Originally Posted by JCR:
“But yeah, good show.”
“But yeah, good show.”
Are you feeling ok JCR? That looks suspiciously like praise for TNA.
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LOL. Robbie E in that X-Div match was awesome. His selling reaction from Red's faux kick was supreme. hahaha 
Good show last night, I enjoyed it a lot.
One thing that doesn't make sense though. Hogan and Bischoff, who in storyline terms have all the power in TNA hate the X-Division, yet they allow an entire PPV to be based on X-Division matches.
One thing that doesn't make sense though. Hogan and Bischoff, who in storyline terms have all the power in TNA hate the X-Division, yet they allow an entire PPV to be based on X-Division matches.
Originally Posted by Georged123:
“If they signed the other 3 straight away it would make the match stipulation look pointless. Im sure we will see them again in TNA,”
“If they signed the other 3 straight away it would make the match stipulation look pointless. Im sure we will see them again in TNA,”
You could still sign them and debut them gradually over the next few months.
Originally Posted by Alfie2008:
“Good show last night, I enjoyed it a lot.
One thing that doesn't make sense though. Hogan and Bischoff, who in storyline terms have all the power in TNA hate the X-Division, yet they allow an entire PPV to be based on X-Division matches.”
“Good show last night, I enjoyed it a lot.
One thing that doesn't make sense though. Hogan and Bischoff, who in storyline terms have all the power in TNA hate the X-Division, yet they allow an entire PPV to be based on X-Division matches.”
According to the "promo" TNA put out for the PPV, Bischoff said it was the Network.
Did anyone else catch Eric Young saying "That was the shits" after the Curry Man segment? Very funny.
Originally Posted by JasonWatkins:
“Just watched the PPV and enjoyed it immensely.
The 4 way match for the contract was match of the night for me, closely followed by AJ/Daniels.
I loved the chant at the start of the 4-way when the crowd started up with "Ev-ry-Body! clap-clap-clapclapclap".
The the "Sign them all!" chant as well. Which they should.
The Ultimate X match was a bit of a letdown because it seemed to end pretty abruptly as well. But overall a great effort - consistent quality throughout.”
“Just watched the PPV and enjoyed it immensely.
The 4 way match for the contract was match of the night for me, closely followed by AJ/Daniels.
I loved the chant at the start of the 4-way when the crowd started up with "Ev-ry-Body! clap-clap-clapclapclap".
The the "Sign them all!" chant as well. Which they should.
The Ultimate X match was a bit of a letdown because it seemed to end pretty abruptly as well. But overall a great effort - consistent quality throughout.”
Agree 110%. Thought the chants showed an appreciation of WRESTLING, rather than the acting. Like a typical British crowd.
Originally Posted by JCR:
“Bryan Alvarez, who is mates with/trained Jack Evans, stated you'd get more money teaching gymnastics than the kind of money they'd be getting from TNA. So they may not want to sign.”
“Bryan Alvarez, who is mates with/trained Jack Evans, stated you'd get more money teaching gymnastics than the kind of money they'd be getting from TNA. So they may not want to sign.”
All depends if Jack wants to get his name out there, or has a passion for wrestling and to carry it on.
Fair play to his mate trying to protect him, but quite frankly, I want to see him signed and on Impact a LOT more. Think it could be a problem though. He's already under a contract elsewhere, isn't he?
Originally Posted by JasonWatkins:
“Oh they annoy the hell out of me, but I just found it quite a witty chant.”
“Oh they annoy the hell out of me, but I just found it quite a witty chant.”
The PPV audience is completely different to the Impact Wrestling one. Last night's crowd was bouncing, to me. Good atmos' for Orlando.
Originally Posted by AJ Wheels:
“LOL. Robbie E in that X-Div match was awesome. His selling reaction from Red's faux kick was supreme. hahaha”
“LOL. Robbie E in that X-Div match was awesome. His selling reaction from Red's faux kick was supreme. hahaha
”
Robbie E's not too bad of a talent. A bit like RVD with the over-zealous sells, but hell, it's good.
EDIT: http://t.co/6RJ1Gzo
And so, Sting plants the seeds for "one more match" with Hulk Hogan.
Urgh.
Dunno if it's worth it, but I posted this over at the Challenge TV Facebook page. I'd like to think that if it got enough support, they might actually read it. Is it time to push to get Impact back on Saturday? They show a repeat in the 9pm slot anyway, so why not show the première on Saturday and a repeat on Tuesday night? No change to the format. Just a change to the première showing.
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Originally Posted by KOE_9_ASH:
“The PPV audience is completely different to the Impact Wrestling one. Last night's crowd was bouncing, to me. Good atmos' for Orlando”
“The PPV audience is completely different to the Impact Wrestling one. Last night's crowd was bouncing, to me. Good atmos' for Orlando”
Very true - in many PPV's, i've watched matches wrestled in near silence because the crowd wasn't interested. They were 'up' for most of the stuff this time which made a huge difference to the overall atmosphere.
