Official TNA Impact Thread for 01/04/10: The Monday Night Wars begin again, brother.

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OMG, another commercial

[TGR]

My current favorites to be the surprise guest: Shane McMahon, RVD, Bret Hart

If it's not one of those three...then it should have been Jeff Hardy.

[thedamndest]

How many months late was Scott Hall to the Impact Zone?

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

Hey yo, it's Steven Seagal.

[Fox]

This seriously feels like a really bad episode of Nitro.

[FearedSanctity]

Waiting for someone to blow up the limo

[AngryMidjit]

thank god for dvr, that's all i can say

[LuigiD]

The commercials are getting annoying but I see what they are doing..probably getting them out of the way so Hogan and whoever the fuck he has can go ape shit.

[Jannettyzilla]

Is it just me, or was whoever got in the limo bald?

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This show has been worse than normal. Just showing clips of motorcycles, limos and 5 seconds of "new" people in TNA

[XL]

Another commercial break?

[Tb1]

There's been 30 minutes of commercials.

[Droford]

This seriously feels like a really bad episode of Nitro.
Remember when Nitro was 3 hours and nothing would happen for the entire first hour?

Yeah..

[Zeeboe]

I hope to see Macho Man. He then can enter the Black Machismo challenge

I actually thought it may be the Macho Man.....but I think the only person who can make this a truly epic moment for the world of wrestling is Bret or Owen Hart......or Shawn Michaels. (Maybe....)

[AngryMidjit]

aaaand another one

[Tb1]

MORE COMMERCIALS!

[Fox]

...they come back from a commercial break to tell us that they will be coming back from a commercial break.

Awesome.

[Giro]

Is it just me, or was whoever got in the limo bald?

Stone Cold?

Or Goldberg?

Or Sinead O'Connor?

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Big shock, commercial

[AngryMidjit]

they're just wasting time til raw starts

[ClockShot]

10 seconds and more commercials. Oh only 6 more minutes.

[jerichoholicninja]

Wow. Spike must be raking in the dough with all these commercials.

[Anybody Thrilla]

This is starting to piss me off.

[FearedSanctity]

Must be banking off these commercials, or just possibly getting them all in now to avoid breaks for the last 2 hours?

[CSL]

Pretty sure that as soon as we're about to find out who's in the limo, a hummer is gonna come out of nowhere and crash into it

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Stone Cold?

Or Goldberg?

Or Sinead O'Connor?


Sinead all the way, brotha

[Fox]

I actually thought it may be the Macho Man.....but I think the only person who can make this a truly epic moment for the world of wrestling is Bret or Owen Hart......or Shawn Michaels. (Maybe....)

How the fuck is Owen Hart going to... nevermind. I'm just going to neg rep you and leave it at that.

[BillyBonez]

It wont be Bret Hart. Bret HATES Hogan more than he hates anybody else, so he will not be on TNA. Also Bret-Hart wants to secure the future of his family in the wrestling business thats why he came back. He forgave Vince, but he hates Hogan and will do anything to score a low blow onto him.

[Jannettyzilla]

I actually thought it may be the Macho Man.....but I think the only person who can make this a truly epic moment for the world of wrestling is Bret or Owen Hart......or Shawn Michaels. (Maybe....)I will say, if it's Owen's corpse they've got balls.

[Cool King]

Well, I'm away to watch Raw now.

Also, TNA seems to love their adverts. :wtf:

[KIRA]

All I'm seeing is monday nitro on TNT I know how this movie ends.

[XL]

Hold up.

The last 5 mins I have seen were: Pac and Hall trying to get it, Commercial, Pac and Hall in the arena, commercial, Pac and Hall taking a picture with a phone, commercial.

Is my stream that bad or is that what went down?

[Droford]

So when TNA gets no ratings and Spike doesn't give them a live show..

how many of the washed up guys hang around?

[ClockShot]

Well to pass the time, remember when HBK SCM Hogan? Good times.

