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Monday, May 19, 2014
Total Divas 5-18-14
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Sunday, May 18, 2014
TNA Book Cover
If you're a Facebook friend of mine, or a viewer of the May DVDVR Photo thread, you know I've got a book cover planned...and it's probably not going to fly as a basic screenshot. What I'm going to do is upload the photo here so I can edit it in my ColorBook app and make it less "blatant TNA screen" and more of an artist's rendition of one.
Friday, May 16, 2014
WWE SD 5-16-14
Usos vs. Rhodes Bros. starts off the international version. This should be a lot of fun. Cody's back is all bruised up. JBL talked about Goldust's history in teams, like BOOKDUST! God they ruled. I like Cody using a lot of punches and hard body shots - it adds some edge to his character, which he needs since he looks 15. JBL talking about the Usos being fighting champions would be a far better point if this was actually at title match. Nice snapping splash from Goldust to prevent an Uso tag - it's amazing to see him dash around there at his age. An Uso superkick hits for the dive and the win. A Bryan injury video airs, which will likely start the US version off. Cena's out - yup, this will definitely start the US version off. Cena cut a promo on Bray and his lack of MARBLES! Instead of singing "he's got the whole world in his hands, he should be singing he's got no pearls in his pants!" - should've just done that. He accepted the last man standing match and challenged any Wyatt family member.
HEATH'S GOING TO FACE TORITO! Heath got the lead, then he held Torito for his Scrappy punches. Hornswoggle came in and accidentally gored Heath. Shield-Evolution video. Paige hype video showed her crying over the title win. I'm sure JBL will mock her for that. Nattie's facing Nattie with Eva as the ref. Nikki turned a surfboard into a pin for a win. This was nothing. Dolph tweeted about Batista, who got a match against him. Dolph's bumping around like a champ for Batista. Low blow gives Dolph a win. Batista bomb to the barricade. This was fun. Titus and Sheamus had a verbal scuffle, with Titus saying he shouldn't be US Champion because he's not from the U.S. Titus demanded that the bell be rung, it was, and Sheamus kicked him for the instant win. Adam Rose's cheeseburger declared himself to be delicious and Rose said he wanted Zebby and Jacky to be fun! Sandow faced Santino, who beat him with the cobra. Sandow talked about being a good soldier and then lambasted a guy for keeping his mic on, so it was turned off. Sandow the Shooter sucks. Cesaro squashed Truth. Oh lord, Bray chose Rowan to face Cena. WHY NOT HARPER, WHY!? They had a basic match, Rowan escaped the STF, but lost to the AA. This was a show.
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HEATH'S GOING TO FACE TORITO! Heath got the lead, then he held Torito for his Scrappy punches. Hornswoggle came in and accidentally gored Heath. Shield-Evolution video. Paige hype video showed her crying over the title win. I'm sure JBL will mock her for that. Nattie's facing Nattie with Eva as the ref. Nikki turned a surfboard into a pin for a win. This was nothing. Dolph tweeted about Batista, who got a match against him. Dolph's bumping around like a champ for Batista. Low blow gives Dolph a win. Batista bomb to the barricade. This was fun. Titus and Sheamus had a verbal scuffle, with Titus saying he shouldn't be US Champion because he's not from the U.S. Titus demanded that the bell be rung, it was, and Sheamus kicked him for the instant win. Adam Rose's cheeseburger declared himself to be delicious and Rose said he wanted Zebby and Jacky to be fun! Sandow faced Santino, who beat him with the cobra. Sandow talked about being a good soldier and then lambasted a guy for keeping his mic on, so it was turned off. Sandow the Shooter sucks. Cesaro squashed Truth. Oh lord, Bray chose Rowan to face Cena. WHY NOT HARPER, WHY!? They had a basic match, Rowan escaped the STF, but lost to the AA. This was a show.
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Thursday, May 15, 2014
TNA Impact Wrestling 5-15-14
EY and his five head and homeless look were were backstage talking to some dude. EY threatened vengeance on MVP, who had security protect him. MVP came out looking like a star. They recapped last week's angle with an excellent video package - it actually made the attack seem important! It also showed EY beating dudes and surviving. This was far better than watching it unfold "live" last week. EY in his jeans and $10 Wal-Mart shirt, goofy music, and comic book tron hit the ring. EY said he promised to be a fighting champion and he was, and that this kinda stuff wouldn't happen on his watch. If MVP wanted his title, he'd have to take it! MVP said that EY's the patsy - and that DEFINITIVE POWER lied with the TNA WORLD TITLE! "Money, power, respect is the key to life!" viva 1997! MVP said he respected EY and would allow him to keep the title for a few more weeks. The crowd clapped, with ADR boos added in. EY challenged MVP tonight, and MVP said no way - he'd have to get through his security first. Dixie and Spud, driving with a soft collar and his bowtie ala Gertner. A DIXIE FEARS BULLY table was on her lawn. At least it wasn't in the form of a cross, or on fire. WILLOW FACES MAGNUS AND BRAM NEXT! But first, THE HISTORY OF BRAM! Honestly, he carries himself like more of a menacing act than Magnus does. Willow cut an annoying promo with a cockney accent.
Willow and Magnus brawled backstage. Willow slid off the railing steps into a double sledge to Magnus. Bram's gear looks a bit cheap, but he's got a good overall look. Heels are being nice and tagging in and out of this. Actually, it does make sense for each guy to want to rest up a bit before kicking ass. Whisper in the Wind from Willow. Tenay hyped up the Bellator PPV by saying the interim title match is Chandler against the season nine winner. Hardy's cartwheel...punch looks worse than Kelly Kelly's handspring elbow. Crotch-lifting brainbuster from Bram. Bram rolled in a pry bar, while Magnus said HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE DQed. Willow won with a flash cradle, so..yeah, he should've just knocked him the fuck out then. So they debut as a team and are already at odds. FIRE RUSSO! Odd to lead to a Magnus face turn, but not surprising. EY met with security in front of MVP's office. MVP wasn't there, so IT WAS A SWERVE THEN! EY destroyed MVP's thrift store furniture. Fire Russo.
Spud's in a red, white, and blue lightning bolt suit. Dixie got a call with PERFECT AUDIO QUALITY in speaker mode. Gail cut a promo on the BPs, and Angelina praised for being a "WRESTLER - A DARN GOOD ONE AT THAT!" Velvet attacked from behind to set up Velvet-Gail. KAZARIAN FACES CRAZY STEVE next! Gail's bodypress took out the camera guy. Angelina attacked on the floor while Velvet distracted the ref with her tits. Velvet hit the Tiger Mask DDT for 2. That should be her finish - looks better than the In Yo Face. Velvet got a mirror because as Taz says "she gives good face". The Menagerie walked backstage - Knux now has slacks and a wacky barkers outfit.
