BREAKING NEWS: Major TNA spoilers !!!

[GD]

Eric Young just defeated Magnus to win the TNA World Heavyweight title on this week’s TNA iMPACT! broadcast.
Near the end of the match, Magnus hit a Michinoku driver for a close two count. Magnus then went to the floor, grabbed the title and brought it into the ring. The ref tried to take it, did and Magnus hit a low blow as the ref’s back was turned, Magnus covered again for a two count. Magnus then picked up Young, off the ropes and a crucifix by Young for another close two count. Young then hit a piledriver for the 1…2…3. Eric Young is your new champion!
Young appeared to break down in tears as Borash announced him as the new world champion. The show then went off the air.
COMMENTARY: As I said on my Facebook page, Eric Young is clearly WWE’s version of Daniel Bryan. He’s over HUGE with the live crowd(s), has the massive beard, etc. TNA obviously can see the success it’s had for WWE … and it seems like they are trying to capitalize in their own way … the week after WrestleMania where D-Bryan won the WWE title. It’s actually a smart business move. I like it … but they shouldn’t have done the title change tonight. They should have started the build as they did tonight … and have him “chase” the title for the next few weeks or months … build him up as the underdog and then eventually have him win the title if the live crowds run with it and get behind him. TNA likes to rush things (as does WWE) and they did it tonight.
Also, if something works for the biggest wrestling company in the world, you try to capitalize off it in your own way. Both companies have taken ideas from each other for YEARS now … it works both ways. I like it a lot. I was hoping they’d have Young chase the title and not rush it. Build him up as a major underdog … get the fans invested and then do the title change several weeks or months from now. Eric Young has a TON of potential. Really good in-ring worker and great on the stick. He’s got “it”.


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[Shisen Kopf]

Yeah. I think world champion in TNA is equivalent to the assistant to the head of catering in WWE

[Razzamajazz]

once upon a time there was an alternative to wwe...

[GD]

As per the dirtsheets, Brian Hebner was not aware of the decision. It is believed that the decision was that of Dixie Carter and not Magnus. The only people to know about the title change (before hand), were Dixie, Magnus and Eric. Have you guys seen the "shocked Magnus guy" yet? Top notch meme material.

[#1-norm-fan]

lol. Well I guess it's a step up from "TNA World Champion: Chris Sabin".

[Tazz Dan]

Apparently Dixie missed the main event as she had gone to hospital after the previous match with Bully Ray, who had suffered a concussion and wondered why the fuck he still worked for TNA.

[Lock Jaw]

If I can be serious for a minute.... this was a pretty good episode of Impact Wrestling.

[Lock Jaw]

I, for one, will definitely be tuning in next week to see what they do with Eric Young.

[Tazz Dan]

Eric Young is a 'World Champion'. RVD made a grand return. Christian isn't on TV. How does this make you feel?

[Shisen Kopf]

Can't wait until TNA has a hall of fame. First induction: the two extra ropes they used to have on their ring.

[#1-norm-fan]

Can't wait until TNA has a hall of fame. First induction: the two extra ropes they used to have on their ring.

Both former TNA World Champions.

[Tazz Dan]

Hate to break it to you. But they do. The first inductee was WWE's latest signing.

[Volare]

Eric Young is a 'World Champion'. RVD made a grand return. Christian isn't on TV. How does this make you feel?



Honestly, as long as I got some weed I'm fine.

[Razzamajazz]

Honestly, as long as I got some weed I'm fine.
the only answer to anything

[Lock Jaw]

Eric Young is a 'World Champion'. RVD made a grand return. Christian isn't on TV. How does this make you feel?

- Good
- Bad
- Terrible

[Tazz Dan]

Honestly, as long as I got some weed I'm fine.

Lock Jaw obviously hasn't replied because he is huddled in a corner somewhere, rocking back and forth while crying.

[Lock Jaw]

THINK AGAIN

[slik]

my initial reaction is "this is stupid".

