"TNA iMPACT!" February 2009 Talkback (Spoilers)

[The Penguin]

Welcome to February! Discuss this short month of TNA Wrestling action here. This is also an appropriate place to discuss Against All Odds which is this Sunday.

PREVIEW FOR THURSDAY'S HUGE "iMPACT!' BROADCAST ON SPIKE TV: THE FINAL COUNTDOWN TO "AGAINST ALL ODDS"

This Thursday night, TNA Wrestling returns to SpikeTV for two hours of Total Nonstop Action, including the final countdown to the Sunday, February 8 "Against All Odds" Pay-Per-View spectacular.

Scheduled for the broadcast is the following:

- How will the members of the Main Event Mafia react to the return of Samoa Joe following his injury at the hands of the M.E.M?

- Speaking of the Mafia, in the main event it will be TNA World Heavyweight Champion "The Icon" Sting teaming with Kurt Angle to take on Team 3D in a tag team match! The bout features all the competitors in the World Title bout at the "Against All Odds" Pay-Per-View! The question is, can Sting and Angle put their recent issues behind them to function as a team?

- Also in tag team action, it will be The Motor City Machineguns battling "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed

- Japanese legend Keiji Mutoh (aka, The Great Muta) will make a special appearance on "IMPACT!" this Thursday night to discuss TNA newcomer Kiyoshi during a special edition of "Rough Cuts"

- In Knockouts action, The Beautiful People will take on the tandem of Taylor Wilde and Roxxi

- Plus, British newcomer Brutus Magnus will make his TNA "iMPACT!" debut

Tune in for more news on the February 8 "Against All Odds" event! All this and much more this Thursday night on "IMPACT!" on SpikeTV starting at 9pm ET!

[LinkG07]

Good thing you made this thread. I'm watching right now.
I haven't been keeping up that much on this side of the wrestling wagon and I see Bubba Ray and Devon are as lively as ever. I can't wait to see how the night unfolds.

[TheTerror]

Good thing you made this thread. I'm watching right now.
I haven't been keeping up that much on this side of the wrestling wagon and I see Bubba Ray and Devon are as lively as ever. I can't wait to see how the night unfolds.

D-Von and Brother Ray should not be challenging for World Heavyweight Championships by any means and it's things like this that turn me off from TNA from time to time.

[Master Toon]

I missed the ending but it's pretty clear that the MMGs have been or are going to be kicked out of The Front Line.

Once again I see a display of the fans being sheep. Brutus Magnus just wants better completion than a loser named Shark Boy. Why boo him for that? Do these sheep have any brains at all?

[Wonderwall]

I missed the ending but it's pretty clear that the MMGs have been or are going to be kicked out of The Front Line.

The Frontline still exists?

Once again I see a display of the fans being sheep. Brutus Magnus just wants better completion than a loser named Shark Boy. Why boo him for that? Do these sheep have any brains at all?

He's a heel. Nobody's supposed to like a guy who says that the talent they like aren't real competition. Remember the days when people weren't looked down because they cheered the good guys and booed the bad guys.

Now I love the Beautiful People( for obvious reasons but also I think theyre good heels ), but having them annihilate Taylor and Roxxi so handily and with barely a fight really makes the babyfaces look weak. I mean they didn't even come at them from behind and they still overpowered them. So based on this angle, Taylor and Roxxi hate the BP because they are so much more awesome than them. Not exactly the best reason for a face to want to get back at them.

[LinkG07]

The beautiful people dominated in that match. They took um out on the outside and finished um off on the inside. That was truly a nice beatdown. I'm liken Palin's fisherman sweep move, its quite unique. (or its a move that's been used before but I haven't seen before.)

[The Penguin]

Man, I had just about forgotten about Sharkboy and his Austin impression. Brutus Magnus wasn't too bad in the ring, but Tenay way over-hyped his finisher. I was expecting something original-looking and rarely seen and then it was a Samoan Drop with a slight spin. I'll be interested to see what develops for the young Brit.

