8/18 Impact Discussion

[4 Gold Scorpio]

- How will Sting react to the beating he suffered at the hands of new World Champion Kurt Angle and Hulk Hogan? Will Angle and Hogan have hell to pay on the broadcast?

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- World Tag Team Title Match : Beer Money vs. Mexican America
(Featuring Jeff Jarrett and wife Karen on color commentary)

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- Bound For Glory Series Match: AJ Styles vs. Rob Van Dam

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- 8 Man X Division Gauntlet For A Shot At The X Championship: Robbie E vs. Alex Shelley vs. Jesse Sorensen vs. Tony Nese vs. Kid Kash vs. Mark Haskins vs. Austin Aries vs. Zema Ion

- Plus, more on the "No Surrender" Pay-Per-View event on Sunday, Sept. 11

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[Sabin Shelley Army]

I'm tuned in because I had to see that gauntlet match. Not bad. But there was one gigantic problem: the crowd was completely dead except for some claps to rally Jesse Sorensen at one point. Other than that...completely dead crowd.

Once again, you have proof that the Impact Zone is the worst place to hold a wrestling event. The crowd is not an indicator of what works at all in TNA. They react for clown Sting but don't make a sound for that match? Whatever.

It might be because they filmed that match twice and the crowd burned themselves out the first time. That's practically sabotaging the best part of your own show if that's the explanation.

[solar37]

Thought it was decent..Flair and sting promo in beginning was great..anytime Flair talks its funny..in the back with hogan was good also..angle crimson faceoff awesome..Crimson has talent give him time..liked what he had to say..Where is Bully Ray???? grrrr..lol..he still da man..Mr Anderson obviously talking time off with the sold injury..that sucks..hes funny and he can wrestle..good ODB and Mickie James match..womens knockout division in tna flushes wwes lame divas division down the toliet..ba wooshh....gauntlet 8 man x division match was really good..but austin aries got lucky he got to go last..lot of talent in that ring with that match..all those guys are fun to watch..really aggressive wrestling match..loved it..kid cashs finisher is sick..austin aries brainbuster finisher is almost just as good..dont worry you wont see that move in the wwe..why i dont watch..I like that jerry lynn is trying to help rvd but accidently getting him disqualified..good funny stuff...I Like "supermex" hernandez but anarchia cant wrestle but hes funny on the mic..new tag team champions..mexican america..i would stay storm and roode are splitting soon..great great tag team with loads of moves but the act is getting a little tired with fortune..storm will be great as a singles wrestler..loads of talent...4 out of 5 impact

[Brad]

I have a feeling that Crimson won't get anymore bfg series matches, because there is only two more impacts and he has match with Angle for one and I haven't seen his name on anything for live shows. I think he might stay in the top 4 in til No Surrender and that is where Angle will get him dq'ed and someone else wins the bfg series.

[D.B.]

Some of the strangest promos I've ever seen this week, Sting and Flair's interactions were very weird, the 2nd one was just bizarre
Flair's talk with Hogan was also a bit weird but kinda funny

I was shaking my head in disgust after the first match with Steiner and Devon, until Joe appeared, I want to see where this goes
Good promo from Joe afterwards

Gauntlet match was better than expected but way too short, could have done with another 10-15 minutes
The crowd were into it at the start, for a couple of minutes, but when Haskins started making pin attempts the crowd just died, putting Shelley out first wasn't a bright idea either, he's one of the few guys the crowd knows and would/did cheer for
Haskins still looked a bit awkward but Jesse Sorensen was made to look really tough and Aries looking good as always

Good Women's match, I wasn't expecting that

Angle calling Crimson green and saying he'll never be anybody must have raised a few smiles

Decent match between RVD and AJ
Weird that they're doing the RVD/Lynn and AJ/Daniels storylines the exact same way, similar to the current storylines with Angle and Joe both looking to take people out

Couldn't concentrate on the tag match but BM losing was expected, I'm expecting Storm to cost Roode in the BFG series and posibly set up a fued between the two
JJ is still a highlight for me


Pretty average show overall but some good stuff here and there, just a shame we're not getting better matches

[Aquanaut]

Austin Ares is quite amazing!

