2011, TNA Turning Point PPV Results
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Quick Results from the Pay-Per-View:
TV Championship: Robbie E Def. Eric Young
Tag Team Championship: Mexican America and Sarita Def. Ink Inc and Toxxin
X-Division Championship: Austin Aries Def. Jesse Sorensen & Kid Kash
No DQ Match: Rob Van Dam Def. Christopher Daniels
Undefeated Streak: Crimson & Matt Morgan disqualified
Tag Team Match: Mr. Anderson & Abyss Def. Bully Ray & Scott Steiner
Knockouts Championship: Gail Kim Def. Velvet Sky
Challenge Match: Jeff Hardy Def. Jeff Jarrett
World Heavyweight Championship: Bobby Roode def. AJ Styles
Results from the Turning Point Pay-Per-View
TV Championship:
After the match going back and forth between Robbie E and Eric Young, with Young shedding a few layers of pants… Eric Young brought it to the top ropes diving onto Robbie E and giving him the advantage, however, Robbie E managed to pick up the win after Robbie T interfered in the match by taking out Eric Young allowing Robbie E to get the pin and become the new Television Champion!
World Tag Team Championship:
This mixed tag match started out with only the men competing and each team doing everything they could to get the 3 count. Jesse Neal sporting a red, white and blue mohawk, speared Hernandez and with the two reaching for the tag they both finally tagged in Toxxin and Sarita. After Hernandez interrupted a near pinfall on Toxxin, Ink, Ink. seemed to gain control, however, even after ripping down the pants of Anarquia ,Mexican America picked up the win afteroutside interference allowed Sarita to pin Toxxin.
X Division Championship:
This was an extremely physical match by these competitors. It started with Kash and Aries trying to take out Sorensen and doing whatever they could to make it happen. They stuck to the mat to start, however, Sorensen quickly took it to the air with an impressive dive outside of the ring onto Aries and Kash. It wasn’t long before it went back to the 2 on one scenario against Sorensen. After a couple near pinfalls by Kash, Aries told Kash to stick to the plan so he could keep his belt , though this didn’t seem to be something Kash was entirely on board with. After a suplex and a neck breaker Kash had Sorensen pinned but Aries on the outside put his foot on the rope to stop the count. While arguing with the Ref Aries came from behind for a roll up on Kash to get the 3 count and retain the X Division title.
No DQ Match:
After Christopher Daniels formed a gentleman’s agreement with RVD to make it a regular match, Daniels started out in control by striking when RVD’s guard was down. When things seemed to stop going the way Daniels wanted he attempted to leave but did not make it far with RVD in tow. Despite Daniels making the match a regular match he brought into play a chair and disregarded the agreement he just made before the start of the match. Favor seemed to go back and forth for the majority of this bout, however, RVD came ahead as both the crowd favorite and the top contender in this match despite Daniel’s unfair methods and was able to pick up the 3 count and win after a 5 star frog splash.
Undefeated Streak:
These two giants started out with brutal blows and appropriately a test of strength. As the match progressed Crimson showed amazing resilience to the blows Morgan was dishing out. Morgan was unleashing many of his signature moves that would typically decimate his opponents but they did little to slow down the undefeated Crimson, even after the Carbon Footprint, Crimson could not be pinned. Morgan did show much resilience from Crimson as well which showed these two opponents to be quite evenly matched. Crimson and Morgan resorted to exchanging punches and it eventually led to a stoppage by the ref after both threw him to the ground for a double disqualification.
Tag Team Match:
Steiner and Ray worked together to weaken Mr. Anderson with a good old fashion beatdown. After the ref missed a tag from Anderson to Abyss the beating continued as Abyss looked on. Finally Abyss managed to get tagged in and cleaned house on Steiner and Ray. After Anderson was nearly pinned the ref said Abyss was tagged in who promptly went for the blackhole slam on Steiner and got the pin to pick up the win.
Knockouts Championship:
This match started out strong with the two competitors going back and forth however, due to a distraction from Karen Jarrett, Rayne was able to interfere unnoticed and hit Sky and almost allowing Kim to land a splash off the top rope. When Sky was distracted it allowed for Gail Kim to hit Sky and get the pin to become the new Knockout’s Champion.
