Impact Wrestling 10/18: "The Wrath Of Devon"

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

WOW..Piff can't see this

Raise your hand if you're shoked... Smarten up Dixie... its embarassing

 

[Brad Piff]

- The post-Bound For Glory episode of Impact Wrestling drew a 0.99 cable rating.

Thursday's show was down five percent compared to the summer average and down eleven percent compared to the overall average for 2012.

damn im REALLY surprised that dvon reveal didnt bring in numbers in droves

- On Sunday, TNA Impact Wrestling once again teamed up with Screenvision, a leading innovator in cinema advertising and alternative content programming, to bring Bound For Glory to fans nationwide in over 100 theaters across the United States. The turnout, however, was extremely disastrous.

It is estimated that between 500 and 1,000 people nationwide attended the 100 theater showings altogether. These figures are way below previous TNA shows.

 

[I-Hate-You]

Highest rated show in three weeks and Devon had the highest rated segment.

These figures are way below previous TNA shows.

Let's see those. Ready to see the good business TNA has done with these theater shows in the past.

They need to ditch the whole theater thing anyways.

 

[R=G]

Jeff Hardy, this time as a babyface, captured the TNA world heavyweight title from Austin Aries in the main event of Bound for Glory, the company's biggest show of the year, on 10/14 at the new Grand Canyon University Gym in Phoenix.
That wasn't much of a surprise. The feeling is with Hardy's contract expiring early next year, combined with Hardy being the closest thing to a drawing card the company had on the road (although nowhere near what he was in 2010) and being by far the company's top merchandise seller, the decision was made to go with him instead of James Storm as the babyface to build around. While some may be negative on the decision given Storm was home grown and "new," at that level, the reality is that TNA could do whatever they could and Storm was never going to be the level of a star as Hardy. Certainly there are questions regarding Hardy's reliability. His track record and legal status are an open book. But with one hiccup, he really has had no problems since his return and people internally have raved about how having a child has changed Hardy completely, and for the better. There is years of a track record to be considered, but unlike in the past where dealing with Hardy was a matter of looking the other way and pretending not to know what you do, the situation really is different.
But there was a big surprise related to the match. The fans. In Phoenix on that night, to what appeared to be the majority of the 2,900 fans in attendance, Hardy was John Cena in a major urban market. He had his fans, but for the most part, he was heavily booed. Aries, who had just turned heel, was cheered to kind of a remarkable degree by an audience that was heavily wrestling fans in their mid 30s and older who seemed largely transplanted 90s fans of WCW, WWF and ECW.

Hardy has not gotten a negative reaction almost anywhere since he came back as a face, and at most of the house shows when he was a heel, he was having to play face because fans wouldn't buy into TNA storylines and boo him. But even though he was booed, when he pinned Aries to win the title, the crowd cheered like a babyface had just won the world title. Whether it was for the title change, or it was just the Hardy supporters reacting and the Aries supporters were left quiet can be speculated. As the match was going on, it did appear the desired reaction to the title change may not happen.
Those who were there were vocal for most, but not all, of the show. They were strong early on. At one point it appeared they peaked early and were losing steam. But the split crowd and Cena like atmosphere made the main event one of the hottest matches, as far as crowd reactions went, for the promotion in some time.

Overall the show was well received, largely based on the three matches that looked to be top level going in all delivering. Besides the title match, the Bobby Roode vs. James Storm street fight, and the tag title match where Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Hernandez won the titles in a three-way over champs Christopher Daniels & Kazarian and Kurt Angle & A.J. Styles were top notch.
The other major news were a couple of angles. In the Sting & Bully Ray vs. Aces & 8s match (Drew "Luke Gallows" Hankinson & Mike "Knox" Hettinga were the guys under the mask), Bully Ray didn't turn on Sting. Instead, there were two sets of interference. In the first, a masked man (Wes Brisco) ran in and saved the day. Joseph Park, who was brought out as if he'd been abused for weeks and handcuffed to the barricade, suddenly broke the handcuffs, attacked the masked man, and in his role as the non-athletic big guy, clumsily, on purpose, brawled to the back with the masked man. Later, after Sting had told Ray to get the tables, it wound up with another masked man interfering and giving Ray a spinebuster through the table, leading to him losing. The stips were that with the win, Aces and 8s are now going to be regulars on TNA television. A whole group of masked men then attacked Sting & Ray, until Hulk Hogan made the save. Hogan walked to the ring, and one guy after another ran at Hogan and went down as Hogan punched them. Inside the ring, Hogan, Sting and Ray got the masked man who caused the finish, and he was unmasked as Devon. The place went silent. Hogan, Sting and Ray sold it as of they were shocked.