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[CSL]

It wont be Bret Hart. Bret HATES Hogan more than he hates anybody else, so he will not be on TNA. Also Bret-Hart wants to secure the future of his family in the wrestling business thats why he came back. He forgave Vince, but he hates Hogan and will do anything to score a low blow onto him.

Bret doesn't hate Hogan. It still won't be him though.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Shitty nWo ripoff theme. Are you kidding? This is fucking garbage.

[LuigiD]

So Hogan is finally out..

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NWO Hogan

[Blakeamus]

gay music

[Tb1]

lol nWo ripoff

[Zeeboe]

How the fuck is Owen Hart going to... nevermind. I'm just going to neg rep you and leave it at that.

I was just joking. I'm sorry. I meant no disrespect. Neg-rep me if you must. I have it coming. (Seriously. No BS here. I'm a big Owen Hart fan. My comment was in bad taste.)

[CSL]

Is Hogan wearing black with a hint of black facial hair?

[KIRA]

there goes TNAs pyro buget for 2010

[ClockShot]

With tweaked nWo music.

And the original was goooooooooooood too. They had to destroy it.

[FakeLaser]

lol bootleg nWo theme

[Stealth-Icon]

I think that Hogan already hurt his knee walking down the ramp

[Zeeboe]

Not gonna switch over until my clock actually says 8:00.

[Jannettyzilla]

Man, Hogan got jobber music.

Still the best ever though. :love:

[McLegend]

Rofl Remix of the NWO thme

[Blakeamus]

If this show bombs....Hogan will try to weasel his way to a WM card again in the future

[Anybody Thrilla]

How many people are in attendance? 500?

[AngryMidjit]

aaaaaand, time to switch to raw, ima watch this boring ass speech tomorrow

[Zeeboe]

Maybe it will be the Warrior......

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lol, Brooke bouncing her boobs

[KIRA]

The music sounds like a default ringtone horrible

[ClockShot]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I'm out.

[Zeeboe]

Yeah, good to see you Hulk. You look good, brother. Now please get to the surprise.....I hate to miss Hogan's speech.....especially if Raw is just gonna show a lame intro, followed by a crappy match....I expect to see Bret....fuck, I gotta switch.....

[Blakeamus]

I'm switching to RAW in a few minutes...

[Anybody Thrilla]

Two minutes and I'm outta here.

[LuigiD]

If something bad ass does not happen in the next 2-3 minutes I am getting Raw on.

[thedamndest]

Hogan has a bedazzled shirt.

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Hogan has a bedazzled shirt.


he worked all day on it in the back

[Tb1]

You've been in the back the whole time?!

[Jannettyzilla]

You've been in the back the whole time?!Up until the point he left to catch his motorcade to the arena, of course.

[XL]

Now to find a Raw stream...

[CSL]

Sticking with it 'til the end of Hogan's promo then Sopranos. Gonna watch the good bits from both shows tomorrow on Youtube

[XL]

Looking like I'll hav eto take that route too. Raw stream is worse than TNA one's.

[CSL]

This promo is terrible

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This is painful, time for the Hitman

[FearedSanctity]

lol @ thread dying

[CSL]

Easy-E

[CSL]

This is draaaaaging

[Jannettyzilla]

So it wasn't a bald guy, it was white haired guy. Boo.

[Jannettyzilla]

Sting's back, too?

[CSL]

He is? I thought they'd just spliced in some Nitro footage from 1997

[FearedSanctity]

So it wasn't a bald guy, it was white haired guy. Boo.

Doubt that, everyone knew a while ago Bischoff was coming. No surprise at all there. Gotta be someone else.

Better be, anyway

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

I'm watching both streams side by side at the moment.

[Zeeboe]

Holy cow......I think I'm gonna cry......that was amazing.

EDIT: Oops. Wrong thread. :) So it was Flair? Damn.....the second I saw Bret.....all my NWA-TNA love went out the window.

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Doubt that, everyone knew a while ago Bischoff was coming. No surprise at all there. Gotta be someone else.

