8-1-13 Impact results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the August 1, 2013 episode of Impact Before the show starts they show Taz backstage & security tells him Hulk told them not to let him in. Then the show starts. Taz complains about being barred from the building. He says he’s known Ronnie a long time but Ronnie won’t let him in. Taz tells Atlas security that they’re gonna be done. Mike Tenay & JB are on commentary. They talk about the mystery man video. Time for a look at the latest video. Why does TNA do these mystery videos? They always underwhelming. Austin Aries comes to the ring. The fans chant his name. He says there’re a lot of things going on but they’re all focused on the world title. He congratulates Sabin on beating Ray & becoming champion but that congratulation comes with a warning. Sabin is now the hunted. Aries says he is the guy who will win the BFG Series & become world champion. Tonight the fans will get the dream match of AJ Styles vs. Austin Aries. That’s a match everyone’s been dreaming about. Not just the fans but everybody who is in TNA & we get it tonight. 2 of the most gifted athletes to ever step foot in a wrestling ring will face each other. Tonight it will be AJ Styles, the gut who put TNA on his back for the past decade vs. Austin Aries the guy who will put TNA on his back for the next decade. Then out comes Bobby Roode. Roode says Aries wants to brag, gloat & talk about dream matches. Roode says lets talk about the nightmare Roode’s been living with since Destination X last year when Aries beat him for the world title. Roode’s had a crappy year & everyone including Roode himself has forgotten what Roode is capable of. Roode was the longest reigning TNA World Champion. He is the “it factor” of pro wrestling. Starting tonight the game will change. Roode will do the things that made him world champion the first time around. He only cares about getting back the world title & tonight he will show that is pays to be Roode. Aries says he hopes Roode makes in to the finals of the BFG Series so that he can beat him again. Aries wishes Roode luck & leaves the ring. This was a good opening segment. Both Aries & Roode were great on the mic. Then out comes Hernandez. Roode attacks him on the ramp & throws him off & Hernandez lands at ringside. Hernandez vs. Bobby Roode in a Bound for Glory Series match. Roode gets the pin for 7 points. This was a decent match. During this Roode throws some chairs in the ring & the referee takes them out. Then Roode grabs a beer bottle that just happens to be under the ring, hit Hernandez with it & then the referee counted 3. Backstage we see MEM. Camera guy asks Sting something (couldn’t make out what) & Sting says we’ll find out or something like that. Then he asks Angle what the plan for Aces & 8s is tonight. Angle says they’ll make them an offer they can’t refuse. Whatever. This storyline is pointless. Backstage we see Frankie Kazarian Tweeting. Backstage we see Eric Young & ODB. ODB says she’s looking to beat Gail tonight. She leaves & then Joseph Park comes in. EY tells Park that every time he loses control he loses matches (he doesn’t lose every time. I seem to recall his “losing control” resulting in him winning!), but EY has a way to get Park back to the top of the mountain. He gives Park a bag & tells him to wear whatever’s inside it. The ODB part of this segment was decent but this whole bit where EY is gonna find out why Park loses control is lame. Backstage Chris Sabin congratulates Manik in winning the X Title. Manik says he was TJ Perkins for 15 years & accomplished nothing. The mask have has given him new identity. Sabin says they’re not the strongest but they have the strongest hearts. He tells Manik to bring his best because Sabin will bring is. This was a mixed bag promo. Sabin was good here but TJ Perkins saying that the suicide/Manik mask has given him an identity or a purpose is just idiotic & so is that new X Title. Then they show a Hummer Limo outside the arena. Backstage Jay Bradley says there’re a lot of guys overlooking him in the BFG Series but “these & these” start adding up real quick. Whatever that meant. Jay Bradley is in the ring. Then EY & Joseph Park come out. EY gives park a head gear piece. Jay Bradley vs. Joseph Park in a Bound for Glory Series match. Park gets the pin for 7 points. This match didn’t work for me. Now Park is at -3 in the BFG Series. Backstage we see MEM. Angle says that he & Sting wanna know if Joe, Magnus or Rampage have any knowledge of who the mystery guy is. They don’t. Then Sting says that Ray is no longer world champion. Then he says there might be some sacrifices that will have to be made. Are they willing to take the risk? Of course they are. Then Angle says it’s time to make Aces & 8s the offer they can’t refuse. Rampage says that he wants to fight. This was idiotic. TNA World Champion Chris Sabin vs. X Division Champion Manik. Sabin gets the pin. This was a great back & forth match. Afterwards Bully Ray comes in & beats down Sabin in the corner. Then Ray says Sabin should’ve handed him the belt. He kicks Sabin, then Manik goes after Ray but Ray