Psygnosis

David Starr's ex Victoria has said Jack Gallagher raped her best friend.

https://twitter.com/slaymysterio/status/1273901470044303361?s=20

Brian Dixon of All Star Wrestling said to have taken upskirting photos of Vicky Haskins back in 2011.

https://twitter.com/VickyHaskins/status/1273881653031682048?s=20

15 minutes ago, Tommy! said:

What value is there to the GWF belts? Genuine question because that arc is a simple story which does well if both sets of belts are presented as meaningful and the audience buys into that. 

Where one of those two are missing its normally shit.

There is none, its just a way to introduce the new belts that are currently being made.

10 minutes ago, sj5522 said:

For me, Slammiversary is their first actual PPV that isn't a glorified episode of TV in donkey's years and having a bunch of eternally irrelevant GFW gubbins is not a good move. Even if it's to crown undisputed champs or whatever. How many fresh starts do they need? 

I'll reserve my judgment and check it out though, cos fuck me they're actually doing a PPV. 

They need to try do at least 4 a year in future, even if they're Internet things. I'd keep track of impact but I'm just not interested enough to dip into their extremely inconsistent 2 hour telly

ROH manage to keep you in the loop from big show to the next without having to watch the TV show, so why can't Impact? 

I won't try and influence that judgment, but they are trying which I give them credit for. But they shouldn't go out of their way to please everybody. It usually results in the "throwing shit and hoping it sticks" approach.

The previous "restarts" were Dixie putting a lick of paint on everything, but it was still "TNA" and had the stench of her presence she brought in Billy Corgan as "president" but really it was two cheeks on the same arse. With Anthem there now I believe this is a true rebrand. Jarrett has stated he wants more PPVs so who knows there. They have been plugging Slammiversary for weeks (2 months from now) so they have started to take that "in the loop" approach.

13 minutes ago, sj5522 said:

Fucking hell.  Touchy much, Jeff? 

Not at all but I do get irritated when its pretty obvious what they're doing (I didn't read spoilers either). You used to be able to build things in wrestling without people complaining or assuming things will be shit. I've seen some good stuff from Impact lately since I started to watch with Jarrett's regime returning i.e Low Ki's return and new gimmick, Rebirth of the X Division and so on. I much prefer it now than the "so bad its good" laughing stock under the Hardys/Billy Corgan (obviously not alone since the avg rating has gone up since they left, actual numbers are better than a bit of praise on Twitter) and drama with Dixie.

Right so I'm a retarded Mecca poster now because I'm against the consensus mindset here is that Impact is shit? Fuck me give me risperidone.

All GFW titles are getting killed off at Slammiversary to bring in the new "unified" belts. Simple enough to understand. Are people really dense enough not to understand that? No wonder TV advertisers see wrestling fans as "worse than NASCAR" (Meltzer's words, not mine). Sienna vs Rosemary is obviously one of the title unification matches. Its like companies aren't allowed to build storylines anymore that or there is no patience for a wrestling fan these days. No matter what Impact do people will bash it, so they should stop trying to please everybody as it usually ends up in failure.

2 great matches on the show, Eli Drake NEEDED to have that match. El Patron was very good during that match and really got Eli looking good by far his best match in the company. Something tells me Matt Sydal is in for a big push. Magnus vs Matt Morgan is a piss break, more on Morgan's part than Magnus. EC3 as a heel is great just beat the shit out of the jobber.

5 hours ago, HarmonicGenerator said:

I'm glad you enjoyed the show, but I can't see this as a good thing. Nobody should take bumps they don't need to these days. Especially not in TNA!

Nah despite getting paid to do so? He helped get over LAX by having them kill him and Decay.

"DUH ITS TNA HE SHOULDN'T DO IT ANYWAY" really doesn't make any difference and is a fucking laughable mindset.

1 hour ago, Buzz Lightyear said:

Well, that was dreadful stuff with the odd decent stuff thrown in. 