They recapped EC3-Angle. They showed EC3 bragging about the win and beating Angle in his last match. HE HAS SACRIFICED ALL OF TNA'S LEGENDS AT HIS ALTER! Good promo. Love Kaz doing the handshake bit, then realizing there's no Daniels. This Menagerie act is a blast. Taz and Tenay pondered Crazy Steve's communication being limited to yes or no questions due to the horn. Kaz and Steve had a tremendous comedy match that involved CRAZY STEVE SPLASHING BALLOONS! Steve pantsed the ref while Rebel did stuff in the ropes and got DQed. Aries stood outside the men's room and insulted the security guys. MVP came out and had him thrown out. So Aries is a face now. Again - FIRE RUSSO!
Oh, and EY and MVP and brawling backstage before and after the break too. EY's arm got Pillmanized. TIE CHOKING! There's a compelling story with EY's throat being attacked, as he talked about on the WOL where the Impact Zone caught fire - thank God they're not telling it here in this WORLD TITLE PROGRAM. They brawled. And brawled and brawled and brawled and brawled and brawled and brawled and brawled. Security broke it up and the crowd FINALLY reacted by wanting them to fight. They kept brawling and MVP had them hold the champ so he could kick him in the balls. Single arm DDT. MVP made the title match tonight, but not right now...for some reason. Spud and Bully had a terrible skit in the house. Last week's skits were so much more fun. Bully's just being mean here. Anderson came down and bonked his lip with the mic "meant to do that" seems like a new running gag. Storm's got a new more artsy intro with nice lighting. He at least comes off like a star with this intro. Booking...not so much.
Bellator PPV ad aired. Nothing about this card works for me. WATCH DOGS AD! Basic stuff to start the match, which had a terrible plug for the next ONS PPV. It was so badly-ADRed that Taz talked about a hold mid-sentence. Storm did a low blow and a shitty cradle with the ropes for 2 spot. God, this is like a random Coliseum Video Exclusive match. There's just nothing exciting here at all. Random fans are yelling "SORRY" throughout. Storm teased a bottle shot, but spit beer in Ken's face, kicked him and won. After Anderson's loss, they recapped Anderson-Shaw from Sacrifice. This led to a wacky skit with him in a "padded room" asking for Christy.
Three-way X Title match is up. Oh yeah, this is a thing. More training with Sanada! They showed him watching blurred Muta matches on a blurred Apple laptop. DJZ came out looking like a glorious douchebag. Uno, not the champion, got streamers and confetti. It's amazing that after Okada and Tanahashi, Seiya Sanada has been booked better than any Japanese wrestler in TNA history. They said that being the X Champion was very important - you can cash in the title for a World Title shot if you don't mind slumming it until the summer. I like the visual of this match going on with confetti all over it. During this nice little match, they kept annoyingly talked about Bully-Dixie. Z screamed during the rolling cradle! These guys are having quite the fun little match here. Taz praised Sanada for having giant hands, while Tenay hyped up him being a baseball player before getting into the New Japan dojo. Spinning clusterfuck off the ropes to the floor from Uno kinda-sorta hit DJ Z. Big Steamboat flying chop hit DJZ and Sanada won with the Tiger suplex. Sanada is being booked so well, it's amazing. OH GOD MORE STUFF WITH BULLY AND DIXIE! Bully said it's a shame Dixie's now all alone...well that was dark, and man does Dixie look old in these outdoor skits.
The Shaw skits resumed with Gunner there because "you just need someone to talk to.". Poor Gunner. Now he's saddled with this dude. Recap of Angle-EC3 again. Dixie entered her home with a poker. Spud was tied up and then Bully revealed himself behind a door. Bully Rapey - no buys. Bully said all he wanted to hear was that she feared him, so she started to say it and then EC3 attacked and she said SHE FEARS NO ONE. They said she HAD A PLAN THE WHOLE TIME! And...yeah that was goofy. Less goofy than Kane-Bryan, but still goofy. MVP-EY is up next. EY-Roode recap aired showing the Roode-MVP issues. He was suspended indefinitely on Twitter, which was brought up here. EY came out first, which led to Tenay saying it was just MVP being disrespectful. EY attacked MVP when he was being cocky and choked him with the shirt - nice callback to before. MVP attacked the arm. "He's like a shark who smells blood." Don't they usually go for their prey immediately? Not an hour later? At 10:50 they went to a slow-paced break. Yarg. A James Hetfield ad for Guitar Center aired. Amazingly, there have been zero sex toy ads on this show! MVP's classing up the joint! "During the commercial break, MORE OF THE SAME!" The match actually began at 9:55 - oh God why? I already don't want to see it continue. MVP locked on an armbar neck crank. This is so boring. EY's doing a great job fighting back with one arm in a somewhat realistic manner - never using the bad arm for anything. Kenny King attacked EY in jeans and a shirt. King laid EY out with whatever his F5>Rock Bottom is called. MVP demanded a restart after this led to a DQ. Ref said no. This just refuses to end. They just keep doing stuff. Tenay's "it just doesn't make sense, BUT WHAT HAS MADE SENSE THE LAST FEW WEEKS!?" sums things up nicely. Lashley attacked EY too. This was the most boring, nothing debut of a lead heel faction ever. Lashley hit a powerslam through two chairs and MVP held the title up - so EY's retaining at the PPV. Taz's "This is bad, THIS IS BAD!" ruled. They oddly showed clips of next week's show after this one, which...is really stupid if you're going to pretend it's live.
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Willow and Magnus brawled backstage. Willow slid off the railing steps into a double sledge to Magnus. Bram's gear looks a bit cheap, but he's got a good overall look. Heels are being nice and tagging in and out of this. Actually, it does make sense for each guy to want to rest up a bit before kicking ass. Whisper in the Wind from Willow. Tenay hyped up the Bellator PPV by saying the interim title match is Chandler against the season nine winner. Hardy's cartwheel...punch looks worse than Kelly Kelly's handspring elbow. Crotch-lifting brainbuster from Bram. Bram rolled in a pry bar, while Magnus said HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE DQed. Willow won with a flash cradle, so..yeah, he should've just knocked him the fuck out then. So they debut as a team and are already at odds. FIRE RUSSO! Odd to lead to a Magnus face turn, but not surprising. EY met with security in front of MVP's office. MVP wasn't there, so IT WAS A SWERVE THEN! EY destroyed MVP's thrift store furniture. Fire Russo.
