Josh Mathews is accompanying Lashley to the ring and joining commentary.

EC3 came out and stopped Josh from handing Lashley a beer bottle and is now taking selfies with fans during the match.

Ref took a bump and was out when Storm had the pin. Storm went to get a beer bottle and use it but EC3 took it and hit him with it. Lashley hit the spear for the win.

Desmond Xavier is the 5th man in the X division match Dutch says.

Said if you don't know who he is you will after tonight. Never heard of him so we'll see.

Moose is making enemies everywhere. Chris Adonis attacked him at a Border City wrestling show but is now hurt so Davey Richards attacked him.

X Division Championship match now. Sonjay Dutt vs Suicide vs Desomned Xavier vs Andrew Everett vs Trevor Lee vs a mystery man that they will reveal after the commercial break.

Low Ki is the sixth man. He's wearing a suit and I guess he's going to wrestle in it.

Desmond Xavier can do flips

Low Ki won a typical multiman X Division match.

JB punched Josh to end the show.

I was hoping the recent over the top nonsense of him heeling it up in the booth since the regime change was leading to him being a manager... but then the fistfight with JB means they're just continuing *that* horseshit.

Specifically: looks like he was cosplaying as Agent 47. Not even a snark; just observation. Black suit, driving gloves, red tie... he was either dressed as 47 or Jim Fucking Sterling, son.

Yeah thought he was going to be a manager as well but he took a seat at commentary and will probably stay. I guess they are going to run with the commentary angle that just keeps dragging on and on. Think Josh would make an ok manager though. As for Low Ki, definitely a hitman style gimmick. Just glad he didnt rip off the suit like Cesaro.

Pleased to see Low Ki back. Shame they ended the show with two commentators getting physical with one another.

So I just read spoilers from last night's tapings and while most will probably not be pleased I am PUMPED!

Brother just spoiled that for me. Read that post and had a clue but he just told me about him returning, nothing else though as I jumped on him for spoiling that.

I would have loved to have seen it happen without knowing, although I can't remember his theme like, so that would have taken away from some of it. However, i just haven't been able to stomach impact since the Hardy's left.

Never in a million years though would I have thought he was coming back. It is laughable and tremendous all rolled into a little ball with powdered sugar sprinkled all over it.

Decided to watch the draft instead of Impact last night so im watching it now.

Josh Mathews not on commentary but making an entrance
Also made some WWE references. Said that this company doesn't tolerate bully announcers and called him JBloser and a limpdick. Also JB is now suspended for punching Josh last week. JB says he hasnt missed a shiw in 15 years.

Trvor Lee vs Matt Sydal now. Josh has joined commentary. Didnt expect Matt Sydal though.

Sydal won with a shooting star press.

EC3 out now with a chair setting in the middle of the ring

Demanding the new regime respect him because he carried this company for the last three years. Told the fans to kiss his ass. Plans on being Impact Wrestling World Champion again.

James Storm interrupts and cuts a TNA original promo on EC3. Called EC3 fugly and that EC3s family wasnt there to protect him anymore. EC3 wasnt biting though until Storm called him EC bitch and they started brawling.

EC3 hit the 1%er and told Storm he was a Carter and this company needs him.

KM has some anger issues and is really dumb I guess. Weird segment where KM gets mad at a waiter and yells at him telling him to get like a tree and get out of here. Then said that was what was wrong with America, no one knows how to do their job.

GFW Women's Champion Christina Von Eirie vs Eva Story. Von Eirie might be part of that Reno Scum team, keeps saing oi oi oi like them.

Match wasnt all that good but Christina Von Eirie has a pretty cool finisher. She sets on the top rop holding her opponents crossed arms with their back to her and she jumps off and turns it in to a backstabber.

El Patron had an interview with McKenzie Mitchell that Magnus cut in on both claiming to be #1 contender. Karen came in and put them in a match in two weeks for Magnus's GFW Heavyweight Championship.

Moose vs Davey Richards now for the Impact Grand Championship. Moose is with D'Angelo Williams who Josh says isnt signed and might be testing the waters here and Gary Barnidge from the Browns.

