It was supposed to be a hard task to get the title belt back from Lashley after the writers had shown him as a tough unstoppable force. Everyone gave their best to perform the task in the last stipulation of Eddie Edwards and Bobby Lashley. This episode of TNA had the potential to clear up the uncertainties around Lashley's future, build a potential feud for him and build a good story for the championship belt, but they couldn't build up upon last week's Cody-Lashley angle.
Both Brandy Rhodes owing to her previous work as a ring announcer and Maria were captivating at mic skill. Brandy was lacking fierceness, which I hope will be worked upon soon as she keeps on competing. Sienna planted Brandy to the mat pretty beautifully. I hope, the writers will give Sienna more TV time and longer matches in the near future as she has been learning and getting better.
Aaron Rex vs Jessie Godderz (Championship match):
The Impact Grand Championship, the newest title of TNA Wrestling, is certainly revolutionary for pro wrestling where we get to watch more in-ring technical skills. It will attract the Marks and Lazy Smarks. These matches are designed to get the wrestlers applauds fo each of their moves. The matches still miss proper ratings given by the judges. It has been better from the last couple of iMPACT episodes, though, but still, some gaps remain, which need to be filled for a top-class rating system that the writers have to work out. I can give some example of the bad ratings.In this match, the rating in Round 1 was 27-30. It was supposed to be around 25-30 or similar as the Round was never in the hands of Aron Rex. :/
Jessie has been using the opportunity given by the writers to exhibit his performance in the singles' matches in the best way possible. The Round 2 was great. It had the element of uncertainties with both Rex and Jessie changing hands while controlling the action of the match. The execution of the attack by the personal accessories was nicely orchestrated by the two wrestlers. In a whole, it was a great match. I can't wait to see who is going to be the next contender for the belt. The grand championship matches are indeed addictive. :D
Team X Goal Match
(Trevor Lee-Andrew Everett-Marshe Rockett vs Rockstar Spud-Decay vs DJZ-Mandrews-Braxton Sutter):
A triple-threat X Goal match was a remarkable stipulation. I love DJZ for his great idea to show the beauty in high-flying in a breath-taking non-stop manner. The match was AWWWESOME!!! I am quite sad for the shitty commentary and sorry advertisement announcements. TNA has to get some money to stop this obligation to commentate advertisements or at least just to get a good commentator. Coming back to praising the match, the writers have greatly shown the distinct rule of banning the ones who remain in the ring for more than 5 counts.
The story of Eddie has been craftily shown with real life moments of Eddie affecting his career so far and how he has become a top-card player. I still hope Davy Richards to get back soon.
Broken Hardy Boyz vs DCC:
The broken lady Reby is an awesome pianist and with Jeff's great song - "They will fade away and classify themselves as obsolete", the entrance was tantalising. I would love to watch this entrance into the ring each and every day. The DCC stable has a lot of speculations about who they can be. They played with their masks and coats on. So, it may suggest that their unmasking will be a big-money event. The match again went on as a street fight like the previous match between Decay and Broken Hardy Boyz. The match was played in Matt's brainchild - the broken world. Jeff and Matt are putting up a great show in these matches. This art of Matt to revive TNA is surely "wonderful". As a special mention, one must not omit the most experienced and active performer in pro wrestling. Do writers need someone to get beat up? Must he be a neutral person? Oh, then… you have Earl Hebner to do the part of being a victim referee…. :)
The promo faceoff between EC3 and Eli Drake was powerful. Eli Drake lacked his general charisma of when he talks with his dummies but it was okay because Eli Drake has already established himself in the hearts of millions due his all his recent awesome promos. It was EC3 who needed to talk and my personal opinion is he was successful in presenting his stuff to the crowd. On a side note, Eli Drake challenging the World Champion and may be winning has a high probability because Eli Drake has the ability to put TNA TRP sky-rocketing and that's not an insult, that a fact of life.
Eddie Edwards vs Bobby Lashley (Championship match):
In the initial minutes of the match, it seemed like it was going to be a squash match as Bobby was man-handling Eddie. The fall that Eddie took on the railings looked nasty and painful. Similarly, the duo showed some cool outside-the-ring skills. The over-the-rope jump of Eddie was serene. The power moves of Lashley and beautiful kicks by Eddie just made the day for the fans. The ending of the match showed how cool a referee, Brian, the junior, Hebner can be.
Overall the episode was great with an amazing main event. I am looking forward to Eli vs Eddie stipulation next week.
Important Note: Recently it was heard that Billy is having a sour relationship with TNA and will no longer work for TNA. It is quite sad. It shows how much debt TNA is in and how it cannot retain the people who built up the roster. Long live Billy Corgan and wishing you a happy and better future. And to the performers and writers in TNA, I request to keep on doing the great work. TNA, now under Anthem Sports & Entertainment, must invest tightly but properly to avoid fading away.
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