"Oldschool" Scotty "The Body" Flamingo (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} scottyflamingo) wrote,@ 2006-04-24 14:03:00 |
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Lockdown thoughts and the Return of ECW
As promised, I bought Lockdown last night, even though I was weary due to all the card changes. Although I don't think it was quite as good as last month's PPV, it was still a great card.
-The opener was off the charts. TNA does a great job of getting the card energized right out the gate. Lots of crazy double and triple spots. I also like the storyline with Team USA and Alex Shelly.
-Low Ki was a great surprise opponent for Daniels and is a good edition to TNA. He was such a huge part of the early days of the X Division and there are plenty of stories to tell with him.
-The Flag match was the one match on the card I didn't care about (unless you consider the Konnan/Bullet arm wrestling a "match". This match surprised me. It was a lot of fun and the flag gimmick actually helped to differentiate it from the rest of the card.
-The arm wrestling was what it was. I think they realized that the crowd was dying and sped it up.
-The Xscape match was a disappointment. I called the winner and the order of elimiation. You know if Shark Boy is in the match, who's going out first and TNA is in love with Sabin. I don't know, he a good worker, but he just bores the hell out of me for some reason. And how many times are they gonna do Petey/Sabin?? People complained about the Samoa Joe/AJ/Daniels matchups being excessive, but these two have faced off way more.
-The World title match was a nice brawl and certainly better that last months Christian Vs. Monty.
-Sabu/Joe was as predicted, a glorified squash. This should've been an Impact match.
-Lethal Lockdown was solid, but nothing great. AJ's splash off the ladder through the table on the roof of the cage was a neat visual, but its not like it was any crazier than a splash off a ladder through a table on the floor. I think TNA would've benefitted more by having Rhino or Killings get the win for the team, but I guess they want to get their money's worth outta Sting.
Anyway, it was a good PPV with no bad matches, and two really good ones.
Now onto the big weekend news that ECW is coming back. I refuse to get excited about anything the E is doing. I'm like the dog that has a treat dangled in front of his face and then jerked away time after time. Sure, on paper it sounds cool, but they'll find a way to screw it up.
Still, turning OVW into ECW is a good start. Heyman will have a great pool of up and coming talent and with a little outside exposure from DVD or an online show, the E could have some ready made stars.
As promised, I bought Lockdown last night, even though I was weary due to all the card changes. Although I don't think it was quite as good as last month's PPV, it was still a great card.
-The opener was off the charts. TNA does a great job of getting the card energized right out the gate. Lots of crazy double and triple spots. I also like the storyline with Team USA and Alex Shelly.
-Low Ki was a great surprise opponent for Daniels and is a good edition to TNA. He was such a huge part of the early days of the X Division and there are plenty of stories to tell with him.
-The Flag match was the one match on the card I didn't care about (unless you consider the Konnan/Bullet arm wrestling a "match". This match surprised me. It was a lot of fun and the flag gimmick actually helped to differentiate it from the rest of the card.
-The arm wrestling was what it was. I think they realized that the crowd was dying and sped it up.
-The Xscape match was a disappointment. I called the winner and the order of elimiation. You know if Shark Boy is in the match, who's going out first and TNA is in love with Sabin. I don't know, he a good worker, but he just bores the hell out of me for some reason. And how many times are they gonna do Petey/Sabin?? People complained about the Samoa Joe/AJ/Daniels matchups being excessive, but these two have faced off way more.
-The World title match was a nice brawl and certainly better that last months Christian Vs. Monty.
-Sabu/Joe was as predicted, a glorified squash. This should've been an Impact match.
-Lethal Lockdown was solid, but nothing great. AJ's splash off the ladder through the table on the roof of the cage was a neat visual, but its not like it was any crazier than a splash off a ladder through a table on the floor. I think TNA would've benefitted more by having Rhino or Killings get the win for the team, but I guess they want to get their money's worth outta Sting.
Anyway, it was a good PPV with no bad matches, and two really good ones.
Now onto the big weekend news that ECW is coming back. I refuse to get excited about anything the E is doing. I'm like the dog that has a treat dangled in front of his face and then jerked away time after time. Sure, on paper it sounds cool, but they'll find a way to screw it up.
Still, turning OVW into ECW is a good start. Heyman will have a great pool of up and coming talent and with a little outside exposure from DVD or an online show, the E could have some ready made stars.
