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<p><strong>Lion Heart ©</strong> vs JOJI</p><p> </p><p> <em>Joji will eventually get it but I think Ricochet deserves that long run he should have had last time, so also see below.</em></p><p> </p><p> Number One Contender's Match</p><p> </p><p> Austin Smooth vs Kid Fantastic vs Bradley Blaze vs<strong> Ricochet Ramone</strong></p><p> </p><p> Also Featuring</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Mark Smart</strong> vs Mercutio Sleep</p><p> </p><p> <em>Smart has been losing more then his performance and backstage presence deserve, so he gets the nod.</em></p><p> </p><p> Garry the Entertainer and Fearless Blue vs <strong>Cheech Kong and El Medico</strong></p><p> </p><p> <em>Cheech is better then Garry</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Mario Heroic</strong> vs Jules Night</p><p> </p><p> <em>Mario should be primed for a higher level run eventually so gets the nod here.</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Cobra</strong> vs Chikafusa Tadeshi</p><p> </p><p> <em>Chikafusa, no, just no, lol.</em></p>

Good show, I really like the challenge that is CGC. While at the same time having a lot of upside. PS Double Bobby Thomas foto. Interesting who other signings might be. Joey Poison really is the right choice.

There is also a DragonMack dynasty doing MHW http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43681 . And on youtube there is a very long OLLIE one:

Suisei no Gargantia is completed, except for 1 ova, and I thought it was pretty decent so you might like to review it. Although you probably have a full plate by now. And yeah f the one stars sad ppl.

<p>Just wanted to pop in and say keep up the good work Tigerkinney, really enjoy reading the reviews and use them to help decide if a show is worth watching. Recently watched Sword Art Online because it was so hyped and thought your review was pretty spot on. Lots of failed promise and a disappointing but still decent second season but entertaining overall. Really feel the show would have been better served by stretching out the first season and then ending it with the conclusion of the first season. I would rate it higher then a six though more 7 territory.</p><p> </p><p> I know you normally don't do running shows but i'd like your initial thoughts if possible Attack of Titan and the new Battleship Yamato.</p>

And again looking at wrestlers and wrestler positions and not the whole product. Its not just about who and what its about how. But I'll guess we have to agree to disagree on that one. But you can not deny that TNA's product as a WHOLE has changed over the last few months. BTW not denying that there are still faults and that WWE isn't trying with the tag division atm.

Kinda missing the point here guys. It has nothing to do with the talent or even where they are positioned. It has to do with the content, presentation, storyline types and execution, match types and exectution, character types, execution of the characters etc etc. You can have Cena on top and still have a different overall product and feel to the product. You can even do it within a PG setting. The problem is they have devolved for 10 years going further and further into filler and just attention to the top guys and even kid friendlier while the overall presentation etc has stayed the same and isn't in connection with current trends. They are afraid to do any real change because they are scared they will puncture their hard bottom line fanbase ( 3.0 or so) but with the path they are on they are slowly eroding it. While Hogan turn and NWO invasion for instance where marker events they had already changed their product, presentation etc of it before that and intensified that after. Same with the recent Aries win being a marker event for the changed direction, production, storyline style etc in TNA. It was hoped the Summer of Punk 2 would usher in a changed direction overall for WWE and that didn't happen and Punk was quickly made conformist to the current E style character wise eg PG Funk. Now he is more back to Punk being Punk but the product change isn't there and won't happen unless structural change happens. Prolly have to wait until the bottom does fall out due to the slow erosion tactics still ongoing or Trips taking full control as the problems are more structural then anything else. And when I am agreeing with makhai and meltzer ( although he is pretty late in seeing this) you guys should know something is up. Lolz.

Well if they are going for eight people I am leaning on: Roode ( total swerve that would make total sense for once), Jarrett, Morgan, Masters, Jay Bradly, Wes Brisco, Petey Williams, Allissa Flash. But it changes every day what I am thinking lol. Although some names do tend to pop up a lot. I am pretty sold on Roode atm though.

