Coverage and thoughts on the January 26, 2012 episode of Impact
The show starts with Jeff Hardy & Bully Ray brawling backstage and Bobby Roode pulls up in a truck and then he & Ray double team Jeff. Then James Storm comes in and helps Jeff out but Roode & Ray get the upper hand and then Sting comes in and chases Roode & Ray off. This was a really intense brawl and a good way to start the show.
They show Gail Kim in the production truck saying she’s looking forward to facing Tara and that they have a lot of history but on Sunday they will see who the best woman is.
Sting, Jeff Hardy & James Storm come to the ring and Sting calls out Bully Ray & Bobby Roode. They come out through the crowd and the brawl picks up where it left off. Then Sting gets control and separates the other guys. That doesn’t last too long and they start brawling again. Then Sting breaks it up again and says that Storm & Hardy will face Ray & Roode tonight. The brawl starts again and Hardy & Storm get the advantage. Then Storm says that he wants the match to be a tables match and Sting okays it. This was good too. I like that they’re showing a lot of intensity.
Alex Shelly is backstage talking about his match with Zima Ion and says Ion isn’t X Division material. Then he mentions Austin Aries and says that he will face him at Against All Odds and how he will win the X Division Title because Aries isn’t in his class.
Eric Young is backstage and some guy walks by and Young tells him what a big fan of his he is. Then Winter & Angelina Love come in and Angelina says that there’s other stuff they can do in their time. Winter talks too and admires Young’s beard. Then Angelina goes to kick him low but Young had it protected. Then ODB comes in and runs them off and tells Eric they need to get ready for their tag match. This was typical Eric Young nonsense.
Alex Shelly vs. Zima Ion. Shelly gets the pin. This was good back and forth match.
AJ Styles talks about his problems with his fellow Fortune members and says that he & Kazarian will settle it tonight.
Eric Bischoff walks into a gym and asks if Garrett is there. The guy says he is and then Eric finds him and asks where his trainer is. Commercial time. Back from commercial and they show the beginning of the segment with Eric walking into the gym saying no one wants to train Garrett. Then after Eric asks who Garrett’s trainer is he is all stunned and tells the cameraman to beat it. They never showed who the trainer is. This was terrible. I could care less about this storyline! I’m sure it will be Hulk Hogan who is training Garrett. Who cares?
Eric Young & ODB vs. Winter & Angelina Love. Young & ODB win ODB pins Angelina. After wards ODB kisses Young. This was a total comedy match. I wasn’t into it.
Bully Ray & Bobby Roode are backstage talking about their match with Jeff & Storm and they have some dissention.
They show a video package recapping the latest in Morgan & Crimson-Joe & Magnus feud showing what happened last week.
TNA Tag Team Champion Matt Morgan vs. Samoa Joe. Morgan gets the pin. After wards Magnus & Joe attack Morgan & Crimson. This was a solid match and the post match beat down was good too. This feud has actually been pretty good.
James Storm & Jeff Hardy are backstage and Storm says that they will beat Ray & Roode at their own game. Then Jeff says that they started the night off with a bang and they will end it with a boom. (ICP reference, Jeff left out pow. Bang Pow Boom was an ICP album).
AJ Styles comes to the ring and mentions that 2 weeks ago he asked why Kazarian walked out on him and that he still wants an answer. Frankie Kazarian & Christopher Daniels come out. Kazarian starts to speak but then he gives Daniels the mic. Daniels says that this is the same old song that AJ has been singing for 10 years when things don’t go his way no matter who is in charge. Then he says that they aren’t playing any games and Kazarian doesn’t owe AJ any answers. AJ says that there are other ways to get answers. Daniels says that’s how he always handles things, with his fists, just like the dumb fans. AJ says that he is going to turn his back and tells Kazarian to clothesline him. Kazarian starts to come to the ring but then he stops. Then Daniels gets in the ring and AJ kicks him in the head. Then AJ says that Kazarian should get in the ring and shake his hand so that this can be over. Kazarian gets in the ring but Daniels gets the mic and tells Kazarian that he knows exactly Kazarian won’t shake AJ’s hand and tells him to get out of the ring. Then Daniels says that he is going to talk to Sting and ask for a match at Against All Odds to settle this once and for all. The match being AJ vs. Kazarian. Then Kazarian & Daniels go to the back. This was a good segment. Daniels cut a good promo.
Jeff Hardy & James Storm vs. Bully Ray & TNA World Champion Bobby Roode in a tables match. Jeff & Storm win when Storm elbow drops Roode through a table while Jeff holds down Roode. After wards Ray hits Jeff & Storm with a chair and then gets another table in the ring. Roode kicks Storm & Ray power bombs Jeff off the turnbuckles through a table. Roode walks out holding the belt & Ray stands over Jeff as paramedics come in and check on him. This ends the show. This was really good. They did a great job with this storyline tonight.
This week’s show was really good overall. I enjoyed the Sting-Hardy-Storm-Ray-Roode segments. The brawl at the start of the show was really well done and I liked the mid show brawl in the ring. Both segments had little talking and a lot of brawling. That’s what they should do. The main event match was really good too and I liked how they ended it this week. The other for the most part was good too. I thought Daniels cut a good promo in the segment with AJ & Kazarian. I thought they did a good job with the Magnus & Crimson-Joe & Magnus feud too. I also thought the 3 way knockouts match was good too and so was the Alex Shelly-Zima Ion match. The only parts I wasn’t into were Eric Young & ODB-Angelina Love & Winter and of the Bischoff and son saga. Thankfully they weren’t on the show too much tonight. I hope they keep it that way. The good outweighed the bad this week and I thought that this was a really good show.
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