So I watched my first TNA episode tonight..

**The Brown One** · 02-04-2012, 04:55 AM

Average to say the least. Not bad, not great either. It was decent. Here's my take on it:

*Opening segment with Roode, Ray, Storm and Sting: I actually found this boring. Sting was kinda entertaining.

*Samoa Joe & Brutus Magnus vs Matt Morgan & Crimson - good match. About as good as WWE's tagteam division. Really happy to see Joe for the first time on tv too!

*X Division Champion Austin Aries vs Mark Haskins - great match. It looked like Aries was just in there though and didn't really care about the match. Maybe because no one can hang with him? :P
It's true what they say, the X Division puts on the best matches in TNA!

*World Champion Robert Roode vs James Storm - fantastic match! Actually better than the previous one IMO. These two have great chemistry in the ring, and can really go. I'm glad they're also pushing TNA homegrown talent rather than ex - WWE talent.

*Knockouts Champion Gail Kim vs Tara - good match for women. I cringed for the Divas division when I saw how well these women can wrestle in TNA! It's really a shame the WWE didn't even give a shit about them then.

*Garrett Bischoff's trainer revealed - Horrible. I was praying it wouldn't be Hogan, but there's that crappy booking that people always talk about. I respect Hogan and all, but I really didn't want to see him in a ring again. Waste of 15 minutes of him talking.

*Bully Ray vs James Storm - good match. It was slow to begin with, but really picked up towards the end. Not a big fan of Ray, but they made it work.

This is my honest review of my first TNA Impact show. They aren't as bad as people say. But they aren't anything special either YET.

**VanHooliganX** · 02-04-2012, 05:21 AM

Good review TBO.

Haven't seen this weeks episode but when I read the spoilers it sounded exactly as you described it.

Going to keep watching or was 1 episode your lifetime limit?

**Tomsta666** · 02-04-2012, 05:24 AM

I pretty much never missed an episode of impact most of last year. I haven't watched one this year so far

I have all the episodes downloaded, I just need to catch up!!

**VanHooliganX** · 02-04-2012, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by Tomsta666

I pretty much never missed an episode of impact most of last year. I haven't watched one this year so far

I have all the episodes downloaded, I just need to catch up!!

This years have been okay. Nothing great or amazing but nothing god awful.

Best thing is mainly Aries and Roode being champs.

Oh and Tazz still being unable to say Pele properly.

**Tomsta666** · 02-04-2012, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by VanHooliganX

This years have been okay. Nothing great or amazing but nothing god awful.

Best thing is mainly Aries and Roode being champs.

Oh and Tazz still being unable to say Pele properly.

Lulz, just sorted out my backlog... 7 episodes to watch and 2 PPVs!!

I think there's a PPV tommorow aswell ain't there?

**The Brown One** · 02-04-2012, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by VanHooliganX

Good review TBO.

Haven't seen this weeks episode but when I read the spoilers it sounded exactly as you described it.

Going to keep watching or was 1 episode your lifetime limit?

I've got a few weeks off until I start work again, so I'm gonna try to watch every ep! (It comes here Sat, so I catch it). Although, I've missed the last 2 eps because TNA usually gets a bad rep, and there were good movies on

But I'm not one to judge without giving something a chance. I liked some of what I saw, so I'm going to keep watching as long as time permits! I want to get into the storylines and understand whats going on. What happened to Hardy, Angle, Styles?!

P.S. the commentary team isn't that bad. Tazz actually calls the match sometimes lol.

**Iron Ape** · 02-04-2012, 09:11 AM

Going by your write-ups, it seems like you actually found the show to be a bit better than just average.

**Wade Barrett 1979** · 02-04-2012, 10:47 AM

Decent show! The only thing that annoyed me, why give the Garrett/Trainer angle TWO segments?? Plus the part with him talking on his phone was just ridiculous! (oh and Haskins nearly killing himself and Aries!)

Other than that, it was enjoyable!

**twoot2** · 02-05-2012, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Wade Barrett 1979

Decent show! The only thing that annoyed me, why give the Garrett/Trainer angle TWO segments?? Plus the part with him talking on his phone was just ridiculous! (oh and Haskins nearly killing himself and Aries!)

Other than that, it was enjoyable!

Haskin's got lucky! It looked like he landed really badly, i thought he'd broken his neck for a moment!