...seems like the equivalent of making Santino WWE World Champ.

[Volare]

THINK AGAIN

Know how hard that is to do after you already did while you're high? Fuck bro.

[slik]

Part of me wonders if they did it so they wouldn't be too overshadowed by anything WWE did this week and Jeff Jarrett's announcment.

Part of me wonders if they realized Daniel Bryan and Eric Young both have beards and picked a guy with a beard to piggyback on Daniel Bryan's popularity.

Not sure.

[Lock Jaw]

Eric Young has been built up as legit tough the past few weeks. In addition to still kind of crazy. I would have built him up some more before taking the title, but in a way this is good too just because of the "surprise"/"shock"/"anything can happen in TNA" factor.

I was not a fan at all of Magnus' title reign. For the first time since it began I am excited to tune into TNA next week.

[#1-norm-fan]

Part of me wonders if they realized Daniel Bryan and Eric Young both have beards and picked a guy with a beard to piggyback on Daniel Bryan's popularity.

Pretty much this. Eric Young just needs to come up with a chant and he's TNA's Daniel Bryan.

[#1-norm-fan]

but in a way this is good too just because of the "surprise"/"shock"/"anything can happen in TNA" factor.

They can only do that so much though before the shock goes away and it devalues the title even more as opposed to making it something worth caring about when someone wins it.

Chris Sabin winning it was only like 9 months ago.

[#1-norm-fan]

my initial reaction is "this is stupid".

...seems like the equivalent of making Santino WWE World Champ.

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Should have happened, dammit!

Even the smark crowd wanted Santino over Bryan. Fucking WrestleMania level pop at an Elimination Chamber PPV.

[Lock Jaw]

The Chris Sabin one was dumb, yeah..... but Eric Young is more credible than Chris Sabin (which, granted, is not hard to do).

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

once upon a time there was an alternative to wwe...

no there wasn't. WWF maybe. Not WWE.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Guy with epic beard wins the World Championship....

[VSG]

WWE's version of Daniel Bryan is Daniel Bryan.

[#1-norm-fan]

lol @ Taz in the first 11 seconds of that video. Going a bit too far with the "This match is definitely over so I'm gonna treat it as so and change my tone to a more careless one. Might start thinking about where I'm gonna go for dinner tonight. I hear there's a good restaurant up the highwa-WHA???" thing.

[FourFifty]

Good for Eric Young.
Still can't care less about TNA.

[Black Widow]

You mean to tell me that a short, bearded man went through 2 matches in 1 night to become World Champion? Where have I seen that?

[Impeccable]

Apparently Dixie missed the main event as she had gone to hospital after the previous match with Bully Ray, who had suffered a concussion and wondered why the fuck he still worked for TNA.

:rofl: Genuinely LOL'd at work. When I should be working. The boss is looking at me weird now. Feel an investigation for my internet usage coming on.......

[Heisenberg]

I thought they were still showing the tapings they have thru 2016?

I was 35% interested in this, big EY fan, but the timing isn't very smart

[Bobo]

Oh my this is history in the making.

[erickman]

things are going good for the b+ players i think ey and bryan are twins. good to see ey gets the belt before tna goes under he had some bad story lines.

[DAMN iNATOR]

You mean to tell me that a short, bearded man went through 2 matches in 1 night to become World Champion? Where have I seen that?


Exactly. Glad someone said it before I did. Just another copycat move by TNA. This kind of B.S. is why they can't have nice things (i.e., ratings).

[Ultra Mantis]

Hopefully he'll drop it to EC3 after a series of comedy skits where Eric and ODB attempt to teach him how to be a submission wrestler.

[Emperor Smeat]

Good for Eric Young.

Besides the similarities to Bryan, Magnus reign was also similar to Orton's on how bad it was overall.

[erickman]

Good for Eric Young.

