OPENING SEGMENT- EC III says he is unhappy that everyone is taking about Drew Galloway. He calls out Dixie, who yells at him for not fighting for TNA against GFW. Ethan points out that he warned her not to trust Jeff Jarrett in the first place. Ethan also says that Drew can’t beat him.
Then… someone’s music plays. Apparently it’s Drew’s. The fact that I-who has seen every single episode of the show for the past six years (actually I think I missed one in the fall of 2011)- can’t even recognize the top babyface’s music is not a good thing for TNA. Drew and Ethan cut promos on each other. It was fine.

JAMES STORM PROMO- good

ETHAN CARTER TALKS TO DIXIE BACKSTAGE- is this feud supposed to be Ethan vs. Dixie? No? THEN WHY ARE WE WASTING TIME WITH THIS BULLSH*T?!

MAHABALI SHERA & THE REVOLUTION VIDEO PACKAGE- good

NO DISQUALIFICATIONS MATCH: James Storm vs. Mahabali Shera- 4/10
Storm is about to cut Shera with a broken beer bottle, but Abyss and Manik come out to make the save and help Shera win. So basically Shera got his butt kicked for most of the match and needed outside help to win. Well… that just killed all of my interest in this new star.

DIXIE PROMO ON ETHAN- she announces that if Ethan and Tyrus lose in the main event tonight, then Matt Hardy will be added to the main event for Bound For Glory. WHY? He’s lost to Ethan at least twice this summer, and I don’t remember anything screwy about those matches, either. But no. Matt is getting this opportunity not because he has earned it like a good babyface, but because Dixie likes him and tells us he has done many abstract good things for TNA.
She also says she has another “surprise” for Ethan regarding the main event of Bound For Glory, which we will find out later.

BOBBY ROODE & BOBBY LASHLEY SEGMENT- decent- if random- build to Lashley getting a shot at the King of the Mountain Title at BFG.

TARYN PROMO- good.

TREVOR LEE vs. TOMMASO CIAMPA vs. DJ ZEMA ION- 5.5/10
They made the absolute best of the time they had. I was completely amazed that Zema got pinned instead of Ciampa.

BEATIFUL PEOPLE PROMO- Madison talked about the Dollhouse name. She wondered if they really lived in a little Dollhouse. Then she talked about how the name wasn’t funny or cool, which I found to be deliciously ironic because by doing so, Madison was attempting to come off as funny and cool, and utterly failing.
Angelina was MUCH better. Velvet was okay.

BROOKE TESSMACHER VIDEO PACKAGE- not bad… but just completely pointless. The go-home show for Bound For Glory was not the time for this. This was the place for a Gail vs. Kong video package.

ETHAN CARTER III PROMO- eh.

HANDICAP MATCH: The Dollhouse vs. The Beautiful People (w/Angelina Love)- 4.25/10

ERIC YOUNG PROMO- he is a nut. He says he is not afraid of anyone, be that person “man, woman, or child.”

GAIL KIM PROMO- okay

ERIC YOUNG FIGHTS PEOPLE- Eric rants and raves. Then he is interrupted by Robbie E. Robbie wants to fight him and takes it to EY for a while before eating a low blow and getting beaten up. Then Chris Melendez shows up to fight EY. EY beats him up and goes for a chair, but Melendez gets a hold of the chair and EY bails.
Then Ken Anderson shows up to stop EY from escaping. He spoke for less than a minute, but managed to be so annoying that I hope I never have to see him again in my life. Then the babyfaces beat Eric Young up three-on-one.

MATT HARDY & DREW GALLOWAY HAVE A SIT-DOWN MEETING IN A RANDOM ROOM- okay

EY TALKS TO DIXIE- she tells him that he will face Kurt Angle at Bound For Glory. Eric screams and raves about how Kurt Angle is “never coming back.” This crazy Eric Young screaming in his crazy-man voice bullsh*t is SOOOO annoying and comes off as so fake.

BFG CARD RUNDOWN- they announce that Tigre Uno will defend the X-Division Title in an Ultimate X match. They don’t even tell us who he will be defending the belt against. Maybe instead of wasting time with dumb sh*t like Eric Young taking Chris Melendez’s leg, they should have spent some time building up a challenger for the X-Division Title and trying to make the match actually matter?


IF MATT & DREW WIN, MATT GETS ADDED TO THE MAIN EVENT OF BOUND FOR GLORY: Matt Hardy & Drew Galloway vs. Ethan Carter III & Tyrus- 5.25/10
Matt Hardy will now be in the main event. Fine. It’s in North Carolina. But if Matt is going to get this title shot, AT LEAST LET HIM GET THE F*CKING PIN TO EARN HIS WAY IN!

