The_Joker1721
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Holy shit EY is the champion!
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He's older and they won't do something like that without being WWE bred. Look what happened to several WCW/ECW guys.
wait what? what happened?
not enough laughing gifs in the world
They watched WrestleMania XXX and then saw the rating Monday night Raw got after WrestleMania and then thought hey we have a short bearded guy lets give him the title.
edit: Also, him having an injury he got during the first match going into the title match. I wonder where they got that from?
They built him up last week as well, so maybe they knew then, but yeah, this timing seems pretty strange. Ah well, I thought the 2-hour arc they did with EY tonight was pulled off well.
JPeeples83
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This wasn't the best show ever, but it was quite entertaining. EY's win set up a nice mini-Bryan story of a beloved bearded babyface going for the title. Mr. Anderson regained his charisma by changing his hair color, while Davey decided to make his hair as wacky as his facial expressions with a reddish-blonde mohawk. It's a shame they didn't really pay off the funny farm bit here, because it was the one letdown to an otherwise fantastic skit that was the best thing Anderson's done in TNA in a long time. AND THEN ERIC YOUNG BECAME TNA WORLD CHAMPION! This was a nice feel-good story show, and it's a week that really could use another one.
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lovely ladies
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Tazz back on Smackdown!!
BoboBrazil
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No, but it's TNA so who gives a shit? They ruin the finish of every main event with screwjobs and ref bumps and they ended the show seconds after EY won so the win didn't even get time to sink in before the end of the show. Lame attempt at trying to recreate the Daniel Bryan story, but with none of the things that made that work.
cr_blah_blah
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Working in TNA is wrasslin's equivalent of a scarlet letter.
serenewarfare
Banned
Man, I want to commend TNA for not having a BS finish. That must have been difficult. But I seriously don't agree with EY getting the belt. Three weeks ago he was nothing more than a joke. Seems a little quick to have him beat the champion. Not mention Magnus now looks like the weakest guy on the planet. Part of me wonders if that was meant to be Joe's spot before he got hurt. That would have made so much more sense with the build.
He had one promo, then got his ass kicked by Joe, so...no
serenewarfare
Banned
What an odd thing to complain about. What does it matter what they call them?
Hey got an hour build for the title. The last couple weeks he was feuding with Abyss. Poor Joe hope he playing Metal Gear Solid and not watching impact.
dream
Member
That's a nice championship the Diva in your avatar is holding.
From Bret at Wrestlemania 10? It isn't unusual to see this done for faces. Underdog story, etc.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
Is this an internal backstage term? I mean they have a program called WWE Main Event, doesn't it sound of more significance than a "Special Event".
Or WrestleMania 30 where Daniel Bryan had an injury from his first match going into his championship match to overcome the odds.
serenewarfare
Banned
That it is.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
I'd point out this is the same thing WWE did days ago
I'd point out they rip off yet another thing
I'd point out they rip off yet another thing in bad fashion
I'd point out this company won't last another decade (and even that time span is being generous)
But fuck it, none of that is new, none of that is news, and to be honest this was still apparently better booked than TNA Champ Chris Sabin
He's not blameless, just look at him, he's a slob
Oh I thought so, in all the tna hype posts in pasts weeks, I never saw anyone talking up EY so this seemed out of nowhere and it was.
Anyway, The US title should be defended only on main event because the network is only legally available in the US. Have Swagger win it and Cesaro win the IC and culminate in a unification match at a special event. That is my fantasy booking of the night
Anyway, The US title should be defended only on main event because the network is only legally available in the US. Have Swagger win it and Cesaro win the IC and culminate in a unification match at a special event. That is my fantasy booking of the night
Sweeney Tom
Banned
It was cool to see EY holding the belt, but I agree that the quick ending to the show didn't allow things to really sink in. Definitely felt like a hot shot book to try to capture the attention that is surrounding D-Bry right now but having their own bearded dude win two matches in one night to become champ.
I'm happy for EY, but it came out of nowhere and didn't really have the proper build.
Also, fuck Magnus' stupid title reign, and fuck creative for burying his character so hard over the past 4 months. He almost needs to start from scratch at this point he's been so poorly booked.
