Anderson said it wonderfully about Bisch’s political views and how he’s exactly what he hates. Bisch might like to think it’s his character who’s like the politics he loudly complains about, but in reality he’s been proving he’s not as different from his character as he’d like us to think. Yes, some of his use of social media is in character, but much isn’t. It’s very easy to see where that line is drawn if you read what he writes. Anderson might be an asshole, but Bisch is a freaken douche bag. Wait, that’s what Anderson said, but I agree.
MexA vs Angle > B+
Bait and switch? Now that doesn’t sound very legal. I’d actually like to see Hernandez face Angle, but Anarquia isn’t worth Angle’s time! I would have liked to see Angle in a real match, but I admit seeing Anarquia squashed made me smile.
Winner – Angle
Gut Check Video > B
Alex Silva talked about who he was and where he came from. Interesting to see Al Snow talking him up. Well spoken guy with great credentials. This could be interesting.
Gut Check Match – Alex Silva vs Robbie E w/ Robbie T > C-
Robbie E is much better in the ring than we get to see on TNA. This past week I saw Robbie face Mike Bennett (ROH) and they had quite a match. I know I have been cranky about Robbie not being very good in the ring, well, now I blame it all on the booking because I’ve seen Robbie go and he can work the ring quite well when given the chance to do so. Here we go, another reason to get annoyed with how things are run in TNA!
I can’t get over how Silva started this match. As Snow said on announce, he was nervous and went way too fast, but I was worried that someone was going to get hurt before he slowed down! As I just said about the booking of Robbie, I’m sure it was booked this way, but it looked really off to me. But after Silva slowed down, he looked really solid. I would have liked to see more to this match, but I understand why they did it the way they did.
Al Snow was heavily involved with Tough Enough in its early days. I kind of thought this had a bit of that feel, but then when Snow brought up that the fans could vote for Silva online, then the reality show feel came in. While I know it’s not a reality show, the voting thing after the try out match just has that flavor to it. Is this TNA’s answer to Tough Enough? I will say it’s an interesting way of doing things, and it would be a good idea if the roster wasn’t such a mess and there weren’t so many guys riding the bench every week so that Hogan, Bisch and Flair can get their TV time in.
Winner – Robbie
Backstage Segment > F
Yay, we get shorter matches so we can sit and watch Hogan sit at his desk and play with his phone for fifteen seconds. I know fifteen seconds isn’t much, but add all of the time we’ve been stuck watching Bisch, Hogan and Flair so far on this episode and it really adds up. I’m a very disgruntled wrestling fan.
Backstage Segment > D-
I thought Dixie didn’t want to be on TV, yet here she is again. Through all this talk, she’s still backing him in her company. To me this shows how deluded she really is, and how she should not be involved in business, especially the wrestling business.
Backstage Segment >
Hey, ODBEY was there for this segment, but where were they earlier? And why are we stuck listening to talking and not watching wrestling! I will admit that Daniels was funny, but their gear doesn’t match comment was odd. The Guns were great and deserve to be fighting, but Anderson kissing Hardy was a bit much. Then ODBEY! Hogan saying he couldn’t afford ODB was great! Eliminating the Guns was very odd, but hopefully it’s just for this episode because the Guns should be fighting Joe and Magnus every chance they get!
Tessmacher vs Gail Kim > C+
Tessmacher took those bumps like a trooper. While Tessmacher got the pinfall on Kim last week, it wasn’t just the two of them in the ring. Tessmacher has improved, but we haven’t seen enough to know how much she’s improved. While I can’t say that they got the fan reaction of other matches, they did have some of the men behind them. I don’t think Tessmacher hitting two moves on Kim for the win made Kim look very strong, but it seems as though few titles have meant much lately. I will say that most of the moves thrown did look solid, and I’m impressed by that and that’s why this match earned the grade it did.
Winner – Tessmacher
Backstage Segment > C+
Kaz really has turned heel to join Daniels. I can’t wait to see what they have on AJ, but it’s been drawn out for way too long and it has become quite boring. It better be good to bring the fans back, add some interest.
Video > C+
It was a decent video for RVD, but I don’t understand why RVD is back in TNA. He’s had more troubles than anything with this company, so I don’t get RVD’s logic.
