Impact thread for January 11, 2024 - Hard to Kill preview... the return of TNA is imminent!

[Leon TrotSky]

You say that but all our 2002 watches, we were all tired of the cage girls very quickly

 

[Smart Marx]

You say that but all our 2002 watches, we were all tired of the cage girls very quickly

Not I.

 

[Smart Marx]

I didn’t miss them when they disappeared either, but I did like lollipop as a character.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

I didn’t miss them when they disappeared either, but I did like lollipop as a character.

Remember when the cage girls had a feud with a stable called BitchSlap

And that's how we got Traci Brooks

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Somewhat related, I recently saw where the name "BitchSlap" came from, it was Russo and Borash in the death days of WCW coming up for ideas for a women's promotion with deliberately offensive gimmicks

 

[Smart Marx]

Remember when the cage girls had a feud with a stable called BitchSlap

And that's how we got Traci Brooks

Now that’s a stable. They even had a nurse. Good times.

 

[Smart Marx]

Somewhat related, I recently saw where the name "BitchSlap" came from, it was Russo and Borash in the death days of WCW coming up for ideas for a women's promotion with deliberately offensive gimmicks

I love that Borash was Vince Russo’s disciple, and yet somehow he avoided backlash from the fans and lasted with TNA all the way up until what was it like 2018 or so??

 

[Leon TrotSky]

I love that Borash was Vince Russo’s disciple, and yet somehow he avoided backlash from the fans and lasted with TNA all the way up until what was it like 2018 or so??

Because the only time he ever got the book was in WWA and no one saw that

 

[Smart Marx]

Because the only time he ever got the book was in WWA and no one saw that

WWA was pretty dreadful. Not gonna lie.

That being said, I’m pretty sure Borash was in creative for a good chunk of his run. He just wasn’t like a head writer or Booker.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

If Borash was ever in on creative you'd never notice because his booking was the bargain basement version of Russo. He'd get masked by Russo stuff

 

[Deadd2009]

The thing is with AAA is that lucha rings are just harder by default so you bump completely differently. That's why luchadores have such ridiculously long careers, because they're still healthy enough. They learn not to fuck their bodies.

I think AAA rings are slightly bigger than TNA too, and besides, half the time the matches are spent on the outside of the ring.

 

[Comrade Khan]

I do think one PLE a year could use them for one night. It would be a great gimmick.

LETHAL

LOCKDOWN

for the whole pape

 

[Leon TrotSky]

LETHAL

LOCKDOWN

for the whole pape

Sadly you can't call a show "Lockdown" since 2020 :<

 

[Tyler2]

Borash is in NXT now he honestly seems like a sad old man now compared to the guy that used to hype the crowd before TNA Impact. I think the reason why I don't want TNA with a 4 sided ring is it reminds me of the Hogan era too much. I miss Lollipop she was cute

 

[Smart Marx]

Sadly you can't call a show "Lockdown" since 2020 :<

I feel it’s been long enough. If people want to whinge on X, they can.