4-29-11 Results and Thoughts for Smackdown

Coverage and thoughts on the April 29, 2011 episode of Smackdown

Smackdown begins with Randy Orton in the ring saying he’s on Friday night Smackdown now. He was about to mention his match with CM Punk at Extreme Rules and Drew McIntyre comes out and says that while Orton is now on Smackdown, Drew will be moving on to Raw and that the fans won’t get to see Orton vs. McIntyre just yet. Drew then says he came out to hello, and good bye. Drew then kicks Orton and goes for the Future Shock, but counters it into the RKO. Orton was going to continue talking, but Alex Riley comes out, but before he can say anything Orton gives him an RKO too. Before Orton can anything else, Alberto Del Rio comes out with Ricardo and Brodus Clay. Alberto says that he feels sorry for the fans that he will no longer be on Smackdown, but he says that he will win World Title and bring it to Raw. Orton has a stare down with Alberto and Brodus, then Christian comes out to even the odds. Teddy Long then comes out and announces Christian & Orton vs. Alberto & Clay for the main event. The faces then run off the heels. Good opening segment and the crowd was really into everything.

Kofi Kingston comes to the ring and Sheamus attacks him from behind, then throws him into the ring barrier and the steel steps, then throws him in the and gives Kofi a big boot. Good short segment to get Sheamus over. Hopefully this doesn’t mean a de push for Kofi though.

Michael Cole is in the ring and cuts a promo about how on Sunday he will single handedly take out both Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross. Then Jack Swagger comes for his match with Sin Cara.

They used orange and blue lighting for this match. This was really good too with a lot of spots from Cara. Cole handed Swagger a weapon, but before he could use it, Cara got a Victory Roll on Swagger for the pin. After the match, Swagger charges at Cara, but he yanks down the top rope, then gives Swagger a Spring Board Plancha on the outside. Cole then chews out Swagger saying he has to get his head in the game for their big match Sunday.

Tag Team Champions Kane & Big Show vs. Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater for the Titles. This was a decent match. Gabriel and Slater got some good offense in, but Kane and Show dominated most of the match and hit a double Choke Slam and Kane got the pin on Slater.

Backstage Great Khali and Ranjin Singh wish Rey Mysterio the best of luck on Raw. Rey thanks them both and walks off, then another Indian giant shows up. Khali and Singh treat him like royalty and they speak in Hindi.

Rey Mysterio cuts a promo about how hard it is to be leaving Smackdown and that he and the fans had fun, then mentions that he will beat Cody Rhodes at Extreme Rules. Good promo from Rey.

Mark Henry gets the mic and says how it’s unfortunate that Rey’s farewell is his debut.

Rey Mysterio beats Mark Henry by DQ when Cody Rhodes comes out and goes after Rey. Cody throws him over the guard rail into the crowd, then back over the guard rail and throws him back in the ring and Henry gives Rey the World’s Strongest Slam. Cody then places a paper bag over Mysterio’s head. The announcers kept saying that was a new side of Mark Henry, even though he was booked like a monster heal a few years ago, but we’re supposed to forget that ever happened. I don’t know why WWE does that. Anyway the match was good.

Layla vs. Michelle McCool goes to a double count out when they brawl outside the ring. After the match the brawl continues with referees trying to keep them apart. Layla then gets the Mic and challenges Michelle to a no DQ, no count out match. Michelle gets the mic and says that Layla would be nothing without her and accepts the challenge if they make it a loser leaves WWE match. Layla agrees.

Matt Striker interviews Christian about his match with Alberto Sunday. Christian mentions that Alberto has always talked about destiny and how 6 months ago he was out with a pectoral muscle tear and was worried he might not be back again. He mentions that now after Edge defended his Title at WrestleMania and then out of nowhere the doctors tell him that he has to retire. Christian asks if he is just in the right place at the right time and if he’s earned a chance to be World Champion. He then says that on Sunday he will climb the ladder and earn the World Title. Really well done prom from Christian.

Christian and Randy Orton beat Alberto Del Rio and Brodus Clay a really good back and forth match with Orton hitting the RKO on Clay for the pin.

I thought this was a really good show and a good final hype for the PPV Sunday.

