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My Weekly TNA Catch-up, Impact 1st Oct 09 reviewed
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Raymond Daley
2009-10-02 20:37:11 UTC
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Show opens with Abyss calling out Mick Foley, quite frankly this angle has
been too long in finally coming and no-one cares any more.

X Division #1 Contender Ladder Match, Amazing Red vs Sheik Abdul Bashir vs
Kiyoshi vs Consequences Creed vs Jay Lethal - The winner of this gets
themselves a shot at the X Division title next week, Red had a great start
but was at a huge disadvantage being against 2 tagteams. Creed took a
wicked looking inverted Piledriver off Bashir however Reds Headscissors DDT
was outstanding as was his standing snap Hurricanrana on Creed that caused
him to barf, Amazing Red climbed the ladder to get the contract & take the
win here.

Dr Stevie (with Daffney) vs Kevin Nash - Stevie bailed in the opening second
suckering Nash out to the floor where Daffney distracted him allowing Stevie
to unload on Nashs legs, back in the ring Stevie was whaling on Nash who
spent most of the match on his back until Stevie tried a Sleeperhold but
Nash broke it giving Stevie a facefull of boot but everything was over after
Kevin Nash hit the Jack Knife Powerbomb for the win.

Battle Of The Playboy Models, Traci vs Christy Hemme - Actually TNA were
being very brave by sticking 2 fingers up to kayfabe by acknowledging not
only Hemme having posed for Playboy but with their main rivals WWE. Traci
was on top from the get go with Hemme jobbing like crazy for the opening few
minutes but getting a nice comeback until she missed the FFG, Christy Hemme
took the win off an excellent Roll-up from the corner. Traci making a
postmatch beatdown didn't really do much to further her as a heel.

TNA Knockout Championship, Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saeed) vs ODB - Tara
had joined the colour desk so there was always going to be some interference
here, this match was actually so boring they cut away to Saeed getting in
Taras face who left her chair for a confrontation only to be suckered into
the grasp of Kong. Kong took a Neckbreaker into the top rope off Tara
allowing ODB to hit a Schoolboy Roll-up to make the win. I said it would
happen, didn't I? The post match scrap between Tara & ODB was better than
the actual match until Kong decided to jump them both nailing both Tara &
ODB with an Implant Buster each.

Kurt Angle vs Hernandez - Well this match was a staggering array of fuck all
that ended in a double countout,but allowed World Elite to jump Angle &
Hernandez then beat them up backstage. Angle was saved from his beating by
the intervention of MEM.

The Beautiful People come out & address Angelina Love being gone (very brave
& anti-kayfabe) then invite Sarita & Taylor Wilde out so they can apologise
to their for being horrible (claiming Love made them do it, ah - The
Nuremburg Defence!). They both shake hands but Sky & Rayne jump them once
their backs are turned which Wilde & Sarita turn around in seconds. Sarita
is then jumped by a mystery blonde in a gold jacket who then levels Wilde &
Tenay ID's her as Lacey Von Erich who hits the Von Erich Claw on Sarita.

Eric Young vs Matt Morgan - If there was ever a match with no heat that
no-one really wants to see it was going to be this, the match itself was
going nowhere when Morgan did his usual move of dropping a leg across Youngs
neck on the top rope then Morgan went to the floor to celebrate with the
fans only to be nailed in the head with a chair by a fan dressed as Abyss
(who had been in the front row for the whole show, I was going to mention
him earlier) and the chair had "Abyss, use my chair" written on it. The fan
scaled the guard rail & pulled off the Abyss mask to reveal it was actually
Kurt Angle as the ref called for the bell so I assume the win went to Morgan
on a DQ off outside interference which allowed the rest of The MEM to beat
Eric Young but World Elite ran out to even things up with complete chaos. I
did wonder how they were going to kill the last 13 minutes of the show but
it turned out there was going to be another match.

6 Man Tag Match, Brutus Magnus, Doug Williams (with Big Rob) & Rhino vs Team
3D & Bobby Lashley - Beer Money join the announce team for this match, by
the time it got going there was only 7 minutes of show left so it was never
really going to shape up to be any kind of decent match but I had my fingers
crossed it wasn't going to turn into the 3rd shitty brawl of the night.
Nothing worth calling in this match, Lashley took the win off a submission
hold after Brutus Magnus tapped out.

