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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.
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