TNA Impact 3/15

Nice vignette showing Sting, Hardy, RVD, Hogan, Abyss, etc. from last week.

Flair and AJ is in the ring. Flair cuts a promo on Hardy and proceeds to bleed the hard way on purpose. Wow! Blood's all in his eye too! The thing I loved about AJ Styles was that he was in a league all his own. Not sure if I like this "Flair-branded" AJ. It reminds me too much of "Lil Naitch" from WCW (if you don't know what I'm talking about, don't ask). Hardy comes in with the face paint. Something about him in TNA makes me think he's just there to pick up a paycheck.

12 minutes in...promo still going.

New promo...Bischoff is talking to Mick about making him more "corporate". Foley with a shaved head and face? Uuuuhhhhh...no.

20 minutes into the show and they're barely starting their first match. Over at WWE, they've already ended their first match. Someone had the nerve to say that WWE's full of promos and less wrestling? I think not.

First match is starting and it's 3D with Lil Runt/Spike Dudley vs the Nasty Boys and Jimmy Hart. Nice hardcore match, but the 3D through the table looked wack. 3D doesn't belong here. They need to go back to the WWE. Jimmy Hart with the pin on Brother Ray. ooooohhhh k?

Christy Hemme. Yum. Angelina Love...not so much (but her body's dope).

Anderson/Pope vs Wolfe/Mr.Anderson next. This feud is something I like since the workers in it are real workers. Angle's a legend in the ring, Wolfe (Nigel McGiness) is notorious in the indy scene. Mr.Anderson always amazed me on the mic. The guy's a great talker. Pope's good, but he still needs to grow on me. Great match, overall! That last part with Mr.Anderson with the mic over a bloody Angle was priceless.

Backstage segment with Hogan talking to Bischoff in the office. It reminds me too much of the time in WCW when they had "Creative Control", which was Russo sitting in a big leather seat with the back to the camera. These guys are on the show way too much. Out of the 2 hours, I think they were there like 70% of the time.

Angelina vs someone from the Beautiful People...and it's their honorary BP member for the day, Daffney. Ok match, but big thumbs down on Angelina for punching the ground instead of Daffney. Outside spot with Daffney slamming Ang against the side of the ramp. I'm just waiting for the wardrobe malfunction lol! Tara with the run in!! Tara/Victoria/whatever you wanna call her...is probably one of the few legit female workers in the company. She's hot to me, but that nose and mannish jaw's got to go! LOL!

Hogan/Sting confrontation in the ring. Here we go again. WCW circa '99. RVD runs in and gets his revenge from last week. Still doesn't change the fact that RVD got demolished on his debut. I think that automatically put him in the mid-card for a long time. I was really confused by that. RVD's a major name and he squashed Sting, yet they use Sting to diffuse his debut and further his spot. Hogan's about to beat Sting with the bat, but Bischoff runs in, pleading with him not to do it. Is he a face or a heel? I'm confused. I thought Brooke wasn't supposed to be an on air talent?

Hall vs Nash in a $25k to last 5 minutes with Nash. Nash gets suckered into being handcuffed and gets his ass beat. Eric Young with the save. Eric Young with the bogus looking punches to Hall in his TNA sweatshirt with "Wolfpac" written on it with a Sharpie. Seriously? What was funny was 6pac teabagging Eric Young. LMAO!

Beer Money vs Hernandez in a handicap match with Jeff Jarrett as the special ref. Beer Money's a dope tag team. They can't just wallow in the minor leagues. They need to go to the big time! Great match with Hernandez' tag partner, Matt Morgan, on commentary and not supporting his boy. Post match, Jarrett takes the ref's shirt off and beats on Beer Money. Double J's gotta stop. It's like he's dog paddling to keep his job with TNA.

Bischoff/Mick segment with the head shaving. Tables are turned and Eric gets the Mandible Claw. Eric gets his head shaved......again....on National TV. More story recycling..and not a good recycle, at that.

SoCal Val is not hot, but I love how they use JB as comedy relief. He's like a young Don Knotts (I think Mick called him that).

Great X-Division spot with Kazarian, Daniels, Red, and other folks. This is what's gonna bring TNA to the top, not washed up recycled wrestlers and storylines.

I got tired of watching after Abyss showed up with his WWE Halll of Fame ring. He was unstoppable without it. Now he's a bumbling idiot. I came back after Raw to see Abyss choke slam Flair through the ramp.

Overall, I still haven't seen anything I really liked about TNA's current product except the X-Division and the Angle/Mr.Anderson storyline. Other than that, they need to really put out a really consistent product. Keep on tryin', TNA!