Showing posts with label impact. Show all posts
Showing posts with label impact. Show all posts

Thursday, August 12, 2010

WHY THIS TNA/HOGAN/ TWITTER FIASCO IS A WORK

If you don't know what I'm talking about, head over to Cageside Seats who have a pretty thorough recap.


WHO IS @TNANONYMOUS?

IT'S TNA-A-WORKING-US!

Photo - TNAWrestling.com

Pun - me. sorry.


I can't be the first one to say this and truly believe it, but if I am, then U HERD IT HERE FIRSTTT.


First of all, I just don't fucking believe it. I don't believe that Eric Bischoff and Hogan's bestest bud Bubba the Love Sponge would just start declaring that this account is real, for no reason. Literally. No reason. What reason could Bischoff or Bubba have been given to follow this account, instead of any of the other countless fake Hogan accounts that pop up? None.


Unless if the reason was for a lot of people to follow the fake account so everyone could see the bogus tweets that were about to happen, thus putting this work into motion.


Hogan didn't say anything about it to E and BTLS, obviously, and these dudes are closer than brothers, brother! Why would they jump all over this without consulting the Hulkster? And while I do find Bubba to be exceptionally stupid, I don't find him or Bisch stupid enough to just declare a completely and obviously fake Hogan account as real and tell the world to follow it.


Plus, why the fuck would Bubba tweet about a meeting with Hogan, and tweet TO Hogan about the meeting they just had WHEN THEY WERE JUST THERE TOGETHER. Surely Bubba would've said to Hogan, who was allegedly right beside him, "hey, ur on twitter now right? i'ma tweet u. bubba." and Hogan would say, "no i am not on a twitter whats a twitter, jack"


Not only that, but TNA has already had this account overturned AND are promoting Hogan joining Twitter on Impact. So, they're taking this story and putting it on TV already. And I'm pretty sure it takes a little longer to take control of a fake account. WWE try to get rid of fakes for fucking weeks, if not longer, and they're WWE. The speed of this was insane, and seemed like it was done this way to create an intentional buzz.


Which brings me to my other reason. TNA love this whole "buzz for the wrong reason" approach. Whether it's bringing Hogan's fat friends into TNA, or putting ECW wrestlers' interests above the company's, or orchestrating a phony Twitter account story to get them buzz on the dirtsheets for their next episode, they love this stuff. It also screams of Eric Bischoff and how he loves working the internet for fun.


This idea definitely sounds like it's leading to a "WHO IS THE TNANONYMOUS DISGRUNTLED WRESTLER?!?!" It sounds like a storyline that TNA would do, because they, like WCW did, loves the "who's side is he on?!" "who's the mystery masked man?!" "but why did he do it?!" "who is the disgruntled wrestler on Twitter?!?lol?" bullshit-whodunnit type of angles that essentially are just done because they don't know how to tell a story without being like "but there will be surprises, promise!" Which is also bullshit, because advertising surprises defeats the whole goddamn purpose (but that's a whole other rant).


Here's what I am guessing will happen:


Hogan shows up on Impact, says some "dudes" and "brothers," maybe he addresses a current storyline or whatever, but then eventually he explains that he's joining Twitter. He makes an inside joke/crack at the whole debacle that went on yesterday, and that's about it.


But eventually, be it the next show, or a little ways down the road, the whole "disgruntled employee" thing starts playing out on the show. People start wondering who it is, wrestlers keep getting "misused" and "screwed" and there is a TNA originals V. brass storyline that ultimately goes nowhere.


I really do think this is all a work. Maybe even some of the things we've been reading online have been embellished or even worked as well (Joe yelling at Russo, Styles complaining about dropping the belt, etc.). This TNAnonymous guy is essentially outlining a feud on Twitter, saying he'll reveal his identity in October when his contract is up, along with 14 other upset wrestlers' contracts. Hmm… so he begins with an initial conflict (fake Twitter fiasco), challenges an opponent (Hogan, Dixie, Bischoff), sets a date for this to be resolved (October) with a stipulation (loser leaves TNA).


...


Sounds like a storyline to me!


And I also don't believe the hilarity that a real human TNA wrestler actually thought the best way to go about solving his issues in the workplace was to create a fake Hulk Hogan account on Twitter and go fucking postal with it. Not only that, but he managed to convince Hogan's closest friends that it was legit.