Thought the main event was okay, X-Division good action but the rest was just not at the level for a company who are trying to reconnect with the millions of fans that have walked away. 

Why does Hornswoggle (why is he in the company?) have more fire and aggression than James Storm who one week ago had a World Title match and got screwed over? Why did KM (not sure if that's his name) just appear in a random angle which involved no other iMPACT talent? Why is the Grand Title still around? 

They should apologise for what they just put out on TV.

I'd say it was a great show for the 2nd week in a row, you are very different to watch what people are saying on social media who loved it, people tuned out because they went head to head with the NFL draft which pretty much killed everybody in ratings in the US as well as the NBA playoffs currently going on.

Good debut for Sydal, him vs Eddie Edwards from what I've read is an absolute classic next week. Sad that the Everett vs Lee feud was undercut but it had no heat and was poorly booked under John Gaburick. Ever since Sonjay Dutt started booking the X Division again its been great.

The Storm/EC3 promo segment was fine. EC3 establishing himself as a villain again and Storm not showing any fire yet calls him a bitch, blasts his family and ends up in a brawl with EC3? Okay. "I'm a Carter, and this company needs me" - that line in itself will get heat.

To be honest, Veterans of War surprised me, I thought they would be shit but Jax Dane is impressive. Mayweather (aka Crimson which they don't acknowledge) was ok but nothing special but if you have them feud with LAX you'll have something there.

Spud is being reintroduced as his heel Rockstar gimmick, its a continuation from Total Nonstop Deletion where Spud was bullying Swoggle. David Penzer of WCW fame takes his job next week. I would like to see him reunite with EC3 as his manager again. Heat magnets they are together.

The main event was brilliant and deserves more than "okay", you had a fantastic send off for Crazzy Steve as he heads to WWE, Abyss took bumps he didn't need to take with his fucked up knees. And a tease for a potential Diamante vs Rosemary match. Santana and Ortiz are a great tag team and are doing wonders under the LAX banner. That Street Sweeper finisher is a sight to behold.

The Grand Title match was good, Moose working with Davey Richards benefits him very well. One of the better Grand Title matches of the format. If there any changes that need to be made I'd go to longer rounds and get rid of the judges until the end of the bout. They are sticking with it so thats it.

Ava Storie is an enhancement talent, she's being brought in as a favour to Jay Lethal from Jeff Jarrett as she is one of his students. She is super young (19/20) and getting experience under her belt and know how from Dutch Mantell on how to wrestle on TV. She was there to make Christina Von Eerie look good for her match with Sienna next week nothing more. So I'm not going to rate that, Von Eerie's finisher looks painful.

3 hours ago, Slapnut said:

I'm sorry, but TNA have burned their bridges with a lot of fans over the years, and it's going to take a lot more than just Dixie leaving to gain trust again. In fact, I'm not even 100% convinced she's not involved in some way.

They didn't do themselves any favours when they immediately put the belt on Del Rio in the first tapings of this new era.

Why bother with them? Go make new ones. They'll shit on the company no matter what. Fuck'em and create some new ones. That is the entitled nature of fans today unfortunately. Not even Dixie can fuck it up from 5%.

They didn't put the belt on Del Rio, it was a Dusty Finish.

Turns out its nothing.

Bob Ryder and Jeff Jarrett had a blow up that is now resolved.

1 hour ago, Buzz Lightyear said:

That Justin fella has previous before with iMPACT doesn't he?

Interesting use of "needle" though. 

A lot of it very inaccurate. Like WWE buying TNA was a done deal or this situation whilst not Impact when he reported Mauro's contract was coming up in January. Also he reports on things which are hyped up big time, but then you get a fart.

FUCK yes. NO SYMPY.

Him and McKenzie Mitchell, Him and Eli Drake.

Impact and Xplosion and other content will be on Channel 5's My5 app, all up now.

