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[Hunter Rider]

I'd be very happy to see her return. And kill the Bellas. Figuratively, of course.

Lol, It will/would be interesting to see how she's booked, I wonder if she would start out with AJ instead of against her, kinda like a female Diesel.

Does Bellator return the favor and pimp Impact as Impact pimps Bellator? Or is TNA just being *****es again?

The latter I think, my guess is TNA think that being associated with an MMA company makes them seem cool, but unless it's UFC I highly doubt it does.

That's what drew me in. Those back and forth pins really made it feel it could go either way, and all of them would have been believable wins. Needs to happen more in wrestling in general.

The guys seem to be really getting a chance to hone their matches on Main Event, the quality there is high, usually one PPV caliber match a week. I wonder if this is another Triple H initiative.

Yup, he just came out and stood there to his straight-to-DVD horror movie music playing as MEM/Aces & 8's stood and watched. Just walked out. Handled terribly.

Is this how WCW was? Wasn't watching wrestling at the time.

WCW was clumsy at times but better produced than TNA, although stuff like the Kiss Demon, Megadeth concert and the whole No Limit Soldiers angle were bigger money wastes than anything TNA has done.

He came out at the very end

He looks like a slimmed down George "The Animal" Steele.

 

[Pink Ranger]

He looks like a slimmed down George "The Animal" Steele.

Or a slightly bulked up Low Ki.

Someone who knows photoshop should make an evolution chart.

 

[Dr. Evil]

The latter I think, my guess is TNA think that being associated with an MMA company makes them seem cool, but unless it's UFC I highly doubt it does.

It doesn't. The UFC is still #1.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

It really doesn't. No one cares for MMA unless it's MMA, and even UFC's popularity has slipped a bit in the last few years.

 

[bullets]

Brock Lesnar's WWE return was the best debut/return of an MMA fighter in pro wrestling.

The WWE handled his return the day after Wrestlemania 28 extremely well.

Brock's return was a dream come true. Tito's reveal was over-hyped. I'm not really sure how this will benefit TNA.

 

[NDX]

Brock's return was a dream come true. Tito's reveal was over-hyped. I'm not really sure how this will benefit TNA.

It won't.

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[bullets]

Yeah i don't see what this does either. Wrestling fans might crossover to MMA , but normally it doesn't work the other way around.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I like Renae, the pics below are just after she interviewed Tyler Breeze (He'll be on the main roster soon), I wish they'd find a way to use her more on the main shows, that's if she's interested.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

That would require them to do actual interviews on the show instead of the WWE app.

 

[sweetre15]

I like Renae, the pics below are just after she interviewed Tyler Breeze (He'll be on the main roster soon), I wish they'd find a way to use her more on the main shows, that's if she's interested.

Isn't she on Smackdown as well?

 

[Hunter Rider]

Yeah i don't see what this does either. Wrestling fans might crossover to MMA , but normally it doesn't work the other way around.

If anything it's a negative for Bellator as well, lots of MMA fans are snobbish and hate "fake" Pro Wrestling, it's why Brock had so much heat when he was in UFC.

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

I hope it's Garrett Bischoff that gets pinned lol.

I hope all of Aces & 8's gets pinned at the same time.

 

[Hunter Rider]

That would require them to do actual interviews on the show instead of the WWE app.

I wasn't really thinking of interviews, I was thinking she could be a valet, work in a storyline capacity.

Isn't she on Smackdown as well?

Yeah, she pops up on Raw occasionally as well.

 

[sweetre15]

Am I the only one that thinks Sara Del Rey should become an onscreen character to beef up the Divas division?

 

[Wheels]

Am I the only one that thinks Sara Del Rey should become an onscreen character to beef up the Divas division?

I'd like to see it but I doubt we will.

 

[sweetre15]

I'd like to see it but I doubt we will.

They need a good Beth Phoenix type wrestler like Sara to add more engaging feud possibilities to the Divas title picture since Tamina is away playing in Hercules with The Rock. Seeing Natalya vs Sara Del Rey would be a huge treat or her demolishing The Bellas in a handicap match.

