April 4th 2012

Now that Wrestlemania is over for another year, I've got questions.
First off, let me say No, I did not see wrestlemania. I never do.  I did however, catch the updates as they happened on the WWE website this past Sunday night.

And let me say this to you, it was not handled as well as it could have been.  The updates I mean.
Links were open but went either nowhere or to the post before it. And the twitter.   Holy Anne Rice Novels Batman!  The twitter was the most irritating thing on that site.  You couldn't read it half the time as it was just flipping like mad.
Whomever it was over at WWE who thought twitter was a good gimmick needs to find a new plaything.  It's over and tired. 
  
I said I had questions... well, okay here's one.  Why?   Why did we have to sit through the last year of Rock and Cena?  Two months would have been good enough.  Why are we sitting through the Brodus Clay gimmick?  Give the man some pants and a tee shirt and just let him wrestle.  Why are we suffering through the Zack Ryder and Eve storyline?  Please tell me that one's over.  We get it, she's a bitch move on.  And why would you have had the whole Jericho plot when you are doing the Anti-Bullying program?  Isn't that just what Jericho has been doing for the last few weeks to CM Punk?  Bullying him.

So now that the year is over and we've started a new "road to wrestlemania"  can we think about the direction the shows are heading as we start the new wrestling year?

-Ardeth Blood

P.S.  yes I'm back. 

Creeping Screams!

I returned to the video side of things....

TNA PPV Results

Originally posted on my main blog on Sept 11-2011


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Holy Anne Rice Novels Batman!!!   I was able to see a ppv!!  Damn it Janet!  

So this was TNA-Impact 's No Surrender   and let me say that I was disappointed by the fact there was only 2 X-Division matches, and the Tag Team match left much to be desired.


#1- X Division match for the #1 Contender between Kid Kash and Jesse Sorensen.    Sorensen got the win, having only mildly shown in this match what he can do.  Frankly, we've seen better from him on episodes of Impact in the last few weeks.

#2- BFG match.    James Storm vs Bully Ray.   The fact was Mr. Storm had to win by a submission for it to matter.      Bully Ray got the win on this one by a DQ.     Good length on this match with excellent submissions repeatedly from Mr. Storm.  There is some underlining possible feud-storyline here.

#3- Knockouts title match.   Winter vs Mickie James.    Winter used the bloodbath to get the win.   You know, I have my options on the whole women's division, but I actually found myself nodding in approval when I saw Winter becoming the new women's champ.  I've always said Winter is the Season of the Vampire,  I guess TNA would agree with me on that.

#4- Tag Team match for the titles.   Pope/Devon vs Mexican America.    MA got the win and kept their titles.     I was so let down by this tag match, not too mention it was the only tag match of the ppv.  There was no heat to it, and it just seemed to be filer.   P.S.   Pope, I'm still waiting for someone in the X-Division to steal me your trenchcoat.

#5- Samoa Joe vs Matt Morgan the evil druid.   This was a straight up grudge match.  I was sad to see that Morgan did not come out in his druid robe, I very much miss that fashion statement.   Morgan got the win on this one putting a cap on the crazy Joe angle.

#6- BFG Match - Winner must get a submission to win.    Gunner vs Robert Roode.    Roode got the win by way of a tap out.   I would say this was the longest match of the night, and it lived up to it's expectations. Very impressed, and hope to see a future feud between these two.

#7- X Division title match.   Brian Kendrick vs Austin Aries.  Mr. Aries won becoming the new champ.  He showed some extremely impressive moves in this, and proved why he held the title so long in the last company he was in.   I have to admit, this single match was the whole reason I ordered the ppv tonight and I was slightly torn as to who I wanted to see get the win.  But I do have a bit of a drool on for Aries {as does it would seem many of the females in my family}

#8- BFG #1 contenders match.    Bully Ray vs Robert Roode.   this was a scorching match that saw Roode come out on top, winning the #1 contenders spot.  He will be main eventing the next ppv and here's hoping he wins that too.

