TAZ PROMO- bad. Aside from his standard horrible misuses of various words (“a group of men… that have an individual agenda” WHAT?) Taz’s full explanation is as follows:
“How could I pass up on the opportunity to be a part of the machine known as Aces & Eights? How could I not be part of a group of men that have an agenda; an individual agenda to get revenge and redemption? How can I pass on the opportunity to get direction and to live by the vision of a higher power? How can I pass on that?”
Well… you’ve managed to not be part of such a thing for the past few years, so I guess it is possible.
The first thing to notice here is that Taz said that he was “given the opportunity.” That seems to indicate to me that he was recruited recently, rather than being a member all along. So which idiot running Aces & Eights thought it would be a good idea to recruit a man whose injuries make him not very helpful in a fight, and who regularly makes a fool of himself with his moronic commentary on national TV?
Then again, this is Taz we are dealing with, so it is possible that his horrible command of the English language lead to him say or imply something that is not really what he meant.
Also, no one can fire or hurt Taz in any way because he has a clause in his contract that says that if such a thing were to happen, he would gain control of the company. I was about to scream at the utter stupidity of Dixie Carter signing a contract with that clause in it… but then I remembered that this is same idiot who signed her company away by NOT READING A CONTRACT SOMEONE GAVE HER TO SIGN! It makes you wonder what other crazy stipulations TNA employees have slipped in to their contracts. Maybe the reason Dixie didn’t fire Kaz and Daniels for spreading horrible nasty rumors about her and her good friend/star employee is because they have a clause in their contract saying that if they are fired TNA is required to buy them a fully functional nuclear submarine to hang out on.
Taz then challenges TNA by saying “you deal with this path of rage behind me!” What path of rage? OH! You mean the losers who either get their asses handed to them or run away from fights where they vastly outnumber their unarmed opponents every week.
So what did we get out of this, information-wise? Taz told us that Aces & Eights have a “higher power”- but already knew that!
JESSIE GODDERZ MOTIVATES TARA BACKSTAGE- GREAT! Jessie isn’t bad on the mic when he has some direction.
CHRISTOPHER DANIELS VIDEO PACKAGE HYPING UP THE MAIN EVENT- AWESOME… aside from the part where it said that this will be Daniels’ first chance at the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Why would you pretend that two of your all-time best PPVs never happened? It doesn’t add any more drama if this is Daniels’ first shot or not. What matters is that he hasn’t been able to win it yet.
DANIELS PROMO- okay
TNA KNOCKOUTS TITLE MATCH: Tara(c) (w/Jessie Godderz) vs. Velvet Sky-3.5/10
I love how Taz and Tenay waited until the commercial break was over to finish their angle-driven conversation . Yeah. That’s natural.
KENNY KING & ZEMA ION BACKSTAGE- good
JOSEPH PARK PROMO- would have been good if it wasn’t full of factual inaccuracies. Joseph said that a lot of things were “firsts” for him when they actually weren’t. One of these mistakes is Joseph’s claim that this will be his first Impact Wrestling match. I’m pretty sure his first match the match with Doc that resulted in Doc’s masks getting ripped off.
ZEMA ION & KENNY KING vs. ROB VAN DAM & CHRISTIAN YORK- 5/10
Good storyline finish
BULLY & BROOKE ARRIVE AT THE ARENA- If you knew nothing about TNA and you saw Brooke’s outfit, would you probably figure her for some escort Bully hired, rather than the woman in charge of one of their wrestling divisions.
SMAOA JOE, GARRETT BISCHOFF, KURT ANGLE, & WES BRISCO BACKSTAGE- I see these four who have been actively feuding with Aces & Eights more than anyone on the roster and I have to ask… WHERE THEY F*CK WHERE THEY LAST WEEK when Aces & Eights were swarming the ring and beating up their bosses, coworkers, and distinguished guests?
