TNA Slammiversary 2015 Review. Unintentional swan-song?

Was Slammiversary TNA's 

unintentional swan-song?

Slammiversary has been TNA’s answer to WWE’s Wrestlemania. The event has been going for well over ten years. TNA is still here, beyond everyone’s belief, but its recent Pay Per View transmission of the show may indicate the company’s unintentional swan song that could well lead to TNA’s untimely end, for all the wrong reasons.

The show aimed to have an air of surprise, returns and nostalgia to maintain the TNA faithful, all the while neglecting to understand the very reasons why the company has driven its core audiences away. Now so are the so called talent. Departures, switching sides and break up teams all battling one another in sloppy programmes do not excel TNA’s fruitless attempts to encourage fan engagement on from this point today.

Slammiversary had lots of surprises. There were returns in Matt Morgan, aging WWE legend Vader, and former exiled company benefactor Jeff Jarrett. On the downside, the show had no World champion, no defence of the title and returned a new title which was simply the old defunct Legends championship and turned it into the ‘King of the Mountain’ belt instead. Re-christening a title from seclusion does not bode well for anyone hoping to be something more substantial. 

After all the absurdity of the title reinvention, and the match rehashed by TNA founder Jeff Jarrett, who also participated in the poorly constructed match, fans simply could not understand for all its lunacy, featured multiple wrestlers, sort of like a Money in the Bank thing. Eventually, soon to be later that evening TNA Hall of Famer, Jeff Jarrett, not only returned with a uncoordinated promo and watch receiving plaudit, gained the Legends, now King of the Mountain, title. Good grief. An old age match, with an old age ‘star’ convoluting his own former project of personal desire. Can no-one in wrestling management subside their ego for the good of the product? Apart from yours truly, seems not.

The Slammiversary event, for Jarrett, was a nostalgic pat on the back and a ‘keep all doors open because TNA is now insanely desperate’ return that attains no wrestling value. His new ‘thing’ known as Global Force Wrestling, is not now, nor ever, is truly going to take off and is set to be filled with more ignorance and ex-TNA superstars. Jarrett has set himself up for failure before he has begun. That’s not wise at all. Lose the ego. Be a professional. 

After Slammiversary, scores of TNA stars are set to leave, many by way of contract expiration. Ignorant stars Austin Aries and Magnus are set to jump to GFW as a last ditch attempt to remain relevant. No other company could truly make them work, to its standard, any longer. Frustrated hard-worker James Storm is looking to leave for GFW too, after payment issues and lack of direction to his character, causing his family issues to be somewhat an imposing factor on work choices. Taryn Terrell and Awesome Kong denied rumours they may be off too. Though their contracts have ended, allegedly. It’s a bit of a mess. GFW has none and will not gain any standing by shifting TNA stars to and fro to gain any level of stardom. Their tactless talent exchange programme screams juvenile attitudes of failing to work together for the greater good of its parent company, which both still have ownership in.

The show featured some terrible matches. The hype was there for the King of the Mountain match-up. Jeff Jarrett brought it back, got a Hall of Fame induction and introduced the title. Naturally Jarrett had to be in the match. It also featured losers Eric Young, Drew Galloway, Matt Hardy and Bobby Roode. After some lunacy with running around and taking time outs with nor clever direction and suffering skills in the technical ring, TNA founder, tonight’s Hall of Famer and King of the Mountain concept maker Jeff Jarrett, won. This was the Legends title, re-branded as new. You cannot make this stuff up.

The X-Division title was on the line. Unknown talent exchange from Japan, who has no role, was given the gold in his first run. Tigre Uno won the longly vacant title (over how many months?) against DJ Z and Manik in a Triple Threat Elimination match. It had a few flying moments, but was nothing truly special and filled the time.

TNA backstage favourite and idiotic, ignorant goof on screen Robbie E, in his tried out goon persona, defeated former pal and team mate Jessie Godderz. “The Man” Jessie looked hot, powerful and skilled in his technique. Robbie E was a comedy joke. Barely even good enough to be WWE’s Zack Ryder. It was a dumb decision which sees TNA further disrespect an fail to boost the growth of Goddderz, who should have been champion two years ago, when TNA was on the starting brink of failure, in order to save its brand. Instead it opted for some burly big homophobic a** in Bully Ray. His run, which insulted a live fan in attendance on sexuality insults, was a terrible one at best, that even dropping Dixie Carter through a table could not save. (Ray has returned to a contract as you read this.)

