TNA Impact spoilers for TV taping today (Oct. 18) for show to air Oct. 20
by Geno Mrosko on Oct 18, 2011 8:33 PM EDT
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TNA is holding tapings today (Oct. 18) for its Impact Wrestling show that will air this Thursday, Oct. 20 and there are quite a few interesting things to come out of Orlando.
With Bound for Glory going down this past Sunday (Oct. 16) and Bobby Roode failing to win the heavyweight title from an injured Kurt Angle, how did TNA follow up on that?
There was also a major return. Intrigue!
For those that would rather wait until the show airs, spoilers are posted after the jump.
According to ProWrestling.net, Gail Kim made her return to the promotion. She attacked Knockout's Champion Velvet Sky, which will presumably insert her directly into the top program for the ladies.
I'm sure that will go over well considering how she left WWE.
The major news, though, is the follow up to Bobby Roode's title loss. Details are sparse up to this point but what we do know is that Kurt Angle did the job and lost the TNA heavyweight championship ...
... to James Storm.
The match was short, of course, because of Angle's injury but afterwards Roode, Kazarian and A.J. Styles celebrated with Storm in the ring.
I'm sure this will please quite a few folks that believed Storm was the better half of Beer Money but for the time being it doesn't make a lot of sense. Angle was going to have to lose the title no matter what but why Storm and why on TV instead of Roode at the pay-per-view after a huge push?
We'll have to take the old wait-and-see approach on this one. After all, Hulk Hogan did say there are "big plans ahead for the Canadian."
I will say that a Roode vs. Storm feud for the title would be money but you just know they're in a hurry to put the title back on Jeff Hardy.
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Unbelievable
Does this make me excited to watch Impact? Yes. Does this move make sense? No. Why would you spend a month building up Roode and then throw the title on Storm…on free TV? Why? Because Hogan thinks Storm is the man and not Roode. HOPEFULLY though we will see a Roode-Storm program with Roode prevailing.
I for one feel like Roode has the “intangibles” of a world champion. I feel like Storm does not. Many would disagree but can you imagine Storm as a world champ in WWE? No way!
Either way, I hope to see a solid program between two great workers. Although knowing TNA we will see a Storm-Flair feud for the world title. Or Storm-Crismson.
So what if he wouldn't be a champ in the WWE
and really who says he wouldn’t be as everyone gets a shot with the title.
Another thing is
why should TNA nly put the belt on someone the WWE would put it on? They should be different than the WWE.
Eh.
I feel like I know who James Storm is. He’s the tough talking drinking cowboy. As a face he’ll stand up to anyone, and as a heel he’ll do anything to win.
I’ve never felt like I’ve known Roode. His only definable trait going into Beer Money was being rich. That’s all he and TNA had done in all those years. They’ve tried in the last month to define him, but TNA’s practically ran me off at this point.
Roode may be the better wrestler, but I think Storm is by far the better promo. So on my score card, that’s 2 for Storm, 1 for Roode.
Classic TNA.
Do something that could potentially be great but do it in such a way that it won’t help their product or business with no foresight or logical planning.
This’ll be the first time in months that I go out of my way to watch TNA though, so power to them.
Logic is overrated people.
Especially in ProWrestling.
by Maclovio Williams on Oct 18, 2011 8:59 PM EDT reply actions
Congrats to James Storm.
He’s better than Roode in every way except for wrestling.
by TrailerParkTrash on Oct 18, 2011 9:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Should I start watching TNA again?
i remember watching TNA for the first time and the main event was a falls count anywhere match between rhyno and the alpha male monty brown and thinking this brand is awesome. They have all these awesome in ring performers i had never heard of, and fresh story lines instead of the stale overused WWE ones (john cena 10000x champ), but when jim cornette left, dixie was the head and it got worse, then hogan came in and it got absolutely awful (really? hall and the nasty boys? i couldnt believe it) I soon couldnt stand to watch a company giving all these washed up wwe super stars the title instead of better in ring performers. However, ive continued to follow how bad the company has become on this website and it appears to be getting better but im wondering is it worth it to start watching again??
by WrestlingOverBJJALLDAY on Oct 18, 2011 9:38 PM EDT reply actions
Angle drops the title to STORM?
But why not do it to Roode at least…….TNA why are you so TNA
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I get the reasoning behind why Storm has the gold
Storm has a defined persona, and is one of the best on the mic, but if this was the endgame, WTF was the last month plus for? If this was to set up for the breakup of Beer Money and them feuding over the title, then fine…but why not have champ Roode revert back to his heelish persona and piss Storm off? How they’ve done it just basically made Bound for Glory a waste of time and money (if you paid for it). You basically killed the push of one guy and devalued the championship win of another due to Angle already being injured. Typical TNA….all so Hogan could get one more damn crowd pop for Hulkamania.
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Hogan probably thinks he’s saved the company at the last minute from another fine mess by Vince Russo, who would have been behind the idea for Robert Roode to win the Bound For Glory Series and the plan for him to win the title at Bound For Glory.
by Keith Harris on Oct 18, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Unbelievable
I have no problem with Storm taking the title from Roode. The limited I’ve seen of both of them, they both seem strong enough in the ring to be taken seriously, and Storm’s mic skills are representative of a person who really understands the character he’s portraying.