DIXIE MAKES HER BIG ANNOUNCEMENT- Jeff Hardy will be the special guest referee for the main event. Why is Dixie doing this? She claims it is to make things “fair.” How the f*ck is it “fair” that Jeff Hardy- who probably has a grudge against one competitor and is predisposed to favor another competitor- be the referee for this match? How is it fair to any of the competitors that someone who isn’t an official referee be the one to referee their big title match?
Last year I went on a long rant in one of my Impact reviews (here is the link: http://54.88.31.224/thewrestlingrevolut ... =9&t=14444) about a similar situation that TNA booked with Kurt Angle being the guest referee in the Roode vs. Lashley title match. In my rant I commented on the fact that TNA’s MO seems to be to focus on overbooking and outside factors instead of focusing on telling a simple story supported with good wrestling (the build to this title match has been just as much about Ethan vs. Dixie and Ethan vs. Jeff as it has been about Ethan vs. Drew and Ethan vs. Matt). It is now eleven months later: They are about to get booted off of YET ANOTHER network… AND THESE DUMB F*CKS STILL HAVEN’T LEARNED THEIR G-D DAMNED LESSON!

Mostly an enjoyable Impact, though not a particularly good one in the ring or on the mic, but it did do a decent job as a go-home show for Bound For Glory.

Shut up. The entire fuckin ' thing. Just shut it.

KILLdozer wrote:Shut up. The entire fuckin ' thing. Just shut it.

so much energy and anger in you. this was one of the most positive TNA reviews I've read in months

cero2k wrote:

KILLdozer wrote:Shut up. The entire fuckin ' thing. Just shut it.

so much energy and anger in you. this was one of the most positive TNA reviews I've read in months

Exactly-in months. I just usually and as was the case here-stopped reading because of all the complaints and constant problems with everything. They've gotten increasingly harder to even try to read.

KILLdozer wrote:

cero2k wrote:

KILLdozer wrote:Shut up. The entire fuckin ' thing. Just shut it.

so much energy and anger in you. this was one of the most positive TNA reviews I've read in months

Exactly-in months. I just usually and as was the case here-stopped reading because of all the complaints and constant problems with everything. They've gotten increasingly harder to even try to read.

Really? I feel like I've been a lot nice to them since the Slammiversary tapings, especially as compared to the three years before that.

Big Red Machine wrote: Really? I feel like I've been a lot nice to them since the Slammiversary tapings, especially as compared to the three years before that.

not sure if TNA got better or you nicer on them, but they did get a whole lot less hostile than say 6-8 months ago. Maybe there is less contrast since you'd been taking it hard on RAW too so i don't feel the bias.

In fairness, this is fair representation, all your reviews have always been fair representations, I don't always agree with everything, but you make valid points... and I don't see anything wrong with anything you've said here, it's all true. TNA does overcomplicate by focusing their story arc on the stuff surrounding a feud rather than just two guys having a feud, no one else involved, no special referees, just 1v1 (or 2v2). It is WCW booking 101.

Part of it was just strictly who I am. I'm a real Dean Winchester "obnoxious by nature" type at times. So that was strictly my response when reading down the page and decided to stop bothering reading it. Yes, it was becoming a bother, but I suppose that's on my end-so that was my natural response.

You always were a wild one Dozer.

XIV wrote:You always were a wild one Dozer.

I knew I knew you. I knew I knew you!

I didn't even have to read your fuckin ' reintroduction either, which I never fuckin ' noticed until now.

KILLdozer wrote:I didn't even have to read your fuckin ' reintroduction either, which I never fuckin ' noticed until now.

well, he did use that account before leaving the last time, it was probably just in the back of your mind. I know it was in the back of mine

cero2k wrote:

KILLdozer wrote:I didn't even have to read your fuckin ' reintroduction either, which I never fuckin ' noticed until now.

well, he did use that account before leaving the last time, it was probably just in the back of your mind. I know it was in the back of mine

I could just "feel' it.

What caused is was he was about the only new user who would comment under the old WWR like that.

KILLdozer wrote: What caused is was he was about the only new user who would comment under the old WWR like that.

true

I thought the old puppy would have been taken out to pasture along time, and it was. There were some good old days in it's hey day.

Really so. I've just for the longest time wanted to put some of its finer moments on the forefront with a little copy and paste here, some memories of the matches added in as well as other thoughts added in as well. Hence the topic, but I've just never gotten around to it plus things happen-and not having a computer anymore doesn't help lol.