Bram defeated the returning brick of uselessness Matt Morgan. Easy on the eye he might be, but Morgan is talk, clunky and heavily clumsy with his interactions. He has not improved from the last time he left. No other company was interested in him. He hasn’t done anything since. Bram, however, was decent, but no level of interest was scored. A nothing match built on Morgan’s ‘shock’ return. Epic.

Ignorant ducklings Austin Aries and Davey Richards took to the TNA air to have a little bouncy bouncy moment on the show. Full of theatrics the two aging stuntmen of minor stature and heavy negativity everywhere they go as unprofessional and lacking grace fought in a minor battle which was better than all the other mess on the card, by default. No match should be like that. Aries defeated Richards after Booby Roode caused a distraction. Aries picks a stipulation match for their fifth outing in an on-going ‘series’ ending on main TNA programming shortly. They have already been taped, as was Slammiversary. This was Aries’ last TNA match in the company.

Awesome Kong and Brooke beat a bunch of Divas calling themselves a ‘Doll House’ group. That will play to the strengths of women as powerful figures in the sport. These little dollies, Jade (Mia Yim), Marti Belle (who?) and Taryn Terrell. Of course we know who Belle is, but the audience doesn’t and she accompanies Yim, thanks to her noticeability from the Wrestling Wonders Pro 25 2012. No other company noticed who she was, nor her skill at all. Kong dominated the match and put in a great show with Terrell, which while was placed as a useless divas, throw around match of silliness, had strong impact in the two’s attempts to make magic. Fans, however, were unimpressed and thought the standards were below average. Ouch. Another meaningless battle then. Kong and Terrell’s contracts are also expiring after Slammiversary, unless Dixie Carter says it’s ‘not true’.

James Storm ploughed through TNA’s greatest ignorance and bitter disgrace in Magnus. The vanilla block of uselessness and un-gentlemanly ways within the business, failed to create a interesting final show. Storm won the match, which suffered technical difficulties, after the pair, using smoke screens and pathetic gimmicks to remain relevant, smacked one another with bottles. Storm collapsed onto Magnus and secured the pinfall.  Thank You and good luck in your future endeavours.

Ethan Carter III and the bumbling oaf of ignorance Tyrus beat the equally ignorant Bobby Lashley and his partner Mr. Anderson. The only saving grace her was Carter III, who unlike his aunt Dix, has chances to go places, even though he has ‘the name’ to which fans recognise Eith for his skill, not Carter’s tosh. A waste of his time. He cannot carry the brand in minor matches with useless entities watering him down.

PPV Rating – 4/10

Men/Women of their matches – Drew Galloway, DJ Z, Jessie Godderz, Bram, Austin Aries, Taryn Terrell, James Storm, Ethan Carter

Man/Woman of the PPV – Jeff Jarrett

One again, two years on from advice, TNA continue to sideline one chance of real talent as a mainstream star in Jessie Godderz. With the right booking, the body to match and the charisma available for any side run, Godderz continues to be overlooked. At which point if TNA take too long, it will cost him and themselves a great opportunity. 

Ethan Carter III is also another chancer that can go to the top. He looks good, body wise and with title as well as having the background skills, bar his surname, to carry them. TNA again, miss vital options. It is purely clueless.

Terrell. One of many TNA talents out
the door, post slammiversary

The rest of the show was filler. High flying moments, and few ‘surprise!’s’ and imbecilic matches that went nowhere did not excel amazement. Rubbish stars, touted ignorance for press attention and not liking the press response when you purpose leaked details to get ‘good’ responses are as tame as they come. You cannot pick and choose the reviews that come, abused on your tawdry levels of idiotic production. You are responsible for what you put out there and if fans are also paying, they have the right to review, let alone express public opinion, whether you don’t like the bad words. It was better than average due to the announcements and feel, but that's all TNA ever relies on, and the novelty wears off, quick. Fans are not entirely stupid, but TNA seems to treat them as such.

Kurt Angle, it's heavyweight World champion, was not there as another injury was damning him. He was actually having a public "daddy-daughter day" as he put it, in Disneyland. TNA already had the X-title and Tag Titles vacated for months and worried another one would ruin their legitimacy. 

