Rosita and Sarita Gone From TNA As Well

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I have no idea why many people would care about this, but apparently it’s a story.




Pope D’Angelo Dinero Done With TNA

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http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/269101/Pope-DAngelo-Dinero-Done-With-TNA.htm

 

At the end of the day, he hasn’t done anything of note in years so I can’t say I’ll miss him that much.

 

Thoughts?




On This Day: January 6, 2008 – Final Resolution 2008: Anybody Remember This? Anybody?

Final Resolution 2008 (January)
Date: January 6, 2008
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 900
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Don West

 

The opening video is about how the show called FINAL is about how everything is new. This is set to Ride of the Valkyries. The video talks about the major matches such as Christian vs. Angle and Gail vs. Kong.

 

LAX vs. Rock and Rave Infection

 

Rave stops Homicide on the apron and hits an STO but almost as fast as he hits the floor, SuperMex dives over the top to take out both members of the Infection. This is going REALLY fast. Rave gets beaten down with double teaming but Rock gets in to break up a Doomsday Device style move. SuperMex is sent to the floor so now the Infection gets to double team. Dig that mirroring of each other.

 

 

 

 

Kaz vs. Black Reign

 

Basically Reign has taken the look of Goldust and taken out the interest and workrate and added in the offense of Dustin Rhodes. Off to the chinlock to keep things riveting. A diamond stunner gets two for Reign. This is one of those matches that started out interesting and has shifted into one where I could show it to Alex DeLarge while his eyes were held open.

 

They both try cross bodies but collide to put them both down. Kaz fires off some rapid kicks which help a bit. Gee what a shock: a young non-Texas cowboy gets on offense and the match instantly gets better. He does that in the corner but dives out to the apron for a slingshot DDT for two. Spinning legdrop misses but whatever the Curtain Call is known as is reversed into a spinning downward spiral for the pin.

 

 

 

Knockout Title: Gail Kim vs. Awesome Kong

 

 

 

Rating: B. See, this is the big difference between the Divas and the Knockouts. The Divas have matches that are supposed to be impressive because they involve girls. The Knockouts have matches that are like regular matches but happen to have participants who look good in tight shorts. This could have been good with men or women in it, which is a great sign.

 

 

Judas Mesias vs. Abyss

 

 

 

 

 

Sharmell/Booker T vs. Miss Brooks/Robert Roode

 

 

 

Post match Roode goes off on Traci and slaps him. He gets in her face in the corner and Sharmell goes in for the save. Roode accidentally punches her and Booker FREAKS. Make that everyone freaks. This feud would go on for like 4 more months.

 

Time for more of the Drinking Championships which is who can hold more beer in their bladders. You figure out the rest of it. Young wins and this was a waste of about 90 seconds.

 

Motor City Machineguns/Jay Lethal vs. Team 3D/Johnny Devine

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joe says he and Nash care cool and maybe he was wrong about Hall and Nash. He also wants it to be about wrestling and not about drama.

 

Tag Titles: Samoa Joe/Kevin Nash vs. Tomko/AJ Styles

 

 

 

 

 

TNA World Title: Kurt Angle vs. Christian Cage

 

 

 

 

A highlight package of the main event takes us out.

 

Impact Wrestling – January 3, 2013: Just What Aces and 8’s Needs

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Date: January 3, 2013
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Todd Kenely, Tazz

The opening recap kills some time.

We open with the Superstar of the Year presentation. The nominees are Ray, Storm, Aries, Roode and of course Hardy. To the shock of no one other than Aries or Roode, Hardy wins. Roode and Aries were arguing to the ring when the announcement was made and the two of them being shocked was funny stuff. Hardy says that this award means just as much as being champion, which draws Roode into the ring to yell.

Kazarian vs. James Storm

Kenny King talks to Kid Kash about some mini tournament for the shot at RVD.

Brooke has no comment on her dad.

X-Division #1 Contenders Tournament: Kid Kash vs. Christian York

Hernandez vs. Matt Morgan

Morgan has a bad arm so Joey is subbing for him. Ok then.

Joey Ryan vs. Hernandez

Chavo gets taken down as well post match. Was there a point to this segment?

We see the Knockouts stretching.

We recap Aries/Ray/the Hogans for the millionth time.

Post break we recap what we just saw.

Gail Kim/Tara vs. Mickie James/Miss Tessmacher

ODB is glad Sting is back and says Young will be back soon.

We recap the announcement of the triple threat match at Genesis.

Samoa Joe/Kurt Angle vs. D-Von/Masked Man

Results

James Storm b. Kazarian – Last Call

Christian York b. Kid Kash – Mood Swing

Hernandez b. Joey Ryan via DQ when Matt Morgan interfered

Mickie James/Miss Tessmacher b. Tara/Gail Kim – MickieDT to Kim

Kurt Angle/Samoa Joe b. D-Von/Masked Man – Angle Slam to Masked Man

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Impact Wrestling – December 27, 2012: Open Fight Night. AGAIN.

