TNA Impact Report for June 3
We open this week’s episode of Impact
with a music video recapping Mister Anderson’s babyface turn, and
Sting’s
recent attempts to screw with the mind of Rob Van Dam. The title of
tonight’s show is apparently Smoke and Mirrors. Tonight we’ll
see Jay Lethal, Kazarian and AJ Styles square off in a three-way match.
That announcement is followed by a few quick clips showing the recent
tension between Styles and Ric Flair, as well as Anderson and Jeff
Hardy’s
newfound mutual respect.
Sting heads out to the ring to address
the crowd, to a “Why, Sting, Why?” chant that’s so tepid,
it might well have been carried out by a half dozen production
assistants
hiding amongst the fans. Sting immediately namedrops the show title,
saying that not everything is as it seems in TNA, the company is filled
with smoke and mirrors and everything’s gone Hollywood- no pun intended
(or so he says). Sting says that what seems to be black is white and
vice versa. He says that he’s been in this place before, where he was
labelled the antagonist. Even with his name and his word on the line
Sting says that it won’t do any good to offer an explanation for his
actions, nor does he owe one to anyone.
Sting assures us that that there is
meaning behind his actions and all will be known to everyone involved
(read- the writing team has no idea where they were going with his turn,
and finally said just said “fuck it”). Sting says that he
doesn’t know RVD very well, and there are no hard feeling on his part,
but RVD is in the way. Sting promises that when he takes RVD’s World
Heavyweight Title at Slammiversary next Sunday, the veil will be pulled
back and everyone’s true colors will be revealed.
Sting is cut off by a video package
showing his recent assaults on Jeff Jarrett, RVD and Eric Bischoff.
Bischoff comes out leaning on a crutch, with Miss Tessmacher at his
side. Bischoff says that for all his talk about smoke and mirrors, we
just saw Sting’s own true colors in the video. Bischoff says that he’s
known Sting for almost twenty years, and it hurts to say that Sting
isn’t the man he thought he knew. He calls says that Sting has been
trying to convince people that he’s a superhero for so long that he’s
begun to believe it himself. Bischoff calls Sting a fraud, who hides
behind a mask and up in the rafters to avoid the truth, which is that
a hero wouldn’t use a baseball bat, and he wouldn’t attack a women that
gave him a second opportunity at having a career.
Bischoff says that Sting’s problems
have nothing to do with TNA, or with himself and Hogan, Sting is his
own problem. Bischoff claims that Sting has put himself before the
company
and its talent, something Bischoff and Hogan would never do (snicker).
Bischoff says that he puts the fans first, and since they want to see
Sting in action tonight, he’s got a match right here and right now-
and his opponent is standing right behind him!
Sting whirls around to find himself
face-to-face with none other than Samoa Joe. Joe grabs Sting and rams
him hard into the turnbuckle, then starts peppering him with snap jabs
as a referee runs down to the ring. Joe stomps at Sting in the corner,
the chokes Sting with his bare hands. Matt Morgan runs out and attacks
Joe from behind- I’m not sure if the bell ever rang, but either way
the match is pretty clearly off now. Morgan chokes Joe with his foot
and Sting gets in a few cheap kicks before RVD’s music starts to play.
Van Dam runs down to the ring, ducks a Clothesline from Morgan and nails
the big man with a Running Spinning Wheel Kick that sends him to the
apron. RVD drops Morgan to the floor with a Diving Thrust Kick, as Sting
retreats.
Bischoff comes back out and says that
the match is rescheduled for the main event, and now it’s going to be
a tag team match with Morgan and RVD added to the mix. RVD cuts Bischoff
off and suggests making the match a four-way instead. Bischoff likes
the idea, but says he needs to confer with Hulk Hogan before he can
book it. With that though, the Hulkster comes out to join Bischoff on
the stage. Hogan says that since RVD won the TNA World Heavyweight
Title,
he’s raised the bar sky high. Hogan says that as champion, RVD gets
some stroke in the company, which for tonight translates into him
getting
his way- the four-way match is the new main event.
[commercial break]
Backstage, Christy Hemme is with AJ
Styles, and the Phenomenal One is royally pissed off. Styles complains
that he just found out about his three-way match tonight. Ric Flair
comes in and Styles demands to know why Flair didn’t tell him he had
a match, but Flair retorts that he’s not Styles’ secretary. Kazarian
comes in next and immediately thanks Flair from the bottom of his heart
for showing that he has faith in him. Kazarian promises to make Flair
proud tonight, and Flair predicts that tonight is going to be the end
of Jay Lethal. Flair and Kazarian go to leave together, once again
treating
Styles as an afterthought. On their way out, Kaz thanks Flair for the
brand new Rolex watch he gave him. Styles is left with his mouth agape,
at a loss for words.