Maybe you should make the product better then? An alien concept to TNA, who have been making it up as they go along with personal interest than professional means. Get in the game, or you’ll soon disappear from it. You can’t have it all your way. What egotistical maniac thinks that is achievable?

Grow up. With it, maybe the fans will finally respect you. Currently the lack of maturity in TNA from staff, management and workers does not encourage barely anyone to spend their money on what they view is a tarnished company with no wrestling knowledge, credibility or respectability. No-one front or back is viewed as capable of ‘saving’ TNA from what it used to be.

© Max Waltham 30th June 2015

All Rights Reserved

GFW. The new age non-entity of wrestling promotion

Global Force Wrestling has launched. With it, the hopeful

prospect marred as a non-entity production 

After their announcement sometime over the last year, Jeff Jarrett’s new attempt at a wrestling federation was met by disengaged fans of the sport with promise. Now, one year on, after their very first show some two weeks ago, Jeff Jarrett’s promotional thing has slumped harder than TNA’s management directive. 

Over the year, Jarrett took a slow, steady and somewhat distilled approach to building his federation. That’s fine, something should not be rushed without severe thought as well as the fact a brand new company that delivers needs behind the scenes thought process. 

So Jarrett relied on his pals in the industry, ex-TNA stars and managerial friends, to give them a top job, unskilled, for their efforts. What was delivered was none other than a poorly stacked roster of handfuls of stars and a forgotten Pay Per View that screamed utter delusion. 

Mid-way through that year long process, Jarrett dropped everything after being offered a wasteful run in New Japan to battle ex-TNA top liner AJ Styles. Styles, who while on top with a World title to boot, has been more than underwhelming outside of TNA. While the offer may have been better at the time to dump TNA, Styles has not made any progress outside of the initial buzz as a free agent internationally.

After a tense year trying to build what Jarrett quietly promised would be a star studded roster with many in the industry keen to join him, he filled it with an ignorant ex-WWE steroid junkie, less than mid-card material, tag team jobbers and a paltry produced card that simply said below an ordinary show. He even secured the event in the backyard of a Baseball field, after a mjor game, to encourage productivity. Only a handful of people were scattered among the arena seats, worse than one of TNA’s PPV’s or House Shows and looked inanesly amateurish. It did not scream world wide or national contender as a new show, especially on its debut.

Many had already  mocked Jarrett’s ignorant promotion before it began. We didn’t. Though Jarrett began filling the show and its ‘affiliates’ as he began the final, hard push towards launching the event. Jarrett, who has stocked a few ‘all over the world’ national promotions he thinks are great as his friends to produce joint shows with free talent have been a somewhat ridiculous decision to  employ. 

Jarrett has already set his promotion as a nothing brand that has ‘anyone at any-point’ for a throwaway motion. Jarrett’s promotion simply is a non-entity.

Many fans have likened this to TNA version 2. They are wrong. This is TNA version 3. 

Since Jarrett left TNA on not so favourable terms being majoritaly bought out, he has simply picked up where he left off in TNA and has childishly attempted to relaunch a TNA on his own. The first TNA, when it did not have Dixie Carter involved as it has today, was not a roaring success either, it should be noted. This was under Jeff Jarrett’s managerial directive. TNA, to this very day, has not made a profit. It has been active for well over a decade. 

So why is this TNAv3? TNA is TNA. With the recent news that its broadcasting partner, Destination America secretly sidelined them with a safety option of hosting Ring of Honor too, Jarrett is TNAv3. While ROH is not under any level a TNA and desperately trying to seem like it can overtake TNA because of its idiotic slump as a promotion, Jarrett’s GFW is a pathetic third attempt wannabee.

Global Force Wrestling, whose logo looks like it was cheaply born in the 80’s and is not any level relevant today, looks to serve as a continuous embarrassment for years to come. Why waste so many efforts and fan hopes to produce this level of trash?

