Paid Members garynysmon Posted June 21, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 21, 2023 Moose has been treading water for a bit, which is understandable given his contract status was up in the air and they weren't going to get behind someone who was potentially fucking off. So the news that he's now sticking around for the foreseeable is fantastic. I was a bit surprised as to the manner that Maclin lost the title, but at least he's tied up in a high-ish feud on the Slammiversary card so can't be in the dog house. They're clearly going for a Nick Aldis title win over a babyface at Slammiversary, which will probably lead to a big match with Josh Alexander when he's healed up. I was never too high or too down on Aldis, and not necessarily a fan of his Bockwinkel knock off gimmick, but he does have a presence at least. I tend to cruise through wrestling shows and would be useless at analysing them segment by segment, but thought that this week’s was a particularly easy watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted June 23, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted June 23, 2023 Overall - Not a banger this week and to be honest the whole show is pretty skippable. That's not to say it was terrible - if anything it's a backhanded compliment because Impact has been a thoroughly enjoyable watch of late. The action was mostly good, just not quite Carling. 👍 Bully Ray/Maclin vs Kazarian/Edwards - Not the best main event in comparison to recent weeks of Impact but still perfectly serviceable. 👍 Dirty Dango vs Bhuphinder Gujjar - Short but sweet. Dango's pre-match promo 'man, do I hate professional wrestling' was a nice touch. Always love a Santino cameo. 👍 Backstage bits - Some good angle advancement on the show. D'Amore kept things bubbling over nicely with regard to Bully Ray and Maclin, and the Shelley/Jimmy Jacobs exchange around Nick Aldis was also good patter. 👍 Digital Media Title: Joe Hendry vs. Yuya Uemura - Match of the night. I still believe in big Joe. 👎 OVE vs Good Hands/Myres - Uncharacteristically flat start to the show. Impact is usually great at putting on an opening match banner to set the tone for the rest of the show. This wasn't it. I find Sami Callihan's entire act quite cringe. 👎 Bailey/Gresham vs The Design - Again I find all of the Design bollocks really quite tiresome. Put Bailey and Gresham with any other pairing and they could have put on a good contest. Instead it was just totally flat. Also, Speedball's music is so slow and dull - not akin to his nickname at all. Change it. Change it at once! 👎 Taylor Wilde v Killer Kelly - Too long and too bland. Slamovich teaming up with Kelly is mildly interesting but this was another flat execution overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted June 25, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) A photo from this weekend's tapings from Center Stage, Atlanta, which is becoming a good little touring stop for them. I always find it bonkers that Impact, with a much smaller budget and footprint nowadays, is attracting paid crowds of roughly the same size as the free entry Impact Zone when it had some of wrestling's biggest stars of the day. Edited June 25, 2023 by garynysmon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Glad to see Dango doing well there, a stupidly entertaining lad and him in Fashion Peaks is honestly one of my top things in modern wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted June 25, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 25, 2023 42 minutes ago, Merzbow said: Glad to see Dango doing well there, a stupidly entertaining lad and him in Fashion Peaks is honestly one of my top things in modern wrestling. Until a month ago I’d have disagreed wholeheartedly with that, but loving his new gimmick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted June 26, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted June 26, 2023 Moose is great, the way he's presented, I'm glad he's sticking around because he's proved that he can be the face of the company when he was their world champion. The feud with Josh Alexander was great and helped put Josh on the map as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted July 10, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 10, 2023 The Slammiversary card for Saturday. Again, a crying shame that it will be drowned out by Collision and Battle of the Belts, as its usually a cracking PPV. Pre-show: Joe Hendry(c) vs Kenny King – IMPACT Digital Media Championship Scott D’Amore & PCO vs Bully Ray & TBA The Covan(Taylor Wilde & Kilynn King)(c) vs Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly – IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Championship Frankie Kazarian vs Eddie Edwards Mike Bailey vs Kushida vs Jonathan Gresham vs Angels vs Kushida – Ultimate-X match ABC(Ace Austin & Chris Bey)(c) vs Sub Culture(Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster) vs Moose & Brian Myers vs Rich Swann & Sami Callihan – 4-way match for IMPACT Tag Team Championship Chris Sabin(c) vs Lio Rush – IMPACT X-Division Championship Deonna Purrazzo(c) vs Trinity – Impact Knockouts World Championship Main Event: Alex Shelley(c) vs Nick Aldis – IMPACT World Championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Some decent stuff on there but Shelley vs Aldis doesn't sound very appealing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Quick question for anyone who can be arsed answering. Is the Emergence event usually worth watching? I'm thinking of going along next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted July 11, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 11, 2023 17 hours ago, DavidB6937 said: Some decent stuff on there but Shelley vs Aldis doesn't sound very appealing. I clicked this out of curiosity being way behind what they're doing over there but regardless of how much Magnus has come on, if anyone could get a great match out of him, a wrestler as good as Shelley would be on my list. Although it speaks volumes of Impact's reach today if a "good hand" type like Alex has the big belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted July 11, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) 46 minutes ago, air_raid said: Although it speaks volumes of Impact's reach today if a "good hand" type like Alex has the big belt. I’d be shocked if its not a “thanks for your years of service” little transitional run, rather than strapping a rocket to his back tbh. I tend to agree that Alex Shelley doesn't really scream ‘star power’ and a headliner for what’s become usually their best and biggest show of the year. 17 hours ago, David said: Quick question for anyone who can be arsed answering. Is the Emergence event usually worth watching? I'm thinking of going along next month. Its a monthly special rather than PPV, so its a B rather than A level show. But the Rebel is a lovely looking venue and they’re usually fun enough to justify going. I’d go to that rather than the following night’s TV tapings, given the choice. Edited July 11, 2023 by garynysmon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 On 6/26/2023 at 1:45 AM, garynysmon said: A photo from this weekend's tapings from Center Stage, Atlanta, which is becoming a good little touring stop for them. I always find it bonkers that Impact, with a much smaller budget and footprint nowadays, is attracting paid crowds of roughly the same size as the free entry Impact Zone when it had some of wrestling's biggest stars of the day. They're more of a top level indy now than a distant no2 mainstream promotion. I guess with ROH gone they attract some of the indy fans but overall it's just! a better more.investable product than its "hey day". That said if they ran tapings regularly in arenas like 2013 TNA I'm sure they would be back in trouble fast. They know their limits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted July 11, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 11, 2023 1 minute ago, simonworden said: They're more of a top level indy now than a distant no2 mainstream promotion. Well I suppose what makes an ‘indy’ and what makes a proper ‘fed’ is up for debate. But given it has domestic and international TV deals and contracted talent, I’d still class it as a distant US no.3 rather than a traditional indy which uses talent on a more ad-hoc basis. Yes Impact uses a lot of free agents for a few taping blocks at a time, and outside talent from New Japan on the regular, but so does AEW so the lines are much more blurred than was once the case. In fact, even WCW did a fair bit of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Agreed, if you have a roster that’s mostly contracted exclusive talent you aren’t an indie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 On 7/11/2023 at 5:20 PM, garynysmon said: Well I suppose what makes an ‘indy’ and what makes a proper ‘fed’ is up for debate. But given it has domestic and international TV deals and contracted talent, I’d still class it as a distant US no.3 rather than a traditional indy which uses talent on a more ad-hoc basis. Yes Impact uses a lot of free agents for a few taping blocks at a time, and outside talent from New Japan on the regular, but so does AEW so the lines are much more blurred than was once the case. In fact, even WCW did a fair bit of that. I do agree actually. I was more talking about how I think many fans would view them than anything related to business or deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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