Which of these shows feature MOAR wrestling?

So according to Mick Foley, wrestling matters at Impact Wrestling. So that means there should be more wrestling, right? Right?

You know what? Let’s try an little experiment here, shall we? Why don’t we compare Impact Wrestling’s matches to RAW’s matches; not necessarily in regards to quality, but in terms of wrestling time. This is going to be very easy to conduct since both shows featured five wrestling matches… and yes, I will still refer to them as wrestling matches even if the geniuses at WWE do not.

And just to make it clear, this is not a review of both shows, nor is it a recap. The main focus, perhaps the only focus, is match time. Although I will add thoughts here and there, but the quality is not the main focus, it’s the match time.

MONDAY NIGHT RAW
CM Punk vs Kofi Kingston lasted 3:51
Kelly Kelly vs Brie Bella lasted 1:51
Rey Mysterio vs Alberto Del Rio lasted 9:25.
Big Show & Kane vs New Nexus lasted 4:45
John Cena vs Jack Swagger lasted 11:21

TOTAL WRESTLING TIME ON RAW –  31:13

IMPACT WRESTLING
Mickie James & co. vs. Madison Rayne & co. lasted 4:20
Abyss vs. Kazarian lasted 5:02
Samoa Joe squashes Amazing Red in 0:47
Generation Me vs Matt Hardy/Eric Bischoff (FTS) lasted 6:07
Angelina Love & Winter vs. Velvet Sky lasted 4:30

TOTAL WRESTLING TIME ON IMPACT WRESTLING –  20:46

So apparently, in order to emphasis WRESTLING and making sure that WRESTLING MATTERS, Impact Wrestling decides to feature less WRESTLING than the show that wants nothing to do WITH wrestling. As a matter of fact, if I didn’t know any better, there was actually more TALKING in Impact than there was ACTUAL wrestling…… well, actually, that is the case… now that I think about it. Mind you, it’s the same thing with RAW, but they have more wrestling. The numbers do not lie, folks.

Of course, it’s only the first week… so I might do this again next week (new LABEL! Hooray!)… but so far, TNA’s new direction looks an awful lot like the old direction with a fresh coat of paint. That is not good.

References:
Raw Recap by Michael Bradley: http://www.rspwfaq.com/2011/05/16/wwe-raw-5-16-11/
Impact Recap by Michael Bradley: http://www.rspwfaq.com/2011/05/19/michaels-impact-review-47/

Classic Bite Commentary #102 – May 15th, 2011

Closing in on 400 posts in less than a couple years? Wow… that’s rather interesting… The funny thing is that there were a couple things I wouldn’t mind posting thoughts on and yet I wouldn’t want to blow minor bits on a “landmark” post.

So you know what? Let’s have a Bite commentary… haven’t done one of these in a long while… so yeah…

More comments (or should that be MOAR COMMENTS! LOL!) after the break…

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IMPACT (May 12th, 2011) – The Network’s Revenge? More like The Network’s Migraine

So, as I said, I’m sitting down to watch TNA Impact and I’ll be pointing out thoughts, observations, results, and whatnots. So let’s begin this show, shall we? TNA boasts that they’re a wrestling show… here’s their chance to sell me on their wrestling.

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COMIC REVIEW – Batman: A Death In The Family

You know, it’s hard to go back to this one nowadays. Not because it’s a bad story or anything; on the contrary, A Death In The Family is probably one of the better Batman stories out there, even when you take the controversial circumstances surrounding its conception out of the equation. But rather because the big twist would be undone a decade after the fact and thus the impact of the story is ultimately lost.

So this is the story commonly known for the death of Jason Todd – at the time, the second character to assume the mantle of Robin and a somewhat unpopular character due to his more impulsive nature compared to the original Robin, Dick Grayson – who had assumed the identity of Nightwing by that point. In a rather bold and unorthodox move for its day, DC would place the fate of Jason Todd in the hands of its readership by way of a telephone poll where caller would call one of two numbers to determine whether Todd would survive his fatal blows or perish… and callers voted to kill the character off by an extremely slim margin, much to the chagrin and outrage of the mass media, appalled by the idea of DC killing off one of their most well-known characters, even if it isn’t technically the same character they were thinking of.

While A Death In The Family might be known for the killing of a major character, it shouldn’t detract from the fact that everything that comes before and after the scene of the crime is excellent, beginning with Jason Todd coming across information regarding the location of his birth mother in some foreign land. Unfortunately, also in this foreign land is the Joker. Things pick up steam, then Robin gets killed off, and now Batman has to deal with grief and a desire to end the Joker once and for all; a task that becomes a bit more complicated.

A Death In The Family remains one of the perennial Batman stories ever tol. Not only due to its main climax, but also for being a solid story overall with some fantastic art from Jim Aparo and Mike DeCarlo. And while Jason Todd has long since been resurrected because DC has run out of original ideas, thus rendering the big climatic turning point moot, this is still a good thrilling read from the days when such stories were done on a regular basis. Recommended.

Jerry Lawler Still Employed After Choking Michael Cole

Michael Cole does his best Justin Roberts impersonation.

Breaking News: Jerry The King Lawler has not been fired for choking Michael Cole with a tie. Daniel Bryan Danielson, who was once fired for choking ring announcer Justin Roberts with a tie, has cried foul, but nobody listened nor cared.