Welcome to another addition of wrestling wrap. Today I would like to focus on TNA and their move back to Thursdays. I might be in the minority here, but I think this is a good thing for TNA. This was a mistake from the beginning. It was the worst timing as the WWE was rolling going into Wrestlemania and they had never been better. In fact I will say that was the best the WWE has been in a good 3 or 4 years. Wrestlemania 26 was the most anticipated Wrestlemania in years and TNA was running into a storm that they couldn't get out of. The ratings were not good and last week's TNA rating opposite the draft was the worst they ever had.
Simply put. TNA cannot compete with the WWE. And if they think they can, they will lose big time. This was the first step and now Thursdays will be TNA night. Will the ratings climb now? I think they will a bit, but if they really want the ratings to climb, they must go live. With blogs and websites, it's so easy to read the spoilers. If they went live, it would be worth watching much more. Either way I will be watching Thursday nights.
One quick note on TNA. The opening segment between Jay Lethal and Ric Flair was off the page and the best thing that happened on Monday night. I always love the "Black Machismo" character, but his impression of "The Nature Boy" was about as good as you can get. If you haven't seen it, it's must watch television. And Flair's rebuttal of him being "God" was intense and so real that it gave me goosebumps. Of course TNA ruined it by having everyone come to the ring and then have 80 year old Hulk Hogan limping down to beat up everyone. TNA seems so close to something really good, but just when you think maybe, they crap all over it. I'm hoping one day they can see the light, cause they have the right mix of veterans and young stars to do something special. Let's hope they can, cause it will just be better for all us true wrestling fans.
Wrestler of the week: Jay Lethal and Ric Flair (watch and you will see why)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
RAW
Last night was draft night on RAW, and yes I was more excited for this draft than the NFL draft. I love sports, but my heart is into wrestling. I will spend all day watching wrestling classics on demand and be a very happy 39 year old man. But I digress.
As far as the show goes, I thought the show was solid with some really good matches. Christian/Jericho, Bourne/Punk, and Swagger/Morrison. I loved the title change with the Hart Dynasty and even the triple threat match. But for me, the draft sucked. First, I hate they way they do it like some lottery. How about what they did the first year of the draft? Any one remember? Well the gm's (Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman at the time) would come out after the matches and pick who they wanted. Now I know what you're going to say, they will just pick each other's best wrestlers and champions. You know what I say to that? So what? It would feel fresh and exciting and real..(I know wrestling is somewhat fake) and Smackdown wouldn't get killed like it did last night. There are only four legitimate superstars on Smackdown: Undertaker, CM Punk, Rey Mysterio, and to a lesser extent the champ Jack Swagger. That is it. Smackdown last night was screwed. Big Show, Kelly Kelly, Christian, and Kofi Kingston. Meanwhile Raw gets Edge, Jericho and Morrisson. Raw is loaded while it will be a tough watch on Fridays. I can only hope that they make major pushes for Christian and Kofi.
One quick note on TNA. I know they got a horrible rating last night, but I thought a decent show and I like where the product is going right now. But the bad news is with the additions of the 3 above, Raw will keep continuing to bury TNA in the ratings.
Wrestler of the Week: Hart Dynasty for winning the tag titles.
Mikey R
As far as the show goes, I thought the show was solid with some really good matches. Christian/Jericho, Bourne/Punk, and Swagger/Morrison. I loved the title change with the Hart Dynasty and even the triple threat match. But for me, the draft sucked. First, I hate they way they do it like some lottery. How about what they did the first year of the draft? Any one remember? Well the gm's (Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman at the time) would come out after the matches and pick who they wanted. Now I know what you're going to say, they will just pick each other's best wrestlers and champions. You know what I say to that? So what? It would feel fresh and exciting and real..(I know wrestling is somewhat fake) and Smackdown wouldn't get killed like it did last night. There are only four legitimate superstars on Smackdown: Undertaker, CM Punk, Rey Mysterio, and to a lesser extent the champ Jack Swagger. That is it. Smackdown last night was screwed. Big Show, Kelly Kelly, Christian, and Kofi Kingston. Meanwhile Raw gets Edge, Jericho and Morrisson. Raw is loaded while it will be a tough watch on Fridays. I can only hope that they make major pushes for Christian and Kofi.
One quick note on TNA. I know they got a horrible rating last night, but I thought a decent show and I like where the product is going right now. But the bad news is with the additions of the 3 above, Raw will keep continuing to bury TNA in the ratings.
Wrestler of the Week: Hart Dynasty for winning the tag titles.
Mikey R
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