Is it me, or are there WAY too fucking many squash matches at this taping? And why the fuck are Styles and Daniels jobbing due to interference from SHANNON MOORE? And where the fuck is Sting? And why am I ending everything with a question mark? Tune into Nitro... I mean Impact to find out!

A few observations here:


Why the hell are you having Earl Hebner observe matches? Is a WWE referee automatically big news in TNA?


I'm not really feeling the whole "after every match JJ/Monty attack Christian/Rhino or vice versa". To me that's extreme overkill.


I know you have to hype his return, but don't keep flashing the Sting icon over and over if there's going to be no sight of him whatsoever.

Otherwise, it all looks pretty solid. I'll have to see a few in action to make a judgment, though.

TNA probably thinks they can make money using him... stop laughing. As long as he doesn't get mic' time, I don't care. Most likely he'll become evil referee henchman of Jeff Jarrett, because Hebner is over and he isn't. :P

It's good to see that Storm wasn't seriously injured at the PPV.

As far as the squash matches. From now till the end of the year they'll be lucky to even sniff a .8 due to Christmas so why waste bigger matches on them. With that said there's some good sounding stuff on here. Christian/Harris, Joe/Lethal, Joe/Strong, Styles/Storm and Abyss/Sabin should be fun.

1. Harris sucks.
2. Squash
3. Squash
4. Storm sucks
5. I agree. Abyss/Sabin have good chemistry.

I don't think Storm's all that horrible. He's capable of doing some good work. I think him vs. AJ would be pretty good.

Actually Harris got a solo push in early 2004 and was weekly putting on *** matches with various opponents.

I disagree. I'm a little harsh on saying he sucks, but honestly, he's boring, and he does nothing to stand out. He's just "there." The winter-spring of 2004 was the last time I watched TNA regularly, and Harris' matches did nothing for me. Probably personal taste, but I didn't see anything in him that could be make him a main eventer.

He's not a main eventer. He could be a good upper mid-card guy though.

Once again, all the bashing seems to come from Kane's biggest fanboy.

At least I'm not a blind fanboy for a glorified Indy promotion that seems to not know how to fucking run a successful company.

"Watch TNA! Where all the best wrestlers play second fiddle to a middle-aged man who has never had any business being anywhere past the midcard level!"

Oh yes, and everyone that enters TNA is somehow associated with Jarrett.

Christian debuts. all of a sudden he's feuding with Jarrett... or is he? I don't know. TNA sucks at giving explanations.

Sting returns. He's feuding with Jarrett before he even makes an appearence.

Earl Hebner no doubt is going to be feuding with or associated with Jarrett too, because gosh darn it, it's in everyones contract.

Monty Brown is siding with Jarrett for no reason again.

AMW turns heel for no reason and is siding with Jarrett.

Gail Kim? Siding with Jarrett.

Team Canada is for no reason siding with Jarrett.

Jackie Gayda for no reason has something against... guess who? Jarrett.

Basically the entire fucking show revolves around Jeff fucking Jarrett. You remember, the wanna-be country singer who wanted to make it big in music by going through the WWF. I'm shocked Jarrett doesn't have a flunky going after the X-Division title... or am I spoiling their plans for Shannon Moore? I'm sure I forgot some people (like every old man like Nash, DDP, Savage) that TNA has brung in to feud with Jarrett. And A.J. Styles. And Jeff Hardy.

I think that's a bit harsh, but he does have a point. The wrestling speaks for itself, but a lot of the exposition they try to do has something to do with Jarrett. Everything they announce is "This was done to Jarrett's enemies by Jarrett's associates *insert name here*. It doesn't make sense in a lot of ways, and I don't particuarly enjoy Jarrett.

It's a bit harsh because when I'm called a fanboy (or a liar when I'm telling the truth), I see red and thus lose my head.

I'm tired of the Jeff Jarrett Parade. It effects the entire show because either you're feuding with/teaming with Jarrett or a Jobber no one cares about, and it makes for less enjoyment because when all is said and done, the final thing TNA makes you care about is El Kabong himself.

I should also point out I forgot Abyss and James Mitchell are somehow tied into things with Jarrett every other week too. And I thought WWF's booking in 1999 was a mess.

What was the deal with Killings and Bob Armstrong?

I agree with you about the show revolving too much around Jarrett. But ignoring all the good that the company is doing and all the good matches they're putting on just because of that is fucking stupid. I mean, why emphasise the negitive? I'm not saying pretend it's okay, because I agree with you about it needing to change, but to constantly bitch about it here instead of talking about some of the good stuff going on just annoys the fuck out of people. Just my .02. I'll butt back out now, because apparently nothing I say can be right anyway.