4-28-11 Impact Results and Thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the April 28, 2011 episode of Impact

The show begins with the TNA Knockouts and other women in the company in the ring and out come the Jarretts and Karen has an umbrella. Karen tries to find out if any of them are Kurt Angle’s Mistress and rags on all the women and accused them all of having their eyes on Kurt. She started with the woman in catering, then the seamstress. This is dumb. Next she goes after Miss Tessmacher, then Rosita & Sarita. Madison Rayne and Tara were next; Madison says she wouldn’t put it past Tara to lay down for Kurt and maybe Jeff too. Finally she gets to Velvet, mentioning that she lost her best friend and that being with Kurt would bring her back to the top. Velvet goes to slap Karen, but Jeff stops her, then Velvet slaps Jeff. Velvet-Karen cat fight with Jeff getting sandwiched trying to break it up. Angelina comes out and throws Velvet to the mat. Winter tells So Cal Val to ring the bell and Velvet-Angelina is the first match. That was some of the worst stuff I’ve ever seen.

Angelina pretty much dominated here; she no sells a few chops from Velvet and pounds on her some more for the most part. Velvet makes a come back with a face plant, then she has words with Winter and Winter attacks and gives Angelina the signal to finish Velvet. Angelina gets the win by submission after Velvet passes out. Not much of a match. This storyline is ridiculously bad!

Ken Anderson in the back talking about his truck, saying life isn’t too bad except that he wants his Title match. He already got it at Lockdown. Yeah it was a 3 Way but it still counts in my book.

Matt Morgan is backstage looking for Scott Steiner and says that he wants to be TNA Champion.

Christie Hemme is doing the ring announcing.

 Mexican America promo with the Mexican flag hanging above the ring and Anarquia says they will celebrate Cino De Mayo next week and everyone will salute their flag saying that States now belong to Mexican America. More idiocy!

Anarquia beats Chris Sabin in a decent but real short match. Sabin’s knee gave out during a spring board attempt and Anarquia got the pin with an inside cradle. Mexican America goes for a double team and Alex Shelly returns and runs the heels off. Glad to see Alex Shelly back.

Scott Steiner promo in the back saying he attacked Matt Morgan cause he wanted to, saying he’s not a hard man to find if Matt Morgan wants to find him. Good promo from Steiner.

Matt Morgan and Scott Steiner argue in the back a bit and Morgan goes after him and Steiner attacks him again saying Morgan was never like him. Morgan fights back and throws Steiner on a table then strangles him and chokes him with a chair. Steiner says he’s sorry, but Morgan continues beating him down saying he will be World Champion. This is one of TNA’s better feuds.

Sting destroys Ken Anderson’s truck with his bat, breaking the windshield, the windows and a head light and leaves his bat in the broken piece of the windshield. Not too bad of a segment. At least there was no ridiculous back and forth arguing.

Up next is Daniels vs. TV Champion Gunner for the belt. Gunner gets the pin in a really good back and forth match. Daniels is really awesome and Gunner has gotten better too.

Sting promo in the ring saying that he’s trying to get rid of Hogan and Bischoff, but Anderson gets in the way. Sting calls him out and Anderson comes to the ring with a bat. They go back and forth about Sting wrecking Anderson’s truck, what ever. Anderson says he can get it replaced and says he will one up Sting every time and challenges Sting to a match. RVD comes out and says that Sting gave him a fair shot the World Title and calls Sting a stand up guy. He says he fine with Sting doing what ever he has to do to shut Anderson up. More banter and Sting want to face Anderson, but Hulk Hogan comes out and says that he “loves” the way Sting has been handing out Title matches, then says if he wants a fight, he will get one and Hogan makes the match a 3 Way with Bully Ray who he said would walk out the new Champion. Bully Ray comes out and Hogan says it’s “show time.” Hulk Hogan is getting really stale. I have no idea why Dixie brought him in.

Samoa Joe promo backstage mentioning that Crimson is a courageous guy to attack Abyss. He talks about Crimson being undefeated and he mentions his long undefeated streak and says that the Impact he made in TNA will never be repeated and that when you face Samoa Joe you always lose.   

Crimson vs. Samoa Joe. This was a pretty good match too, then Abyss came out and attacked Crimson. Crimson wins by DQ Joe  looks at Abyss then walks up the ramp. Abyss continues to attack Crimson throwing him face first into the steel steps then throwing him in the ring and Black Hole Slams Crimson. Decent segment.

Ken Anderson in the back saying that winning is only thing and instead of getting a singles re match he gets stuck in another 3 way and says he will make the best of it.