Backstage Segment > B-
Snow over explaining everything to Silva was a bit pathetic. When Roode came in it was obvious that he was going to do something to Silva. Roode brought up how long it took him to get to TNA, how he didn’t have a chance like this. The thing is that TNA had only been going for two years before Roode came in. In the wrestling industry, from what I’ve been seeing, that isn’t too terribly long. It might feel that way to the person trying to break in, but in the grand scheme of things, that wasn’t that long.
Backstage Segment > F
Wait, what did EY do to Hogan? I’m very confused. Must have missed an innuendo of some sort, but I think it’s one I’m glad I missed. Honestly, ODBEY was the last team I wanted to see in the ring facing Joe and Magnus, but we didn’t need even more time spent with Hogan pontificating.
Backstage Segment > D
Garett looks so much like his father at certain angles. I will say the boy is right about TNA being better without Bisch, but sadly TNA won’t be without Bisch any time soon! I’d even put up with Garett’s crappy ring work if it meant Bisch, Hogan and Flair were out of TNA and Dixie got someone in to run the company correctly!
Backstage Segment > B
I’ve been wondering when Joseph would be getting to Bully. I can’t wait to see what Joseph is going to be doing to Bully next!
Tag Team Championship Match – Joe & Magnus vs Anderson & Hardy > B+
Why would Hogan say it’s even wilder in the back? That just makes the fans feel like they aren’t getting the best show they could be getting. Hogan just keeps putting his foot in his mouth. I will admit that I would have liked to see Daniels and Kaz face Joe and Magnus, but for the fans, this does make more sense.
I didn’t think Anderson and Hardy were on this bad of terms, but they sold their issues while tagging in and out, as well as arguing about called moves. I will say that Hardy looked really solid in the ring, better than I’ve seen him in a while. His moves were crisp and on the mark. As much as I don’t want to be enjoying Hardy or his ring work, he’s been doing quite well. I don’t think they needed to show Hardy’s whisper in the wind from every camera angle! And then there’s Joe who was also on with every move. That shockingly fast scoop slam on Hardy was sick! Magnus did a great job in the little work we saw from him. Screw it, they were all really great and the ending was as it should be with the Champs retaining.
Of course Anderson and Hardy will be arguing more, and I wasn’t at all shocked at Daniels and Kaz attacking on the ramp after it was over. Be interesting to see where they go with Daniels and Kaz after that attack.
Winners – Joe & Magnus
Bisch’s Farewell Party > D+
Flair could barely get his words out, Bisch wasn’t even out there, and the fans were singing Bisch out of the arena. Then Flair said he doesn’t like wrestling fans? That’s just hysterical! Then Bully clinging to him like an overgrown child made me snort. Then Bisch welling up with tears? I know wrestling is about suspending disbelief, but that was too much.
The wind beneath Bully’s wings?
I found it interesting how Borash and Garett got free of the fight so quickly, I figured they had to be going after Bisch. And I’m sorry, it’s not that easy to flip a port-a-castle, and they’re normally full of blue chemicals, not only excrement. I’ve been to many a medieval event, and I know it’s not that easy for a couple of people to push over a port-a-castle without rocking it back and forth a couple times first. Though I have to say that he left WWE in a trash truck, so TNA had to try to one up them. Not sure a cheap poop gag did it, but I will give them props for the attempt.
Post Show
While Open Fight Night doesn’t seem to have the storylines we love, but it was sure full of too much talking. While it was fun to see interesting and unexpected matches, we should be seeing good and interesting matches every week. In all honesty, the wrestling really wasn’t better and there wasn’t more of it. It would be nice if they actually put on a wrestling show about wrestling!
I pulled out my stopwatch this week as I want to see how much wrestling there is actually on these wrestling shows. Well, I didn’t time the wrestling on this episode of Impact, but I did time how much of this episode was lost to Hogan, Bisch, Flair and Dixie. Out of a two hour show, let’s say we get forty minutes of actual show out of every hour after commercials. So that’s eighty minutes of show time, approximately, just to give it a ballpark number. Now, remember that I’m not perfect on the stopwatch, but I gave each segment a bit of leeway and came up with twenty-eight and a half minutes that was allocated to Hogan, Bisch, Flair and Dixie. 28:30! Now, remember, that was just those four, not all of the talking segments on the show, and honestly Dixie was only thirty seconds, but the ending segment was over twelve minutes long! So while the amount of time to be removed by commercials is a guesstimation, and I’m not perfect on the stopwatch, but the fact that TNA gave these four a half hour of time from Impact really bothers me.
Thanks for not fileting me for being so late, and I will make it worth your while with the series of articles I have coming up.
K
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