Spud's in a red, white, and blue lightning bolt suit. Dixie got a call with PERFECT AUDIO QUALITY in speaker mode. Gail cut a promo on the BPs, and Angelina praised for being a "WRESTLER - A DARN GOOD ONE AT THAT!" Velvet attacked from behind to set up Velvet-Gail. KAZARIAN FACES CRAZY STEVE next! Gail's bodypress took out the camera guy. Angelina attacked on the floor while Velvet distracted the ref with her tits. Velvet hit the Tiger Mask DDT for 2. That should be her finish - looks better than the In Yo Face. Velvet got a mirror because as Taz says "she gives good face". The Menagerie walked backstage - Knux now has slacks and a wacky barkers outfit.
They recapped EC3-Angle. They showed EC3 bragging about the win and beating Angle in his last match. HE HAS SACRIFICED ALL OF TNA'S LEGENDS AT HIS ALTER! Good promo. Love Kaz doing the handshake bit, then realizing there's no Daniels. This Menagerie act is a blast. Taz and Tenay pondered Crazy Steve's communication being limited to yes or no questions due to the horn. Kaz and Steve had a tremendous comedy match that involved CRAZY STEVE SPLASHING BALLOONS! Steve pantsed the ref while Rebel did stuff in the ropes and got DQed. Aries stood outside the men's room and insulted the security guys. MVP came out and had him thrown out. So Aries is a face now. Again - FIRE RUSSO!
Oh, and EY and MVP and brawling backstage before and after the break too. EY's arm got Pillmanized. TIE CHOKING! There's a compelling story with EY's throat being attacked, as he talked about on the WOL where the Impact Zone caught fire - thank God they're not telling it here in this WORLD TITLE PROGRAM. They brawled. And brawled and brawled and brawled and brawled and brawled and brawled and brawled. Security broke it up and the crowd FINALLY reacted by wanting them to fight. They kept brawling and MVP had them hold the champ so he could kick him in the balls. Single arm DDT. MVP made the title match tonight, but not right now...for some reason. Spud and Bully had a terrible skit in the house. Last week's skits were so much more fun. Bully's just being mean here. Anderson came down and bonked his lip with the mic "meant to do that" seems like a new running gag. Storm's got a new more artsy intro with nice lighting. He at least comes off like a star with this intro. Booking...not so much.
Bellator PPV ad aired. Nothing about this card works for me. WATCH DOGS AD! Basic stuff to start the match, which had a terrible plug for the next ONS PPV. It was so badly-ADRed that Taz talked about a hold mid-sentence. Storm did a low blow and a shitty cradle with the ropes for 2 spot. God, this is like a random Coliseum Video Exclusive match. There's just nothing exciting here at all. Random fans are yelling "SORRY" throughout. Storm teased a bottle shot, but spit beer in Ken's face, kicked him and won. After Anderson's loss, they recapped Anderson-Shaw from Sacrifice. This led to a wacky skit with him in a "padded room" asking for Christy.
Three-way X Title match is up. Oh yeah, this is a thing. More training with Sanada! They showed him watching blurred Muta matches on a blurred Apple laptop. DJZ came out looking like a glorious douchebag. Uno, not the champion, got streamers and confetti. It's amazing that after Okada and Tanahashi, Seiya Sanada has been booked better than any Japanese wrestler in TNA history. They said that being the X Champion was very important - you can cash in the title for a World Title shot if you don't mind slumming it until the summer. I like the visual of this match going on with confetti all over it. During this nice little match, they kept annoyingly talked about Bully-Dixie. Z screamed during the rolling cradle! These guys are having quite the fun little match here. Taz praised Sanada for having giant hands, while Tenay hyped up him being a baseball player before getting into the New Japan dojo. Spinning clusterfuck off the ropes to the floor from Uno kinda-sorta hit DJ Z. Big Steamboat flying chop hit DJZ and Sanada won with the Tiger suplex. Sanada is being booked so well, it's amazing. OH GOD MORE STUFF WITH BULLY AND DIXIE! Bully said it's a shame Dixie's now all alone...well that was dark, and man does Dixie look old in these outdoor skits.
The Shaw skits resumed with Gunner there because "you just need someone to talk to.". Poor Gunner. Now he's saddled with this dude. Recap of Angle-EC3 again. Dixie entered her home with a poker. Spud was tied up and then Bully revealed himself behind a door. Bully Rapey - no buys. Bully said all he wanted to hear was that she feared him, so she started to say it and then EC3 attacked and she said SHE FEARS NO ONE. They said she HAD A PLAN THE WHOLE TIME! And...yeah that was goofy. Less goofy than Kane-Bryan, but still goofy. MVP-EY is up next. EY-Roode recap aired showing the Roode-MVP issues. He was suspended indefinitely on Twitter, which was brought up here. EY came out first, which led to Tenay saying it was just MVP being disrespectful. EY attacked MVP when he was being cocky and choked him with the shirt - nice callback to before. MVP attacked the arm. "He's like a shark who smells blood." Don't they usually go for their prey immediately? Not an hour later? At 10:50 they went to a slow-paced break. Yarg. A James Hetfield ad for Guitar Center aired. Amazingly, there have been zero sex toy ads on this show! MVP's classing up the joint! "During the commercial break, MORE OF THE SAME!" The match actually began at 9:55 - oh God why? I already don't want to see it continue. MVP locked on an armbar neck crank. This is so boring. EY's doing a great job fighting back with one arm in a somewhat realistic manner - never using the bad arm for anything. Kenny King attacked EY in jeans and a shirt. King laid EY out with whatever his F5>Rock Bottom is called. MVP demanded a restart after this led to a DQ. Ref said no. This just refuses to end. They just keep doing stuff. Tenay's "it just doesn't make sense, BUT WHAT HAS MADE SENSE THE LAST FEW WEEKS!?" sums things up nicely. Lashley attacked EY too. This was the most boring, nothing debut of a lead heel faction ever. Lashley hit a powerslam through two chairs and MVP held the title up - so EY's retaining at the PPV. Taz's "This is bad, THIS IS BAD!" ruled. They oddly showed clips of next week's show after this one, which...is really stupid if you're going to pretend it's live.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
WWE Main Event 5-13-14
Renee Young and PAUL HEYMAN are starting off Main Event. I'd have hyped a Heyman promo up beforehand. Love the never-ending mention of the streak being conquered, and using it against the people for being in denial about history. Sheamus threatened violence, and Heyman scolded him for assaulting him in front of a lady! Heyman yelled at Sheamus to hit him...and then Paul left right before the count ran down. Cesaro attacks with the Neutralizer. Fuck. Cesaro just might be losing this. Dolph faces Sandow next, for some reason. They recapped the idiocy of Damien as Magneto. Oh yeah, Dolph was in there. They had a match after Damien "had his mic cut.". Can they come up with a new way to get that point across? It was stupid eons ago on Impact with VKM, and it's dumb now. Dolph damn near sent himself over the top just hopping up for the super-fast mounted punches - SLOW THE FUCK DOWN dude. Educator from Sandow! Zig Zag gets the win. They hyped up Shield-Evolution for Paybck with some sleek graphics.