My assumption on this, as noted before here, was that Devon was coming back with the Aces and 8s group only because they kept mentioning his name on television, which made no sense. It also appears, since TNA isn't able to draw, that instead of trying to book angles to draw, they are more out trying to fool people. With Devon and Matt Morgan we've seen a similar M.O. In both cases, contracts expired (legitimately) and the guy was gone. In both cases, they went on social media and made references to going to Raw. It's pretty clear that WWE won't touch anyone who was in TNA at the time Jerry McDevitt stated that they have no interest in anyone from the company nor were they going to sign anyone, as an argument to get a temporary restraining order against WWE overturned. Then, they made surprising returns.
However, the reality is different. Right now when it comes to these type of angles, TNA is not booking long-term. Apparently the Devon deal was an idea that just came up in the last two weeks as opposed to it being a worked firing.
It was also noted that with four title changes on the show, every change (Hardy, Rob Van Dam as X champion, Tara as Knockouts champion and Guerrero Jr. & Hernandez as tag champion) involved former WWE talent. This was coincidental and not a battle plan. The Tara thing had to happen based on the progression of the angle. In the tag situation, the working idea is that Angle & Styles were going to go back to singles, so Daniels & Kazarian vs. Guerrero Jr. & Hernandez would be the tag title feud. The idea is that to kick it off, it was better to give Guerrero Jr. & Hernandez credibility as the babyfaces. There is also the idea of wanting Mexican stars to draw the Hispanic audience. That's not going to work in this case.

Hardy as champion makes logical sense for all the reasons given. Van Dam is a much bigger star than Zema Ion. And it's the X title, so it's not like it matters. The Tara thing makes sense. The only negative is Guerrero Jr. & Hernandez. The two have been pushed hard with TV wins in singles. They are a good team to the degree that Hernandez does good spots and Guerrero Jr. is a solid worker who has been doing his best wrestling in years since coming here. But at the same time, Guerrero Jr. was an established bottom level guy in WWE, whose major run was being embarrassed by Hornswoggle and everyone else. So it's kind of bad when a guy goes from the comedy low level guy in WWE to champion here.
In Tara's title win over Miss Tessmacher, the post-match revealed Tara's Hollywood A list star boyfriend as Jessie Godderz. Godderz, a bodybuilder who is a huge wrestling fan, who was on "Big Brother" years ago, has been under a TNA contract for some time and been learning in OVW. A few months ago, he was brought on a house show tour and was said to be not nearly ready. Nobody knew who he was and he was greeted with chants of "Who are you?" Up to this point, TNA has made numerous attempts, from Jonny Fairplay to Jenny "J-Woww" Farley, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Angelina Pivarnick, Jenna Morasca and others, thinking their celebrity fame will garner publicity and help to increase ratings. It has never worked. But they keep doing it and probably will continue to do so, because with TNA, there's no such thing as learning from mistakes because there are no mistakes, only excuses. As far as Godderz goes, hopefully he's got the personality to pull off the role, because whatever fame he had at one point from being on the show isn't going to make a difference.

Joey Ryan, who actually had signed a TNA contract back in August, beat Al Snow. The stips were that Ryan got a one-day contract and if he won, would get a regular contract. The match story is that Ryan wasn't even in Snow's league, but Matt Morgan interfered, giving Show the carbon footprint, allowing Ryan to get the pin. It appeared they were linking Ryan and Morgan up with the idea that Morgan will be the little sleazy guy's big bodyguard.
The show was booked using the old WWE mentality. Instead of the progressive bottom to top, they separated the three matches they expected to be good. Roode vs. Storm went on third, with the idea it would be hot. Snow vs. Ryan was there to kill the crowd so they'd get back up for the tag title match. Whether you agree with that mentality, and Ryan vs. Snow did such a good job that the crowd was dead for the first half of the tag title match, that's the idea. Tara vs. Tessmacher, put on late, was put there with the purpose of taking the crowd down after the tag title match.

They did a one-hour pre-show on Spike. They aired a taped match from earlier in the year and aired highlights of the Sting Hall of Fame ceremony, as well as aired packages to build up the matches. There is no word at press time on what the rating was. That likely speaks volumes because if it was good, we'd have heard. The only thing we know is it did less than an 0.3 in the 18-49 demo.
The end of the pre-game show had Aries go out for an interview. What was shocking was how over he was as a babyface. He actually came out to turn the crowd on him but the opposite happened. He even asked if everyone saw what he did on TV when he gave Hardy a low blow and a brainbuster, and they cheered him wildly. People were chanting his name. If nothing else, the last scene on Spike was of a rabid crowd. The way the show was shot it looked like a 90s WCW PPV show.

