Bobby Roode turns heel and wins the TNA heavyweight title from James Storm on Impact
by Geno Mrosko on Nov 4, 2011 9:01 AM EDT
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TNA Impact last night (Nov. 3), which was taped in Macon, Georgia, featured the highly anticipated heel turn by Bobby Roode, which resulted in his winning the heavyweight title from his former Beer Money tag team partner, James Storm.
Wait a minute ... huh?
That's right, instead of letting a potential high end feud marinate between Storm and Roode, the powers that be with the number two wrestling company in the world decided to hot shot the angle and have the title change hands for the second time in three weeks.
Roode and Storm had one hell of a television main event match, going 17 minutes strong before the turn by Roode, which manifested itself in the form of a beer bottle to Storm's skull. Fitting, really, but still far too rushed.
The good news here is that these two can put on a pay-per-view quality main event at any point and the heat between them is still phenomenal despite the hasty nature with which they've been booked against one another.
Last night's match was great, they've got great chemistry and a built in story. To make it even better, Roode will be an awesome heel, as evidenced by the incredible promo he cut after winning the title. That footage was released in a video on YouTube from TNA, which has been included after the jump. You can also watch the final 10 minutes of the match itself in the extended entry. Trust me, it's worth it.
What are your thoughts and feelings on Roode turning heel so fast and winning the belt just two weeks after Storm won it from Kurt Angle? Too rushed or just right?
First, the video of the match, which was, again, incredibly well done.
Now the fallout and Roode's first heel promo. He delivers in a big way and it's clear he's got great potential in his new skin. Storm also does a great job playing the role of betrayed brother and friend.
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The match was great, but it really doesn't matter.
iMPACT was better than RAW this week, but it won’t matter.
TNA having Roode job to Angle on PPV, then having Storm beat Angle in seconds in the same week on iMPACT, then having Roode beat Storm and turn heel on iMPACT two weeks later pretty much tells the entire audience that their PPV’s are meaningless. Which is bad enough as is, but with the scattershot nature of iMPACT as a weekly show, TNA gives no reason for people to watch TV either. Why should I invest my energy into admiring this weeks top babyface if he’s only a few months removed from his last turn, and a few weeks away from his future turn.
TNA has always put on matches of this quality on TV, but the booking has been so bad that it never makes a difference in their business. After a decade of this shit, I have no reason to beileve things will get any better, and nobody else will either. It’s not like WWE, where they have enough nostalgia and relevant stars to disguise their terrible booking, BFG 2011 was the last shot TNA had at telling people they matter, and now that they blew it, I doubt they’ll be around for another year.
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Not sure you can say this was hot shotting the angle. This may just be the new creative team beginning their vision for the company. It was the only way to go. Storm’s a money face. You want to establish your heel champion. Roode should have the belt. This was all entirely logical. However, one doesn’t blame anyone for leaning on the old “TNA does stupid shit” crutch. This wasn’t that at all. We’ll see where it leads.
Was it rushed?
Yes but in a way it makes sense. After thinking about it they already had something similar where friends went against one another when Styles and Daniels had their series of matches which eventually turned Daniels heel again. Roode is one of the better wrestlers who can pull of being both. Unlike some others that are only good at being one or the other. The feud could still be interesting if booked right. With Roode winning the belt and turning heel, the new creative team can build on this and make this something worth watching. Beer Money was a great tag team but like many great tag teams, sometimes there’s one that breaks out into being a great singles competitor. Very rarely do you see both becoming main-eventers. As a matter of fact I think there’s only been one maybe two other tag teams that has had both become successful singles wrestlers. The first one that comes to mind is E&C. Even though Edge started to get the bigger push outta the two in the beginning, Christian is still pretty much busted his ass to be a main eventer. Christian is actually a good example that if you keep at it, you can still rise to the top despite others personal opinions. He had a memorable run in TNA. Some of my favorite moments are with him in there. I wasn’t sure what was to become of him once he came back to WWE but after a couple of years of dealing with the bullshit politics, he was able to have a good summer program with one of the untouchables in Orton. Though he may have slipped down a bit off the main event radar, he’s still pretty much in the top class of SD!. The other one that comes to mind are the Wolves but unless you pay attention to the Indy scene, you might not know about these two but then again ROH IMO is the third best company in the world. Atleast in alot of fans eyes that AREN’T BIAS. I actually prefer to look at them as the second biggest but that’s just my opinion. The only major setback that ROH has against the big two are they don’t have the cable accessibility to get there product to the same amount of viewers either WWE or TNA has. Even though this is a minor problem, it’s still worthy spending alot less on their event as oppose the $40 to $50 on ppv’s. TNA somewhat did what ROH did already in having two of what many consider one of the greatest tag teams wrestle each other for a major title. Although booked much differently, it still is pretty ironic to say the least. Aside from the obvious, at first I was pretty much looking at this as another way to boost Hogan’s ego to make him be known as the top face and although that may be true it still makes sense to turn Roode heel as mentioned earlier. The one thing I’m really getting a sick feeling about though is they are starting to push Jeff to the moon again when he’s hardly been back and I think it’s only a matter of time before he and Roode are facing one another for the title even though it should be Joe or Morgan or even Styles in the main event scene. Hopefully that won’t happen anytime soon. Geez I really don’t want to see Crimson anywhere near the main event picture.
you're own stupidity will lead you to your own downfall
by congestedthoughts on Nov 4, 2011 2:56 PM EDT reply actions
Goldberg v. Hogan
Part deux.
Roode/Storm could have been the biggest match of the year.
....and I think Tony Sparano should be fired.
Former Ayatollah of the "Draft Mike Pouncey" bandwagon. [√]
(Currently hoping that Reggie Bush isn't as useless as I think he is)
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