Emma came out and a fat guy in a pink shirt danced. Crowd death here. Alicia Fox came out...didn't she quit on the app? They seem to be doing some NXT divas vs. WWE divas or something. She grabbed a mic - oh good. ANOTHER SHOOTER GIMMICK. At least Alicia ditched the WWE logo on it. Then she bonked Emma with the mic. They're doing the same pre-match beating>ref asks if the face can continue gimmick. Alicia countered the Emmamite sandwich with feet to the gut - so she's prepared for her three spots. Emma got a flash schoolgirl and won. Alicia is getting over more with losing, and by accident, than most WWE acts do on purpose with wins. She went to Chimel, said I LOVE THIS MAN, and slapped him. THEN SHE SANG WE ARE FAMILY and demanded wallets! Alicia singing and holding up the commentators = buys! AND SHE'S SHUTTING UP THE COMMENTATORS! Heck of a face turn here. They went backstage and had Sheamus say words - BOO! We got a tale of the tape for Cesaro-Sheamus - nice touch! Bryan's drama last night was recapped. The state of the title will be brought up on Raw - so they're wisely waiting until after the operation to make a move on it, and that plays into the angle nicely since Steph's at least acting nice on the surface.
Sheamus-Cesaro is up with Sheamus coming out. Cesaro has a new white jacket with black towel that looks pretty swank. Sheamus and Cesaro had a really fun European uppercut exchange - Sheamus doesn't usually bust those out, so this was nice to see. Sheamus is now "The Dublin Brawler". Fantastic Heyman facepalm during the clubbering. RUNNING YAKUZA KICK from Cesaro in the corner! Nice it's like a standing face wash! Rolling fireman's carry hits, still called a rolling senton despite not being a senton. Cloverleaf gets countered into a small package for 2. I could really get behind this as a World title program - shame it's stuck in the WWE Title, giving them one less possible drawing card for a PPV. Brogue countered into the German suplex for 2! Neutralizer avoided, turned into White Noise for 2.9! Sheamus hit an ugly crossbody off the top. Daring move that made the match seem like a big deal, but too scary to watch him do regularly. They brawled INTO THE UNIVERSE for a double countout. As a main event finish, this sucked, but neither guy could lose - and they kept brawling. Sheams got hit with a chair from Heyman, but then hit Cesaro with the kick - so the face kinda sorta won here.
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Emma came out and a fat guy in a pink shirt danced. Crowd death here. Alicia Fox came out...didn't she quit on the app? They seem to be doing some NXT divas vs. WWE divas or something. She grabbed a mic - oh good. ANOTHER SHOOTER GIMMICK. At least Alicia ditched the WWE logo on it. Then she bonked Emma with the mic. They're doing the same pre-match beating>ref asks if the face can continue gimmick. Alicia countered the Emmamite sandwich with feet to the gut - so she's prepared for her three spots. Emma got a flash schoolgirl and won. Alicia is getting over more with losing, and by accident, than most WWE acts do on purpose with wins. She went to Chimel, said I LOVE THIS MAN, and slapped him. THEN SHE SANG WE ARE FAMILY and demanded wallets! Alicia singing and holding up the commentators = buys! AND SHE'S SHUTTING UP THE COMMENTATORS! Heck of a face turn here. They went backstage and had Sheamus say words - BOO! We got a tale of the tape for Cesaro-Sheamus - nice touch! Bryan's drama last night was recapped. The state of the title will be brought up on Raw - so they're wisely waiting until after the operation to make a move on it, and that plays into the angle nicely since Steph's at least acting nice on the surface.
Sheamus-Cesaro is up with Sheamus coming out. Cesaro has a new white jacket with black towel that looks pretty swank. Sheamus and Cesaro had a really fun European uppercut exchange - Sheamus doesn't usually bust those out, so this was nice to see. Sheamus is now "The Dublin Brawler". Fantastic Heyman facepalm during the clubbering. RUNNING YAKUZA KICK from Cesaro in the corner! Nice it's like a standing face wash! Rolling fireman's carry hits, still called a rolling senton despite not being a senton. Cloverleaf gets countered into a small package for 2. I could really get behind this as a World title program - shame it's stuck in the WWE Title, giving them one less possible drawing card for a PPV. Brogue countered into the German suplex for 2! Neutralizer avoided, turned into White Noise for 2.9! Sheamus hit an ugly crossbody off the top. Daring move that made the match seem like a big deal, but too scary to watch him do regularly. They brawled INTO THE UNIVERSE for a double countout. As a main event finish, this sucked, but neither guy could lose - and they kept brawling. Sheams got hit with a chair from Heyman, but then hit Cesaro with the kick - so the face kinda sorta won here.
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Monday, May 12, 2014
Raw 5-12-14
The Chi-Town Rumble is the pre-pre-show show. Shockingly, Flair-Steamboat is still amazing. Meltzer's mullet is nearly as good as the match. I've never seen the post-match stuff before. Magnum's in tears after the match, and I love Steamboat in the back with champagne. Love the champagne bath. Steamboat's blown away by it. Pre-show hypes up an SD rematch with Cena and the Usos against the Wyatts. Kofi beat Titus for Superstars. Sandow came out being happy he isn't dressed as a super villain. HE'S SHOOTING on Jimmy dressing like a Valentine's card for 30 years. They killed his mic. This is goofy, and he's wearing his silly shirt. Negative buys. They begged everyone WATCHING THE NETWORK to have their friends join. Booker hyped up King Booker and Riley...HEY YOU CAN GET THE NETWORK. Loved Riley saying watch Capital Punishment - well it was the peak of his career. HYPED FACE PROMO from Cena and the Usos. Sin Cara's facing Drew. Recap of Bryan-Brie from Raw. God, I hope Bryan doesn't get stripped of the title tonight with THIS as his "top guy" program. Sin Cara beat Drew.
