By Kendra Bunyon on September 5th, 2008
While watching ECW this week I was able to really pin down what was wrong with some of TNA’s booking. The main event on ECW had Finlay, Evan Bourne, Tommy Dreamer and Matt Hardy face off against John Morrison, The Miz, Chavito and Mark Henry. The end of the match found Mark Henry tagged in with Matt Hardy. Matt took Henry down in the right position close to the face corner. Evan Bourne tagged in and hit a 450 splash then tossed Miz from the ring as he rushed in. Dreamer tagged in and hit a frog splash and tossed Chavo from the ring as he rushed in. Finlay tagged in and slammed down on Henry and knocked Bam from the apron. Matt then tagged in again, waited for Henry to get to his feet, hit the twist of fate and covered for three. It was extremely fast paced and high intensity and the fans were on their feet screaming for the faces because they were so into the match. I was smiling and pointing things out to my boyfriend as they happened and told him why it was working so well compared to TNA’s slow and drawn out endings that have such little pizzazz. TNA really needs to re-examine their booking practices. That ECW match was so well received and the ending so spectacular that it makes TNA’s booking look that much worse. When WWE’s C show blows the pants off TNA, it’s obvious they need some serious help!
Some people wanted a rating system from me. I’m not exactly sure how I want to do it as there’s so many fun ways to rate matches, promos and vignettes. I could rate by how many rotten tomatoes should be tossed at people (sadly the numbers would get too high when Booker T spoke). I could go by the gymnastics rating system where everyone gets a 5.9—– and go out to six decimal places, but that would be more entertaining for me than you. So I will start on a 1-10 rating system (for now) but I still hold the option to throw tomatoes at certain times. Also, please remember I am rating everything against the rest of the show and what TNA puts out for a product. I am not at all rating against the ‘other company’ as it would not be fair in any way, shape or form.
TNA started with Angle. He headed to the ring in a suit and tie for a promo. Booker joined him as if one of them speaking wasn’t more than enough confusion. Angle said they’re both what World Champions are supposed to look like before he cut down Samoa Joe. Everything Sting said last week about respect was directed at Samoa Joe, according to Angle. Booker put on yet another strange accent before agreeing with everything Angle said. They just kept going on and on about how wonderful they are and what they’re going to do to people at No Surrender. Cage came out and got involved in the discussion, actually doing a better job on the mic than the other two put together. He has grown so much since he joined TNA that I think the ‘other company’ lost someone great when he left (not that they gave him such opportunities). Booker continued to bounce from accent to accent as he spoke to Cage, none of it actually made any sense (as have so few of his promos and vignettes of recent times - since joining TNA). Cage held his own with Booker and Angle until they managed a two on one beat down. But AJ Styles rescued Cage, even though they were slated to face each other later in the night. Cornette declared that if Angle or Booker involved themselves in the Cage versus Styles match later, then they’d lose their spots at NS.
8/10
Tomatoes tossed at Booker for his sheer daftness and lack of charisma!
Borash interviewed Joe out back. Joe was pissed at Nash, their relationship is over. Joe also was unhappy with Sting. I think Joe hates everyone right now - but it works for his character. He’s very good at being a pissed off man and it comes across eloquently on the mic.
9/10
Another long and drawn out video about Consequences Creed’s life. Why they feel they need to tell us every little part of this guy’s life, I don’t know. It slows everything down and makes me want to go to sleep.
1/10
Sheik Abdul Bashir was interviewed by the blonde out back. He rips her a new one after speaking in his native tongue. He has the opportunity to be the best heel of our time. He could do exactly what the Iron Sheik did in his day - he has the mic talent in him, they just have to let him become the biggest heel he can be.
