Impact Wrestling Live Discussion Thread - 26/7/12 - New GM, Chavo Debuts & More.

[Dale]

On Wednesday afternoon, TNA President Dixie Carter announced via her @TNADixie Twitter: "While Hulk Hogan is recovering, I've asked another man to step in and take control. He appears right at 8/7 Central on @SpikeTV tomorrow."

- This past week, The Aces and 8s gang unleashed a path of destruction on IMPACT WRESTLING! What will be the fallout on Thursday night? Will the mysterious group continue to make IMPACT their personal warzone?


- Thursday's IMPACT will also feature the TNA debut of Chavo Guerrero! The wrestling world will hear from Chavo for the first time!


- Two HUGE "Bound For Glory Series" matches are scheduled for the broadcast: AJ Styles vs. James Storm and Kurt Angle vs. Bully Ray


- In Knockouts tag team action, Mickie James teams with Tara to battle Gail Kim and Madison Rayne


- New X Division Champion Zema Ion will defend his title on Thursday's IMPACT


- Recent TNA Gut Check contestant Sam Shaw will get a second chance to prove himself on Thursday, after he was attacked by The Aces & 8s gang this past week

I'll definitley try and catch this tonight providing I can stay awake.

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[Keith]

Although I was not too impress with last weeks I will give it another go this week. Will be interested to see who Chavo faces in his debut.

 

[Crippler]

Just my thoughts

Pretty Solid opening promo with all the top faces who got jumped last week wanting revenge and Roode saying Strom is behind it cause he never got jumped. Nice to see them advancing the Roode/Storm angle some more. I wasn't a fan of Angle breaking the brawl up, but hey nothing we can do about that.

I love how they acting like Chavo is some kind of big names. More angry Roode promo

Other then a few sloppy moments this was a pretty fun tag knockouts match. I got what they trying to do with the finish but it came off looking awful and stupid. Anyway it was nice to see Mickie's thighs on TV again. *1/2 for the match

If your gonna have a Gut Check match at least have the match be longer then 2 and a half Minutes. To tell you the truth i was hardly watching this i spent most of the time laughing at the 87% signs and Joey Ryan showing up and sucker punching Al Snow.

Pretty okay Aries/X-Division backstage segment. I likes the shit talking they did, can't wait to see the other stuff they do. If King doesn't get the shot, IT'S A FUCKING CONSPIRACY.

I don't know what i enjoyed more the awful song they gave him or that PINK SHIRT he's got on. I liked this promo by Chavo talking about his Families knows is how to conquer a ring and to be a champion everywhere they go. And he's here to conker TNA, he also gave props to the TNA locker room. But then Kid Kash and Gunner come out of everyone that TNA has on the rooster they pick these two. mock the Guerrero name until they fight. Hernandez arrives to even the odds. Looks like we got a pretty solid tag match feud for the next 2/3 months.

No one gives a FUCK about this Sam guy and Gut Check outside Joey Ryan.

The Storm/Styles match was going really good back and fourth tv match until A & 8 arrive and attack Styles and the referee. And then it…..Goes to commercial. So i guess Storm was not attacked so it makes it look like Roode was telling the truth. It's a shame Claire Lynch didn't get jumped that would of been great.

So Shaw gets a contract and not a single fuck is given. I like how Prichard said he did a hell of of job, i guess he wasn't watching cause most of the match he spent getting his ass kicked.

Kenny King's backstage promo was great. Aries cuts Dakota and he says "Tell your dad hello, his repo business is great." AWESOME.

Ion/King was alright the finish comes when Bobby comes back into the arena and attacks Kenny. Zema is able to take advantage and hits the Moonsault for the victory. After the match, Aries and Bobby fight each other. We would later find out that it will be Aries and Kenny vs Bobby and Zema for next week's show. It seems that TNA wants to give Kenny some spotlight, which I don't have a problem with.

Damn! Bully and Angle had a great match. Full of counters and great back and forth action.After the match, A & 8 arrive and attack Kurt. Styles, Aries, and Sting arrive to help Kurt out. You see Styles and Aries running, but you see Sting strolling along. It's like his body gave up on him or he's just walking through the park on a sunny day. Storm comes down to help out the TNA guys, and after that little brawl Kurt and Aries really question Storm's motives. Yeah, so I guess they want to put the focus on "who's the boss?" until they finally reveal who's controlling Aces and Eights.

 

[DashX]

Impact is getting better by the week. Most of the matches were really good, I am loving the Aces and Eights storyline, and they announced matches for next weeks show which is something I don't see a lot of anymore.

 

[Chris]

Ha, I completely missed that Repossession Business comment by Aries to Darsow.

I thought this was another good Impact, like Dash said, they're improving with every week. They definitely brought it with the in-ring action. Storm/Styles and Bully/Angle were two great TV matches. Joey Ryan stole the Gut Check segments and I'm still interested in this Aces & Eights angle. No Junkie Whore tonight either, and to be completely honest, I was almost disappointed by that. I wanted to see if they went with my birdie idea

 

[zigglerHEEL]

First Impact I watched start to finish in months, and it's definitely getting better, much better... To be honest when they first split team 3D I thought that neither had the slightest chance to succeed as a singles wrestler, but boy has Ray proved me wrong... Really impressive they can pull off a show that good with no Anderson, RVD, Hardy, Joe, Daniels, Pope, etc... and finally Jason Hervey needs to take a kendo stick to the adam's apple

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Jason Hervey is a true fan and now that he is a bum he can do what he always wanted to do. Give the man a break.

