know, actually had experience in the ring. An interesting choice to have Hamada announce her next challenger on Xplosion - that said, it's clear that you have elevated this show as being an equal show to iMPACT. Deeming this a dream match is so Mike Tenay, haha.
I would be very curious to see how Eddie Kingston would have panned out as an active member of the TNA roster in the year 2010. He had a lot of personal issues to deal with, but that said I do like him and Homicide as a unit, and God knows after Hernandez, Kingston is the partner a guy like Homicide could use. I'm hoping you limit the use of Magnus from here on out, I never truly saw all that much in him.
You have Jeff Jarrett's verbatim down to a tee, but I am more intrigued at the idea he's working this program with Paul Heyman of all people. It fits his character, but I'm not sure about Heyman being brought up verbally when he's not present on-screen. I could see Jeff and Rob Van Dam having a great match by 2010 standards, but it does come across a little strange how this angle was portrayed.
Oh man, Kiyoshi. That's a name I haven't read in a time. Makes sense for a guy of his calibre to be the new Spike TV Champion, and I like that you framed it as a true culmination of a chase for Kiyoshi. Him and Marco Corleone is a crazy concept for a feud. I like the idea of this not only replacing the TNA Legends/Global Championship, but also serving as this company's answer to the Television Championship.
The Kurt Angle and Bryan Danielson rivalry has been a major selling point to this project, I feel. It's where your imagination can really be recognised in an instance, and it shows. I'd like to see this go beyond Against All Odds, with that said. I could see this exceeding going for match-of-the-year classic and getting brutal with say, Steel Cage match implications perhaps? Or Six Sides of Steel, if Paul Heyman is still rolling with that ring. It's clearly no coincidence Danielson debuted here rather than for WWE.
Frankie Kazarian's character is well done in that it gives him a new edge that gives him potential to achieve main event status. Hopefully the Amazing Red feud serves as a platform to allow that upward mobility to take place. The Francis Benedict Geraldman gimmick is...interesting. I read it in the Riddler's voice. Maybe a little camp, but it works for what's been done here.
Nigel McGuinness was always a real star in my eyes during this time as Desmond Wolfe. I don't know about the overuse of the term "wanker", but it sure reminds us of how British he is. I don't know necessarily how much chemistry he'd have with a guy like Hernandez though. Your version of Three Stages of Hell sounds cool, though. I just wonder how they'll go about setting the cage up in the iMPACT Zone for that third fall.
Grandiose Paul Heyman job in the Weigh-In, and it sets the scene for AJ Styles and Samoa Joe going at it for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. It is sadly overshadowed by Kurt Angle and Bryan Danielson no matter which way you spin it, but between those two feuds especially, I think Heyman's vision of TNA is in safe hands for the forseeable year in 2010.
Glad to see you pull the trigger on the Mick Foley and Jon Moxley angle. It really captured the effect of how sadistic and edgy this Moxley persona is. I think there is a lot that can be uncovered from this feud that hasn't been picked up on, with that said. I feel like there is a lot more story that can be uncovered using a more effective strategy, afforded by linear shows being posted.
Overall, this has piqued interest for Against All Odds beyond all kinds of proportions. It's Paul Heyman wishing to show the industry what his idea for TNA Wrestling is with one of his first major shows, and that just sits right.