Challenge Match:
The match started out with Jarrett waiting in anticipation to start. Though it was short lived as Hardy enlisted a series of moves and finished Jarrett off with a Twist of Fate to get the Pin. Jarrett demanded that the match be restarted and Hardy obliged. After much back and forth Hardy came out victorious for the second time. Jarrett would not accept this and went after Hardy and forced him back into the ring where after what seemed to be a sure pin for Jarrett was reversed by Hardy for a third pin!
World Heavyweight Championship:
In the main event for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, new champion Bobby Roode defended against “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles. Roode tried to take advantage with his power early on, but AJ gained momentum with his high-flying skills. In the end, after a back and forth battle, AJ Styles went for the Styles Clash finisher, but Roode reversed it and with a handful of tights, got the 3 count and retained the championship! Another cheap win for Roode – and an underhanded win he’ll certainly have to address on Thursday’s IMPACT on SpikeTV!
Early RAW Ratings Data, Slaughter/NASCAR, Boogeyman
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– On Sunday, Sgt. Slaughter will be the Grand Marshall of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Homestead, FL.
– As noted earlier, WWE Monday Night Raw tapes in Boston, MA on March 5th. The pre-sale begins tomorrow and the code for the sale is RAW.
– On November 19th, The Boogeyman is doing a signing this Saturday at the Wrestling Universe store in Queens, NY. For details, call 718-460-2777.
– The early numbers on last night’s episode of Raw have it averaging 4.7 million over the three hour period and just under five million for the standard two hour period. Ted Linhart, an executive for USA, tweeted the following: Key 18-49 demo 8:00 p.m.=2.1M (best 8:00 p.m. Raw hour since June 09) 9:00 p.m.=2.55M (best since May) 10:00 p.m.=2.6M (best since April)… Full Raw show=2.44M P18-49 & 4.7M total viewers making USA #1 cable ent. net by large margins, attracting more men than some bdcasters.
Jericho Not Returning? Scott Hall In Rehab, Future Endeavored T-Shirt, Vince’s Presidential Donation
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- Chris Jericho wrote the following on Twitter:
“Let me get something straight…I will never wrestle for the WWE again. But there is some big news coming up in the world of dance…”
It’s highly likely that he’s just causing a stir.
- Scott Hall has checked in for another WWE sponsored rehab session. Oddly he was picked up in a Limo.
- WWE have released a John Laurinaitis t-shirt, with “Future Endeavored” written on the front and John’s name on the back.
- Vince McMahon has donated $2,500 to Mitt Romney’s United States Presidential campaign.
WZR Radio **ON-AIR-NOW** – Breaking WWE/TNA News & **SPOILERS**!!
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Jeff Hardy talks about his legal situation
Jeff Hardy talk about their current legal status:
"I my 10 days am I in intensive probation right now have, but it's great that I am still at work, when I'm home, I have to do with a curfew... are in six." I cannot be in the company after six. Two months later, four months, so I looked at. I have then regular 30-month suspended prison sentence. I have followed the path. It was a difficult and dark time in my life, and it was a lot of stress, but I feel better, that I am finally on, the "."
"I think that rings are always somehow part of my life way back go, yes there is doubt that after my arrest ' Oh my God, my life is over". The initial fear is folly. It's really intense, but as time goes by, things continued. Wrestling will be always part of my life. It was a little doubt, but never Accelerator Fund. ”
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Eddie Guerrero Tributo lächelndes
Day 6 years we were given the message tragic World Wrestling, the death of a great fighter, a warrior's death, the death of the great Eddie Guerrero.
Eddie was dead in the bathroom of room of the Marriott Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, November 13, 2005 found. His remains were in Phoenix, Arizona buried, place where thought to in with his family after his friend accompany retired wrestler "Superstar" Billy Graham. It is believed that Guerrero service alarm times that day at seven o'clock in the morning, but have no answer in his room, his nephew Chavo Guerrero, Jr. tried hotel, planned to call him, without this objective. Because of this the security personnel hotel opened the door, finding Warrior dead. WWE confirmed in a press conference.
For many of your friends already seemed strange that before his death he longer times of his wife (Vicky Guerrero), which was wrong said warriors and felt exhausted. After the doctors autopsy confirmed that he died due to an attack and that he already suffered from heart problems, it gives Cansara by his demanding profession of the wrestler. The widow of Guerrero of the coroner of the Hennepin County in an interview for the website of the WWE made it clear, he reiterated the problem of the heart as the cause of his death.