Another solid show with a great opener and some good wrestling and lots of storyline advancement and some insider jokes and loop hole addressing. Execution of some of the angles left somewhat to be desired but overall a solid show. Liked how Aces while still mentioned where not as overbearing thus giving more room for ppv build and other stuff as well. PPV is looking like a stacked card. Aries vs Roode - World Title Rematch AJ vs Joe vs Daniels vs Angle - Ladder Match Storm vs Hardy vs Ray vs E - Tables Match Anderson vs RVD vs Magnus vs Pope - Falls Count Anywhere King vs Ion - X Division title match Tessmacher vs Madison - Ko title match SuperMexWarriors ( Hernandez and Chavo) vs Dixie Dicks ( Kash and Gunner) - Prolly no1 tag contender match. I would leave the card ad that so that the 5 "big" matches can get plenty of time. But wouldn't be averse to Ryan vs Snow or a TV title match or KO Tag match.

One of the announced Hardcore Justice special point four ways, highlight to read: AJ vs Joe vs Daniels vs Angle. How to make the unbreakable 3 better? ad Angle lol OMG! Stips will be announced tonight on the show.

The poster wasn't the final straw it was raw 1001. Sorry if I didn't make that especially clear. Thought that that would be clear because a poster being the reason would be just dumb.

The actual night of champions poster: http://indemand.com/shared/indemand/327989_lg.jpg Speaks for itself and after seeing what they did with the extra hour I am out, won't comment on ongoing stuff but will comment on general discussion. Too much filler and meaningless and bad stuff to compensate for some of the ok stuff. And its not just the wrestlers its the entire product its just stale as can be.

Well none of the three (you forgot Velvet) have been officially released by TNA with a press statement. And TNA is notoriously bad at keeping that roster page up to date. You can pretty much bank on Flair and Velvet though but Morgan could be that he re upped and they are doing worked shoot for the aces and eights thing but also unlikely.

Meh wrestling. It's more how they present them imho. Mexicools and Cryme Tyme vs Hernandez/Homicide LAX is a big difference to me. And its not like Chavo wouldn't make a good partner for Hernandez much like Williams was for Magnus he can help him get his basics down better etc.

True D Lyrium and the onus falls on the regulating bodies for the rules they use. The murky bit is if you get duel citizenship just because you want to play for the national team or other sports related advances or because you really want to become part of the country so to speak. As we can't see into people's minds about that we can only guess. As in principle just because someone has been nationalized it shouldn't exclude him from representing the national team. The other murky part is the heritage thing you touched upon where it is hard to truly say if someone has kept in touch enough with the heritage and put forth solid criteria for that. All in all it is annoying but not something that is preventable. What grinds my gears is when its done in reverse as well lol. K 1 is the best example where almost all the top fighters are Dutch so to help hide that fact anyone who is first gen or second gen Dutch is encouraged to fight under the originator country flag. Again can't see into their harts but it is striking.

Good show again with a nice variety. It was a bit full with the more segments then normal and many things going on. All the matches where very good t.v. matches, except for Madison's performance CUT her already! don't mind the longer/bigger tv matches much as ppv matches will be longer and generally have a bigger hook behind them and no commercials. They have actually balanced building for ppv and tv more in the last 4/5 months with more focus on ppv then before. Chavo got a good build on entry like a new guy should and it looks like we have gotten 2 new tag teams Gunner and Kash and Chavo and Hernandez are both very good pairings and ad depth to the solo divisions and Kash and Chavo can help Gunner and Hernandez get rid of the rough edges much like Williams did for Magnus. Killing multiple stones in one go here so very good move. Also liked that Chavo focused on praising TNA. He will become a good utility player for the X and Tag division pretty much a Kid Kash ++. Sam Shaw should have been a no because at best he is a developmental talent, if they make that official I am ok with it though, but also because the Gutcheck idea needs more No's to make it seem harder to be successful. Don't go by the live reaction or even fan voting too much btw. Fans are greedy so anyone who doesn't totally suck and plays a heel will get positive votes + fans like to see the dream come true thing. Joey Ryan story continues to be fun. Decision segment should have been done next week instead of same week giving a better reed of the fan reaction, as much as it factors in and given the stuff I said above, and it would have helped the pacing of the show with one less segment imho. Aces and eights continue to be intriguing and while still intrusive (as they should be) it was less then last week, next 2 weeks I would limit them a bit more to give more time for ppv build and then ramp it up again after. I am worried about the reveal though as to who it will actually be and what their motivations will be. If it is who is most rumored they should be a midcard faction and not a main event faction in terms of exposure etc. But we will see when we get there, for now its fun. Storm seems to be going into a role similar to Sting in connection with the aces and it intensifies his feud with Roode even more. So overall very good show but a bit crowded and I really liked the last 3 matches a lot and that they built to the next show. Kenny King ftw hehe. As a big X fan what did you think of that match Self?

