TNA Impact Review 6/14/12

Note: I will save all my comments until the end because I think it is time to show my dislike for the live TNA. Here's the show...........

Impact Zone: Mike Tenay and Taz set the stage for the show, noting the show is starting with Ultimate X for the X Division Title, the BFG Series is returning, and Roode will defend the TNA World Title against Mr. Anderson in the main event. Already in the ring for the Ultimate X match were Chris Sabin and Zema Ion. X champ Austin Aries was then introduced for his next title defense.

Austin Aries vs. Chris Sabin (Ultimate X Match for X Division Title)

Winner: Aries.

Devon vs. Hernandez for the TNA TV Title

Winner: Devon

12-Man Gauntlet Battle Royal: BFG Series Match (20 Points at Stake)

After some back-and-forth between Hardy and Styles, Rob Van Dam came out as the third entrant. Van Dam executed trademark high-flying offense before they cut to break with RVD posing in the ring. Commercial Break.

Back live, Bully Ray's music was playing to bring out Ray as the fifth entrant. During the break, Magnus entered as the fourth entrant, and there were no eliminations. Ray eventually hit the ring and did some damage before Kurt Angle entered as #6. Angle cleaned house before focusing on Ray to stomp a mudhole in him in the corner. Still no eliminations.

"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero's music played to bring out a returning Pope as #7. Tenay said he's been away doing TV and movies. Pope cleaned house before Ray attacked him from behind to cut off Pope's momentum. Hardy, who had been selling an injury after the break, was eliminated for the first cut of the evening. Suddenly, Abyss appeared from under the ring and yanked Ray over the top rope as everyone watched. Apparently that's legal in TNA, so Hardy and Ray are out. Chaos resumed leading to a break. Commercial Break.

Back live, Robbie E. was in the ring as the eighth entrant, and there were no eliminations during the break. Suddenly, RVD was eliminated. Daniels then came out as the ninth entrant. Daniels pointed to the crowd, walked into the ring, and ate a springboard forearm smash from an angry Styles. Styles suddenly and accidentally nailed Angle in the head with a Pele kick when Daniels ducked, then Daniels tossed a distracted Styles over the top rope. Moments later, Angle was eliminated at Styles's feet, ending the night for the new tag champs. Styles tried to give Angle some aid leading to the top of the hour.

Samoa Joe's music played at the top of the hour to bring out entrant #10. Joe walked right up to Robbie and eliminated him, then lit up Magnus with a chop. The former tag champs had a staredown center-ring, then traded blows before Magnus landed a big boot. But, Joe pulled down the top rope and Magnus went flying to the outside for another elimination. Joe, Daniels, and Pope were left in the ring.

The final entrant (#11) was James Storm, who eliminated Pope right away, then teed off on Daniels as Joe sold in the corner. Storm eliminated Pope, leaving Joe and Storm. Tenay then passed along a word that whoever does not win the TNA World Title match later tonight will be the 12th man in the BFG Series. Joe and Storm battled on the ring apron, then Storm landed a Last Call Superkick to send Joe off the ring apron to the floor and win. Storm gets 20 points.

Winner: Storm

Miss Tessmacher vs. Madison Rayne (Non-title match)

Back in the Impact Zone, Rayne came out first to face the new Knockouts champion fresh off her title victory at Slammiversary. Rayne quickly took control of the match, then Tessmacher came back with successive offense. Rayne cut off Tessmacher, but Tessmacher hit a legsweep finisher for the pin and the win.

Winner: Tessmacher

Bobby Roode vs. Mr. Anderson (World Heavyweight Championship)

Winner: Roode

Sting took the microphone and said it is obvious that Slammiversary will go down in history as one of the greatest nights he has ever experienced in pro wrestling. He said that for the two week leading up to Slammiversary, all he wanted to do was take a chunk out of Roode’s hind, and he did. He said that to be the first inductee into the Hall of Fame means a lot to him. He said that up on that stage, there were many others that deserved the honor. He thanked Jerry and Jeff Jarrett for starting TNA. He then tried to thank Dixie Carter. Three masked men ran into the ring and attacked Sting. He tried to escape, but couldn’t get away. The crowd chanted for Hogan as they put the boots to Sting. The show went off the air with Sting being beaten.



Final Thoughts: Usually, I would have comments after each match. I decided to save my comments because I hate live TNA. I think it is because live TNA sucks to me. Fuck you Spike for fucking up the process. WWE Smackdown is different because when it is live, it does not suck as bad as tonight's TNA. I think TNA needs to change things. Phase out Hogan and Sting. Get rid of Devon and Bully Ray. Old men need to go away. Young guys need to be the power in TNA. Also, Dixie Carter need to stay off TV! I think this angle with her and AJ Styles is going to suck. I hope next week is better but this show as a whole sucked.


