TNA - We are wrestling? Question mark?
I haven't written much about TNA because quite frankly I haven't watched much TNA. Contrary to what you may assume about someone writing a pro wrestling blog, I'm actually a bit of a busy fellow and some weeks I shockingly don't manage to work in pro wrestling TV watching on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays AND Fridays.
But I've had a little down time the past few weeks and managed to catch the show... just as Vince Russo took over the booking. Yeee. Apparently, a show that featured some top in-ring talent has suddenly switched to a soap opera.
Last night, the first wrestling match didn't occur until 25 minutes into the show... and then it was a screw job no contest. We had a Christian-Samoa Joe-Kurt Angle "who's with whom?" triangle and Sting outing Abyss for shooting his father. That's right, for shooting his own father. What wrestling there was (Chris Sabin vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Senshi vs. Austin Starr and a non-title Christian vs. Christopher Daniels match) was pretty good, but too short to get particularly invested in. We had lots of promos and backstage skits from Konnan to Cornette to Eric Young to the Voodo Kin Mafia. And not much wrestling.
But here's the thing: the show was great.
I mean, except for VKM who have had to shift from talking about another company to talking about hating women. Other than that, the show was really terrific. Good characters and angles that got me excited about what was going to happen next. That's what Vince Russo does best.
Now, a lot of the wrestling purists want to see these talented in-ring guys in more action. From what I understand, the guys bust their ass at the PPVs. So the 1-hour show has basically a taste of action and a load of intrigue to set-up big matches that (gasp!) actually not only deliver action but resolve the storylines.
By God, I think they've got it! Keep it up, TNA.
I mean, except the VKM stuff. That's just laaaaaaaaaame.
But I've had a little down time the past few weeks and managed to catch the show... just as Vince Russo took over the booking. Yeee. Apparently, a show that featured some top in-ring talent has suddenly switched to a soap opera.
Last night, the first wrestling match didn't occur until 25 minutes into the show... and then it was a screw job no contest. We had a Christian-Samoa Joe-Kurt Angle "who's with whom?" triangle and Sting outing Abyss for shooting his father. That's right, for shooting his own father. What wrestling there was (Chris Sabin vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Senshi vs. Austin Starr and a non-title Christian vs. Christopher Daniels match) was pretty good, but too short to get particularly invested in. We had lots of promos and backstage skits from Konnan to Cornette to Eric Young to the Voodo Kin Mafia. And not much wrestling.
But here's the thing: the show was great.
I mean, except for VKM who have had to shift from talking about another company to talking about hating women. Other than that, the show was really terrific. Good characters and angles that got me excited about what was going to happen next. That's what Vince Russo does best.
Now, a lot of the wrestling purists want to see these talented in-ring guys in more action. From what I understand, the guys bust their ass at the PPVs. So the 1-hour show has basically a taste of action and a load of intrigue to set-up big matches that (gasp!) actually not only deliver action but resolve the storylines.
By God, I think they've got it! Keep it up, TNA.
I mean, except the VKM stuff. That's just laaaaaaaaaame.
posted by BJ Boston at 11:14 AM
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