Better be, anyway




Ernest the Cat Miller

[CSL]

lol TNA coming back early and hearing some guy on the house mic shout 'MAKE SOME NOISE, YOU'RE ON TV!'

[Blakeamus]

so what happen with the Hulk segment?

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so what happen with the Hulk segment?


Nothing Good

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The TNA women tag team champs, the Dancing Dykes

[Nark Order]

Who is that beautiful fucking woman?

[Jannettyzilla]

It's like if The Rockers were chicks. Hmmmmm. :naughty:

[KIRA]

dare to compare divas and knockouts on tv at the same time

bad move to follow up bret with the divas thats like following up freddy mercury with justin timberlake

[Zeeboe]

Have they said who Hulk's mystery dude is?

[FakeLaser]

THE MACHO MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[Blakeamus]

It would make sense with HBK/Bret burying the hatchet that Hogan/Macho would

[Zeeboe]

THE MACHO MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

I am guessing it's really Eazy E. :) Wow....talk about it not being a shocker.

[Jannettyzilla]

I'll watch this over The Miz any day.

[FearedSanctity]

This Knockouts match turned out to be better than I thought it'd be

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I'll watch this over The Miz any day.
:y::y::y::y::y:

[Zeeboe]

I'll watch this over The Miz any day.

Me too. What blows is my remote doesn't have a "recall" button on, so I gotta do this the old-school ways.

But yeah, I've seen that Miz kid....I know he sucks....if I am gonna watch young wrestlers, I might as well watch youngin's I've never seen.

I wanna see more old-school wrestlers I grew up on. :( On both shows. I don't wanna see these kids I could have gone to high school with!

[FearedSanctity]

VAL VENIS

[Blakeamus]

wow

[Jannettyzilla]

Val Venis? :rofl:

[Emperor Smeat]

lol Val Venis

[KIRA]

fuckin val venis

[Zeeboe]

VAL VENIS! How about that.....I recall when my handle on here was Val Venis for a while....

[Tb1]

WHERE'S NOID?!

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OMG....Val Venis, what will is name be?

[jerichoholicninja]

Val Venis. The surprises keep on coming.

[dronepool]

Oh shit, Val Venis?

[FearedSanctity]

I don't care what anyone fucking says, Venis = :y:

[Emperor Smeat]

OMG....Val Venis, what will is name be?

Obviously its going to be Towel Man like they said.

[HTrain90]

Val Venis FTW! Great news. He's the truth.

[Zeeboe]

Even the commericals on TNA are better......my TNA love is coming back now.....all WWE has for me is Bret Hart, who is more then enough to get me to switch to Raw over anyone on TNA.....but still, TNA is a good company.

[KIRA]

drone pool.......PROVIDER MODULE drone pool ...dude its SIL7ER

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Obviously its going to be Towel Man like they said.


I hope that they do him better than that.

[HTrain90]

I saw Val Venis and immeidately knew i needed to log onto TPWW to see the epic reaction.

[NeanderCarl]

With the advent of streams, for the first time ever us UK fans can actually enjoy a genuine head-to-head choice.

Other than Bret, I must admit I've watched Raw on mute, and paid attention to TNA just to see who shows up next.

[FearedSanctity]

lol, TNA and now WWE are "Trending Topics" on Twitter

[Zeeboe]

Holy cow....that video game looks cool.....army of two, eh?

[PapaGeorgio]

I saw Val Venis and immeidately knew i needed to log onto TPWW to see the epic reaction.

[LuigiD]

I was more excited to see Val Venis than Eric Bischoff :rofl:

[FearedSanctity]

lol, TNA and now WWE are "Trending Topics" on Twitter

Also Bret Hart

#3 TNA
#7 Bret Hart
#9 WWE

[Tb1]

Jesus...

[Zeeboe]

This backstage skit with Mick Foley is better then the crap on Raw.


THE NASTY BOYS!!!!!!! Nice!!!!!

[NeanderCarl]

Nasticize!