Gene The Grappler

WWE Raw Review 6/11/12

Note: This is a three hour show. This is the precursor to the three hour era that will start in July. I think going three hours is a joke. Plus all the guys from NXT and Developmental will be burnt out quick. Nice to see some changes but we need better ones. Here's WWE Raw........

Opening Segment: Johnny Ace comes out to speak his mind but was interrupted by the man himself: Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Vince McMahon comes out to a loud pop. Nice to see Vinny Mac. He says Johnny Ace needs to put on good matches tonight or he's fired.
(Nice way to start this long ass show. I love seeing Vince on TV. Just like seeing Steph or Linda. If Shane came back, holy shit. )

Match#1: Sheamus vs. Tensai - Non Title Match
Winner: Sheamus
(Sheamus warms up to face a new opponent since ADR is out because of a concussion. New #1 contender will be named later. This was a good match. Still sad to see a champion starting off the show. We all know that WHC title is a joke at times. Nice match to start the show. )

Match#2: Ricardo Rodriguez and Beth Phoenix vs. Layla and Santino Marella.
Winners: RR and Beth
(Where to start? I want to see divas wrestling not this shit. I like RR and Santino but don't drag the ladies in this shit. WWE is going to piss me off not having good divas matches. TNA at least show that women can wrestle. I wanted to like this match but I did not. Damn you WWE. )

Match#3: Dolph Ziggler vs. Jack Swagger vs. Great Khali vs. Christian - #1 Contender for the WHC title.
Winner: Dolph Ziggler
(Good match. Ziggler is a total heel. He's a showoff. I loved every second of this match. I loved that these guys actually wrestle through. Dolph needs more shot of titles because he's that fucking good. )

Match#4: Ryback vs. Two Jobbers
Winner: Ryback
(I feel sorry for these jobbers only because these guys are fresh from wrestling school. I also feel sorry for my intelligence for watching this shit. Most of these matches are filled with kids and slaughtering them. )

Match#5: Big Show vs. Kofi Kingston - Steel Cage Match
Winner: Big Show
(This was like watching a midget get the shit beat by a giant. Kofi fought through it but he was fucked. Big Show basically made this a warm up for John Cena this weekend. Big Show also KOed R-Truth prior to this match.)

Match#6: Sin Cara vs. Curt Hawkins
Winner: Sin Cara
(No bothches. This was a good match. Curt Hawkins is getting to the point of no return in mid card hell. I want him to finally feud with Zack Ryder. I also want to see Sin Cara vs. Rey once Rey is back.

Match#7: Vader vs. Heath Slater
Winner: Vader
(Holy shit! I was marking out to see this man come out of retirement to beat Slater. Vader is a shock to me because he is retired from wrestling. Slater made this match look good. I guess Vader time came back for one night only. Now I want to see Sunny come out of retirement or ever see Trish and Lita team up. Holy shit........)

Match#8: AJ and CM Punk vs. Kane and Daniel Bryan
Winners: CM Punk and AJ
(AJ was a sweet little girl. Now she's fucking psycho. This little girl not only scared the shit out of me but the entire WWE Universe. CM Punk looked at her like she was mental. Not only did this girl kiss Kane but scared him out of the ring. Daniel Bryan had a look of WTF!. Good match until AJ got involved. )

Main Event: Vince McMahon was about to fire Johnny Ace but Big show comes out. Then John Cena. We get an epic clusterfuck and we saw Big Show KO Mr. McMahon. End of Show.
(Good news is that this was the best way to end the show. Bad news is that we wont see Johnny Ace get fired until the PPV this sunday. Big Show is a heel. I still like him. This might be a good PPV match but we know Johnny won't be fired. )

Final Thoughts: The show as a whole was good. No real matches until the end. This is going to be a rough couple weeks to watch WWE Raw. I hope Smackdown is better. I also think that we might be seeing a shitload of new talent appear on Raw and Smackdown. Until TNA Impact, I am off to watch some old school Vader matches.



Gene The Grappler

TNA Slammiversary PPV Review 6/10/12

Note:


Opening Segment: Hogan opens the PPV. Video package of past TNA Slammiversary PPVs. Opening match is an X Division Match.
(Moving on.......)

Match#1: Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries - X Division Title Match

Winner: Austin Aries

(This was a good match. Joe was an X Division title holder. Love to see old vs. new. No complaints here about this match because it was a four star match. Thank you for this gem TNA. )

Match#2: Kid Kash vs. Hernandez

Winner: Hernandez

(No comments. This was boring to me. )

Match#3: Robbie E & T vs. Garrett & Devon

Winners: Garrett and Devon

(No comment. Moving on.)

