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A couple spoilers for tonight

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Last week's show was pretty good. X-Division match was nice. Hated seeing Joe lose to Tomko and I don't see the point of that.

This week's show was alright. The non-wrestling segments are better than before, but they need to let the wrestling speak for itself like before. No need for side shows and all that crap in the matches.

What happened to James Mitchell?

~T

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In his pursuit of truth, justice and the American way, Sting beat him up.

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The PPV had some good, it had some bad, it had some ugly and it had some things I found to be funny as hell.

The main event was really good, the tag match was good, and the X-title match was also good. The finish to the main event was perfect.

AJ Styles and Rhino, as well as Senshi and Austin Starr were both matches that ended up being better than they realistically should be given the stipulation they were working with.

The Steiner and Angle match was bad, so was the VKM/Heart Breakers match and Sting and Abyss. However, Sting and Abyss worked hard to try and have a good match but they were hindered by the stupid gimmick and the hostile crowd but they still made an attempt to overcome all of that.

Some of the finishes were just plain ugly.

The crowd was great though, chanting among other things "fire Russo", during the Last Rights match.

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03/15-03/22 TNA iMPACT spoilers

Enjoy

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I watched IFL Battleground on Monday and it sucked, I watched ECW on Tuesday and it was boring. This week's iMPACT was far and away the best thing I watched.

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If you're looking for a shorter and more straight forward recap of the show Here is my friend Wade's review

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I didn't like this week's show. The previous two weeks were pretty good.

Jackie and Gail? Who gives a damn!

The best thing about the show was AJ and Christian's interaction.

~T

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People who love Gail Kim certainly do give a damn.

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Its true, Its true!

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3 weeks worth of iMPACT Spoilers
click and enjoy.

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I think this is important enough that I am linking it in both the TNA and WWE thread just in case you examine one and not the other.

A sportswriter for CBSSportsline.com named Dennis Dodd took some unkind shots at wrestling fans in his latest column. I quote his column and respond

I intend to eventually leave him some feedback of my own, when I've worded the appropriate response.

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Impact sucks and it isn't even over yet. If you are looking for something entertaining, may I suggest The Old Country Podcast Preview of WWE 'Wrestlemania 23' this was quite the show and a zillion times more entertaining than people fighting over Tomko.


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Tonight's impact was good. At least it was good compared to last week's crap.

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Good? Really? It wasn't on at its usual time, so I'll have to watch it on Saturday. I didn't think last week's was that bad, then again I was doing something else while watching it.

~T

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I thought it was okay.

The opening backstage interview with Christian's team was good. I liked all the stuff going on in the background. Taking out Abyss, I think this should be a permanant group.

Nice to see the X-Division match get some time without any interferences.

~T

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This week's show had some good stuff and some stuff I didn't think was so good.

Is team Angle a bunch of high-school students trying to set up prom dates? That's what that opening segment made me think of especially Sting's reasons for not calling Kurt.

Christian entertains me, how he was ever a face I'll not know. Actually, I do know and understand but still a heel if there has ever been one.

I liked the LAX deal, but I didn't like Mike Tenay calling it horrific and then hyping Lockdown as TNA's most violent show.

I like Black Machismo, so sue me. I also thought we got a fair amount of in-ring time this week. The video packages were strong.

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It was above average.

Ooooooooooh yeah!!! Black Machismo fan here!

Not liking AJ styles as a heel in the ring.

~T

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I'm not sure I'm down with AJ's wrestling as a heel but I like his personality as a heel more than his babyface character.

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I thought this show was pretty good, reaction of wrestling writers be damned.

One match was one of the worst I've ever seen though and that was, big shock, the Blindfold match.

Another match was such that had they taken out the hoaky electricity thing and just left it in the cage would've been just fine as was, obviously I'm talking the tag team titles.

Everything else ranged from Solid if not spectacular: Roode-Williams and Lynn-Daniels
to
good: Gail-Jackie and Senshi-Starr
to
Awesome: Xscape and Main Event.

