Lock Jaw Tries To Watch TNA For a Month, and now watches Victory Road
 

As suggested by the title of this thread, I will be attempting to watch TNA for a month.

However, to keep myself entertained, I will be providing my live commentary and thoughts in this thread as I watch.

I am about to start watching yesterday's edition.

Wish me luck.

Opening up with some Hogan/Bichoff recap thing. Disappointed. Thought Hogan was gone or something.

Robert Roode out now. Liked his old theme a lot better.

Good to see Roode as champion though. Seem to be building to some sort of match against Sting. Now here comes the man himself.

They just had Sting's lower third read just "@Sting". I didn't notice it for Roode, but I really hope they aren't just keying people with their twitter handles.

Wait for Austin Aries. It'll be good. I haven't watched it yet, but I'm assuming it will be good.

No DQ match for the World Title against Jeff Hardy the opening match. I smell some sort of wacky finish coming.

I watched TNA last night..terrible..I do like how they film the scenes-makes it seem realistic..but some them fools CANNOT act.

The camera guys are definitely not as good at this as the WWE guys. Also, they use some weird camera angles sometimes.

I don't like their full screen instant replays. Also, really weird booking in this match as so far the face has just been dominating everything.

Taz just referred to Hardy as "The Bizarre One". Gimmick Infringement.

hahaha yeah kind of corny man..I dunno for some reason I like the style of the video production

Bobby Roode wins when Kurt Angle shows up and does one move to Hardy.

Hardy pretty much dominated the entire match though.

Anyways, 20 minute World Title Match just happened. Honestly not sure where the show can go from here.

WTF is this. Backstage, Bobby Roode giving a promo to a camera.... but we are seeing it from the vantage point of another camera, so there is zero eye contact and we are just seeing it from a side view.

And here comes Sting. Apparently there is going to be another World Title match tonight or something.

Eric Young looking like a hobo for some reason.

WTF is James Storm wearing. Didn't even recognize it was him. Also, this backstage camera work is beginning to really grind my gears. "Sting is talking with his hands! Snap zoom to a close up of his hands! Now snap zoom back out to see his face! AWESOME!"

The booking makes sense given the finish/storyline. Roode keeps weaseling past his opponents. This booking shows that Hardy "should" be champion but for Angle getting involved.

I think what they're going for is "Roode is talking to somebody (presumably a producer or off screen interviewer) whilst this camera picks it up". Honestly it's more "natural" than a guy grabbing a camera a talking down the lense at nobody in particular. It's just we're used the latter so the former seems VERY weird.

Austin Aries is here, and he is wearing a cape.

Xema Ion is also here and looking extremely weird and spraying something all over himself.

Damn. Heard the machine gun sound so I was like "Awesome, the MCMG are still around!" but then it turned out to be Alex Shelley and Shannon Moore.

Yeah, Sabin is pretty injured right now.

Apparently it was hair spray that Xema Ion was spraying, which begs the question why he was spraying it all over his chest when he entered.

Total Non-Stop Action in this match. Even the ref's count at the end was a fast count.

Knockouts battle royale right now. I like the attention the women's division gets in this company.

Greatly enjoyed that segment.

Oh boy. Eric Bischoff is next!


Also, whoever does the voiceover for their "TNA World Tour" segment is absolutely terrible.

Actually, I take back my sarcastic "Oh boy". I forgot how much I like Bischoff on the mic.

Bischoff just broke out the "future endeavors" line though.

Bully Ray in great shape. Check those calfes.

Plugging new Spike MMA show right now.

Eric Young serenading ODB right now. Glad this guy is back to being goofy. He's better at it than being serious.

Through his entrance alone, Bully Ray has got me to absolutely love him.

Honestly I give you two weeks before you say Fuck This Shit.

Nice match between Storm and Bully Ray. Like both of these guys.

D-Lo Brown and Al Snow sighting. Did not know they worked for TNA.

I love this thread

Bobby Roode beating up Sting now, and the new #1 contender James Storm doesn't even come to save him.

