IMPACT Wrestling 1/9 Discussion: Magnus vs. AJ Styles [Winner Takes All]
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Lousy, overly-negative review in this spoiler:
Two really pressing questions:
-Who is the top babyface in TNA going to be? AJ's gone... it should have been Magnus but they turned him heel... Samoa Joe? Kurt Angle? Maybe in spots... Enough of Sting... Sure as hell won't be Eric Young... They can't rebuild Kenny King fast enough... It seems like we're in for another James Storm push because there's simply nobody else. There's a metric ton of great heel talent here but virtually nobody who's can be our next great hero.
-What's the payoff for this Ditsy reign of terror? There's no way she can get her comeuppance for all of this. The vast majority of the people on "Team Dixie" can get over without her... sooooo... why is she getting such a big push? Her being annoying enough to get EC3 over by association was great
4/10. Should be higher since much of it was really enjoyable, but since they used the whole show to put heat on Dixie it can't get a positive grade.
We all love blood feuds. We all love drama and two guys getting really mad at each other and fighting to the death. That's what pro wrestling is about, but the one thing we really need more of in pro wrestling right now is friends. Take for instance, EC3 and Samoa Joe. One has been established long ago as the friend of AJ, and the other is Dixie's nephew. BAM. They have a reason to fight! Good! Thank you. Another thing this show did well was having a theme established at the beginning of the show that played out throughout it which ALMOST made this show super enjoyable.
-A serious AJ Styles promo is the perfect foil for the unintentional comedy of Dixie Carter, even though Dixie came across as super serious today. At least she tried. AJ's charisma keeps improving and he's really standing out with this character, wonder if he can be the next top face of TNA... oh, right.
-For a promotion I love as much as TNA, it's impressive that there's 2 parts of this show that I simply can't watch. So thank you, TNA, for sticking the Knockouts in the Bromans' segment. Two birds with one stone, win! AND you stuck Young and Park in it too! Keep putting all these guys together so I can not watch them all at the same time. <3
-The back and forth between Storm and Gunner was really interesting since Storm came across as a lot more likable than Gunner. Storm's better suited for a face role but is stale in his current character so he's in no-man's land, while Gunner's aggression seems to suit him better as a heel and right now he has to be the one to turn in this feud because TNA has officially written themselves in a corner. James Storm was RUINED last year by this exact thing. Gunner has to win this match or face a year of digging out of a hole just like Storm just went through, but that would prompt more of a Storm turn which would be stupid... I'm confused. More on this later.
-Rockstar Spud was able to stop Joe. LOL.
-Joe was taken out with a pipe. The Bromans took care of Park according to recaps. EY was carrying ODB out, since Tapa and Gail are on Team Dixie for some reason and these dopes are somehow friends with AJ. They took out both Gunner and Storm too... which brings me to the Kurt Angle thing. Angle was driven off by Al Snow because of an "emergency". A lot of people thought this was Al driving Kurt away from the IZ so he couldn't interfere in the match, while I thought he was rescuing Kurt from being attacked backstage. If it's the latter, Ethan would like to have a word with you, Al. Muhahahahaha.
-The Dixie/Sting back and forth was pretty bad because of Dixie but Sting's fire advanced his feud well... Question: What stipulation is EC3 vs Sting going to have? You can't blow this off by having Sting and Ethan feud, with Sting having a big issue with Dixie. It's Big Show vs Randy Orton all over again. Now this match has to be used to advance the feud instead of blowing off a pretty good angle.
-Bobby Roode proves his greatness with everything he does, his promo was money... and while a lot of people had an issue with Bad Influence losing a 2 on 1 handicap match to Kurt, I really wasn't. Bad Influence are jobbers so if they haven't been buried by now, they won't be. So they won't be. But still, for Kurt to eventually get fired up and run through both of these guys like they're nothing just for Bobby Roode to have a ton of trouble with Sting and need outside interference in a cage match to win made Roode look incredibly weak by comparison. I get it, that's Roode's character, but this was ridiculous. Both matches were good though, as Roode cements himself as one of the best workers in this company.
-This Anderson/Bully thing is really odd. Part of me enjoys this Bully Ray character, but for him to be so upset over his faction being taken away is irritating. Can we please just Chris Benoit that faction? Whatever, good segment, interesting character.
-The main event was just really annoying... Hold on.
-A serious AJ Styles promo is the perfect foil for the unintentional comedy of Dixie Carter, even though Dixie came across as super serious today. At least she tried. AJ's charisma keeps improving and he's really standing out with this character, wonder if he can be the next top face of TNA... oh, right.
-For a promotion I love as much as TNA, it's impressive that there's 2 parts of this show that I simply can't watch. So thank you, TNA, for sticking the Knockouts in the Bromans' segment. Two birds with one stone, win! AND you stuck Young and Park in it too! Keep putting all these guys together so I can not watch them all at the same time. <3
-The back and forth between Storm and Gunner was really interesting since Storm came across as a lot more likable than Gunner. Storm's better suited for a face role but is stale in his current character so he's in no-man's land, while Gunner's aggression seems to suit him better as a heel and right now he has to be the one to turn in this feud because TNA has officially written themselves in a corner. James Storm was RUINED last year by this exact thing. Gunner has to win this match or face a year of digging out of a hole just like Storm just went through, but that would prompt more of a Storm turn which would be stupid... I'm confused. More on this later.
-Rockstar Spud was able to stop Joe. LOL.
-Joe was taken out with a pipe. The Bromans took care of Park according to recaps. EY was carrying ODB out, since Tapa and Gail are on Team Dixie for some reason and these dopes are somehow friends with AJ. They took out both Gunner and Storm too... which brings me to the Kurt Angle thing. Angle was driven off by Al Snow because of an "emergency". A lot of people thought this was Al driving Kurt away from the IZ so he couldn't interfere in the match, while I thought he was rescuing Kurt from being attacked backstage. If it's the latter, Ethan would like to have a word with you, Al. Muhahahahaha.
-The Dixie/Sting back and forth was pretty bad because of Dixie but Sting's fire advanced his feud well... Question: What stipulation is EC3 vs Sting going to have? You can't blow this off by having Sting and Ethan feud, with Sting having a big issue with Dixie. It's Big Show vs Randy Orton all over again. Now this match has to be used to advance the feud instead of blowing off a pretty good angle.
-Bobby Roode proves his greatness with everything he does, his promo was money... and while a lot of people had an issue with Bad Influence losing a 2 on 1 handicap match to Kurt, I really wasn't. Bad Influence are jobbers so if they haven't been buried by now, they won't be. So they won't be. But still, for Kurt to eventually get fired up and run through both of these guys like they're nothing just for Bobby Roode to have a ton of trouble with Sting and need outside interference in a cage match to win made Roode look incredibly weak by comparison. I get it, that's Roode's character, but this was ridiculous. Both matches were good though, as Roode cements himself as one of the best workers in this company.
-This Anderson/Bully thing is really odd. Part of me enjoys this Bully Ray character, but for him to be so upset over his faction being taken away is irritating. Can we please just Chris Benoit that faction? Whatever, good segment, interesting character.
-The main event was just really annoying... Hold on.
Two really pressing questions:
-Who is the top babyface in TNA going to be? AJ's gone... it should have been Magnus but they turned him heel... Samoa Joe? Kurt Angle? Maybe in spots... Enough of Sting... Sure as hell won't be Eric Young... They can't rebuild Kenny King fast enough... It seems like we're in for another James Storm push because there's simply nobody else. There's a metric ton of great heel talent here but virtually nobody who's can be our next great hero.
-What's the payoff for this Ditsy reign of terror? There's no way she can get her comeuppance for all of this. The vast majority of the people on "Team Dixie" can get over without her... sooooo... why is she getting such a big push? Her being annoying enough to get EC3 over by association was great
4/10. Should be higher since much of it was really enjoyable, but since they used the whole show to put heat on Dixie it can't get a positive grade.
I really just want to see bully now tbh, Anderson will be great. I guess he is an option for babyface of the future :awyeah:
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Really enjoyed the show, like srsly. It had the exciting and good paced story the entire night, and the story was executed to near perfection. Good job keeping viewers (well, me at least) interested the entire show.
For me the only big downer on this show was Kirk Angle beating Bad Influence, but even that doesn't damage BI at all since they've lost so many matches before and still have cred (that tells how good they are).
As far as the main event goes: crazy, insane, fun, epic, wild, chaotic, all over the place....
Show rating: 8/10 (yeah, 50% bigger than Snowman rated it, but whatever the fuck I don't care)
For me the only big downer on this show was Kirk Angle beating Bad Influence, but even that doesn't damage BI at all since they've lost so many matches before and still have cred (that tells how good they are).
As far as the main event goes: crazy, insane, fun, epic, wild, chaotic, all over the place....
Show rating: 8/10 (yeah, 50% bigger than Snowman rated it, but whatever the fuck I don't care)
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brother, a 50% increase from him is a 6/10. Even if you meant 50% of 10 it would be a 9. Steiner math?
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Crayo Carter is a chump. I would've done math homework for his pregnant daughter for anything.
I've done a lot more for a lot less.
Given the rivalry you two have going, wouldn't it be Crayo McMahon? Such a mark. <3
:facepalm1: Just went through a list of potential top faces and forgot about the dude in your avatar. A-Double's stock better be doubling soon, son.
:facepalm1: Just went through a list of potential top faces and forgot about the dude in your avatar. A-Double's stock better be doubling soon, son.
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- The January 9th episode of IMPACT WRESTLING averaged 1.393 million viewers. It was the largest audience since Destination X last summer.
