Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

NEW State Of The Blog – December 2023

Yeah, so change of plans… and unfortunately, it’s not good news.

My computer is once again on the verge of crapping out and I’ve got to get it fixed. Unfortunately, that means a good chunk of plans for this month is going out the window. As such, there will be no further reviews this year. I’ll be making a formal video announcement during the weekend if possible.

Right now, I’m running off the mini PC thing I bought this summer, but it isn’t set up to do anything and obviously, is far more limited in what I can actually do with it. I am hoping on getting the Sunday Gimmick Tables up this month and with the downtime, I can get up to speed in all the text-based content for the blog due next year, so there’s a bit of a silver lining. It is extremely frustrating that these technical issues are getting in the way of moving things forward and possibly threatening some of those plans.

Maybe it’s a sign.

Anyway, right now, it’s a couple more PPV musings on the docket for sure; the Armageddon 2000 PPV and the No Way Out 2001 show. There will be a DTM-Cast or two along the way. We’ll see.

Sorry about all this, everyone. As soon as things get up to speed, I will let you know.

WWF No Mercy 2000

So after twenty weeks or so of an ill-conceived revisit to the early days of NWA-TNA, it’s time to go back to some quality wrestling… but not today’s wrestling. To be honest, I’ve been out of the loop as of late. I know that WWE had their Survivor Series PPV recently and that was a thing. I know Tony Khan has made more “important announcements” that aren’t all that important. Impact is going back to being TNA, which hopefully means going back to that period when the show was actually good and not… everything else.

So the last time we touched WWF in the year 2000, it was the Unforgiven PPV that saw Stone Cold Steve Austin return from his near-year long sabbatical of neck fusion surgery due to being run over by a car. The culprit turned out to be Rikishi. It went over like a fart in church.

Anyway, it’s No Mercy. They named a video game after this. Steve Austin makes his return to in ring action to get revenge on the guy who tried to run him over. Kurt Angle gets another shot at the WWF Championship. Other stuff happens, I guess. Hey, there’s some stuff to look forward to here, so I can’t be too unhappy.

Onwards, my friend. Y2K beckons.

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21 Years Ago In TNA #22 – Aw, Shit… It’s Vince Russo… (a.k.a. THE END FOR ME… November 20th, 2002)

21 Years Ago In TNA… Vince Russo made his return to television.

And this is where I dropped the show.

When I started this project back in June, there were three possible exit points that I had considered ending this on. The first being after sampling the first five episodes on YouTube, which were free. The second exit point would’ve been right around the two-week period where I could’ve found something else to do instead, but opted to continue this TNA journey for better or worse. However, this third and final exit point is a sure thing; the debut of Vince Russo on TNA was the last stop. Whether the show is good or not – and spoiler: the show wasn’t very good – this is the last edition of my journey to NWA-TNA from 21 years ago. I’m done.

And so I invite you to join me with on this final edition of 21 Years Ago In TNA… because there isn’t going to be another one… ever. The next TNA show I’m doing is probably gonna be the new one in January, which means I’m gonna need a new banner.

Let’s blow this thing and go home.

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