Ha looks like Barnidge is being released by the Browns today after a quick Google.

Googled him to see if I spelled his name right and the news that he was being released took me away from that and I spelled it wrong again.

This Was a preety good match despite stoping for the rounds. Eddie came down and attacked Davey while he had Moose in an ankle lock to end it.

Davey shoved Williams and D'Angelo didnt ack down and pushed him down. Davey charged at him once he got up and Bernidge stepped in a body slammed him.

Swoggle has been picking on Spud all night and has taken his papers for ring announcing and ripped them up. Spud ran after him and grabbed him by the pants and his pants ripped off. Swoggle ran off covering himself.

Kongo Kong now has a match against a nobody that we dont even know his name because Spud doesnt have his notes. He knew Kongo Kong though and announced him.

Van Ness is still wearing her wedding dress and makeup from her failed wedding.

Fallah Bahh and Mario Bokara the Monster Factory Tag Team champions vs Veterans of War.

V.O.W is Crimson as Mayweather and his tag team partner is Wilcox but he's not Gunner.

Wilcox is former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jax Dane.

V.O.W won the match. Mayweather grabbed the mic and properly introduced themselves. Talking about the tours they did in Iraq and Afaganastan. Thanked the government and fans and said they are going afer th tag team titles.

Nice tag team, Impact needs the tag teams right now but I feel like they will be stuck wrestling foreigner tag teams from promotions Impact has deals with.

Swoggle is now beating the shit out of Spud with a hammer wearing a towel.

Decay vs LAX in a street fight for the Tag Team title is the main event. We now have a female ring announcer after the Swoggle attack.

LAX won a pretty typical street fight. Decay had the match won but Konan pulled the ref out of the ring. LAX then put Crazy Steve through a table with tacs on it fir the win.

Fucking Rollamacka spreading Fake News everywhere. Gunner is heading to NXT apparently.

I have to watch Impact now. I'm friends with Dezmond Xavier. Probably going to his house tomorrow.

Only had one match so far and it was a six man X Division match. Dudes pretty athletic and can do some filps. Would like to see him in a regular match to see all he can do.

I like Dezmond Xavier but he is still very young

Matt Sydal vs Eddie Edwards to start the show.

Sydal won a pretty good match to start the show.

Davey Richards and Angelina attacked Eddie and his wife as they were walking to the back with chairs. Eddies wife is fighting back though.

Magnus will defend the GFW Heavyweight Championship against Matt Morgan tonight. Was supposed to defend it next week against El Patron but him and Morgan started arguing and Bruce put them in a match tonight.

KM likes bullying people while they work. Another weird segment with him. Sienna vs GFW Women's Champion Christina Von Eirie now.

Its for the GFW Women's Championship.

Sienna won and is the new GFW Women's Champion.

Now El Patron will face Eli Drake in the main event with El Patron's GFW title shot on the line.

Karen announced Alicia(Eddie Edwards wife) will face Angelina nect week. She was then interrupted by Sienna bragging about winning the GFW Women's Championship.

EC3 out now for a match against John Bolen. Bolens second appearance on Impact, hes the one I said looked like Perry Saturn with a mohawk.

EC3 wins and says he'll stop at nothing to become EC3 time World Heavyweight Champion. Blames the new regime for what he's going to do.

Matt Morgan vs Magnus now.

Earlier Josh said he had 2 million followers on Twitter. Duringthis match he said its now 4 million. In reality he only has 500,000.

Magnus tried to cheat and use the GFW title but the ref took it. As the ref was putting it up he kicked Morgan in the balls and hit an elbow of the top rop to retain his championship.

Spud is now confined to a wheel chair and has to take 4 pilks just to use the bathroom after the beating from Swoggle last week.

Kongo Kong out now with Laural Vann Ness, facing William Weeks. Laural still in wedding dress and throwing herself at everyman. William Weeks rejected her.

Kongo just playing with William who is built like James Ellsworth.

Braxton Sutter came out after the match and attacked Kongo then clotheslined him out of the ring.

Main event now. Eli Drake has Tyrus with him.