Kurt Angle talks about how dumb it was to rag on the TNA Knockouts and that he will reveal his “mistress” next week.

Mickie James promo in the ring saying that she wanted to go down in history as the greatest women’s wrestler of all time and to dedicate the Knockouts Title to the fans. She says it is because of the fans that she’s where she is and it is the fans who make her dream a reality.

Bully Ray in the back saying how him being World Champion would set everyone off. He says he would trade all his Tag Title wins for a World Title shot mentioning that he had to carry Devon for 15 years then says that tonight he gets his moment.

Ken Anderson vs. Bully Ray vs. Sting for the TNA World Title. Anderson does his usual lowering of the mic and self intro. JB does the big World Title match ring introduction. Bully Ray hits Sting a pipe after a ref bump, then AJ Styles comes out and attacks Ray then Sting uses the pipe on Ray and gets the pin. This was a good match too and I like that they had AJ come out and go after Bully Ray.

Bully Ray promo in the back saying he should be TNA World Champion and says that he will take his frustrations out on AJ for costing him the match. He talks about what a warrior he is and he’s been through it all.

AJ says that his family and the fortune guys mean the world to him.

Steiner says Morgan is half the man he is and calls Morgan a basketball player and says they will go at it again next week.

Jeff and Karen complain about who Kurt is bringing in.

Velvet saying it was dumb of Karen to call her Angle's “mistress” then complains more about Angelina being a zombie.

More of the Jarretts complaining and worrying about who Kurt will bring in next week.

The backstage reactions this week were hit and miss.

That’s this week’s Impact. Not the greatest show I’ve seen but not the worst either.

4-25-11 Raw coverage and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the April 25, 2011 Draft episode of Raw

This week’s Raw started off with the Raw vs. Smackdown battle Royal. Big Show & Kofi Kingston win for Smackdown. Good Battle Royal. Battle Royals are usually fun.

John Cena is drafted to Smackdown

Todd Grisham interviews Cena about being drafted to Smackdown. Typical Cena promo. Then he mentions his cage for the WWE Title at Extreme Rules. Miz comes in and says after Sunday Miz can’t see Cena on raw after Cena loses. Good stuff from Miz.

Jim Ross vs. Michael Cole is announced for tonight. Cole gloats more. Cole can be entertaining as a heel, but can also be really annoying at times too.

 R-Truth comes out and cuts a heel promo saying how his friend John Morrison came out and challenged him for his spot in the Title match on Sunday. Fans kept chanting “what” and Truth did a great job playing off of the fans. He says that he accepted Morrison’s challenge because the fans wanted him to and he blames the fans for losing his Title shot. He mentions how for 10 years he chose the fans, but now he’s officially giving the fans the boot. He says that for the first time in his life, the truth has set him free. Great promo from Truth here. Morrison comes out and attacks Truth and the referees pull ‘em apart, Morrison charges down the ramp at Truth and the refs continue the pull apart during the brawl. Great segment. R-Truth is really doing a great job as a heel so far.

Eve Torres vs. Layla. Michael Cole gets on the mic and Eve gets the pin for Raw. Cole rags on about how he’s going to beat Jim Ross. Michelle and Layla go at it and Layla finally fights back, ramming her into the barrier and over the announce table.

Rey Mysterio is drafted to Raw.

Jim Ross is warming up for his match against Michael Cole in the back.

Cody Rhodes promo about Mysterio being drafted to Raw and how he will give Rey a going away present Sunday, and that gift will be a new mask that they put over the face before being wheeled into the hospital. Decent promo from Cody.

Kofi Kingston vs. U.S. Champion Sheamus in a Non Title Match. Kofi get the pin for Smackdown after Trouble in Paradise. This was a good match too.

Randy Orton is drafted to Smackdown.

 Jim Ross vs. Sir Michael Cole. Cole does a lot of stalling, wearing JR’s hat then stomps it. Then a push up and JR shoves him down and Cole calls for a time out and has some water. Cole goes for a slam but JR falls on top of him and punches away. Cole tries to bail, but Lawler throws him back in, then Swagger attacks Lawler and gets in the Ring and puts JR in the Ankle Lock. JR wins by DQ. Swagger locks the Ankle Lock again and Cole whips JR with his belt then Lawler gets in the ring and whips Cole with the belt.

The Raw GM chimes in saying that at Extreme Rules JR & Lawler vs. Cole and Swagger will be a tag team Country Whipping match.