TNA does put on good matches. Problem: they do nothing that sticks in my mind, except Jeff Jarrett is their #1 "superstar", and he overshadows everything else.

Joe/Styles can wrestle all the great matches you want. If it's not memorable, it's not a classic. That's the difference between the "junk*" WWE does on PPV, and what TNA does. When WWE puts on a classic match, I remember it. If TNA does... I can't finish, because they haven't.

*-I'm not saying anyone here says that, but it's the general opinion*. "OMG! TNA Rules! WWE SUCKS!" Honestly, right now, Raw and Smackdown are far more entertaining (and memorable) than Impact, even when it's bad. If I want to watch 3 squash matches and Jarrett going over another midcarder, I'll watch an episode of Raw from 1994.

*2-This is really why I complain so much. I hear nothing but how great TNA is, and when I say something negative, suddenly I'm the bad guy. Everywhere. Not just here, but on almost every message board I go to, I'm Enemy #1 when it comes to TNA, because I dare point out everything I find wrong with the company.

For me it's less that you point it out, but more of the fact that it's ALL you ever contribute to the TNA discussion. At least that's my observation. Maybe it's a flawed one. But you have to admit, you do go out of your way to insult TNA and indy wrestlers. I can think of Joe and Punk right off the top of my head. If you don't like them, that's fine, but sometimes your posts just seem... I dunno the right word... juvinile. "THESE GUYS SUCK, YOU GUYS SUCK FOR LIKEING THEM" type stuff. Could just be me, I guess.

Come on... for example, if I'm insulting Billy Gunn, do I need to give an explanation? as for Joe, I say it all the time. TNA does nothing to make me care about him, and all he does is squash the same 3-4 people on Impact. And I basically make fun of CM Punk for the hell of it. I have nothing against him.

If I seem to "negative", maybe everyone else should realize they're being too positive. I'm just balancing it out, since the folder is covered for the positive department. I honestly can't remember the last time anyone said something bad about TNA here that doesn't inclue the words "Jeff" and "Jarrett."

Fair enough. This is the first time that I personally have seen your reasons against Joe, and they seem pretty valid. And I must have missed the humor with Punk. I guess I see where your coming from,but can you really blame people for wanting something other than the WWE to suceed? Can you blame them for being overly positive, just out of pure boredom with the WWE's product? I'm not saying it's not dumb of them to be over the top "WOO! TNA! TNA! TNA! BEST PPV EVER!", just that I can understand why people would want to focus on the postive aspects of the promotion rather than the negitive.

But if people ignore the negatives, where's the enjoyment in discussing it? It would be everyone just repeating the same thing over and over, with lots of "yups", "I agrees", and "that rules."

I'm not saying I'm negative intentionally, but I'll admit I'm less positive than normal in regards to TNA. I'm not sure if anyone notice, but I'm pretty much the exact opposite with WWE. Everyone is so negative, that it's pointless to do the same, so I try to focus more on the positives.

Armstrong wants to know if Killings is with Konnan or BG & Kip James

So you attempt to balance the fourms out? Is that really stating your true opinion, or are you basing your opinions on the feeligns of the fourms, being the opposite intentionally?

No, they're my true feelings. I just leave out the nice stuff, like my unproclaimed love for Abyss. And TNA needs to push Alex Shelley, god dammit! And maybe reform xXx. ;)

I understand where Scrooge is coming from. I agree that just talking about the positives is boring. But the problem is that Scrooge doesn't say much good about TNA, and when he does it's drowned out by the negative.

But I think he's made some good points in this thread. So I won't get on his case

Okay. I get what you're saying then Scrooge.

Hmm. I suddenly feel like I understand your posts more now, and they're less annoying.

And thus a new era on DWB began, where people stoped thing Scrooge was a fucking annoying faggot, and began thinking he was a mildly annoying queerbag.

Says you.

I've been owned by LFV. I feel so dirty, but I guess I had it coming. :(

That's such a common opinion on the net these days. And I really can't blame them. In some ways, Vince McMahon brought wrestling to an unimaginable height. But in some ways, he killed it.

Tis all in good fun. I actually do see some of your posts in a new light now, if that makes you feel any better.

Eh. I guess I can try to be more positive, but I think I'll cancel my review of Impact where I basically make fun of everything and point out every plot loophole. :P [/kidding... I wasn't going to do that]

It really wouldn't take much

Wait! How do we know that it's EARL Hebner??!!

It could be "Good Dave" instead of "Evil Earl". Y'know, when they were kids, Evil Earl would sneak down on Xmas morning and put his name on all of Good Dave's presents!