IMPACT Discussion May 15th

[Snowman1]

In general?

Yeah, man. Just if there's anything in general we should go out of our way and see.

Was able to catch the Gunner/Shaw stuff and found that interesting, so much of what Gunner does just feels real. Saw the Magnus/Bram/Willow stuff as that moved forward, and Aries' return. Aids would want to see Anderson and Cowboy in the bar for sure.

 

[Testify]

Hey Cloud or Testthefries, can one of you fill some of us (like @Aids Johnson) what the good stuff is on Impact?

fill me up @Testify

I wish I could Broman and Bugman, I wish I could.

But the truth is (don't die after reading this) that I have not (omfg) watched Impact Wrestling in three weeks. True story.

I just think it's a boring TV right now, and TNA has definitely lost its soul. Frankie Kazarian said the same basically few days ago, he said when he was leaving TNA it didn't feel like he was leaving the TNA at all.

I feel the same way when watching TNA. It doesn't feel like the company I (used to?) love.

Don't get me wrong, I like nearly all the talent in EY, Aries, Roode, Lashley, Magnus, Bram, King, Wolves, Shaw, Gunner, Storm, EC3, Spud, Sanada, Bromanz, Gail Kim etc, but I can't put my finger on what is exactly wrong with TNA recently. Maybe because TNA's souls have all left (JJ, AJ, CD, FK, CS)? Because Bully fucking Ray is a babyface, a fucking babyface are you kidding me after all he's done recently with Aces & 8s and Ken Anderson's family? MVP turns heel so quickly? Samoa Joe the fat fuck wrestling for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in a shirt at Lockdown (fucking cunt Joe is)? Abyss fat and lazy character still being around and lets say Bad Influence is being let go? Mike Tenay still doing commentary? Fuck man, that ain't right and makes zero sense. Oh, and don't even get me started on the 'crowd' and Impact Zone. It chokes me as a viewer, and Slammy in Texas and those PA and NYC TV tapings post-Slammy can't come soon enough.

Some things just bug me with today's TNA so much even with the talent I can really get behind, but I don't think I'll watch TNA TV until Slammiversary on PPV in mid June. I just don't feel like I'll be missing anything spectacular until then. I'll watch a segment or match or two per episode to get me prepared for the big PPV, but the entire show? Most def not.

**inb4 increase of heart attacks**

 

[Aids Johnson]

SOMEONE REMOVE THIS MANS AWARD IMMEDIATELY!

 

[Aids Johnson]

and I do agree. Watching TNA doesnt feel like TNA at all, it's like a tna knockoff with the same characters playing themselves like the real husbands of hollywood. It's the writing that is so damn poor.

MVP vs Kenny King now is them together without any real way to work it. EY is a DB knockoff even though he is the 1000% ideal candidate for the one to get kicked around before earning his spot - they just skipped the beginning. There are legit 2 tag teams in the division atm so every week bromans are gunning for a title rematch and there are a ton of other continual fuckups like the japanese vs the mexican for the x-belt when it would be awesome to see them go over Ion or see Manik back ffs.

It's just horribly presented. TNA is like great food placed wrongly on the plate to make it look unattractive, and it blows 1000% more ass that WWE is dogshit right now too, because I would love to enjoy one product and would be more than happy to jump back on TNA's ship, it just makes no sense from week to week. It'd be easy to blame russo but it was dogshit before.

It's like you said, Bully is a babyface. Why? He can play any role well but we all love bully as a heel, and they did 2 years of building to turn him back? It's like when someone offers you a high five and then proceeds to sack tap you in the balls instead.

 

[CFCrusader]

TNA need to do 3 things for me right now, to try and gain momentum, going into 2015 and the Maximum Impact UK tour:

1) Signings - We could do with a few re-signings, actually. I'd love to see Sting, AJ, Bad Influence, Sabin back - I know that money is an issue, but surely TNA could, with a bit of financial backing, get a few of the icons of TNA back? Also, we need to strengthen the midcard. Tag Teams are needed, as the Wolves and Bro-Mans have been the only ones in the last 5 months or so. Heck, the X-Division could do with another guy (although we do have Low-Ki apparently coming back as he got a title shot from a One Night Only pay-per-view).

2) Writing - I think that the writers recently haven't been doing as well as they should be doing. There's a lack of continuity - for example, Tigre Uno gets the Best of 3 Series against Sanada, then a couple of weeks later he's fighting Sanada and Ion again for the title? Also, the way Willow has been done is just terrible; i'm not sure who's fault that is, to be honest, but it needs to be fixed. We also need to see less rematches on Impact (for example, we can't see EY vs MVP until Slammiversary - book them in tag matches if necessary though).

3) Who's the top guys? - TNA need to figure out who in their roster is best for what. For example, who's going to be your biggest stars (babyfaces or top heels), and so who will you market the company/Impact show on? Aries hasn't been around the title (in fact, he's not been doing much recently) in ages, Roode's not touched the title since his record-breaking title reign, Hardy is jumping around in a silly mask, MVP is doing the whole heel authority routine (I feel it's too early for his heel turn tbh) and Samoa Joe's just a fat load right now... Magnus, one guy predicted to be your top star, had one of the worst reigns I have ever seen in professional wrestling, and now he'll slowly turn face in a story with Bram and Willow, in an attempt to redeem himself or whatever/gain credibility. EY will hold the title for a bit now, but I think he'll remain as one of the guys who is in around the midcard/title scene, as the crowd's favourite in #1 contenders and the like.

 

[Snowman1]

Good discussion, guys.

 

[Testify]

Good discussion, guys.

We know.

:blackshock:

 

[Cloud]

Slow reply here Snow apologies.

My interest in TNA all stems from Sanada and Tigre Uno. Also digging The Wolves but in terms of storylines they aint doing loads atm.

Magnus is quite interesting atm as I see him possibly turning face as he doesn't seem happy with how Bram is pushing him towards really dickish things.

As a whole theres not loads but despite as I have said the lack of cohesion and some stupid stuff like The Menagerie for me its still entertaining. Think its because I'm bored with WWE so TNA and ROH have just become something different to keep my wrestling fix happy.