10 Thoughts On How Much TNA Impact Is Crushing My Soul For 10-9-08

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Well, I mean, it feels like it’s crushing my soul sometimes. It’s kind of hard to tell how much wrestling shows effect you on a metaphysical level. I had that same problem with WCW Thunder.

1. Some stuff happened to open the show. Jeff Jarrett was there. Christian was going to do a promo. That can be fun. It wasn’t this time, but it can be! Jim Cornette made AJ vs. Booker with Christian as ref. So that happened.

2. I got a lot of perverse amusement out of Kip James being the Beautiful People’s equivalent of Rico, right up until Rhino got stuck working with him. Kip even Gored him through a table. Yay. Angelina Love in a skirt and stockings was nice, though.

3. They call Matt Morgan’s bicycle kick the Carbon Footprint. That’s a thing Mike Tenay did.

4. Speaking of Tenay, I like that he called Kurt Angle a son of a bitch, I guess. It’s funny that that’s how TNA shows how heinous he is; by making Tenay mildly curse. I still expect the crowd to crap all over Jarrett as a face in Chicago. If Eric’s paying attention, he can let me know if that’s something that I should expect. Or call me retarded. I kind of hope he does that just to get it out of the way.

5. Consequences Creed vs. Sheik Davari for the X-Division Title is a match that TNA is putting on their biggest PPV of the year. Seriously. Is it supposed to be really inspirational when Creed whens, or shocking when Davari wins, or has the belt just sunk that low in their priorities that the wacky spot fest in the hampster cage is a bigger priority than the actual title match?

6. Those Rough Cut segments on Roxxi are doing a good job making her a well rounded character and not just that chick that gets busted open. I’m not that crazy about her as a worker, but hey, it’s something.

7. I was pretty bored by the whole Booker/AJ/Christian segment, but the way AJ hit the Pele Kick while Booker was going for the Axe Kick was cool. The Christian/AJ/Booker match at the PPV might be better, possibly, although it’s all about which side Christian picks.

8. Mick’s sports jacket is cool, and he makes a sort of funny joke about it. Even Mick’s prodigious talents for humor are blunted by the fog of malaise of the Impact Zone, I think.

9. The big stip for Sting vs. Joe is that there will be no rematch, so you better order the show if you want to see this match! So that’s something, although they could swerve us and have Sting still get his annual title win and do a four way at the PPV next month. With Russo involved in a wrestling company, you’re always doing mental judo in anticipation of whatever wacky caveat he’s tossing in there to surprise you. As a result, you are never surprised.

10. So, TNA is completely underwhelming for me these days, in case you couldn’t tell. Unlike a lot of people, I can’t bring myself to hate them. They just tend to make me feel dead inside. That still may be the nicest thing anyone says about them around here.