{"id":328,"date":"2016-09-16T10:48:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T14:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=328"},"modified":"2025-05-13T19:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T23:52:45","slug":"tna-impact-review-9-15-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2016\/09\/16\/tna-impact-review-9-15-16\/","title":{"rendered":"TNA Impact Review 9-15-16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week\u2019s TNA Impact<\/strong> gave us the wild Delete or Decay event, which ended with Senor Benjamin<\/strong> being kidnapped, Brother Nero being \u201cmutilated\u201d and Vanguard I being destroyed.\u00a0This week\u2019s show looks to be somewhat noteworthy, Aron Rex<\/strong>\u2019s TNA wrestling debut and the follow up to Delete or Decay.<\/p>\n

TNA Impact Review 9-15-16<\/h2>\n

Impact Grand Championship Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first match in the tournament tonight was Aron Rex versus Trevor Lee<\/strong>.\u00a0 Unlike last week, they announced who won the judges decisions after each round.\u00a0 Aron Rex won the first round, 29-28. About two minutes in to the second round, Rex defeated Trevor Lee with a spinning elbow, which the Pope kept saying was a punch when it clearly wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

The second match of the tournament tonight was Eddie Edwards<\/strong> versus Mahabali Shera<\/strong>.\u00a0 The match started off with a lot of chain wrestling before the action spilled outside.\u00a0 The clock ran out with Edwards holding Shera in a submission maneuver.\u00a0 Edwards won round one 30-27. In the second round, Shera dominated while attacking Edwards ribs.\u00a0 Shera won the round 29-28.\u00a0 Both men came out firing in the third round, only for Edwards to catch Shera in a single leg Boston crab that caused Shera to tap. The semi-finals of the Grand Championship tournament will feature Eddie Edwards, Aron Rex, Drew Galloway<\/strong> and Eli Drake.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rating: 6\/10 \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>Aron Rex is not in the best shape that we have seen him in.\u00a0 He seems a little heavier and looked to move a little slower in the ring.\u00a0 It was no surprise to see Rex go over, as the finals appears to be shaping up as Rex versus Drew Galloway even though we have yet to see an actual bracket. The format of the match is still hard to get used to.\u00a0 Just as the match gets some momentum, the clock in the first round runs out.\u00a0 There is some potential for some quick hitting matches where someone hits a finisher quickly to win a match, but they haven\u2019t gone that way yet.\u00a0 Another question is how do you qualify for the championship after the tournament?\u00a0 Will random wrestlers be chosen to have the matches?<\/p>\n

Gimmick match of all gimmick matches<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was an \u201cexposed turnbuckle, empty arena match\u201d featuring Rockstar Spud<\/strong> versus Braxton Sutter<\/strong>. Josh Matthews and The Pope played it up as being too dangerous for fans to see, but they still show it on TV.\u00a0 The fight immediately went into the stands and seating areas, with Sutter destroying Spud. Eventually, Spud hit Sutter with a nut shot and started to take control with some stiff punches to the head.\u00a0 Sutter regained control and was thrown into the exposed turn buckle multiple times.\u00a0 Eventually, Sutter pinned Spud, who was spitting up blood.<\/p>\n

Rating 4\/10 \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>Sure, maybe Spud deserves credit for taking some of the punishment he did, but something like this just feels completely unnecessary on a television show.\u00a0 At the same time, many people would feel slighted if they paid for a product and one of the matches took place in an empty arena that they had to watch on a screen.\u00a0 The whole feud just did not feel big enough to need a match like this to blow it off.<\/p>\n

Determining the Number One Contender for Knockout Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maria Kanellis<\/strong> announced that Gail Kim<\/strong>\u2019s Hall of Fame Induction would actually take place tonight.\u00a0 During the \u201cinduction,\u201d Maria played a highlight video of Gail which was centered around Maria beating Kim.\u00a0 Dixie Carter<\/strong> came to the ring and announced that there would be a Knockouts Gauntlet match, with the winner facing Maria at Bound for Glory.<\/p>\n

The rules of the gauntlet match are pretty strange. The match starts with two knockouts, with one new knockout entering every 60 seconds. During the match, a knockout has to be tossed over the top rope. Once there are two knockouts left, a referee will get in the ring for a traditional finish. The first competitor was Jade<\/strong>, followed by Allie<\/strong>.\u00a0 Maria cut Allie off and introduced someone who was better than Allie, Laurel Vanness<\/strong>. The third entrant was Sienna<\/strong>, who worked with Vanness to put the boots to Jade.\u00a0 Gail Kim was the fourth entrant, who quickly went to work on Sienna and Vanness.\u00a0 The fifth entrant was Marti Bell<\/strong>.\u00a0 Bell and Vanness put the boots to Jade in a corner while Sienna and Kim work on the other side.\u00a0 The next entrant was Raquel<\/strong>, who went after just about anyone she could.\u00a0 Madison Rayne<\/strong> was the final knockout to enter the gauntlet match. After the commercial break, each one of the knockouts took turns hitting their finishing maneuvers on each other.\u00a0 Laurel Vanness eliminated Madison Rayne.\u00a0 Shortly after, Jade was eliminated by Marti Bell, who was in turn eliminated by Vanness.\u00a0 Sienna dumped Raquel, who took a nasty bump to the outside.\u00a0 Gail Kim eliminated Laurel Vanness, leaving Gail Kim and Sienna as the final two, thus becoming a traditional match. After a couple of minutes, Gail Kim hit Eat Defeat on Sienna and pinned her to become the number one contender.<\/p>\n

