TNA Slammiversary XII PPV Discussion

[Testify]

Who could be inducted though? Doubt it'll be the most deserving ones (AJ Styles and Jeff Jarrett).

Maybe Raven? Samoa Joe?

 

[Snowman1]

Who could be inducted though? Doubt it'll be the most deserving ones (AJ Styles and Jeff Jarrett).

Maybe Raven? Samoa Joe?

I suppose the Angle thing is a great way to get around kayfabe heel authority figure stuff. Was thinking it couldn't be Joe or Aries since they're feuding with MVP, while with Heel Dixie running around they couldn't do Styles or Jarrett. Assume they can't use guys in WWE, so Christian Cage and Hogan win are out.. I have no idea...

:steiner:? Nash?

 

[Testify]

I suppose the Angle thing is a great way to get around kayfabe heel authority figure stuff. Was thinking it couldn't be Joe or Aries since they're feuding with MVP, while with Heel Dixie running around they couldn't do Styles or Jarrett. Assume they can't use guys in WWE, so Christian Cage and Hogan win are out.. I have no idea...

:steiner:? Nash?

I'd pop for Monty Brown or someone like that.

 

[Testify]

New match set for the PPV

@Snowman yo here's Sanada

 

[Snowman1]

HOLY FUCK! :robbie:

That's so much awesomeness in one ring! (And Crazzy Steve, too!)

 

[Testify]

HOLY FUCK! :robbie:

That's so much awesomeness in one ring! (And Crazzy Steve, too!)

It's another classic TNA random gimmick match with zero build, but the hell with, I still love it.

Hoping it's MUCH BETTER than the Ultimate X last year @ BFG.

Btw, Davey lied they would have a tag title match, little prick.

It means Von Erichs vs ????

 

[Snowman1]

It's another classic TNA random gimmick match with zero build, but the hell with, I still love it.

Hoping it's MUCH BETTER than the Ultimate X last year @ BFG.

Btw, Davey lied they would have a tag title match, little prick.

It means Von Erichs vs ????

Lol welcome to the X-Division since 2010.

But comparing this to that Ultimate X is a little unkind. That Ultimate X didn't work because when you get an Ultimate X match, you expect acrobatics. You expect Blue bumps and amazing feats of athleticism. That didn't work for 2 main reasons...

1: While it had a bunch of "big names" in it... look at who they actually had:
-The post knee-injury version of Chris Sabin who was extremely protective of himself
-2 guys who people think are high-fliers who'll do crazy shit but really don't in Hardy and Aries
-The post buffet table version of Samoa Joe who Scott Steiner warned you not to stick in the Ultimate X since he's too fat for a normal match
-Manik

2: Lets be real here, TNA doesn't really have high-flying, chaotic matches any more. Outside of the much better tag matches TNA matches are very similar to the signature-spot laden WWE style now, and that style doesn't lend itself to anything good coming out of the Ultimate X. But we've seen that this can lead to good ladder matches many times, as the expectations for ladder matches is different than that of the Ultimate X.

As for the guys in there, there's 2 people who can deliver some athletic excitement in Manik and Tigre Uno, and Sanada is clearly no slouch either. The Wolves have already proven they could be great in the ladder match environment with that match against the Bromans, so 5/6 competitors can thrive in this environment while Crazzy Steve can do his best 2011 Eric Young impersonation somewhere in the corner.

That being said, I wouldn't expect this to be a GREAT match. I'm expecting it to be underwhelming given the talent of everyone in the match, but nothing that'll go on any "worst of all time" lists.

 

[CFCrusader]

Oh shit, this is going to be an awesome match. But if Steve is in the match, that means the 3-on-3 Menagerie vs Bro-Mans match is off - and I'm surprised DJ Z isn't in it. I just wish the X-Division was in a better state; if I could have it my way, we would be seeing:

Sanada (c) vs DJ Z vs Manik vs Petey Williams vs Sonjay Dutt

 

[Testify]

Oh shit, this is going to be an awesome match. But if Steve is in the match, that means the 3-on-3 Menagerie vs Bro-Mans match is off - and I'm surprised DJ Z isn't in it. I just wish the X-Division was in a better state; if I could have it my way, we would be seeing:

Sanada (c) vs DJ Z vs Manik vs Petey Williams vs Sonjay Dutt

I'm glad there won't be the Jesse & Zema vs. Knux & Freak match (be real, that'd suck), because there's already 8 matches official + Angelina Love vs. ??? for the KO Title to be announced tonight. TNA never did 10 matches for live PPV.

