"TNA iMPACT!" July 22, 2010 Talkback (Spoilers)

[The Penguin]

"I invited them." What did Dixie Carter mean? Find out tonight on iMPACT!

TNA WRESTLING "IMPACT!" - EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT 9/8c ON SPIKE TV

Every Thursday night, TNA Wrestling presents two hours of Total Nonstop Action with "iMPACT!" at 9/8c

The broadcast features all of your favorite TNA Superstars, including World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam, Hulk Hogan, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles, "The Charismatic Enigma" Jeff Hardy, Mr. Anderson, Abyss, Desmond Wolfe, Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, the sexy TNA Knockouts and so many more!

- Don't miss this week's huge "iMPACT!" as TNA President Dixie Carter explains her extreme invitation! Why did she bring hardcore superstars Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Rhino and Stevie Richards to last week's broadcast? What will happen when they return this Thursday night?

- The #2 Contender to the World Title, "The Charismatic Enigma" Jeff Hardy battles the #4 Contender, Samoa Joe

- Plus, #8 Contender Kurt Angle will battle the #7 Contender Hernandez in one-on-one action

- The "Best Of 5 Series" continues this Thursday between TNA World Tag Team Champions The Motor City Machineguns and former champs, Beer Money

[hobbyfan]

No one match really stands out. Jeff Hardy vs. Samoa Joe ended in a draw, which some people will say should've been the finish to Joe-RVD 2 weeks ago, leaving fans wanting more.

The street fight was lazily booked. The breakaway beer bottle has become too much of a crutch weapon for James Storm to use. In this case, there's nothing that can be done, but they need to change the booking, and fast. Beer Money doesn't need the tag titles and it would be a travesty if Russo decided that they would get one more run. I'm sorry, but not now.

Not on board with AJ Styles winning the Global title. That was also lazy booking. When you consider that Madison Whiner got the women's title back, since there was no evidence to prove her soon-to-be-ex-teammates were involved at Victory Road, it is only fair that Rob Terry be awarded the Global title after a video review reveals Kazarian's infraction. This is how it must be booked:

For Impact, 7/29:

We learn that after a video review, the decision is reversed, and Styles is DQd for interference, with the Global belt returned to Rob Terry. A rematch is ordered, but Styles MUST go it alone. That match will take place the following week, but Terry gets a fall back from Styles in a tag team match.

7 months ago, Tommy Dreamer cut an emotional promo for his exit from ECW. Now, he's ripping WWE for the way they mishandled ECW from 2006-10. It took him that long to realize he was working for a deranged lunatic? So Hard Justice is now going to be TNA's answer to One Night Stand. Hopefully, they've learned from the past.......

Virtually every match on the show deserved more time, bottom line. Jeff Jarrett is right when he thinks Kevin Nash is going down the same primrose path as Sting, but then, Nash has always been the "selfish prick" he accuses Jarrett of being, and will take whatever road gets him the most fortune.

[Azrayel]

I agree with hobbyfan here, none of the matches stood out, so I guess this was an alright show.

I kinda what to see how the August ppv will shape out, since it is no longer called Hard Just but rather Hardcore Justice: One Last Stand. I hope RVD vs Abyss will be a monster's ball match would be a good match to add on the card.

Glad the belt is taken off Rob Terry, lets keep things this way a while.

[TnAdct1]

Spoony reacts to Thursday's Impact.

[krazymed]

The last time the challenger beat the champion via pinfall/submission in a singles match to win the TNA Knockout title was in January. Since then, the title has changed hands four times on a key in a box (non-match), a pin in a tag match (to someone who had never won a singles match prior to winning the title), a DQ (no pin or submission), and now on the threat of a lawsuit.

This is just one note in the long and humorous death of TNA.

[RedNinja84]

Spoony reacts to Thursday's Impact.

I have to agree with Spoony, bringing ECW back again is just sad. One Night Stand 05 should have been the closing to everyone. I mean it's nice to remember all the stuff they did but it's over. And Spoony's right, there are good reasons the company went out of business. I wouldn't pay 40 bucks to watch a bunch of fat, washed up wrestlers who may not be able to wrestle anymore. The success that ECW had came in a time where it could succede when both WWF and WCW were struggling. But that was a lifetime ago and it's time to let go. Let ECW rest in piece.

[The Penguin]

Maybe the Global Championship will mean something now that Rob Terry isn’t holding it. A.J. Styles was the first man to win this Title—maybe he can do something with it. I still say they should just change the name again and turn it into a TV Title.

I suppose it’s because of my belief that Dixie Carter doesn’t even know as much as an educated wrestling fan, but I didn’t really care to see her yelling at the road agents about the previous week. Of course, I also wonder why WWE let Al Snow get away.

I found it interesting that the end-of-match segment had eliminated pretty much the entire Knockout roster as ‘suspects’ in the biker mystery. I would have to think we’re about done here. As Pyro once said to Magneto, “That’s a dorky-looking helmet.”

Poor Hernandez has to feel like he was put in the rankings to give Kurt Angle a non-PPV opponent to move up one more number. In trying to review what’s been done with the rankings so far, the only real thing to come out of it other than last month’s number one contender three-way is Angle climbing the ladder.

They’ve talked for two weeks now, and as soon as they are done, I don’t feel like I got anything out of Nash and Jarrett. I can still find Nash pretty entertaining, but I already feel bored here.

As Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Hardy kept going I had a feeling it was going to end in a draw and when you have two such big guys having their first match ever on free TV, that’s probably best. Seems a very odd match to have Eric Bischoff on phone though. The most interesting match on the show doesn’t need a third party talking over it.

Wow, so Beer Money-Machine Guns had the same finish two weeks in a row?! Who decides that is the way to go? This was set up because of some controversy I didn’t see when I read the results and now the first two matches have ended in very controversial fashion. Hopefully the Guns win the next three. Otherwise, this over before it even begins.

Dixie Carter doing her introduction of Tommy Dreamer, Mick Foley and the ECW guys was okay, but when she talks about what the fans tell her and references ECW, she is still talking about 15-20 years ago! And thusly, seems to be another example of TNA trying to live in the past to bring in more people. The nWo didn’t work, so let’s trying the next thing! ECW does hold a special place in wrestling history, but I don’t know that it’s ‘turn your organization over to it’ special.

I liked Tommy Dreamer’s promo (Though I’m sure it was all real too, right Dixie? ), though it was apparently cut for time. I don’t know how he felt, but Tommy seemed to cut down even the original One Night Stand, which I have heard only good things about (planning to watch it in a couple weeks, actually). The second one was the transition to ECW being a WWE brand and from just the card line-up is mix of original ECW and what was to come. I guess we’ll see how Hard(core) Justice does. I think TNA needs to tread a bit more carefully in using a name that is trademarked by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. though. I hear they take their trademarks very seriously.