TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: More Wrestling, No More Gut Checks

May 4, 2012 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling, TV 0

“In your world, I’m just plain god.”- Ric Flair

Definitely 20 years ago, even 10 years ago, he could still make the claim. Now he’s just an old legend who can’t help himself. His promos are long and verbose. He’s not cool anymore. It’s sad. Flair and Hogan shouldn’t be on TV anymore.

But unlike Hogan, Flair can still walk. He’s just crazier than a feces-covered rat.

To start Impact this way just ruined it. Why watch this? Haven’t we seen this before?

“I’m the baddest man IN the planet,” Flair belched during Impact.

Ah man, this guy can’t even speak proper English anymore. It’s just rambling. Just throw the Machine Guns out there or Austin Aries, Joe or Styles. That’s what people want to see.

Enough of this.

It was cute though to see Hogan get Flair to join the judging panel for Gut Check though. Too bad it doesn’t mean much. Gutcheck, at its best, is a phony-bologna attempt at WWE’s Tough Enough. The fact that Silva was given a contract after getting squashed by Robbie E last week proves this segment is a mess.

Just get back to wrestling.

Matches:

Brooke Tessmacher and Velvet Sky vs. TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim and Madison Rayne: One of Sky’s best matches in TNA. She was crisper and tighter than usual, no pun intended you dirty-minded marks. From her setup maneuvers to selling, she was on top of her game. Kim and Rayne of course drove the action with another solid performance. They continue to make the case that they are two of the best female workers in the company. Tessmacher’s push continues, as she got the hot tag, pun intended. The fans love her. Her finisher is impressive and she continues to become more refined and versatile. She got the win on Kim after she stole her finisher, the Eat Defeat.

Rob Terry w/ Robbie E vs. TNA Television Champion Devon: A surprisingly decent match until a sloppy finish. Devon was all high impact, hitting a spear and a variety of clotheslines and shoulder blocks. Robbie E ruined all though after he broke a foreign object over Devon’s back to earn the DQ.

Jeff Hardy vs. RVD: Both guys went through their movesets in a quick encounter. Nothing special. RVD earned the win.

Kurt Angle, Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels vs. A.J. Styles and TNA Tag Team Champions Samoa Joe and Magnus: The good guys beat down the baddies here, but everyone had a few decent spots. Styles beat Kazarian with the Styles Clash.

[No DQ] TNA Champion Robert Roode vs. Mr. Anderson: This match was solid until bedlam ensued. Anderson was on fire early on, but Roode was just as strong. His double-arm Spinebuster changed the tide of the match and even after interference by Jeff Hardy, Roode caught Anderson with the Fisherman Suplex for the win. By the end of it all, Roode was standing tall with a chair in hand, with all of his rivals, RVD, Hardy and Anderson on the ground.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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