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Date: December 27, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Todd Keneley, Tazz

Samoa Joe vs. Masked Man

Joe goes for the mask but the rest of the bikers come in for the save. Of course they do.

Christian York vs. Rob Van Dam

D-Von talks about getting someone new to join the club. Doc is with some girls and approves of the plan.

Remember to vote for Superstar of the Year.

Sting is still going to be back on 1-3-13.

The tag champions come out and challenge Bad Influence for right now.

Hernandez/Chavo Guerrero vs. Bad Influence

The non-champions hit back to back slingshot strikes on Hernandez to take over. The match drags on and gets very boring in a hurry with the heels in control. After about 8 hours, the lukewarm tag brings in Chavo who hits Three Amigos on Kaz. Bad Influence hits a Hart Attack for two but Hernandez sends them to the floor. The champs hit a double dive to the floor before throwing Kaz back in for the Frog Splash and the pin at 14:30.

Hardy has little to say.

Gail Kim vs. Miss Tessmacher

Bobby Roode vs. Austin Aries

Bobby loads up a spear but gets caught in the Last Chancery. Roode pokes the eyes to escape and puts on the Crossface which I guess is his secondary finisher. Aries goes to the eyes as well to escape, showing some nice storytelling here. Roode begs off in the corner but trips Aries up for two with his feet on the ropes.

Aries tries a rollup with trunks for two of his own but walks into the spinebuster for two. Hebner disarms Roode of the chair he picked up, allowing Aries to hit a discus elbow for two. Now Austin brings in the chair but Henber will still have none of it. Hebner goes off on both guys so they both deck him and toss him to the floor, throwing the match out at about 13:00.

Post match they both go for the chair but Hardy runs out and takes both guys out to end the show.

Results

Samoa Joe b. Masked Man – Koquina Clutch

Rob Van Dam b. Christian York – Five Star Frog Splash

Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez b. Bad Influence – Frog Splash to Kazarian

Gail Kim b. Miss Tessmacher – Eat Defeat

Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode went to a no contest

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KB’s 2012 Wrestling Awards

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  1. Wrestler of the Year

 

 

  1. Tag Team of the Year

 

Other: The Shield. These guys burst onto the scene and took over the company near the end of the year. They had one of the best debut matches EVER, taking a war to Ryback and HELL NO. These guys have a ton of potential and they have a chance to be huge in the next year, but this is for team of the Year, not November and December.

 

  1. Match of the Year

 

Tie: Undertaker vs. HHH (Wrestlemania 28)/Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena (Extreme Rules)

 

  • Worst Match of the Year
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    1. Feud of the Year

     

     

    1. Most Improved Wrestler of the Year

     

     

    1. Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year

     

  • Rookie of the Year
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    1. PPV of the Year

     

    Winner: Wrestlemania. It had three of the ten best matches of the year and almost nothing bad going on at all. We also set up a bunch of stuff throughout the rest of the year, had some great matches, and had a match that was literally built up over a year. I had an absolute blast watching this and it still holds up today. Oh and it made more money than any pay per view ever. Wrestlemania wins.

     

  • Worst PPV of the Year
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    Other: Final Resolution. This is basically the TNA version of Survivor Series as it was more or less a house show with nothing significant happening. At the end of the year it felt like both companies were just trying to get to January, and that makes for some BAD PPVs.

     

    1. Surprise of the Year

     

     

    1. Best Angle of the Year

     

     

    1. Worst Angle of the Year

     

     

    1. Promo of the Year

     

     

    1. Moment of the Year

     

     

    Merry Christmas,

    KB




    Impact Wrestling – December 19, 2012: Impact Comes, Impact Goes. Nothing Ever Changes.

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    Date: December 20, 2012
    Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
    Commentators: Todd Keneley, Mike Tenay, Taz

    TV Title: Kurt Angle vs. D-Von

    Time for the Knockouts deliberation which is an excuse to have Brooke on TV more. ODB is thrown out because she has an injured husband.

    Joey Ryan/Matt Morgan vs. Rob Van Dam/Kenny King

    Hardy is ready for Aries. Thankfully he says this instead of thinking it.

    Tessmacher gets eliminated in another stupid Knockouts segment.

    1-3-13 is Sting. Ok then.

    Mickie gets the shot.

    Knockouts Title: Mickie James vs. Tara

    Rating: D+. This started ok and then fell apart at the end. I had a hard time keeping up with what was going on in the ring, and in a match this simple that should never be the case. Nothing to see here as this match literally happened less than two weeks ago. Why would I want to see it again?

    TNA World Title: Jeff Hardy vs. Austin Aries

    Results

    D-Von b. Kurt Angle – Pin after a masked man hit Angle with a pipe

    Joey Ryan/Matt Morgan b. Kenny King/Rob Van Dam – Carbon Footprint to Van Dam

    Tara b. Mickie James – Facebuster

    Jeff Hardy b. Austin Aries – Swanton Bomb

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    Impact Wrestling – December 13, 2012: I Hate Nepotism

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    Date: December 13, 2012
    Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
    Commentators: Mike Tenay, Taz, Todd Keneley

    We open with a recap of the major plot points from Sunday.

