TNA has a pay per view on Sunday, but you wouldn’t know it by watching this week’s episode of Impact. While there was plenty of matches, many of them were over before they even started. The same thing goes for the sloppy promos, which did nothing to set up the matches for Victory Road.
With the WWE picking up serious steam over the past few weeks, TNA is in desperate need of a game changer. So far, it appears Sting is not the answer.
The same thing goes for the shoddy match ups they have for this card.
As a result, it’s obvious that TNA needs help.
A lot of it.
Matches:
Samoa Joe w/ Okato vs. The Pope: A decent match that had a solid pace but was ruined by a bad finish. The fact that Pope used the same chain to take out Okato to start the match only proves TNA needs to get a bit more creative in the ring. At the same time, while Joe looked good and got a decent response from the crowd, it’s more obvious than ever that The Pope needs to spice up his moveset. Aside from a clothesline, but other moves did he use in that match? Cowardly heel or not, this guy isn’t in the same league as Joe. The fans know it too, which makes this angle even bigger a stinker than it already is.
Madison Rayne w/ Tara vs. Roxxi: After facing off against ODB two weeks ago, Roxxi made her return to TNA after an extended absence. However, Rayne made quick work of the hardcore knockout with a modified version of Zak Ryder’s finisher, the inverted overdrive/knee neckbreaker. Micki James hit the ring afterward, which probably means these two will duke it out at the Pay Per View on Sunday.
Devon vs. Bully Ray, Backstage Brawl: Why are these guys still feuding? Why is Tommy Dreamer involved? For some reason TNA thinks they have a lot of old ECW fans looking to get their fix. They don’t. Something else needs to be done with these wrestlers or nothing at all. This stuff is totally stale.
Cookie, Sarita and Angelina vs. Angelina Love, Velvet Skye and Winter: A terrible match that ended with the referee barely in the ring to count. If you were convinced Angelina from “The Jersey Shore†was talentless before, this match was pure conformation. There were simply too many people in the ring at once for anything to get done. Sloppy interference from Robbie E didn’t help either. The highlight of the match was Skye’s ability to let the pigeons fly afterward.
Matt Hardy w/Ric Flair vs. A.J. Styles, Street Fight: After Hardy cut a confusing promo that could only be described as Sid Vicious-like [What the hell was he talking about the system?], Styles took it to both the Nature Boy and Hardy. In much better shape than when he joined the company, Hardy and Styles are capable of having a good match together. On this night though, it was all hardcore, highlighted by Flair wearing a crimson mask.
Generation Me vs. Ink Inc: The best match of the night, full of high impact moves and a nice clean finish, but one that proves that no tag team in TNA is capable of sharing the ring with Beer Money.
Sting and Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy and Ken Anderson: Four guys that don’t want to team up? How could thing turn into a decent tag match? It didn’t. Sting was in the ring for a matter of 30 seconds. After he delivered the scorpion death drop to Anderson, setting up RVD for a five-star frog splash to end the match. If this is how TNA sets the scene for a pay per view, they’ve got some serious problems.
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