7/10
Bashir then had a match with Creed. It made sense, but they took so much time to set up the match by showing us the (too long) video and the interview. I really could care less about the match as they took so long to get started. Some good wrestling and a cheating win for Bashir, then the fans yelled and screamed at the ref about Bashir’s cheap win. The ref restarted the match and Creed quickly got the win. Bashir felt he had to argue with the ref well after Creed had left the area. Staying in his heel character he finally pushed the ref too hard and the ref (actually wrestler Glamour Boy Shane, Shane Sewell) snapped. Shane took Bashir apart in the ring. The end of the match, though drawn out, was actually decent. What bothered me was how long it actually took to get to the first match of the night - 25 minutes into the show before the first match is not good.
5/10
Borash interviewed Nash out back. Nash agreed he let his emotions get away with him last week and destroyed his relationship with Joe. He sure isn’t the Nash we knew when he was in the nWo. He’s quieter and mellower, but it seems to be working for some reason. It might be his age and experience, or it could be that he’s used to talking to a drunken Hall in that subdued tone.
6/10
Beer Money was interviewed by the blonde. They pushed the new video game. Super Eric and crew showed up to tell them they’re bad for kids and need to be removed from the video game. Curry Man went on about sake and not drinking too much. Shark Boy accused them ( Beer Money) of having sexual relations with each other and the whole thing turned into a shoving match. It didn’t really do much for either team other than show who are the heels and who are the faces. We know that already and need more than snappy banter that isn’t.
1/10
Video about Abyss - it talked about how he’s a self appointed protector of those in need. It didn’t really do much. He proved last week just how wonderful he can be on mic. They need to let him talk rather than showing these inane videos if they want to promote him.
1/10
The Beautiful People are interviewed by the blonde out back. Velvet Sky is horrible on mic. Her voice just grates. And I still don’t understand why Kip is back in his “Billy” roll. That was used up years ago, why is it back?
1/10
Beer Money out to the ring for the second match of the night. Curry Man was supposed to go to the ring, but he never showed. After he no shows, Super Eric and Shark Boy head for the ring. Out back Curry Man is cornered by Christy Hemme - the announcers say it has something to do with last week, but it doesn’t ring any bells for me! It looked like the second match of the night might actually start at 9:50! They fight in the ring until the cameras go out back to show Curry Man had been beaten down by Rock and Rave after Hemme’s distraction. Rude pins Shark Boy for the win of an uneventful match. But they can’t let the match end there! LAX comes to the ring running Beer Money to the heel ramp. Homicide is behind them for the attack. They all end up back in the ring. LAX beat down Beer Money for another over booked match ending. Four teams and two Knockouts involved - in some way - in one match that is only supposed to involve 4 people. The whole thing was just too convoluted to be entertaining. The only good part of the match, in my opinion, was when Homicide returned and got the upper hand over Beer Money.
4/10 - Most of that is for LAX.
They show a bit of Abyss on Karen’s show last week, but none of the funny bits. Devine and Team 3D come out to accept Abyss’ open challenge. Brother Ray says he and Brother Devon accept on behalf of Devine. But it’s a Hardcore Match! In the ring Team 3D threw Devine to Abyss. Devine hit a chair shot to Abyss’ face, but it did nothing and he took Devine apart with his hands, but Abyss would not use the chair to hit Devine. Team 3D returned to the ring to destroy Abyss. I was really wishing for a good, old fashioned ECW type Hardcore Match, but that didn’t happen! Matt Morgan rushed out to save Abyss further cementing their friendship. There was no real end to the match or a winner.
3/10
ODB out back was interviewed by the blonde. She screamed about the beans and rushed for the men’s room. She tossed some guys out and proceeded to do horrible things in the potty. The blonde was mortified that ODB did not wash her hands when she was done. The whole thing was icky and raunchy. It suited ODB but felt too much like 5th grade humor for me.
2/10
Sting arrived out back but didn’t say a word.