 

[bullets]

If anything it's a negative for Bellator as well, lots of MMA fans are snobbish and hate "fake" Pro Wrestling, it's why Brock had so much heat when he was in UFC.

I remember my brother and I were being the only two people at Buffalo Wild Wings rooting for Brock the night he lost to Velasquez. Meanwhile everyone else was cheering. It's hard to shake that type of stigma and people were unfair to Brock in some aspects . Especially by calling his disease into question. Although that last fight it did seem like Brock took a dive , but I'm not going to pretend a kick to that area couldn't devastate someone with ailments.




Several former WWE Superstars took to Twitter to voice their reactions to the big "#August1Warning" mystery-man reveal from Thursday's edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV.



For those who missed it, former UFC Light Heavyweight champion and current Bellator MMA fighter Tito Ortiz was revealed to be the man behind the "#August1Warning" messages on YouTube and Twitter throughout the past week.
Below are some of the aforementioned tweets:




Matt Hardy: "Tito Ortiz, HMMM. Interesting. I'm curious to see which direction TNA goes in the future & what they reap from their recent decisions."
Tommy Dreamer: "WOW In a bad confusing way. 2 good matches w/lame finishes then the REVEAL? TNA actually had a split second of a buzz.way to ruin it #sobad"
Bob Holly: "All this does is promote the fight for Belatore between Tito and Rampage, does NOTHING for TNA, #impactwrestling"
Lance Storm: And the crowd goes Mild #NotAtypo

 

[bullets]

I'm glad Kharma might be coming back. It's a shame she didn't get to play out the angle with Kelly Kelly , who would of been perfect fodder.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I remember my brother and I were being the only two people at Buffalo Wild Wings rooting for Brock the night he lost to Velasquez. Meanwhile everyone else was cheering. It's hard to shake that type of stigma and people were unfair to Brock in some aspects . Especially by calling his disease into question. Although that last fight it did seem like Brock took a dive , but I'm not going to pretend a kick to that area couldn't devastate someone with ailments.

I'm not really familiar enough with MMA to guess whether he took a dive or not, but I did see the fight and he didn't look like he'd trained well for it and was not in prime condition. I doubt he has any reason to fake his illness or that Dana White would go along with it given the Brock was a big draw for UFC.

Matt Hardy: "Tito Ortiz, HMMM. Interesting. I'm curious to see which direction TNA goes in the future & what they reap from their recent decisions."

This reminds me, I watched ROH's latest TV ep tonight and it featured Matt vs Jay Briscoe for the ROH title, awful match, Matt has a belly overhang, his face was bloated and his eyes looked glazed over.

 

[Slushy]

I don't mind Tito Ortiz. He was a better reveal than Bob Holly. I can't wait for Rampage to fu**ing destroy him, lol.


Aries Vs. Styles was a damn good match and I'm satisfied with the finish. It reminded me of Austin Vs. Helmsley.


As for The Rock, I knew he would hold out for Wrestlemania 30. There's too much money at stake.

 

[Hunter Rider]

If Rock does wrestle at Mania 30 it'll have nothing to do with money from his side of things, whatever Vince pays him will be pocket change compared to what he makes for his movie roles.

 

[NDX]

Lance Storm: And the crowd goes Mild #NotAtypo

You're giving the crowd more credit than they deserve, Lance. I wouldn't even call that lukewarm.

 

[Slushy]

When Lesnar was done beating the sh** of Mir at UFC 100, I stood on the side of the arena's hallway as everybody was leaving holding up my shirt (his original wwe one that has his name on it and beast skull symbol) with pride. Most of the UFC fans walking by were flashing me dirty looks. They were PISSED! X D

 

[Wheels]

You're giving the crowd more credit than they deserve, Lance. I wouldn't even call that lukewarm.

TNA would've been better off signing someone who will actually wrestle for them.