But why do it this way? If TNA wanted Storm as their champ of the future, why not have him win the BFG Series, receive that strong buildup that Roode got and that everyone bought into, and win the title in a “crowning achievement” way at BFG? Why give it away on television, with no fanfare or storyline logic behind it? It’s not like they couldn’t pull off a Roode heel turn by building up Storm instead of Roode. The storyline is built in for them: tag team partner wins the championship, the other one gets jealous and resents him, and then they can do the slow turn from there. By doing it this way, they killed Roode’s momentum and basically told TNA viewers not to buy PPV because the good stuff happens on television.
This week in TNA has been completely mind-boggling. Not sure if they could have written this in a worse way strategically.
It was written the right way....Hogan changed the finish
…all so he could be the feel good moment and have the spotlight…screw Hogan at this point
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by ronniemac03 on Oct 18, 2011 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Right, from BFG forward, nothing has gone right at the top...
and given the interview Hogan gave on Busted Open, it’s almost certainly his fault.
by Michael Jong on Oct 18, 2011 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Ridiculous, Storm has no business being TNA champ and there are much more deserving originals than him. Seriously at this point it’s gone past me being angry or disgusted in that company it’s come to a point where I’m just done with them.
"@bigfootsilva, I want to tell you a joke so funny it will make your head grow. It goes like this..Oh wait, I see you have already heard it." -Chael Sonnen
Facepalm.
-The Roode build was just like the Rocky angle that WWE has done 10-15 times. How does the trust who run TNA, half of whom were actually there for all those builds (Michaels, Cena, Benoit, etc) fuck it up?
“Hey Hogan, what do you think?”
Why would you ask the input of a guy who has hijacked more vehicles for other people than an LA street gang?
This is the equivalent of Rocky losing to Apollo Creed, then having Paulie beat him in the next fight. It makes NO sense, but hey, Hogan had his big moment and stole the heat away from the world title, so what does it matter who they drop the title to?
That’s all this was. He wanted his big moment above everyone else at their biggest PPV of the year. As long as that big moment was his, and the mark writers are all claiming what an epic moment it was (“it was great. It was just like being teleported back to 1987 again!”) he does not give a shit who the title is on.
Someone needs to squash this parasite, once and for all. Just stomp him out in the middle of the ring, and fire him. Then never mention him on your broadcast again.
NO LOGIC NEEDED
I guess that this is what we wanted in the least amount of time. Because that what happens when you try to swerve or call an audible on someone winning the title. What ever the situation whats done is done. Maybe now we may get something moving or for the umpteenth time we will see no forward momentum. And if what they say is true the title could find its way back on Hardy before the end of the year.
Actually it sounds just like
the Davey Richards/Eddie Edwards build from ROH. A tag team that are best friends through and through with one of them breaking out big time to reach his full potential (Davey/Roode) but out of nowhere his partner gets a title shot after he fails to win the title and his partner shockingly wins the belt.
They refuse to fight each other but eventually it comes to that.
by Anthony Steven Lewis on Oct 19, 2011 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
It gets worse.....
apparently at the taping for next thursday’s show, Roode becomes the #1 contender and will face Storm….at the following impact, to be taped in Georgia. TNA’s stupidity knows no bounds
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It's the sport of kings, better than diamond rings....football.
Roll Tide Roll!
Go NIners!
Bischoff and Hogan mocks fans
Here’s something rather demeaning and pretty childish and petty.
Eric Bischoff posted the following last night on Facebook:
Having a blast watching Internet marks react. Candy from a baby!
Adding to what Eric Bischoff wrote regarding James Storm winning the TNA Championship from Kurt Angle in two minutes at last night’s Impact Wrestling taping, Hulk Hogan sent out the following today on Twitter & Facebook:
Goodmorning HULKAMANIACS,can’t wait for all the Rood fans that turned to haters to see the big picture,thank God we still have real marks HH
This makes absolutely no sense. They spent months building Roode up to be the next TNA champion only to have Angle go over at their biggest ppv. Less than a week later, both Hogan and Bischoff being the dicks they are mock the fans about how they put over Storm instead. How in the hell are you suppose to keep your fan base who is suppose to be passionate when you down right act like complete douches? They could have easily let the show play out but instead of doing that, they decide to act like two little kids who didn’t get enough attention from mommy and daddy and are giving all the fans to a big middle finger. It’s not about what you want, it;s what we want. How can anybody still watch this shit?
Of course we don’t know the “big picture” cause we aren’t suppose to be how does that justify them demeaning their already deteriorating fan base? This is why TNA will never get ahead while others pass them by. Those fans that are smart enough to see through the bullshit Dixie is letting this idiots do are the true fans that won’t put up with two bitches screwing up company that already is low on morale. How much lower can you be? Do you really want to alienate your fans? As soon as crackhead Dixie signed these two, she pretty much handed them a shovel to not only sink the company into more financial debt but to slowly lose an already thin fan base.
by congestedthoughts on Oct 20, 2011 5:07 PM EDT reply actions
yeah I never understand the point of insulting the people that are actually invested in your product
you don’t hear Burger King saying thanks for eating our burgers fat asses.
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