Well, last week, I praised Impact on a far better show than their usual outing and figured – quite foolishly, in hindsight – that things were turning around and maybe TNA might have a chance at producing a quality show going forward. They’d pretty much have to, right?
Well, sadly, that didn’t happen. Maybe it just wasn’t meant to be.
The main event saw Ric Flair lose to Abyss, following an teased finish in which Flair struck Abyss with brass knuckles and scored the pin. Unfortunately for the former multi-time world champion, TNA assigned one of the smart referees who spotted the knux, managed to put two-and-two together, and got into a shoving match with Flair before restarting the match, allowing Abyss to win. The match itself is… a thing that happened.
However, the stipulation in this match was that whoever lost the match would have to give up their WWE Hall Of Fame ring, which meant that Ric Flair would have to surrender his ring to Abyss. Flair cries foul, but out comes Hogan to rip the ring off Flair’s finger. This is the top angle in TNA, kids; everybody is fighting over Hall Of Fame rings from another promotion. My brain hurts.
The rest of the show… you know, I’d wish I could comment, but that main event and the feud over the rings has broken my brain to such a degree that I simply can’t be bothered to remember what the fuck happened beforehand. That’s how bad this was.
dtm666 