Anyone pumped for Monday

[Nick Watson]

RVD and Kennedy are people I would love to see on TNA.

[Dr. Matt]

I pretty much gave up on wrestling a while back, not just due to the storylines, but I'm not entertained by actual wrestling anymore. But, I gave most of Impact a watch, and a taped RAW so I could watch it later. I actually ended up missing the ending to both (fell asleep during Impact, and my fucking DVR skipped the last 15 minutes of RAW),

My thoughts: Well, both shows didn't really interest me. Seeing Bret and Shawn "reconcile" was nice, I suppose, and I agreed with the sentiment that we just need to let Montreal go. The story is so muddled at this point who knows who is telling the truth and if anybody even remembers how it all went down (Are we really supposed to assume that any of them actually do remember exactly how everything went down. Memory is a fucked up thing).

As for Impact: Holy fuck did they miss the point. The segment with Hulk, Nash, Scott, and Waltman, and Bischoff was long. TOO fucking long. Yes, "historic", but you can't fucking say that the show is going to be about the young guys now and then have that long of segment with the old fucks talking about.

Did either show inspire me to want to start watching wrestling again? Not really. TNA and WWE, at the end of the day, do things the same way. If they really wanted to be an alternative, they need to get someone never involved with WWE/WCW/ECW to run the show. Big risk, maybe, but TNA and WWE are both the same thing.

And as for TNA dumping the six-sided ring, I wouldn't really mind. I still don't think they've figured out where to place their cameras properly.

[Assassin]

I would be sad to see the six sided ring go because when TNA put it out on TV it was interestying cause it hadn't really been seen that much in the U.S. I get why Hogan would want to get rid of the six sided ring and go back to the normal one.

But I think it might be a mistake to that considering most of the people on the TNA roster are so use to that ring as it is. But if it happens then so be it.

[biggs]

Jan 6, 2010 1:03:58 GMT -4 @justaguy said:

as opposed Biggs to yet another Jericho losses and leaves Raw match vs DX or Kofi getting buried by Orton again? Evan Bourne being jobbed out despite being one the most entertaining guys on the roster. Hornswaggle....need I say more. Sheamus and is lack o' tan? Its the same 6 guys working the same 3 segments each and every week. Im not saying TNA was perfect, Steel Asylum anyone, but overall it was a better program and was actually interesting. Hart at the start and at the end was the ONLY thing remotely interesting for Raw.

I wasn't saying that WWE put out an amazing RAW compared to what TNA did with Impact, just that TNA can't produce a decent show to save their lives. Impact reeked of WCW 2.0, and did very little to promote their homegrown talent. Other than Angle vs. AJ, Impact fell in the same pitfalls it always does with having way too much going on with not enough time to make somebody care at all what's happening. Simply put, TNA did not make good use of a three hour broadcast. When you have a three hour wrestling show, but less than an hour of in ring action, that's just inexcusable. TNA tried to do way too much, and all the returns and new arrivals just lessened the impact, so to speak, of the said new arrivals. TNA went for shock value, while RAW advanced storylines.
Now on to your critiques of RAW, I do agree that Hornswoggle has no business being anywhere near DX, let alone a wrestling ring. Granted, I've felt that the constant DX rehashes are pathetic attempts to sell merchandise, as two 40+ year old men telling everyone to "Suck It!" is just wrong. Also, while I would have loved to see Jeri-Show get the titles back, other than the ending series of moves, the tag match was actually pretty darn good.
Kofi vs. Randy was a fitting end to their feud, and despite the fact that Randy emerged victorious in the end, I hardly feel that he buried Kofi. Orton had to rely on his cunning to pull out the victory, and I liked the touch how he hurt his arm blocking Trouble in Paradise. Simply put, Kofi has advanced from where he was a few months, as he's become a bigger star. I'd also say it's a lot more believable to put him in there and compete with the main eventers after his program with Randy.
In terms of Sheamus vs. Evan Bourne, while it was short, I felt that the match did exactly what it needed to do. Evan really took it to Sheamus in the early part of the match, setting up the possibility that he could pull it off. Indeed, I was expecting to see Sheamus vs. Bourne at the Royal Rumble as soon as he went for Airborne. Also, the rest of the match showed Sheamus to be the monster heel WWE wants him to be. It's still too early for him to be champ, though.
Other than the stuff with Bret, RAW wasn't an amazing show, but it made sense. The booking was logical, and it brought closure to some stories, while opening up more. TNA just threw a lot of stuff at the wall, rehashing a lot of old stuff, hoping that it would stick. Sure, there were some surprises, but they seemed to be more for the sake of being surprising or trying to prove that TNA is a big time promotion rather than advancing storylines.