It's a work. It's hilarious how quickly the wrestling media bit on this one. But I will admit, done the right way, working people on Twitter would be AMAZING. But this just isn't subtle at all.


Also, Bound For Glory is in October. Worth mentioning. And apparently Hogan's contract expires in October. Holy jeepers is this a work.


I almost hate writing this and pointing it out, in case people are buying into it and getting excited. There's nothing worse than someone ruining the ending of a good book. Except TNA isn't a good book, it's more of a shitty remake of a bad movie you would sometimes watch but never really got into because the ring was too small and made a weird noise and Tony Schiavone was annoying.


If I'm wrong you have permission to post things like "lol" and "butthurt" and "U MAD" in the comments section.


The end!

Monday, May 3, 2010

GET READY FOR THE MONDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT WARS!!


Goliath def. David via submission

TONIGHT: RAW VS. IMPACT - WEEK NINE: SUPERBRAWL SATURDAY!

Holy HECK I've been gone for one weekend and I feel like I haven't written about wrestling for... for... I can't even come up with a wrestling-related joke to end that sentence! Maybe that's a blessing in disguise.

RAW VS. IMPACT
5/3/2010 PREVIEW

RAW (LIVE)
Announced
Guest Host: Wayne Brady

Expected
Fallout from the WWE Draft
A failed "we want Tony Atlas" chant
John Cena and Wayne Brady do an elaborate cool guy handshake that makes me laugh

Won't Happen
CM Punk shaves Wayne Brady's head and immaculately thin facial hair

IMPACT (LIVE)
Announced
Please DVR our show please! PLEASE!
Who will Hulk Hogan give Ric Flair's Hall of Fame ring to?
Hulk Hogan confronts Sting, because no one believes Sting as a heel, not even the wrestlers
Beer Money vs. "always a #2 Contender, never #1" Motor City Machine Guns
EVERY Knockout Title is on the line in one match again
Orlando Jordan makes Rob Terry question his sexuality
Douglas Williams returns without his X-Division Title
More on the TNA Rankings System

Expected
Lex Luger FINALLY breaks his silence!!
RVD def. Desmond Wolfe to retain the TNA Title
Abyss spits all over the place

Won't Happen
Me tuning in, now that I have a friend with HDNet.

ROH ON HDNET
Match Listing (Non-Spoiler)
Austin Aries vs. Delirious
Pick 6 Series: Roderick Strong vs. Joey Ryan
Plus, the Necro Butcher & The Dark City Fight Club are in action

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

I ALWAYS KNEW JEFF HARDY WAS A BURNOUT, BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

I've been sitting here thinking of puns for about a half hour and that's the best I came up with.

Anyway, here's the fucking crazy video of Jeff Hardy blazing.

Okay I'll stop.

The sad thing is, I actually really like Jeff Hardy. I just can't resist making terrible jokes.


Apparently, according to Jeff Hardy's girlfriend's Twitter (which is a sentence that couldn't better reveal how much of a nerd I am), Jeff was burned pretty bad by the flame, enough to "blister & peel," which is pretty bad.

I wonder who's call it was to have Storm bring the fire? Probably not Hogan.

I'll say it again. Probably not Hogan.

Monday, April 12, 2010

RAW AND IMPACT 4/12: RAW IS HOFF, IMPACT IS A HASSEL! LOL?!

That was terrible. And not entirely true. Or spelled correctly.

As explained last week (or the week before. I tend to forget when I do things because I watch naked men pretend to fight each other all day every day), there is so little crossover between RAW and Impact for Canadians now that there is literally no point in me doing my "Flipping Between" reviews, since I flip like once and then there's no more flipping to be done. Impact starts at 8 (with a pre-show at 7!) and RAW starts at 9:15, so you do the math, because I don't do math because I watch naked men pretend to fight each other all day every day.

Here's what I wrote down while watching both shows tonight (which may be a bit more than usual since I missed out on doing a preview earlier today):

RAW VS. (SOME OF) IMPACT
APRIL 12TH, 2010
Photo - WWE.com

IMPACT

- How many gimmick matches has TNA had/will they have, in like 3 weeks total? Not just that, but how about SPONTANEOUS gimmick matches?! Post-show research shows that the number I'm looking for is thirteen.


Okay, it's not exactly fair to include Lockdown in that number (well it is), but still, six gimmick matches in three weeks on free TV is a bit hyperactive, don't you think?


