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Originally Posted by CSL Not sorted my rankings yet but was writing down some comments as I was reading through. There are more comments for some shows than others. This does not mean I dislike that show more. The comments are also mostly negative since, well, reading positive comments is boring and isn't really the point of 'feedback'. VCW- First guy out was Michael Cole. This does not make me want to 'watch' your show. Nor does Hogan as a colour commentator. Guy is still a draw and could be used much more effectively. Having him 'present' for the whole show is not a good idea. Don't think anybody would buy him being mugged off by Hennig/Perfect either although I did like that character establishment. First match is a 20 minute contest between The Dudleys and The Usos? Are you attempting to stop people from watching? A match and a very quick beatdown featuring Goldust that goes another 20 minutes? No thanks. Jay Lethal continues to impersonate other guys? This could have been a chance for a fresh start, to be Jay Lethal on another scale but instead you go with something from the past and something that probably means him not being taken seriously/rising above the midcard as long as being Jay Lethal isn't enough (that's how it comes across) No idea what was supposed to be going on at the end with the lights going out and Lethal being beamed up by Scotty. LAW - Early contender for 'TNA Impression of the week'. Didn't like the opening. Alluding to 'The Boss' is a nice touch, builds something straight away. Without the NXT storyline or the other Nexus guys, I probably wouldn't care about Wade Barrett so I'm not going to care about him talking about being world champion on the debut show. 2nd ever match finishes in a no contest? Gallows as a bodyguard works. I applaud the attempt to build characters straight away. Head and shoulders the biggest draw you have doesn't appear nor is mentioned until the very end of the show? That's a lot of faith being put in a very unproven roster with almost zero start power. DWW - I think this may have been written by a teenage Vince Russo while playing with his wrestling figures. British guys in a team. Black guys in a team with a black girl. Original. Do you know how loud the TV would have to be to hear/understand what Terry Funk is talking about? And he's been given an authority spot that involves lots of mic time. The crowd would be absoloutely dead and buried by the time the main event came round given the 23 minute (eughhhhhh) spot fest followed by another 20 minute probable spot fest. Which means the #1 heel beating the #1 babyface/draw very decisively and clean on TV (confusing enough as it is) would play out before virtual silence. I also don't believe you need to tell everybody what all the themes are. TIW - Liked how simple and easy to read this was. No clusterfuck segments, good, effective booking that makes sense (really liked the 'Hernandez getting into wrestling because of the Guerrero family' line) Chavo/Roode would be a good match to start with from an in-ring POV, just maybe not enough star power. Would probably have switched the DiBiase match for that one. Not a fan of Joe squashing Shad and Zeke, that makes them borderline worthless for the rest of the month and I just would't buy 5'9 Wobbly Joe as a threat against 2 6'4+ black guys. Wasn't a fan of the finish to the main event either, heels winning or Ziggler taking the fall would have been preferable. Maybe getting Taker involved elsewhere or taking out McIntyre and Ziggler (protect Sheamus) would have worked better. Taker closing the show definitely works for an 'inaugral' show however. SCW - Striker and Tazz are both colour guys. Don't see it working. Like Flair as the authority role/first guy to the ring. Don't know why you'd carry on with WWE storylines though in terms of Punk wearing a mask and later building to some kind of reveal with the mask coming off. Are you assuming that all of your fans used to watch WWE and know what happened there? Went on a bit. Round robin might be a bit to confusing/all over the place. A tournament could have worked. Liked the Matt Hardy creepy stuff. Ditto emphasising Kane's role straight away by squashing Slater. Slater being squashed every week isn't something I'd be adverse to. As I said, don't like the mask reveal thing with Punk. And if he's supposed to be the #1 heel, he probably shouldn't be tapping out in the main event of the first show either. In fact, Punk/Angle on the first show is something I'd question a lot more if this was supposed to be anything longer than a month. I wish I could discuss there more/reply to comebacks from whoever wrote the shows etc.

Your Angry Wrestling Nerd gimmick is already taken.

I don't really agree with your psychology on the whole thing. Bad guys can't go over clean? Your assumptions of who the #1 heels and #1 baby-faces are.



Just saying. You're being a little hostile all things considered.