If fans wanted another TNA they would be watching the already losing attendance company. Fans are desperately looking for a wrestling alternative. One that is not TNA, or second rate promotion attempting. They want fresh, original options which also provide healthy competition to WWE. There is only one legitimate contender to which all companies snub, but think they can make it on their own ego. They fail to understand the direction needed and all make the same mistakes of pushing it forward. Hence there is nothing different about any of them and their insane ego’s convolute the product to which fans are not stupid enough to be manipulate on liking. Smark's they might be, but some fans are smart. Others are simply fans and even they are not cheaply encouraged to participate.

GFW is a public and ignorant embarrassment, scoring cheap people, old hat staff and terrible workers who should have been relevant 15 years ago. How is this current? It’s a joke. Though fans and industry experts are not laughing. At least not with you.

If Jarrett truly cared about the show and wanted to make it grow, hiring ex-UFC criminals and old hat TNA announcers with ex-WWE washed up ignorance, TNAv3 might have had a chance. Since now, Jarrett is producing a show from the point when he was let go by TNA and running the promotion as such. He is about four years behind already. He has also recently hired TNA’s terrible announcing loudmouth Don West. Yeah. That will make the company grow to new heights. 

For Jarrett, who is washed up with appearances and coming to the end of his professional career, is also ruining his respected insider knowledge as some guru or hero that knew what he is doing. He has exposed himself as yet another Dixie Carter and fans are realising that the pair of them where tarnishing TNA together. Jarrett needs to think, get in the game and remove all ignorance. If he thought about his hiring and promotional choices it could grow, yet Jarrett has set himself back a number of years. It is not capable of transmitting the image of a new, hopeful and outstanding wrestling production that has become flawed from the start. Some fans are already putting their own odds on how long it takes Jarrett to file for bankruptcy. Does Jarrett's company have a World title? Does it have adequate people to put it on? Would Jeff be the one to wear it? Does anyone truly care?

In short, the show is embarrassing, doomed and a pathetic non-entity born out of sheer idiocy.

Tonight, on Sunday 28th June, TNA produces its PPV Slammiversary. Jeff Jarrett has returned to the show, with an un-organised, free speech from TNA management as a 'surprise' entry. Also returning are the shabby likes of Vader and Matt Morgan. It does not scream now or never that TNA or GFW can grow beyond the point of self-defeat. As expected, the pair have colluded to pair up and use one another as talent exchange programs to do their own thing. Both fail to realise being unable to work together and separate with two new brands, both lacking on the TNA franchise old and new, make the pair a national and international laughing stock. It is again, a non-entity business. Jarrett, while bought out with majority stock, owns a fair proportion of TNA shares as an investor.

TNa decided to tape, yes tape its grand PPV. How embarrassing that they forget their own principals of what PPV is. Clueless. Then they leak the information almost a week beforre the show to get some interest from fans. Idiotic. This just exposed how sad TNA is to a) leak for attention and b) their lack of talent they think is going to encourage fans back, the one's who left because of this approach in the first place. You do not 'tape' PPV. Unprofessional.

Either way, the pair have entered new levels of embarrassment. Failure to work together to better the product, no matter how disagreeable the ideas, childish games of launching expensive companies like toy cash and failure to get the right people to help succeed their future, while relying on old, washed up names and company outlook with negativity cannot help the rocky road TNA, with its trailer hoisted pal GFW tagging along, travelling on. Where are the going and what is their goal? That's right, TNA don't know either. Hope for the best and see how long you can go before you run out of petrol. Good luck with that. 

Post Slammiversary

At time of writing, ignorant media blabbermouth Austin Aries' contract is set to expire past Slammiversary and won't be coming back to TNA. They have lost interest in the mini stuntman who has high levels of arrogance in the sport. He has issued plans to jump to GFW in a potential last chance opportunity to remain in the spotlight. He has failed to repent. Fans, too, are bored.

Ignorant ballbag Magnus is also planning to jump to GFW. If Jeff Jarrett had any sense he would dump losers that threaten his entire company growth. Dixie Carter should have dropped him to begin with, but failed. Look at her now. 

Oh, and TNA are inducting someone into its pathetic attempt at an 'Hall of Fame' wanabee thing. The inductee? Can you guess? It's Jeff Jarrett! Never saw that one coming.

© Max Waltham 28th June 2015

All Rights Reserved

TNA Sacrifice 2014. LIVE Results

TNA Sacrifice, as live

Live as the PPV happens, the results will be uploaded for those who want the details.