Battle royal recap video starts the show. They showed the Shield mid-ring, then went to a 3/4 angle. Well, that was a weird transition from camera angles. Nice intense promos from Ambrose and Rollins. "You aight big man!?" led to Reigns just shaking and cutting a great promo too. Loved him saying that what they did to him wasn't enough. A BLACK LIMO showed up on the tron , so the Shield ran to the back. HHH was given a lot of paperwork...for some reason. That's just bad timing, and sure enough, a brawl broke out. Love HHH showing up late as the COO. RVD's out in a kick-ass black and orange singlet to face Swagger.
Zeb cut a promo on THE ENGLISH ADAM ROSE WHO SIPS ENGLISH. Or tea. A wigger sign made TV that could be easily mis-read. Adam Rose came down and Cole talked about BEING A ROSE PETAL. JBL corrected him. They're killing him. RVD hits a superkick and wins with the frog splash. This was stupid on many levels. RVD's a big fan of the drug party. Cole kept talking about HOW COOL AND FUN it was. A Paige music video aired of sorts. This feels like 10:30 filler stuff and it's only 8:20. She's got a match next.
Yet another BoLieve video. Alicia and her giant naval cut a promo on Paige not fitting it. Paige is hated by the divas now...for reasons that have never been explained on-air before. Alicia beat her up and it did get a PAIGE chant. I love that one-hand backbreaker into an apron toss spot. Fox is shining here. Fox did a nice surfboard with boots to the back instead of the hamstring. Paige turned Alicia's side headlock into a Paige Turner - nice! This was the best thing they've done with Paige yet. Alicia tore up the announce table and then...sprayed an energy drink on the fans! Alicia stole JBL's hat and the show! OH GOD A BRIE-BRYAN RECAP! Bryan speaks next. It's either about his neck or this angle, so I'm not looking forward to it either way.
Big yes chant for Bryan when he came down with his belts. He talked about having an uphill battle since winning the title at Summerslam, and the huge yes chants making him feel like Cena. He talked about having a target on his back and getting the worst beating of his life taking three tombstones. Oh yeah, the tombstones. Totally forgot about that since it really didn't matter afterwards. He talked about paying a price with his body, and unfortunately, he's got neck surgery on Thursday. Fuck. He said there's a chance his career is over, BUT IT WON'T BE! He set up his comeback with a big YES chant. This, and every WWE Title run for him has been a disaster. Odd to not just vacate the titles there, or with Steph coming out. Silly Cena-Bray recap. They aired a new video hyping up HOW AMAZING THE WWE NETWORK IS AND WHAT A GREAT VALUE IT IS WITH SHOP ZONE REWARDS!
A NEW-STYLE DID YOU NOW GRAPHIC?! WWE is the most influential sports brand on social media! So now they're a sport. They showed Cena in DC for the Komen walk. They're trying to get USO CRAZY over. Not gonna work. This is the hour 1 main event. Some good fast action with the Usos and Harper. They keep trying to get BRAYWASHED over. Senton saved Rowan from the STF. Usos saved Cena before the double dive. AA to Rowan wins. Fun, but not really essential. Bray thanked him for something and Evolution is next.
Evolution came out and Batista rambled on a bit. HHH said that their next match would have them with the gloves off. HHH THREATENED TO HUMBLE THE SHIELD! HHH promised to make an example out of Reigns. They got a boring chant at about the best time possible - the Shield immediately jumped them. Batista demanded himself against Reigns tonight. A Slam City aired...really now? After a serious angle you do that?
Total Divas were out with score cards. Nikki faces Nattie. This match is coming about due to an incident on Total Divas...which I guess is supposed to be live or something. I love that Eva Marie gets to rate holds and moves. Eva gave Nattie a 6 for a swank kick counter into a hold. Nikki went for a second-rope crossbody...thing of a bob that was just dreadful for 2. Nice bendy abdominal stretch from Nattie. "This isn't a match anymore, it's a fight!" led to a drop toehold to the ropes. Nikki won with a wacky cradle. Nattie tore up a card, and then Nikki was a complete bitch to her. Ryback came out with Axel and their new beanie...of course Ryback would get an RX beanie. Ryback faces Sheamus here. Nope. BIG GUY OUT due to a coin filp. They had a nothing match that got a boring chant before Sheamus won with the cloverleaf. THE BIG GUY ATTACKED and I think they have a match next.
Yup. Sheamus countered the meathook with the White Noise for 2. Ryback's blown up from a few minutes of action. They're selling this like it's a half-hour affair. Sheamus won the EPIC WAR with a brogue kick after like five minutes. A Network ad hyped up WHAT AN AMAZING VALUE it was and showed off the content. Sheamus-Cesaro was announced for Main Event - that should be fun. No title on the line. Steph's out. Steph came out and told Bryan to come down, then Kane put his limp body on the ramp. WHAT HAS HE DONE!? This is about as lame as when Abyss attacked RVD with Janice off-screen. Lamer, in fact - TNA at least went all the way with that. Oh God, and now Brie's acting. ISHEOKAY!? HEYISHEOKAY!?CHRISISHEOKAY!? This was stupid.
They came back and went to an ambulance with more bad acting. Sadly, Kane wasn't the driver. Fandango and Layla came out. JBL hyped up HOW EVERYONE IS FANDANGOING! They showed Summer-Fandango clips from Total Divas.AMAZED it's Dolph and not Santino. BTW, I guess Dolph's the jobber here, so he's now sub-Fandango.They did moves. No fucks were given by anyone. Layla yelled about cheating and then Fandango nearly won with a spin kick. Layla got caught in the apron and Dolph won with the Zig Zag. I pity everyone in this. They kissed and JBL ranted about cutting away. This sucked. Legends House - buy the Network to watch old guys pee in a pool.
JBL hyped up Hacksaw-Tony AND THEN HACKSAW CAME OUT! King and JBL buried Fink for being old. He cut a promo before being interrupted by RISE FOR LANA'S ASS. She called out Rusev, who seems to have no first name officially. Rusev broke the board. Big E came out to save Duggan. Oh lord, a Big E-Rusev program. Because what each guy needed was an oil and water feud.
Sandow? IT'S SHOOTING TIME! Sandow's got a mic which he said he SNUCK OUT THERE. Yup. With the big WWE logo on it. Sandow gets to face Cody...the RHODES SCHOLARS EXPLODE! JBL gave Doug Basham a happy birthday shoutout. Well that's nice of him. Crowd gave no shits about this. They did more moves. No fucks given. Magneto's now a superhero according to the announcer. JBL said Sandow made the plate in his hip move. They're now talking about JBL-Boogey, which I believe lasted less time than their referencing of it. Cody won with the kick after an eye rake. King referenced Snidely Whiplash. OH THANK GOD Roman-Batista is next.
