1/16 Friday Night Pactdown: Lashley Era 2.0, Beat-Down Clan, Hardys/Wolves, Aries/Low-Ki, Roode/EY

[Art Barr]

real talk,...
this mania season may not carry the WWE like it did last year, and the first shield mania run.
while, tna has never actually wavered in quality and been ramping up at obscene levels.
if l, not for mania season.
Tna would easily be seen as higher in quality the past two years.
db, and the shield guys are singlehandidly the only thing helping WWE, right now.


Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

Good opening segment, like the new group. Heel EY works to me, I like that he's not with BDC, but his promo was convincing.

Angle wrestles noticeably slow now.

I like the new presentation.

Beautiful people/Bro-mans is a great midcard heel gimmick. Also, Konnan and Court Bauer were just talking about how a slefie stick would be a great heel prop on their podcast on Monday, wonder if DJ Z listened.

EC3's heel work is looking good brothers

The James Storm gimmick is still goofy to me

Great match from low ki/aries

Why is EY still out there with them calling out Lashley? I like this new EY heel gimmick but he's too Caccy for BDC

James storm is in fuego.
him and MVP are showing how to be more than a heel, and be a villain.
storm has been the next best thing about tna.
storm's slow build to being who he is now, has been top shelf stuff.
only thing better is mvp's swerve in the heel side.

if anything, I hope he pulls the tv title back out of the dust from abyss.


Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

Taryn looks great with that new strap and in gold!!


Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

BAM
BAM
BAMPF
BAMPF!!!!!!!


Art Barr

 

[CM_Burns]

James storm is in fuego.
him and MVP are showing how to be more than a heel, and be a villain.
storm has been the next best thing about tna.
storm's slow build to being who he is now, has been top shelf stuff.
only thing better is mvp's swerve in the heel side.

if anything, I hope he pulls the tv title back out of the dust from abyss.


Art Barr

I don't know brother, that interview with Tenay last week where he's talking about being the devil was just a little too goofy for me. He's not playing the role badly, the gimmick is just too over the top and goofy for this kind of promotion to me. James Storm yelling some satanic shyt at a job guy in the dark for 5 minutes just made me tune out.

Agreed, Taryn looks great.

 

[Wacky D]

aren't they still doing those "One night only" shows? even if they aren't, it doesn't have to be a PPV, build up the feud! build up to a big tv match

every week is big tv for them.

theyre using somewhat of the same model that they used in the early days when they were doing the weekly ppvs.

you act as if robert roode/eric young is a fresh matchup. theyve already had big matchups twice since the spring. and this is far from being over.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

yeah,...
Ey, is doing a good job.
I can't even front cause tna and ey worked us real good.
In the copycat of db swerve to nikka-lution.
so, I can't even complain cause ey is a quality worker.
he really had me believing tna was going to go full on ey is Daniel Bryan.
plus, the setup to the swerve.
was, as as good as it gets in the history of wrasslin.
ey has been excellent and I learned to respect ey from that shyt.


Art Barr

i been fukkin with him since team canada, breh can just flat out wrestle

 

[ChemicalBk]

real talk,...
this mania season may not carry the WWE like it did last year, and the first shield mania run.
while, tna has never actually wavered in quality and been ramping up at obscene levels.
if l, not for mania season.
Tna would easily be seen as higher in quality the past two years.
db, and the shield guys are singlehandidly the only thing helping WWE, right now.


Art Barr

Tru they fukked up not using Wyatts,Ziggler, and Cesaro correctly

 

[DaylitoJames]

I finally watched the episode and Impact Wrestling is so damn good
*Actual midcard feuds
*Awesome women's division
*Awesome tag team division
*Awesome stables
*Black excellence feuding for the World Heavyweight Championship
*Actual babyfaces you want to cheer and actually heels you want to boo
*Storylines that make somewhat sense
* at the New Day diss

I may have to watch Impact Wrestling as a substitute for the "Road of WrestleMania"

 

[thaKEAF]

Dvr'd this was it as good as the debut show?

 

[Apex]

We need the TV title back for Kenny King or EC3. These guys could use it.

 

[AKM-95]

I don't know brother, that interview with Tenay last week where he's talking about being the devil was just a little too goofy for me. He's not playing the role badly, the gimmick is just too over the top and goofy for this kind of promotion to me. James Storm yelling some satanic shyt at a job guy in the dark for 5 minutes just made me tune out.
.

I'm going to give him more time, but I'm with you! It seems like he suppose to be TNA's Wyatt type of character but the thing is they haven't made the audience care enough about his "rebirths" so the stable comes off as a random alliance because of it. I feel like the character that storm is portraying should have a purpose and I don't know if he has one outside of just because.


I thought this week show did a great job of establishing the BDC although I was surprised that they kept EY with them instead of bringing Homicide back. But that beat down was just dope and I thought Lashley held his own despite being awkward in some spots.Another thing TNA deserves props for is developing its midcard it feels like every part of the show has multiple angles/things going on which is how wrestling should be.

 

[I-Hate-You]

I like that they kept EY with them, but made it clear that he wasn't BDC. I think somebody posted an MVP tweet where he said Homicide is BDC, he's just on the shelf.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

You're caping too much. They just did a 'TNA's Greatest Moments' thing and had basically nothing before 2010.

Josh knows the business. And Tazz has been on commentary for 5 years. I wasn't there live when Elix did it either, but it was immediately the first thing that came to mind when it happened. And they don't pay me.

Caping?? Come on man stop that! And even if so..... I cant be wrong..... I'm only caping these great former WWE Stars

The TNA Greatest Moments show? Ok, I didnt watch that so you got me on there but that cant be held against me if I'm not aware... thats interesting though to say the least.

I saw it live... it was amazing

 

[Bryan Danielson]

damn shame whats become of Joe

What? Him beating GOATS like Kurt clean and making him tap?

If he was anywhere else he'd prolly be wearing some silly Samoan paint on his face, possibly not speaking the english language and jobbing to some ACME character