by rick olivares
TNA
Impact Wrestling
Samoa Joe
vs. Bobby Lashley
The tough guy match. Love this match up even if it is
not for title belts.
Never was a fan of Lashley who I think is just a
power wrestling who brawls. The Samoan Submission Machine on the other hand
presents a frightening mix of power, speed, skill, and aggressiveness. The
latter I believe is what makes him dangerous and gives him an advantage. Now
this is a man who loves to fight.
Even against Lashley’s entourage that includes MVP
and Kenny King. Without a doubt, Joe is out to provoke them into a fight and
maybe figure in a heavyweight match down the road.
He’s successful but the numbers game is a foregone
conclusion. Samoa Joe loses both the impromptu brawl and the match later with
King playing a large role in both.
This will go down for a few weeks.
It isn’t only Samoa Joe who MVP wants to sink his
meathooks into. He is seen sowing discord between Eric Young and Bobby Roode
who are about to battle for the number one contenders spot (to Lashley’s
title).
Love how MVP is a heel especially with his mike
skills. A TNA version of the Nation of Domination? Why not?
Gail Kim
vs. Taryn Terrell
The rubber match – for the TNA Knockouts Championship
-- between the two that features some terrific wrestling. Love it as there’s
isn’t much talking between the two and just action unlike the Bella Twins
fallout in WWE that is becoming boring and pathetic.
Don’t think that Terrell is in Kim’s class just yet
but she does hold her own. Unfortunately for Taryn, Kim pins her to retain the
title. Lots of respect between the two fighters after the match.
It is short-lived as -- no surprise – Jessicka Havok,
looking like Chyna 2K, enters the six-sided cage and demolishes both Knockouts
post-match.
Is Havok being played up to be the next dominant/unstoppable
force ala Awesome Kong? Why not? And I certainly look forward to Havok going to
war with the Beautiful People.
Eric Young
vs. Bobby Roode
Much has been made about their friendship and how
they know each other so well. And fans were treated to some terrific moves and
countermoves. A technical wrestling fan’s delight. These Canadian wrestlers
sure know their stuff.
My fear was there would be the usual fallout
storyline when friends go up against one another. Luckily, there was no such
thing when Bobby dropped the Roode Bomb on EY for the pin.
Backstage after the match, Bobby Lashley and Bobby
Roode stare each other down. Gonna be a good one. Will Samoa Joe – yes, I know
he’s X-Division champ – come into play?
Those were the matches I liked and am looking forward
to the next where Chris Melendez makes his TNA debut.
TNA may be playing to small crowds but
television-wise, the September 3 Wednesday episode drew 1.095 viewers. That’s a
huge jump from the 928,000 viewers of the previous ep.
WWE
I guess they decided to add spice to the upcoming
Night of Champions rematch between Brock Lesnar and John Cena by throwing in
Chris Jericho, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Kane, and Randy Orton in the mix.
All who have legitimate claims to being a contender status except the muddle
storylines have them doing something else.
Looks like the WWE is really building up Roman Reigns
but in my opinion, he needs to handle the mike better. As a John Cena fan, I am
fine where he is. No need to make him a heel as there is no gray area for fans
– they either like Cena or they hate him.
There aren’t many wrestlers with Cena’s mike skills.
Love his comebackers to Triple H about tapping out and if he has forgotten then
he can watch that for $9.99.
Personally, I want to see how and where the WWE takes
this battle between Lesnar and Cena. It can’t be Cena simply exacting revenge
with his own beatdown. This has to be the mother of all pro wrestling matches.
And speaking of Cena, with the Bella Twins storyline
spiraling out of control, maybe WWE matchmakers might consider Cena and real
life girlfriend Nikki Bella teaming up versus Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella.
Whenever Bryan returns from injury (said to be three more months).
With Bryan out of commission and CM Punk vowing never
to return to the WWE, they are looking for someone to carry the company into
the rest of the decade. Is Reigns that?
Well, can’t fault one for trying.
Speaking of a war, the one between Seamus and Dolph
Ziggler versus the Miz (who I love to hate as a heel) and Cesaro (who in order
to be a heel of the first order has to be better at his cheap heat) has been
fun. Not many heels are really fun to root against than the Miz who is using
schticks once a part of the storylines surround Rick Martel and Shawn Michaels
(with the Sensational Sherri by his side) to name a few.
The Miz has been winning some battles here and there
so we’re headed for a wind up.
It would be interesting to see how Mark Henry figures
in the upcoming match versus Rusev. Henry has threatened to induct Rusev into
his international wing of his Hall of Pain but the problem is he’s more of a
power wrestling while his foe has legit moves.
They’ve got something here. Let’s hope they don’t
botch this up the way the last Divas match went. Ugh.
Love this feud between Paige and AJ Lee with
Stephanie McMahon getting involved. I hope the matchmakers do something more
than rehashing the Mickie James trolling Trish Stratus plotline.
Lastly, can we have more of The Bunny? And LBJ is
simply hilarious!
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