 

[Chris]

Yeah Jason Hervey came up with the LWO in WCW. He's okay in my book.

 

[Keith]

Just my thoughts

Pretty Solid opening promo with all the top faces who got jumped last week wanting revenge and Roode saying Strom is behind it cause he never got jumped. Nice to see them advancing the Roode/Storm angle some more. I wasn't a fan of Angle breaking the brawl up, but hey nothing we can do about that.

I love how they acting like Chavo is some kind of big names. More angry Roode promo

Other then a few sloppy moments this was a pretty fun tag knockouts match. I got what they trying to do with the finish but it came off looking awful and stupid. Anyway it was nice to see Mickie's thighs on TV again. *1/2 for the match

If your gonna have a Gut Check match at least have the match be longer then 2 and a half Minutes. To tell you the truth i was hardly watching this i spent most of the time laughing at the 87% signs and Joey Ryan showing up and sucker punching Al Snow.

Pretty okay Aries/X-Division backstage segment. I likes the shit talking they did, can't wait to see the other stuff they do. If King doesn't get the shot, IT'S A FUCKING CONSPIRACY.

I don't know what i enjoyed more the awful song they gave him or that PINK SHIRT he's got on. I liked this promo by Chavo talking about his Families knows is how to conquer a ring and to be a champion everywhere they go. And he's here to conker TNA, he also gave props to the TNA locker room. But then Kid Kash and Gunner come out of everyone that TNA has on the rooster they pick these two. mock the Guerrero name until they fight. Hernandez arrives to even the odds. Looks like we got a pretty solid tag match feud for the next 2/3 months.

No one gives a FUCK about this Sam guy and Gut Check outside Joey Ryan.

The Storm/Styles match was going really good back and fourth tv match until A & 8 arrive and attack Styles and the referee. And then it…..Goes to commercial. So i guess Storm was not attacked so it makes it look like Roode was telling the truth. It's a shame Claire Lynch didn't get jumped that would of been great.

So Shaw gets a contract and not a single fuck is given. I like how Prichard said he did a hell of of job, i guess he wasn't watching cause most of the match he spent getting his ass kicked.Kenny King's backstage promo was great. Aries cuts Dakota and he says "Tell your dad hello, his repo business is great." AWESOME.

Ion/King was alright the finish comes when Bobby comes back into the arena and attacks Kenny. Zema is able to take advantage and hits the Moonsault for the victory. After the match, Aries and Bobby fight each other. We would later find out that it will be Aries and Kenny vs Bobby and Zema for next week's show. It seems that TNA wants to give Kenny some spotlight, which I don't have a problem with.

Damn! Bully and Angle had a great match. Full of counters and great back and forth action.After the match, A & 8 arrive and attack Kurt. Styles, Aries, and Sting arrive to help Kurt out. You see Styles and Aries running, but you see Sting strolling along. It's like his body gave up on him or he's just walking through the park on a sunny day. Storm comes down to help out the TNA guys, and after that little brawl Kurt and Aries really question Storm's motives. Yeah, so I guess they want to put the focus on "who's the boss?" until they finally reveal who's controlling Aces and Eights.

But the point is you would expect a rookie to get his arse kicked for most of a match against a guy like Williams.

Really good Impact overall.

I too liked the tension in the opening promo and the way they are setting up a feud between TNA's top stars and Aces and Eights. IMO they should have a war games style match between the two squads at BFG, but don't reveal who the A&E before the match. Just one other thing does the storyline involving Storm not strike anyone else like the one involving Sting in WCW in 96?

KO's Tag Belt got better as it went along, solid effort, but the Earl/Rayne storyline sucks.

Gut Check stuff didn't do much for me.

It was a neat idea having Aries select the guy to challenge for the X belt not only because of his history in the division but also as he is the world champion. Enjoyed the backstage stuff a lot.

Didn't really like the X match, but King is shining as a cocky heel.

Styles/Storm was match of the night excellent match, and they did cut the Claire crap short which is good. Angle/Ray was also solid.

Have mixed feelings on A&8 still. On the one hand by the having them run in at a key point in a big match just when the fans are really peaking it is a good way to get heat, but then again it just seems like such NWO knock off than it is going to take something really special to hold my attention.

Still I can safely say for the first time since about 2007 than TNA's product is better than WWE's OH MY GOD!!

 

[Big Red Jericho Punk]

Bobby Roode is the best heel in wrestling hands down. I can't put Bryan in there because he gets mixed reactions constantly. Roode gets so much heat and is promo ability is terrific. It was a solid episode with two high quality matches. Styles vs Storm was so much fun to watch.

 

[Chris]

Bobby Roode is the best heel in wrestling hands down. I can't put Bryan in there because he gets mixed reactions constantly. Roode gets so much heat and is promo ability is terrific. It was a solid episode with two high quality matches. Styles vs Storm was so much fun to watch.

Roode's definitely up there, but it's hard to say that when you also have guys like Bully and Daniels.

 

[The New F'n Show]

I really enjoyed the Styles-Storm match, pretty darn good for TV. Angle-Ray was good too, I don't know what it is but I just can't get into Angle anymore.

 

[Keith]

I forgot to mention in my review that the promotion for Chavo's debut was excellent this is the sort of thing which TNA have not done enough in the past. Only let down was that he didn't have a match just having a brawl with Kash was not enough.