Tyrus has been ejected from ring side after getting caught sweeping the feet out from under Patron.

lol Josh just said JR tweeted him saying this has been the best commentating show of all time.

El Patron wins a pretty good main event and will face Magnus next week for the GFW Heavyweight Championship.

Watched the Veterans of War debut match/promo. I'm all for old school gimmicks. But Goddamn that was generic. Gotta bring SOMETHING new to the table.

Also, Matt Morgan jobbing already? Guy should be made to look strong as fuck. I'm already feeling another Impact "THIS IS A NEW ERA FOR REALS THIS TIME!" re-boot in a few months.

Morgan would fit so nicely on to any WWE show (except 205Live, maybe).

Agree, wasnt real impressed by Wilcox nor did he speak so really didnt get a grasp on him. Was surprised to find out he was Jax Dane from the NWA. Should stick to wrestling in vest as the compression shirt just added to the generic look.

As for Morgan I've always been a fan of his and am dumbfounded by the lack of a push his whole career. Guy just look like a world champion.

Def needs something to get the Veterans on a Roll.

Matt Morgan is probably the biggest miss in wrestling. That guy should have been headlining Wrestlemania. Instead he was given some stupid stuttering gimmick. What a waste.

So, are they featuring the GFW titles more than the TNA Titles?

Last couple of weeks they have. GFW Women's title just showed up last week and she lost the title to Sienna this week. Magnus returned during the Team JB vs Team Josh match has has been saying that the GFW Heavyweight Championship is his golden ticket to the Impact Heavyweight Championship. Cody has also had the GFW NexGen title with him when he appears. No sign of the GFW Tag Team Championships but I think the Bollywood Boys were the champs before thet signed with WWE so they migbt be vacant.

The TNA titles have been featured though. LAX are the tag champs and if they dont have a match then they have segment backstage. LAX took out Decay though so Rosemary hasnt been seen the last couple weeks but has defended the title recently against ODB. X Division gets a good amount of attention every week. Bobby Lashley is just kind of waiting around seeing how this #1 contender situation turns out while doing some Make Impact Great segments and squash matches.

They probably dont want to focus alot on the TNA championships at the moment with the rebrand to Impact. GFW titles need to be showcased if they plan on unifying all the titles which seems like tbe way they are going. Once thats done Im sure they'll create new Impact branded championships

The post count toals for this thread are hilarious and indicative of the perception of the product

I dunno. A 7 footer running around claiming to be a cruiser weight and refusing to get on a scale would be gold for at least 6 weeks

Impact 5/11/2017
 

Magnus vs Alberto El Patron for the GFW Heavyweight Championship tonight.

4 way X Division match to start the show. Matt Sydal vs Andrew Everett vs Caleb Konley vs Desmond Xavier.

Andrew Everett won with a frankendriver on Desmond Xavier.

KM messing with a pizza delivery man this week. EC3 coming iut now to James Storm's music dressed as a cowboy.

E Cowboy 3 with a southern ascent and every thing.

Storm came out and the two brawled and EC3 has hancuffed Storm to the ropes and is whipping him with a belt.

EC3 was singing a remixed version Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks before Storm interrupted him.

Also EC3 tripped over a ring crew guy and whipped him with the belt as well.

There's a tournament to crown new GFW Tag Team Champions. First match is Larado Kid and Garza Jr. vs Hakim Zayn and something Abraham.

Larado Kid and Garza Jr. won the match.

Ava Storie vs Laural Van Ness. Laural is going to wrestle in the wedding dress.

Laural Van Ness wins and has completely lost her mind but she controls Kongo Kong.

Spud still suffering from the Swoggle attack.

LAX apparently doing a funeral for Decay. All dressed in black with day of the dead face paint and have urns for Crazy Steve and Abyss.

Pored the ashes on the ground and Konan says they are going after the GFW Tag team titles.

Konan now getting into it with a fan with an American flag. Konan hit the guy and Veterans of War come out and attacked LAX and cleared the ring.

Marshe Rockett vs Moose for the Impact Grand Championship.

Moose won the first round.

Moose got the pin 30 seconds into the secind round and retains the Impact Grand Championship.

Tyrus and Eli Drake attack Moose after the match.