The Angles confer with Dr. Nash -- Nash says they probably shouldn't have gotten on Sting's bad side -- Sting is a demon! He'll mess you up! Nash urges Karen to apologize.
Judas Mesias vs. Eric Young: This is a squash that, at about two minutes, still feels too long. I wasn't impressed with Judas when he was Ricky in WSX and I continue to not be impressed with him now. He finishes Young with...what I'll call a jumping Downward Spiral. He gives another one to Sharkboy for good measure. Rhino (?) comes out for the save.
The Coalition talks about how Junior Fatu is the biggest, baddest Samoan around. I thought there was another Samoan who was supposed to be pretty tough...eh, I can't remember his name right now.
Ron Killings vs. AJ Styles: Pacman and Tomko are also out. Nifty little match; if bringing Pacman in had the side effect of bringing back Killings, then that makes me look upon Pacman a little more charitably. But only a little! Styles is about to Clash Killings when Pacman spraypaints Style's face; Killing gets the axe kick for the win.
Karen is out to "apologize" to Sting. Sting comes out and reveals that he's taken out a restraining order against Karen! A RESTRAINING ORDER! OH HE'S A DEMON ALL RIGHT.
Christian Cage vs. Junior Fatu: Fatu is in his Rikishi gear, with "BOOTYLICIOUS" on his sash. Fatu OWNS Cage in this match -- in about ten minutes Cage gets in, I think, one offensive move. Wow. Cage manages to get a (crappy-looking) roll-up for the win after Styles interferes -- but then Fatu STINKFACES THEM BOTH. I was really hoping to NEVER SEE THAT AGAIN. THANK YOU TNA.
Tomko comes out, and then Samoa Joe comes out and he and Fatu chase the coalition away. Early prediction: Tomko and Styles win the tag belts at BfG and then feud with Joe and Fatu. I just realized I'm not sure I can take two hours of TNA every week.
--K
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Why is it that when WWE puts on a truly atrocious show, TNA feels the need to put on a show that's EVEN WORSE?
Vince Russo's Crash TV was on full display with Judas Mesias. So he gives Eric Young and Shark Boy a beatdown and RHINO decides to get in his face? And how does the show end? With Judas Mesias beating the hell out of STING? I thought he was supposed to be feuding with Abyss? Where the hell did Sting and Rhino come from?
So who are the heels supposed to be in this Team Pacman/Christian Coalition feud? Or is that not relevant anymore? I don't mind the good Killings/Styles match, but the crowd was so confused until they decided to make Styles & Tomko the de facto faces.
Ok, so Karen Angle gets arrested when Sting gets within 50 feet of her? But I thought restraining orders were rendered invalid if the person putting out the order purposely gets within 50 feet of the person the order was put out against. I wouldn't be so vocal about this, except...Vince Russo wrote in that same exact logic in one of his past storylines! Can he not follow his rules anymore? And I thought restraining orders were supposed to be filed by defenseless chickenshit heels, not Big Bad Babyfaces like Sting.
I begged, nay I pleaded, in last week's iMPACT thread that if TNA just HAD to bring back Rikishi, that they at least have the sense to retire the Stinkface spot for good. But noooooo, they couldn't even do THAT, could they?
I really want these guys to succeed, but they're doing themselves no favors by putting on crap like tonight. This is not promising for a promotion that's about to shift into two-hour shows.
Originally posted by MayhemI don't know what was worse ... the show itself or the fact that Rikishi, err, Junior Fatu, had "BOOTYLICIOUS" on his ring attire.
Yeah. It's not that I hate Rikishi -- I hate that his ass has over the years become so, um, all-encompassing. Everything he does is about his ass, all the announcers can talk about is his ass, his opponents are terrified of his ass, the cameraman can't stop getting close-ups of his ass.
If Rikishi had come in and started handing out Rikishi Drivers that'd be another situation. I don't know if he's even capable of working a non-ass-centric style anymore, but as it is now, I for one could go my whole life without seeing Rikishi or his ass ever again and be perfectly happy about it.
--K
(edited by Karlos the Jackal on 21.9.07 0413) Last 5 movies seen: The Condemned * - The Valet *** - The Boss of it All ***1/2 - The Man From the Alamo *** - The Desperadoes **1/2
The ass really has ruined the guy. He could just be a big bad ass Samoan, but instead he has the most deadly ass in town. He still seems to move around the ring alright.
He's really eased up on giving the stinkfaces though. Those were really mild compared to his WWE days.
Originally posted by Karlos the JackalHe finishes Young with...what I'll call a jumping Downward Spiral. He gives another one to Sharkboy for good measure.
TNA has really been retarded with this Mesias character. They give him clothes to wear to the ring that, while making him look like a reject from a Nine Inch Nails video circa 1995, still fits the character's "spooky" vibe... and then they make him take it off to reveal black/purple ring gear with little flames. Ooh scary. Then they give him what may be the least bad ass finisher for a big man I've ever seen. It looks more like something an X Division guy would use as a setup for some top-rope flippy thing.
Originally posted by Karlos the JackalHe finishes Young with...what I'll call a jumping Downward Spiral. He gives another one to Sharkboy for good measure.
TNA has really been retarded with this Mesias character. They give him clothes to wear to the ring that, while making him look like a reject from a Nine Inch Nails video circa 1995, still fits the character's "spooky" vibe... and then they make him take it off to reveal black/purple ring gear with little flames. Ooh scary. Then they give him what may be the least bad ass finisher for a big man I've ever seen. It looks more like something an X Division guy would use as a setup for some top-rope flippy thing.
Completely agree. I turned on Impact and saw that first match. I was wondering if that was James Storm against Eric Young. When they said it was the bad-ass Judas Mesias, I laughed so hard. How does that outfit inspire fear in anyone? I like the white eyes bit, but other than that Judas just looks like AMW with more purple.
I know I am further reiterating things, but It's False is also right about Sting and Karen Angle and the restraining order. And could the "police" shirts be any more bush league? It was so illogical and just plain bad that I was going to theorize that Sting and Karen Angle are swerving Kurt Angle with these crazy shenanigans.
On the plus side, I can't wait to hear the venom spewed when some people have to review 2 hours of this crap. 100% more entertainment for me!
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Originally posted by Karlos the JackalI thought there was another Samoan who was supposed to be pretty tough...eh, I can't remember his name right now.
Umaga?
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I'm just glad to see TNA is one step closer to forming Headshrinkers 2007 with Joe and Fatu. That seems like a great idea. How long until we get the stereo stinkface spot?
Ugh, I have a feeling Pacman/Killings and Styles/Tomko is going to screw up the Christian Coalition. I love Styles as Christian's lackey right now, it's the most character he's ever had and it took some work to get Styles to be a heel. But people hate Pacman so much that I'm afraid Styles is going to get all the face pops in this feud and they might end the Christian Coalition sooner rather than later. Although with TNA's track record I guess we should be happy they've lasted this long without any breakup yet.
Originally posted by TorchslasherI know I am further reiterating things, but It's False is also right about Sting and Karen Angle and the restraining order.
I actually thought the restraining order could have worked. It's done so much by heels that it's fun to see a face do it instead. HOWEVER, it actually didn't work here because it followed up a segment where Nash was talking about how evil and scary Sting can be. Restraining order != evil and scary.