Miz promo in the back saying there will be something bigger to celebrate than The Rock’s birthday and that he will walk out of Extreme Rules still WWE Champion and says if he gets drafted to Smackdown, Raw will be cancelled in a month. Good usual promo from The Miz.

Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler. Orton gets the pin and Smackdown gets 2 more picks. Decent match.

CM Punk comes out and finds it ironic that the PPV is called Extreme Rules because rules don’t apply accept for 1 and that is to answer the ref’s 10 count and a simple RKO won’t get Orton a 1-2-3 and Punk will send Orton to Smackdown as a shell of what he used to be. Orton says there will be many things on Raw that he will miss, but what he won’t miss is Punk's talking and how at Extreme Rules after their match Punk will be unconscious because he (Orton) will be the last man standing. Good promo from Punk, while Orton’s promo fell a little flat.

Mark Henry and Sin Cara are drafted to Smackdown.

Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett vs. Rey Mysterio in a Non Title Match. Rey gets the pin in a good match and Raw gets 2 more picks.

Big Show and Alberto Del Rio are drafted to Raw.

Alberto, Ricardo and Brodus Clay backstage and Brodus asks what happens to him now that Alberto has been drafted to Raw. Alberto and Ricardo talk to each other in Spanish.

Teddy Long comes out and announces that the Raw main event will be a 6 man tag match, CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio & The Miz (Team Raw) vs. Christian, Mark Henry & John Cena (Team Smackdown).

Christian, Mark Henry & John Cena vs. CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio & The Miz. Mark Henry turns on Cena and Miz gets the pin on Cena for Raw to get the Final draft pick. Maybe Mark Henry will get a push again.

John Cena is drafted back to Raw.

Cena cleans house on the heels and throws Miz out of the ring onto the others. Cena poses in the ring to end the show.

So Cena gets drafted to Smackdown and back to Raw in the same night. Why’d they “draft” him to Smackdown in the first place?

That’s this week’s Raw. Overall I thought it was a pretty entertaining show.

Thoughts on the annual WWE Draft

With WWE having their draft on Raw tonight, I thought I would share my thoughts on the draft since it started back in 2002. The original idea was to make Raw and Smackdown 2 different shows and originally having the WWE Champion and Women's Champion being allowed to appear on both shows. Then in September 2002 they brought in the old WCW belt and since then there there have been two Champions. Then they had the "hard split" with the PPVs in June 2003, which really had no meaning. Then there were 2 sets of Tag belts and they brought in a Divas belt for Smackdown, and both have now been unified with the Tag champs and Divas champion being allowed to be on both shows. Not that any of this has really mattered over the years as talent from both shows have often appeared on the other alot of weeks and the talent themselves for the most part have been booked the same way (main eventer, mid carder, jobber, etc.) no matter which show it is. So the draft has little to no meaning as talent will continue to get a push or lack thereof, just on a different night of the week and I don't see this year's being any different. The only 2 guys I can think of that haven't made apperances on "the other brand" that often are Randy Orton and John Cena and maybe one of them will be drafted to Smackdown tonight. On the whole though, the brand extension/draft really hasn't had that much meaning to WWE. We'll see what happens with tonight's Draft, but I don't really see it having any big meaning this year on the whole.

Smackdown thoughts for 4-22-11

My thoughts on the April 22, 2011 episode of Smackdown

This week’s Smackdown was a good show like Smackdown usually is. They tend to focus on the wrestling part of the show for the most part.

Sir Michael Cole coming to the ring was kind of funny and the Cole mine having the throne in it was a nice touch. The Michael Cole heel character can be entertaining at times.

Cody Rhodes cut a good promo about how he’s not done with Rey Mysterio yet and the paper bags that he had have his assistants give out to the fans was pretty funny.

Mysterio and Cody had a really fun match with Rey getting the pin after the rana countering the Cross Rhodes. The post match brawl into the crowd and Cody placing a paper back over Mysterio’s masked face was a good way to keep the feud going and give Cody more heal heat. A falls count anywhere match was made for the Extreme Rules PPV.

The backstage segment with The Corre showing more tension with each other was ok and it continued the dissention of the stable. Slater and Gabriel talk about their Tag Title match against Kane and Big Show. Decent segment.

The Lay Cool couples therapy was what it was. Nothing really that great. Michelle acts like she’s made up with Layla then attacks her from behind.