Chavo Guerrero said, that Eddie hard, training was what made him very tired physically. Stephanie McMahon, told a press conference, that was only 2 days after his death, Eddie against Batista and Randy Orton, administration, to his first World Heavyweight Championship win.
Rest in peace Eddie Guerrero, the family of wweenvivo.com reminds you a warrior that always were.
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Cartelera y Peleas para el PPV de TNA “Turning Point” 2011
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JEFF JARRETT vs. JEFF HARDY
CRIMSON vs. MATT MORGAN
GAIL KIM vs. VELVET SKY
(TNA KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP)
INK INC vs. MEXICAN AMERICA
(TNA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP)
CHRISTOPHER DANIELS vs. ROB VAN DAM
(PELEA SIN DESCALIFICACIÓN)
SCOTT STEINER y BULLY RAY vs. ABYSS y MR. ANDERSON
AJ STYLES vs. BOBBY ROODE
(TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP)
ROBBIE E vs. ERIC YOUNG
(TNA TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP)
KID KASH vs. AUSTIN ARIES vs. JESSE SORENSEN
(TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP)
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WWE RAW November 14 results.
With the presence of the rock as a full protagonist the same:
Segment in the Jim Ross Michael Cole in various challenges (pretty ridiculous, by the way) defeated. CM Punk, John Laurinaitis appears, even advertises so important fight for tonight: CM Punk and big show vs. Mark Henry and Alberto del Rio. After a small conversation, CM Punk ends up making the Anaconda Vice Cole.
Hunico on face and Kofi Kingston and Cody Rhodes.
Zack Ryder is looking for volunteers the contenders for the US title. In the meantime, Ziggler vs announced by Vickie Guerrero as a new Member of the 5. 5 instead of Christian.
Mason Ryan about Dolph Ziggler by disqualification due to interference from Vickie. John Morrison appears later in favour of the British.
Featured Mick Foley, who signed the request for Zack Ryder. Later leaves to a promo on dinner and the rocks, which the Navy to respond. Foley brings a video style "This is your life" from own dinner, including moments with her father or with Bull Buchanan (which began in the WWe are displayed). As a second, is the guest rock the rock bottom Foley, and leaves.
Sheamus on Jack swagger (c/Vickie Guerrero).
Kelly Kelly (c/Alicia Fox and Eve) to Natalya (c/Beth Phoenix).
Alberto del Rio (c/Ricardo Rodriguez) and Mark Henry big show and CM Punk with the world's strongest slam is even though this makes the account Alberto.
Segment between Santino, Kevin Nash, and the attacks of the "Italian" and calls for the presence of triple h.
Randy Orton (c/team Orton) to Wade Barrett (c/team Barrett) through errors of the companions of Barrett. Finally, it that Hunico, which was just Cacho with an RKO is caught.
Last segment with the rock. It starts with the awesome truth and later with dinner in a battle of egos. Finally at the end both attacks on the Miz and killings, although better are the rock comes. The last segment ends with a Visual confrontation between them and little else.
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Superbad Star Hosting Raw, Smackdown Rating, Michael Tarver At Impact, Maria Returning?
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- Actor Jonah Hill of films such as Knocked Up and Superbad will be guest hosting next week’s Raw supershow.
- Last week’s episode of WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew a 1.95 rating, with 2.95 million viewers. That’s down from the previous week’s 2.19 number.
- Former WWE star Michael Tarver was backstage at last night’s Impact Wrestling tapings. He was not used on the show so was probably just visiting friends or inquiring about a future spot.
- Former WWE Diva Maria has stated that she’s training to return to the ring, but hasn’t specified which promotion she’ll be working for. TNA is an obvious speculation, but there are the odd Indy shows that would pay her well for one time gigs.
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Primera sección Evolución de luchadores
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así es esta es mi primera sección como la han tenido muchos redactores tratare de hacerla cada viernes y se trata de las distintas facetas de un luchador como face ,heel o neutro Durante toda su carrera .Empezando con el luchador del momento CM Punk .