I still think that if they're going to hold PPV's in the Impact Zone then they should at least try to theme the stage and ramp accordingly, just to set it apart from the weekly shows.
I can't imagine it would be all that expensive to construct some kind of themed entrance way to place over the usual one to make it look a bit different.
Originally Posted by Georged123:
“Are you feeling ok JCR? That looks suspiciously like praise for TNA.”
“Are you feeling ok JCR? That looks suspiciously like praise for TNA.
”
The wrestling is fine most of the time.
If only the stories made sense. If only.
I just watched the Destination X show.
I wasn't blown away by it but preferred it to all the Hogan/Bischoff crap you get on the weekly shows.
I'm not at all interested in the Sting storyline. IMO it's killing his reputation. We had The Crow rip off for years and now we have The Joker rip off.
What was people's thoughts on Doug Williams vs Mark Haskins? I was surprised to see Mark on the show. I'm a big fan of Mark having seen him in some superb matches in IPW:UK but was disappointed by this match. He wasn't given the opportunity to show what he can do. He would have been better with a better opponent. Yes Doug is a great wrestler but IMO he is wrong for Haskins who worls better with the cruiserweight wrestlers better.
Hopefully he will get another chance in TNA and not just on the UK tour.
I wasn't blown away by it but preferred it to all the Hogan/Bischoff crap you get on the weekly shows.
I'm not at all interested in the Sting storyline. IMO it's killing his reputation. We had The Crow rip off for years and now we have The Joker rip off.
What was people's thoughts on Doug Williams vs Mark Haskins? I was surprised to see Mark on the show. I'm a big fan of Mark having seen him in some superb matches in IPW:UK but was disappointed by this match. He wasn't given the opportunity to show what he can do. He would have been better with a better opponent. Yes Doug is a great wrestler but IMO he is wrong for Haskins who worls better with the cruiserweight wrestlers better.
Hopefully he will get another chance in TNA and not just on the UK tour.
Excellent news! I'm guessing Destination X done a better than average buyrate for them to follow this through.
Originally Posted by cunningham1471:
“Hopefully he will get another chance in TNA and not just on the UK tour.”
“Hopefully he will get another chance in TNA and not just on the UK tour.”
I thought Haskins just looked a bit nervous. He botched a couple of moves but I can forgive that considering the situation. As you say, maybe he could have been given one of the x division guys to work with just to show what he could do.
Just want to say that I like Robbie E as well. An entertaining and funny character who always brightens up the show.
I forgot to mention as well, I thought Jeremy Borash was terrible on commentary.
Apparently Tazz had a "family obligation" on Sunday.
Apparently Tazz had a "family obligation" on Sunday.
Originally Posted by JasonWatkins:
“I forgot to mention as well, I thought Jeremy Borash was terrible on commentary.
Apparently Tazz had a "family obligation" on Sunday.”
“I forgot to mention as well, I thought Jeremy Borash was terrible on commentary.
Apparently Tazz had a "family obligation" on Sunday.”
It's a shame that Don West couldn't have come back for one night.
Originally Posted by ags_rule:
“Excellent news! I'm guessing Destination X done a better than average buyrate for them to follow this through.”
“Excellent news! I'm guessing Destination X done a better than average buyrate for them to follow this through.”
Sadly....
Spoiler
Quite enjoyed next Tuesday's Impact. Not spoiling, of course. 
Miles off being the worst I've seen. Pretty decent.
Miles off being the worst I've seen. Pretty decent.
Xplosion now to air on a Wednesday at 10PM - http://tnauk.wordpress.com/2011/07/1...-on-challenge/
Really good news, I hated it being on right after Impact and on until 1AM. I'll definitely be checking it out more often now.
Really good news, I hated it being on right after Impact and on until 1AM. I'll definitely be checking it out more often now.
Destination X was the first TNA show in over a year that managed to get my undivided attention.
Fantastic stuff.
Obviously it was too biased to the X Division by nature - but it highlighted just how much I've missed what effectively felt like TNA of old.
And for god sake keep the 6 sided ring. It's TNA. It just works.
Fantastic stuff.
Obviously it was too biased to the X Division by nature - but it highlighted just how much I've missed what effectively felt like TNA of old.
And for god sake keep the 6 sided ring. It's TNA. It just works.
Originally Posted by ags_rule:
“Xplosion now to air on a Wednesday at 10PM - http://tnauk.wordpress.com/2011/07/1...-on-challenge/
Really good news, I hated it being on right after Impact and on until 1AM. I'll definitely be checking it out more often now.”
“Xplosion now to air on a Wednesday at 10PM - http://tnauk.wordpress.com/2011/07/1...-on-challenge/
Really good news, I hated it being on right after Impact and on until 1AM. I'll definitely be checking it out more often now.”
Obviously brought about by the excellent rating announced last week/week before. Good move.
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