RAW (Nov. 15th, 2010) – Old-School WWE? We Already Have That. It’s Called TNA.

Wasn’t able to catch the full show (although I did managed to catch up by watching the rest of it on YouTube), but for the most part, I thought the show was a nice concept. The show itself wasn’t all that special, but the whole attempt to recreate the atmosphere of a 1980s WWF show (old sets, old ring set-ups, Wrestling Challenge-esque interview boxes during matches, old ref shirts with little bowties, MEAN GENE OKERLUND, HOWARD FINKEL, JIM ROSS) gave it a nice little atmosphere and overall, I enjoyed the show more on that merit than on the content itself. I’d be open to another one if they decide to go for it… it’s certainly better than a lot of their other 3-hour RAWs.

Some random thoughts that might or might not be related to the actual content of the show:

– Feels totally weird to see all the original WWF block logos all over the place but they can’t actually MENTION the initials or even the old name unless they want to be bitchslapped by the pandas again. Would have been nice if they’d gone the whole way and reverted to the old name, but at least they didn’t use the butchered WWE Legends logo that appears on merchandise. (2015 Update: Subsequent “old-school” themed shows would use said WWE Legends logo and feel even more half-assed than this initial effort.)

– Hey, why isn’t Jerry Lawler wearing the old cape he had really early on? And what’s with the bland beige jackets? What about the canary blue jackets?

– Nice to see Daniel Bryan and Jack Swagger have a great match with enough time to do their thing. Also nice to see Jim Ross call a match one more time… even if Coleslaw had to ruin it.

That’s all I can really say. Show was okay, but I just like to look at the old-school set-pieces.

The TNA DVD BOARD GAME?!! WHAT THE FUCK?!!!

(2024 Update: I’d link you to the page, but said link no longer works.)

Here’s some of the awesome praise that this game is getting on ShopTNA.com

Chris from the United Kingdom declares:

I LOVE this game! You can play out all your wrestling dreams that TNA would never bother with in real life! You can hire a bunch of old, broken down WWE rejects if you want! Then, you can completely bury all your young, promising talent in favour of using these guys 15 years past their prime who can’t wrestle anymore! You can turn everyone heel for no reason and make your faces look incompetent and pathetic! You can even reform the nWo and recreate the death of WCW, in a board game! Watch as your PPV buyrates hit rock bottom and your pointless swerves and horrible booking lead you to slowly spiral out of business, taking with you a whole bunch of really talented wrestlers. I would love it if TNA did all of these things, but sadly, I don’t think they would do any of them… 😦

Joe from England comments:

Not content to merely market their poorly booked “wrestling” and completely ludicrous storylines. The fine former coma patients behind TNA are now offering a completely moronic board game, complete with DVD. Relive all those exciting moments like the time Abyss tried to brutally murder a man with a nail covered bat, without being arrested! Or the time Surge valiantly ran into the ring to, get his ass kicked. Or the shocking moment where Abyss began kidnapping paying audience members. This game will make all your TNA dreams come true, with a proper fire source.

And a couple others apparently wish Noah “Spoony One” Antwiler would get his hands on the game and make a review out of it… or something. Spoony reviewing a TNA board game and being completely driven insane? Yeah, I’d watch that.

It’s a good thing WWE doesn’t have a DVD Board game… oh wait. They do.

Review #013 – Pole Position II (Atari 7800)

(2025 Update: New video upload with new title card and slight edits.)

When Nintendo brought their Famicom to America, they packaged it with Super Mario Bros. When Atari brought their 7800 system out of mothballs a year later, they packaged it with Pole Position II… an arcade title from 1982… guess which system fared better.

 

Slideshow Movie Review #01 – Kickassia (2010 Web Movie)


(2019 Update: In case it isn’t apparent, this video has been retroactively rebranded as the very first Slideshow Movie Review. Eventually, I’ll have to get around to making a special edition of this one review with music and stuff.)

I had originally written a review of Kickassia a few months back when the thing was new. The video is pretty much the same thing, but with a couple additional bits. If you want to check that out, click here.

Jeff Hardy’s the new DIVAS champion now?

From a taping of TNA Impact comes Jeff Hardy’s new World title… shortly after the one one was thrown in the trash. I don’t know if this is suppose to cause an emotional reaction, because it’s not working… especially since it looks more like a DIVAS championship than a world title. If the title is supposed to be menacing, then it failed miserably… especially with the pinkish color scheme.

Hey, Uncle Eric. Pot Called To Tell The Kettle It's Black

Eric Bischoff was recently asked on his Facebook what he thought of WWE’s recent Nexus angle. Here’s his short and simple reply:

Boring as hell.

Yes, Eric. Nexus is getting rather stale, but that’s okay, because I’ll just tune into TNA and watch you rehash the same shit you did in WCW shortly before that company went out of business… because THAT’S funny.

Bite me, Uncle Eric.

By the way, I lied about tuning in to TNA. I’m not that desperate for entertainment… unless it’s Xplosion.