Kong was barred from ringside as ODB faced Saeed. The match started outside the ring as both end up flung into the barriers and then ODB into the stairs. So nice to see women fight hard and get taken seriously by the fans (and the bookers). A flash of the word “suicide” during the match. I’m told I missed it during the previous match - it was very hard to catch. ODB gained control over Saeed and easily won the match. They’re really showing her to be one tough woman. She tried to remove Saeed’s hood after the match. They couldn’t just end it when the winner’s arm was raised. ODB pursued Saeed out back and returned with the mask. Kong attacked ODB from behind with a huge clothesline. The fighting continued into the ring. The show went to commercial, returned and Kong was still beating on ODB. Roxxi finally joined the fray but Saeed took her apart before an awesome bomb on Roxxi. Finally security broke the whole thing up. In other words the end of the match kept going and going. The whole thing was drawn out and way too long!
7/10 - For the actual match, tomatoes to the bookers for them not being able to let it end!
The blonde is out back again with the Beautiful People. Kip has to fix the blonde’s hair before he would let her continue. In doing so he played up his character but looked really lame. I don’t know how he plans to get back in the ring and actually wrestle as a heel after following these two around and acting like one of the girls.
0/10 - They’re not worth the time to throw tomatoes!
AJ was interviewed by Borash out back. Borash asked if AJ will be able to focus on his match with Cage after Sting hit the death drop on him last week. AJ said Sting is the one who needs to earn respect in TNA. Yes he has been around in the industry, but AJ has been with TNA from the start. AJ works hard while Sting sits at home earning a paycheck. AJ respects Cage, even though he plans on beating him in the ring in the main event. AJ got very into this promo. His shirt came flying off and he showed some serious emotion about TNA, something that the smaller guys who have worked hard from day one with this company all seem to show.
8/10
Cage head for the ring and AJ joined him. 10:35 and the fifth match finally started. The ‘other company’ gives us that in a one hour ECW show! It actually started out with some good chain wrestling and actual action, something we have seen very little of tonight. AJ jumped up to springboard off the top rope and Cage knocked him off. AJ landed well, but it could have been a mess. They followed it up with some high flying (both of them), a nice contrast to the technical way the match started. They went back and forth through the whole match. Both of them went all out to hit their best moves, but missed a lot as they countered each other beautifully. Cage’s reversal of a superplex followed by a frog splash was impressive. The ref got knocked down and in that time Angle’s look-alike friend, Trigg, attacked AJ with a kendo stick. Some wonderful near falls - the best being from AJ’s inverted DDT on Cage - until Cage pins for the win. By far the best match of the night.
7/10
Jeff Jarrett video. In the video JJ talked about his wife and how much he loved her. It then went into how the guitar keeps showing up every time JJ’s music played. Why even bother showing this? It didn’t add anything to the show.
2/10
Sting headed back to the ring and said he was shocked he was not booed out of the place when he talked about respect last week. This seemed like honest surprise by Sting - and possibly by the writers of last week’s speech of Sting’s. He kissed up to the fans telling them that without them there’s no wrestling, no TNA and no Sting. He got the fans really pumped and behind him before Joe came out to rip him apart. He did the same as last week with AJ and handed Joe his bat and turned his back. Joe said he didn’t need Sting’s bat or his respect. Joe then pulled a baton. Nash joined the guys in the ring. He told Joe to do it without the weapon but as Joe headed for Nash, Sting hit Joe with the bat and a death drop. JJ’s music hit but Sting called it off. Sting told JJ to join them next week. I had to, again, give more of a play by play with the Sting part of the show as I feel it’s quite important. He is so good on the mic. Then you add Joe and Nash into the mix and you have three great speakers in the ring. Though I do think they have drawn the JJ thing out a bit long. Everyone knows he’s going to show up. There’s no question about that, so why doesn’t he just do it?
9/10
I thought this was supposed to be a wrestling show! Tonight looked more like a bad soap opera. Maybe I had not been paying enough attention to prior shows, but I really thought they showed a heck of a lot more wrestling that just five matches in two hours. Of the matches one didn’t have a winner, three had long drawn out endings after the bell rang and the last match had interference. That means not one match of the night had a straight forward ending. The bookers just could not let a match end without adding something extra, even in the match without a winner. I was truly bored through most of the show. While some of the promos were really good - Joe, Nash and AJ - the rest was just bad filler that added very little to the actual show. Sting did a great job of capping off the show and ended it all on a high note, but it was like putting caviar on a hot dog. Sadly, it’s still just a hot dog with fish eggs on top.
