Set the stage:
Jarrett is the NWA champion, and a chickenshyt heel. He had just defeated Sting in a title match after Christian turned on him and aligned with Jarrett. In classic TNA fukkery, they portrayed this everyday act in wrestling as cheating, and Jarrett was forced to take a polygraph to show he didn't collude with Christian. Of course, he failed it, and was booked into a non-title, revenge match, against the undefeated monster Samoa Joe. (Joe won). Afterwards Joe kidnapped the title, and told Jarrett and Sting if they wanted it back, come get it. The closing moment of the PPV was Dixie and Cornette announcing the signing of Angle, with a nice promo package being shown.
Joe is given ultimatums to return the belt, and finally they decide if he does not return the belt, he will be fired. Setting up this segment:
-Hebner standing there with a manila envelope with a TNA logo sticker on it that are the "official documents" for his release.
-Joe keeping the belt, and also tearing up the documents, so double sonning TNA there. What was the point of this then?
-Joe laying the belt down and daring him to "Cross the Line"
-The iconic headbutt
-Samoa Joe getting up with blood on his face, pissed off right after an olympic slam
-Jarrett all up in the debut, sneaking to take the title back
Afterwards, Angle is booked to be special enforce at Bound for Glory for the Jarrett Sting title match. He calls it down the middle and Sting wins.
He would then go on to finally face Joe, making him submit and giving him his first loss in the company. Joe would cut a "better man won tonight" promo after, asking for a rematch. Angle would shirk his handshake and rematch request by wiping blood off his busted forehead and flicking it in Joe's face.
Timestamped end of match:
My question, do you consider this a good debut and program to introduce Angle? If not, how would you have done it? I like the pop of a superstar arriving, the confrontation, and the choice of undefeated Joe as two bad asses that will go at it in the ring. But there's multiple levels of "lol tna" throughout this whole deal to me..
Jarrett is the NWA champion, and a chickenshyt heel. He had just defeated Sting in a title match after Christian turned on him and aligned with Jarrett. In classic TNA fukkery, they portrayed this everyday act in wrestling as cheating, and Jarrett was forced to take a polygraph to show he didn't collude with Christian. Of course, he failed it, and was booked into a non-title, revenge match, against the undefeated monster Samoa Joe. (Joe won). Afterwards Joe kidnapped the title, and told Jarrett and Sting if they wanted it back, come get it. The closing moment of the PPV was Dixie and Cornette announcing the signing of Angle, with a nice promo package being shown.
Joe is given ultimatums to return the belt, and finally they decide if he does not return the belt, he will be fired. Setting up this segment:
-Hebner standing there with a manila envelope with a TNA logo sticker on it that are the "official documents" for his release.
-Joe keeping the belt, and also tearing up the documents, so double sonning TNA there. What was the point of this then?
-Joe laying the belt down and daring him to "Cross the Line"
-The iconic headbutt
-Samoa Joe getting up with blood on his face, pissed off right after an olympic slam
-Jarrett all up in the debut, sneaking to take the title back
Afterwards, Angle is booked to be special enforce at Bound for Glory for the Jarrett Sting title match. He calls it down the middle and Sting wins.
He would then go on to finally face Joe, making him submit and giving him his first loss in the company. Joe would cut a "better man won tonight" promo after, asking for a rematch. Angle would shirk his handshake and rematch request by wiping blood off his busted forehead and flicking it in Joe's face.
Timestamped end of match:
My question, do you consider this a good debut and program to introduce Angle? If not, how would you have done it? I like the pop of a superstar arriving, the confrontation, and the choice of undefeated Joe as two bad asses that will go at it in the ring. But there's multiple levels of "lol tna" throughout this whole deal to me..