Date: 28th April 2014
Arena: Impact Wrestling Zone

Tag titles
Handicap
The Wolves Vs Zema Ion and The BroMans (c) 

The crowd were uninterested in this drab filler which had more wax in Richards limp hair than anything else. The BroMans, especially Jesse fail to get the recognition they deserve for holding the match together. The Wolves re-gained the titles in a wasteful and tedious battle in another swap the titles gameplay of boredom. 

Committed
Samuel Shaw Vs Mr. Anderson

This next offering is a committed match. Unexplained and a rushed idea, the loser is locked into a straight jacket and sent to a mental institution. Rrr-ight. TNA have surpassed themselves here. Making a stupid Impact branded mental wagon has made an utter laughing stock of it all. Not event he fans are impressed. This match actually had prospects. New creative team member Christy Hemme, subject to Shaw's mad affections, is at ringside. Sure. Anderson tells Shaw "we're going for a little ride" as a cheeky fan humourously asks "Can I go?" 

The match becomes more ludicrous as Anderson, taking the action backstage ask's Jeremy Borash for an interview. Yeah. Shortly after the match is finished. The winner of a WWE Ambulance match with some ballroom dancing in it is Mr. Anderson.  Wasted opportunity. Shaw could have made this somewhat interesting for TNA. They failed again. Even Hemme could have turned to help Shaw win. This is TNA, after all. They are the pinnacle of crazy.  

Tag Team
Kurt Angle and Willow Vs EC3 and Spud

Goofy chimp/clown pint size rocker Spud enters. Willow in his black and white rip off character joins delusional Angle now. Likened to the team of C3PO and R2D2 Carter and Spud gave a sloppy performance with the equally dysfunctional opponents. It could have been a real page turner if done correctly. Instead, playing on characters and sill scenario's the team continue to fail badly. Carter was the only one who tried to hold it together but was clearly outnumbered. 

Fans chanted "boring" instantly as Spud and Angle started. Willow played with his brolly like Mary Poppins from the top rope. No wonder it's bad. Did no-one ever teach you not to open an umbrella indoors? Though it looked like Willow was replacing Sting with the trenchcoat stupidity, EC3 acted like Sting and TNA failed to (purposely) mention it. Willow and Kurt Angle won the nonsensical match.

X Division Title
Sanada (c) Tigre Uno

Some Japanese guy TNA hired on its G1 Climax trade deal last month see's a title defence of two unknown people to it's core fanbase. The pair have battled in a best of three series match-ups for the title, both winning one apiece. How original. 

Fans in the Impact Zone greeted them with anime chanting humour. "Let's Go Goku" they said, which could borderline on racist, depending on how you view it. Fact is, fans were uninterested to have two unknown Japanese fighters trading the title race which has resigned the X-Title to nothingness. Financial times are difficult in TNA. So it is good business ideas to boost two unknown Japanese stars in an American market where Japan adds no income to TNA as of right now. Dixie Carter knows a goldmine when she sees it. 

The match had some great high flying spots, as expected but outside of this wrestling theatrics, the battle was simply uninteresting to TNA's audience. It needs something new, but two unknown's with no reason for support is simply redundant. Sanada retains the title. 

"I Quit"
James Storm Vs Gunner

Crowd tells Storm's opponent he "sucks." As soon as the action began Gunner pulled down the steps and destroyed the barricade. It was rushed and tacky. TNA have recently signed him to a long term contract. It needs to retract it instantly if it is to retain any skill. He is a big block of Ryback waste material. Release before the ink dries, or re-issue another one. Fans in the zone agree. Neglecting them is another sign of lunacy on TNA's part. 

TNA turned the drama into a Batman themed stupidity that made no sense to the action or story. Neither man sold the action and drove the show to look ridiculous again. Too many spots, drama and impact that missed the entire point. 

TNA decided it was so empty that it needed blood from Mr. Intensity. Careful of infectious Hepatitis C. Swearing and aggressive nature did not make this idea a clever one. It made everyone involve seem pathetic and wasteful. Repeating their Feast or Fired suitcase moment, James Storm lost. 

Knockout's Title
Angelina Love w/ Velvet Sky Vs Madison Rayne

Leader of the Beautiful People, Angelina Love challenged Madison Rayne for the X-Divas title thingy. This is a fresh original and new idea that has never happened in TNA before. Well, that's what your supposed to think. Velvet Skank decided to twerk her bubble butt. She failed to do it well. 