Michael Cole is in the ring talking about how he was knighted by “the Queen” Monday on Raw. They show the recap of that and Swagger putting JR in the Ankle lock, etc. Cole says that he is now a Knight and he brings out The All American American Jack Swagger.

Jack Swagger beat Trent Beretta in what was pretty much a squash match. Trent got some good offense in, but in the end Swagger got the win with the Ankle lock.

Big Show and Kane vs. Tag Team Champions Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater. The match was decent, and Show and Kane took out Jackson to prevent him from getting involved and Show gets the pin on Slater and he and Kane win the Titles.

Another backstage segment with Gabriel and Slater blaming Jackson for not having there backs during the match. Jackson walks off, then Slater shoves Gabriel down. More Corre dissention.

Drew McIntyre beat Chris Masters in a good match. Masters has really improved in the ring lately and Drew seems to be getting a push again.

Wade Barrett retains the Intercontinental Title against Kofi Kingston in another good match. Jackson goes to clothes line Kofi, but he dodges out of the way and Barrett gets clothes lined.  Barrett tells Jackson to go to the back and then Barrett gets the pin countering a roll up attempt by Kofi and putting his hand on the rope.

The Alberto Del Rio retirement fiesta for Edge was kind of a mixed bag. He had all these “old people” gifts, the grandfather clock, the walker, just ridiculous. The fake Lita was a waste too. Then Edge came out and cut a good promo, then Del Rio sent Brodus Clay to go after Edge but Christian comes out with a ladder and hits Clay with it then goes after Del Rio. The end with Christian climbing the ladder and getting the belt was a nice ending to the show.

On the whole Smackdown was a fun show as usual.

Impact thoughts for 4-21-11

My thoughts on the April 21, 2011 episode of Impact

This weeks Impact started with a really good promo from AJ Styles in the cage with the weapons calling out Bully Ray and wanting payback for being power bombed through a table. Bully’s promo was good as usual also, as he is one of the best talkers in the business. The only problem I had with Ray’s promo and this is a recurring TNA problem is that he called AJ “kid”. AJ’s been in TNA since day one and Russo or who ever feels the need to treat these guys like that. Ray hinting that he was going to get in there with AJ and then not was the usual heal tactic, but Ray does it so well. Then Daniels coming out and throwing Ray into the cage and the back and forth with AJ and Ray in the cage was really good stuff to watch. Gunner then comes out and he and Daniels brawl to the back. AJ sets Bully Ray up on a table and climbs to the top of the cage, but Ray escapes before AJ could dive on him. Good opening segment.

Murphy & Rob Terry come out and issue a challenge to Beer Money in the cage for the Tag Team Titles. Beer Money come out and of course accept and the match is on. The match was pretty good with Beer Money getting the win after the DWI on Rob Terry.

Jeff and Karen Jarrett come into the arena on a horse and carriage with Jeff saying he is going to crown her Queen of the Mountain was the typical Jarrett promo.

Hulk Hogan comes to the ring for a promo, “brother”. Typical Hogan talk with Hogan saying he calls the shots and is the main reason wrestling is what it is, then he calls out RVD. RVD comes to the ring and Hogan says that RVD will pay for turning down the offer from Immortal. RVD says that Hogan used to be so loved by everyone years ago, and that he turned his back for ratings and how everyone wants him out of the business. Hogan brings up the slamming a giant bit again and says RVD’s career has been mediocre and he will always be a mid card player with out the Hulkster. Sting comes out and says that at Sacrifice RVD will be challenging Sting for the World Title. Sting then said that the network gave him the freedom to pick whoever he wanted to defend the belt against. Hogan says that the Network doesn’t have the guts to talk to him face to face because he’s running the show. Hogan then announces that RVD will be facing Abyss tonight and Hogan will be at ringside and that Sting will defend the Title against Matt Hardy. Decent back and forth, but Hogan is stale, and this whole “network” storyline has gotta go further. Dixie has to be the person running the “network”. That would make the most logical sense, which means we’ll probably have some more illogical booking given the way TNA runs.

Kurt Angle was in the back looking for the Jarretts and some guy told him that they came in on a horse and carriage. Angle walks off. What ever. I’m really getting tired of this feud.

Madison and Tara backstage bickering and Madison accusing Tara for being in cahoots with Mickie and the two argue more. Lame!