Rosie
Lotta Love vs. Roxxi
Rosie is making her on-screen debut
tonight, though a few quick clips air of her untelevised tryout match
from a few weeks ago, in which she managed to injure Daffney and somehow
still get hired. Rosie is dressed like a burlesque dancer, and in case
it weren’t obvious her name comes from the fact that there’s a whole
lot of her. As she walks out, the camera cuts to a few obvious plants
in the audience who look shocked and scandalized by her attire.
As the bell rings, Rosie backs her
much smaller opponent into the corner, but Roxxi slips behind her and
applies a side headlock. Rosie shoves her off into the ropes and catches
her coming in with a Standing Body Avalanche. She follows up with a
Scoop Slam, then goes for the Samoan Wrecking Ball (a la Umaga), but
Roxxi dodges out of the way. Roxxi comes back with a series of forearms
and a Dropkick, but can’t get Rosie off her feet. Roxxi goes to hit
the ropes, but apparently Madison Rain snuck out to ringside, because
she nails Roxxi in the back with her Knockouts Championship belt. Rain
yells at Rosie to pin Roxxi, but the novice knockout hesitates. When
she does turn her attention back to Roxxi, Rosie walks right into a
Small Package, allowing Roxxie to pick up the win.
Winner-
Roxxi by pinfall.
After the match, Rain berates Rosie,
and jabs her finger into the new Knockout’s chest. Rosie responds by
grabbing Rain by the throat and nailing her with a Two Handed Chokeslam.
Rosie starts to head to the back, but Jeremy Borash catches up to her
on the entrance ramp for a fast interview. Rosie says that the Beautiful
People seem to think they can go around attacking every so-called ugly
person they see fit, but she’s big, bad and beautiful, and will take
out every member of the BPs herself. She drops the inevitable “Whole
Lotta Rosie” reference, then gives Borash a huge kiss, leaving
him dazed and confused with lipstick smeared on his face.
[commercial break]
AJ Styles (with
Ric Flair) vs. Kazarian vs. Jay Lethal
Flair comes out to the ring with
Styles,
but they’re still arguing. Kazarian and Styles start bickering as soon
as the bell rings, and Styles leaves the ring to take a powder. Lethal
quickly rolls Kazarian up with a Schoolboy, but Kaz kicks out. Lethal
hits Kazarian with a Running Cross Body and hits his signature Hip Toss
and Cartwheel, but before he can follow up with his usual Dropkick,
Styles runs in and levels Lethal with a Clothesline. Styles yells at
Flair that “this is how it’s done”, but then misses a charge
in the corner. Lethal takes it to Styles with a series of right hands,
then slides through his legs and hits a Headscissor Takeover. Lethal
goes for the Lethal Combination on Styles, but halfway through catches
a Dropkick from Kazarian. The heels argue some more, both trying to
impress Flair. Lethal escapes an attempted Back Suplex from Kazarian
and hits a combination Bulldog/Inverted Bulldog on the heels. Styles
flips Lethal onto the apron, but gets caught with a shoulder to the
gut.
Lethal goes for a springboard
manoeuvre,
but Kazarian shoves Styles out of the way and catches Lethal in mid
air with a Cutter for two. The heels try to one up each other as Styles
punishes Lethal with a Pendulum Backbreaker, and Kaz follows up with
a Falling Hip Toss. They go for a double team move, but can’t agree
on what to do, allowing Lethal to elbow his way out and deliver a
Dropkick
to Styles. Styles catches Lethal with a Kip Up Headscissors Takeover,
then assures Flair that he’s got this. Styles and Kazarian agree to
go for a Double Suplex, but Kazarian is thinking Back and Styles
Vertical,
so they break down into another argument (Kaz blames Styles’ poor
communication
skills). Styles rams Lethal into the turnbuckle and explicitly explains
to Kazarian that he’s going to go for a springboard manoeuvre. As AJ
hops onto the ropes though, Kaz casually leans back onto them, and
Styles
crashes to the mat. Lethal quickly shoves Styles into Kazarian in the
corner, then rolls Styles up for the pin. Good match.
Winner- Jay Lethal over AJ Styles
by pinfall.