Empezando por su papel en ROH (ring of honor) primero siendo face y radicalmente cambiando a heel , muchos datos de su época en roh no tengo pero su apariencia era está siempre tubo su papel cómo straight edge :
Una vez su paso por ROH se unió a TNA donde no se le permitió tener mas de una promoción, lamentablemente tampoco supe mucho de su paso por tna , pero paso mas tiempo en ROH con su mejor amigo Colt Cabana su look en TNA Wrestling era el siguiente :
Ya entrando en datos que si manejo WWE le ofresio un contrato primero en ECW donde en lo particular creo que punk desarrollo su mejor personaje como face .CM Punk permaneció invicto en la ECW donde tubo un rol fundamental hasta el cierre de dicha empresa su estilo era este:
Después de ECW fue transferido a la marca roja Raw durante el draft donde canjeo su maletín después de una serie de sucesos, fue transferido a smackdown Recordando que punk todavía era face paso siendo heel tras canjear otro maletín ganado gracias al MITB utilizandolo contra el aclamado Jeff Hardy donde tubo un giro a heel donde formo el S.E.S :
Luego de un largo periodo como heel fue nuevamente transferido a raw para formar otro grupo llamado Nexus donde también marco un punto culmine en su carrera teniendo una gran rivalidad contra John Cena :
Posterior a esto desarrollo su feudo contra “John Boy” como lo llamaba a Cena involucrando a Vince en sus asuntos , dejando a nexus y pidiendo una lucha contra cena en su ciudad natal chicago donde hasta hoy es muy querido y aclamado por muchos tanto así que supero a las ventas de Cena dando un giro al parecer no definido como el ” mejor en el mundo” :
Espero les allá gustado esta sección para poder mantenerla si tienen alguna sugerencia a otro wrestler pueden hacerla en comentarios en esta ocasión fue Punk .
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Raw Twitter Trends, Cena’s Little League Coach, Dark Match Results
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- Following last night’s Raw the terms “Boots To Asses” and “Cena’s lady parts” were trending worldwide topics on Twitter.
Just before The Rock’s segment he Tweeted the following to give it a boost:
“Seconds from electrifying RAW. Time to feed the beast and make 3 words trend worldwide.. #BootsToAsses”
WWE shop is now also selling shirts with the “Boots To Asses” phrase on it.
- The person who played John Cena’s Little League coach during his This Is Your Life segment was Indy star “Fabulous” Johnny Vegas.
- Prior to Raw going on air Michael McGillicutty defeated JTG with a swinging neckbreaker, in a dark match for the live audience.
After the show went off air, Zack Ryder, CM Punk, John Cena and Randy Orton defeated Mark Henry, The Miz and R-Truth after Ryder in an 8 man tag match.
Resultados TNA turning point 2011
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The Heel Report – Week 32 (2011-2012 Season)
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In the weeks leading up to Survivor Series the WWE seems to be keeping a holding pattern where just enough is done so that the storylines going into the PPV are advanced. Whereas TNA are running around like a headless chicken, changing champions and number one contenders like nobodies business. Is it their fault or are the fates just against them? Maybe this is karma’s revenge for re-hiring Jeff Hardy? Whatever the case, let’s get on with the report…
Weekly Top Ten:
1st Place: Mark Henry (10/10)
Coming in at the top of the chart is the World’s Strongest Champion. Henry took out Bryan last week and this week he pushed things even further by dominating him completely. I’m hoping that this is all a subtle build for when Bryan cashes in his case at Wrestlemania. If Henry can keep the title then Bryan could spend the next few months working against big men to get better so that he can finally beat Henry. Sure this angle would massively sell Bryan’s skills short, but so does being completely dominated by Henry and being made to look like he doesn’t belong in the same ring with him in favour of the Big Show, so a title win at the end of it all would at least be a silver lining.
2nd Place: Wade Barrett (9/10)
As proclaimed by the man himself; the Barrett Barrage continues. It’s nice to see the WWE taking an interest in Barrett, who clearly has the talent to go far, again. The best part about the Barrett Barrage so far is that it proves that with just a couple of weeks with sustained wins a guy that is floundering can become an upper-mid card player who gets a clean win over one of the company’s top guys. The question now is whether another talented guy in Drew McIntyre will get a shot seeing as how Christian can’t compete at Survivor Series and will need a replacement.
3rd Place: Alberto Del Rio (8/10)
In the build up to their match at Survivor Series, Punk may have got one over on him on the mic, but Del Rio settled the score by dropping Punk through a catering table on Raw. Del Rio as champion still hasn’t been all that riveting, despite him having the classic gimmicks of a heel valet and being ‘non-American’, at least in WWE terms. If Punk doesn’t take the title off him then hopefully he will improve over time.