- Motor City are so fucking great. Alex Shelley alone has the potential to be such a massive star if he's treated the right way I think. He looks like the most relevant dude in either major company today. I love that they're jobbing to Matt Morgan as I write this.


- People in TNA do not watch their own show.


Eric Bischoff: "Hogan, you told me, KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER"


Next segment - Tara: "Angelina Love, you know what they say, "KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER"


They DO say that! In fact, Eric Bischoff just said that.


- As the Leather and Lace-- no, The Handcuffed Beatdown-- No, I Quit Match-- no, Strip You Naked With the Help of My Best Friends Match was going on, my girlfriend said - "You can really see how high quality WWE is after watching this." I should also point out she put air quotes around "high quality," implying that high quality for wrestling is measured on a different scale than real life things.


- Tara took a Jack Swagger amount of time getting those handcuffs off.


- Welp, RAW's on. I was having a great time watching TNA half-assedly while cooking dinner (Kaz/Moore was pretty damn awesome, and once again, the X-Division pulls the hottest reaction from the Impact Zone for the night), but once I started paying attention, it started sucking. Coincidence? I dun think so.


IMPACT (WHILE RAW WAS ON)

- Christy Hemme: "Abyss IS in the ambalance."


- Abyss was hit by a car after telling Desmond Wolfe to try and kill him. Probably shouldn't have done that.


- Turned back in time to see Hogan's look of sorrow. The end!


RAW

- What is this fucking HOFF CHANT? Oh my good lord this is epic as all hell. KNIGHT RIDER OH MY GOD I LITERALLY PISSED MY PANTS HELP.


- Look at that jacket. This will be the most hilarious RAW of all time.


- As I watch this, an unfortunate thought crosses my mind. If this was happening on TNA, I would probably pan it into the ground. Sad. But I am a WWE mark, when compared to TNA… but also, TNA hasn't proved itself to be able to have this kind of chaos without it seeming totally retarded and cheap.


- HOOOFFFFFFSOOOMMMMMEEEE.


- Haha. Hasselhoff for permanent RAW GM. Now he just told everyone to shutup for no reason.


- Booing SMACKDOWN?! Too much wrestling?! Logic?! REASON?! AH GAD


- Jackie Swagger should definitely be his new name forever.


- So Jackie Swagger will defend the World Title TO Randy Orton. "I think this title looks cool, I don't care what you say."


- Hoff looks like he's being awarded Eve as she runs to the ring.


- Cole: "I'd love to sit around and watch football with Eve." Subtext: I do not have a functioning male penis.


- I thought she might take it. Eve wins the prestigious Divas Title!


- How many references are there to getting on your knees in WWE entrance music? Miz, Swagger, Suck It... there has to be more.


- Miz is getting crazy over with all dat gold.


- "WHO BETTAH THAN SHOMIZ?!" … poor timing Miz. :(


- YES. Bret Hart. More Hart Dynasty. OMG I am foaming at the mouth. Goddamn I love Bret Hart. No number of shitty WrestleMania 26 matches could make me not love this man.


- HUGE British Bulldogs pop.


- Oh my god Miz. You can catch heat like a fucking solar flare. He makes me flush in the face with rage whenever he talks down to MY BELOVED BRET.


- The tag titles have been elevated in a new way, even though I should've noticed this a while ago. Being given the ability to appear on both shows is such a sign of confidence in a team that they can carry their weight in the ring and on the mic.


- I can't get enough of the Hart Dynasty as a stable with Bret. It gives me a wrestling boner with a maple leaf tattoo.


- Anytime RAW has gone to commercial and I've switched to Impact, it's been on commercial. Poor timing for TNA in Canada. They can't control it, just a bummer.


- Also, anytime I tune in to Impact, when it actually is airing, someone is getting BRUTALLY ATTACKED. Abyss hit by a car, Jeff Hardy set on fire, Eric Young chasing people with a hockey stick, clips of James Storm blasting RVD with a beer bottle. Everything happens on every show, which is just another way of saying nothing happens on every show.


- I love Nattie Neidhart on the outside. She looks so friggin' invested in every second of the match.


- DH using the Davey Boy stalling vertical tickles my previously mentioned wrestling boner.


- Had to kill a spider and came back to see Otunga and Batista on screen at the same time. I cursed that spider and cut a promo on it because I was so pissed.


