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I don't know why, but I hated Impact this week. (Note, spoilers are coming)
The Abyss squash was about the same as always. Don't get me wrong, I love Abyss, and I think he's an outstanding "hoss," but there are only so many times you can parade out somebody making their TNA debut and have him eat a Black Hole Slam in less than two minutes.
The Petey Williams/Jerrelle Clark match had a nice flow going until they threw a commercial break into the middle of it. Then when they came back, they had to go back and show a replay of what happened during the break, because it was fairly crucial to the outcome of the match! This totally disrupted the continuity of the match, imo, and made me totally lose interest.
And whose brilliant idea was it for Dusty Rhodes and Larry Zbysko to have a confrontation?
But the worst part of the entire show for me was the constant promos! I mean, we'd get three to five minutes of wrestling, then we'd have to sit through seven or eight minutes of the same promos. I can practically recite the "Best of the Heavyweights" ad from memory right now, they played it so much. Plus, they showed the Victory Road trailer at least three times. It's not so noticeable when RAW or SmackDown do it, but they're each twice as long. When you have a sixty-minute show, and a half-hour of it is made up of four different three to five minute videos played ad nauseum, there is some poor planning going on.
The show wasn't all bad, though. For the first time, I really enjoyed a Monty Brown promo. His little digs at the competition for the World Title was amusing, and the face he made when Jarrett interrupted him before he could say "PAAAAAAAAAAAAOUN-suh" was priceless. Also, the Tag Title scenario was really interesting, and one of the few reasons I'll tune in next week, just to see where they go with the whole Daniels/Skipper and Storm/Harris situation.
What does this have to do with Jeff Hardy? Admittedly, not much, but this rant came to mind when I was reminded of the constant mention of Hardy's name, plus the fact that he was featured prominently in every one of the "Best Of" ads, despite the fact that he's been with the company for less than a quarter of a year.
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