The Squared Circle

[Max J Power]

Impact Spoilers for 11/8.

Spoiler

1) In the Fight for the Right finals Christian Cage wrestled Kazarian to a no contest.

- Acting authority figure Matt Morgan announced Cage vs Kazarian in a ladder match for Genesis.

2) Gail Kim d. Alexis James.

3) Team 3D d. Abyss and Jay Lethal. Black Reign got invloved in the match and brawled to the back with Abyss. This left Lethal by himself against Team 3D.

4) Scott Steiner d. AJ Styles in an Amateur Rules match. After the match Tomko and Styles brawled with The Steiners.

5) Sting, Samoa Joe & Eric Young d. Kurt Angle, James Storm and Robert Roode.

- Kevin Nash and Scott Hall cut a promo in the ring. Kurt Angle comes out and asks Hall if he is Sting's partner. Hall says no. Angle demands to know who it is. Sting comes out and says Angle will have to wait until Sunday.


Xplosion:

LAX & Sonjay Dutt d. XXX

 

[Prognosticator]

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TNA_News_1/article_23404.shtml

-Junior Fatu and TNA were unable to come to terms on a contract. He had been brought in on a trial basis, and like with Test, TNA had reasons after seeing his work and reception, not to offer him what he felt he was was worth. TNA actually announced that Fatu would not be at the taping last night and a lot of the crowd cheered that annoncement.

-Kurt Angle said in a promo last night that Sting's partner at Genesis is a former WCW and WWE Champion. Booker T fits that billing.

-At tonight's TNA Impact tapings in Orlando, Fla., Scott Hall and Booker T have both been spotted. At last night's Impact taping, Kevin Nash told Kurt Angle in a backstage segment that Hall would be there "next week" (which is taped tonight).

-Also taped last night, A.J. Styles & Tomko wrestled LAX in a 15 minute tag team title defense that was desecribed as being very good.

Did wwe let booker go while I was away on vacation??

 

[kane9321]

I never noticed before. Beth Phoenix is hot.

That sexy little grin. Mmmm.

I've been saying that since she made her 1st stint in the wwet:

 

[Max J Power]

- Writer Dutch Mantel is said to be negative about the fact that nobody knows who the babyfaces are, and nobody knows who the heels are. In the past, Vince Russo has said that faces and heels are passe.

- Samoa Joe, Senshi, and Mike Tenay pushed for TNA to use Amazing Kong. Mantel is also said to be a proponent of hers.

- New Japan President Naoki Sugabayashi has said that the 1/4 Tokyo Dome show will feature New Japan and TNA championships being defended.

- Tomko is pushing the idea of TNA taping Impact at the Tokyo Dome on 1/4.


(source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Wow, Russo.

 

[kane9321]

You shut your mouth!
Maria's boobs are too small to be fake. They are perfect, not too much, not too little.



Btw, why are y'all complaining about Chyna?
She wasn't the absolute worst looking in WWF/WWE history. That title belongs to this woman, and no, I'm not talking about Jazz, Luna, or even Mae Young. Here it is:





*shivers*

ahh yes nicole bass..loved her buff body...she does s/m porn now

 

[The Sage]

GUEST EDITORIAL
By Chris Evans, PWTorch.com reader

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, they say. And one could create a pretty well-established argument using TNA as that greasy wheel. Some would say that TNA is constantly improving. And yes, when it comes to television time and television placement, then yes, TNA has been improving. They moved from a weekly pay-per-view to a TV deal. But, let's be honest - ECW had a TV deal at one point, too.

And TNA looks like they are heading in the same direction as ECW - being shut down because they couldn't see the forest through the trees. TNA received most of its early attention because they were an alternative to the WWE. They served as a display for new-comers like A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels, two of many athletes who used a unique fast-paced, dare-devil style that was hinted at in the WWE (Hardy Boys vs. Edge & Christian), but quickly was smothered by Triple H vs. Scott Steiner. And although ECW went out of business due to financial irresponsibility, TNA and ECW suffer from the same disease: stubbornness.

Vince McMahon argued that Paul Heyman's product suffered because they "refused to change" to cater to TNN's standards. And I would argue the same. ECW tried too hard to be anti-WWE in its final days and TNA? Well, TNA is trying too hard to be the WWE and this is where a little ECW philosophy could help TNA: Hide the negatives, accentuate the positives.

One man once said, "Desperate times call for desperate measures" - and TNA is coming off as desperate. They have smothered the X Division for the sake of high profile, gimmicky, soap-opera-esque storylines and matches (WWE Cruiserweight Division, anyone?). TNA is also carting in stars to their company left and right to help give the company some credibility. And yes, business is business.

