Impact Wrestling Live Discussion Thread - 19/7/12

[Keith]

Dear god and I am considering watching TNA again full time! lol.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Solid Impact this week. The wrestling portion alone was way better than Raw again. Anderson/Styles was damn good stuff and Roode/Aries had some great action before it get interrupted but I saw that ending coming from about 2 minutes into the show.

I also don't mind what they did for the Gut Check participant. This week was clearly all about the call outs besides more development with the Aces & Eights. He gets another shot and I hope they do his evaluation right after his match.

 

[Crippler]

I liked Storms opening promo, metioning Aries as world champ and how he's not forgotten about Roode, so it lets me know that TNA will countinue the feud. The Angle/Storm match would of great but i like how they SWERVED us and having the Aces and Eights beating down Angle. the further that storyline. "Aces and Eights, motherfucker!!!" that was a great line.

Good ol' Samoa Joe, Seeing this match is giving me horrible flashbacks of their rivalry from a year ago. But thankfully Joe kept this short and made Pope his bitch. I think Pope STIFFED Joe into the turnbuckle because JOE CHIPPED A TOOTH.

Robbie E's promo for the match was hilarious. The only thing that made me laugh even more was that Robbie won the match even if it was via countout. This match was a pretty sloppy and forgettable match.

ODB talks with EY on the phone, and he appears behind her. Apparently he was sent for beer and chicken months ago. He says he got his own TV show, and then a shark ate his phone. He kisses her to apologize, and she likes that. She still wants the beer and fried chicken.

The Sam Shaw kid had a good look but his ring attire is awful, then he jumped off the middle rope and he did some surf board shit and i went of no then it got worse when he oppened his mouth and started shouting but atleast the Aces and Eights hit the ring and kick the ever-living shit out of young Sam Shaw. I like what they are doing with this Invasion angle, lets hope it doesn't get fucked over like the "IMMORTAL STABLE" of last year.

Anderson/Styles match was solid but AJ has not been him self a couple of times i've seen him in the ring in impact. And Anderson was his normal sloppy no idea what he's doing self. The finish was awful as Anderson counters the Styles Clash with a pinfall. I'm guessing it was supposed to be a rollup, but it sure didn't look that way on television. But after the match was the real After the match Claire comes doen to the ring and she says. She has been calling him all week, and AJ will not return her calls, she will deal with him right there. AJ asks to go somewhere and talk, and she denies that. So Claire reminds AJ of "the night," where AJ came to her hotel room, and apparently AJ had some drinks. Claire says it was a passionate night, then all of a sudden Claire takes out some photos of herself in bed with AJ. SHIT JUST GOT REAL. Claire is pissed that AJ doesn't remember. She says that there is no denying it. They went all night long, and now he will have another baby to take care of. She hands him the photos and says maybe they will help him remember. this angle keeps getting better and better.

I couldn't get into RVD/Daniels idk what it was maybe because i can't watch RVD wrestle anymore. Or maybe because the commentary was 90% focused this Bellator event and only called a little bit of the action.

Good Aries promo i liked him saying everything Roode does he can do better just to find the Aces and Eights card by his gear.

Magnus/Bully Ray was way better then i expected really solid match and maybe i would like to see them do it again.

I liked the video package for Chavo but it also makes me sad to see they are not bringing him in as Kerwin White

Aries/Roode, ARIES AND FUCKING ROODE. The chemistry these two have is AWESOME and this match really showed it, it wasn't on the level of the Des X match it was more like a 15 minute version of it. I really want to see this continue for a while longer. The finish comes when Aces and Eights arrive and attack A Double. Tazz and Tenay think they have it all figured out since Bobby is enjoying the attack. After they have done the dirty work, Bobby wants to shake the hands of Aces and Eights, but they start to attack Bobby. The show ends with Aces and Eights continuing the assault. I love Tazz's line of Total Nonstop Anarchy.

Overall: I would say this was a pretty solid show and i enjoyed more then last week. The show was pretty much establishing Aces and Eights and nothing else wait the AJ/Junkie stuff as well but outside those two nothing else was built. The first half was pretty forgettable with some sloppy matches but it did pick up in the second half of the show developing the 2 stories and the 3/4 matches were good/great.

 

[Tapout]

After last weeks stellar show I decided to tune in again this week, and looks like I'll be a full time watcher. Ace's and Eights have really intrigued me. They went from two targets in mind it seems, with Hogan, and Sting, to taking out whoever the hell they want. Reminds of like a nWo/Nexus blend.

I loved when Aries did his promo and found the cards. Made me more interested in the main event, which was easily best part of the show. Screw Roodes/Storm, I want to see Roodes/Aries go to Bound for Glory together. Loving this feud.

