Post by vinniemac on Jan 7, 2007 21:06:14 GMT -5
I don't think it will end in a tie. I suspect Angle will get the win, but in a manner where it doesn't come off as Joe suffering a major loss (unless someone in TNA wants to kill Joe's momentum and push him down the card, which would result in ending the feud here - but I don't see that happening, really). If both men give 100% this can be an awesome little war of attrition that leads into the next chapter at the next PPV. If TN were smart, they'd book Joe to be injured for the month, not have him work the ring for a PPV and then have them go at it again in two months, using the 8 week build to push Joe's physical therapy (like in real life) and really milk the hell out of the heat between both men.
One thing's for sure: NO MORE TOURNAMENTS. Like "_________on a pole matches," this is something TNA has done to death, and on the heels of this PC challenge, and the stupid "Fight for your right," crap a couple of months ago: it's very lazy, tired, done-to-death booking. Tournaments are supposed to have meaning. Having them all of the time takes away anything special from them. one tourney, each division - once a year (so, two tourneys, but they are different). That's it. Same goes for stupid "____ on a pole" matches that make Vince Russo hot in the pants. once a year - good enough.
In fact, TNA should have something like the Japanese tournament kind of set up for a yearly PPV conclusion. One for the Heavyweight strap and one for the X-Division strap. Keep it focused on the Ultimate X and the NWA World Championship finale. Let a tag title match (no tournament) be on the undercard and that's the entire show. Let the matches go logner than usual and keep it focused. If they go by the WWE meter of what monthly PPs should be, then the yearly PPV that offers a culmination of an Ultimate X single's torunament and a championship torunament give more rub to the finalists, set up a PPV that isn't structured like the 10 other PPVS (LOCKDOWN being an exception) and maybe bring in some guys for short stints just to build up the importance. That's a whole other topic, though.
I'll say this much: the Joe-Angle feud has been mostly fun to watch, even if Russo is trying to make Angle a Stone Cold kind of 'tweener (potential Sting feud anyone? Sting wins the strap from Abyss and eventually Angle gets it from Sting culminating in Joe taking it from Angle before the end of 2007?).
One thing's for sure: NO MORE TOURNAMENTS. Like "_________on a pole matches," this is something TNA has done to death, and on the heels of this PC challenge, and the stupid "Fight for your right," crap a couple of months ago: it's very lazy, tired, done-to-death booking. Tournaments are supposed to have meaning. Having them all of the time takes away anything special from them. one tourney, each division - once a year (so, two tourneys, but they are different). That's it. Same goes for stupid "____ on a pole" matches that make Vince Russo hot in the pants. once a year - good enough.
In fact, TNA should have something like the Japanese tournament kind of set up for a yearly PPV conclusion. One for the Heavyweight strap and one for the X-Division strap. Keep it focused on the Ultimate X and the NWA World Championship finale. Let a tag title match (no tournament) be on the undercard and that's the entire show. Let the matches go logner than usual and keep it focused. If they go by the WWE meter of what monthly PPs should be, then the yearly PPV that offers a culmination of an Ultimate X single's torunament and a championship torunament give more rub to the finalists, set up a PPV that isn't structured like the 10 other PPVS (LOCKDOWN being an exception) and maybe bring in some guys for short stints just to build up the importance. That's a whole other topic, though.
I'll say this much: the Joe-Angle feud has been mostly fun to watch, even if Russo is trying to make Angle a Stone Cold kind of 'tweener (potential Sting feud anyone? Sting wins the strap from Abyss and eventually Angle gets it from Sting culminating in Joe taking it from Angle before the end of 2007?).