In a rare moment, the Knockouts started Impact off with Madison Rayne (accompanied by tag team partner Gail Kim) informing Tara and Tessmacher that they were both"fired!" Sting decided to intervene in quite an amusing moment when he informed Rayne that she had, in fact "no power," or authority over the Knockout division. He also added that Gail Kim would have to defend her TNA Knockouts title against Mickie James that night. I'm so glad that they gave Sting this role as the GM (or whatever the title is) of Impact, I'm finding him more endearing now then I have for months.
Kazarian and AJ Styles defeated Abyss and Scott Steiner in the tag team tournament to determine the new number one contenders. The actual bout itself was quite decent actually, considering Abyss and Steiner were on one of the teams. The finish came after Abyss turned on Steiner by Black Hole Slamming him and dragging Kazarian's body over for the cover.
After the match Bully Ray confronted Abyss and claimed that he was sick of him pushing people around, and called him a "bully." Ray carried on to query Abyss by asking "What do you want?" To which 'The Monster' replied "I want you. I want Bully Ray." Abyss then added a stipulation to his proposed match against Ray at Genesis, that if he lost he would once again join the ranks of Immortal. Bully accepted the challenge, that was before Abyss added that their match would be under Monsters Ball rules.
Zema Ion defeated Anthony Nese in a Contract On A Pole Match to earn himself a spot in the Fatal Four Way Match at Genesis for the X Division title. While the match up was solid enough, it felt a little average compared to their previous two bouts on Impact to me.
Douglas Williams won via disqualification against Gunner after Gunner had pushed over the referee. Up until that point the match had been quite heated, with plenty of shots shared between the two. It's just a shame it was so brief, especially with a wrestler the quality of Williams competing which we unfortunately don't get to see often enough for my liking. Afterwards Gunner once again applied a DDT to Williams on the outside of the ring to exposed flooring. Why couldn't he at least take out someone average like Anderson?
World Champion Bobby Roode introduced his friend Tracy Koleski, who he'd flown in from Canada, to bring him into his "world" as he put it. Koleski asked Roode why his demeanor had changed so much and queried "Who have you become?" After he had supposedly ignored all calls from his friends and family. Roode laughed at his friend and claimed that "there is nothing wrong with this picture" and called Tracy his "lackey" while they were growing up. Roode then resorted to attacking his ex-friend until Jeff Hardy raced out to his aid.
Samoa Joe and Magnus defeated ODB and Eric Young in another tag team tournament match up. The bout itself was entertaining enough, the moments with ODB in the ring were mainly for comical effect. It's also nice to see the solid Samoa Joe and improving Magnus being made relevant once again in the company.
Kurt Angle defeated Rob Van Dam via DQ when James Storm entered the ring and super kicked Angle. The bout had been decent, although you could tell it wasn't either mans best effort.
Gail Kim (c) defended her TNA Knockouts Championship against Mickie James. The main event was a superb and intense contest, and proved how entertaining female wrestling can and should be. Both wrestlers clearly take pride in their work and you could see that they wanted to make the most of a rare main event spot for them both. Gail Kim grabbed the one-two-three after a masked woman ran in and attacked James from behind, most likely Rayne, although Tenay and Taz both mentioned Madison so maybe that's too obvious? Melina making her debut perhaps?
For all of TNA's flaws (of which there are many) their women's division far exceeds WWE's. Could you honestly imagine Beth Phoenix facing Kelly Kelly or Eve Torres in the main event of a Raw or SmackDown? Of course not. I'm not saying that WWE doesn't have some talented female wrestlers, just that they're not utilised correctly nowadays. Long gone are the days of Trish Stratus and Lita I'm afraid guys and girls.
Kazarian and AJ Styles defeated Abyss and Scott Steiner in the tag team tournament to determine the new number one contenders. The actual bout itself was quite decent actually, considering Abyss and Steiner were on one of the teams. The finish came after Abyss turned on Steiner by Black Hole Slamming him and dragging Kazarian's body over for the cover.
After the match Bully Ray confronted Abyss and claimed that he was sick of him pushing people around, and called him a "bully." Ray carried on to query Abyss by asking "What do you want?" To which 'The Monster' replied "I want you. I want Bully Ray." Abyss then added a stipulation to his proposed match against Ray at Genesis, that if he lost he would once again join the ranks of Immortal. Bully accepted the challenge, that was before Abyss added that their match would be under Monsters Ball rules.
Zema Ion defeated Anthony Nese in a Contract On A Pole Match to earn himself a spot in the Fatal Four Way Match at Genesis for the X Division title. While the match up was solid enough, it felt a little average compared to their previous two bouts on Impact to me.
Douglas Williams won via disqualification against Gunner after Gunner had pushed over the referee. Up until that point the match had been quite heated, with plenty of shots shared between the two. It's just a shame it was so brief, especially with a wrestler the quality of Williams competing which we unfortunately don't get to see often enough for my liking. Afterwards Gunner once again applied a DDT to Williams on the outside of the ring to exposed flooring. Why couldn't he at least take out someone average like Anderson?
World Champion Bobby Roode introduced his friend Tracy Koleski, who he'd flown in from Canada, to bring him into his "world" as he put it. Koleski asked Roode why his demeanor had changed so much and queried "Who have you become?" After he had supposedly ignored all calls from his friends and family. Roode laughed at his friend and claimed that "there is nothing wrong with this picture" and called Tracy his "lackey" while they were growing up. Roode then resorted to attacking his ex-friend until Jeff Hardy raced out to his aid.
Samoa Joe and Magnus defeated ODB and Eric Young in another tag team tournament match up. The bout itself was entertaining enough, the moments with ODB in the ring were mainly for comical effect. It's also nice to see the solid Samoa Joe and improving Magnus being made relevant once again in the company.
Kurt Angle defeated Rob Van Dam via DQ when James Storm entered the ring and super kicked Angle. The bout had been decent, although you could tell it wasn't either mans best effort.
Gail Kim (c) defended her TNA Knockouts Championship against Mickie James. The main event was a superb and intense contest, and proved how entertaining female wrestling can and should be. Both wrestlers clearly take pride in their work and you could see that they wanted to make the most of a rare main event spot for them both. Gail Kim grabbed the one-two-three after a masked woman ran in and attacked James from behind, most likely Rayne, although Tenay and Taz both mentioned Madison so maybe that's too obvious? Melina making her debut perhaps?
For all of TNA's flaws (of which there are many) their women's division far exceeds WWE's. Could you honestly imagine Beth Phoenix facing Kelly Kelly or Eve Torres in the main event of a Raw or SmackDown? Of course not. I'm not saying that WWE doesn't have some talented female wrestlers, just that they're not utilised correctly nowadays. Long gone are the days of Trish Stratus and Lita I'm afraid guys and girls.
No comments:
Post a Comment