The AJ and Junkie angle is still kinda meh. Never been of a fan of these types of angles. Let's just hope she doesn't give birth to a hand...

The matches we're all sloppy and not that great. AJ/Anderson had potential but didn't live up to it. The ended was so botched too that it was hard to look past.

And Roobie E...that is the LAST match he ever needs to win in this BFG series. He shouldn't even be in it.

 

[Keith]

I liked Storms opening promo, metioning Aries as world champ and how he's not forgotten about Roode, so it lets me know that TNA will countinue the feud. The Angle/Storm match would of great but i like how they SWERVED us and having the Aces and Eights beating down Angle. the further that storyline. "Aces and Eights, motherfucker!!!" that was a great line.

Good ol' Samoa Joe, Seeing this match is giving me horrible flashbacks of their rivalry from a year ago. But thankfully Joe kept this short and made Pope his bitch. I think Pope STIFFED Joe into the turnbuckle because JOE CHIPPED A TOOTH.

Robbie E's promo for the match was hilarious. The only thing that made me laugh even more was that Robbie won the match even if it was via countout. This match was a pretty sloppy and forgettable match.

ODB talks with EY on the phone, and he appears behind her. Apparently he was sent for beer and chicken months ago. He says he got his own TV show, and then a shark ate his phone. He kisses her to apologize, and she likes that. She still wants the beer and fried chicken.

The Sam Shaw kid had a good look but his ring attire is awful, then he jumped off the middle rope and he did some surf board shit and i went of no then it got worse when he oppened his mouth and started shouting but atleast the Aces and Eights hit the ring and kick the ever-living shit out of young Sam Shaw. I like what they are doing with this Invasion angle, lets hope it doesn't get fucked over like the "IMMORTAL STABLE" of last year.

Anderson/Styles match was solid but AJ has not been him self a couple of times i've seen him in the ring in impact. And Anderson was his normal sloppy no idea what he's doing self. The finish was awful as Anderson counters the Styles Clash with a pinfall. I'm guessing it was supposed to be a rollup, but it sure didn't look that way on television. But after the match was the real After the match Claire comes doen to the ring and she says. She has been calling him all week, and AJ will not return her calls, she will deal with him right there. AJ asks to go somewhere and talk, and she denies that. So Claire reminds AJ of "the night," where AJ came to her hotel room, and apparently AJ had some drinks. Claire says it was a passionate night, then all of a sudden Claire takes out some photos of herself in bed with AJ. SHIT JUST GOT REAL. Claire is pissed that AJ doesn't remember. She says that there is no denying it. They went all night long, and now he will have another baby to take care of. She hands him the photos and says maybe they will help him remember. this angle keeps getting better and better.

I couldn't get into RVD/Daniels idk what it was maybe because i can't watch RVD wrestle anymore. Or maybe because the commentary was 90% focused this Bellator event and only called a little bit of the action.Good Aries promo i liked him saying everything Roode does he can do better just to find the Aces and Eights card by his gear.

Magnus/Bully Ray was way better then i expected really solid match and maybe i would like to see them do it again.

I liked the video package for Chavo but it also makes me sad to see they are not bringing him in as Kerwin White

Aries/Roode, ARIES AND FUCKING ROODE. The chemistry these two have is AWESOME and this match really showed it, it wasn't on the level of the Des X match it was more like a 15 minute version of it. I really want to see this continue for a while longer. The finish comes when Aces and Eights arrive and attack A Double. Tazz and Tenay think they have it all figured out since Bobby is enjoying the attack. After they have done the dirty work, Bobby wants to shake the hands of Aces and Eights, but they start to attack Bobby. The show ends with Aces and Eights continuing the assault. I love Tazz's line of Total Nonstop Anarchy.

Overall: I would say this was a pretty solid show and i enjoyed more then last week. The show was pretty much establishing Aces and Eights and nothing else wait the AJ/Junkie stuff as well but outside those two nothing else was built. The first half was pretty forgettable with some sloppy matches but it did pick up in the second half of the show developing the 2 stories and the 3/4 matches were good/great.

Spot on and that is one of those basic things which TNA just carry on doing which is one of the many reasons why they can't compete with WWE.

Wasn't very impressed with Impact this week. It was far too much based around the horrible AJ/baby saga as well as this new NWO rip off stuff which to me just got in the way of feuds or matches devolping.

The main event and Daniels/RVD were the in ring highlights for me.

Thought Styles had his worse match in agos guess that just shows how bad Anderson can be.

Joe needs to lose weight and get in better shape he was all over the place in his match.

Actually found the Storm promo annoying, it just felt forced and normally like him on the mic.

Until the standard of Impact improves then ppv buyrates won't no matter how good the cards look.