That is all!

[Buckeye]

I've gone from not watching it live, to recording it on DVR, to not watching it at all as of last week. I'm so tired of Hogan, Bischoff, and Rick Flair. I just cannot watch them go through the same things over and over again. Now this Kurt Angle/Hogan thing was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

[Cheaptrick]

Well now I have lost all respect for Flair, he must have taken one to many blades or chair shots to the head. (lost a lot of blood)
What is he thinking? Doing a stupid thing like hugging Hogan and asking where the love is man, and saying he loves him too.
Yeah the crowd except for some idiots in the front row, who chant all the time, was just dead. (get out of the impact zone)
Don't get the whole RVD/Lynn stuff don't really care either.
Has Gunner's push stalled? after beating 4 current and former world champs in a row, we see him get his ass handed to him by Sting in the back, like some jobber.
Knockout match was pretty good, the gauntlet match was fairly good with some missteps.
Overall a good show.

[Smack Tavish]

I enjoyed the show. I think TNA is giving way to much air time to the Knockouts though. The KO's have shown in the past that they can be interesting, but right now they aren't doing it for me. Mexican America, as it currently is, seems like a waste of time to me. Maybe adding Jarrett will do something for it, but I don't really care for Hernandez, Anarquia, or Rosita (whose like 20 years old.)
I just wonder if TNA is ever going to get anything back for the work they've been doing down in Mexico. So far, Jack Evans is all I can remember ever seeing from AAA and that was two matches.

As for the rest of the storylines, I can't say that their great but I know it's all building towards BFG and eventually everything will balance out. By holding this BFG series it kind of handicaps you from branching out and taking advantage of new storylines, but we're at the end of the road and I'm confident things will start getting good especially since the show after this weeks is on the road in Alabama, along with the rest of the on the road tapings scheduled for the rest of the year.

[Brad]

Rosita (whose like 20 years old.)

Rosita is 20.

The storyline with Mexican Americans getting Jeff I think will lead the Chavo coming to TNA in the future. Looks like Aj vs Daniels, RVD vs Lynn, Joe vs Morgan he will be health by BFG and will take up for the people in the BFG series, Winter vs Love vs James, Angle vs Roode or Crimson, and Hogan vs Sting. at bound for glory.

[Smack Tavish]

The storyline with Mexican Americans getting Jeff I think will lead the Chavo coming to TNA in the future.

Yeah, they're really implying that, but Chavo won't be cleared to wrestle (90 day no compete) till after BFG. I wonder why they're starting this storyline more then two months before Chavo can even make an appearance. It does seem like this will eventually end up involving Chavo though and I think it will be interesting to see Chavo in TNA.

[Brad]

Yeah, they're really implying that, but Chavo won't be cleared to wrestle (90 day no compete) till after BFG. I wonder why they're starting this storyline more then two months before Chavo can even make an appearance. It does seem like this will eventually end up involving Chavo though and I think it will be interesting to see Chavo in TNA.

Yes it will he got released on June 25th, so his 90 days will be up in September, but really won't have anytime to build a good storyline with him before BFG.

[Smack Tavish]

Yes it will he got released on June 25th, so his 90 days will be up in September, but really won't have anytime to build a good storyline with him before BFG.

Ahh, my bad. I had thought he was released July 25th. But yeah, they will have three weeks at most to build it (if he debuts the 29th of Sept,) though it should be more then enough time considering TNA has a number of other important matches on the card. Now this storyline makes more sense to me lol. So we're a month away from seeing Chavo - Jarrett vs Chavo at BFG seems very likely now.

I like the dynamic of having Hector and Chavo on the same show, though it will probably be more interesting for the spanish speaking audience.