In other news, it seems that Abyss is back and Velvet Sky is still hot. TNA really needs to find a new name for "The Governor", now fully exposed as an impersonator she needs her own personality.

I'm so over this Main Event Mafia drama. They can't just be a super-group, they have to have all this conflict. I just don't care about Kurt and Sting not getting along. I hope they either divorce or kiss and make up on Sunday.


Eric Bischoff was interviewed by The Sun in the U.K. and here is what he had to say about TNA...

Have TNA approached you at all about working for them? What would be your advice to them if they want become a true challenger to the WWE like WCW was?

Sure they have.

But look, the people that are involved in the creative process and vision for TNA are people that couldn’t get a job in WWE or shouldn’t have had a job in WCW.

There’s no vision for that company.

They are people who have never been to the dance. They’ve never been a part, really, of any of the decision-making processes that led to the success of the industry.

Some of them happen to have been working there while other people did it, but have never really done it for themselves. They just don’t have the feel for it.

So that’s the reason we wouldn’t want to be there.

For me to sit down and say “listen guys, this is what you have to do to be successful” would be like telling a three-year-old how to fly an aeroplane. You can try all you want, they’re never going to get it.

[EinBebop]

TNA really needs to find a new name for "The Governor", now fully exposed as an impersonator she needs her own personality.

She has a name, personality, and built-in fanbase from her WCW days if they choose to tap into it.

[The Penguin]

She has a name, personality, and built-in fanbase from her WCW days if they choose to tap into it.

And that would work for me. WWE may have something to say about her going by Daffney, but something like that would work for me. This Palin character is becoming less and less topical by the day.

[TheTerror]

I watched it online for free last night just for kicks because I wanted to see Williams vs Stiener and Shelley vs EY and as a whole this PPV stunk from top to bottom, it made me sad and very frusterated that TNA would charge $30 to watch this event. It seemed like the matches were just tossed together to come up with a card for the PPV, there was nothing here that couldn't have been seen on IMPACT, weak, very weak. Every match seemed to drag with little to no excitement, it's as if the talent didn't even try to put on a good show, it's like they wanted to get it over with or something. I am not trying to bash TNA, because I have been a huge supporter since summer of 2004, but this PPV was possibly the single worst the company has ever put on and to charge $30 to see this load was not worth it in the slightest. Shame on you TNA.

More 1 on 1 matches and epic encounters are needed to pull TNA out of this rut, I am hoping for more in the future.

Booker T vs a referee?
Sabin vs Magnus????
4 way PPV main event???

Sorry if there was a thread for this already, I tried finding one and could'nt locate it.

[Wade Kruse]

Nothing wrong with a 4-way main event...the problem is the freaking Dudley Boys were in it.

[Condiment King]

Nothing wrong with a 4-way main event...the problem is the freaking Dudley Boys were in it.

Ditto.

And for what it's worth, the Alex Shelley vs Eric Young match was pretty good.

I just can't believe that both AJ Styles and Samoa Joe did not make this PPV. I've stopped watching Impact regularly since early January, so did I miss something here?

I'm interested to see what the next main event for the TNA World Heavyweight Title will be because Sting has now defeated all five main members of the TNA Frontline: AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Rhino and the Dudleys. If we get Sting vs Kurt Angle straight-up, I would probably groan. I really think Sting as a heel was like the only interesting aspect of this Main Event Mafia from the get-go and to drop that would negate the only quality part of this. Plus having Sting become a face would further bury Joe and Styles down the card.

[TheTerror]

Nothing wrong with a 4-way main event...the problem is the freaking Dudley Boys were in it.

Thats the problem in general............it was a 4 way ME! I am a true believer that main events in PPV's should consist of 2 competitors wrestling for the World's Championship, not multi-man or tag-team bouts, it sickens me.

[TheTerror]

Ditto.