Match#4: Anderson vs. Hardy vs. RVD - #1 Contenders Match

Winner: Mr. Anderson

(Thank you TNA for giving an asshole a title shot. This was good even though RVD is there for the check and Jeff Hardy is never going to be trusted for anything in TNA again. I love Anderson but hated Kennedy.)

Match#5: Crimson vs. James Storm

Winner: James Storm

(OMG! Crimson lost a fucking match. Thank you James Storm! I knew it would happen. Good job with this TNA.)

Match#6: Gail Kim vs. Tessmacher - TNA Knockout Title Match

Winner: Miss Tessmacher - New Champ

(I am sad to see my girl lose her title but she was a good champ. Tessmacher is going to lose this title soon. She is not as good as Tara or Gail Kim. Good job ladies.)

Match#7: Joseph Park vs. Bully Ray

Winner: Joseph Park

(I am glad to see this did not end in a clusterfuck. I am glad this was a decent match. Thank you TNA for not allowing Bully Ray to not fuck this match up. Thank you god we saw something different. )

Match#8: Angle & Styles vs. Kaz & Daniels

Winner: AJ and Angle - New Champs

(Thank you god for this. New champs. Kaz and Daniels did do a good job with those titles. Also happy to see that the bullshit drama with AJ Styles and Dixie was not in this match. )

Main Event: Bobby Roode vs. Sting

Winner: Bobby Roode

(Thank you TNA for not fucking this main event up. I guess we will see a better match on Impact with Roode and Anderson. )

Final Thoughts: This was suppose to be a good PPV for TNA because they been on the air and PPVs for ten years. Most of the matches were good but the ending did suck. I am sorry for the lack of enthusiasm in my comments but I came into this PPV with high expectations and got fucked over. The X Division match and the KO match was the good and the end was the shitty. See you guys for WWE Raw. At least Mr. McMahon is coming back on TV.





Gene The Grappler

WWE Smackdown Review 6/8/12

Note: This is the last Smackdown before seeing WWE Raw. We will know if Johnny Ace will be fired or promoted next week. I doubt this will be a good show. I want it to be because I have high hopes for WWE. I just want to see wrestling not bullshit. Here's WWE Smackdown.

Opening Segment: Alberto Del Rio opens with a recap of his attack on Sheamus on Raw. Sheamus’s music hits, but it’s Rodriguez dressed up like Sheamus, including bright white tights and shirt to emulate Sheamus’s skin. Rodriguez does a hilarious imitation of Sheamus as Del Rio interviews him. Sheamus comes out and the two fight up the ramp.
(Really? This is not how I would start the show. Really? ADR doing comedy now? RR is the foil? This is total bullshit. I hated this segment and thanked god that we moved on from it. )

Match#1: Alberto Del Rio defeated The Great Khali
(I call bullshit on this match only because they are hyping that ADR is going to be dominate in the match with Sheamus in two weeks at the PPV. Khali might be the next giant to turn heel again and go nuts on the fans. )

Match#2: Brodus Clay defeated Derrick Bateman
(Brodus is evolving into a better character. Thank you Big Show for snapping some sense in him. Just when I though he changed, he got kids in the ring. WTF! Really WWE?)

Match#3: Sin Cara defeated Drew McIntyre
(No botches. Damn you Sin Cara! Good match. Better than last weeks bullshit match with Hunico.)

Match#4: Ryback defeated Two Jobbers
(Ryback is going to kill all the little kids before he gets some real competition. I feel sorry for these kids only because they got jobbed.)

Match#5: Christian defeated Dolph Ziggler
(The Show Off is losing his appeal. Christian is going to be heel soon. Cody Rhodes will get the IC title back. Nothing else can be said.)

Match#6: Antonio Cesaro defeated Jimmy Uso
(No Comment!)

Main Event: Sheamus defeated Kane via DQ

(Boring. Boring. Boring. Moving on.)

Final Thoughts: My heart was not into most of the show. I kinda changed channels a lot. I guess I lost interest in Smackdown. I hope WWE Raw is better. I also hope this TNA PPV is good. See you all for the TNA PPV and WWE Raw.








Gene The Grappler

TNA Impact Review 6/7/12

Note: This is the second live show. I hate TNA live shows because they don't know what to do. Most of the segments seemed like they were rushed or out of sync. I know I bitch a lot but this is one reason why. Put on something good not something shitty. I guess we will start the show.........


