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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2011 22:17:14 GMT -5
I found it weird that it got no result in the end but at the same time I adored how they protected James Storm and made him look like a million bucks by NOT doing the job. This has to be the first time anyone other than Kurt Angle was protected. Kurt Angle needs to forget the olympics or get back to lifting heavier weights, he's starting to struggle using his trademark moves which is a big nono. Overall an average, unremarkable episode save the ME which I really liked and AJ/Daniels finally going somewhere. Tbh, that's quite good by current TNA standards, it's gotta be almost 3 months since I called Impact average or better lol. Maybe they are starting to get on track ant put out all the stops at least until BFG. Agreed. The AJ/Daniels stuff was really good. I was gonna complain as it happened that it was another case of TNA not letting a segment breathe when they were cutting to a commercial during the melee, but then they dedicated another segment entirely to it, followed by the great post-fight reactions. Daniels is OWNING this, you just see in his facial expressions that this guy's going through a dark change just out of the fact that he needs to make the most of what could be his last shot in TNA. I love how obsessive he's become, and AJ is great too, his selling of the kick to the balls was superb. Kaz as the middleman works for me too. I really like Fortune and I hope that Daniels is the only one to break from them, they're kind of a feel-good faction to me, between WWE and TNA constantly making relationships just to break them it's cool to see faces that actually stick together and don't look like a bunch of assholes. Between Daniels/AJ and the Beer Money push those are two of the more compelling angles TNA has had lately.
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Post by bathory on Sept 22, 2011 23:17:46 GMT -5
I found it weird that it got no result in the end but at the same time I adored how they protected James Storm and made him look like a million bucks by NOT doing the job. This has to be the first time anyone other than Kurt Angle was protected. Kurt Angle needs to forget the olympics or get back to lifting heavier weights, he's starting to struggle using his trademark moves which is a big nono. Overall an average, unremarkable episode save the ME which I really liked and AJ/Daniels finally going somewhere. Tbh, that's quite good by current TNA standards, it's gotta be almost 3 months since I called Impact average or better lol. Maybe they are starting to get on track ant put out all the stops at least until BFG. Agreed. The AJ/Daniels stuff was really good. I was gonna complain as it happened that it was another case of TNA not letting a segment breathe when they were cutting to a commercial during the melee, but then they dedicated another segment entirely to it, followed by the great post-fight reactions. Daniels is OWNING this, you just see in his facial expressions that this guy's going through a dark change just out of the fact that he needs to make the most of what could be his last shot in TNA. I love how obsessive he's become, and AJ is great too, his selling of the kick to the balls was superb. Kaz as the middleman works for me too. I really like Fortune and I hope that Daniels is the only one to break from them, they're kind of a feel-good faction to me, between WWE and TNA constantly making relationships just to break them it's cool to see faces that actually stick together and don't look like a bunch of assholes. Between Daniels/AJ and the Beer Money push those are two of the more compelling angles TNA has had lately. You can almost say that the matches are kayfabe but the storyline is blurring reality and kayfabe. Daniels is legit the least protected of the Unbreakable 3, the guy who got the Curryman gimmick and jobbed out to Val Venis for no reason, the guy who also got released multiple times and probably earns way less money than AJ and has had far less fame. I really disliked the feud until now because it seemed like a boring storyline with an obvious turn that won't go anywhere in the end as usually. Well, the predictable part was right, however the execution was so much better than expected, as you said they got several segments about this storyline, and the promo by Daniels was very effective. He put AJ over big time by remind the fans that he's a former world champ and also a grand slam champion. That's infinitely better than Kurt Angle calling Crimson a nobody or Micheal Cole calling DB a nerd. Just because a heel doesn't mean you have to bury your opponent on the mic.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2011 7:54:17 GMT -5
They protected James Storm from doing the job against Angle and people are complaining about the non-finish?
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 23, 2011 8:00:49 GMT -5
They protected James Storm from doing the job against Angle and people are complaining about the non-finish? I'm complaining that they didn't say it was a no contest or a dq. Yes, it's good that they protected Storm and Angle but don't chicken out of giving a proper finish. It was a Soprano finish: building to something dramatic happening and fade to black before getting a conclusion.
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Post by Celgress on Sept 23, 2011 9:02:26 GMT -5
Storm v. Angle was the single best TV match I've seen in five years. I give it four & one half stars. Would have given it five, if not for the non-finish.
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Post by clashofchampains on Sept 23, 2011 11:09:00 GMT -5
Oh well, they had a hell of a match before that "finish". It was an ALMOST terrible match.
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Post by clashofchampains on Sept 23, 2011 11:13:22 GMT -5
Storm v. Angle was the single best TV match I've seen in five years. I give it four & one half stars. Would have given it five, if not for the non-finish. Oh boy...where was I the last 5 years? lol Daniels vs Wolfe, Angle vs AJ were masterpieces compared to this one. Storm was so quicky blow up that there was quickly no match. I think people sometime forget how the matchs are because they liked the wrestlers. Case in point every Doug Williams matchs. Oh I like what he is about, he's perfect. Soon this will happen with Austin Aries.
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Post by Celgress on Sept 23, 2011 13:18:30 GMT -5
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Post by HMARK Center on Sept 23, 2011 14:11:41 GMT -5
Finished watching the show, and it seems like a running theme that when TNA does something well, they tend to do it really well, but the opposite holds true for bad stuff.
The Daniels/Styles build was as strong as I could've imagined. What's the old rule of thumb? "The heel should always feel justified". That was about as strong a job as I've seen TNA do of showing a heel who feels he's in the right for what he did.
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Post by deliridream on Sept 24, 2011 2:24:01 GMT -5
-- My Sting + jeans = I'm sold! I don't mind him being the 'insane Icon' much anymore, but I wish he'd fix the face paint back to the way it was. I think he'd be more believable as 'insane' if he didn't exactly look the part.
-- As much as I like Karen Jarrett I only find her truly entertaining as Jeff's sidekick. The two of them together are just comedic gold.
-- Matt Morgan totally said Sith!
-- Kurt Angle looks creepier with every passing episode. He's staring to remind me of Horace Pinker (if you're a horror movie fan you totally get the reference).
-- I'm liking the Daniels/Styles thing a lot more than I thought I would.
-- Why does Taz always feel the need to reference the fact that he wrestled once upon a time? No one gives a shit.
-- I thought the Storm/Angle match was awesome....until the end.
-- The Mexican America/Ink Inc thing was awful. I felt embarrassed just watching it.
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Post by grunt on Sept 24, 2011 11:25:23 GMT -5
I liked the fact that they finally toned down the fake cheers & boos, to the point you could finally hear the crowd's real reactions, and entrance themes.
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