As Lethal celebrates with the front
row, Flair is incredulous. Styles and Kazarian are blaming one another
for the loss. Flair takes his anger out on Styles, saying that he gave
him the gift of making him his protégé, and Styles repaid him by losing
to Lethal. Flair says that Styles lost his World Heavyweight
Championship,
and since then he’s been confused and unfocused. He orders Styles to
leave the ring and go home, to regroup and decide what he wants to be,
because right now he’s not in Flair’s good graces. Styles is furious
and still trying to blame Kazarian, but finally grudgingly leaves the
ring. As Styles approaches the top of the stage, Kurt Angle emerges
from his entrance lift and stares Styles down. After a moment, Styles
says that he doesn’t need this right now and walks past Angle to the
back. Angle heads down to the ring as we go to break.
[commercial break]
When we come back, Angle is in the
ring, face to face with Flair and Kazarian. Angle says that he’s here
to show Kaz the proper respect before making him his first victim. Angle
says he likes his opponent to know what he’s going to do to them before
they step into the ring together. Angle reminds us that when he gave
up his spot in the Rankings System, he told Hulk Hogan he wanted to
start from the ground up in his quest to retain the TNA World
Heavyweight
Championship. Unfortunately for Kazarian, he earned the number ten spot
on the list, which means that Angle’s going to start with him, in a
match at Slammiversary.
Flair cuts Angle off and asks him if
he realized that he walked right by Flair without even acknowledging
him. Flair says that he and Angle have a lot of history together, and
it’s good- when Angle first started out in professional wrestling, Flair
had told him that he wanted his youngest son Reid to be just like Angle,
and become the best amateur wrestler in the country. Flair says that
he had put his then twelve year old son on the phone with Angle and
told Angle to make him a man, and Angle was glad to help. Flair says
that he and his son respect Angle, and says that no amateur wrestler
has caught on in pro wrestling so quickly, or become so great. Tonight
though, Flair says he doesn’t feel Angle understands that this isn’t
amateur wrestling anymore, it’s Flair’s world.
Flair says that for everything Angle
was in amateur wrestling, Flair is ten times that as a pro. He says
that in the eyes of the fans and every other wrestler around the world,
Flair is God. Flair says that his gold medals are his Hall of Fame ring
and his gold Rolex. He says he needs to feel the same respect from Angle
that he gets from Shawn Michaels, Hogan and Sting. He jokes that he’s
been a world champion more times than Angle has slept with a different
woman. Flair orders Angle to leave the ring, and warns him not to make
Flair take off his sports jacket, whoo!
After a moment of tension, Angle goes
to leave, but Flair stops him and says he has a better idea. He says
he wants to show the fans where Angle is in his world, so he’ll leave
first, and Angle can hold the ropes apart for him. Flair says that then
maybe they’ll be on the same page, because Angle will have shown how
much respect he has for Flair, and how much respect Angle himself will
attain in months to come. Angle hesitantly holds the ropes apart and
Flair steps through, but Angle follows him out and throws Flair off
the entrance ramp to the floor below. Kazarian immediately attacks Angle
from behind, laying into him with punches before tossing him back into
the ring, but Angle fires back and forces Kazarian to retreat. Flair
is furious, and tosses his jacket at Angle, but Angle catches it and
throws it right back. Flair is spitting mad, ranting and raving.
Backstage, Matt Morgan approaches Sting
and proposes that they act somewhat like a team tonight to take out
Rob Van Dam and Samoa Joe, and after that let the chips fall where they
may. Sting walks off without answering.
[commercial break]
In the parking lot, AJ Styles is having
a temper tantrum. He decides that to win back Flair’s favour, he’s going
to kill Jay Lethal, and marches off to find Eric Bischoff to demand
he make that match for Slammiversary.
Next up we get a video package
recapping
Mister Anderson’s babyface turn. In the ring, Christy Hemme is preparing
to interview Anderson, why reportedly has a major announcement about
Slammiversary. Anderson comes out and says that he isn’t here for a
Katie Couric style interview, because he’s too distracted (which he
says as he starts staring down Hemme’s shirt). Hemme shoves his head
back up to eye level, but he just starts checking out her ass instead.
Anderson insists that he’s not a chauvinist, or a pig- he’s just an
asshole (which is echoed by the crowd). He says that the fans are like
the pots calling the kettle black though, because they’re all begging
for a wardrobe malfunction to happen, so they’re all assholes too.
Anderson’s
announcement is that Beer Money needed opponents for Slammiversary,
so he’s stepped up to the plate. He can’t do it alone though, so he
announces his new tag team partner- Jeffrey Freaking Nero Hardy!
Hardy makes his down to the ring to
join his new partner. He says he knows the fans are probably asking
why he would team up with Anderson, but it’s simple enough- the way
Anderson talks and moves, he’s the funniest asshole Hardy has ever met.
More importantly, Anderson is also the second craziest SOB in TNA, after
Hardy himself. Hardy says there’s going to be a party at Slammiverysary
and all the Creatures of the Night are invited (though Anderson quickly
adds that he’s a cheap asshole, so that party is BYOB). It bears noting
that Anderson is actually getting a bigger reaction than Hardy (except
among the usual girls and small kids), though he’s still getting the
odd boo here or there.
The festivities are cut off by the
arrival of Beer Money, who come out to face their upcoming opponents.
Mike Tenay informs us that Hardy and Anderson will each face a member
of Beer Money tonight in singles action. Robert Roode says that he
thinks
it’s cute that TNA has a new pair of BFFs. Tonight is a night
of many acronyms. Roode asks what either Anderson or Hardy knows
about tag team wrestling. He acknowledges that Jeff teamed with his
brother “for a cup of tea”, but that unnamed brother carried
Jeff, and the sucked anyways. He says that tag team wrestling isn’t
about looking good or being cool, or about being friends in and out
of the ring. It’s more than that- it’s about being like brothers, like
himself and James Storm, and putting egos aside and agreeing that the
team comes first. Roode calls Hardy and Anderson a mismatch- a moron
and an asshole, who go together like oil and water, Jekyll and Hyde,
or Lacey Von Erich and that perverted little midget last week.
Anderson answers by asking the burning
question- why is Roode’s hair always wet? And why does “quick draw”
James Storm wear sunglasses inside? Anderson says that the only people
who wear shades indoors are blind people and jack-offs (which Taz takes
exception to). Storm pretends to laugh, then shows Anderson his own
style of stand up, in the form of a cheap shot with the mic. Both teams
get into a pull apart brawl (and a good one at that- these guys have
been watching Daniel Bryan clips from NXT).
[commercial break]
Jeff
Hardy vs. James Storm
When we return, Hardy and Storm are
still brawling at ringside, though their respective partners have
disappeared
to the back. The announcers remind us that Storm threw a fireball into
Hardy’s face a few months ago which I had already forgotten, since it
got almost no follow up and ultimately meant nothing. Hardy nails Storm
with a Clothesline on the outside, then pulls aside the protective mats
and hits Storm with a Hip Toss onto the exposed concrete. Hardy tosses
Storm into the ring, and the bell rings to officially start the match.
Rood catches Hardy coming in through the ropes with a kick to the chest,
followed by a Rope Hung DDT for two. Storm pulls off his shirt and uses
it to choke Hardy, then drapes Hardy over the bottom rope and stands
on his back. With Hardy still on the ropes, Storm slips out of the ring
and nails him with a Yakuza Kick to the side of the head.
Storm comes back in and makes a cocky
cover, but Hardy kicks out at two. Storm applies a Side Chinlock, then
scores another near fall off a Jawbreaker/Lifting Side Slam combination.
Storm brings a chair into the ring, but the referee takes it away, only
to place it in the corner of the ring where it’s still easily
accessible.
Silly referee. Hardy slips behind Storm and catches him with a Sit Out
Jawbreaker. The two trade punches until Hardy hits a Twisting
Clothesline,
followed by a big back elbow in the corner. Hardy sets up the chair
and uses it to hit Storm with a one-man Poetry in Motion for two. He
stalks Storm for the Twist of Fate, but Storm escapes, only to get
caught
by a Gordbuster. Hardy heads up to the top rope, but Storm knocks his
legs out from under him, crotching Hardy on the ropes.
Storm tries to follow up with a
Frankensteiner,
but Hardy blocks it by holding on to the top rope. Hardy nails Storm
with a Corkscrew Senton for two. Storm grabs onto the bottom rope and
Hardy is backed away by the referee, allowing Storm to take a swig of
beer from a bottle he left on the entrance ramp. Storm spits the beer
into Hardy’s eyes and hits him with the Eye of the Storm, but Hardy
kicks out at two. Storm grabs the chair and after threatening the ref,
takes a swing at Hardy, but he connects with the top rope instead and
the chair rebounds back into his own face. Hardy capitalizes on Storm’s
mistake by hitting him with the Twist of Fate, followed by the Swanton
Bomb for the pin. Another good match.
Winner- Jeff Hardy by
pinfall.
[commercial break]
Robert
Roode vs. Mister Anderson
We go right into this match coming
back from the break. This really should have been spaced out better
on the card, it feels like we’ve been watching the same four people
for a half hour now.
They tie up and Roode powers Anderson
into the corner, but Anderson ducks a cheap shot and nails Roode with
a right hand. Roode applies a Side Headlock followed by a Shoulder
Block,
but Anderson comes back with a series of snap jabs. Anderson uses a
Side Headlock and a Shoulder Block of his own, then stands on Roode’s
back to mess with him a bit. Roode fires back with right hands, but
Anderson trips him into the ropes and hits a low Running Back Elbow
to his back, then rolls Roode up with a Schoolboy for two. Roode slips
out of the ring and lures Anderson into chasing him back in, then shoves
the referee aside and kicks the middle rope into Anderson’s crotch as
he tries to re-enter the ring. Roode keeps the pressure on with a
Neckbreaker,
then rakes his nails down Anderson’s back. The crowd is loudly behind
Anderson.
Roode hits Anderson with a Snapmare
and a Rolling Neck Snap, Curt Hennig style. Roode chokes Anderson on
the bottom rope, then plants his boot on Anderson’s throat. Roode hits
another Snapmare and applies a Neck Vice, but Anderson fights to his
feet and punches his way out. Roode escapes the Mic Check, but gets
hit by a Back Body Drop. Anderson hoists Roode up into a Fireman’s Carry
position, but Roode rakes his eyes to escape, and hits a Running
Clothesline
in the corner. A second charge is met by Anderson’s boots, and Anderson
manages to both a Diving Sunset Flip by overshooting Roode (though he
recovers fast by scooting back into position). Roode blocks the move
by sitting out, and grabs the ropes for leverage for the cheap win.
Winner- Robert
Roode by pinfall.
Roode retreats up the ramp after the
match, his eyes locked with Anderson’s the whole way. Summoning his
magic microphone, Anderson says that any man can be beaten on any given
day, and tonight he was beaten again, by Roode no less. He points out
though that the only way people seem to be able to beat him is by using
underhanded chicanery and tomfoolery. He says the reason why is that
he’s no mere mortal, he’s MISTER ANDERSON… ANDERSON. Roode yells back
that all Anderson does it talk.
Backstage, Douglas Williams is in the
locker room. He says that what the X Division represents right now does
professional wrestling a disservice. He says that where he comes from
in the UK, the wrestling art form is about manipulating limbs, tying
your opponent down and wrapping them up on the mat, not flipping around
like a maniac. He says that as long as he holds the TNA X Division
Championship,
he’s going to educate his opponents, who are only interested in getting
themselves over with flashy moves. Williams advises his challenges to
learn the art of holds and counter holds if they ever hope to take away
his belt.
There’s a shot of Abyss and Rob Terry
heading towards the ring with Chelsea in tow as we go to break.
[commercial break]
Coming back, we get a commercial for
Slammiversary based around the main event match between Sting and Rob
Van Dam. After that, there’s a second video package recapping the angles
leading into the following tag match.
Desmond Wolfe and
Orlando Jordan vs. Abyss and Rob Terry (with Chelsea)
One of these things is not like
the other, one of these things just doesn’t belong, can you tell which
guy can actually wrestle, by the time I finish this song?
Jordan comes out wearing Terry pasties,
and carrying a Shake Weight (which for the uninitiated is a device
notorious
for strengthening your arm muscles by making it look like you’re
whacking
off a big steel dildo). As the match starts, Mike Tenay tells us that
for filing a false police report more or less accusing Abyss of being
a rapist a few weeks ago, then assaulting him with a deadly weapon a
week later, Wolfe and Chelsea have been given probation and community
service.
Abyss and Wolfe circle each other to
start, but Jordan quickly hits Abyss’ still injured arm with his Shaker.
Wolfe goes after the arm with some hard elbows before tagging in Jordan,
who hits Abyss’ arm with a Diving Axe Handle off the top rope. Jordan
delivers a few elbows of his own and applies a Standing Armbar, but
Abyss elbows him down and hits him with a Body Avalanche in the corner,
then tosses Jordan out of the ring. Jordan lands at Chelsea’s feet and
starts to make a pass at her, but gets slapped across the face. Wolfe
runs over and yells at Jordan for looking at his girl, and at Chelsea
for slapping him. Wolfe has a funny line about not being sure if Jordan
is interested in her or himself. Abyss comes out from behind and throws
Wolfe into the guardrail, as Jordan climbs up onto the apron. Terry
meets Jordan and Hip Tosses him into the ring, then immediately plants
him with the Freakbuster for the win. This was barely a match, but at
least it did a good job of protecting everyone who needed it.