Opening Segment: The drama between Dixie, AJ Styles, Daniels, and Kaz. Serge KOs AJ after finding out he's the other man.
(If I wanted to watch soap opera, I would watch Days of Our Lives. This is bullshit. This is like Vince and Sable or Vince and Trish. Please move on........)

Match#1: Crimson vs. Austin Aries
Winner: Crimson
(This was total bullshit. Aries should have won. Crimson is trying hard to be like Goldberg and have a streak. What the fuck is going on with wrestling with streaks? Crimson will lose eventually. I am mad to have watched this match.)


Match#2: Velvet Sky vs. Brooke Tessmacher vs. Tara vs. Mickie James - #1 Contender to the KO title
Winner: Brooke T.
(I love Gail Kim. I love to see her really wrestle. I loved this match because I saw Gail Kim but to also see some real womens wrestling. Plus seeing these women wrestle is better than the models on WWE TV. Thank you TNA for this great match.)


Match#3: Devon vs. Robbie E. - TV Title Match
Winner: Devon
(I have said that Devon and Bully Ray need to go. I have said that Robbie E and Robbie T needs to get new gimmicks. Garrett B. needs to get some more training. This was a clusterfuck. I am going to lose my mind watching this match because it is deja vu with a twist. )

Main Event: Kaz, Daniels, and Bobby Roode vs. Kurt Angle, AJ Styles, and Sting.
Winners: Team Sting
(Ok match. Enough to hype the PPV this weekend. Nothing else. Typical ending.)

Final Thoughts: I hate live TNA. I hate it because the botches are there. I hate it because it is going to backfire. I hate they went live. Bully Ray fighting a lawyer? Really? AJ is messing with a married woman? Really? A triple threat for the #1 contender for the TNA title? Really? I feel like it is repetition at its best in TNA. This PPV celebrates the 10 years that TNA been in business. Sad to say that TNA will not be around for 20 years. See you all for WWE Smackdown.





Gene The Grappler

WWE Raw Review 6/4/12

Note: So Super Cena is coming back to WWE TV tonight. I am kinda happy to see him because I think he is the only thing aside from CM Punk to keep me watching WWE TV. So I hope to see more good wrestling and     less bullshit and drama. Here's WWE Raw......


Opening Segment: Michael Cole interviews John Cena in the ring. Cena does his stick and Cole acts like a huge asshole. Johnny Ace comes to tell Cena that he could face anyone except Big Show and Johnny Ace. Cena picks Cole.
(This might be interesting because Cole could be out of action or we could see Big Show come out. I want to see this because Cole needs to be embarrassed and also humiliated. )

Match#1: Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner: Sheamus
(This was a good match for the most part. Typical match for Sheamus. At least Ziggler got a shot at the champ. I guess we will see a feud with Ziggler and Swagger soon. As for Sheamus, I was pissed that ADR came out to break the arm. Too real for me. )

Match#2: Sin Cara vs. Hunico
Winner: Sin Cara
(No botches this week. I am happy to see this match but hated that I had to sit through it. Ok match but we will move on.)


Match#3: Arthur Rosenburg and Stan Stanski vs. Ryback
Winner: Ryback
(Goldberg rip off #550. Moving on. )


Match#4: Kane vs. CM Punk - WWE Title Match
Winner: Kane
(Good match. Love the ending. AJ is a psycho bitch. Kane ran from her. Triple threat match will be interesting. )


Match#5: Kofi Kingston and R-Truth vs. Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins
Winners: Little Jimmy in Paradise
(So so match. I guess Little Jimmy is happy. )

Match#6: John Cena vs. Tensai
Winner: John Cena
(This was the primer for the main event. I loved the hype and loved that this was a good match. Nice to see Tensai used as an enforcer. This made me want to see the end.)

Main Event: John Cena vs. Michael Cole
Winner: John Cena
(This was the TV version of the match with Cena and Johnny Ace. This was funny and crazy. I love that Tensai came out to screw Cena but at the end it was Cena not Super Cena. Ok match for the ending. )


Final Thoughts: The ending made this episode the best I have ever seen. I am happy that this ended in a comedic fashion. No Big Show, that's good. John Cena was not Super Cena. We even got to see Ryback kill two little boys. No Santino but we did see little Jimmy. No Brodus but we got see some good wrestling. I think WWE sees my blogs but I doubt it. Good night and good show for the most part. Vince will be back next week. Until TNA Impact..........










Gene The Grappler

WWE Smackdown Review 6/1/12

Note:

Opening Segment: SmackDown opens up with World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus. He talks about No Way Out and Alberto Del Rio. David Otunga comes out and demands an apology for Sheamus running over John Laurinaitis two weeks ago. Sheamus refuses and out comes Del Rio. Otunga announces that Del Rio will be able to pick the opponent for Sheamus tonight. Otunga ends up laid out after a Brogue Kick and Del Rio flees the ring.