I'm not sure why they bothered with Samoa Joe jumping Lashley in the closing
seconds of the show, it gets neither guy over.

Lacey Von Erich had a good debut and I look forward to seeing her 1st proper
match and what kind of ring outfit they put her into.
Deadline
2009-10-03 14:15:19 UTC
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Raymond Daley wrote:
| Show opens with Abyss calling out Mick Foley, quite frankly this angle has
| been too long in finally coming and no-one cares any more.

Foley did say what a lot of people have said about Abyss, though;
that he is a Mankind/Kane (Foley only mentioned himself) copy.


| X Division #1 Contender Ladder Match, Amazing Red vs Sheik Abdul Bashir vs
| Kiyoshi vs Consequences Creed vs Jay Lethal - The winner of this gets
| themselves a shot at the X Division title next week, Red had a great start
| but was at a huge disadvantage being against 2 tagteams. Creed took a
| wicked looking inverted Piledriver off Bashir however Reds Headscissors DDT
| was outstanding as was his standing snap Hurricanrana on Creed that caused
| him to barf, Amazing Red climbed the ladder to get the contract & take the
| win here.

Axe Guillotine Driver. That is a good move.

I always laughed when I made an opponent vomit in Super Street
Fighter II for the SNES, but here it was disgusting.


| Dr Stevie (with Daffney) vs Kevin Nash - Stevie bailed in the opening second
| suckering Nash out to the floor where Daffney distracted him allowing Stevie
| to unload on Nashs legs, back in the ring Stevie was whaling on Nash who
| spent most of the match on his back until Stevie tried a Sleeperhold but
| Nash broke it giving Stevie a facefull of boot but everything was over after
| Kevin Nash hit the Jack Knife Powerbomb for the win.

Richards should have just lured Nash in to tripping on the
referee.


| Battle Of The Playboy Models, Traci vs Christy Hemme - Actually TNA were
| being very brave by sticking 2 fingers up to kayfabe by acknowledging not
| only Hemme having posed for Playboy but with their main rivals WWE. Traci
| was on top from the get go with Hemme jobbing like crazy for the opening few
| minutes but getting a nice comeback until she missed the FFG, Christy Hemme
| took the win off an excellent Roll-up from the corner. Traci making a
| postmatch beatdown didn't really do much to further her as a heel.

This should have been a dark match, as in "turn the lights down"
because those are two fugly bitches. Can "Hef" still see?
Appearance likely was not why he put those two in his magazine.

I hate when someone loses a match then suddenly squashes the
opponent. Why not do that -during- the match, FFS.


| TNA Knockout Championship, Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saeed) vs ODB - Tara
| had joined the colour desk so there was always going to be some interference
| here, this match was actually so boring they cut away to Saeed getting in
| Taras face who left her chair for a confrontation only to be suckered into
| the grasp of Kong. Kong took a Neckbreaker into the top rope off Tara
| allowing ODB to hit a Schoolboy Roll-up to make the win. I said it would
| happen, didn't I? The post match scrap between Tara & ODB was better than
| the actual match until Kong decided to jump them both nailing both Tara &
| ODB with an Implant Buster each.

"Tara" is annoying when she speaks. I was glad she left the
announce table and got in to a fight. I liked her "Victoria"
character. I am not liking this "Tara" character, which is
probably closer to her real personality.

I thought TNA was going to neglect continuity and have Kong
simply leave.


| Kurt Angle vs Hernandez - Well this match was a staggering array of fuck all
| that ended in a double countout,but allowed World Elite to jump Angle &
| Hernandez then beat them up backstage. Angle was saved from his beating by
| the intervention of MEM.

