Impact Wrestling - May 5th

gnfnrhead

No clue what matches are announced on the show and what matches were announced before hand, so they are all spoiler tagged. No results, just the actual matches for those interested. I'm guessing the last match is announced during the show, otherwise it seems a bit random.

TNA TV Title: Devon (c) vs Rob Terry
Brooke Tessmacher & Velvet Sky vs Gail Kim & Madison Rayne
Rob Van Dam vs Jeff Hardy
AJ Styles, Samoa Joe & Magnus vs Daniels, Kazarian & Kurt Angle
No DQ Match - Mr. Anderson vs. Bobby Roode

Hopefully the first match is short enough, the rest I wuldnt mind been given a decent amount of time.

I dont have Challenge, so I'll be watching on YouTube tomorrow having decided to give them another go after a succesful show last week. Hopefully it wasnt a one off.

GTR63

If anyone does read Spoilers AJ's Secret Storyline with Daz(thats what I call Daniels & Kaz) took a eyerolling turn at this weeks tapings.

Machismo Fan

Official Preview:

- After what happened this past week during the Eric Bischofff Appreciation ceremony, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair has promised to call out General Manager Hulk Hogan to address what happened

- Before their World Heavyweight Championship bout at Sacrifice, Bobby Roode and Rob Van Dam will pick each other's opponents on the huge broadcast


- As a preview to matches that will take place at Sacrifice, AJ Styles teams with World Tag Team Champions Samoa Joe and Magnus to face Kurt Angle, Daniels and Kazarian


- In Knockouts Tag Team action, Knockouts Champion Gail Kim and Madison Rayne face Velvet Sky and Brooke Tessmacher


All this and much more on Thursday's IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast at 9/8c on SpikeTV, plus news on the upcoming "Sacrifice" Pay-Per-View event on Sunday, May 13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1tr5XRqQZo

Plus a TV title defense and Alex Silva's fate is determined.

GTR63

Gail Kim & Madison Rayne vs Velvet Sky & Brooke Tessmacher in a fulfil my fantasy tag match

JP Liz V1

I like the Aries/Ray feud

I'm kinda confused by the secret Daniels has on Styles as didnt he also have a secret on Kaz before he turned heel and joined him

gnfnrhead

I was delighted with that ending. Roode laying out Hardy, Anderson and Van Dam all by himself. Just once they dont screw it up and give Van Dam the title at Sacrifice, they wll be doing a brilliant job with Roode.

He is currently the fourth longest reigning champion. Can see him moving in to second place easily enough (about three weeks) but he still has a bit to go to beat Jarrett's title reign, about five months by my count. Hopefully he can keep it and beat that record. He definitly deserves to.

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I like the Aries/Ray feud

I'm kinda confused by the secret Daniels has on Styles as didnt he also have a secret on Kaz before he turned heel and joined him

I'd guess thats why Kazarian joined him. He knows Daniels has something on him so went with him and realised it was the right thing to do. Daniels is clearly the boss of the team.

Furious-Red

Pretty decent Impact although i thought they really dragged out the "Gut Check" thing

gnfnrhead

Furious-Red wrote: »

Pretty decent Impact although i thought they really dragged out the "Gut Check" thing

Seems to me it's the kind of thing that they will be adjusting until they get it right. Didn't need so much in the ring after the backstage segment. I thought the backstage part was really good but the in ring was a waste of time. Should have just had Al explaining it then giving him the mic time before everyone made their decisions.

I was hoping Flair would just be an ass and say no to everyone as a way of getting back at Hogan. Could have lead to someone getting majorly over when he finally said yes to someone.

Charisteas

So what did everyone think of Alex Silva's Gut Check result?

There's certainly no doubt that they strung it out. There was the backstage assessment, the in-ring assessment, then they let him cut a promo, then a final third verdict.

Personally I thought the segment with Al Snow, Ric Flair, and Bruce Prichard in the ring giving their verdict was a bit cheesy, it was like something of a crossover between X-Factor and Tough Enough from last year. And even though I thought it was a good idea letting Silva cut a 30 second promo, Flair's sudden 180 U-turn just wasn't very convincing at all.

Surprised he got the contract though considering there are plenty of x-division guys already who aren't getting TV time every week. He must have some potential though, WWE were looking at him last August and he even had a match against Brodus Clay taped for Superstars.

GTR63

How terrible was Rvd's promo in the ring he just spouted random catchphrases & did his dated pose. Didn't really care for the Gut Check segments they felt a bit Russo-ish & when they introduced Prichard it was as if he was a big deal(guess he is for some of the wwe obsessed dregs in tna).

gnfnrhead

GTR63 wrote: »

How terrible was Rvd's promo in the ring he just spouted random catchphrases & did his dated pose. Didn't really care for the Gut Check segments they felt a bit Russo-ish & when they introduced Prichard it was as if he was a big deal(guess he is for some of the wwe obsessed dregs in tna).

Glad I'm not the only one to notice he seemed to have no clue what he was supposed to be talking about

As for Prichard, he has been around the block a few times. So in theory, he knows the business better than a lot of people.

Charisteas

That's RVD's gimmick though, laid back stoner.

gnfnrhead

Charisteas wrote: »

That's RVD's gimmick though, laid back stoner.

I don't think it's a gimmick :pac:

GTR63

Charisteas wrote: »

That's RVD's gimmick though, laid back stoner.

Didn't know dated catchprases made you a stoner. I just think he delivered in a phoned in fashion & when you compare him to what Rhoode, Ray or Aries did on the mic well they blew shmoke up his ass.

rovert

Charisteas wrote: »

That's RVD's gimmick though, laid back stoner.

Instead of go getter stoner?

EdK

That was a great heel promo by Rob...oh wait

Charisteas

GTR63 wrote: »

Didn't know dated catchprases made you a stoner. I just think he delivered in a phoned in fashion & when you compare him to what Rhoode, Ray or Aries did on the mic well they blew shmoke up his ass.

I wasn't really referring to the catchphrases, more the style of his delivery. The phoned in cool slow talking style, that's just all a part of his character. Roode, Ray, Aries all have their own individual styles of promos which works for them because they are all fantastic in their own ways, and RVD has his own style which fits his personality. Wouldn't make sense for everyone to cut the same style of promo.

RVD 4:20 FTW :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbFeuh9GHqQ

Charisteas

rovert wrote: »

Instead of go getter stoner?

R-Truth seems like a go getter