Review<\/em><\/strong>: 4\/10 \u2013 Some of the women tried hard and Gail Kim was the obvious right choice.\u00a0 But the match itself didn\u2019t make any sense format wise.\u00a0 The knockouts all came out so quickly that they should have all been in the ring to start.\u00a0 None were even eliminated by the time all of the women had entered the match.\u00a0 Vanness was put over pretty strong by eliminating two of the women, but it almost felt like a waste of a debut if she wasn\u2019t going to win.\u00a0 Sienna\u2019s work in the ring and everything about Allie is just terrible.<\/p>\n

Broken Matt Recovers House Hardy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Broken Matt<\/strong> took Brother Nero<\/strong> into the lake of reincarnation to heal him, and dunked him under water.\u00a0 When Jeff came above water, he was holding the terrible looking TNA Championship that he carried when he was the champion and threw out a \u201cyou can\u2019t see me\u201d line.\u00a0 As Jeff was smoking a cigarette, Matt said this was not the reincarnation he needed and dunked him back under.\u00a0 Brother Nero came back above the water and started saying \u201cobsolete, delete, obsolete, delete.\u201d\u00a0 Matt proclaimed that he has recovered one member of House Hardy and had two more to go.<\/p>\n

Broken Matt was shown walking through the woods looking for Vanguard I.\u00a0 He eventually came across the drone laying in a tree.\u00a0 Broken Matt picked it up and held it close.\u00a0 Matt prayed to the Seven Deity\u2019s to bring Vanguard back.\u00a0 Matt touched Vanguard and could see memories of Vanguard and Senor Benjamin doing yard work and playing chess together.\u00a0 Eventually, Vanguard I came back to life.<\/p>\n

Vanguard I went on the hunt for Senor Benjamin and found him locked up in a shed.\u00a0 Vanguard I went and got Broken Matt, who untied Benjamin.\u00a0 Broken Matt said that at Bound For Glory, a great war is coming.<\/p>\n

Back in the Impact Zone, Broken Matt told The Decay<\/strong> that they had gone too far and that at Bound For Glory, they would delete them.\u00a0 The Decay\u2019s music interrupted them, and Rosemary<\/strong> said that King Maxel<\/strong> deserved a better family.\u00a0 Abyss<\/strong> and Crazzy Steve<\/strong> said that Matt and Nero would never take their titles and that they deserved to decay.\u00a0 Matt challenged The Decay to a \u201cgreat war\u201d and not a normal wrestling match, to which The Decay accepted. Rosemary told Reby that she was an pathetic, unfit mother, which lead to a fight that the Hardy brothers got the better of.<\/p>\n

Rating: 6\/10 \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>The video packages were all entertaining, but the microphone work in the arena left a lot to be desired.\u00a0 This is arguable the most popular storyline TNA has going right now and is rightfully the focus of a lot of the show.\u00a0 However, they were smart to not close the show with this, as it would have felt like a flat ending.<\/p>\n

Bobby Lashley versus Ethan Carter III Hype<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bobby Lashley<\/strong> was interviewed by Jeremy Borash<\/strong>, in which Lashley proclaimed that he beat Ethan Carter III<\/strong> enough last week that there is no main event for Bound For Glory.\u00a0 While saying that no one in the back had the guts to challenge him, Grado<\/strong>\u2019s music hit. Lashley got in his face saying it was a joke that he was out there, to which Grado replied that Borash is a bigger joke than any one.\u00a0 Grado said he wanted to prove that he is no joke and told Lashley that he was a coward, which is why he attacked EC3 at the press conference. Grado said that Lashley can be beaten, which lead to Lashley attacking Grado with an elbow, followed up by a spear. Lashley got back on the mic and said he would kill anyone on the roster and no one can beat him. Moose\u2019<\/strong>s music played, and he walked slowly to the ring. The two men got face to face and threw punches at each other.\u00a0 Eventually, Moose got the better of Lashley, who left the ring.\u00a0 Moose challenged Lashley to a match for tonight.<\/p>\n

Later in the night, Moose came to the ring to fight Lashley, but Lashley said it wasn\u2019t going to happen because he is a business man.\u00a0 Lashley challenged Moose to a match at Bound For Glory for \u201cthe big money.\u201d Moose agreed with Lashley and said that they would fight at Bound For Glory, but he couldn\u2019t wait and punched Lashley.\u00a0 The fight eventually spilled outside, around the announcers table and back in to the ring.\u00a0 Mike Bennett<\/strong> attacked Moose, which allowed Lashley to hit a spear on Moose. Ethan Carter\u2019s music hit, who came to Moose\u2019s rescue with his ribs taped up. Carter hit a double clothesline on Lashley and Bennett and the show abruptly ended.<\/p>\n

Rating: 6\/10 \u00ad<\/em><\/strong>\u2013 It\u2019s always great to see people have a desire to win any wrestling promotions most coveted title, but it also felt odd for Moose to just completely ignore the fact that he had a match at Bound For Glory with Bennett during their initial exchange.\u00a0 During the final segment, Moose seemed to agree to a match with Lashley, but Ethan Carter returning seems to completely negate that.\u00a0 The crowd didn\u2019t really have a great reaction to Carter showing up, so it did not come across as a very big deal.\u00a0 The show ended very abruptly after the double clothesline from Carter.<\/p>\n

Overall Rating: 5\/10 –<\/em><\/strong>The show was timed decently, but overall wasn\u2019t as newsworthy as anticipated.\u00a0 Rex\u2019s debut match did not feel like as big of a deal as it should have been, given the way they treated his on screen debut. The highlight of the show was definitely the video segments of the Delete and Decay feud and it was rightfully showcased throughout the night.\u00a0 The ending segment was clearly done to plant seeds of a Bobby Lashley and Moose feud after Lashley\u2019s match with Ethan Carter at Bound For Glory.<\/p>\n

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