takes him out. Then Sabin goes after Ray & Ray retreats. Back to a shot of the hummer limo. Then Taz comes in. He says since Hulk won’t let him in the building & be with his “brothers” Aces & 8s he will spoil the August 1 surprise. Taz opens the door & says, “This is what everyone’s talking about?” Then the camera shows a lap top with the mystery man video. This was lame. Taz was decent here but this whole August 1 surprise is stupid! Backstage we see James Storm Tweeting & having a beer. Backstage we see Daniels & Kazarian. Camera guy talks about their match next week. They says that letting the fans pick the match is “bad sense.” Daniels says TNA has been trying to plant seeds of dissention between them. Kazarian says no one wants to see them face each other. Daniels is undefeated in the BFG Series & has 21 points but Frankie is 0-3. Then things get a bit tense. Daniels then says that he isn’t giving Frankie these points. Kazarian says he will take them & tells Daniels that he’d better be at his best. Then pours the apple tini drink onto the floor. This was a decent backstage promo. These guys are entertaining. ODB vs. Gail Kim. The match goes to a double count out. ODB & Gail continue to go at it as referees try to break it up. This was a solid match & the finish was ok. It looks like this feud will continue. AJ Styles says that the dream with Aries is BS. When he wrestled Jeff that was BS too. He says the BFG Series is about the world title & the money that comes with it. There’re no places for dreams or heroes. Tonight he becomes Aries’ nightmare. Good promo from AJ. Time for the mystery video. Backstage Ray says MEM have seen the Godfather 1 too many times & won’t obsess over whatever their offer is. What he is obsessing over is getting Sabin in a cage, destroying his knees & getting his title back. He tells Anderson to handle MEM. Then Brook comes in. Ray asks if she wants to go under the bleachers or is she thinking about the divorce that she will never get. She tells “Mark” that she’s heard things about the title rematch contract that won’t do Ray any favors. She might become a happy ex-wife or some crap like that. Who cares? This was terrible! I’m tired of Aces & 8s & Brooke Hogan’s lack of talent makes me ill! AJ Styles vs. Austin Aries in a Bound for Glory Series match. Aries gets the pin for 7 more points. This match was great but the finish was kinda weird. Aries had his arm draped across AJ’s chest & the referee made a slow 3 count. Great match but the finish was flat. MEM come to the ring. Sting says they put MEM back together in June to dethrone Ray as world champion & to get rid of Aces & 8s. They got 1 done but they haven’t gotten the fight they wanted but they will because they have an offer Aces & 8s can’t refuse. Out come Aces & 8s (Without Ray). Anderson says MEM didn’t the fight they wanted because Angle wound up in the back of pick up truck. MEM cheats & that is why Sabin is world champion. If MEM likes to fight dirty Aces & 8s can fight that way. They won’t back down. Angle wants a 10 man tag on August 15. MEM vs. 5 guys from Aces & 8s. It will be hardcore justice for Ray but it will also be the end of someone’s career in Aces & 8s. That’s because whoever gets pinned in the tag match will have to leave TNA. Joe says this isn’t a negotiation & then the brawl starts. MEM cleans house. Then Anderson accepts the challenge. Then the lights go out & out comes the mystery guy. Tito Ortiz! WHY!? They’ve already got King Mo & Rampage Jackson! Why’d they bring in ANOTHER non wrestler? Anyway he stands on the ramp & stares at MEM & that ends the show. This week’s show was hard to get through. There were way too many backstage bits! The first bit with Taz before & at the start of the show was decent. The bit with Taz outside with the limo was dumb too. Taz was decent here but the segment was stupid. The EY-ODB/EY-Joseph Park segment was a mixed bag. The part with ODB was ok but I’m past tired of the Joseph Park character! The MEM bits were terrible & the backstage bit with Ray & Brooke was crap too! The only backstage promo that was decent was the Daniels-Kazarian 1. I think that covers all the backstage bits. The Aries-Roode promo in the ring was good. Both guys were good on the mic as usual. AJ & Aries had a great match but I thought the finish was outta nowhere. ODB-Gail was solid too & I was ok with the double count out if they’re keeping this feud going. The MEM-Aces & 8s segment at the end was awful! This storyline is entirely pointless & having Tito Ortiz be the “mystery guy” was ridiculous! They already have King Mo & Rampage Jackson in their roster! Why bring in a THIRD non wrestler? TNA has been letting the actual wrestlers go, but hey keep King Mo & Rampage Jackson & now they bring Tito Ortiz back!? This company is messed up!! The Hernandez-Roode match was decent but nothing great & the Joseph Park-Jay Bradley match didn’t work for me. AJ cut a good backstage promo, the Sabin-Manik/TJ Perkins backstage bit was a mixed bag. Sabin was good here but TJ saying that being Manik gave him a new identity is idiotic! So for the most part I thought this week’s episode was