Tags: Abyss, AJ Styles, Angle, Booker T, Cage, Kong, Nash, ODB, Samoa Joe, Sting
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September 5th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Let me tell you, I’m sympathetic to your plight, I really am. I’ve known some masochists in my days of Junior college, but none of them had the guts to watch TNA iMPACT!. They’re just not that tired of life.
You have my respect and eternal gratitude for doing this. I don’t know how you manage to still live and breathe, but I guess we don’t really know if you do, now do we? Hmm…
September 5th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Wasn’t that ODB segment something? A woman taking a dump on a wrestling show is just incredible comedy. I sure hope WWE does a similar segment with one of the Divas! Man, that segment was awful. How’s that supposed to make me cheer for ODB?
September 5th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Great Blog Kendra, Bourne hit a SSP though not a 450
September 5th, 2008 at 11:25 am
yeah 4-time U, i wanted to point that out. i didd not read the blog as i havn’t watched it yet, but went through it real quick to see if you took the advice. and also, feeel free to comment on other comments. really a much better blog this week.
September 5th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
i would give the tna rating a 2.5 awesome show
September 5th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Bob, what part of that show was awesome? the only reason I watched TNA is b/c none of the shows I want to watch have returned yet with new episodes (even tho I did watch Kitchen Nightmares). TNA is a wrestling nightmare. If someone just read your blog Ken, they would think that TNA was all about backstage interviews and vignettes.
Bashir’s gimmick is awful. It ran its course a long time ago. 9/11 is about to have its 7-year anniversary. Get rid of the angry Muslim thing already.
Love how you refer to the interviewer as the blond out back. LOL. And that line about Nash being mellower due to talking to a drunk Hall was hilarious. I love Nash.
Again, I feel bad for you b/c you have to cover TNA’s garbage week in and week out.
September 5th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
really, i think i might just watch PPV from now on cause they actually have matches in it! the storylines are by no means good, and maybe, just MAYBE, kip james won’t accompany TBP to ringside.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I just got through reading this blog, and I for one cannot believe how many marks there are in this world. I for one am not taking up for TNA, but for what they have done in six years is still amazing. Some of their shows seem really stupid to most of us, but if you at all watched some of their earlier PPV stuff from around their inception you would know this is how TNA builds stories. They take way more time in telling a story with promo’s then with great in ring action. I myself hate that, but sometimes it does make for great TV. Other times you would just rather fall asleep and hear about it on the net. I am very disappointed in the blog this week. It seems to me that this rating thing was actually a shoot. I was just being friendly, you take a legit gratitious gesture and crap on it by try making a 1-10 thing? It seems to me you are a mark who got a handout from Richard. I understand you would rather watch WWE, but for me to come to a TNA board and read that ECW to you is better than TNA, I am kind of confused. If I cared to read about WWECW I would have went to their blog. I didn’t and don’t. I come to this blog. I am a regular here. I am very dissapointed in the crap I read. My eight year old cousin could do a better job. I hope next week that your blog get better. I for one am not a huge fan of dissing a product. I give criticism, but mine is constructive not destructive. I know everyone knows that Mick has joined TNA for a short term deal. This hopefully means by BFG he will be on television. I will be back tommorrow with my rating system of IMPACT!
Have a great day or night whichever you prefer!
September 5th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
kendra can i blog tna please
September 5th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
wow Michael sounds a tad upset… do what you Kendra. Just b/c this is a TNA blog does not mean you can’t discuss other productions.
September 5th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
seriously michael dry your eyes lad its a valid point that wwe’s c show was alot better than the 1 show tna have to churn out and mess up so badly.and also the sign off comments a bit gay too
September 5th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Wow, life’s tough, eh Michael? You really take the fun out of an otherwise fine blog. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, bud.
