10 Thoughts on TNA Impact, 10.23.2008

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1. Since Raw didn’t annoy me enough by doing it, TNA begins with a Women’s match too. This simply does not make me want to stay tuned in. Knock it off. God, I can’t believe they really call Hemme’s finisher the flying firecrotch. That makes up for a whole lot… like everything else about her.

2. Booker yells “RESPECT” and that’s pure fucking gold. Know who else knows a little something about Respect? The heels make a stable of Sting, Kevin Nash, Booker T, and Kurt Angle, all about RESPECT. They are the Main Event Mafia.

3. Booker unveils his Million Dollar Title, the TNA Legends Title. RESPECT the “No More Accents” chant. Christian puts down the title because it’s a title they just invented… you mean like the TNA World Title? Christian yells at Booker like Little Jon. I’ve now figured out TNA. It’ll be the tenth thought tonight.

4. Jay Lethal got his X-Division title match with Daivari tonight. He dominates the match with a ton of flashy moves, then loses to one DDT. That made absolutely no sense. One DDT is greater than all those strikes and dives apparently. Five minutes later Daivari and Rhino argue… which is great except that “Bashir” still has the X-Title and Rhino isn’t an X-Division wrestler. Daivari forgets English while delivering a weak beatdown on Rhino.

5. You know, that did shake the wrestling world, TNA. We’ve never seen Commissioner Foley before. Good job.

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6. Ok. Seriously? You book a 4-team tag team gauntlet with Team 3D, Beer Money, LAX, and Morgan\Abyss and you come up with a finish where the 2 heel tag teams are left and then you book a screwjob? A rushed screwjob at that because after all we have to have big time for the big announcement.

6A. Hey Matt Morgan… just because you’re being pushed by TNA as their new Goldberg doesn’t mean you have to be as unsafe with guys as he was. Sheesh.

7. Wait a minute. Haven’t we been on TNA long enough to where every fan watching the show should know who Kurt Angle is, and what his motivations are? I really am concerned with the way TNA promotes their guys.

8. Is Raesha Saed playing Natasha from Rocky and Bullwinkle?

9. Well god damn. That was a…. beating. I don’t even know why Taylor got so little offense but it was fun to see Awesome Kong just murder Taylor.

10. Styles\Joe was an awesome tag team for their one-shot in ROH. However the fact that the crowd is cheering for all of the heels in the entire night didn’t help. And that is the end of my 5 thoughts.

Thought 11: The Key to Enjoying TNA.

Some people read comics. We could use movies as an example, but I like comics, so we’ll do that. Most people who read comics just go for stuff like Spider-Man or Batman or Wolverine or whoever. That’s WWE. Then there are those who like something more creatively unique and those people tend to focus on Watchmen (which obviously broke into the mainstream) or Walking Dead. That’s the ROH fan. Then there’s a third type of comic fan. This type wants stuff where a giant bear wearing a tutu fights superheroes at the behest of a man with three brains in a flying saucer with training wheels, while a robot priest watches on. That’s TNA. It’s the giant bears wearing tutus, Snakes on a Plane, or the M3STK for the wrestling crowd.

Glazer is a former senior editor at Pulse Wrestling and editor and reviewer at The Comics Nexus.