ARMCHAIR WARFARE: Season 2 - TV WEEK ONE **SCORES POSTED**

**The Show Off** · 10-20-2010, 11:11 PM

Impact Wrestling Corporation: Week One Review
by The Show Off

• I like the start of the show in medias res as far as the promotion is concerned. Dustin has been betrayed and I’m immediately interested. For your promotion being in medias res you get across what is happening quickly, good job.

• Helloween is such a stupid PPV name.

• Paul Barer on commentary interesting choice.

• You seemed to have forgotten Wade Barrett’s entrance.

• Not sure what the Danielson/Barrett match was supposed to show, we got no back story on either man so we don’t know if this was a filler match or this is part of a bigger feud. I like, however, that Danielson wins via cattle mutilation.

• Edge/Harris seems to be another good match but we’ve gone through two matches now and neither of them progressed a story. Harris was trying to win to make Dustin feel better, well that’s not good enough I want storyline progression.

• Randy Orton turned on the Family for the money okay at least we’re moving storylines.

• Okay now I’m starting to learn. Ki and Danielson were part of a tag team but are now split up. Jey Uso might be recruited to the Family. These little things make this match more entertaining, because now I know the wrestlers motivations rather than two guys just wrestling.

• Jey/Ki seems to be an interesting match that is designed to make Ki look good, but maybe a promo after the match to let us know where is head is at would have helped there. I don’t know what he’s about just that he can beat one half of a mediocre tag team.

• Kane allied with Abyss, I’m intrigued. Apprently they are both allied with Paul Barer which is good for a creepy little crew. And you put Kane’s mask back on? Why is that, I hope we find out.

• Good match between Kane and Morgan, I like that Morgan used superior wrestling skill to win. His win doesn’t make Kane look any worse and makes him look better. I guess Kane and Abyss are tag champs, not sure though I just know Kane is one half of the champions.

• You forgot Serena’s entrance.

• I have absolutely no idea why Lacey was so pissed at Serena. If I know some back story there the ending would have made sense otherwise it didn’t. And you missed a good opportunity to at least mention that members of the Family are losing and perhaps they’re falling apart with the loss of Orton.

• The brawl was a good pay off to the beginning of the show and I like the fact that you didn’t forget that Orton was supposed to be in a match with Koslov. You make Koslov look somewhat good. I like the Family, it’s an interesting group but I would have liked to hear from more than just Dustin. As for the duo of Orton and Triple H I would really like to hear from him to really flesh out this feud. But you deserve props because I actually buy a Dustin/Orton match which is a tough sell all things considered.

• Were you trying to be comedic by making everyone stop once Jarrett uttered “Slap Nutz”? If you weren’t than that’s just silly.

• Not a big fan of the whole “no touching” policy, but sometime it can be used well to further tensions, I hope this is where you’re going.

View Poll Results: Which show was your favorite this week?
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10-20-2010, 11:11 PM	#11
The Show Off Total Non-Stop Apologist Posts: 4,430	Impact Wrestling Corporation: Week One Review by The Show Off • I like the start of the show in medias res as far as the promotion is concerned. Dustin has been betrayed and I’m immediately interested. For your promotion being in medias res you get across what is happening quickly, good job. • Helloween is such a stupid PPV name. • Paul Barer on commentary interesting choice. • You seemed to have forgotten Wade Barrett’s entrance. • Not sure what the Danielson/Barrett match was supposed to show, we got no back story on either man so we don’t know if this was a filler match or this is part of a bigger feud. I like, however, that Danielson wins via cattle mutilation. • Edge/Harris seems to be another good match but we’ve gone through two matches now and neither of them progressed a story. Harris was trying to win to make Dustin feel better, well that’s not good enough I want storyline progression. • Randy Orton turned on the Family for the money okay at least we’re moving storylines. • Okay now I’m starting to learn. Ki and Danielson were part of a tag team but are now split up. Jey Uso might be recruited to the Family. These little things make this match more entertaining, because now I know the wrestlers motivations rather than two guys just wrestling. • Jey/Ki seems to be an interesting match that is designed to make Ki look good, but maybe a promo after the match to let us know where is head is at would have helped there. I don’t know what he’s about just that he can beat one half of a mediocre tag team. • Kane allied with Abyss, I’m intrigued. Apprently they are both allied with Paul Barer which is good for a creepy little crew. And you put Kane’s mask back on? Why is that, I hope we find out. • Good match between Kane and Morgan, I like that Morgan used superior wrestling skill to win. His win doesn’t make Kane look any worse and makes him look better. I guess Kane and Abyss are tag champs, not sure though I just know Kane is one half of the champions. • You forgot Serena’s entrance. • I have absolutely no idea why Lacey was so pissed at Serena. If I know some back story there the ending would have made sense otherwise it didn’t. And you missed a good opportunity to at least mention that members of the Family are losing and perhaps they’re falling apart with the loss of Orton. • The brawl was a good pay off to the beginning of the show and I like the fact that you didn’t forget that Orton was supposed to be in a match with Koslov. You make Koslov look somewhat good. I like the Family, it’s an interesting group but I would have liked to hear from more than just Dustin. As for the duo of Orton and Triple H I would really like to hear from him to really flesh out this feud. But you deserve props because I actually buy a Dustin/Orton match which is a tough sell all things considered. • Were you trying to be comedic by making everyone stop once Jarrett uttered “Slap Nutz”? If you weren’t than that’s just silly. • Not a big fan of the whole “no touching” policy, but sometime it can be used well to further tensions, I hope this is where you’re going.