Nope. Rowan's in the mask for a backstage promo. This program is making Bray jump the shark. Bray challenged Cena to a last man standing match. Can't wait for Cena to win with duct tape. Or a kid holding Bray down or something. Reigns is out for the main event. Cena will respond to Bray on SD. Beardtista came out with the other guys. HHH in just jeans looks weird. Ditto Orton without the suit. Stick with a consistent look for goodness sake. Bootista chant broke out. Double dive from Ambrose and Rollins was missed by the camera guys. This led to a DQ due to a brawl on the floor. Steph as Rita is sending out the Putty Patrol. A billion guys, including Brodus, couldn't hold Reign back from spearing HHH. Shield beat up jobbers with chairs. Thank God the CURB STOMP got its name back, and Axel moved a chair in place for it. Health sold the Superman punch gloriously. Ryback ate a spear. This wasn't much of a match, but the post-match stuff will make for a fine highlight reel.
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Battle royal recap video starts the show. They showed the Shield mid-ring, then went to a 3/4 angle. Well, that was a weird transition from camera angles. Nice intense promos from Ambrose and Rollins. "You aight big man!?" led to Reigns just shaking and cutting a great promo too. Loved him saying that what they did to him wasn't enough. A BLACK LIMO showed up on the tron , so the Shield ran to the back. HHH was given a lot of paperwork...for some reason. That's just bad timing, and sure enough, a brawl broke out. Love HHH showing up late as the COO. RVD's out in a kick-ass black and orange singlet to face Swagger.
Zeb cut a promo on THE ENGLISH ADAM ROSE WHO SIPS ENGLISH. Or tea. A wigger sign made TV that could be easily mis-read. Adam Rose came down and Cole talked about BEING A ROSE PETAL. JBL corrected him. They're killing him. RVD hits a superkick and wins with the frog splash. This was stupid on many levels. RVD's a big fan of the drug party. Cole kept talking about HOW COOL AND FUN it was. A Paige music video aired of sorts. This feels like 10:30 filler stuff and it's only 8:20. She's got a match next.
Yet another BoLieve video. Alicia and her giant naval cut a promo on Paige not fitting it. Paige is hated by the divas now...for reasons that have never been explained on-air before. Alicia beat her up and it did get a PAIGE chant. I love that one-hand backbreaker into an apron toss spot. Fox is shining here. Fox did a nice surfboard with boots to the back instead of the hamstring. Paige turned Alicia's side headlock into a Paige Turner - nice! This was the best thing they've done with Paige yet. Alicia tore up the announce table and then...sprayed an energy drink on the fans! Alicia stole JBL's hat and the show! OH GOD A BRIE-BRYAN RECAP! Bryan speaks next. It's either about his neck or this angle, so I'm not looking forward to it either way.
Big yes chant for Bryan when he came down with his belts. He talked about having an uphill battle since winning the title at Summerslam, and the huge yes chants making him feel like Cena. He talked about having a target on his back and getting the worst beating of his life taking three tombstones. Oh yeah, the tombstones. Totally forgot about that since it really didn't matter afterwards. He talked about paying a price with his body, and unfortunately, he's got neck surgery on Thursday. Fuck. He said there's a chance his career is over, BUT IT WON'T BE! He set up his comeback with a big YES chant. This, and every WWE Title run for him has been a disaster. Odd to not just vacate the titles there, or with Steph coming out. Silly Cena-Bray recap. They aired a new video hyping up HOW AMAZING THE WWE NETWORK IS AND WHAT A GREAT VALUE IT IS WITH SHOP ZONE REWARDS!
A NEW-STYLE DID YOU NOW GRAPHIC?! WWE is the most influential sports brand on social media! So now they're a sport. They showed Cena in DC for the Komen walk. They're trying to get USO CRAZY over. Not gonna work. This is the hour 1 main event. Some good fast action with the Usos and Harper. They keep trying to get BRAYWASHED over. Senton saved Rowan from the STF. Usos saved Cena before the double dive. AA to Rowan wins. Fun, but not really essential. Bray thanked him for something and Evolution is next.
Evolution came out and Batista rambled on a bit. HHH said that their next match would have them with the gloves off. HHH THREATENED TO HUMBLE THE SHIELD! HHH promised to make an example out of Reigns. They got a boring chant at about the best time possible - the Shield immediately jumped them. Batista demanded himself against Reigns tonight. A Slam City aired...really now? After a serious angle you do that?
Total Divas were out with score cards. Nikki faces Nattie. This match is coming about due to an incident on Total Divas...which I guess is supposed to be live or something. I love that Eva Marie gets to rate holds and moves. Eva gave Nattie a 6 for a swank kick counter into a hold. Nikki went for a second-rope crossbody...thing of a bob that was just dreadful for 2. Nice bendy abdominal stretch from Nattie. "This isn't a match anymore, it's a fight!" led to a drop toehold to the ropes. Nikki won with a wacky cradle. Nattie tore up a card, and then Nikki was a complete bitch to her. Ryback came out with Axel and their new beanie...of course Ryback would get an RX beanie. Ryback faces Sheamus here. Nope. BIG GUY OUT due to a coin filp. They had a nothing match that got a boring chant before Sheamus won with the cloverleaf. THE BIG GUY ATTACKED and I think they have a match next.
Yup. Sheamus countered the meathook with the White Noise for 2. Ryback's blown up from a few minutes of action. They're selling this like it's a half-hour affair. Sheamus won the EPIC WAR with a brogue kick after like five minutes. A Network ad hyped up WHAT AN AMAZING VALUE it was and showed off the content. Sheamus-Cesaro was announced for Main Event - that should be fun. No title on the line. Steph's out. Steph came out and told Bryan to come down, then Kane put his limp body on the ramp. WHAT HAS HE DONE!? This is about as lame as when Abyss attacked RVD with Janice off-screen. Lamer, in fact - TNA at least went all the way with that. Oh God, and now Brie's acting. ISHEOKAY!? HEYISHEOKAY!?CHRISISHEOKAY!? This was stupid.
