So this is up later than sooner… sorry about that. Been busy with other stuff… BUT to sort of make up for it, I’ll see about posting tonight’s episode’s musings this weekend… not tomorrow because that’s when the Backlash show is going up.
Anyway, I haven’t seen the Under Siege show that took place last weekend that this episode of Impact serves as the go-home show for… but I did see Joe Hendry’s wonderful concert and his heartfelt apology to the Top Dollar guy who used to host that A&E special on WWE collectables. I don’t mention Joe Hendry much round these parts, but this man is a keeper, he has talent both on the mic and in the ring, his theme song is quite catchy, and he can put on a better, more entertaining concert than DWAYNE… there, I said it, come at me, bros.
Meanwhile, there’s the rest of the show, which doesn’t quite match the glee and joy I got from that one segment, but there was some good stuff here.
Mustafa Ali defeated Chris Bey in a fun opening match, followed by a women’s match that had the lead singer of Rancid do commentary… which is interesting that there’s someone in another company using his band’s song, but the company that let him do guest commentary is TNA… and he actually wasn’t too bad here. Maybe Ruby could consider a run in TNA once her AEW contract expires and she’s done giving birth (congrats on that, by the way.)
Hammerstone killed Cody Deaner in a squash… don’t worry, I’m sure Cody will be fine. Look at Eric Young; Cody killed him and he came back… to get killed by Frankie and well… that went dark quick. The aforementioned concert takes place and yes, after this, I too believe in Joe Hendry… so much so that his lovely smile will grace every Impact banner going forward until I’m bored of the gimmick or until he leaves TNA. (By the way, Joe Hendry should take a trip to France and do a concert there; I hear that’s a good crowd these days.)
The back end of the show has Ace Austin defeating Trey Miguel to earn an X-Division title shot at the Under Siege show (spoiler: he doesn’t win) followed by the main event of Jordynne Grace retaining her Knockouts title over Miyu Yamashita, which they tried to hype up as a big deal, but really, it’s just a perfectly acceptable wrestling match with no shenanigans. I like this Yamashita person; I’d like to see more of here, but that’s my only real takeaway.
Gotta be honest; this episode didn’t do a whole lot for me and certainly didn’t get me hyped up for the Under Siege show… but that’s all in the can and we get to move on to something else.
Tomorrow is the Backlash musings, and then the day after, I’ll post tonight’s Impact musings… and if I’m really starved for rasslin’ content, I’ll do another post on the further adventures of Tony Khan in a neck brace… unless I have something better to do.
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