Besides the similarities to Bryan, Magnus reign was also similar to Orton's on how bad it was overall.

well atleast they did not have bootista, on magnus i thought he was a good heel

[Nark Order]

Dave. You are kind of an asshole for spoiling this in the thread title.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, I would have been mad pissed if I didn't watch it live.

[Droford]

Pretty much this. Eric Young just needs to come up with a chant and he's TNA's Daniel Bryan.

He should becoe Senior Eric Young, mexican gimmick. ¡SEY

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Dave. You are kind of an asshole for spoiling this in the thread title.

and TNA is kinda of an asshole of ripping off WWE a week after WrestleMania by doing the exact same end. Fuck these pieces of shit.

[Vastardikai]

Dave. You are kind of an asshole for spoiling this in the thread title.

It's not like anyone watches TNA... :shifty:

[DAMN iNATOR]

It's not like anyone watches TNA... :shifty:

HEY! That's completely unfair to all the Southern hicks who sit around doing nothing but drinking and meth and then unwinding after the long stressful Thursday of being lazy so they can do their part of the bargain by representing 2/3 of Impact Wrestling's weekly 0.33 (or lower) ratings. :shifty:

[Tom Guycott]

Part of me wonders if they did it so they wouldn't be too overshadowed by anything WWE did this week and Jeff Jarrett's announcment.

Part of me wonders if they realized Daniel Bryan and Eric Young both have beards and picked a guy with a beard to piggyback on Daniel Bryan's popularity.

Not sure.

Wouldn't be much different than when Austin Aries was suddenly World Champion because he was TNA's resident CM Punk at the time.

[VSG]

HEY! That's completely unfair to all the Southern hicks who sit around doing nothing but drinking and meth and then unwinding after the long stressful Thursday of being lazy so they can do their part of the bargain by representing 2/3 of Impact Wrestling's weekly 0.33 (or lower) ratings. :shifty:

DAMN iNATOR, please explain why you think it is the southerners who are a majority of TNA's audience.

[MIZantine Empire]

DAMN iNATOR, please explain why you think it is the southerners who are a majority of TNA's audience.

I'm gonna assume it's because it's mainly taped in Orlando Florida, with an owner named Dixie.. Sounds pretty "kiss your sister" to me.. That being said, I'm from Arizona, an I watch tna.. So F logic

[DAMN iNATOR]

That and the fact that a shit-ton of their "home-grown" talent have some type of Southerner gimmick which is clearly aimed at that demographic.

No further explanation required. Good day, sir.

[VSG]

Hang on now, can you list out the "home-grown" talent that have southerner gimmick? Since when is being a southerner a gimmick? What is that opposed to- a northerner? You can't just leave like that with statements left that need further explanation.

[MIZantine Empire]

I can only think of James storm and aj styles.. They are two of the few originals.. Can't quite recall who else left is an original, or homegrown due to tapping out to sleep..:wave:

[Bad News Gertner]

Damninator just owned VSG.

Serioously, it's TNA. Nobody cares.

[Nark Order]

I care. Don't spoil wrestling shows in thread titles. It's a fairly reasonable request. You can "loltna" to be cool all you'd like but there are people who watch it, enjoy it, and would not like it spoiled. Thank you.

[Sepholio]

lol. DAMN iNATOR. De Derpa De Derp Derp.

[Purgatory]

I do watch TNA, but I think they see how the WWE has HUGE ratings with a bearded guy as champ, and followed suit to see how they'd do.

Pained me to say that, being an Eric Young fan, but I feel deep down this is why.

[Swiss Ultimate]

I can't believe Ryan Clark wrote those words.

[VSG]

Damninator just owned VSG.


If that's him owning me, I shudder to think what him getting owned looks like.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Magnus being champion was pretty much when Candace Michelle (or Kelly Kelly for divas title) was Woman's Champion. Belt doesn't mean shit anymore so anybody can win it.