And for what it's worth, the Alex Shelley vs Eric Young match was pretty good.

I just can't believe that both AJ Styles and Samoa Joe did not make this PPV. I've stopped watching Impact regularly since early January, so did I miss something here?

I'm interested to see what the next main event for the TNA World Heavyweight Title will be because Sting has now defeated all five main members of the TNA Frontline: AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Rhino and the Dudleys. If we get Sting vs Kurt Angle straight-up, I would probably groan. I really think Sting as a heel was like the only interesting aspect of this Main Event Mafia from the get-go and to drop that would negate the only quality part of this. Plus having Sting become a face would further bury Joe and Styles down the card.

Odd'y enough, I have respect for the TNA World Heavyweight Title. In it's 2 year existance it has had some lengthy reigns with Angle, Joe and now Sting and some of the matches contested for it have been pretty good, but I have no idea who will dethrone Sting for the title, but someone will soon as I feel this is a "Thank you" run and Sting's last hurrah.

[TheVileOne]

Sting is a pathetic world champion that can't wrestle worth a darn anymore.

Angle's run on top was terrible.

Joe's title run was a disappointment after TNA ruined him.

[TheTerror]

Sting is a pathetic world champion that can't wrestle worth a darn anymore.

Angle's run on top was terrible.

Joe's title run was a disappointment after TNA ruined him.

Sting is limited now due to age and injury, but he is still a draw and can still put on a good match, BFG08 was proof of that. I found Angle to be an awesome champion, his in ring ability is fantastic, keep in mind that I dont follow storylines and I follow the in ring product only, much like a sport, so with that said his storylines may have sucked, but I wouldn't know. Joe did have a mediocre run, but a long run however and they helped to keep the belt somewhat elusive.

Long live the ROH World Championship

[Mesousa]

Sting is a pathetic world champion that can't wrestle worth a darn anymore.

(sigh) As much as I hate to say this, you're somehow right, but he's not pathetic, maybe it's finally time for him to retire...

Or maybe he just doesn't work as a heel now.

[TheVileOne]

Sting is limited now due to age and injury, but he is still a draw and can still put on a good match, BFG08 was proof of that.

Someone like that who works part time is not fit to be champion. Sting is so unprofessional he didn't even tell management his knees were injured for the PPV match with Rhino.

They had to work that match around Sting's limitations, being that he can barely work in the ring at all.

I found Angle to be an awesome champion, his in ring ability is fantastic, keep in mind that I dont follow storylines and I follow the in ring product only, much like a sport, so with that said his storylines may have sucked, but I wouldn't know. Joe did have a mediocre run, but a long run however and they helped to keep the belt somewhat elusive.

Joe was not a strong enough, dominant enough champion he should've been even though he held the belt a long time. Angle's title reign was insufferable and most of the matches and feuds he had while champion were bad stupid idiotic TNA booking.

[TheTerror]

Someone like that who works part time is not fit to be champion. Sting is so unprofessional he didn't even tell management his knees were injured for the PPV match with Rhino.

They had to work that match around Sting's limitations, being that he can barely work in the ring at all.



Joe was not a strong enough, dominant enough champion he should've been even though he held the belt a long time. Angle's title reign was insufferable and most of the matches and feuds he had while champion were bad stupid idiotic TNA booking.

The Angle match at AAO 08 was awesome, as well as his match with Joe at LD 08 (once the match moved along from the MMA style), also Angle had some good matches with Kaz mixed in there, I felt it was enjoyable, but I can see where some felt otherwise.

[Wade Kruse]

Thats the problem in general............it was a 4 way ME! I am a true believer that main events in PPV's should consist of 2 competitors wrestling for the World's Championship, not multi-man or tag-team bouts, it sickens me.

Several ROH ppvs have had tag team main events, and they were great. I don't see why it always has to be one on one. I mean, a Sting/Angle/Joe/AJ match for example, would be pretty sweet.