4th Place: The Miz (7/10)
This week was a good week for the WWE, at least on Raw, since as well as Del Rio continuing his feud with Punk they also realised that the Awesome Truth need to be seen as being better than Cena when he doesn’t have a partner. The Miz getting a pinfall victory over Cena with the help of Truth shows why he needs a partner and doesn’t detract from his momentum at all because they technically cheated to beat him. It is telling that this week was so good when the company’s two biggest stars were beaten in the middle of the ring with basic heel tactics. That is all you need, no run-ins, no stupid stipulations, just simple moves like a thumb to the eye. It puts the heel over for getting such a victory and the face loses no momentum because everyone knows that the heel cheated to win, if anything it just adds momentum to a feud, it’s win-win and that strangely enough is always good.
5th Place: R-Truth (6/10)
The Miz’s partner comes next after he cunningly grabbed Cena’s leg and made him look like a fool and made Ryder look like he was almost the stronger link in the team of him and Cena. The only worrying thing is that with the goodness that came with this week’s results it is likely that the WWE are just getting us prepared for a face-dominated Survivor Series with Team Orton and Rock & Cena going over. However that might at least mean that Punk will win the WWE title again, which can’t really be a bad thing, and I might even say that the other results would be worth it in this case.
6th Place: Jack Swagger (5/10)
The All-American American got his revenge this week on Santino on a Muppet-free Raw. Swagger is part of Team Wade and hopefully he won’t just act as fodder in the match. To be fair when you look at the line up for the match, despite the lack of build, it could actually be a pretty decent match, with most of the WWE’s top mid-card talent facing off. As long as the match is given enough time it could go down as a Survivor Series classic.
7th Place: Hunico (4/10)
Another man on Team Barrett, and perhaps the only guy who I’m uncertain about, is Hunico. Although now that he has Epico and Primo in tow I’m slightly interested in if these accomplices will play a role in the match when it comes to spots involving him and Sin Cara. Since losing his mask Hunico has done little but ground and pound so I’m waiting to see how his high-flying style is effected now that his persona has changed. I’m hoping he breaks out the aerial assault again soon, but I suppose it is good that he can wrestle a more western ‘WWE-friendly’ style if need be.
8th Place: Johnny Curtis (3/10)
The winner of NXT season four returned to the show this week with a new personality and a new haircut. I quite liked that he was able to show off a bit more charisma in his new persona, but I was a little thrown by how…festive he was acting. At least he has taken on a completely new way to present himself, right down to his mannerisms. Of course if the WWE would have been smart they could have worked him into the whole ‘shoot’ outsiders angle, given him a future endeavours around the time that Masters got his and then brought him back in tow with Truth and Miz since he had been promised a tag team title shot and never gotten it. Even if the Awesome Truth just used him to get a tag title shot and then betrayed him by having the Miz fill in for him would have been good since then he could have come back as a face later. These are all potential opportunities Curtis could have been given, but instead he got stupid video promos, squashed in his one match on Smackdown, and now is back pissing about on NXT, still there is always hope for him, maybe he should get his own Youtube show.
9th Place: Epico (2/10)
Primo’s cousin and Hunico’s other partner in crime managed to take out the Usos this week with him on Smackdown. I like the way that the WWE have played this so far, keeping this potential faction low profile so that they could gradually gain notoriety or fade into the background if they don’t work out. It makes sense to set them up now as well since they can feud with Sin Cara for a couple of months and then if that works out they could go onto a returning Rey Mysterio, which would give him, and possibly Sin Cara, something to do for Wrestlemania.
10th Place: Kevin Nash (1/10)
Big Sexy makes himself sound a bit dodgy this week as he came out to deliver a promo against Triple H. Nash being back in shape could be a good thing, as long as he goes down the Booker T route, if rumours are to be believed, of being able to have short feuds with current guys and putting them over. However when it comes to Nash he might be more inclined to go the Hogan route and actually bury most of the young talent that goes against him. I certainly hope the former is the case, and if it were to be the latter then I hope that his feud with Triple H is his last one and he will leave before he drags any of the guys who are actually still relevant down in favour of pointlessly putting himself over.
