TNA IMPACT, 8/23/12 - Open Fight Night, Brother!

[verbaltoxin]

So guys, what did I miss?

[silgryphon]

The fonts and colors have fucked up my eyes. Very annoying.

[verbaltoxin]

Pretty fun episode. It was made more fun with the constant Hoganeering. Great addition, Smiths.

[Ed Becker]

Smiths: hmm.... ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO was strangely absent....

He went bowling with Joe Park.

[verbaltoxin]

Such a shame. We came very close to reaching the Real Fake World belt.

[Deleted]

Smiths: interesting.. bout time it led to an all-out brawl.

hmm.... ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO was strangely absent....

HEY SMITHS, VINCE HERE. WHILE I AGREE THAT MY PENIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE, COULD WE MAYBE GET THAT CHANGED TO "GENIUS VISIONARY BILLIONAIRE SUPERBUSINESSMAN DRIPPING WITH MASCULINITY"? THANKS.

[DougieAXP]

I FUCKING LOVE SUITS , BROTHER[/size]

[DougieAXP]

DO NOT REMOVE THE HULKSTER BUTTON! , BROTHER[/size]

I SWEAR I WILL RIOT! , BROTHER[/size]

HULKSTER! , BROTHER[/size]

[DougieAXP]

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[Ed Becker]

DougieAXP: BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER , BROTHER


Trippin' balls.

[Ed Becker]

IMPACT THOUGHTS SINCE I'M MILDLY INTOXICATED AND AM BORED , BROTHER[/size]

Laughed my ass of at Hulk Mode. Thanks, Smiths!

I thought the A/8's deal was decent. Just a though here: When doing the "spontaneous backstage" stuff, which I'm assuming is a pre-tape, use the same style of video processing as used in the arena. Unless they are and the shitty lighting makes it look like that. Christ, I'm an audio guy, not a video guy. The image of the prospect with his bloody mouth getting his patch was a good one.

Tess and Tara told a good story. Tara did something leading into the finish that looked awkward where as Tess was going up top, Tara seemed to get up and then went back down. Good story, though. Tess and her ass have come light years. over the last 12 months, Lisa's solid as hell in the ring.

Robbie winning the BFG 3-way was interesting. Doesn't really do anything dramatic, IMO for BFG. He kinda telegraphed the finish in the way he was selling on the outside and then he came in for the finish and didn't sell anything going to the back after the match.

Hardy/Other Robbie: meh.

Claire blow-off: They made lemonade out of poop. Daniels was awesome.

This is now the part of the show where I had a paper cut death match with the copy machine.

Got back halfway through for Kenny and Bubba Ray. Looked decent.

The closing segment was decent. After the beatdown that Aries took, will he be in jeopardy of defending the strap? Softened up? Who cashes in? Will the title change hands? WHY AM I ASKING SO MANY QUESTIONS BROTHER?[/size]

All and all a decent Impact. It was pretty fun.

[jimfromsaintpaul]

LETS DO THIS:

*I like the country/rock riff to start the show for Aces and Eights (before the "previously on Impact") tt.kushtt.info/youtube.php?code=w7X1iK0n-Q0

*YES! START THE SHOW WITH A RECAP STING! YESSSSSSSSSSS!

*"We want Hogan"? THis is why we can't have nice things...

*I like James Storm on the mic.That good old country boy bit is great.

*"Patched in"? Must be a biker thing. Initiation terminology or something.

*YES! Recap what happened moments ago Cole Tenay!

*Wait face vs face, even if it is for the Knockouts title? The crowd doesn't know how to react!

*Great, the knockouts ref will be getting her own entrance every week. Greaaaat.

*A decent enough match. Testmacher really did telegraph everything... she's obviously got what it takes to be a really good wrestler. It's just also obvious she's super green. Still. It's better then the Divas (that's damning with faint praise though).

*The burying of Pope is complete

*Van Damn, Styles and Robbie. Why? ~~~AAAAAAHHHHHH. If Styles or RVD had won then they have less of a chance to be kicked out if Bully Ray wins later in the night. (I figured this out later in the show)

*WAIT, so he pinned the guy who HIT the frogsplash?! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA #TNA

*"Who's your daddy?" chants.

*"I'm sorry I was date raped" promo by AJ Styles. "If it's not my baby don't mention it again!" AMEN dude. NEVER MENTION ANY OF THIS CRAP AGAIN.

*"She's in the hospital"? More like "She is breaching her contract".

*"Never been pregnant"? THEN WHY DOES THE ANNOUNCER EVEN HAVE A MANILLA ENVELOPE?

