That Clown from Outta Town - TNA iMPACT September 16th 2010

We haven't seen any new TNA for two weeks as they didn't want to go head-to-head with the start of the American Football season. I've half forgotten what happened at the PPV except there's going to be some Hardy/Angle shenanigans, a Gen Me v Guns feud, and the Sting/Nash angle is still intriguing but ultimately makes no sense.

Since the next four iMPACTs were taped, Nash had a mini-meltdown online and is going to leave TNA...not sure if they'll edit him out of this and upcoming shows, or what they'll do, but either way Nash is leaving :(

ON WITH THE SHOW

2:25 - Oh awesome, they're starting with talking. Just what I want from a WRESTLING show.
2:42 - Bischoff. Even better.
5:34 - 3-way at the PPV. We all know Angle will win, but given the Angle v Anderson ladder match and the Angle v Hardy match at the last PPV, it should be fucking awesome anyway.
7:33 - Dixie reversed Bischoff's decision...3way is a no-go, rematch tonight, no time limit. What was the point of announcing a 3-way then reversing it two minutes later? Just announce the rematch, and give the TV time to a WRESTLER not backstage staff...
8:43 - Kevin Nash...this'll be one of his last matches in TNA...it sucks, he's been great in TNA. I remember when he was a non-wrestling coach for the X-division guys, and just did comedy sketches and stuff...good times.
9:57 - That said...FUCK HIM UP JOE
10:12 - JOE JOE JOE JOE
13:14 - FFS TNA...double count-out due to brawling on the outside on the first match of the night? Not to mention a Joe match? Can't we just get one decent match out of the way before you start fucking around? Just one. It's not much to ask for from a wrestling show.
14:44 - Just remembered AJ with the fork in the I Quit match...we saw Dreamer a few minutes ago, looks fine...you'd think something that graphic would have some kind of follow up.
15:08 - Lacey's back :) If it weren't for the fact that I've just had to sit through several minutes of shitty brawling, I doubt I'd care...but I have just had to do that, so it's good to see her
15:53 - HOLY SHIT AN X-DIVISION MATCH ON iMPACT...I thought they'd scrapped it altogether. Lethal v Douggie :)
16:44 - I'm half convinced Lethal will win this...he deserves another title run, but I'd hate to see Doug's reign end on a no-build-up, nothing match on iMPACT. He's been a good champ.
22:52 - Yup, Lethal's champ. That could easily have happened at the next PPV and actually meant something. Instead, the title changed hands...for what, exactly?
24:04 - Not that it's undeserved on Lethal's part. It's not just what happens that is important, though, but how it happens...and this was a bad way to give him the belt.
25:48 - Knockouts. It's not really a division when they only have four wrestlers, and they're factioned up so it's 2-on-2.
26:42 - Wait, Taylor Wilde is still in it?
26:55 - Wait, Taylor and Hamada are knockout tag champs? When the fuck did that happen? Awesome, no fast forwarding tonight
29:59 - Perfect moonsault by Hamada
32:06 - Wilde and Hamada retain...Lacey still looks inexperienced, but she's definitely improved since she started in TNA
34:47 - Tommy Dreamer in a suit??
35:28 - Not a scratch on that eye
39:54 - Christ, the X-Division title match was 7 minutes, all this fucking talking is already 5 and it's only just getting started
44:28 - He's never going to stop talking
48:49 - 14 minutes, 2 soliloquies, and they're going to end the segment with a pointless and unprovoked beatdown. FFS TNA. That's as long as 2 X-Division title matches...
51:09 - Jesus Christ, that segment was nearly 20 minutes...what a waste of time
52:14 - They follow that utterly shit segment with Kendrick vs Morgan?? FFS. It's like they don't want viewers.
54:50 - Morgan should change his finisher to a powerbomb...it fits his moveset and it'd look awesome
57:48 - RVD speaks. Bet there's not a scratch on him.
58:8 - What a fucking stupid promo...Abyss has kidnapped 2 crew members, set up a torture dungeon backstage, and they've got a cameraman on the scene, they're broadcasting 'live', and they're not going to send any security or anything...how is that even remotely plausible?
5:38 - And now he's branding people - this is fucking ridiculous
60:53 - RVD's on the phone...way to swerve his non-injury
61:54 - They're showing pics of RVD with the belt...Hogan is in every single one, except the last one which is a closeup...FFS TNA
63:47 - RVD's in the iMPACT Zone next week...wonder how he'll look
63:10 - Finally, something I actually give a fuck about...Gen Me v Guns :)
68:09 - That promo was highlight of the show so far, sadly
72:03 - So, the last match was 20 mins + 2 x 5 mins overtime = 30 mins with no winner...this is a no-time limit match, there must be a winner, and they give it 10 mins. Unless this match concludes on Reaction, FUCK THIS SHIT
78:23 - COMMERCIAL BREAK? COMMERCIAL FUCKING BREAK? YOU GIVE TOMMY DREAMER'S SHITTY FORTUNE PROMO NEARLY 20 UNINTERRUPTED MINUTES, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN GIVE THE REMATCH TO THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR PPV 10 WITHOUT PUTTING AN ADVERT IN THERE? FUCK THIS SHIT
80:30 - I don't know what that move was, I don't know what it was meant to be, but it looked fucking cool
82:17 - Ref bump. Can't TNA do anything right?

Match didn't finish, it's going to end on Reaction.

I really don't want to watch Reaction, and I resent TNA for trying to trick me into watching it.

Fuck it, I'm just gonna google video search for the match...

5:56 - 2 refs in the ring, I smell yet more shenanigans
6:29 - Double pin. This is so fucking stupid.
7:27 - Hardy's shoulders weren't even down...Angle's foot was under him. That makes this whole thing even more stupid and pointless.
7:35 - Bischoff. Oh my god you suck TNA.

3-way is back on. The whole thing was a totally pointless ruse to get people to watch Reaction. The main event of the main show was nothing more than a bait-and-switch for their 'C' show. It's like they hate having fans.

If they'd just make Reaction worth watching, people would watch it. Making a quality show will get you better ratings than all the tricks and gimmicks in the world.

Pretty boring iMPACT, the highlight was the Gen Me promo even though it was nothing particularly interesting, best match was the Knockouts which is crazy, and the way the main event played out actually insulted the fans' intelligence. I'd be outraged, but the show as a whole was too boring for me to give a fuck about it.

I actually don't care any more. I expect a disaster every week and they never disappoint. I ought to switch to RAW as the wrestling's much better, but for some reason I can't get into it. Maybe because all the wrestlers look more like Action Man dolls than human beings, maybe because the promos are so staged and wooden...maybe it's because TNA's roster is far better and if they booked it properly it'd blow RAW out of the water (imo). I dunno.