- Nice! Evan Bourne wrestling! If I hear Sheamus' music next, I'll cry. Okay good there's a jobber already in the rin-- wait it's Carlito! Well… I guess my original comment still stands.


- Wait a minute… this seems weird. I fear Sheamus could appear at any moment and dole out some pump kicks.


- Oh gad… Bourne really smacked his head on the mat. Fucking Carlito!


- No one gets apathy heat quite like Carlito.


- Holy fuckbots that corner leg lariat/knee to a sitting Carlito was insane.


- Best SSP in the business right there. Wordpad just auto-corrected "thurr" to "there" for me. Probably worked out for the best.


- Really good to see Evan Bourne getting a singles win without getting wallpapered by Sheamus or something. I could go for a Bourne match every week where he pulls out a win, or looks like an actual contender.


- Overwhelming boos for Cena. Anyone I talk to who doesn't watch wrestling is outraged at the jorts that John Cena wears. But the trunks that Otunga wears are made out of that material that your butt apparently loves to eat up, and that doesn't help either.


- Batista is undressing LIKE A MAN POSSESSED.


- LOFL. Holy fucking crap I never realized that when Triple H hit Sheamus in the gut with the sledgehammer, Michael Cole yelled "FEELTHEWRATH" … what?!


- Kofi has fallen back to generic babyface. I almost think he needs to turn heel so we can -- (as I was writing this, Kofi said "I just spoke to David Hasselhoff!" and I laughed out loud at the idea that if you want to make a match you have to consult David Hasselhoff)-- see some of that mean streak he showed against Randy Orton.


- Good to see Kofi looked like a big threat after being jobbed out last week. He and big Shame stepped it up.


- Good to see the women on both shows are being degraded tonight.


- Also, the Carlito/Kozlov thing is awesome, logical, and hilarious all at the same time. OF COURSE they should blame the guest hosts for not getting matches, and OF COURSE it sounds fucking stupid saying you'll take out your frustrations on MacGruber.


- Michael Cole: "I wish the lifeguards looked like this at my community pool." Implying that this nerd goes to his community pool. Implying that the lifeguards at his community pool are nasty fugly hoes. Implying that he looks at these nasty lifeguards and wishes he had Kelly Kelly to look at and have to hide his half-boner in the shallow end.


- If I had a fever dream 10 years ago, it might've gone something like this: "I was watching Raw, but it wasn't Raw, because David Hasselhoff was there and all of these girls were in baywatch suits, and this guy swallowed a whistle so a midget came running out (also dressed like he was on baywatch) and everyone cheered when he jumped on the man's tummy. Also, Michael Cole's moustache was missing."


- How many clip on lights and tiny TV monitors do you think they take on tour with them? This is a legitimate question for which I expect no answer.


- "Look at the eyes." - Michael Cole. That will be etched on his tombstone.


- Out of nowhere RKO: will never not be awesome.


- Swagger got some SERIOUS heat for taking out Orton. Nice.


- John Cena is going to have a fucking aneurism with all of that Warrior flexing. At least he proved he can count to ten, unlike the actual Warrior.


At the end of it all, both shows were fun to watch in their own way. Impact had me for some of it, lost me for a lot of it, but still gave me that "if I look away I could miss someone dying!" feeling. RAW was fun the whole way through and had an Evan Bourne match that didn't end in a vicious Sheamus beatdown. I think everyone won tonight.


Hope this wasn't excruciatingly long to read. Apparently I had a lot of thoughts tonight. And more swearing than usual. Sorry mom.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

KEVIN NASH WILL FLY WHOEVER COMES UP WITH A BETTER NAME THAN THE BAND TO ORLANDO

And, without fail, everyone on Twitter responded with phenomenal (read: hilarious) ideas. Here are the leading candidates:

- OBB "Original Bad Boys"
- The 3 Nations (what)
- The 3 Dudes
- Three The Hard Way
- best name for what sorry just got in
- Newest World Order
- Don't you wish you could be Vinnie Vegas again?
- The Men
- The Boyz (from same guy as The Men)
- The Rapists
- Ratings Reunion
- GPL (Gettin Paid N Gettin Laid)
- Freebirds 2000
- The BAD "Bad Ass Dudes"
- The Blueprints (clearly this guy doesn't watch TNA)
- OSNS old school style new school attitude (just rolls off the tongue)
- Hands of Time (HOT) (so many of this guys' make absolutely no sense)
- I like A-Team
- Kevin Nash and Friends (LOLED HARD. It was a real suggestion. His next one was "Legends Surrogate")
- The Trouble Train
- The Lone Gunmen (holy fuck. gunmen.)
- Three of a Kind
- N.N.N. No Name Needed (They'd be like the generics at the grocery store!)
- Wolfband
- Top Notch Scotch