BULLY RAY PROMO & SEGMENT WITH STING- Bully says that he needs Hogan to lift his suspension so he can fight the Aces & Eights. WHY? He has been allowed to run around the Impact Zone to fight them anyway! Then Sting comes out and cuts a promo saying that he is going to try to get Hogan to reinstate Bully Ray next week on Impact in the UK. Sting’s promo felt like an unnecessary waste of time and Bully’s continued presence on the show despite his suspension has made this whole suspension angle seem dumb.
ARIES & ROODE BACKSTAGE-GREAT. They are putting each other over… but only so they can try to avoid being the once to face Hernandez! I LOVE IT!
JEFF HARDY PROMO- decent, but I absolutely hated the random changes of camera angle to look at the side of Jeff’s back. What the hell was the point of that?
BOBBY ROODE (w/Austin Aries) vs. HERNANDEZ (w/Chavo Guerrero Jr.)- 5/10
Was good… until Roode pinned Hernandez… WITH A BULLDOG!
KURT ANGLE & ANDERSON BRAWL- good build to next week… WAIT! Kurt can book his “Open Fight Night” match as a cage match? Then why the hell are heels not using this “make up your own stips” rule to their advantage?
DEVON & ANDERSON & THE ACES & EIGHTS CLUBHOUSE- eh
TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Jeff Hardy(c) vs. Christopher Daniels (w/Kazarian)- 7/10
ACES & EIGHTS HIT JEFF IN THE KNEE WITH A HAMMER- more random attacks. Same as always,
Overall, this show was good… especially by Impact standards.
BRM Reviews the 1/24/2013 Impact
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BRM Reviews the 1/24/2013 Impact
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Re: BRM Reviews the 1/24/2012 Impact
Regardless of what you may think of Taz on commentary,He is and ALWAYS was one the guys who is 100 times better as a heel commentator ...Face Taz announcing just doesn't do it for some reason...Besides that I noticed it last night,,,Impact has gone WAY too long without a heel commentator...Heel Taz,Kennely,And Tenay? Perfect dynamic now.
(Take Tenay out and its perfect,you hate the fuck out of em,I know. 8-| ) lol.
(Take Tenay out and its perfect,you hate the fuck out of em,I know. 8-| ) lol.
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Re: BRM Reviews the 1/24/2012 Impact
this. but i do have to say, i found it really awkward when Taz would chit chat with Tenay about Bellator like they were BFFsKILLdozer wrote:Regardless of what you may think of Taz on commentary,He is and ALWAYS was one the guys who is 100 times better as a heel commentator ...Face Taz announcing just doesn't do it for some reason...Besides that I noticed it last night,,,Impact has gone WAY too long without a heel commentator...Heel Taz,Kennely,And Tenay? Perfect dynamic now.
(Take Tenay out and its perfect,you hate the f**k out of em,I know. 8-| ) lol.

Re: BRM Reviews the 1/24/2012 Impact
Im SO fuckin sick of hearin about Bellator...I understand they mutually sponsor each other....But if you didn't know any better you'd think it was a product/connected to Impact...It dominates entirely too much of commentary,regardless of little they talk about it every time it comes up...Because it comes up entirely too often...Its to the point there's always a constant reminder of the countdown until it begins now.cero2k wrote:this. but i do have to say, i found it really awkward when Taz would chit chat with Tenay about Bellator like they were BFFsKILLdozer wrote:Regardless of what you may think of Taz on commentary,He is and ALWAYS was one the guys who is 100 times better as a heel commentator ...Face Taz announcing just doesn't do it for some reason...Besides that I noticed it last night,,,Impact has gone WAY too long without a heel commentator...Heel Taz,Kennely,And Tenay? Perfect dynamic now.
(Take Tenay out and its perfect,you hate the f**k out of em,I know. 8-| ) lol.
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Re: BRM Reviews the 1/24/2012 Impact
AgreedKILLdozer wrote:
Im SO f'n sick of hearin about Bellator...I understand they mutually sponsor each other....But if you didn't know any better you'd think it was a product/connected to Impact...It dominates entirely too much of commentary,regardless of little they talk about it every time it comes up...Because it comes up entirely too often...Its to the point there's always a constant reminder of the countdown until it begins now.
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