They came back and went to an ambulance with more bad acting. Sadly, Kane wasn't the driver. Fandango and Layla came out. JBL hyped up HOW EVERYONE IS FANDANGOING! They showed Summer-Fandango clips from Total Divas.AMAZED it's Dolph and not Santino. BTW, I guess Dolph's the jobber here, so he's now sub-Fandango.They did moves. No fucks were given by anyone. Layla yelled about cheating and then Fandango nearly won with a spin kick. Layla got caught in the apron and Dolph won with the Zig Zag. I pity everyone in this. They kissed and JBL ranted about cutting away. This sucked. Legends House - buy the Network to watch old guys pee in a pool.
JBL hyped up Hacksaw-Tony AND THEN HACKSAW CAME OUT! King and JBL buried Fink for being old. He cut a promo before being interrupted by RISE FOR LANA'S ASS. She called out Rusev, who seems to have no first name officially. Rusev broke the board. Big E came out to save Duggan. Oh lord, a Big E-Rusev program. Because what each guy needed was an oil and water feud.
Sandow? IT'S SHOOTING TIME! Sandow's got a mic which he said he SNUCK OUT THERE. Yup. With the big WWE logo on it. Sandow gets to face Cody...the RHODES SCHOLARS EXPLODE! JBL gave Doug Basham a happy birthday shoutout. Well that's nice of him. Crowd gave no shits about this. They did more moves. No fucks given. Magneto's now a superhero according to the announcer. JBL said Sandow made the plate in his hip move. They're now talking about JBL-Boogey, which I believe lasted less time than their referencing of it. Cody won with the kick after an eye rake. King referenced Snidely Whiplash. OH THANK GOD Roman-Batista is next.
Nope. Rowan's in the mask for a backstage promo. This program is making Bray jump the shark. Bray challenged Cena to a last man standing match. Can't wait for Cena to win with duct tape. Or a kid holding Bray down or something. Reigns is out for the main event. Cena will respond to Bray on SD. Beardtista came out with the other guys. HHH in just jeans looks weird. Ditto Orton without the suit. Stick with a consistent look for goodness sake. Bootista chant broke out. Double dive from Ambrose and Rollins was missed by the camera guys. This led to a DQ due to a brawl on the floor. Steph as Rita is sending out the Putty Patrol. A billion guys, including Brodus, couldn't hold Reign back from spearing HHH. Shield beat up jobbers with chairs. Thank God the CURB STOMP got its name back, and Axel moved a chair in place for it. Health sold the Superman punch gloriously. Ryback ate a spear. This wasn't much of a match, but the post-match stuff will make for a fine highlight reel.
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Sunday, May 11, 2014
TNA Impact 2-28-13
Fine opening video, even if it did kind of shine a light on the wackiness on Hulk just picking Hogan after the mini-tourney dealie. I'd completely forgotten about Doc pinning Sting last week. Hulk's vague knee injury remains just as vague after Brooke talked about it for a second. So weird to see the Impact Zone again after getting used to the UK shows. Hardy's hair is quite odd - it's almost a boufant. I dig the BULLY IN LAW sign in the crowd. Bully's decided that 10 days before the PPV is the right time to have a conflict of conscience about if he's the right choice or not. Love Bad Influence interrupting the face love fest - shocked to hear Daniels talk about Hogan running lotion on Brooke. Loved Daniels' Spidey shirt - my Spidey sense is sensing a holla holla tag match. Or maybe it should be a Bully Bully one since he made it. Aces vs. Team TNA graphic looked awful - they just used basic text for TNA instead of the logo. Tara-Sky for the gold is up next, and we've got a KOs gut check later.
Sting, in full getup, met with Magnus in the regular office setting. Magnus is apparently a big fan of Sting, who always mentored him. Would've been nice to mention any of that BEFORE THIS. Tara's dark red gear rules. Tenay said that Gail was sneaky last week - BAD TENAY! Gail was fairly awful on commentary here, and between that and the crazy bullshit with Taryn and Jesse overshadowing the match, this sucked. Aries called Roode about a photoshoot and delivered exposition about them having a 3-way tag with Kaz and Daniels and the Mexicans at the PPV. This was also odd since Aries, THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION DRIVEN BY HIS QUEST FOR THAT TITLE AGAIN, said he didn't care about matches, only photoshoots. They came back from a break and Kenny King interrupted RVD while making an apple bong, and challenged RVD, who made what seems like a title vs. X division career match...here on free TV and not on PPV.
Aries it out to face Hernandez, back in swank Supermex gear. Tenay hyped up Bellator's app more than WWE does for their own. This was a really fun match since Hernandez is a powerhouse, Aries doesn't mind throwing himself around, and Hernandez can move really well for a guy of his age and size. Loved Aries stealing Eddie's pose, frog splash and doing the lie, cheat, and steal bit to him, then stealing his Supermex taunt after winning. Joseph Park ate some ribs, so now he knows what they are...AND THIS TOTALLY HAPPENED TO BE HIS LUNCH BY COINCIDENCE! I was shocked when Sting said "Matt"...and then it was Morgan, who turned down being in a PPV main event because it would help Hogan.
King-RVD is up next. They did some moves while Todd compared RVD to Gumby and Taz did the DAMMIT, I'M GUMBY bit. Taz talked about RVD and King being so similar. How that's the case I have no idea, and he didn't bother citing anything. RVD teased a five star, then missed a 450 for what seemed like a fucked up nearfall since King just hit his finish to win the title. Well, given the stakes, this made more sense for a PPV, but at least they'll do a rematch on the PPV and hopefully not use Earl again. Sting met with Kurt, in a new Cena/Steen style SAVE WRESTLING 2020 red, white, and blue text shirt - Kurt doesn't approve of one of the possible guys on Sting's team.
They re-showed the deal from last week and showed a grisly Hogan knee surgery scar. Garett looked very...Village People esque with a biker's vest just over his oiled chest. Knox is dressed like a biker lumberjack. Mike Knox is now just KNOX, and Sting's Squadron will face Garett, Devon, Doc, Knox, and Anderson. Devon's got a giant beard now that takes some getting used to. Loved Storm's theme cutting off Devon's "SORRY ABOUT WHAT YA DAMN FOOL" bit. LOLed at Taz talking about Magnus having so little experience compared to the guys in the ring while Garett stood in there. Defintiely wasn't expecting EY back, and I loved how Sting played off of guys' themes and nicknames in the promo. They showed Ivelise from TE's video - it was a lot like the Bellator ones they use, only a bit hokier.