#9- Main Event - 3 way for the TNA title.   Sting vs Angle  vs Anderson.    Angle managed to slither his way to a win keeping the title. Mostly because Hogan got in the mix with a spraycan of some sort and got Sting in the face.  

All in all, it was a decent ppv. The length of the matches were longer then I was expecting but not as long as I would hope for. 
And I was thinking there would be one more X-Division match or one more Tag Team match but sadly there was not.

Week of Aug 21st 2011

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I had actually made a quick little minute and a half video for this post, but having upload issues so back to basics it is.

You're wrestling minute....  WWE,  finally a good choice with Del Rio as champ.  I like this, he has star-quality.
But the Nash thing I saw that last month over on TNA in the women's division when ODB came in.  That's just too soon for the two major companies to be doing the same story.  

Speaking of TNA-Impact... as I asked on my main blog few days ago in my "asking wrestlers {more} stupid questions"   Eric Young please loose the beard. It looks like you have a dead cat on your face. 

Okay Canada, let's talk wrestling

I'm sitting here right now watching for the first time ever,  Aftermath  on the Score. 

I've never watched this before, but it was on the DVR as I over set the schedule. 

They started off with a joke, riffing on Orton being told to write out 100 times he will not RKO DeBiasi.  PPPSSST... hosters there, he was also told to stand in the corner on one foot for ten minutes, so go at it.

As far as the whole issue Cole has with Daniel Bryan, um... I do believe that it has to do with how last summer Cole got choked out by his tie and a cable at the hands of Bryan. So Cole is not just being ... Cole.

Jumping to the Tyson Kidd comments... hosters -first time watching didn't really pay attention to your names- I must agree Kidd makes so many of the other guys look good because; wait for it, he actually knows what the freal he's doing! So rare at times to find a wrestler who can wrestle and not just look pretty on camera.

Your comments on Mark Henry being the top contender... bogus. Sheamus should have had it.

Your comments about Rhodes and the belt... interesting to say you'd like to see him against a healthy Kane. I would have to say that I think getting back to the Kidd topic, Tyson Kidd should be the next in line for that belt. Rhodes vs Kidd would be a wicked feud.

Is it a belt or a hot potato

So the WWE has once again shuffled the champs around like chess pieces by someone with ADD.
Mysterio had it then Cena then Punk then Del Rio,  meanwhile on the other side of the ring, that belt got passed from Christian to Orton to Christian to Orton... I'm dizzy give me a minute. 

Here's a thought, leave the belt on Del Rio for say... 5 months.  Let him carry the heavy for awhile, he's strong can can do it.
The other side of the ring, seriously Orton has had some beauty of runs but it's time to let someone else have a turn for about 5 months.  Cause from my seat on the floor here, that whole back and forth thing so not cool.

What I would love to see in the X-Division

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I've been typing up some thoughts over the last week since the big Destination X ppv that was on July 10th 2011,  over on my main blog.

I told you just a few hours before the ppv whom I thought would win the Ultimate X (voted for Amazing Red) and the Four Way Contract match (voted for Austin Aries).
I was right on one hand (Aries won his contract) and wrong on the other.(Alex Shelley won the Ultimate X, for I think the first time )
I told you why I thought the way I thought, because of an opening for a great feud. (I thought they would put Shelley and Aries in a feud because Shelley vs Aries has months of value in it)

I've also made comments on my main blog about why I did not see Shelley getting the X-belt away from Brian Kendrick anytime soon. A) Kendrick winning it for the first time  B) Shelley vs Aries would make for great lead in to Bound for Glory C) Bound for Glory is the key here folks. D) Shelley will get the belt leading into December, just in time for Chris Sabin to return demanding a shot at the X-belt

This is what I think will happen, what I would like to see.  

I also happen to think that Brian Kendrick deserves to have a decent time length with his first run as champ.  He's got the talent, the status and has proven over the last while he can hold a storyline without fans loosing interest.