cero2k wrote: ↑Jun 22nd, '17, 15:48


X-Division Sony-Six-Way Elimination Match
Trevor Lee vs Davey Richards vs Suicide vs Braxton Sutter vs Eddie Edwards vs "Reborn" Matt Sydal - 7.5/10
Not a No. 1 contendership match, but you have to think that winning this trophy puts you up there. Eddie and Davey obviously went at it from the get go, they would fight other people in between, but they would always go back to each other. Lee and Richards had a small alliance for a while taking out everyone else. Lee eliminated Sutter first. Lee eliminated Suicide next after catching him with the standing position foot stomp after Suicide dodges Richard's own foot stomp. Davey Richards then was DQ for using a chair on Eddie Edwards (DQ in a multi-man match!!), to which Eddie then dropped Davey with a Northen Lights Suplex on a chair for the second DQ elimination.

How could Eddie possibly get DQed for using a weapon on someone who isn't in the match anymore? Why would you do this when you could just have Davey get DQed for hitting Eddie with the chair and then make that chairshot actually mean something but having some heel come along and get the cheap pin on Eddie?




Low-Ki talking Impact Hall of Fame - This has me really confused, my understanding is that Storm is the HOFer this year, but Low-Ki talking about Konnan and Homicide (LAX as a team I guess) got me wondering, why mention it if they won't do it.
Why not have two? They've done it before with Jarrett and Hebner (although the idea that TNA put Earl Hebner in its hall of fame shows just how much their hall of fame really matters).



Moose Reveals his Slammiversary XV partner - Eli Drake and Adonis come out and call out Moose. First ever 'Shut The Hell Up" chant, these fans are so polite to not say Fuck.
This chant has happened many times before.




Alberto El Patron & James Storm vs E-Singh-III & Lashley - 7/10
Standard heels vs Faces match. Faces start the match with the upper hand, but heels turn it around when they come back from commercials. They work Patron for a while, Storm gets the hot tag, then heels work on Storm, eventually Patron gets the hot tag. From that point on, babyfaces run wild. Finish saw ECIII get his team get DQd after he starts attacking the ref with a strap he was gonna use on Storm. Good match.
What a f*cking stupid finish. If you can't book a worthwhile finish then don't book the match, and don't book a DQ in a main event stipulation match. This is why so many people have given up on this company. They'll never learn.

Big Red Machine wrote: ↑Jun 22nd, '17, 16:07
How could Eddie possibly get DQed for using a weapon on someone who isn't in the match anymore? Why would you do this when you could just have Davey get DQed for hitting Eddie with the chair and then make that chairshot actually mean something but having some heel come along and get the cheap pin on Eddie?
because it's davey and eddie that have a match at the PPV, not any of the other guys left. The other guys don't need cheap heat right now, it's Davey and Eddie that need to keep the fuel to their feud going by brawling. As to why Eddie gets DQd, if two guys start brawling with weapons, you remove both guys from the match, just because you DQ one before the other doesn't mean the latter is free to do whatever he/she wants.


Why not have two? They've done it before with Jarrett and Hebner (although the idea that TNA put Earl Hebner in its hall of fame shows just how much their hall of fame really matters).
it's not the usual MO, but sure. Also, if there is any ref that deserves a HOF induction at this point, it was Hebner, and it's a Hall of Fame, it's meaningless like every other, it matters to them and that's all that it's there for.

This chant has happened many times before.
I've always heard 'shut the fuck up', never the polite version

What a f*cking stupid finish. If you can't book a worthwhile finish then don't book the match, and don't book a DQ in a main event stipulation match. This is why so many people have given up on this company. They'll never learn.
what stipulation? it's a tag match, one team got DQd, that's it. It's what ECIII has been doing for the last 3-4 weeks, going crazy with a belt, attacking eveyone.

cero2k wrote: ↑Jun 22nd, '17, 16:43

Big Red Machine wrote: ↑Jun 22nd, '17, 16:07
How could Eddie possibly get DQed for using a weapon on someone who isn't in the match anymore? Why would you do this when you could just have Davey get DQed for hitting Eddie with the chair and then make that chairshot actually mean something but having some heel come along and get the cheap pin on Eddie?
because it's davey and eddie that have a match at the PPV, not any of the other guys left. The other guys don't need cheap heat right now, it's Davey and Eddie that need to keep the fuel to their feud going by brawling. As to why Eddie gets DQd, if two guys start brawling with weapons, you remove both guys from the match, just because you DQ one before the other doesn't mean the latter is free to do whatever he/she wants.
The heat in terms of the Eddie-Davey angle would be on Davey for hitting Eddie with a chair and costing him the match. The heat the other guy would get for a pinfall he didn't earn would be a (small) bonus. They don't need to "keep their feud going by brawling." They've got another week's worth of TV during which they can have a cliched brawl or cut their money promos on each other or do a heavy heat angle where Davey & Angelina jump them from behind, beat the sh*t out of them, steal their wedding rings and throw them into the ocean or whatever else you want to do.
As for the logic behind the actual DQ of Eddie, I totally disagree. You haven't done anything wrong until you've broken the rules of the match. Nowhere in the rules does it say you can't use a weapon to beat up someone who isn't in the match. And clearly just holding a weapon in the ring isn't grounds for a DQ or else they'd never be able to do that spot where the heel gets a weapon and tries to come into the ring with it but the referee stops him and takes it away and while the referee is putting it back the heel hits the babyface with a second weapon.

Why not have two? They've done it before with Jarrett and Hebner (although the idea that TNA put Earl Hebner in its hall of fame shows just how much their hall of fame really matters).
it's not the usual MO, but sure. Also, if there is any ref that deserves a HOF induction at this point, it was Hebner, and it's a Hall of Fame, it's meaningless like every other, it matters to them and that's all that it's there for.
Hebner I would argue would be worthy of induction into a pro wrestling HOF or a WWE HOF, sure, but TNA? What did he do other than be in a bunch of bad angles that were just the same angle over and over. As for another referee who would deserve induction into a hall of fame: Tommy Young.

This chant has happened many times before.
I've always heard 'shut the fuck up', never the polite version
If I recall correctly, I've mostly heard it on WWE or TNA shows where the crowd was being kind of cognisant of the fact that using the f word could get the promotion in trouble, but I've heard it at some ROH and FIP shows, too, mostly back in the 2005-2008 era. And CHIKARA has always used "shut the heck up!"

What a f*cking stupid finish. If you can't book a worthwhile finish then don't book the match, and don't book a DQ in a main event stipulation match. This is why so many people have given up on this company. They'll never learn.
what stipulation? it's a tag match, one team got DQd, that's it. It's what ECIII has been doing for the last 3-4 weeks, going crazy with a belt, attacking eveyone.

I thought I read someone that this was an "Indian Strap Match." Maybe that's what they're doing at the PPV. But stip or no stip it's still a dumb finish. Why would attack the referee? This comes off to me like they did a DQ because they didn't want to beat anyone rather than to do anything that helps the story. If you don't want to beat anyone cleanly then don't book the match. And even if it did help the story, if you're going to do DQ, don't make that match the main event.