Coverage and thoughts on the August 25, 2011 episode of Impact
The show starts with Kurt Angle coming to the ring and he calls out Crimson since Crimson called him out last Thursday. Crimson comes to the ring and gets a mic. Before he speaks, Angle says that last week that either Crimson showed some courage or he is a jackass. Angle then says that he feels Crimson wants to be famous and says that tonight he will end Crimson’s undefeated streak and his career. Crimson says that Angle wants Crimson’s respect and that if Angle wants to take out the young guys he can start with him tonight. Bully Ray, Gunner, Scott Steiner, the Jarretts & Abyss then come out and Ray asks Crimson if he knows who he is talking to and Ray puts over Angle’s accomplishments. Kurt then cuts Ray off and tells him to let him handle it by himself and that if any of Immortal runs in during his match there will be a problem. Angle then tells Crimson that it is time to make him famous. This was a typical TNA opening segment but not as long as others.
ODB, Jackie Moore & Velvet promo backstage talking about their match and Jackie saying that they have Velvet’s back. Not much to this.
Eric Bischoff, Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan are in the office and Hogan & Bischoff chew out Flair and they say that Sting is crazy. Hogan says that he will get on the same page with Sting later tonight. This was painful! I’m really tired of these 3 morons!
ODB, Jackie Moore
Jessie Sorensen vs. Kid Kash. Kash gets the pin with a roll up and hooking the tights. After the match Christy interviews Kash and Kash says that he has whipped Jessie’s ass, just like he has with his son when he disrespects him and Kash calls Sorensen a prick. Jessie then gets in Kash’s face and Kash shoves him and then security breaks them up. This was good stuff.
Rob Van Dam vs. The Pope D’Angelo Dinero in a Bound For Glory Series match. RVD wins by submission. This was a good match. Matt Morgan was on commentary. After the match Joe comes out and attacks Dinero and then Devon limps to the ring because of Joe attacking him last week and his sons try to encourage him to help out Pope. Devon has his son give him a chair, he gets in the ring and Joe walks out. Devon then helps Pope up to his feet and then he walks out.
Robbie E is offering to team up with Rob Terry backstage. Terry says he will think about it. This was idiotic.
Bully Ray, Gunner & Scott Steiner are backstage getting ready for their match.
Rosita & Sarita find Angelina Love backstage and they double team her and Winter comes in and takes them both out. Hernandez & Anarquia then come in. This was stupid too.
Traci Brooks is in Eric Bischoff’s office asking if he thought about making her in charge of the Knockouts and he says that he is considering it and that he will make a big announcement next week (which they’re taping RIGHT NOW ) in Huntsville. This was also a waste.
Time for an in ring Ric Flair & Hulk Hogan promo brother. Hogan says that the main problem that they have right now is that they have a problem and Hogan calls out Sting. Sting comes to the ring and Hogan tells him that he has gone way too far and that it needs to end tonight. Hogan tells Sting that he’s not in his right mind (neither is TNA in general) and says that this is a family show (OK Hulkster, whatever) and that they have all this craziness going on. (TNA has been nothing but craziness for more than a year now)! Sting laughs off what Hogan tells him and Hogan then says that they have learned from their mistakes (no they haven’t, they wouldn’t be taking up TV time with this crap if they had) and that he and Bischoff with run the company with “impeccable precision.” REALLY!? Hogan offers Sting his hand to end the madness and Sting says that he will accept on one condition and Hogan tells him anything that he wants to do. Sting then goes into crazy talk, and says how about milk and cookies, rainbows, unicorns and then he says that he wants flowers. This crazy Sting gimmick is really idiotic! Sting then hugs Hogan and then he kisses him. Flair then takes his jacket off and tells Sting that he is out of control. Sting then says that he won’t be able to go for the kill on Flair because he has too much respect for him and Flair tells Sting that he will kick his f’n ass. This makes zero sense. Sting then says that he will go through Flair and that he is looking at his calendar and is thinking that he should face Hogan at Bound For Glory. Flair tells Sting not to get ahead of himself and Sting cuts him off and says tata for now and he walks out. This was ridiculous! Why is TNA giving us rivalries from 15-20 years ago? This is 2011! No one wants to see Sting-Flair, Sting-Hogan, or even Hogan-Flair (which I hope they decide not to do, but I have a scary feeling that they might) at this stage in their careers!!
AJ Styles comes to the ring and he wants Christopher Daniels to come out. Daniels comes out and AJ criticizes Daniels for asking for the match (I’m not sure why) and AJ says to let it end here, but he wants to know why Daniels wants this rematch so much. Daniels says that at Destination X it was all about competition and that it was a great night (and it truly was) but he still lost. Daniels then asks himself if he even still has what it takes to be in TNA or if he should hang up his boots and walk away. He says that he wants the rematch with AJ to find that out and then says that he came back to TNA, became part of Fortune and even went through a table for AJ. Daniels says that he needs to know if it is time for him to walk away. Daniels then starts to break down and AJ says they will do it one more time and Daniels says that he will see him at No Surrender. AJ then mentions that he is going to be in finals of the Bound For Glory Series at No Surrender so they will have the match next week on Impact. AJ then says that right now he has to kick some Immortal butt. This was a good back and forth promo from both guys. The rematch should be really good.
AJ Styles & Beer Money vs. Bully Ray, Gunner & Scott Steiner in a Bound For Glory Series Falls Anderson
Mickie James promo backstage mentioning that she lost the Knockouts Title at Hardcore Justice and that she is coming after Winter next week (Note: she regained the Title during tonight’s Impact taping).
More Eric Young looking for Scott Baio crap. They exchange words and Baio has a golf club and Young attacks him and gets the “win.” This was idiotic and I hope that this is finally done!
Crimson vs. TNA World Champion Kurt Angle. Crimson wins by DQ. Crimson had Angle pinned, and he kicked out at 2 and then Samoa Joe came out attacked Crimson and he & Kurt Angle had a quick stare down. Angle then left and Joe went after Crimson. Crimson fought back and Joe left the ring and he and Crimson had a stare down.
They talk about next week’s show that was being taped tonight.
Crimson is backstage saying that if Joe wants some he can come get some and then Joe shows up and attacks Crimson.
I thought that this show was a mixed bag. It had its ups and downs for sure. The whole Immortal stable is beyond old and I’m really tired of the Sting-Hogan-Flair crap! The stuff with Knockouts made no sense either. I liked Jessie Sorensen-Kid Kash, RVD-Pope the 6 man tag, & Crimson-Angle. The AJ-Daniels promo was also really good and I’m looking forward to seeing the match that they taped tonight for next week.
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