    Cue Hardy and Storm who want to fight right now. They storm (no pun intended) the ring and clear out the unmasked bikers and for some reason, the armed bikers who have a numbers advantage bail.

    Velvet talks about being in Championship Thursday next week.

    Mickie is upset about losing last week.

    Madison Rayne vs. Velvet Sky

    Garrett, Wes and Kurt do a 5 Hour Energy commercial.

    Kaz and Daniels brag a bit.

    We recap the eight man tag from Sunday, which much like everything else on Sunday, was nothing.

    Robbie E/Robbie T vs. Wes Brisco/Garrett Bischoff

    1-3-13 video again.

    Kenny King is ready for RVD again tonight.

    D-Von reveals that it was Aries that paid them more money on Sunday. Not that Hardy and Storm were the ones asking but whatever.

    Roode erupts on Hogan in the back about Aries when Aries calls Hulk. Hogan says get here soon and tells Roode to calm down.

    We recap Daniels vs. AJ on Sunday with AJ finally losing to Daniels clean.

    Daniels and Kaz celebrate and Kaz has a surprise for Daniels.

    Kenny King vs. Rob Van Dam

    Bully Ray vs. Jesse Godderz

    Aries gets here.

    1-3-13 video again.

    Results

    Velvet Sky b. Madison Rayne – X Factor

    Wes Brisco/Garrett Bischoff b. Robbie E/Robbie T – Top rope cross body to Robbie T

    Bully Ray b. Jesse Godderz – Bubba Cutter

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    Final Resolution 2012: A House Show Disguised As A PPV

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    Date: December 9, 2012
    Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
    Commentators: Mike Tenay, Taz, Todd Keneley

    Usual highlight package opens the show.

    Kazarian vs. James Storm

    X-Division Title: Rob Van Dam vs. Kenny King

    Daniels talks about his history with AJ, which goes on for a few minutes because these two are welded at the hip.

    Tag Titles: Chavo Guerrer/Hernandez vs. Matt Morgan/Joey Ryan

    Rating: D. The ending drops this down from getting the benefit of the doubt. I mean good grief why is Matt Morgan being used in something like this? Ryan has been WORTHLESS since he showed up and the tag champions are almost at WWE levels of importance with their belts. That says quite a bit and this show is terrible so far.

    Bully Ray vs. Austin Aries

    Aries hides a lot to start and then slaps Ray in the face. He earns a gutwrench suplex for his efforts, followed by a big backdrop. Ray grabs him by the throat but gets caught in the face by an elbow. Austin pounds away even more, hitting a forearm to the head and a slingshot hilo to the back of Ray. Aries does more of the Hogan imitation, complete with the big boot and legdrop for two.

    Knockouts Title: Mickie James vs. Tara

    AJ says that a win over Daniels would make up for his bad year.

    Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles

    TNA World Title: Bobby Roode vs. Jeff Hardy

    Overall Rating: D-. You remember those European house shows that were billed as PPVs where nothing ever happened? This was the American version of it, as NOTHING happened here but it was called a PPV level card anyway. Terribly boring and uninteresting show here with some good matches, but the first two hours or show just murdered this show something horrible.

    Results

    James Storm b. Kazarian – Last Call

    Rob Van Dam b. Kenny King – Rollup

    Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez b. Joey Ryan/Matt Morgan via DQ when Morgan pulled the referee out of the ring

    Austin Aries b. Bully Ray – Rollup after a low blow

    Christopher Daniels b. AJ Styles – Styles Clash

    Jeff Hardy b. Bobby Roode – Twist of Fate

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    Final Resolution 2012 Preview

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    The story would suggest that Daniels wins, but would you bet against AJ when he’s fighting the Fallen Angel?  I’m certainly not going to do so.

     

    If you can’t see that Garrett and Wes are joining Aces and 8’s soon, you fail as a wrestling fan.  The bikers win the match, but at worst they’ll win the post match stuff.

     

    I’ll go with Ray to win the match against Aries, if nothing else to give his feud with Hogan more momentum.

     

    Van Dam keeps the title.

     

    Mickie wins as well, setting up a feud with Velvet.

     

    Finally we’ve got the tag titles.  Flip a coin and it’s new champions.

     

    Based on how short this is, you can tell how much I care about this show.  Of the seven matches on the card, three of them were finalized on Thursday, two of those being big matches (8 man tag and Aries vs. Ray) and the third being a title match.  There’s nothing on this show that interests me, which is why it sounds good to have some of these B shows eliminated.  It’s clear that this show is happening because you have to have one PPV a month.  The stories just aren’t there and there’s very little interest in the show from me.  The matches will likely wind up being good but it’s one of those shows I won’t remember in about two days.

     

    Thoughts/predictions?