And then someone legitimately said:

hey big sexy Kevin how about nwo or the bad ass

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

A REVIEW OF ONE AND A HALF SHOWS: RAW AND IMPACT

I only watched the first half of Impact last night (not because RAW started - it was preempted by NCAA Basketball in Canada), more because I think it fried my brain. Here's what I wrote down as the shows went on:

IMPACT
- Christy Hemme appears on screen to hype the Knockouts tag match for tonight, which has some special stipulations. She says, "the rules are simple" and then goes on to describe the most convoluted rules I've ever heard for a match ever.

- Abyss coats the camera lens in his saliva.

- Ric Flair must be running on coke reserves from the 80's.

- RVD and Jeff Hardy make the save by following a slow old mom down the stairs of the Impact Zone. "Um... uh, excuse me... excuse me... sorry... I..."

- Homicide cashes in the "been off TV" Title shot briefcase!*

- There must've been 75 pounds of fake tits in that Knockouts promo.

- On Impact, the camera is constantly covered in some kind of crap. Beer, blood, Abyss' spittle...

- Orlando Jordan just came on himself. Is he paid to wrestle? Or just... I don't even know what you would call this.

- Taz, during one of Impact's three second "back from commercial but not really" breaks, just shouted LOCK BOX.

- Velvet Sky literally points inside her own butt as she gets in the ring.

- Tara wins a key. Maybe she'll retain her title or get her spider back if her special key unlocks the right lock box. Or maybe I'll turn the TV off and give my brain a rest.

- Lacey Von Erick does a moonsault to land on her feet then drop an elbow. Guess what? Did not work out so well.

- TNA loves these "you win and get a thing and the thing could be a good thing or a bad thing!" matches.

- That poor ring announcer... he has so much trouble getting all of these crazy rules announced. "The following contest is a ladder match! Where... the winner, um, must try and climb to get the key where... the key unlocks the cage door at Lockdown! And, well... I suppose he'll have to... pack the key in his luggage and bring it to Lockdown, I... don't know, I guess... ahem."

- Five KEYS will be won by the end of the show.*

- Maybe more keys will be won by the end of the show. The key to Abyss's orange hummer, maybe.

- 8:57: Ladder Match starts.

- 8:58: Kurt Angle almost certainly herniates a disc on the ladder. The suplex looked NASTY.

- 9:01: Kurt Angle is dead (That fall to the outside made me cry out in sorrow like a mourning dog).

- 9:06: Match over. I turn off my TV.

In all fairness, that Ladder Match was fun as hell for what it was (scary for Kurt Angle's immediate health). And, in all honesty, the entire show was fun as hell too, but (as always) because it makes me feel like I am on hard drugs while watching it.

Both RAW and Impact have GREAT reasons to watch the show. It just so happens Impact's reasons are more like the reasons you watch Jersey Shore: because it's an absolute trainwreck and you can't look away. That's fine. I watched Jersey Shore. It was a blast. But I would never pay to watch Jersey Shore on PPV.

And Impact does have these nice glowing little nuggest of hope whenever you see guys like Generation Me wrestle, or even that Ladder Match, or RVD tearing it up and the crowd going mental. But for now, Impact makes my brain leak out of my ears and part of me enjoys that.

RAW
Here is the problem I have when I watch Impact and RAW in the same night. I find myself more seriously enjoying RAW for the solid wrestling (Christian/DiBiase was great, Orton/Swagger too) and wondering where each storyline will go. But I always find it hard to remember what exactly happens on RAW when Orlando Jordan jizzes all over himself and ten people are gushing blood on Impact.

Anyway, here's what I wrote down:

- Swagger's "World Heavyweight Title Address" thing is amazing. People are hating the fuck out of him for reading from a book.

- There's a huge nerd in a white hat booing John Cena ONLY when he sees himself on the titantron. What a dork.

- HAHA. "I have earned this my friend and I am saying you have not earned what you have!" Sometimes John Cena's gimmick is just too fucking funny. Like a parody of a generic superhero in a Saturday morning cartoon.