September 6th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Hi ! im from india and have been fan of wrestling since 1990. TNA is the most rubbish of all wrestling entities. how come kurt angle say that they [tna] are close to the big one [wwe] [ as i read in news some time ago ]. He says in no time they are going to defeat them and all.this guy just doesn’t seem to understand that even after his royal presence TNA has not done anything, rather, their ratings dropped below 1.0 some time ago.
TNA is a bunch of garbage crap where wrestlers seem more like comedians with pathetic story lines and stupid gimmick matches and nothing seems to be proper.
September 6th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Wow, Thanks for this blog! Or lack there of. Look man why did u even take the TNA job if you going to spend all the time shooting down the product. I didn’t read that one in the job description. How bout taking some pride in the show you write about and pick out the positives in TNA and not every single negative you find in the show
September 6th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
wow michael, did someone really want to be a tna blog writer and just didn’t get selected?
September 6th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Well it seems that I have a couple of marks upset. They are just what Homicide was talking about.
Now enough on them and onto the Impact that I actually watched.
The opening segment with Kurt and Booker in the ring talking about how Samoa Joe was lacking respect for all the veteran wrestlers was pretty good. I thought that when Booker went from the African King accent to the street Booker was kind of twisted. They both vowed to take out the winner of Christian Cage and AJ Styles match at No Surrender in Canada. They then said they would comb the arena looking for a redneck hick carrying a guitar, and take him out. They then said that they were going to make an example out of Samoa Joe. Christian interrupted and did a half shoot on both of them saying was it really about respect or that they feared their spot in TNA. He also claimed he would be their opponent at No Surrender which is in his back yard. He also told the crowd that AJ was still the future of wrestling. He called Booker T Whoopi Goldberg which was hilarious. Then Kurt told him to walk away. He said we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Christian said depends what was the hard way! Kurt tried to ambush Christian, but Christian got the upper hand on Kurt as well as Booker. Then the two on one advantage came into play. AJ made the save. Kurt said that him and Booker will take out both of them. Jim Cornette said if either of them interfered that they would both lose their spot in the main event at No Surrender.
I gave this segment a well deserved 4/5. Due to it having alot of information in five minutes.
The Samoa Joe interview was heated. He told Nash that the next time he sees him he will put his hands on him. Also he told Sting respect has to be earned. Very good interview.
I gave this interview a 3/5.
The Rough Cut segment this week was basically to me a re-cap of past weeks. A very good segment with adding some comments from people that personally know him. His break on getting into TNA is just what I would call phenomenal. Great segment.
I gave this segment a 3/5.
Sheik Abdul Basshir’s interview was awesome. I like how he has valid points on how America sucks. He also should talk about wrestling fans as well. That would make for a great interview I think. I liked this interview as well, but I hate that there is no wrestling yet.
I gave this segment a 4/5 just because the Sheik is awesome.
The first match of the evening is Creed vs. Sheik. A very fast paced match. A couple of near falls, and a couple of great spots. Creed does his flip clothesline which I hate. Sheik is just an awesome competitor. He had to cheat to win a spot against Petey, but the ref restarted the match cause Creed made a case to him saying that Sheik cheated. Creed got the roll up for the win. Sheik then pushed and slapped the ref. The ref retaliated having Earl Hebner come out and cool things off.
I gave this a 3/5. They should have left it with Petey taking on Sheik instead of Creed.
Nash’s interview was decent. He talked about practicing what he preached, but couldn’t do it. He also has listened to what Sting has said, and feels that he needs to practice what he preaches as well.
I gave this segment a 2/5.
Lauren with BMI was great. Roode anounced that they were the last editions to IMPACT! the game. Storm he gets to drunk to play video games. Roode then explains to him that royalties is going to make them rich. The brotherhood showed up and things got funny. Super Eric told them they were bad for the kids, and they were going to try and get them thrown from the game. Roode called him a freak. Then Curry Man told Roode he was a rich man in Japan. He also told Storm he drinks lots of saki. Storm said you suck what? Very funny! Then Shark Boy told them they went and played kissing cowboys on the back of a mountain somewhere! Storm got pissed. Very good segment.