kinda painful to watch! Coverage and thoughts on the August 1, 2013 episode of Impact Before the show starts they show Taz backstage & security tells him Hulk told them not to let him in. Then the show starts. Taz complains about being barred from the building. He says he’s known Ronnie a long time but Ronnie won’t let him in. Taz tells Atlas security that they’re gonna be done. Mike Tenay & JB are on commentary. They talk about the mystery man video. Time for a look at the latest video. Why does TNA do these mystery videos? They always underwhelming. Austin Aries comes to the ring. The fans chant his name. He says there’re a lot of things going on but they’re all focused on the world title. He congratulates Sabin on beating Ray & becoming champion but that congratulation comes with a warning. Sabin is now the hunted. Aries says he is the guy who will win the BFG Series & become world champion. Tonight the fans will get the dream match of AJ Styles vs. Austin Aries. That’s a match everyone’s been dreaming about. Not just the fans but everybody who is in TNA & we get it tonight. 2 of the most gifted athletes to ever step foot in a wrestling ring will face each other. Tonight it will be AJ Styles, the gut who put TNA on his back for the past decade vs. Austin Aries the guy who will put TNA on his back for the next decade. Then out comes Bobby Roode. Roode says Aries wants to brag, gloat & talk about dream matches. Roode says lets talk about the nightmare Roode’s been living with since Destination X last year when Aries beat him for the world title. Roode’s had a crappy year & everyone including Roode himself has forgotten what Roode is capable of. Roode was the longest reigning TNA World Champion. He is the “it factor” of pro wrestling. Starting tonight the game will change. Roode will do the things that made him world champion the first time around. He only cares about getting back the world title & tonight he will show that is pays to be Roode. Aries says he hopes Roode makes in to the finals of the BFG Series so that he can beat him again. Aries wishes Roode luck & leaves the ring. This was a good opening segment. Both Aries & Roode were great on the mic. Then out comes Hernandez. Roode attacks him on the ramp & throws him off & Hernandez lands at ringside. Hernandez vs. Bobby Roode in a Bound for Glory Series match. Roode gets the pin for 7 points. This was a decent match. During this Roode throws some chairs in the ring & the referee takes them out. Then Roode grabs a beer bottle that just happens to be under the ring, hit Hernandez with it & then the referee counted 3. Backstage we see MEM. Camera guy asks Sting something (couldn’t make out what) & Sting says we’ll find out or something like that. Then he asks Angle what the plan for Aces & 8s is tonight. Angle says they’ll make them an offer they can’t refuse. Whatever. This storyline is pointless. Backstage we see Frankie Kazarian Tweeting. Backstage we see Eric Young & ODB. ODB says she’s looking to beat Gail tonight. She leaves & then Joseph Park comes in. EY tells Park that every time he loses control he loses matches (he doesn’t lose every time. I seem to recall his “losing control” resulting in him winning!), but EY has a way to get Park back to the top of the mountain. He gives Park a bag & tells him to wear whatever’s inside it. The ODB part of this segment was decent but this whole bit where EY is gonna find out why Park loses control is lame. Backstage Chris Sabin congratulates Manik in winning the X Title. Manik says he was TJ Perkins for 15 years & accomplished nothing. The mask have has given him new identity. Sabin says they’re not the strongest but they have the strongest hearts. He tells Manik to bring his best because Sabin will bring is. This was a mixed bag promo. Sabin was good here but TJ Perkins saying that the suicide/Manik mask has given him an identity or a purpose is just idiotic & so is that new X Title. Then they show a Hummer Limo outside the arena. Backstage Jay Bradley says there’re a lot of guys overlooking him in the BFG Series but “these & these” start adding up real quick. Whatever that meant. Jay Bradley is in the ring. Then EY & Joseph Park come out. EY gives park a head gear piece. Jay Bradley vs. Joseph Park in a Bound for Glory Series match. Park gets the pin for 7 points. This match didn’t work for me. Now Park is at -3 in the BFG Series. Backstage we see MEM. Angle says that he & Sting wanna know if Joe, Magnus or Rampage have any knowledge of who the mystery guy is. They don’t. Then Sting says that Ray is no longer world champion. Then he says there might be some sacrifices that will have to be made. Are they willing to take the risk? Of course they are. Then Angle says it’s time to make Aces & 8s the offer they can’t refuse. Rampage says that he wants to fight. This was idiotic. TNA World Champion Chris Sabin vs. X Division Champion Manik. Sabin gets the pin. This was a great back & forth match. Afterwards Bully Ray comes in & beats down Sabin in the corner. Then Ray says Sabin should’ve handed him the belt. He kicks Sabin, then Manik goes after Ray but Ray takes him out. Then Sabin