Impact thread for January 20, 2022 - Josh Alexander vs. Charlie Haas, Maclin challenges for ROH World Title

[Sky]

They're really frontloading the card announcement for this one

 

[Chris]

HYPE for Maclin/Gresham wow

 

[Sky]

Another match announced: Zicky/VSK vs. W. Morrissey

Amazing how Zicky will have miraculously recovered from his deathmatch with Evil Uno

 

[Alexa]

Charlie Haas having a match in 2022...I might be interested in this now

 

[Sky]

Also, Influence/Decay

 

[Alexa]

...really thinking about watching this now

 

[Comrade Khan]

i only watched half the show last week and it was really good. i think impact are finally getting back to solid booking here imo

 

[Chris]

i only watched half the show last week and it was really good. i think impact are finally getting back to solid booking here imo

I'd argue it never really wasn't good except for exactly Bound For Glory which pissed me off so much but it says a lot how quickly they won me back over afterwards granted getting Suzuki/Josh soon after was a good way to go about it

 

[Comrade Khan]

I'd argue it never really wasn't good except for exactly Bound For Glory which pissed me off so much but it says a lot how quickly they won me back over afterwards granted getting Suzuki/Josh soon after was a good way to go about it

BFG killed me ya. and also mb not a booking issue but the roster and stories felt pretty repetitive and flat for me after Kenny left. i like these new angles alot tho

 

[Comrade Khan]

like if i see another bullet club war tease that ends in lol good brothers win... an example of what i did not enjoy

 

[Chris]

You just can't have your biggest show of the year end in that much disappointment, next to impossible to recover from that in the internet world where people are gonna hear about that and also be more choosey on what they watch

 

[Comrade Khan]

oh also, while its great shes in the rumble and getting imact press, im also not super sold on mickie dethroning and beating virtusosa twice because i do feel were kind of already getting stuck in booking around other bookings as opposed to impact now

 

[Chris]

Tag division still sucks but it's more of an afterthought now and good bros aren't featured so heavily

 

[Comrade Khan]

Tag division still sucks but it's more of an afterthought now and good bros aren't featured so heavily

I'm still not a fan of VBD being saddled with them either but Im willing to let in breathe for a minute

 

[Chris]

oh also, while its great shes in the rumble and getting imact press, im also not super sold on mickie dethroning and beating virtusosa twice because i do feel were kind of already getting stuck in booking around other bookings as opposed to impact now

I'm 100% sold on the fact that deonna was winning the rematch until the rumble stuff and that if I was in Impact's shoes I'd call the audible to have Mickie retain as well so I can't judge

But yeah they have to book around other companies, have been since the forbidden door stuff started. Works out well mostly, ends up weird at other times (remember the Christopher Daniels return and then the AEW partnership ended? )