Show is over. It was actually pretty decent. Definitely not horribly terrible turn off the TV stuff as it was the last time I tried to watch.

Thought this would be harder than it was, but I find myself actually looking forward to next week.

Still can't stand their backstage camera style, but there were no long drawn out backstage segments, so I could tolerate it.

TNA is underated around here, glad you found it better than you expected. With Russo also just left the company hopefully TNA will be on the up and up. Good read btw

I just finished, too. Pretty good show. Madison Rayne is a boner machine.

Oh yeah, I was gonna mention that James Storm didn't come help Sting because he had already left the building to go drinking with Brandon Jacobs.

Jacobs gave Bully Ray quite the shove! Guy's a beast!

Sort of interesting in checking out TNA. They have some tremendous talent, but their production and booking is sometimes annoying and distracting. Plus they have a TV Champion that is never on TV. I know that seems like a small complaint, but it really bothers me.

So it appears they're going with Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy? I'm not going to lie -- that match sounds half-way interesting. I just wish that Angle was used to wrestle younger guys and help get them to that level.

TNAs been better than normal for the past month.

It really has been in an up-swing lately.

Plus, I love the KO division. Women in TNA seem to be able to out wrestle half the male wrestlers at WWE. Matches are more interesting, too.

Good luck, I'd also do the same but I don't know if I could sit through the entire show, it reminds me too much of the old WCW...

I continue to refuse to watch TNA

although whenever Chris Sabin comes back I would like for someone to tell me

Nope. Find out on your own, jerky.

I'll just relentlessly stalk Chris Sabin's facebook page then

so business as usual

im sure they'll break up MCMG just like they did Beer Money too..

:y:

I caught the end of TNA this week. Russo is out, now if only Hogan would just lose interest.

I want to make sure Lock Jaw keeps up with his word

I will. Not watching it "live" though. Will probably watch it tomorrow.

dont wear out your FF button

In the words of Booker T....

AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Here we go!

Pretty cool video package to open. Seems like they are building Robert Roode pretty well.

TNA using Twitter in their angles. Building off some tweet from Sting.

Bobby Roode with a decent promo to start... except for the fact that he doesn't even mention the number one contender for his title. Or do any sort of build up for his match with Storm at Lockdown.

They seem much more preoccupied with building up a feud and inevitable match with Sting.

Which I am fine with, but they also need to give some attention to their current contender.

Tag team title match right now. Matt Morgan and Crimson coming out.

I kind of dislike Matt Morgan. We shall see if he got any better since I last saw him. Never seen Crimson before, but it seems like a breakup of this team is imminent or something.

Samoa Joe and Brutus Magnus the champs. Last time I watched TNA, Magnus was a heel. Seems like a face now. Joe was main eventing last time I watched, seems like he has fallen some, despite being a champion right now.

Magnus seems like a really random partner for Joe to have. At least Morgana and Crimson seem to have some sort of similar look/build.

Samoa Joe wearing red and blue tights that remind me of Super Mario

Christy Hemme is pretty bad as a ring announcer.

Magnus/Joe win. Break up definitely imminent with Morgan/Crimson.

Decent "We are all brawlers" match. I liked Joe and Magnus' finishing combo move.

Superbowl football guy is back this week. I don't like it, but I don't like it when WWE has "celebrity" involvement either.

Football dude cutting a MEAN promo!!

That is going on far too long. Bring Bully Ray out already.

Segment went on too long, but the fans seemed to be into it. They seem to be building up to a match or something between Bully Ray and this Footballer, so I guess they have some sort of deal going on with the dude.

Zema Ion vs Alex Shelley now. Don't know why Ion is #1 contender for the X-Division instead of Shelley.

I have no idea whether Zema Ion is a face or a heel. Seems like a heel, but he is facing Aries down the line, who is definitely a heel.

Aries out to watch with some popcorn and a glass of wine.

TNA has blocked part 3 of this youtube.... but not any of the other parts.

