Show started with a classy graphic about the Sandy Hook tragedy.
Opening vid hyped up it being CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY, which I'd forgotten
about. It's Tara-someone, Devon-Angle, and Hardy-Aries. Should be a
good show. They showed Hardy and Aries going into the arena. Hardy
looked bored, while Aries looked happy, and got happier when cute chicks
walked by. Weird to see Angle competing for a secondary title.
Disappointingly, he called the Aces sons of bitches instead of sons of
anarchy. He countered the biker gang with his two rookie friends and an
overweight, injured Samoan .I'm sensing a minor flaw in his plan. Devon
clipped Angle's left leg, which had a bandage around the knee while his
right one has tons of quad tape. WHY IS ANGLE COMPETING FOR THE TV TITLE
IN THIS CONDITION!? Tenay said that both groups of support left - I'm
sure the violent biker gang will abide. Also, the TV Title gives the
Aces power and control. I hope TNA's site does a feature one day showing
the percentage breakdown for each title. The gang and Angle's goof
troop came out, Angle got bonked and Devon won. Match wasn't anything.
IT'S TIME FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY KNOCKOUTS DELIBERATION BROUGHT
TO YOU BY FIVE HOUR ENERGY! Velvet said she's never had a fair
shot...despite being champ before. That five hour energy deal took maybe
a minute. Mickie looks hot in a skirt here, so I hope she wins. RVD and
Kenny King are teaming up for some reason.
Kenny King said it's
because he has no beef with him, he respects him, and is looking forward
to teaming with him - I dug this. Morgan and the Organ look ridiculous.
Morgan especially looks like a less LD version of Oz with the giant
cape. Kennely said that Morgan's going to make a lot of history in it -
might want to start competing in matches that mean something to
accomplish that goal. Nothing match and RVD lost after King left him to
take the Carbon Footprint. Thank God Sheamus got that move over as a
finisher. Ryan won, so I guess we'll get a mediocre 3-way for the PPV. I
approve of Kenny's wacky faces when he walked to the back.
Kaz
is getting gifts for Daniels - YAY! He had to take a call from Nick - no
word on if he's a saint or a Hogan. Hulk Hogan cut a promo about taking
TNA from a TEENY, TINY COMPANY to a GIANT MONSTER BROTHER that made me
laugh. You can vote for the wrestler of the year on a very special 1/3
Impact. Devon called Hogan a liar, but sadly didn't bring up him being
tombstoned in '78, fighting in PRIDE, or competing 400 days a year.
Bully sprinted to the ring and slid in it...goddamn he's fast. Bully
tried to regain Hogan's trust but got blown off. Hogan's kind of an
asshole in this storyline. It might take a kidney donation for Hogan to
warm up to him at this rate. Bully's face still lost a war to Freddy
Krueger.
Brooke met with the chicks again and Tess made a fair
claim over not having a shot that didn't involve Jesse, and then Mickie
and Velvet argued over who got the next turn for the shot. Brooke
called...the other Brooke VERY EXPERIENCED. And was eliminated. That was
stupid. YAY KAZ HAS GIFTS! Gift-giving is the hour 1 main event. Loved
the replaying of AJ's I WAS ACCUSED OF HAVIN A BAYBEE WITH A CRACKHEAD
promo and their PPV match. Kaz came out to the ring with a cheap throne
and tree in it. It's not the cheapest-looking deal I've seen this month
though - that'd go to TCW's throne setup. Daniels came out dancing
perfectly in-time to his theme. This skit rules. They had a gift for
Santa - ZUBAZ! Which Kaz is holding for him. Kaz took CD's photo with
Santa and then they insulted AJ some more. Loved Daniels kindly offering
to give AJ his wish before Storm took offense not to AJ being insulted,
but Christmas being insulted. This led to some great Kaz and Storm
exchanges, which then led to more great Santa-Storm stuff before Storm
superkicked Santa for a lifetime of shitty gifts. Aries asked if you
could hear his thoughts with some meta humor. Loved that. Brooke walked
to the ring carrying a really thick script in her hands.
Sting
cut a promo on the 1-3-13 video - HE'S COMING TO GETCHA, ACES AND 8S.
Then the Aces cut a promo on it. Devon got a vote to make a sit-down
interview with SMART MUSCLE for next week. Aces went YAY. Brooke met
with Velvet and Mickie that was impossible to hear due to the crowd in
the background. She gave Mickie the shot, and we were rewarded in kind
with upskirts. Loved Jesse's support revolving around cheating in some
way. Jesse pulled Tara out in front of Taryn after the big DDT. For some
reason, that wasn't a DQ. Mickie gave Tara a wedgie throwing her into
the ring. Tara won after an inverted atomic drop with the brace.
Show
came back with Joe Park at OVW wrestling camp - kinda weird to have
stuff deconstructed, but I loved Joseph being bloodied again leading to
Abyss coming out. Hardy-Aries III is up at 9:33, so I guess Hogan closes
the show somehow. Weird to have the 'wrestling is fake' thing RIGHT
BEFORE THE MAIN EVENT. I like Hardy painting around the stitches - helps
this match seem a bit different early. Big match intro led to...an ad
break and then five minutes of action before another break. Came back
around 9:50, so yeah, I guess there won't be a Hogan deal to end the
show. Good-ish match, liked the finish.
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