As usual Sky yanks the ropes with Angelina to double team behind the ref's back. 

To compete with WWE's Total Divas on E! at the same time, Angelina uses a Full Nelson leg lock, exposing her intimate areas on camera. Classy. Now they get a view of her backside for good measure. Feminism has nothing to worry about. 

After destroying Rayne in short time, Angelina Love lifts the TNA Divas title once again. 

Tables
Bully Ray Vs Bobby Roode

Let's hope Ray doesn't simply sit on the table this time. Giving them both a chance, the pair were horrible. Ray, the useless overbear and Roode the guy whose interactions fail to connect (on body contact and at home, ironically) dilute the process. 

The crowd, severely bored with Roode, finally told him their thoughts. "Sh*t Factor!" they chanted. TNA wanted WWE style, on the road audiences. Once they finally attempt to, sort of, listen to WWE fans who crossover to TNA, they finally hear the thoughts of wrestling fans. Everything is a problem in TNA, including Bobby Roode and fans have had enough of accepting this poor attempt to throw out tawdry wrestling values. They paid their money for this, and the result is unsettling for them. That needs to be dealt with. TNA have also kept the number of attendance quiet, but scores of seats are visibly empty. 

The referee was kicked in a bad display failing to take a good and lame bump. 

Bully hit Roode through the table with a third powerbomb attempt. Vince Russo is around somewhere. Jeremy Borash and the TNA crew were in the second row watching the show behind empty spacing for in-house fan controlled running for a picture. Bully Ray stole an RKO move from Randy Orton as well. As Bully climbed to the top rope a mysterious figure in disguise pushes his flabby ass off the turnbuckle with a hand.

In disguise was dumbass Dixie Carter, dressed in beard and cloak like a man. She just can't resist making an appearance to mar the show. Fans were miffed not for the result but the act Dixie came into focus to ruin the show again through her own ego. 

Bobby Roode won by interference in another empty win. Unmotivated fans in the zone were not buying into the hoopla. I can sense a PPV refund call at this rate. 

TNA World title
Magnus Vs Eric Young (c) 

If you missed TNA in the last week, you'll not know Eric Young won a battle royal to earn a title opportunity at lame duck Magnus' title. Eric Young won. It wasn't difficult. Magnus was the biggest flop in a long time and simply a PR drive from the UK tour in January to try and manipulate fans into buy things to make TNA a bit of cash in its tough times. 

Magnus gets another tryout tonight. in TNA, anyone can be it's champion. At this rate, TNA don't seem to have anyone, let alone comedy homegrown talent to house the gold trinket which is nothing more than an accessory at this point. 

The crowds chant "USA!" as Young makes momentum. Canadian Young, battling Brit stain Magnus retains control of the battle. Young then baffles Magnus with the comedy hour of goofy gimmicks from Young's past making a world title match completely laughable with two un-serious contenders. 

Vanilla stick insect Magnus takes control in a one move turn around now. 

Eric Young, sporting beehive beard akin to Daniel Bryan and ripping off parts of his core being, just like they and others did with Max Waltham, received "YES!" chants from the crowd. Denying this World title underdog for the company presence angle was copycat from WWE/Waltham, TNA decided to endorse the "YES!" chants when they arise. Either tacky booking or cheap heat. Which is it?

Magnus put Young into the 'stand over and look like your creating pain' Texas Cloverleaf hold with no effect. After two piledrivers, which have been banned for health reasons in other promotions, for good reason, and a flying elbow Eric Young retains the TNA World title. 


PPV Rating - 4/10

Men/women of their matches - Jesse, Samuel Shaw, Ethan Carter, Sanada, James Storm, Madison Rayne, Bobby Roode, Eric Young

Man/Woman of the PPV - Dixie Carter

© Max Waltham 28^th April 2014

TNA quick results, 24th April 2014

TNA Quick Results

Date:  24th April 2014

Show: Impact

Kurt Angle Vs Spud

Empty, mismanaged and wayward from both.

Angle wins via submission

The Beautiful People reformed of Angelina Love and Velvet Sky 'makeover' Madison Rayne in a terrible show.