Would TNA benefit from Rob Van Dam or Booker T? Yes, of course they would. But, let's face it. Bringing in WWE Superstars and paying them crazy loads of money and promoting these guys (who, let's face - have given nothing to TNA - ever) main event slots and title runs, while using A.J. Styles as a minor player and Sonjay Dutt as an afterthough and having Robert Roode as stale as a pack of crackers left out overnight, hiring these new guys is just a slap in the face to the entire roster. Why not bring in Rob Van Dam to help establish Chris Sabin or Chris Daniels? No, it wouldn't happen. They would feud with Kurt Angle or Christian, two former WWE Superstars.

So, desperation is leading TNA to hire WWE stars for star value to feud in the top tier and do little to help benefit the company and its superstars. They need to be better integrated. TNA almost did this when they allowed Kurt Angle to job for Jay Lethal, but they ruined that when they discredited him the very next night. TNA needs to remember where they came from and what they stand for - and remember that what they are trying to do is set themselves apart from the WWE, not try to copy it.

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Guest_Editorials_16/article_23408.shtml

 

[BlackLantern]

TNA seems to be ****ing themselves into an early grave.....

 

[The FallenAngel]

ahh yes nicole bass..loved her buff body...she does s/m porn now

You loved that? Dude...

 

[Warhammer]

Yeah, ewww.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

You loved that? Dude...

Yeah, ewww.

What's worse is, he loved "her buff body".

 

[Warhammer]

Damn.

 

[BlackLantern]

speaking of porn...Tylene Buck (Major Gunns) is doing porn now....its decent....she did a Seymore Butts flick for her first scene

 

[The_Mystery]

^That just seems like a natural transition for her

 

[Warhammer]

Major Gunns was hot. :heart:

 

[BlackLantern]

she still is kiinda hot, in that ****ty pornstar kind of way....

 

[Iron Man™]

So looking back in this thread people are actually excited about Edge coming back? I mean, he ain't that good

 

[Nightwing 52]

So looking back in this thread people are actually excited about Edge coming back? I mean, he ain't that good

...Are you serious? Edge is one of the best wrestlers in the WWE today. He's fantastic in both his ring and mic work.

 

[bullets]

edge is entertaining as hell. maybe not a really good wrestler but he makes up for it.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

edge is entertaining as hell. maybe not a really good wrestler but he makes up for it.

No, he's definitely a really good wrestler on top of being really charismatic.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

So looking back in this thread people are actually excited about Edge coming back? I mean, he ain't that good

Have you been watching WWE for the past year and a half?

 

[Mr. Socko]

Rikishi released already.........lol

 

[BlackLantern]

I think the lack of buzz is due to the fact that everyone knows he is due back at survivor series....i am excited because he works great on the mic and in the ring.....I remeber when he tore up X-Pac in his "character development" promo

 

[NDX]

This is your chance to learn from the best.


Al Snow & Joey "Mercury" Matthews Wrestling Camp

Saturday, December 8

10AM to 3PM

Milwaukee, WI

Location to be determined.



There is a LIMITED amount of spots available.



This IS NOT a beginners camp. Al Snow will be looking for future OVW Talent



Contact David Herro at [email protected] or 262-573-5397 for more details.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I still haven't seen RAW but I have returned!!......*Crickets*

Cyber Sunday was a good show:

- Opening 2 matches were both solid, Miz has become a surprisingly decent heel.

- Kennedy and Jeff both looked visibly disappointed/pissed when they came out for their match (did they actually think they had a chance to win the vote ? ) but they ended up having a good match with a great finish.

- MVP/Kane was another good one but the finish was lame and made MVP look weak.

- HBK/Orton was excellent, great psychology and pacing, the near falls had the crowd buzzing, the finish made total sense.

- HHH/Umaga delivered a superb Street Fight, they came up with a good story and even left out the HHH blade job, the table spot was insane and the match structure and clever finish kept Umaga strong.

- The Austin segment was a lot of fun.

- Taker/Tista 4 was a classic, these 2 have a chemistry that is right up there, the back and forth clash of the titans style of the match made me recall the old "Knock down drag out" line that Gorilla Monsoon used to use, Batista getting the clean finish didn't overly shock me as the story of the match and the build up called for it.


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Read the RAW results over at WWE.com, sounds like a run of the mill show, I really don't like the Harry Smith booking and the guy is still greenish.

Orton/HBK at Survivor Series should be fantastic and Batista/Taker V - HIAC is gonna be very interesting when it comes to who goes over. I also wonder what goes on last, with the 10 year anniversary of Montreal it should be HBK/Orton, plus this is the fifth Taker/Tista match this year, where as Orton/HBK is really only their second and the big one.

 

[nite-owl]

Credit: Gerweck.net

OVW TV TAPING

Dark Matches

* Manbeast def. Dre Blitz
* KC James over Chris Cage
* Matt Sydal/Seth Skyfire fought Jamin Olivencia/Ace Steel to a draw

TV Taping

* Stu Sanders/Drew McIntyre beat Dirty Money/Scott Cardinal
* Colt Cabana def. Sean Spears for the TV Title
* Los Locos/Atlas DaBone over Insurgency/Vladimer Koslov
* Jacob Duncan beat Anthony Pulaski in a hardcore match