[GD]

Magnus being champion was pretty much when Candace Michelle (or Kelly Kelly for divas title) was Woman's Champion. Belt doesn't mean shit anymore so anybody can win it.

http://i.imgur.com/mo56F6l.jpg

[Mercenary]

http://i.imgur.com/mo56F6l.jpg


Yeah Candice was a better worker

[GD]

:wtf:

[Poit]

Really, this title is still a spoiler. Anyone who frequents this board will assume "a promotion that you probably don't care about" is TNA. Is it really that hard to just call it "Impact discussion thread for 4/10" or something like that?

[James Steele]

Just title it "#MAJOR #TNAIMPACT #SPOILER" and be done with it. Also, quit bitching. Nobody who matters gives a fuck about TNA.

[Lock Jaw]

You sayin' I don't matter, bro? Cuts me deep....

[James Steele]

Just stare into my avatar until you have a seizure and awaken from your spiritual journey enlightened.

[owenbrown]

looks like it's glitching... :shifty:

[GD]

Really, this title is still a spoiler. Anyone who frequents this board will assume "a promotion that you probably don't care about" is TNA. Is it really that hard to just call it "Impact discussion thread for 4/10" or something like that?

Okay, I changed it.

[Poit]

Thanks.

[James Steele]

Technically, Eric Young is more mainstream than anybody else in TNA and most of the WWE ,including Daniel Bryan, thanks to his show on Animal Planet.

[James Steele]

I'd mark out if Jackson Galaxy from "My Cat From HELL" made a cameo run-in on a PPV.

[Lock Jaw]

At least Eric Young won the Royal Rumble to earn his spot.

Also, I like how all it takes is Poit to request the title to be changed for it to happen, while Narc is just dumped on.

[Poit]

I'm cute and lovable.

[dronepool]

We don't need spoiler warnings for TNA.

[James Steele]

Until Narc proves to me that he hasn't slept with Tb1 and Fraze, he is on thin ice credibility wise. Too much Northern California Sexual Tension there. More sexual tension than XL and I have.

[Nark Order]

We have all definitely slept together.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Technically, Eric Young is more mainstream than anybody else in TNA and most of the WWE ,including Daniel Bryan, thanks to his show on Animal Planet.

That actually looks pretty entertaining.

[Bobo]

Biggest TNA spoiler: Dixie Carter.

[Curd]

TNA turned MVP heel way too quickly.

Kurt Angle should do DDP Yoga to rebuild his ACL like Chris Jericho did in 2009.
http://www.tpww.net/2014/05/kurt-angle-out-4-6-months-the-very-latest/

[Theo Dious]

Technically, Eric Young is more mainstream than anybody else in TNA and most of the WWE ,including Daniel Bryan, thanks to his show on Animal Planet.

I don't know about that, I think being on the main WWE roster makes you more mainstream than anyone on Animal Planet.

[Savio]

who cares if TNA is spoiled everything completely changes there week to week

[Swiss Ultimate]

I don't know about that, I think being on the main WWE roster makes you more mainstream than anyone on Animal Planet.

3MB. Name the members without googling.

[Vastardikai]

Slater, McIntyre, Mahall, and I don't know if he's an official member now, but Hornswaggle.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Reports are Frankie Kazarian is gone from TNA.

[Mr. Nerfect]

If I were starting up some kind of company to be a global force in wrestling, I would probably try my absolute best to snatch up Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian.

[XL]

There's no reason WWE shouldn't take Bad Influence into their tag division. You'd imagine even a low-ball offer from Vince would be better than what TNA have offered and they'd be a solid veteran presence to bring along the younger tag guys.

[Poit]

I <3 Bad Influence. Seeing them do something in WWE would be great.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

WWE is focusing on getting talent solely from the developmental system right now. They'll have some sort of splash in Global Force if Jeff can give the right price.

[Mr. Nerfect]

New Japan needs an infusion of some talent into the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles division too.

[crusnik]

Good for Eric Young.
Still can't care less about TNA.

:y: