PENGUINS win! Penguins win! Penguins win! First game of the season! Although, it coming off of the team with the least points in the NHL doesn’t really account for much… but a win is a win and it builds confidence!
So much confidence that we lost 5-3 tonight. Oh well, take what ya get.
– By the way, anyone catch the latest Rolling Stone issue? I know a Bono interview is a big deal, and it was well worth the cover story and main story, but damn the rest of the issues seem to be getting dull and repetitive. I almost wish I hadn’t continued my last subscription.
– LJ users, please hit me up
– So a lot of people are saying that the World Series was blown. Being a Pirates fan who are in the National League Central, I was rooting for Chicago for the sole purpose of not wanting the Astros to win it since they are in my division. People are pointing fingers at commisioner Buddy S, saying all the blown calls that went in favor of the White Sox were his because he think the people would rather see the American League win the WS. What the hell do we have the all-star game for then? I was a little shaky on the Houston opening up their stadium. I that was was bull, but I certainly don’t think the World Series was rigged.
The iMAIL Zone
“Mark, I miss the days of the TNA Wednesday Night PPV. That was a time where TNA produed great shows week after week because they knew people were paying to watch it, albe it $10.00 a night and it broke out budgets. The quality just seemed so much better, I’m not at all saying Impact is a bad show or anything of that degree, but when TNA made the financial switch to FSN and worked with the hour time slot it just seemed like the “spirit” per se for lack of a better term of TNA kind of died down. Sure, it’s concept, but it just seemed like TNA went from producing PPVs every week to 2-minute spotty matches. Take for instance the Wednesday show with the gauntlet main event and first ever Ultimate X.”
Damien
I know EXACTLY what you mean. I despised FSN Impact. While I do miss the Wednesday Night PPVs, I would never be able to afford them.
– Opening Contest
Abyss v. Lance Hoyt
Brawl to start and slows down with Abyss getting a shoulderblock. Abyss misses the leg drop, Hoyt clothselines him to the apron where Abyss pounds on him, then attempts to suplex him out but Hoyt drops his neck over the top rope. Hoyt springs outside with a crossbody. Outside, Abyss sends hoyt into the barricade. Hoyt tries a charge but gets knocked over by Abyss’s clothseline. Abyss nails a corner clothseline. Hoyt tries fighting back with punches but it gets overturned by Abyss. Abyss nails a chokeslam and James Mitchell slides him in a chair. Rudy Charles tries taking it away from him, Hoyt big boots the chair. Mitchell distracts Hoyt and Abyss nails the Black Hole Slam Mitchell brings in the bag of tacks, lights go out, Sabu is in the ring with some barbed wire, Abyss bails.
Winner: Abyss
**1/4, not too bad at all out of these guys.
Break.
Thursday there is going to be a TNA iMPACT 2-hour Primetime special. Tenay and West pimp it. Jarrett comes out and makes JJ versus Abyss in a title rematch. There will also be an Ultimate X.
Jerelle Clark v. Christopher Daniels
Daniels takes him down with a headlock to start starting a “Fallen Angel” chant. Daniels sends him to the ropes and knocks him down with a shoulder. Daniels sends him to other ropes but Clark comes back with a hip toss and pair of dropkicks. Clark tries a monekey flip out of the corner but Daniels lands on his feet and gets a STO takedown. Daniels sends him to the turnbuckle and get a high knee to the chest. Cocky pin by Daniels gets 2. Crowd turns on him. Interesting, one cockey pin i all it took? Clark comes off the ropes with a hurricanranna and then follows with a running cross chop and slam. Clark misses a 2nd rope moonsault and Daniels nails the Angels Wings for the win.
Winner: Christopher Daniels
**3/4
Break.
AJ Styles v. Sonjay Dutt v. Alex Shelley & Roderick Strong
Styles starts off with Shelley and gets a dropkick, then trags in Dutt who gets a drop toe hold. Dancing elbow by Dutt gets 1. Shelley gets a kick and spin kick on Dutt, then tags in Strong who covers for 2. Strong with a backdrop and knee to Dutt. Dutt dodges a clothseline and hits a CRAZY 720 degree headscissors. Okay, i’m blown away. That gets 1 * by itself. Advertisements mid-match. We come back and Coach D’Amore is arguing with Mike Tenay and Don West. Strong hits a textbook dropkick on Dutt then pins for 1. Strong hits the Messiah back breaker on Dutt and pins– AJ breaks it up. Dutt with a leg scissors on Alex Shelley and tags in Styles who cleans house. Styles with a side-breaker on Strong– Shelley breaks up the pin. Dutt goes out on the apron and hits the springboard eye poke on Shelley, Shelley bails. Dutt gets pulled out on a baseball slide attempt. Styles hits the Styles Clash for the win.
Winners: AJ Styles & Sonjay Dutt
***1/4
Break.
– Main Event
– America’s Most Wanted v. 3 Live Kru
Killings starts with Storm. Headlock by Killings and he knocks Stor down with s shoulder. Storm ducks a clothseline but gets headscissored down by Killings. AMW try to double team but Killings cleans house on them. Killings hits a spring plancha onto both of them. Harris hits a high forearm on Killings and covers for 2. Storm hits a back elbow on Killings for 2. Harris comes in and gets a knee, then tries to suplex Killings but Killings reverses it into a front flapjack. Matching tags, and BG James cleans house. James hits a big boot and dances, he misses the knee drop and Harris tries the finisher but BG counters, tried the pump handle slam, Gail Kim interferes, D’Amore comes out witht he hockey stick but gets held back. Hockey stick winds up in BG Jame’s hands, Harris takes it, Storm nails the superkick for the win.
Winners: AMW
*1/2
Post-mach, Team 3D arrive backstage. After adverisments, they hit the ring and blab about how AMW is now #1 on their death wish. They say that at Genesis it’ll be AMW & Jarrett against Team 3D and Rhyno, and that they will take out rage on Team Canada on the Thursday Primetime. Team Canada then come out and attack them, 3Lk make the save, 3D on A1, set up the 3D on D’Amore, AMW make the save, Jarrett comes out, Rhyno comes out and brawls with him.
Not a bad show this week, but a step down compared to the usual Impact.
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