I gave this a 3/5.
The beautiful people’s interview was lame until Velvet Sky said bikini competition.
This gets a 1/5.
The knockouts vignette was awesome. They even left out Gail this time. Very good television crew.
The crew gets a 5/5.
Also they showed an Abyss vignette. Very good vignette.
This also gets a 5/5.
The next match of the night is between BMI and PJB. Curry man was distracted by Hemme. Shark Boy and Eric are the two in the match. BMI basically beat the PJB really easy. Curry Man gets double teamed by Rock and Rave Infection. After the match they showed how the game actually mirrors the action in real time. Very good. LAX comes down after the match and destroys BMI. I can’t wait until the PPV for these two teams to take on each other again.
I gave this segment a 4/5. I liked how VR had the two opposing teams backstage in a segment before the match. Very well done. Kudos again VR.
The next match is Abyss vs. Devine. It looks to be a hardcore street fight. They showed last weeks segment with Abyss issuing an open challenge. Team 3D put Devine in the match against Abyss. Devine hit a pan on Abyss’s head No Sell! Devine hits Abyss in the head with a garbage can No Sell! Devine grabs a chair and hits him in the head No Sell! Devine tried again punched through the chair. Chokeslam from Abyss. Abyss doesn’t even use a foreign object. Team 3D interfere and attack Abyss. Matt Morgan comes down to make the save. Seems to me we have a new tag team in The Monster Blueprint!
I give this a 4/5 with No Sells by the Monster Abyss!
ODB’s segment reminded me of Nash’s old court days when he was the judge with no pants. Pretty funny.
I give this a 3/5.
Sting out back with that chick trying to get an interview was classic.
I give this a 5/5. Sting not talking is awesome.
The next match between ODB and Raisha Saed was a great contest. Both women starting on the outside was awesome. Saed dropkicking ODB from the outside of the ring onto the guard rail was awesome. Saed wasting time and ODB rolled out of the way of a moonsault was kinda predictable, but still great. ODB beats Saed pretty quick after Saed missed the moonsault. Good match. ODB tried to unveil Saed afterwards. It shows her nose and mouth. Everyone knows it is Cheerleader Melissa. Kong from behind laid out ODB. ODB had the veil. Kong gave an implant buster to ODB. Roxxi gets involved, and gets killed as well. Roxxi gets the Awesome Bomb for her efforts.
I gave this segment a 3/5.
Another beautiful people segment in which this time Kip is talking gay. He even asks if he can get a whoa beauty! How lame.
This segment will not get rated!
AJ’s interview was great as well. He told Sting that he should thank him for his easy ride. He should thank his kids. He should thank his wife. AJ says while his kids are playing by themselves he is earning a paycheck while Sting is at home. He tells Sting he has to earn his respect. He tells Christian he respects him and that he will win tonight and at No Surrender he will be the next TNA world champ.
This segment got a 5/5.
AJ vs. Christian was another great contest. There were a bunch of counters and near falls. It was a great match with Trigg interfering and costing AJ the match.
It got a 5/5.
Jarret vignette was awesome as well. He said this business was his wife’s passion as well as his.
It gets a 5/5 as well.
Sting goes on a rant from last week about respect. He said the fans make all decisions in the wrestling industry. Sloppy Joe chants. Sting then tells us that we can be part of the show but not the show! Joe talks about he don’t his respect or his bat. Sting tried to get Joe to hit him in the back. Joe then talks about how he is going to whip him for turning his back on the future. Nash comes down and tells Joe to put down the weapons and do it man on man. Sting attacks from behind Death Drop! JJ’s music hits.
I gave this a 5/5 as well. This was a good show, but I look forward to see the last show before No Surrender to be very pleasant. These are my ratings. If you don’t like them that is fine. I tell you all this though, I for one am a wrestling fan. I don’t think TNA is the greatest wrestling promotion by far, but criticizing them for not being the greatest is just a crying shame. Give constructive criticism not destructive criticism. I say to all of you who disagree just do you, let me do me.