2011-2012 Season Top Ten: Overall Top Ten:
1st Place: R-Truth (190/320) – 1st Place: The Miz (713/1320)
2nd Place: The Miz (169/320) – 2nd Place: C.M. Punk (666/1320)
3rd Place: Alberto Del Rio (157/320) – 3rd Place: Chris Jericho (564/1320)
4th Place: Mark Henry (153/320) – 4th Place: Cody Rhodes (389/1320)
5th Place: Cody Rhodes (152/320) – 5th Place: Jack Swagger (379/1320)
6th Place: Christian (136/320) – 6th Place: Alberto Del Rio (352/1320)
7th Place: Wade Barrett (101/320) – 7th Place: Dolph Ziggler (335/1320)
8th Place: C.M. Punk (88/320) – 8th Place: Wade Barrett (303/1320)
9th Place: Jack Swagger (71/320) – 9th Place: Sheamus (294/1320)
10th Place: Dolph Ziggler (54/320) – 10th Place: Randy Orton (224/1320)
Weekly Filler:
The Face Off: NXT Fail – Now there is no prize and its been going on for ages.
This is a simple point about the announcement that next year NXT and Superstars will be cancelled. Cast your mind all the way back to the start of this series when it was announced that the winner would earn a place on NXT season six, a shit prize to begin with and now one that the contestants can’t even get because there won’t be a season six. Of course it’s not like the other prizes were anything to sing about, after all Wade Barrett got a title shot but wasn’t allowed to win at the last second, then Kaval got a shot and failed before getting fired. Kaitlyn has barely done anything since winning, and Johnny Curtis, well the less we say about him the better. You could argue that the NXT competitors only have themselves to blame since most of the actually talented guys have gone on to have at least some role in the company proper, but still with pointless and annoying challenges and no real structure can you really blame them for failing? NXT really is the embodiment of the WWE at the moment, something that started out so promising and then faltered because the people upstairs lost interest in it and began treating it like a joke. Bottom line is that while the top people are untouchable they will always pass on the responsibility and not be held accountable for their actions so that they don’t care whether their ideas truly succeed or fail, they just want to collect their pay slip.
Face the Facts: TNA’s MMA Partnering
As of late it’s not often that I sing the praises of TNA, however I have to say that they are actually being smart by partnering with Belladonna so as to get both companies some exposure to mutual fanbases. A lot of times a partnership like this would be ineffective or even counter-productive, but TNA bringing out spokespersons to sit in on commentary and have each other put both companies over is a nice way to combine the world’s of wrestling and MMA. As long as they tow the line of MMA is more skill based and TNA is more out-there entertaining and avoid the whole ’wrestling is fake’ bollocks then things should work out just fine…but then again this is TNA.
On the Rise: The Return of William Regal
This was just a great treat on Superstars and it’s a shame for anyone who missed it. Of course Regal ended up putting Bryan over but his reaction from the Liverpool crowd was immense and it showed that Regal still holds a real presence in the minds of the fans. The student versus teacher angle of the match was nice and the short interval in Regal’s music where they played his original ‘Real Man’s Man’ theme was great and brought in a real connection between the two since Bryan is always going on about being manly. In the end this was just a classic match between two mat technicians, with a bit of sentimental value thrown in and it was enjoyable. It’s just a shame that other veterans like Kevin Nash can’t take this classy route and instead try to steal the spotlight to squeeze in another lacklustre fifteen minutes of fame in their already decorated career, what else do you have to prove?
Flat-Footed: Liver-pool and Scousers
This was just embarrassing. When Cole said that stuff in that typical ignorant American ‘I have no idea how things are really pronounced and I can’t be bothered to find out even though it’s my job’ attitude it just made me depressed. Now you could claim that Cole was just playing up to his heel character, but I don’t think so, I think he was honestly trying to sound like he knew what he was talking about and that is just sad. The WWE is doomed in terms of announcing, doomed I tell you!
That’s all for this week. Turning Point was this Sunday and maybe with it there will come some interesting developments in TNA, but as of now the company seems hard pressed to even be bothered to come up with a sustainable storyline for the main event, let alone actually pull itself together as a company. The WWE continues to trundle along, making mistakes and more importantly missing opportunities that they set up for themselves. Hopefully Survivor Series will be something to watch as it is one of the big four PPVs, but for now we will just have to wait and see. This is James Wright signing off.
Trish Stratus
This image was submitted by Hardik Chaudhary.
Sorry, that I couldn't read the front content here.