[Tb1]

The Nasty Boys... Dear god.

[Zeeboe]

Hey, I didn't know Raven was with TNA......man, if only Bret Hart and HBK could have done their skit on TNA, I'd be a hardcore TNA fan.

[KIRA]

yes Raven I'm a happy camper

now bring out dreamer

[Jannettyzilla]

It's time for nasty sensation!!!! :y:

[HightopNinja]

yes Daffney I'm a happy camper

[FearedSanctity]

JEFF HARDY-TNA UPDATE<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->

<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Author" -->By Mike Johnson (mike@pwinsider.com) on 2010-01-04 21:32:50<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="article content" --> PWInsider.com has confirmed Jeff Hardy has signed a deal with TNA, so his appearance tonight was not a one shot deal. I haven't confirmed the length of the deal as of this writing.

[HTrain90]

ELIJAH BURKE!!!!!! HOLY SHITTTTTTTTTTT

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I really like the pope, but that mask needs to go

[FearedSanctity]

TNA payroll blowing the fuck up

[KIRA]

orlando jordan

[dronepool]

drone pool.......PROVIDER MODULE drone pool ...dude its SIL7ER


AKA Pigist

Oh shit whats up man? Nice to see you on this board :)

[KIRA]

you too small world hey dude who you pulling for tonight

[Emperor Smeat]

TNA payroll blowing the fuck up

Obviously the 5-Hour Energy drink is paying for all these new guys with the amount of product placement done so far.

[HTrain90]

"Pope has spoken." Greatness.

[FearedSanctity]

Show starting to pick up

[Tb1]

ROFL Jarrett

[dronepool]

you too small world hey dude who you pulling for tonight

For the underdog. I'm switching back and forth, but TNA doing good would be a good thing.

I need to download the first hour though, I got home from work at 8:50.

[HTrain90]

I've never watched TNA, and this is my first night watching wrestling in a LONG time. And, with the exception of the first 15 minutes and Maryse's amazing freaking hotness, TNA has been much better.

[FearedSanctity]

I need to download the first hour though, I got home from work at 8:50.

Don't bother dude, about 40 minutes of the first hour was commercials.

[Stealth-Icon]

Bubba the spooge sponge needs to go away

[Zeeboe]

Good.....highlight....looks like I made a choice....no disrespect intended towards the Hulk, but that didn't look nearly as memorable as Bret and Shawn's in-ring skit.

[dronepool]

Don't bother dude, about 40 minutes of the first hour was commercials.

Ah cool, glad I didn't miss much. Did Hardy do anything crazy or he was just on camera?

[KIRA]

For the underdog. I'm switching back and forth, but TNA doing good would be a good thing.

I need to download the first hour though, I got home from work at 8:50.

I'm rooting for TNA but I love bret

[FearedSanctity]

Ah cool, glad I didn't miss much. Did Hardy do anything crazy or he just was he just on camera?

I believe he came in through the crowd, attacked Homicide and then climbed the cage. I was in the kitchen for most of it, so I'm not 100% sure :-\

[Londoner]

Gotta love Bischoff.

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TNA just won the main event of the night battle
AJ vs. ANgle

[Londoner]

Must admit, i'm more into TNA than raw at this moment.

[dronepool]

I'm rooting for TNA but I love bret

Yeah, Bret is cool, but WWE slaughtering TNA would result in the same ol' shit next week from RAW. TNA doing good would be like lighting a bag of shit on Vinces door.

And that's awesome.

[HTrain90]

I'm rooting for TNA but I love bret

Ditto. Seeing Bret back was amazing. But TNA has been better tonight.

[Zeeboe]

Ditto. Seeing Bret back was amazing. But TNA has been better tonight.

Also agree. All WWE has is Bret Hart. Good idea bringing him back tonight, cause if he was not there, TNA would murder Raw in the ratings.

[Zeeboe]

Heel Hogan! :D Nice!

[Londoner]

This is so weird.

[Jannettyzilla]

They keep saying more's coming.

