Impact Wrestling 4/26/12 Live Discussion - "Open Fight Night"

[Ricky Smarks]

Guys it was fun tonight. Great first for Opne Fight Night and as always great LD.

Indeed a fantastic LD. Thanks to everyone who participated.

 

[Starlight]

I'm more interested in seeing some good indy talent

 

[Shane]

Kenny, Mikey, Johnny and Mitch. Surprised you didn't know that with your vast knowledge of wrestling.

Holy shit I was joking

 

[Hoss]

You're not a funny guy, are you?

 

[Shane]

You're not a funny guy, are you?

Eh I have my moments

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Watch out, we have a comedian over here.

 

[Starlight]

I wasn't particularly entertained by this last Impact, but then again I wasn't entertained by Raw this week either. It's always a hit and miss for me lately. Some weeks they are amazing and others I'm sleeping right through it! lol

 

[Ricky Smarks]

I wasn't particularly entertained by this last Impact, but then again I wasn't entertained by Raw this week either. It's always a hit and miss for me lately. Some weeks they are amazing and others I'm sleeping right through it! lol

I agree. The Open Fight Night concept needs to work out a few bugs but otherwise it was an okay show.

 

[Starlight]

Is open fight out once a month? I thought Hogan or Taz said that. If it is once a month, I feel like they should give opportunities to ROH, Shimmer, CZW, non-affiliated superstars and women to challenge for TNA gold. I feel like they should let the match go completely unscripted. Say, Kevin Steen challenges D-von for the TV title or Melina challenges Gail for the KO title... if Steen or Melina were to win, then they get TNA contracts. If they lose, then they go back to whatever they were doing prior. You have to wait a few months before you can challenge again. The fact you have Bully Ray still in a title picture or Brooke in the title picture is boring to me. I like Bully Ray, but I would have loved to see something new.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Is open fight out once a month? I thought Hogan or Taz said that. If it is once a month, I feel like they should give opportunities to ROH, Shimmer, CZW, non-affiliated superstars and women to challenge for TNA gold. I feel like they should let the match go completely unscripted. Say, Kevin Steen challenges D-von for the TV title or Melina challenges Gail for the KO title... if Steen or Melina were to win, then they get TNA contracts. If they lose, then they go back to whatever they were doing prior. You have to wait a few months before you can challenge again. The fact you have Bully Ray still in a title picture or Brooke in the title picture is boring to me. I like Bully Ray, but I would have loved to see something new.

You had me into completely unscripted. What exactly does that mean?

Nothing in professional wrestling can be unscripted as far as the wrestling goes.

But I'd love to see SHIMMER talent and other independent guys get shots.

 

[Starlight]

When I said unscripted I meant like have... Sara Del Ray challenge Gail Kim for the KO title and have it be a REAL wrestling match. No predetermined winner, no written ending, and nothing. Just Del Ray and Gail fighting hard for the title.

This for anybody who challenged for a title.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

When I said unscripted I meant like have... Sara Del Ray challenge Gail Kim for the KO title and have it be a REAL wrestling match. No predetermined winner, no written ending, and nothing. Just Del Ray and Gail fighting hard for the title.

This for anybody who challenged for a title.

That's what I thought you meant. But yeah, wrestling can't be real or unscripted. Not like we see it anyway. It would have to be amateur grappling or MMA in order to be a real contest.

 

[Starlight]

well, that stinks!

 

[Death Dealer]

When I said unscripted I meant like have... Sara Del Ray challenge Gail Kim for the KO title and have it be a REAL wrestling match. No predetermined winner, no written ending, and nothing. Just Del Ray and Gail fighting hard for the title.

This for anybody who challenged for a title.

There's MMA for that.

 

[Shane]

Yeah Gail and Sara would have to talk to each other during the match to decide who's gonna win. Who knows if one woman would agree to lose