Kenny King Vs Bobby Lashley

King was booked awfully to allow ex-WWE superstar Bobby Lashley and empty win.

Brock Lesnar Bobby Lashley won by disqualification.

MVP Vs Austin Aries

Ego satisfying criminal MVP won by pinfall which offered nothing new.

•  Returning old age team James Storm and Bobby Roode won a tag match

Love and Sky beat Gail Kim and Madison Rayne

It's like they never left. Yawn.

Sam Shaw does a skit in his mother's basement. TNA playing on the WWE Christian Creepy Bastard, virgin Bray Wyatt thing. Shame. Lame. Not interesting in every aspect. TNA clueless.

Abyss Vs Magnus

Useless block Magnus failed to win as Abyss won by DQ. Terrible use of steel chair interference.

Eric Young, who is the new TNA champion, was on commentary. Magnus attacked Young like Daniel Bryan/Kane on a recent episode of WWE Raw.

Another clueless episode from TNA only hoping to fill time instead of seats in arenas and at home. Hope for future won't change.

 © Max Waltham 27th April 2014

TNA's British Boot Camp: Valid or a disaster in the making?

TNA's British Boot Camp:

Valid or a disaster in the making?

Spud and his entourage

British Boot Camp is a mini series, which TNA Wrestling have initiated in order to find some British ‘talent.’ The show, featuring a record four contenders, including 'Rockstar' Spud, the Blossom Twins (Hannah and Holly) and the odious Marty Scurll aims to find a victor, then rewarded with a TNA contract and place on the UK TNA tour in January 2013. The show is due to air in December this year on TV gaming show station, Challenge in the UK.

Scurll and Spud, who had both pretended to have a real life feud before the show was announced to create tension and gain brief exposure to their lesser names in pro wrestling, have also featured on tasteless reality shows. Spud appeared on “Snog, Marry, Avoid” a show which takes horrific looking people and gives them a “make under” to become a natural beauty. Scurll on the other hand was so desperate for any attention he chose to apply for a dating show.

The desperate 24 yr old, from Ely, Cambridgeshire, who uses media attention to gain attraction only to abuse those who launch his platform, featured on the show, Take Me Out, to gain a date with loose ladies, infamous for staging sex orgies, of which Scurll, one of near 40 people was involved. Media whore Scurll was caught on the front page participating in the orgy being straddled by a female who didn’t pick him for a date. Another male was seen cheering him on nearby as others watched.

Scurll, participating in a mass orgy

Trashed mansion

Boozy Scurll, who also admitted on the show he is 'back to school' studying for a degree at college, in case wrestling doesn't work out as his ‘back up plan’ was also expelled  from WxW in Germany last year after causing fights with other members of the roster. His date of the show didn't wish to continue seeing the failed cruiserweight, caught leaving their hotel room after a saucy all-night collaboration.

String bean Scurll

Scurll, who has often had naked fights in McDonalds restaurants with his partner Zack Sabre Jr furthers immaturity and ungracious dignity. Scurll happens to be best friends with TNA superstar Magnus, many assume has tried to ‘sneak him in the back door’. Martin also mentioned recently “I’m not sure what TNA bootcamp is.”

During filming, near two weeks ago, underachiever Scurll expressed his problems maintaining the process of schedule, claiming it was “the most stressful day ever.”

Blossom Twins Hannah and Holly

With TNA’s knockout division at an all-time sufferable low, if they have sense they will offer the Blossom’s a contract. TNA needs reliability and those able to hack it. The Twins often hand out cupcakes when approaching the ring. Not exactly Jeff Jarrett’s taco’s, though all the same, with beauties and food, what more do you need? The Blossoms, who add a unique trait, could benefit the company. Scurll and Spud will continue their fictional feud for mainstream attention once TNA parts ways. Would it be a valid investment by TNA to employ washed up, struggling Indy talent unable to get over? Or take unique acquisitions that benefit one and all?

Trainer, Hogan

All four contestants will be trained by supreme wrestler Hulk Hogan and Rollerball Rocco.

On September 30^th, minor Indy promotion PROGRESS Wrestling kicked off with Jeremy Bore-rash introducing the TNA British boot camp with a preview to warm its crowd of ‘fans’ from a derelict garage in London.

© Max Waltham 06th October 2012