6 watchable matches on an 8 match show makes a good one for me.

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This was my first PPV in a long time. I thought it was alright.

Best matches were the first and last ones.

The electrified cage concept stunk. Did they not know it was going to be that cheasy ahead of time? And this stupid match affected all the other matches because the cage wasn't utilized much, just the door.

Damn, that blindfold match stunk. The hoods falling off was awful. I don't understand why when it's obvious the match is stinking and not working out like it's supposed to, they just don't cut down the time.

Styles' fall off the top of the cage stunk. Why? The camera shot. They need a wide shot to capture how awesome those spots are.

Best moment of the show for me was ... the Frankensteiner! Wow!

~T

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The 2 matches you did not like, are the same 2 I did not like. I actually described the Tag match like this. Take that match and put it in a normal cage and its a pretty good match. Add back in all the rest of that stuff and you get what we got. You didn't even mention my biggest problem with it though. So Team 3D finally achieves their goal of winning the NWA tag titles, which they've been chasing since they came to TNA, and which LAX had denied them for so long. So they win the belts, and TNA cuts backstage immediately. Thumbs, down!

There aren't enough hateful words to describe that blindfold match.

But, pretending those 2 matches didn't happen, you had an otherwise good show.

*The opener was great, everyone looked good especially when Shelley and Sabin were doubleteaming. Black Machismo is now my favorite thing ever in TNA.

*Robert Roode looked better than he has in forever, even though I still don't understand why people see him as a future star.

*Gail and Jackie was a pretty good match, which didn't surprise me as their brawls have also been good.

*Austin Starr and Senshi. I thought this was a solid match, the 4th solid match in a row. The streak went up in flames with the blindfold match.

*Jerry Lynn Vs. Christopher Daniels wasn't what you'd expect out of Daniels but that's ok because this is supposed to be a new Daniels. I felt bad for these men because they were working hard to get the crowd back after the prior disaster. They got them by the end so what they did worked to a degree.

*The main event, I thought this was tremendous. It isn't for everyone though as I've heard lots of criticism of the match as a whole. However, Thi said it best...Frankensteiner! Seriously, I never ever expected this to ever happen.

So, you had 2 terrible matches, 2 pretty good matches, and the rest was solid. Plus, Samoa Joe in particular cut a nice promo on this show. Add to that the fact that the crowd in St. Louis didn't make me want to take a chainsaw to my ears like the Orlando crowd does from time to time, and I'm glad I watched it.

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TNA has suspended Austin Starr for 90 days. It is reportedly for attitude issues.

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I didn't see what was wrong with the main event besides the bad shot of AJ's spot and it was a bit crowded at times in the ring. It was an awesome main event, as good as that type of match should be.

I haven't cared much for Austin since his new gimmick. It just doesn't work for me. If it means Backlund being off TV, that's good.

~T

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Location for Bound for Glory 2007

Last night's iMPACT I thought was pretty damn good actually. I did have one problem with the show, which I recounted in my recap is that Abyss finally does the right thing and casts Mitchell aside which is what Sting wanted him to do...and he gets a horrific beatdown for his trouble. Where was Sting? With friends like Sting, Abyss really didn't need to make Team Cage his enemies.

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I may be the only one to see it but Sacrifice was a hella-fun show.

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Jeff Jarrett's wife Jill passed away yesterday after a long battle with illness.

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If you didn't see iMPACT last night, either watch the replay or go to TNAWrestling.com so you can see the exchange between Team 3D and the Steiners. One of the best segments on TNA...ever.

Edit: It appears not to load immediately on the website anymore, but it is worth tracking down.

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That was indeed a great segment between 3D and Steiners. Scotty was really good on the mic without being too much in the Big Poppa Pump character mode. I watched his Nitro retirement speech again recently on YouTube and forgot how great it was.

The past few weeks of Impact have been good, with more emphasis on the wrestling.

I'm not liking Daniels' new gimmick at all. It just takes too much away from his in-ring performance. What's going to happen to him once his feud with Sting is over?

~T