goes after Ray & Ray retreats. Back to a shot of the hummer limo. Then Taz comes in. He says since Hulk won’t let him in the building & be with his “brothers” Aces & 8s he will spoil the August 1 surprise. Taz opens the door & says, “This is what everyone’s talking about?” Then the camera shows a lap top with the mystery man video. This was lame. Taz was decent here but this whole August 1 surprise is stupid! Backstage we see James Storm Tweeting & having a beer. Backstage we see Daniels & Kazarian. Camera guy talks about their match next week. They says that letting the fans pick the match is “bad sense.” Daniels says TNA has been trying to plant seeds of dissention between them. Kazarian says no one wants to see them face each other. Daniels is undefeated in the BFG Series & has 21 points but Frankie is 0-3. Then things get a bit tense. Daniels then says that he isn’t giving Frankie these points. Kazarian says he will take them & tells Daniels that he’d better be at his best. Then pours the apple tini drink onto the floor. This was a decent backstage promo. These guys are entertaining. ODB vs. Gail Kim. The match goes to a double count out. ODB & Gail continue to go at it as referees try to break it up. This was a solid match & the finish was ok. It looks like this feud will continue. AJ Styles says that the dream with Aries is BS. When he wrestled Jeff that was BS too. He says the BFG Series is about the world title & the money that comes with it. There’re no places for dreams or heroes. Tonight he becomes Aries’ nightmare. Good promo from AJ. Time for the mystery video. Backstage Ray says MEM have seen the Godfather 1 too many times & won’t obsess over whatever their offer is. What he is obsessing over is getting Sabin in a cage, destroying his knees & getting his title back. He tells Anderson to handle MEM. Then Brook comes in. Ray asks if she wants to go under the bleachers or is she thinking about the divorce that she will never get. She tells “Mark” that she’s heard things about the title rematch contract that won’t do Ray any favors. She might become a happy ex-wife or some crap like that. Who cares? This was terrible! I’m tired of Aces & 8s & Brooke Hogan’s lack of talent makes me ill! AJ Styles vs. Austin Aries in a Bound for Glory Series match. Aries gets the pin for 7 more points. This match was great but the finish was kinda weird. Aries had his arm draped across AJ’s chest & the referee made a slow 3 count. Great match but the finish was flat. MEM come to the ring. Sting says they put MEM back together in June to dethrone Ray as world champion & to get rid of Aces & 8s. They got 1 done but they haven’t gotten the fight they wanted but they will because they have an offer Aces & 8s can’t refuse. Out come Aces & 8s (Without Ray). Anderson says MEM didn’t the fight they wanted because Angle wound up in the back of pick up truck. MEM cheats & that is why Sabin is world champion. If MEM likes to fight dirty Aces & 8s can fight that way. They won’t back down. Angle wants a 10 man tag on August 15. MEM vs. 5 guys from Aces & 8s. It will be hardcore justice for Ray but it will also be the end of someone’s career in Aces & 8s. That’s because whoever gets pinned in the tag match will have to leave TNA. Joe says this isn’t a negotiation & then the brawl starts. MEM cleans house. Then Anderson accepts the challenge. Then the lights go out & out comes the mystery guy. Tito Ortiz! WHY!? They’ve already got King Mo & Rampage Jackson! Why’d they bring in ANOTHER non wrestler? Anyway he stands on the ramp & stares at MEM & that ends the show. This week’s show was hard to get through. There were way too many backstage bits! The first bit with Taz before & at the start of the show was decent. The bit with Taz outside with the limo was dumb too. Taz was decent here but the segment was stupid. The EY-ODB/EY-Joseph Park segment was a mixed bag. The part with ODB was ok but I’m past tired of the Joseph Park character! The MEM bits were terrible & the backstage bit with Ray & Brooke was crap too! The only backstage promo that was decent was the Daniels-Kazarian 1. I think that covers all the backstage bits. The Aries-Roode promo in the ring was good. Both guys were good on the mic as usual. AJ & Aries had a great match but I thought the finish was outta nowhere. ODB-Gail was solid too & I was ok with the double count out if they’re keeping this feud going. The MEM-Aces & 8s segment at the end was awful! This storyline is entirely pointless & having Tito Ortiz be the “mystery guy” was ridiculous! They already have King Mo & Rampage Jackson in their roster! Why bring in a THIRD non wrestler? TNA has been letting the actual wrestlers go, but hey keep King Mo & Rampage Jackson & now they bring Tito Ortiz back!? This company is messed up!! The Hernandez-Roode match was decent but nothing great & the Joseph Park-Jay Bradley match didn’t work for me. AJ cut a good backstage promo, the Sabin-Manik/TJ Perkins backstage bit was a mixed bag. Sabin was good here but TJ saying that being Manik gave him a new identity is idiotic! So for the most part I thought this week’s episode was kinda painful to watch!