A decent episode of Impact, but nothing you need to go out of your way to see. Catch the highlights on youtube when they become available.
I will say that I'm actually looking forward to hearing EY's promo after this, though. If anything, he can at least work the mic.
I'm happy for EY, but it came out of nowhere and didn't really have the proper build.
Also, fuck Magnus' stupid title reign, and fuck creative for burying his character so hard over the past 4 months. He almost needs to start from scratch at this point he's been so poorly booked.
A decent episode of Impact, but nothing you need to go out of your way to see. Catch the highlights on youtube when they become available.
I will say that I'm actually looking forward to hearing EY's promo after this, though. If anything, he can at least work the mic.
serenewarfare
Banned
Good lord, that was the worst TNA decision in a while. They had it setup absolutely perfect to have Roode with the belt going into BFG. Storm finally getting his revenge would have been a great year-long arc. But no, that was too obvious, and in TNA obvious is always bad apparently.
Oh wait, I'm thinking of the time they fucked up with Aries. It's bad that they've fucked up in the same way too many times for me to properly remember.
EDIT: Speaking of Aries, where the hell has he been? Did his deal expire or something?
The_Joker1721
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Aww man... Why can't we have this moment? It's nice to see him get the belt . He's entertaining and he's been a good worker for a while now. that short match was better than Magnus vs Joe at lockdown. I know it's probably just to ride the "bearded small guy as underdog champion" that WWE has going on but hey, Eric Young is a fun guy that the crowd has liked for a long time and it's not the worst idea to put the belt on him.
Oh man I'm never gonna forget how badly they botched Aries as champion. That was so dumb.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
The Chris Sabin one was still the worst.
A match where a person gets beat down in every way for over 15 minutes with almost no offense (a few punches count as offense), and wins the belt when a brawl distracts the ref and the person hits his opponent with a weapon. The definition of a fluke win.
And this guy was the face.
He probably had way more than anyone realized back in the day and it all caught up to him. He's had a good career. I see no shame in him retiring.
Sunny has said it before, but not all wrestling fans are rednecks. However, all rednecks are wrestling fans. And while there are rednecks everywhere, metropolitan cities like NYC, Philly, LA, Chicago don't have a lot of rednecks. Those cities are usually made up of fans who have been on message boards for years and just want to yell shit and pop for dudes.
T Plus. Flag pole at FULL SALUTE OHHHH HELL YEAHHHH
If they don't bury Young like they buried Sabin after his title victory, and if they give him legit mic time and actually allow him to hold the title for a significant amount of time, this could turn out to be a good thing for TNA. However, if he just ends up dropping it at Sacrifice or shortly thereafter, it will be a waste. Just like Aries was a waste. Just like RVD was a waste. And just like Sabin was a waste.
slightconfuse
Banned
serenewarfare
Banned
Man, it sucks to know that a lot of TNA guys I love will probably never get a WWE run simply by virtue of being employed by TNA. Only guys I see are guys who were names there in the past (Hardy and Bully namely). I want to see Roode get a shot. I like Roode.
It sucks that TNA isn't gif-worthy bad right now. They're just kind of there.
One of the worst moments in TNA history.
The new face of TNA. Here's hoping they don't make his reign irrelevant within a month or two, and that they actually give him the ball for a good while. EY has talent. He just needs to be given a chance to show it.
IS THIS THE START OF THE CHRISTY HEMME BOOKING ERA?
'Nite, all. DDP Yoga time.
This was the best, the dead silence from the crowd made it even better, glad they're at least over their stupid Bellator phase
We have a guy with a beard as champion too!
Bo had two good matches in a row. Unbolievable. Match was a little sloppy but understandable since JG hasnt had a tv match in forever and the unfamilairity with each other. Gabriel has a nice moveset, nothing too flippy and his kicks give a good sound. He should get rid of the low sweep though because that looked god awful
Also Bo holds on to both arms all the way on the double arm ddt, it looks like he gives no room for the guy to protect himself.
Also Bo holds on to both arms all the way on the double arm ddt, it looks like he gives no room for the guy to protect himself.
dr3upmushroom
Banned
Hahaha. Was this suppose to be a big reveal?
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