Winners- Abyss and Rob Terry (Terry
over Orlando Jordan via pinfall).
Next up is a video recapping the Jesse
Neal/Brother Ray feud. It’s mostly the same footage we’ve seen week
after week, but this time there are also a few new sound bites from
Brother Devon. He says that he sees Neal as someone who’s eager to make
a name for himself. He says that Ray has been taking things a little
crazy, because as he sees it Neal is just doing the things they taught
him to do. Devon says that he’s just going to have to stay in between
them, because otherwise this is going to turn into an ugly war, one
that he doesn’t want to get caught up in.
Matt Morgan vs. Sting vs. Samoa
Joe vs. Rob Van Dam (Non-Title Four-Way Match)
As everyone makes their way out for the main event, we’re shown clips of
Sting taking out Jeff Jarrett at Sacrifice, and Joe costing Morgan the
World Tag Team Championships last month.
The action starts with Joe pairing
off with Morgan in the ring, while RVD and Sting go at it on the
outside.
Joe nails Morgan with a big back elbow in the corner, followed by a
Jumping Enzuigiri. Outside, Sting throws RVD into side of the entrance
ramp and the ring steps. He tosses RVD into the ring as Joe and Morgan
head out from another side. RVD catches a kick from Sting and hits him
with a Spinning Heel Kick to the back, followed by an Atomic Drop and
a Clothesline. RVD nails Sting with a Superkick, sending Sting reeling
to the outside. Joe comes back in and stares down the World Heavyweight
Champion. They cutch each other, but before they can tie up both heels
come back in and attack them. Both heels choke the faces in opposite
corners, but RVD counters a Stinger Splash attempt with an elbow, and
follows up with a Diving Thrust Kick and Rolling Thunder. He covers
Sting, but Morgan breaks it up.
Morgan turns on Sting and hits him
with a big Discus Clothesline, but Joe breaks up his cover and throws
Morgan out of the ring. Joe nails Sting with a big Savate Kick and tries
for a cover of his own, but Morgan scrambles back into the ring to make
the save. Morgan hits Joe with a Body Avalanche in the corner, followed
by a Sidewalk Slam. He catches a Running Cross Body from RVD and plants
him with a Swinging Sideslam. Morgan forces RVD into the corner and
nails him with a series of alternating back elbow strikes, but stops
when he sees a familiar face in the crowd- the camera catches a quick
flash of what looks like Hernandez standing in the upper deck. With
Morgan distracted, Joe nails him with a kick from behind, followed by
the Muscle Buster. Before he can finish Morgan off, Joe turns around
into a Diving Thrust Kick from RVD, who pins Morgan himself after a
Five Star Frog Splash.
Winner- Rob Van Dam over Matt Morgan
by pinfall.
After the match, Sting just walks to
the back, having had no part in the finish. Joe is pissed off that RVD
stole his win, and the show ends with him and RVD nose to nose.
*****
Final Thoughts- This was a good episode of Impact, far above the average we’ve seen
lately. Other than the opening women’s match and the tag match
(which was at least short), the quality of wrestling ranged from good
to excellent. I loved the dynamic of the three-way match, the chemistry
that AJ Styles and Kazarian have together as rivals for Ric Flair’s
attention is off the charts. All the matches announced tonight for
Slammiversary
are ones I want to see- I’m really looking forward to a TNA pay per
view for the first time in months.
The only real lowlight for this week’s
show was the inauspicious start for Rosie Lotta Love. I can’t fathom
why they would hire someone that hurts their opponents in their tryout
match, especially since Rosie is simply way too green to be on TV. TNA
clearly wants a power wrestler for the Knockouts division to fill the
hole left by Awesome Kong’s departure, but as it stands right now, Rosie
just isn’t up to the job. They might both be big girls, but Rosie is
slow as molasses, and sloppy as all hell- the difference between Kong
and Rosie is like comparing Samoa Joe to Big Daddy V. Hopefully Rosie
turns things around- almost everyone has the odd bad match here or
there-
but if things don’t change, I can’t see her being any kind of asset
to the company, as the novelty of a half-naked big girl will quickly
disappear, if it hasn’t already.
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