TNA does -match- brawls better than WWE, but its just-plain-old
brawls suck. The gang war is too big. Hmm...WCW versus NWO...?
I saw only bits of that. Did it suck as much?


| The Beautiful People come out & address Angelina Love being gone (very brave
| & anti-kayfabe) then invite Sarita & Taylor Wilde out so they can apologise
| to their for being horrible (claiming Love made them do it, ah - The
| Nuremburg Defence!). They both shake hands but Sky & Rayne jump them once
| their backs are turned which Wilde & Sarita turn around in seconds. Sarita
| is then jumped by a mystery blonde in a gold jacket who then levels Wilde &
| Tenay ID's her as Lacey Von Erich who hits the Von Erich Claw on Sarita.

I was disappointed with The Beautiful People for seemingly
turning, then I was disappointed that -- (when they invited their
opponents to the ring) -- they did the tired old
pretend-to-be-remorseful-then-jump-your-opponent trick.

I was -not- disappointed by Sky's appearance.

That reminds me... Was Rayne their "pet" that they kicked out? I
remember her being better looking.


| Eric Young vs Matt Morgan - If there was ever a match with no heat that
| no-one really wants to see it was going to be this, the match itself was
| going nowhere when Morgan did his usual move of dropping a leg across Youngs
| neck on the top rope then Morgan went to the floor to celebrate with the
| fans only to be nailed in the head with a chair by a fan dressed as Abyss
| (who had been in the front row for the whole show, I was going to mention
| him earlier) and the chair had "Abyss, use my chair" written on it. The fan
| scaled the guard rail & pulled off the Abyss mask to reveal it was actually
| Kurt Angle as the ref called for the bell so I assume the win went to Morgan
| on a DQ off outside interference which allowed the rest of The MEM to beat
| Eric Young but World Elite ran out to even things up with complete chaos. I
| did wonder how they were going to kill the last 13 minutes of the show but
| it turned out there was going to be another match.

Commercial breaks...and they were still brawling. Lame.


| 6 Man Tag Match, Brutus Magnus, Doug Williams (with Big Rob) & Rhino vs Team
| 3D & Bobby Lashley - Beer Money join the announce team for this match, by
| the time it got going there was only 7 minutes of show left so it was never
| really going to shape up to be any kind of decent match but I had my fingers
| crossed it wasn't going to turn into the 3rd shitty brawl of the night.
| Nothing worth calling in this match, Lashley took the win off a submission
| hold after Brutus Magnus tapped out.
|
| I'm not sure why they bothered with Samoa Joe jumping Lashley in the closing
| seconds of the show, it gets neither guy over.

He POOOUUUNNNCCCEEED on him! PERIOD.

Funny how WWE cloned TNA's "The Pounce" guy, got the "The Pounce"
guy, and now TNA has WWE's clone.

LOL at (not with) TNA management.


| Lacey Von Erich had a good debut and I look forward to seeing her 1st proper
| match and what kind of ring outfit they put her into.

She looks like she could be part of The Beautiful People, but can
she wrestle. Legacy (n.WWE) really does not mean much to me; I
need to see proof.
Raymond Daley
2009-10-03 17:21:07 UTC
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Post by Deadline
I am not liking this "Tara" character, which is
probably closer to her real personality.
Its exactly her real self, she even promo'ed her bike shop.
Post by Deadline
That reminds me... Was Rayne their "pet" that they kicked out? I
remember her being better looking.
She she was the one they got rid of but secretly didn't.
Post by Deadline
| Lacey Von Erich had a good debut and I look forward to seeing her 1st proper
| match and what kind of ring outfit they put her into.
She looks like she could be part of The Beautiful People, but can
she wrestle. Legacy (n.WWE) really does not mean much to me; I
need to see proof.
The jury is out there, I await her 1st match to see what skills (if any) she
has.
TNA haven't had a bad hire of a crappy worker in quite a while so I hope
this wont be a black mark on that record.
Woden
2009-10-10 16:51:08 UTC
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Post by Deadline
| Lacey Von Erich had a good debut and I look forward to seeing her 1st proper
| match and what kind of ring outfit they put her into.
She looks like she could be part of The Beautiful People, but can
she wrestle. Legacy (n.WWE) really does not mean much to me; I
need to see proof.
As I understand it, Lacey's in-ring ability is nowhere near as good as her
looks.....

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