Do know about the lawsuit, nothing about the low balling though. That seems to me to just be more negative speculation which can't be proven either way. As long as there are no actual statements specifically to that effect from the released people I'll view it as just that.

Hmm noticed the different product focus before they went live in the competitions case but I agree that it will off course be a slow process. But 1001 should be an episode where indicators like that exist such as the use of the extra hour. I really really hope they use the extra hour for making the midcard more relevant instead of more social media, sponsor shilling and kiddy pandering.

Nice catch, I did know it was just a rumored one but for a rumored one its good.

Yup really good one. And in retrospect RAW 1k was a lot better then I gave it credit for at the time. I was in a really foul mood because of some family situation and I was looking for stuff that wasn't really there as I was hoping we would get some product change indicators. The Nostalgia was good even if clunky at parts and I am glad Punk is probably back to being Punk even though the execution of it was just ok in my eyes not great but not bad either. Its just a shame they wasted a whole year pretty much to get us back to where we where a year ago with Punk. So while I am glad as free speaking Punk is better it is basically a back to square one move and not an evolution or something "new" or anything like that as was last year or with early Nexus. If the whole CM Punk midcard WWE champ thing was intentional from the start they really played the whole IWC ( ,not just the typical smarks but whole IWC,) very well but it was still a dumb move. Let's make someone less good and underpush him intentionally so when he goes back to what he was in June it will be good. And btw Punk didn't need this year to establish or (re-) establish himself dude was already plenty established. But most likely around the time after No Way Out they decided to go with all the chatter on the net and turn it into the "big" summer angle with the hints Bryan, Eve and Show gave and intentionally putting MITB as the ME over his championship match. While that was done ok I wasn't really happy with how Punk reacted to those hints as I prefer turns in general to come either out of left field but with good reasoning and execution behind it, be strongly hinted at but not confirmed, or come naturally. They kinda went middle ground on the whole thing so for me it came of a bit weaker then it could have. Again not saying that I don't enjoy Punk being back to Punk but just think it could have been done better and its not as big as last time around. Guess for product change indicators and how they are going with this I will have to check 1001. If I don't see product change indicators to my liking enough or more to my dislike and this storyline and the AJ gm thing doesn't compensate enough I am definitely out until the general chatter of people whose opinion's I respect is that things have gotten better and/or different.

BTW anyone else catch the Rick Rude indirect reference in the DX segment? And it seemed that X Pac really wasn't supposed to be there with that whole 1-2-3 thing between Gunn and Shawn. Which is pretty good as helps suspend disbelief if he was or was not meant to be there.

Devon couldn't care less tbh both on business and personal level. He should focus on the 3d dojo imho and maybe TNA can help with that. Ray great worker and will be great road agent once retires. Keep at all cost. Not the biggest velvet fan personally but undeniable sex appeal and tenure and mic skills means she is pretty much perma over much like Ray but just using different skills. Also keep even if the KO division is kinda stale atm and Tessmacher is pretty much filling the same role. We shall see though as the roster reshuffle is ongoing and as long as what comes in is equal or better then what goes out its ok.

S.O.S. won't even bother reading recaps anymore.

Same here, and the new logo is as bland as it gets. Edit Spoiler: Also a new set according to PWI. Long overdue but if its as bad as the song and the logo..........

So what are people looking forward too and hoping for RAW 1000? Only really looking forward to the Cena vs Punk match tbh although, albeit watered down, nostalgia is nice for a bit. Really hoping it will be the start of a change in the total product.