- David Otunga has "RAW" shaved into his head. This man is a father.

- WHOA that psych-out RKO was badass. I hope he keeps doing shit like that. Orton tweenin' is badass. At least they're not just buddying him up with Cena continuously. Them teaming together last week was a bit annoying, but whatever. What I saw of Impact erased my entire memory anyway.

- OH SNAP MILLION DOLLAR BELT AND FORTUNATE SONS REFERENCE

- "Could you imagine what that Million Dollar Championship would've cost?!" - Jerry Lawler

- Wow, clean win over Christian. Great match.

- Orton/Swagger was another great match with an EPIC gutwrench to RKO counter. Glad Swagger looked strong against Orton who's on a babyface/tween tear of badassery right now.

In conclusion, Swagger looked super strong on Smackdown last week after winning the title and he stood toe to toe with like a 78-time World Champion in Randy Orton. I don't expect Swagger to look like a God in coming weeks, but it'd be cool if he could be built over some time as getting stronger.

Monday, April 5, 2010

TONIGHT: RAW VS. HALF OF IMPACT WEEK FIVE: LIVE... I THINK?

I forgot if TNA is airing live tonight (couldn't remember if last week was live or taped) so I went to their website to check the preview for tonight's show. At first I couldn't find anything saying it was live, until I realized it was tucked away in the description for the Team 3D/MCMG rematch for tonight.

... shouldn't the word "LIVE" be plastered all over your preview? In the headline at least? Even the first sentence would be good. You guys made a huge deal about going live and now you're not even bothering to promote it anymore.

I guess the most important thing to take home from that preview is that Impact will be airing at 8 this week instead of 9, after getting bludgeoned to death in the ratings last week.

RAW VS. IMPACT (KIND OF)
4/5/10 PREVIEW

RAW (LIVE)
Announced
Guest Host: David Otunga
... that's it I think. After coming off the best RAW since Max Mini dove onto Mini Vader from the stage, I suppose they don't need to advertise too much for this one.

Expected
Triple H tells Sheamus that it started off as business, but since he interrupted his teary-eyed speech about HBK... IT'S PERSONAL
David Otunga asks us to Google him, and I say, do it yourself you lazy a-hole.
John Cena hugs fatties, kisses babies

Won't Happen
Shawn Michaels acting a fool in a wheelchair :(

Please God
Hart Dynasty & Bret vs. ShoMiz feud continues. This is my favourite thing right now.

IMPACT (LIVE - I THINK) AT 8
Announced
Ladder Match: (With the key to the Lockdown cage door hanging) Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson
D'Angelo Dinero vs. Desmond Wolfe
#1 Contenders Match for the Tag Team Titles: Motor City Machine Guns vs. Team 3D
Tara, Angelina Love, ODB & Hamada vs. The Beautiful People & Daffney
Doug Williams hosts an X Division Gauntlet

Expected
I have no expectations

Won't Happen
Generation Me in a match, again. :(

Just some interesting info here: Anderson vs. Angle will be the 27th Ladder Match in TNA History. It'll be the 10th time a Ladder Match has appeared on Impact. It will be the 20th (I think) that ISN'T for a belt. In other words, TNA has been hanging shit above the ring for eight years for guys to grab, and have only put a belt up there like 7 times. Here's a list of crap they've hung up there:

- A wedding ring
- Kurt Angle's gold medal
- About a zillion contracts, briefcases and "FUTURE SHOTS" at belts
- A reindeer suit (Did they hang it up there? I forget)
- TNA World Beer Drinking Championship
- A key for a cage door

All of this, coupled with the whole reverse Ladder Match insanity that is King of the Mountain (pin a guy, guy goes to penalty box, you try and HANG THE BELT ON THE HOOK - then you win! And... take the belt down. DOI.) makes my balls ache for some logic in my wrestling. Here's the remedy for that:

ROH ON HDNET (TAPED)
Match Listing
MAIN EVENT
"That Young Knockout Kid" Chris Hero (with Claudio Castagnoli)
vs.
Jay Briscoe (with Mark Briscoe)
Erick Stevens vs. Pelle Primeau
Steve Corino vs. Bobby Shields
Dark City Fight Club vs. The Set

Anyway, I probably won't be doing my usual channel flipping review tonight, considering there will be barely any crossover with TNA starting at 8:00 and RAW starting at 9:15 for us Canadians.