The only thing that could meet the hype is Austin.

[Johnny Vegas]

I know this is random but I would love a Cena v Styles WM main event

[Londoner]

Loving that foley segment.

[dronepool]

Is it me switching back and forth or has RAW been sucky for the last hour? Bret and HBK and the tag match were the only note worthy things so far.

[Stealth-Icon]

Sorry, but I hate Foley in TNA. I never was a big fan of his, but he has gotten worse

[Londoner]

Is it me switching back and forth or has RAW been sucky for the last hour? Bret and HBK and the tag match were the only note worthy things so far.

Tag match was shite, ive been more into jj/bischoff/hogan/aj styles being on TNA just now.

[Londoner]

Sorry, but I hate Foley in TNA. I never was a big fan of his, but he has gotten worse

I don't mind him being there anymore.

[Zeeboe]

Been a few minutes since any new posts on here. TNA must be doing really well, or really bad.

[Londoner]

Ok match on atm.

[The MAC]

bret hart is on raw [/impact]

[dronepool]

So far RAW has been the same shit, unless I missed the good parts. TNA has been more exciting, sorta reminds me the reason why I started watching WWF back in 98'. WWE needs to drop that PG crap. :-\

[Emperor Smeat]

Tag match has been the best match so far for Raw.

[Zeeboe]

I've missed Eazy E!

.....Peppermint? :D

[HTrain90]

Easy E was pretty funny, but that segment felt a little "off" for some reason. Like they didn't know when the camera was going to get cut. Strange. But Easy E is still great.

[NeanderCarl]

So far RAW has been the same shit, unless I missed the good parts. TNA has been more exciting, sorta reminds me the reason why I started watching WWF back in 98'. WWE needs to drop that PG crap. :-\

It's nothing to do with PG. Wrestling can be exciting and still be PG (as 1996-1998 proved)

It's the clinical, formulaic retread approach that makes it suck. There's no unpredictability, everything is by the numbers, no surprises, no risks being taken... these are the issues WWE needs to address.

[FearedSanctity]

A smart TNA leaves the title on Styles. Build a new star amongst all the old ones you've just brought in

[HTrain90]

It's nothing to do with PG. Wrestling can be exciting and still be PG (as 1996-1998 proved)

It's the clinical, formulaic retread approach that makes it suck. There's no unpredictability, everything is by the numbers, no surprises, no risks being taken... these are the issues WWE needs to address.

:y: You, sir, are correct.

[Stealth-Icon]

I see a run in happening. Whomever has been beating up everyone, the same guy who has been attacking AJ for a month or so.

[HTrain90]

Holy shit, Jeff has a nice ride.

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Jailbait, NICE!!

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Holy shit, Jeff has a nice ride.


He can afford it with his opium sales

[Londoner]

I hate crappy crazy fans segments.

[FearedSanctity]

Called him Bubba Ray. Suit time TNA?

[HTrain90]

Styles-Angle get 25 minutes? Wow. They are really going for broke tonight. This should be great.

[Innovator]

So finger poke?

[FearedSanctity]

Damn, main event with 25 minutes left?

[Londoner]

This is gonna be interesting.

[dronepool]

NeanderCarl- true PG could still work if they did some new stuff every now and then. I just miss some of the elements that tv 14 allowed.

*Angle vs Styles is already better than any match on RAW today

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I see a run in happening. Whomever has been beating up everyone, the same guy who has been attacking AJ for a month or so.


That was more anti-climatic than i had hoped

[HTrain90]

I forgot what real wrestling looks like. Wow. These guys are good. AJ Styles is silky smooth.

[Londoner]

Still not better than the bret/hbk moment, but so far that's all raw really has to brag about.

[Stealth-Icon]

I have been disappointed by Raw tonight, Bret coming back is cool, but nothing else has changed. I thought that they would bring more tonight going head to head

[HTrain90]

Kurt with a frog spash? Woah. Lots of near-falls. Very nice.