*THANK GOD THIS CRAP IS DONE. Give me Robbie E vs Zima Ion in a 60 minute iron man match every week over this crap.

*Gut Check? And we click ahead on youtube...

*YAY! ODB/EY. Bless you TNA. "Yeah my fish are jumpin boy! BAAAAAAAAAM! HEY KID, HOW OLD ARE YOU? Eh. Doesn't matter." Awesome.

*"Boo/Yay!" Chants during ANderson/GoldenCalved. lol

*Ok, so they're taking it to the minions of "Aces and Eights" in back.

*Fat guy who ate Tazz, how is it "a clutch win" if this was his last match in the BFG series and he's not in the top 4?

[slamjack]

jimfromsaintpaul: *The burying of Pope is complete

He has a legit shoulder injury.

[jimfromsaintpaul]

*All this dead man's hand talk. Hey, maybe we'll get Biker Taker!

*"We want Hogan" again? Yeesh.

*Yay fight! Wait, there is like 5 minutes to go... I was almost expecting the fight to still be going on as they go off the air.

*Aries flying into the group = awesome.

*Solid ending. The drwwaing out of all the TNA guys to leave the last 3 alone was well done.

[jimfromsaintpaul]

slamjack: jimfromsaintpaul : *The burying of Pope is complete

He has a legit shoulder injury.

Ahhhhh. My bad then.

[jimfromsaintpaul]

Aug 24, 2012 7:41:17 GMT -6 Smiths said:

slamjack: jimfromsaintpaul : *The burying of Pope is complete

He has a legit shoulder injury.


i still think there's something about watching it live vs watching it on YouTube that changes the pessimism vs optimism quota.

RAW live makes me want to murder. Just mur-diddly-urder. Because it's happening right as I'm sitting on the couch so I know right then and there as i'm scratching my balls what i'm seeing on my TV is actually occurring somewhere in America.

And that can lead to "oh cool!" in that "where were you?" sense OR it can lead to "i want to stab a homeless guy and blame the wife" feelings far faster.

The next day? Who cares? You're on *your* time watching it... I prefer to be on *their* time when watching so then I can actually blame them for the crap they feed me.

Like "you felt this was worth my fucking time, WWE? Really? Having your announcers yell at me and lie about what I'm hearing on the TV?"

IMPACT didn't really waste my time. The Jeff Harvey thing was a throwaway, but at least they did something with him getting constantly punked by Guido McBig. WWE woulda just ignored it then had them on a tag team months later where they acted civil enough to eachother because DAMMIT WE MUST RESPECT THE RULES OF THE MATCH.

I can understand your point, I disagree though. I have complained about the same things consistently. Gut Check sucks, Claire sucks, The Knockout Division is a shell of it's former self and ACes and Eights is not doing anything to make itself feel any different then Nexus did.

I like the brawl At the end of this show, which was the first time I enjoyed the storyline. Hopefully it can STAY that interesting.

[Deleted]

OH MY GOD SMITHS YOU ARE AMAZING

[Ed Becker]

Smiths: RAW live makes me want to murder. Just mur-diddly-urder. Because it's happening right as I'm sitting on the couch so I know right then and there as i'm scratching my balls what i'm seeing on my TV is actually occurring somewhere in America.


Good chance I'll have freebies for Monday here in Brew Town. Haven't been to a WWE live event in probably 10 years. Difficulty: Personal policy forbids me to drink and drive. Plus, I refuse to pay what it costs for a sixer what a single beer costs at the Bradley Center. I'll know Monday.

jimfromsaintpaul:
*"Patched in"? Must be a biker thing. Initiation terminology or something.

Sure is. You might remember in previous A/8's vignettes that they were wearing patches on their leathers that read "prospect." In most biker gangs, a prospect is someone who is loyal to the gang but is not considered a full member. They often do the bidding of full members, often dirty work like selling dope, tuning someone up or other tasks to prove their loyalty to the gang. Getting "patched-in" refers to completing tasks to become a full member and getting the gang's logo patch for the prospect's leathers.

[jimfromsaintpaul]

Smiths: Ed Becker: jimfromsaintpaul :
*"Patched in"? Must be a biker thing. Initiation terminology or something.

Sure is. You might remember in previous A/8's vignettes that they were wearing patches on their leathers that read "prospect." In most biker gangs, a prospect is someone who is loyal to the gang but is not considered a full member. They often do the bidding of full members, often dirty work like selling dope, tuning someone up or other tasks to prove their loyalty to the gang. Getting "patched-in" refers to completing tasks to become a full member and getting the gang's logo patch for the prospect's leathers.


Gotta put it in JfSP vernacular:

They make nice nice and get into the rape van