Match#1: Sin Cara vs. Heath Slater
Winner: Sin Cara
(No botches. Nice match. Good way to start off WWE Smackdown.)

Match#2: Ezekiel Jackson vs. Damien Sandow
Winner: Damien Sandow
(This was boring. Sad to see Zeke job to the new guy. The new guy needs better competition.)

Match#3: Ryback vs. Ryan Shelton and Chris Lyons
Winner: Ryback
(At least the jobbers' names were mentioned. This was a waste of time for me the viewer and WWE for putting this shit on TV. )

Match#4: Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner: Sheamus
(At least Ziggler got a non title match. I hope he dumps Swagger or Vickie soon. Good match. Thank you WWE for putting this match on TV.)

Match#5: Zack Ryder and Santino Marella vs. Darren Young and Titus O'Neil
Winners: Ryder and Santino
(This was a good match. Nice to see Ryder on TV. He wants to come back to WWE Raw but he got WWE Smackdown. At least he's on TV. Don't care about Big Show now that he sold out. We all know how this will play out. Moving on. )

Match#6: Cody Rhodes vs. Tyson Kidd
Winner: Cody Rhodes
(Nothing to say. Good match. IC title match soon with Christian and Cody Rhodes. )

Main Event: WWE Title Match - CM Punk vs. Kane
Winner: No Contest.
(DB comes to be a DB. Kane chokes both of them. NWO PPV will have a triple threat match with all three men. )


Final Thoughts: I know my comments were short and sweet but I think it is because most of the show was good except the beginning. I guess after TNA Impact the other night, I am happy to see more matches and less bullshit. Sad to say that WWE Raw will not be like this. So until Monday, see you guys later.






Gene The Grappler

Funniest Thing Ever Seen on WWE TV - Episode 7

I love compilation videos. This is a year in review for 2011.

Funniest Thing Ever Seen on WWE TV - Episode 6

I love that WWE has put their shows on Youtube. This will make you laugh but also see something cool.

TNA Impact Review 5/31/12

Note: This is the first of many TNA Impacts to be live rather than taped. No more spoilers! I love spoilers because it tells us what to watch and what to avoid watching. I can't wait to see them go back to tape so we can rip them for doing some stupid shit. So here's the first of many live TNA live shows.

Opening Segment: We see the whole TNA roster surrounding the ring. Tenay and Tazz is welcoming us to the show.
(This is ok for a start to show us how united TNA is for this bold move. I love seeing how small the Impact Zone is. Reminiscent of WCW Saturday Night and WCW Worldwide. The memories.....)

Match#1: Lumberjack Match - Sting vs. Bobby Roode

Winner: Sting

(I like Bobby Roode. I love that he is the king of the hill in TNA. I love that he's the champ. Why Sting? This is what I speak about when it come to letting the younger talent shine and letting go of the older ones. We have seen Sting and his stick. I am tired of it. I rather have seen old WCW footage from him wrestling Flair. I guess if you can't give a young guy the push then go to Sting. This was a boring match. We all knew Sting was going to win. Moving on. )

Match#2: TNA X Division Title Match - Chris Sabin vs. Austin Aries

Winner: Austin Aries

(This match was worth seeing. I love the X Division. I love that we see the lighter guys wrestle. WWE needs to do something because some of the big men are getting older and slower. I would watch this and other X Division matches over just to see something fresh.)

Match#3: TNA Television Title Match - Jeff Hardy vs. Devon

Winner: No Contest

(I don't care if Robbie E. and Robbie T. came to beat on Devon. Don't care that Jeff Hardy saved Devon. I do care to see that title off Devon ASAP. I want to see a triple threat or a four way match for this title ASAP. Hell, make this match in a steel cage. Please let this title be for the young kids not the old man that has a school and kids to feed. )

Main Event: AJ Styles vs. Daniels

Winner: AJ Styles

(This was a good match. TNA Originals doing what they do best: wrestle. I think even though I am not a huge fan of TNA but I can see the appeal that TNA has for some people. The ending was funny because of the angle with AJ and Dixie Carter. Dixie is going to end up like Stephanie McMahon with the power trip and also her new squeeze being a wrestler. )

Final Thoughts: I am so pissed that this show was two hours and had four matches. I am pissed that there will be no more spoilers. I am pissed that there was no KO title match, tag team match, or even EY and ODB. I am going to move on and see what WWE can do for me. See you all for WWE Smackdown. At least that's still taped.






Gene The Grappler