Impact Spoilers 10/17

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

Attendance was poor and people were being moved to fill the TV viewing area.

XPlosion:

* Kazarian pinned Sam Shaw

Impact Wrestling (10/17)

* The show opened with AJ Styles saying that Bully Ray can't keep him down. It was hard to hear what he was saying, the audio was poor.

* Robbie E defeated Christopher Daniels, Hernandez and Eric Young in a fatal four way after Robbie E pinned Daniels.

TNA President Dixie Carter President said that there would be a World title match contract signing tonight. Bully Ray came out and said that for 50K, he'd ride the Dixie train all night. Magnus comes out and challenges Dixie's change of heart and challenges Ray to a match tonight. Bully says that Magnus is nothing but disappointing and Magnus knocked him down.

* Samoa Joe defeated Chris Sabin via submission. After the match, Austin Aries attacked Joe, and then Jeff Hardy hit the ring and attacked Aries. Hardy brought out a ladder, but was stopped by Sabin. Manik ran out and attacked Sabin and AA off a ladder.

* Gunner defeated Knux.

Kurt Angle cut a promo. E.G.O. attacked Angle and left him laying.

* TNA World Champion Bully Ray defeated Magnus. Bully was about to use a chain when Sting came out, but Bully low-blowed Magnus with the distraction and got the win. Magnus and Sting argued after the match.

They had a contract signing between Bully Ray and AJ Styles. They argued for a bit before signing the contracts. Bully then attacked AJ, and both men started to brawl.

So Sam Shaw is still a thing and Robbie E actually won a match. Nothing sounds especially stupid either.
Also, can they stop it with the Dixie train shit? It sounds like she's pulling a Missy Hyatt and f***ing everyone backstage.

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TNA is on saturday here in Australia so I will have to wait to see it. That Joe/Sabin match sounds good.

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

Oct 11, 2013 1:33:36 GMT -5 @torgaddon said:

TNA is on saturday here in Australia so I will have to wait to see it. That Joe/Sabin match sounds good.

This is next weeks Impact. This weeks is in the can and aired.

[lildude8218]

now the attendance and the audio are poor too? everything and everyone is poor in TNA!

[Emmet Russell]

For a go home show, it sounds very run-of-the-mill. That's not always a bad thing though, especially with the current direction of TNA. I'm happy the main focus at the end of the show is based around the Main Event; such a simple concept.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

For the go-home of their biggest show of the year, this sounds really basic. Don't get me wrong, I'd much rather it'd be simple than stupid but still.

[________ has left the building]

Oct 11, 2013 11:27:06 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

For the go-home of their biggest show of the year, this sounds really basic. Don't get me wrong, I'd much rather it'd be simple than stupid but still.

At this point, basic is best for TNA. After all the weeks of craptastic buildup for BFG, keeping it simple might entice folks who got turned off by the initial shows. Once BFG is over with, TNA is going to go hard in the paint with the wackiness.

[Hit Girl]

I saw a photo. It looks like hundreds of TNA fans showed up dressed as red plastic seats.

[Talent Name]

So the Audio has been a victim of the budget cutter too

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Daniels gets pinned by Robbie E??? Okay, who the hell did Bad Influence piss off?

[Deleted]

"Attendance was poor and people were being moved to fill the TV viewing area."

I'm in shock.

[kidglov3s]

Poor TNA,



They need a shot in the arm. Something. They need hope.

[JoDaNa1281]

Oct 11, 2013 17:30:38 GMT -5 Seth Drakin of Monster Crap said:

Daniels gets pinned by Robbie E??? Okay, who the hell did Bad Influence piss off?

I think it's more to make it look like the BroMans have a chance to win the gauntlet match, since no one thinks they have a chance in hell of winning, so they gave him the win over a guy whose team is a favorite to win.

[Deleted]

Hot crowds in half empty arenas still beats the shitty tourists in Orlando.

But yeah, that's not good. Whoever green lighted the "travel every week" idea (likely Dixie) should be held accountable. It is easy to bring up the idea and it did make sense for TNA to do if they wanted to grow, but geez, hire some financial analysts to estimate the cost and figure out whether it makes sense to do it before actually doing it!

[Michael Coello]

Would it change anything if I said I've seen much worse?

And is this at the end of the night? There's the Xplosion banner in front, and they mostly do that at the end of tapings.

[________ has left the building]

TNA tape XPlosion before and after the first show. I'm not surprised by the turnout because outside of a couple of cities, Midwest tv tapings for pro wrestling is dismal. If WWE can't bring them out with a full advertising campaign, TNA didn't stand a chance. I'm wondering how many of those were papered since TNA did offer free tickets to military and sequestered federal employees.