TNA Impact Results 1/5/12

TNA Impact Taped Results for 1/5/12 via NoDq.Com

(Note: I am a harsher critique of TNA than WWE because I feel TNA is reading WCW/
ECW playbook. I also feel that too many guys are making the product look worse. This is
the first show of 2012 that does not show Hogan, Bischoff, or even Dixie Carter. I am not
a big fan of Sting but he's getting boring and old. So I hope these blogs will either make
me like TNA more or make me hate it even more.)

Gail Kim and Madison Rayne beat Mickie James and Traci Brooks in a solid Knockouts
match.(Why is it that TNA can make former WWE Divas look good? I guess because
they actually wrestle not look good for the men. Also Why is Madison Rayne so
annoying? This was a good match but still feel like Madison Rayne needs to shut the fuck up. )

Sting calls Jeff Hardy to the ring and gives him props for getting trust back. Sting
continues to put Hardy over and says he supports him 100%. Kurt Angle, Bully Ray and
Bobby Roode interrupt. James Storm eventually comes out with Abyss and interrupts
them. This sets up a six-man match for tonight's main event. (Sting is getting on my
nervous already for 2012. Jeffy Hardy is trying his damndest to clean up his act unlike his
brother. Angle needs to quit because his neck is going to break soon. Bully Ray sucks!
And Roode and Storm needs to wrestle more because they can give a good match. Abyss
is like WWE Kane, except Kane is getting cooler again. Weak last match...)

Gunner and Rob Van Dam wrestled until Gunner tried to piledrive RVD on the concrete
like he has been doing. RVD fought him off and officials ran down to make the save for
Gunner. (So who won? I did not think the pile driver was legal in wrestling anymore.
This is weak but it's a paycheck for RVD.)

Jesse Sorensen and Zema Ion beat Kid Kash and Austin Aries. (This is a good
match to watch but if not it is something to see on Botchamania.)

Samoa Joe and Magnus beat Kaz and AJ Styles in the finals of the Wild Card Tag Team
tournament. It appears Kaz is turning on AJ and joining Daniels as Kaz cost AJ the match
for their team. (This was a good match but saw the turn backstage.)

Abyss, James Storm and Jeff Hardy wrestled Bobby Roode, Kurt Angle and Bully Ray to
a no contest. The end of the match was chaos as Ray hung Abyss off the ring with a
chain, Roode applied the crossface on Hardy and Angle put Storm in the ankle lock to
end the show. (Weak last match. No winner? Why? This is getting to be a bad start to to
2012 for TNA but what else is new. )