They came back to the Aces being angry and Angle stalking them. The Barbarians niece is going to be Ivelise's opponent - YAY BARBARIAN ON MY TV! She...said words and they played some needlessly dramatic music for her. Ivelise cancelled her MMA fight tomorrow to do this show. Hell, why not try to make her a star on both Bellator and TNA if she can do them both. Tenay cited that this is only the second time KOs have gone for a contract, and that Taeler won BACK IN JUNE. She was "successful" and has only been on TV once in the 8 months since then. Great running rana from Ivie. Nice win from her off a gulliotine choke. Tapa looked really rough in many ways, but Ivie looked incredible. Aries met with Hardy and wished him look - he came off as incencere, but COULD have been sincere, and I like them keeping Aries in there with the world champ in some form on TV to remind you that he isn't "just" a tag guy. AJ update is up next.
Wendy Jones, AJ's wife was shown, and his friend talked about how different he was all while using his fake name while they showed his real one on his paper clippings. This reminded me of the Roode BFG build until AJ showed up as a badass biker and rode away. "The Southern American Badass" Allen Jones.They recapped the Robbies/Spud angle. Robbie E made an apology and asked Terry to come out. He did and looked like a giant bumblebee in black pants and a yellow sweater. I wonder if bumblebees have steroids in their stingers in the UK. E asked for ONE MORE BRO OFF, BRO! Loved him dancing the car around, then leaving for the bro off, bonking Terry with the VIP picture, and running in fear when it didn't work for long. Aries met with Bully, although he neglected to mention beating him before.
Angle stalked the Aces again and found THEIR CLUBHOUSE! Loved Daniels doing a giant wacky salute, then Bully did the Gangnam Style bit after a double clothesline. Super-fun stuff. Electric chair from Bully led to the swanton and a win. Fun little match - nothing too amazing outside of the comedy though. Angle chased strippers out of the clubhouse, beat up and unmasked the VP, and got beat up by the Aces. TNA got TO THE BACK'd by Bellator.
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Sting, in full getup, met with Magnus in the regular office setting. Magnus is apparently a big fan of Sting, who always mentored him. Would've been nice to mention any of that BEFORE THIS. Tara's dark red gear rules. Tenay said that Gail was sneaky last week - BAD TENAY! Gail was fairly awful on commentary here, and between that and the crazy bullshit with Taryn and Jesse overshadowing the match, this sucked. Aries called Roode about a photoshoot and delivered exposition about them having a 3-way tag with Kaz and Daniels and the Mexicans at the PPV. This was also odd since Aries, THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION DRIVEN BY HIS QUEST FOR THAT TITLE AGAIN, said he didn't care about matches, only photoshoots. They came back from a break and Kenny King interrupted RVD while making an apple bong, and challenged RVD, who made what seems like a title vs. X division career match...here on free TV and not on PPV.
Aries it out to face Hernandez, back in swank Supermex gear. Tenay hyped up Bellator's app more than WWE does for their own. This was a really fun match since Hernandez is a powerhouse, Aries doesn't mind throwing himself around, and Hernandez can move really well for a guy of his age and size. Loved Aries stealing Eddie's pose, frog splash and doing the lie, cheat, and steal bit to him, then stealing his Supermex taunt after winning. Joseph Park ate some ribs, so now he knows what they are...AND THIS TOTALLY HAPPENED TO BE HIS LUNCH BY COINCIDENCE! I was shocked when Sting said "Matt"...and then it was Morgan, who turned down being in a PPV main event because it would help Hogan.
King-RVD is up next. They did some moves while Todd compared RVD to Gumby and Taz did the DAMMIT, I'M GUMBY bit. Taz talked about RVD and King being so similar. How that's the case I have no idea, and he didn't bother citing anything. RVD teased a five star, then missed a 450 for what seemed like a fucked up nearfall since King just hit his finish to win the title. Well, given the stakes, this made more sense for a PPV, but at least they'll do a rematch on the PPV and hopefully not use Earl again. Sting met with Kurt, in a new Cena/Steen style SAVE WRESTLING 2020 red, white, and blue text shirt - Kurt doesn't approve of one of the possible guys on Sting's team.
They re-showed the deal from last week and showed a grisly Hogan knee surgery scar. Garett looked very...Village People esque with a biker's vest just over his oiled chest. Knox is dressed like a biker lumberjack. Mike Knox is now just KNOX, and Sting's Squadron will face Garett, Devon, Doc, Knox, and Anderson. Devon's got a giant beard now that takes some getting used to. Loved Storm's theme cutting off Devon's "SORRY ABOUT WHAT YA DAMN FOOL" bit. LOLed at Taz talking about Magnus having so little experience compared to the guys in the ring while Garett stood in there. Defintiely wasn't expecting EY back, and I loved how Sting played off of guys' themes and nicknames in the promo. They showed Ivelise from TE's video - it was a lot like the Bellator ones they use, only a bit hokier.
They came back to the Aces being angry and Angle stalking them. The Barbarians niece is going to be Ivelise's opponent - YAY BARBARIAN ON MY TV! She...said words and they played some needlessly dramatic music for her. Ivelise cancelled her MMA fight tomorrow to do this show. Hell, why not try to make her a star on both Bellator and TNA if she can do them both. Tenay cited that this is only the second time KOs have gone for a contract, and that Taeler won BACK IN JUNE. She was "successful" and has only been on TV once in the 8 months since then. Great running rana from Ivie. Nice win from her off a gulliotine choke. Tapa looked really rough in many ways, but Ivie looked incredible. Aries met with Hardy and wished him look - he came off as incencere, but COULD have been sincere, and I like them keeping Aries in there with the world champ in some form on TV to remind you that he isn't "just" a tag guy. AJ update is up next.
Wendy Jones, AJ's wife was shown, and his friend talked about how different he was all while using his fake name while they showed his real one on his paper clippings. This reminded me of the Roode BFG build until AJ showed up as a badass biker and rode away. "The Southern American Badass" Allen Jones.They recapped the Robbies/Spud angle. Robbie E made an apology and asked Terry to come out. He did and looked like a giant bumblebee in black pants and a yellow sweater. I wonder if bumblebees have steroids in their stingers in the UK. E asked for ONE MORE BRO OFF, BRO! Loved him dancing the car around, then leaving for the bro off, bonking Terry with the VIP picture, and running in fear when it didn't work for long. Aries met with Bully, although he neglected to mention beating him before.
Angle stalked the Aces again and found THEIR CLUBHOUSE! Loved Daniels doing a giant wacky salute, then Bully did the Gangnam Style bit after a double clothesline. Super-fun stuff. Electric chair from Bully led to the swanton and a win. Fun little match - nothing too amazing outside of the comedy though. Angle chased strippers out of the clubhouse, beat up and unmasked the VP, and got beat up by the Aces. TNA got TO THE BACK'd by Bellator.
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