 

[Brad Piff]

It was also noted that with four title changes on the show, every change (Hardy, Rob Van Dam as X champion, Tara as Knockouts champion and Guerrero Jr. & Hernandez as tag champion) involved former WWE talent.

dixie has NO fukking respect for tna guys

But they keep doing it and probably will continue to do so, because with TNA, there's no such thing as learning from mistakes because there are no mistakes, only excuses.

oh boy

There is no word at press time on what the rating was. That likely speaks volumes because if it was good, we'd have heard. The only thing we know is it did less than an 0.3 in the 18-49 demo.

 

[InstantKlassik]

It's a damn shame that the ratings aren't doing better because IMPACT the other day was epic. IMPACT has been great for some time now, especially since it's gone live the summer.

 

[Reggie]

It's a damn shame that the ratings aren't doing better because IMPACT the other day was epic. IMPACT has been great for some time now, especially since it's gone live the summer.

Yeah Impact has improved at a fast rate the past few months. But it will be a while before the average fan looks at them as a WWE retirement home. And that will continue to affect their ratings for the while. With time and them creating and pushing their own homegrown stars the rating will get better over a period of time.

 

[I-Hate-You]

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[Da King]

this A&8s storyline needs to fukking die already


tired of this this bootleg Bane doing these corny secret warehouse promos

 

[DaylitoJames]

This is what I think about this episode:

Ok I just watched Bound For Glory and I want to give my opinions about the ppv before I start my Impact rant. I like Chavo but it seems like TNA is kinda forcing him down our throats. As good as Chavo is he'll never be on Eddie's level so please stop it TNA. Even though Kaz and Daniels are not the champs anymore hopefully they stay a squad because they are too entertaining as comedic evil heels. Jeff Hardy's redemption story may be the most low-key reemption story I've seen in wrestling. Truth be told I'm fully surprised this man has become champion again, this man went from being drugged out of his mind on live pay per view to once again being the flagship of the company. That just shows that Jeff Hardy cannot lose, I'm fully convince that Jeff could have his wife walk in on him fukking another woman but he'll use his charm to convince his wife to give him a blowjob later that day. I still think that Aries shouldn't have lost the title at this point, 2013 should be the year of Jeff Hardy and Bully Ray but 2012 should have had Aries as champ. Roode vs Storm was originally the main event, after watching this match it should have stayed the main event. Finally Aces & Eights... Devon... Devon?! Really... Really... Really?! This is either "black execellences" or "grand fukkery" I really can't tell at this point. That's all I have to say about Bound For Glory, now for Impact.


Aces and Eights roll up and since they were victorious at Bound For Glory they are comming through the front door... what's up with this bootleg Sons of Anarchy theme they have? Funny that they are still wearing their mask since they don't have to sneak around anymore. On the Dixietron apparently Devon has been patched in, so I assume that Devon is not the true leader... meaning my theory of Eric Bischoff being the true leader of Aces and Eights may fearfully come true. Anytime the crowd yells "YOU SOLD OUT!" at a wrestler is always funny to me, apparently the crowd wants the wrestlers to stay broke. I hate that Devon is doing the typical "I HATE THE CROWD! YO NEVER DID ANYTHING FOR ME!" heel turn, heels gotta be more creative in 2012. Devon ain't forgot about Bully Ray punking out Devon's kids which would explain why The Pope got jumped a couple of weeks ago.


The TNA locker room on the stage ready to brawl with the Aces and Eights goons... AND HERE WE GO! Now Boss Hoegan with his basebal bat and new t-shirt comes off and runs off the ENTIRE crew of heels... only Hoegan. So Devon vs Sting in the main event... in 2012? Wait so since Aces and Eights have full access Hoegan can just banned them if he wants to? So why don't Hoegan just BANNED THEM?! Highlights of Jeff Hardy beating Austin Aries at Bound For Glory, if TNA not careful they are gonna alienate Hardy's fan base and have him get the "LETS GO HARDY! HARDY SUCKS!" chants like Cena gets. I still think it was too soon for Aries to lose the title in such a random feud. Backstage Aries eating cookies smiling... I'm so confused. This TNA commerical with Christie Hemme running away from infected zombie TNA wrestlers looks like what would happen if TSC members chased after Christie for her butthole... Swiggy would be king zombie.