Spud is on the booking team, I imagine they will be reintroducing him again at some point as Dutch told Rex the gimmick wasn't working.

Desmond Xavier's a star in the making.

3 hours ago, Buzz Lightyear said:

Hoping that they'll be further improvement  to the arena at the next set of tapings, it still looks far too dark for me. 

Anyone a fan of Braxton Stutters work? Seen nothing so far as to why he got a job in the first place. 

 

Sutter's schtick is that he is the typical "TV wrestler" he was in a faction called "TV Ready" in CZW, he and Allie were heels and had the phrase "Sex, Weights and Protein Shakes". He's pretty much what you'd come across all the time but dude has personality and charisma.

Desmond Xavier has a deal with Impact now, and I am very excited for him as he is a big get.

6 hours ago, sj5522 said:

With Adam Cole its just a matter of time until he gets WWE success so that's nothing new. Hendrix, no big loss, for better or worse (I think to their detriment) women aren't really a key part of the ROH product. They do dark matches basically. Rush is a shame but it's a competitive scene. Delirious' booking can underwhelm, but they do a lot better job of showcasing unknown talent and they leave with a buzz that they didn't have when they went in. ROH does that for a good few guys a year, when did TNA last do that? Probably EC3, but even he was part of WWEs developmental. 

I didn't watch TNA in 2013, but if they had: a world title that was always a pretty big deal, a secondary title that was booked so well its almost at the level of the top belt, and a tag scene that stays persistently hot, then TNA had a pretty good thing going in 2013, cos they ain't got that now

I just feel like (well I don't feel, I know) that I could turn on Impact any given week, and even if they're not pretending they still do PPVs by calling some random episode Hard Justice, the fucking title could switch and I leave the episode just feeling blank, if Mathews hasn't bored me to sleep by then. That ROH title switches? Probably been in the works for months. Just a completely different ballgame when it comes to watching a wrestling company that knows what the fuck they are, and what their average fan would respond well to. TNA have not got the foggiest. Lashley to Edwards to Del Rio. Who is this for? They don't know. 

However many more fans TNA have made internationally due to getting on cheapo channels like Challenge, its night and day in terms of presentation for me. 

Challenge was actually a pretty decent get, they are now under the Channel 5 umbrella with Spike UK and have catch up stuff on the My5 app. It was fucking awful in 2013, Sabin winning the title for god sake. Del Rio's win was overturned so Lashley is still champion. Yeah the Hardys winning the titles was in the works for months sure.

Quite a few actually, they did good crowds at a number of arenas whilst on Challenge. I don't see ROH packing 9,000 at Wembley Arena any time soon.

8 hours ago, Buzz Lightyear said:

IZ won't change until they sort out the tapings schedule. Taping 4/5 shows over a weekend slows the product development down and kills the crowd.

Is there any point in changing whilst your PopTV though?

The first three episodes are fine but crowd tires. The taping schedule is April 20-23 with April 20th being live.

I've no time for ROH these days. Its basically TNA circa 2013 only more shittier. Taeler Hendrix and Lio Rush are the latest to go, Rush to Evolve, Taeler because she probably got tired of losing to Delirious' girlfriend. Plus they're losing talent more so than Impact as Adam Cole is off to NXT.

Impact is far more watchable and much better presented. They have the India tapings in May which should be a breath of fresh air. Only thing is they need a hot crowd and they're away again but I understand if the IZ is a crutch and they've got it good there because the last time they left was the beginning of the mess to come.

38 minutes ago, PunkStep said:

Plenty of this?

Naw. Plenty of this..

Eddie vs Davey - Last Man Standing is absolutely must see.

According to Melzter, a CRASH vs IMPACT PPV will be happening and at the Crash show a few days ago they started the build for it.

Garza Jr is a potential star. Good looking and great in the ring.

They've just started following WOS on twitter.

Nordholm is in Mumbai setting up production for the India shows.

Brad Maddox has deleted all his social media profiles.