Official Impact Wrestling 12-08-20 Thread: Can't Be Elite Without Making An Impact Part ll

[ÆTHER]

Hogan/Bischoff basically directly coincided with Impact’s downturn. They were legit an alternative to the WWE until they came in and made them WWE-lite.

The funny thing is TNA's best 12 month cycle in their history creatively (on a week to week basis) was under Hogan and Bischoff from BFG '11 to BFG '12 when Bruce Prichard had the book. Even Meltzer and them awarded Impact the best show of the year and he absolutely hated TNA at that point (probably because of Bischoff shytting on him at every turn). The problem is that LOLTNA had already settled in on the internet after Hogan and Bischoff's first 18 months.

TNA's real downturn had nothing to do with Hogan and Bischoff and everything to do with Dixie refusing to let Russo go (despite his booking tanking their PPV market) and Dixie's dad trying to saddle Viacom with Dixie when they wanted to buy the company. That was literally the only sticking point. Had he just sold TNA there and then they'd probably still be #2, a distant #2 like AEW or the other property Viacom owns (Bellator) but #2 regardless.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

 

[MenacingMonk]

“He’s an old Stanford Stooge.”

 

[MightyHealthy]

I feel like people don't understand this. Ever since the Callis and D'Amore took over they've embraced being an alternative and stepping stone.

They did go off the rails, with Tessa continuing to get pushed, and D'Amore getting too much TV time in the main event scene...but they've righted the ship in a myriad of ways.

If anyone has followed Impact, they know that the brand has been doing an exceptional job at highlighting smaller companies and doing "joint" shows, so this is good karma in action.

 

[julesocean]

-Okay so that show was very light, and disappointed that they didn't put together a better show with their biggest rating in a long time coming in. They did no job to retain some AEW fans at ALL.

-But I won't only through Impact under the BUS, Kenny also could not put together a promo that was serious, and continued his jokey, nerdy style. He needs to tap into a straight forward intense style to come off as a major champion. Think of Triple H, Austin, etc. When it was time to make a splash they were intense and violent. Kenny didn't even throw a slap to Matthews...

-There was no Gallows and Anderson, which hopefully means they will show up on Dynamite, maybe as part of Kenny's surprise. They can feud with the Bucks...

-The Tony Khan promo was funny, shytting on TNA, it was like nice guy version of the nWo skits.

-I think letting Kenny borrow ONE of the two belts, (Impact would be best, and was teased with Rich too) for a bit, is good business for both promotions.

-Not impressed so far, but I love all players involved, so some good TV should come of it sooner or later.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

That Swanns belt ain’t safe

its safe right where it is

 

[AKM-95]

And it may still be better than Destination America

Fam, they had a show about hunting swamp monsters or some shyt. It's gotta be the worst channel ever

 

[The Rainmaker]

Kenny The Collector

Double? I don't think so

So was it worth the watch or just YouTube the omega segment?

It's Impact. You already know the risks. "Bu... bu... it's different now". Nah, just watch the Omega segment and the Khan/Schiavone commercial

 

[stro]

going to different companies belt collecting is a big deal, especially if the person doing it is kenny omega who helps run a company that has a tnt tv deal

This but also Tommy Dreamer is being set up to be the savior of TNA while he's also feuding with some dude who looks like you'd be most likely to catch at an Old Country Buffett after a local indie show in a small town's middle school gym anywhere in the Mid West

Dreamer is gonna put that guy over on PPV and then take a thumbtacks bump on TNT in the next few weeks

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

This was terrible outside of the Black Excellence main event. This is exactly the nerdy stuff that makes you feel lame for even watching. True "neckbeard" status.

I never saw him in Japan outside of one match, Kenny Omega's whole aura is .

 

[Playaz Eyez]

That Khan promo was so damn funny.

 

[stro]

TK a better promo than KO

 

[Reality Check]

So this was just a regular degular episode of Impact with a Kenny interview at the end, I mean it's cool that Kenny is going after the Impact Title but...in regards to the hype vs reality? It's like Dixie Carter never left

Impact taped the remainder of their 2020 TV shows before Thanksgiving so all the in-ring stuff for the remainder of 2020 (excluding the PPV on Saturday) was already filmed by the time Omega won the belt last week. The segment he filmed was taped Saturday night and added in afterwards.

 

[TOAD99]

Been busy so I’ve only watched the omega/callis segment

Don with a good promo/segment. I’m guessing Omega will take the impact championship soon too

let’s see what happens on AEW

 

[StatUS]

So Kenny's running with Austin Aries old gimmick?

Aside from that I can't watch a wrestling show with no crowd at all. Kudos to Impact for keeping people safe though.