So since Anderson wasn't apart of Bound For Glory, Mr. Anderson is getting a shot at being one of 4 people that will be chosen to get a shot at the TNA Title. Joseph Park looking healthy despite being tortured for 3 weeks wanting to talk to Hoegan so the cameras get kicked out of the office. Back in the ring Christie still looking cute after fighting those zombies announcing the Television Title match betweek Robbie E. of The Cardigan Robbies ve Samoa Joe. Joe beats both men with ease to retain the championship... not a real surprise. Backstage MILF Knockouts Champion Tara being groped by her boyfriend whoever he is, Tara looks like in real life she be fukking nikkas in their 20s... a true cougar.


Now it's time for Knockouts Champion Tara vs Knockouts Tag Team Champion Ol' Dirty bytch. So Tara's boyfriend Jess was from Big Brother 9... I don't watch reality shows because I can't stand those type of shows. Damn ODB is bytching out husband Eric Young on the phone like a jealous horny wife. Wow Jesse getting to motorboat ODB's titties, now I'm jealous. TNA cameramen stay zooming in on demTara buttcheeks. Wow, ODB wins and which confuses me since Tara has to defend her title against Tessmacher next week, I hate when champions lose for no reason. Backstage apparently Angle and Styles are no longer a tag team anymore since both want to become TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Highlights of Chavo and Hernandez winning the tag team titles with Daniels angrily calling them out by their government names.


Taz lusting over Christie while she announces TSC's Kid Kash and Gunner vs the NNNEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW Tag Team Champions Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez. Funny how Taz has the nerve to critize someone's clothing style. Chavo hits a crossbody frog splash on Kid Kash for the win. Back in Hoegan's office Joseph is begging Sting and Hoegan for a match with Aces and Eights, but BullyRay interrupts the meeting. Bully wants the match with Devon in the main event, but Hoegan instead wants Bully in a qualifying match for the TNA Title next week still not trusting him. So out comes the NNNEEEEWWWWWW TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy with his new entrance song which I kinda like... I still miss his "Modest" and "Another Me" themes though. Oh Snap Jeff has his custome made Based Championship belt but this time it's not purple looking like the Divas title. Damn they gave Jeff some Cince de Mayo confetti to rain down on him. Oh shyt here comes A-Double singing "Celebration" bring out balloons and cookies like a good guest... and the crowd wants some of the cookies as well. Aries putting over Hardy's win like a good former champion... damn Hardy is being disrespectful for no reason. Damn Aries spitting the truth and putting the crowd on hush mode. HAHA, Aries spits on Hardy's Based Championship title belt and he excapes... can't wait for their rematch.


Backstage Daniels hydrating with an appletini getting ready to come out for the next match: Christopher Daniels vs Kurt Angle vs AJ Styles for a chance to get a TNA Title shot. Damn yet again in ANOTHER match Daniels is getting double-teamed, just straight hatred towards this man in the Impact Zone. So apparently Kaz's flight got screwed up so he can't be there to help Daniels, sould have had Direct Auto Insurance. So instead of doing a 450 Splash on Angle, Styles does a moonsault on Daniels to the outside hurting his leg in the process. Ha, Kurt throws Daniels into Styles knocking him out allowing him to hit the Angle Slam on Daniels for the win. Kurt trying to show good sportmanship but Styles rudely walks off, once again a babyface acting rudely.


Highlights of Matt Morgan apparently not fired helping Joey Ryan getting a full contract. Backstage Hoegan congratulates Ryan but berates Morgan. Apparently Morgan is mad at Hoegan for not helping him get a push but Hoegan says he be trying in the production meetings... just fire him Hulk. Highlights of the epic street fight between "Beer" vs "Money" with King Mo being thrown in the mix for no reason. Out comes James Storm with beer in his back pocket like he's The Sandman declairing that he's gonna get picked to get the TNA Title shot. Out comes Robert Roode to put over their match claiming that "Beer" needs "Money" to make him successful... but Roode gets Last Call Chin Music for his troubles.


Highlights of Sting getting put into the TNA Hall of Fame, apparently Sting got inducted alone. I'm so used to legends getting inducted in groups, they could have inducted "Primetime" Elix Skipper with Sting as well. Now it's time for the main event between Sting vs the Sgt.At Arms Devon. It's still weird to me that a couple of weeks ago Devon was a long reigning TNA Television Champion, now he's a high ranking member of Aces and Eights. Devon looking like he's wearing his old "Reverend Devon" clothes in thr ring now. Sting got Devon locked in the Scorpion Death Lock but here comes Aces and Eights to give that classic 25 on 1 beatdown... and here comes the TNA locker room to brawl again. The show ends how it begans... full of anarchy. See yall next week.

 

[I-Hate-You]

but at least I'm modddesssstttt