I don't want to skip ahead though. Damn.

K, found another version. Zema Ion just put his canister of hairspray in his pants, making it look like he has a giant boner.

Ion definitely a heel. Also, he has a terrible finisher.

Just all in all does not seem like a very intriguing wrestler.

They keep saying that Zema vs Aries is gonna be at Victory Road... thought the next PPV was Lockdown. WHAT IS GOING ON?

Garret Bischoff definitely does not seem to have the natural charisma of his father.

Gail Kim vs ODB. Good to see Gail Kim get a chance to do her thing again.

THE OCTOPUS THE OCTOPUS THE OCTOPUS THE OCTOPUS TAP OUT TAP OUT TAP OUT TAP OUT

She did not tap out.

Gail Kim wins. Good segment. The Knockouts are probably in the top three things I look forward to at the moment.

Man, the TNA voiceover guy is absolutely TERRIBLE.

Sorenson update right now.

Don't know how they can be making such a big thing about this and not be building up Zema Ion as a crazy dangerous dude who laughs at it.

TV Title match now. Almost forgot they had a TV Title.

AJ Styles fighting for it. Seems to have a crappy new theme. I liked his old one.

Robbie E is apparently champion, and apparently there is now a Robbie T.

Oh wait, Robbie T is Rob Terry.

Also, my first impression of this Robbie E guy is pretty terrible. Or at least his gimmick is.

Daniels and Kazarian interfere. Don't know why these three guys were not on TV last week since this is apparently a "thing", and these guys should logically be on TV since they should be some of the biggest of TNA's "names".

Kaz looks kinda like Scott Hall right now.

Apparently Sting talking about his Tweet is gonna be the main event of the show.

Main event match gonna happen now. Bully Ray and Kurt Angle vs. James Storm and Jeff Hardy

Football Dude somehow gonna get involved most likely.

AHAHAHA. Bully Ray staring down some little kid and telling him he is going to slap him in the face.

Pretty excited to see Angle wrestle again. Just marked out for his entrance. Haven't seen him wrestle in a looong time. He looks so small now. Guess that is what happens when you get off the drugs and steroids.

I seriously think Jeff Hardy and his Facepainted face would give me nightmares as a kid. As it is, I just find it deeply disturbing and unsettling.

All of a sudden JB announcing that the tag match is a No-DQ match. They didn't mention that before.

Football Player Guy is definitely getting involved now.

... The TNA Fans are doing a dueling chant... but with only one name.

"BRANDON JACOBS! (BRANDON JACOBS!) BRANDON JACOBS! (BRANDON JACOBS!)"

sounds about right....

I wonder why they are following the tag team rules of tagging in and out when it is no DQ.

Brandon Jacobs puts Bully Ray through a table with a CHOKESLAM. Hope this is the payoff and they do not bring this dude back again.

STING IS HERE!!! And his namekey still says "@Sting". I can only assume his name has officially been changed to @Sting.

Sting going bananas right now. Kind of love Sting.

Ok... So Sting made a match, him vs Robert Roode for Victory Road. Have no idea what is going on now. What happened to Lockdown? What about Roode vs. Storm? They seem to be glossing over that match to build to a PPV that is I guess two months away.

Wait. So, apparently, Victory Road is in March and Lockdown is in April. This makes more sense I guess with the X-Division title match being promoted for Victory Road.

But why would Sting make a match last week to find out the #1 contender for Lockdown, a PPV two months away? What was he planning to do with the champ at Victory Road before he decided to fight him himself?

They really could have waited on making Storm the #1 contender. Could have decided it at Victory Road even. Instead I got majorly confused this week, and now Storm becoming the #1 contender is being severely overshadowed and we have to wait two months for the payoff.

Or waited to do Sting/Roode at Lockdown. Switch them around.

Anyways, but of a weaker show this week. Already beginning to get confused by some of TNA's logic though.

Still not enough to break me. Still decent enough for me to want to tune in next week.

Well, the Sting vs. Roode match is non-title.