But i feel like i'm watching a videogame - these guys are moving so damn fast.

[Stealth-Icon]

nice chant

[FearedSanctity]

Nice "Who needs Brett?" chant

[Zeeboe]

nice chant

What were they chanting?

[Zeeboe]

Nice "Who needs Brett?" chant

Ahh. Well, that's some bullshit right there. *switches to Raw*

[Stealth-Icon]

Ahh. Well, that's some bullshit right there. *switches to Raw*


It was more funny just hearing it in the match. But TNA main event wins over Raw tonight.

[HTrain90]

Wait - kickout of two finishers?

Not cool.

[HTrain90]

And a 15th ankle lock. Wow...

NAITCH

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WOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Innovator]

what the fuck is it gonna take to win the match?

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

Nice match.

[McLegend]

Earl Hebner is killing this match for me.

[Stealth-Icon]

Staying on as long as it takes, sounds like they are trying to compete with Raw also staying on later tonight

[thedamndest]

I feel like Pizza Hut and 5-Hour Energy booked this match.

[dronepool]

Great match so far.

[RKO'em]

dude those close pinfalls look really bad

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

I may start tuning in for TNA, in the future.

[LuigiD]

Me too to be honest. Raw did not live up to what it could have been..no surprises..nothing. I thought TNA delivered very well and was underestimated.

[NeanderCarl]

Did anything happen after the Angle/Styles match? laptop crashed

[RP]

Did anything happen after the Angle/Styles match? laptop crashed

yah'

Hogan is champ

[NeanderCarl]

TNA had the advantage tonight because of all the surprise appearances lined up, and the air of 'anything could happen next'... something which WWF and WCW had in abundance 1995-2001. However, in 2010, there is no way TNA could maintain that feeling on a weekly basis.

[The Show Off]

I flipped back and forth and TNA had my attention the majority of the time.

The only time I kept my TV locked on to WWE was when Bret was on.

Oh and AJ/Angle was great but I think I may have overdosed on near falls.

[Stealth-Icon]

TNA had the advantage tonight because of all the surprise appearances lined up, and the air of 'anything could happen next'... something which WWF and WCW had in abundance 1995-2001. However, in 2010, there is no way TNA could maintain that feeling on a weekly basis.


I agree with you on keeping up the surprises. I don't like how the masked attack man ended. He has been hitting AJ for weeks, gets in the ring during the match, is thrown out, and then is gone. I know that they will go back to him again so we can have the revealing of him, but he now looks like a pussy for leaving. A little disappointed on that.

[Emperor Smeat]

They might not be able to maintain the same excitment on a weekly basis but they did however made Monday wrestling intresting even if it only lasts for tonight. The buildup of hype and initial beginnings on both shows did help to bring back some of the old Monday Night War feeling in wrestling.

[The Pope]

TNA was Awesome for the whole show

[taker707]

TNA wins by a mile even with that lackluster ending. But no Angelina makes me cry :'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(

[Juan]

I watched TNA really for the first time ever tonight, and I was not really that impressed. The main event was good, but the rest looked like what I normally see on Impact when channel surfing on Thursdays.

[James Steele]

I watched TNA really for the first time ever tonight, and I was not really that impressed. The main event was good, but the rest looked like what I normally see on Impact when channel surfing on Thursdays.

This.

I was shocked at Jeff Hardy and Ric Flair, but everything else just screamed "WCW Lite". I laughed at Val Venis and the Nasty Boys.

[RGWhat316]

Ill give the nod to TNA tonight. And since I am not a Bret Hart fan, TNA definitely had more of my attention. Though some of the stuff was way too WCW, some was entertaining. Jeff appearing out of nowhere surprised me. Though I was expecting an Angelina Love returrn, but they maybe waiting on that.

[Lock Jaw]

Overall, I would have to say the wrestling was top notch. Except for the tag team squash match with Hernandez and Matt Morgan. I like how in TNA there is an air of unpredictability in their matches. In WWE you know who is going to win nine times out of ten. In TNA, it is anybody's game. Somebody like Elijah Burke can beat Desmond Wolfe.