Have a great day or night whichever you prefer!
September 6th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I never sent a blog into Richard. If I wanted to be a blog writer I would be one. I just feel that some people don’t give TNA a fair shake. That is just my opinion. I don’t see anyone putting on here anything about ROH or CZW or any other great indy promotion. I feel that if you only criticize TNA from a WWE standpoint you are all just MARKS. If you can’t criticize TNA in the likes of ROH or CZW which I can, then you have no grounds in saying they are or not a great promotion. I for one disagree with alot of what TNA does. I didn’t like the ending of VR which many of us didn’t. My fiancee even got pissed off by saying she wasted 30 dollars which I wasted! I was really let down. So far since then I haven’t been disappointed. I do share alot of their downfalls as well as their upsides. I don’t see anyone showing them a little praise. All I see is people taking a dump on a company who is striving to make a difference in wrestling as a whole.
Now if there is any more comments made about me, then please feel free to leave me your hate mail at
mikeinhell@mail.com
Thanks to everyone else who isn’t a mark.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
wow Michael. I don’t think we were watching the same show at all. I really hate when people come to the boards and give their loooooong reviews after the people that were assigned those jobs did it already. You can give your thoughts but I think your post was longer than Kendra’s. And I’ll let you do you, but if you have such a problem with how Ken does her blog, why not make your own site to post your blog.
September 7th, 2008 at 1:28 am
I don’t post much, but I’ve gotta stand up for Kendra. Not only does she have to write about the mediocrity that is TNA, but she has to turn around and deal with people tearing down her work. As far as I can see, she’s doing fine. If you really feel the need to write a complaint letter, I’m sure any member of the TNA roster would be glad to have something intelligent to read for a change.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Okay, okay, so explain this to me; because TNA gives us really bad programming which I personally find it hard to believe ANYONE can enjoy, we’re “marks?”
If you mean mark as a person who has their own opinions, well then yeah, I’m a fucking mark. You’re the fucking mark here bro, so deeply in love with a bad promotion that you gotta give the segments the highest ratings possible to make it look better than it is! And you criticize US? You really don’t give a good name to TNA or their fanbase. Kendra shouldn’t have to take crap from people like you. You want to be a shameless shill of a mark, go somewhere else.
September 8th, 2008 at 1:23 am
I have a few things to say about the last three posts.
1) I rate what was on the show for what it was not what it shall be.
2) I for one can actually give constructive criticism in my comment. I don’t compare it to another company.
3) I know I have pissed alot of you off, and I for one really don’t care.
4) I wrote a rating system and rated it higher, but it was for what the show was. Now if the show for a long period of time was nothing but great wrestling, then I would have rated the show lower. Mostly IMPACT for the past several weeks has been mostly backstage antics and vignettes.
5) My favorite promotion isn’t TNA. I prefer it to WWE. I watch CZW dvd’s and IWA DS more than I watch TNA. I am more of a fan of the indies than I am of a mainstream company. Most of the people that actually post on here only watch the two companies on youtube. I actually buy my dvd’s from smartmarkvideos.com. I watch ROH and several other feds as well. I go to alot of local shows in my area as well. They are nothing special at all. We use to have a great promotion from where I am from, but it closed up due to it being in a machine shop. I watched some insane shit take place there. I witnessed a man getting his hair burnt off his head by a torch there. It was awesome. I also watched Joey “The Body” Barrett beat a man senseless with 200 chairs there.
I think I have said enough. So like I said before hate me if you must, but we all know you wish you could be like me, cause you ain’t me! Now that is real life shit.
Have a great day or night whichever you prefer!
September 9th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
BLASPHEMY! Did you just speak of CZW, ROH and IWA in a TNA blog, Michael? Dude, you’re a loser. If you say you don’t care about us, why reply to justify all the stuff we pointed out from your previous post? Finally, I can’t speak for anyone else but myself but I sure as hell don’t find myself wanting to be you. Loser dude, plain loser.