TNA iMPACT! TALKBACK (10-05-06)

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TNA Wrestling continues down the road to the “Bound For Glory” Pay-Per-View this Thursday on ‘iMPACT!” on SpikeTV! Below is the official preview for the broadcast!

MORE NEWS ON KURT ANGLE AND “BOUND FOR GLORY”
The October 22 epic event is just weeks away, and no doubt there will be plenty of news on the show concerning the Pay-Per-View, including new matches as well as an update on Kurt Angle! What will Jeff Jarrett have to say about Angle serving as the special enforcer for his World Title bout against Sting? Tune in this Thursday night to find out!

MAIN EVENT: THE TRUTH AND CHRISTOPHER DANIELS VS. NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION JEFF JARRETT AND CHRISTIAN CAGE
It will be tag team warfare this Thursday night on “iMPACT!” as two teams tag up for the first time ever! It will be The Truth and Christopher Daniels joining forces due to AJ Styles being unable to compete, taking on Jeff Jarrett and Christian Cage! Plus, will Jeff Jarrett be able to retrieve the NWA World Heavyweight Title from Samoa Joe during the broadcast on Thursday night? Tune in and find out!

TEAM 3D VS. BENTLEY AND KAZARIAN
Team 3D has vowed they want to earn a shot at the NWA World Tag Team Title – their road to the gold starts this Thursday night on “iMPACT!”. Brother Ray and Brother Devon will take on tag team veterans Matt Bentley and Kazarian on “iMPACT!” on SpikeTV!

THE LATIN AMERICAN EXCHANGE IN ACTION – PLUS FOOTAGE FROM THE INCIDENT IN MEXICO
Homicide and Hernandez of The Latin American Exchange will be in tag team action this Thursday on “iMPACT!” as they prepare for their Six Sides of Steel bout at “Bound For Glory” against AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels for the NWA World Tag Team Title! In addition, the footage will be shown on the broadcast of the incident between The LAX and AJ Styles that occurred in Mexico, forcing “The Phenomenal One” out of action this past week!

All this and much more this Thursday night on “iMPACT!” on SpikeTV as TNA Wrestling heads towards the “Bound For Glory” Pay-Per-View epic event on Sunday, October 22!

[VCXZX]

I had no idea who the other jobbers were besides Shark Boy, Eric Young and Smiley in the cold opening. I think Cornette sounded a little heelish for no reason at all. Yet another Russo trademark. Non-wrestling personalities as tweeners.

Yet more overbooked nonsense with the other tag-teams in TNA scouting Team 3-D for possibly no reason at all.

http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif at the Lose Yourself ripoff music. What a WCWish vibe with the music.

So Aj Styles got jumped in Mexico by a bunch of mexicans. I wonder if more wrestlers will be joing the great LAX stable. I thought I saw wrestlers that looked like Psychosis and Juventud Guerrera beating up Styles. http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gifhttp://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gifhttp://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

And Eric Young is outta here. I guess he will now take part in "if he wins, he returns to TNA" matches. http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif at zybseko covering his not-bald head after his wig was taken off. http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gifhttp://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gifhttp://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif at the grown-up fans being upset that eric Young being fired. Not kids/teenagers like when Cena loses. What a bunch of marks.http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

I like how Christian and Jarrett are not on the same page. A hella lot better than Cage and Jarrett becoming friends and allies. Good move there, TNA.

Christopher Daniels has to be the dorkiest wrestler today. His gaudy outfits http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif. That dance he did with Killings, http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gifhttp://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif. For someone who is supposed to be dark and mysterious, Daniels really lives a confusing life.

Nice ending to the main event. I liked the tension with the heels rather than cage jarrett's lackey.

So while not perfect or great, Impact still was better than last week's show.

[Hyper Shadow X]

Caught bits and pieces of this.

[Tapout]

And Eric Young is outta here. I guess he will now take part in "if he wins, he returns to TNA" matches. http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif at zybseko covering his not-bald head after his wig was taken off. http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gifhttp://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gifhttp://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif at the grown-up fans being upset that eric Young being fired. Not kids/teenagers like when Cena loses. What a bunch of marks.http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/laugh.gifIt's entirely possible that I'm giving them too much credit, but I don't think they were being marks. I think they were playing along with the show. The fans they cut to were being so over the top with there reactions that they were either just having a good time, or were plants.

[Wing Zero]

It's entirely possible that I'm giving them too much credit, but I don't think they were being marks. I think they were playing along with the show. The fans they cut to were being so over the top with there reactions that they were either just having a good time, or were plants.

That's what I was thinking, those fans were probably playing along and just having a good time.

[RedNinja84]

All I have to say is Samoa joe rules all. I love seeing that belt with Joe.:D

[The Penguin]

So Matt and Kazarian are second lowest on the tag team ladder? Brother Ray really minimized them didn’t he?

Looks like TNA wanted Eminem to face Christian in Detroit, but they couldn’t get him so they went with Rhino instead. They could have done that promo and made it good without making it feel like a rejected trailer for 8 Mile.

I was fine with Joe having the belt after he took it the first time, but fighting to keep it? That’s just lame. Joe is not a mindless savage; he knows he’s not the champion! I think it makes him look stupid.

Mexico was not kind to A.J. Styles. It looked like all the luchadors are the card were beating him down!

Man, did Hernandez really have to follow Konnan and Bull Buchanan with the hiked-up boxer shorts? That look just doesn’t work.

I shoulda known that Zbysko would never be too far away from his golf clubs. The celebration of the other four “Superstar jobbers” was a funny moment. Don’t actually fire Eric. :p

The main event wasn’t too bad, but I hated Daniels acting like the Truth. What was with that? He’s supposed to be all serious and he’s playing footsie with K-Kwik! Cage and Jarrett not getting along perfectly was a good move. Sometimes (especially ‘back in the day’) it seems like all the heels are buddies and all the faces are pals and I was happy that was not the case here. Now everyone is fighting over who gets to hold the belt!

[Punisher]

Much better than last week. As funny as the ripoff music of the Rhino promo was, the promo itself was pretty good, as have been the other promos as of late. TNA seems to be improving in that area.

And in case anbody didn't know, it looked like the other two jobbers(besides Norman Smiley and Sharkboy) were the Diamonds in the Rough, but I'm not completely sure. The match itself was decent, wish it could've been longer, but I've never been a fan of interference finishes and never will be. If Eric had lost cleanly to Sharkboy(who could look a bit more credible) I'd have been fine.

And finally...Samoa Joe coming out once with the belt was fine, but I don't see the point of him coming out multiple times with it on one show, especially if no explanation is given. It doesn't make sense.

So at least this was much better than last week, but it could've been much better. TNA needs two hours, badly.

[Tapout]

I was fine with Joe having the belt after he took it the first time, but fighting to keep it? That’s just lame. Joe is not a mindless savage; he knows he’s not the champion! I think it makes him look stupid.Joe's not fighting to keep the belt, he just wants Jarrett/Sting/Cornette/whoever to prove that they can take it from him. And even if you're right, Joe's facial expressions make the whole thing great anyway.

[The Penguin]

Joe's not fighting to keep the belt, he just wants Jarrett/Sting/Cornette/whoever to prove that they can take it from him. And even if you're right, Joe's facial expressions make the whole thing great anyway.I dunno, but I don't like it. Your interpretation does make me feel a little better about it. Of course none of this would be happening if Sting would just appear on TV.

[Toon Capone]

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Actually none of this would be happening right now if they would have just let Sting beat Jeff for the belt at Hard Justice.