Comments on: Weekly Rundown: Slammiversary Was Better Than Expected.

By: _JIM_

_JIM_ — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:20:16 +0000

I’d have to disagree with the Sting thing. Of TNA’s HOF is anything like WWE’s HOF then it has a lot to do with his importance to the business. A perfect example of that just happened this past year when the Horsemen were inducted into WWE’s HOF when the group had never done anything for the WWE except for being their major competition. Yeah they all had short runs with WWE, but none of those runs were HOF worthy. They’ve inducted stars from other promotions all along. So TNA will probably do the same thing after the pickings start getting slim. Which won’t take very long if they are solely going to pick from their past and present roster. I’d argue Kurt Angle should go in ahead of AJ and Double J. Just for the simple fact that TNA wouldn’t even still be around if he didn’t sign when he did. Same reason Sting got the knod. He’s been their most recognizable star from the second he signed there.

By: Guy Landau

Guy Landau — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 06:01:06 +0000

If Sandow can't roll through while hooking the leg, then he quite simply shouldn't roll through. You can't perform a Russian Leg Sweep without the Leg Sweep, pure and simple.

And as for Sting – this isn't about his importance to the business, but rather his importance to TNA. Both Jarrett and AJ helped TNA much more than Sting, and he'll be the first man to tell you that. AJ draws for TNA more than Sting does, simply because he's active more.

By: kbunyon

kbunyon — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:11:35 +0000

Sadly one of the guys Ryback ate this week was a semi-local Champ. The guy who didn't look like he's 12 is the NWA On Fire (up here in the northeast) Heavyweight Champ Brian Fury. He looks like a kind of petite Snitski, but is pretty decent in the ring.

By: kbunyon

kbunyon — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 02:59:17 +0000

Jim, go look online – either youtube or dot.com, but there's a whole commercial to go with that poster of DBD and AJ. It's very cute.

By: A2H

A2H — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:38:55 +0000

Ok. I watch wwe shows online, and i actually skipped rybacks match on smackdown. Theycreally need to get him an actual opponent!

By: _JIM_

_JIM_ — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:44:49 +0000

If Sandow hooked the leg on his russian leg-sweeps I don’t think that he would be able to roll through to a standing position like he does.

I also thought Vader looked great until I noticed that he couldn’t bend either of his knees at all. If you watch his match again watch how awkward he gets up off of the mat. He looks like a baby trying to stand up because he used only his feet and his hands to get himself inot a standing position. So except for that he did look great and the crowd was into him in a big way, which was really great to see. Unfortunately I just don’t think that he has very much left in the tank after seeing how hard it was for him to stand up.

Did anybody else notice the NWO ppv promotional poster that was on the wall in Big Johnny’s office? It was an old west theme with Punk tied to railroad tracks in fron of an oncoming train with AJ standing over him with that awesome “crazy face” look that she does now. I thought it was a pretty sweet promo poster. One of the better ones I’ve ever seen to be honest.

I agree about the X-Division title. Aries has spent the last few months making it mean something again just to have it totally devalued in one segment. It used to remind me of the old ECW TV Championship that RVD held for so long. As it was at one point during that run right on par with their World Championship. TNA needs to take some notes on that and make the X-Division Championship mean something again. First step would be removing the weight limit so guys like Somoa Joe can challenge for it. His run with it a couple years ago was great and it could only help making it more interesting to people by involving the big names.

My last comment has to do with Sting being the first inductee into TNA’s HOF. Was there ever even a question as to who it was going to be. You mentioned AJ and Double J, but honestly neither of them have ever drawn a dime. AJ’s skills are ridiculous and he has all the tools, but he just isn’t on Sting’s level when it comes to how important he has been to the wrestling business. As far as Double J goes the only thing he has going for him is that he and his Father founded the company. If that was enough Vince would be in his own HOF. Which weirdly enough I don’t think that he is….YET.

By: fletch

fletch — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:34:55 +0000

Good if wwe feature more talent off their roster and a few matches with decent time limit (15mins)

Bad if its an extra hour of promos,skits, and squashes

By: Guy Landau

Guy Landau — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:50:48 +0000

oh right, thanks. I'll fix that right up.

By: Codyf87

Codyf87 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:20:15 +0000

Smackdown had five matches forgot swagger vs Christian wasn’t a squash

By: ShadowMan

ShadowMan — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:45:20 +0000

Vader's return was great. Speaking of returns, where the heck is Professor Rick??!!! I cant find his articles any where.