Kurt Angle is in the back with Eric Young who is feeding the horses “Mongo and Sid.” Goof ball Eric Young just doesn’t do it for me.

Mexican America comes out and Anarquia cuts an Anti-American promo and they lower the Mexican flag again. Another dumb storyline.

Rosita & Sarita defend the Knockouts Tag Titles against Madison Rayne & Tara. Not much of a match. The champs get the win and Madison and Tara argue some more.

The Jarretts are in the ring with a throne and a crown for Karen and Jeff cuts a promo about what a great wife she is. Karen looks dumb with the crown. Horse dung comes down from the ceiling and lands right on Karen, then Kurt Angle comes out and Angle slams Jeff on the throne. Kurt gets on the mic and says he knows someone who will lay her hands on Karen and calls her his mistress. This storyline is really hokey.

Hogan gives Abyss a pep talk back stage, then Hogan confronts Ken Anderson about blowing his chance to be part of Immortal and if he knows anything about who’s running the network. Anderson pretty much disses him and Hogan says he can’t stand him and Anderson dares hogan to hit him and Hogan says he will on his time. Anderson says he’s bored and walks off. Hogan then gets Abyss psyched for his match with RVD.

RVD vs. Abyss was a good match. The match ended when Abyss hit RVD with a pipe. Hogan and Abyss set up RVD for a double team and Crimson comes out to make the save.

Another backstage promo from Sting. Not too much to it, just Sting pretty much saying he doesn’t sweat Hogan or Immortal. OK promo.

Matt Hardy promo saying the Jeff Hardy belt meant everything to the Hardys and Sting just tossed it, and says he’s going show Sting how cold blooded he really is. That belt did look ridiculous.

Matt Morgan in the ring saying he’s looking to get back in the World Title hunt and that he should at the top of the list and is tired of waiting for his time to come. He says if doesn’t get the shot, he’s gonna take it. Scott Steiner comes out. He and Morgan go back and forth on the mic for a bit, with Steiner saying that he deserves a Title match more than Morgan. Morgan saying that he respects Steiner for all he’s done, but tells Scott not to confuse his respect as a sign of weakness. Steiner attacks Morgan and locks in the Steiner Recliner. Decent segment. Morgan cuts good promos and Steiner is crazy.

Miss Tessmacher returns and says she wants to be the Knockouts champion. OK promo.

They showed an ad for shoptna.com and I was in there!

Velvet and Winter argue back stage about Angelina being a zombie or whatever, Velvet gets her hands on Winter’s throat, then Angelina attacks Velvet. More stupidity. This storyline has to be the worst in wrestling right now.

Sting vs. Matt Hardy for the World Title. Matt comes out with Jeff’s belt. Sting comes out and Immortal blocks him from coming to the ring and Fortune come out and brawl with Immortal. Gunner hits Sting in the leg with a pipe. They had a really good match with Sting getting the pin after the Scorpion Death Drop. Ken Anderson comes out and Mic Checks Sting and then gives Matt Hardy a Mic Check also. He stood over both of them with his mic lowering from the ceiling. He cut a promo telling Sting he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon and “pretty soon it’s gonna be 1-2-3.”

More of the Jarretts in the back with Karen screaming a lot and she and Jeff worrying about who Angle’s “mistress” could be.

Hogan on his cell phone, then says Anderson is smarter than he looks, but now he’s gonna pay for not joining Immortal, then yaps more about how tired he is of the “network”.

Ken Anderson promo in the back about giving Sting and Matt Mic Checks, saying he doesn’t like either guy.

Sting says that he’s more worried about getting revenge on Anderson then the network-Immortal power struggle.

That’s this week’s show. Overall I thought it was ok. I’ve seen better and worse from TNA.

Tony Viz intro blog

Hey wrestling fans, this is Tony Viz and I've been a wrestling fan since November of '91. I started watching when I was 9. I've been to many live shows, gotten my picture taken with alot of the wrestling talent and also gotten my picture taken in the ring! Being a wrestling fan as long as I have, I thought I would share with other fans my thoughts on what it's like to be a fan. I'll be writing about how I became a wrestling fan, the live shows that I've been to over the years, thoughts on the weekly shows (Raw, Smackdown, Impact) and whatever else wrestling related comes to mind. I hope you find my blogs on the wrestling business interesting and fun to read. Stay tuned and I hope to hear feedback from some of you.