However... there really wasn't much wrestling on the show. There were about 15 segments about people talking about how "change" was coming to TNA (rather than, you know... doing something), and 17 of Hogan arriving to the arena (and then saying he was in the back all day).

Then of course you had all of the old faces showing up, to the point where the show became "HEY!!! LOOK AT ALL THESE OLD GUYS!!! YOU KNOW THEM!!!" rather then the "Observe our talent, both young and old. See what they are capable of and tune in again!" it should have been.

The worst thing was their production values were absolutely TERRIBLE.

Right from the get go with that cage match. First they used up a whole bunch of talented guys in one go, that could have been spotlighted throughout the show. Then they put them in a BRIGHT RED cage where the bars are so wide that you can't see a thing in a wide shot. Leaving them to have to use awkward angles that missed half the match, half the moves, and hurt your eyes to watch. Then it ended in a BS finish. Right from the getgo they dropped the ball.

Then for the rest of the hour in which they should have been really pushing their product to the fans, they have something like 5 commercial breaks in 10 minutes, showing the progress of Hulk Hogan's arrival, or some other old guy arriving.

TNA really really dropped the ball here.

I'm kind of mad and bewildered at how stupid they could be.

[Kalyx triaD]

Feels odd flipping between DX and nWo again.

[Mr. Nerfect]

VAL VENIS! Was not expecting him to be there. Hopefully he's a road agent and a recurring character, ala Kip James ("Now I've got to clean up this crap!").

Jeff Hardy signing is a nice surprise, although it was pretty expected. It'll be interesting to see just what he will do. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Title would be a very nice match, you have to admit.

[Cool King]

I watched TNA really for the first time ever tonight, and I was not really that impressed. The main event was good, but the rest looked like what I normally see on Impact when channel surfing on Thursdays.

Me too, but via a stream.

And it was only about half an hour/45 minutes of it too, until 2am when Raw came on TV anyway.

Out of that half an hour/45 minutes though, I only saw one match with ODB & Tara and the rest was adverts, limos and Mike Tenay talking about Twitter. :wtf:

The only thing that got me watching in the first place was the mention of Jeff Hardy in this thread. Then Flair arrived and that kept me watching, but after watching Raw and then reading this thread and finding out who else made appearances on Impact, the first thing that came to my mind was that Impact, in a way, just basically got merged with Hogan's Australian Tour that he did in November.

All the new faces on Impact were all on Hogan's Tour, apart from Hardy and Bischoff. (From what I read elsewhere, Bischoff was there too)

But I don't think I'll be watching TNA anytime soon.

[Pegasus Crawford]

I lol'd @ one of the guys they were interviewing about how he grew up watching "old school" wrestling like Hogan vs. Andre and seeing the Ultimate Warrior wrestle.

Ultimate Warrior... old school... wait, what?

[The Mackem]

Watched all of Raw and have Impact to watch when I find it. If it's anything like the last time I watched Impact - 90% commercials and hype videos, I will know that nothing has changed.

[Skippord]

terrible

only worthwhile things on the show were Pope/Wolfe which was incredibly short, Jeff Hardy, and Styles Angle

also lol Orlando Jordan

[The Show Off]

I'm watching the replay of the Monday Night Impact and they edited the Steel Asylum really well, I'm impressed.

[FearedSanctity]

Dunno if this was posted elsewhere, but it explains that shitty finish pretty well:

He and Bubba talked about the Terrordome match and Hulk said that when he and Bubba were in the production meeting the day before, about 10 people said there was a decent door to the cage. He then got to the soundstage and found out it had no real door and that none of the wrestlers could climb out of the top, hence the DQ finish. There were plans for a big bump off the cage but it just was not possible. He and Bubba agreed that the Terrordome needs to be scraped for good.

[Xero]

WHY WAS BUBBA IN THE FUCKING PRODUCTION MEETING!?

Jesus Christ.