Expecting a good show with hopefully loud and good crowd. Texas can bring it.

 

[CFCrusader]

I'm glad there won't be the Jesse & Zema vs. Knux & Freak match (be real, that'd suck), because there's already 8 matches official + Angelina Love vs. ??? for the KO Title to be announced tonight. TNA never did 10 matches for live PPV.

Expecting a good show with hopefully loud and good crowd. Texas can bring it.

There's that part of me that wishes Robbie E, Jessie and DJ Z vs Knux, Freak and Steve would be an epic destruction-fest but that's probably because I never felt I got anything out of the Aces & Eights. Seriously, would it kill TNA to give stables actual good young wrestlers to work with the veterans? They put Bischoff and Brisco in the Aces & Eights and they were never really going to amount to anything. Should have been Jay Bradley and someone else.

Yeah, hopefully tickets are selling really well and we'll get a great crowd. I'd say BFG will be a better PPV because we should be getting more tag teams (The Von Erichs, hopefully Generation Me), revitalised X-Division (Low Ki is coming soon, and Destination X is just around the corner) and of course, hopefully, a big main event (I'm hoping for MVP (c) vs Aries vs Storm).

 

[Snowman1]

Not having the Bromans vs the Menagerie on this PPV is yet another reason to watch it. :yay:

 

[CFCrusader]

Imagine how good this PPV would've been if TNA was able to retain quite a few of the talents they let go throughout 2014...

Eric Young (c) vs MVP - World Heavyweight Championship
Bully Ray vs EC3 - Texas Death Match
Gail Kim (c) vs Madison Rayne - Knockouts Championship
The Wolves (c) vs Bad Influence - Tag Team Championship
AJ Styles vs James Storm vs Mr. Anderson - #1 Contender to the WHC match
Samoa Joe vs Bobby Lashley
Sanada (c) vs Austin Aries vs Kenny King vs Chris Sabin - X-Division Championship
Willow vs Magnus

Featuring possible appearances by The Bro-Mans, The Von Erichs and Sting.

Damn, I wish this could happen. This would've been my paradise.

 

[Testify]

I believe Robbie E will be off the TNA TV for the time being due to participating in a reality show with Brooke Tessmacher, so Zema & Jesse are taking over the Bromans completely for now.

Anyway, this is a damn stacked card, over 30 wrestlers will appear/wrestle on the show, pretty much everyone on the roster. And people laugh at TNA at how they had 60 wrestlers back in the day, and now they have 35-40. Well idiots, those 20-25 people would now be sitting at home, and you'd be bitching about dat too! It's better to use nearly everyone than not to use 20 guys.

 

[CFCrusader]

I believe Robbie E will be off the TNA TV for the time being due to participating in a reality show with Brooke Tessmacher, so Zema & Jesse are taking over the Bromans completely for now.

Anyway, this is a damn stacked card, over 30 wrestlers will appear/wrestle on the show, pretty much everyone on the roster. And people laugh at TNA at how they had 60 wrestlers back in the day, and now they have 35-40. Well idiots, those 20-25 people would now be sitting at home, and you'd be bitching about dat too! It's better to use nearly everyone than not to use 20 guys.

I guess that's for the better seeing as how they've been used for pretty much every Impact in 2014 so far and now they can slow down a bit, but then eventually the complete Bro-Mans will return and then we'll see more tag teams coming in.

I think that most of these wrestlers are the heavyweights, so having it spread out more would be better. In fact, most of these heavyweights are actually really good so just add in a few real X-Division guys and 3 tag teams and TNA would be so much better. Is Crazzy Steve even a good wrestler? I haven't seen him wrestle yet but I'm hoping that he'll shine in the X-Division ladder match.

 

[Snowman1]

For what it's worth, when he was part of the Gut Check Challenge (should Gut Check be another thing never spoken of again?) here was his intro video. Seems to me like he's a jackhole.