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| TNA Impact Recap - 3/27/2008 |
| The News - Wrestling | Written by Adam Wilcox | Friday, 28 March 2008 | ||||||
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TNA's inaugural live Impact broadcast last night featured a First Blood Match, the return of Sting to the promotion, a Women's Championship bout ... and an appearance by a WWE wrestler?! Robert Roode and Booker T were shown brawling through the crowd immediately following the Impact video opener. Payton Banks and Traci Brooks also became involved in the melee, prompting Jim Cornette to sign a Booker-Roode match to take place later in the night with the stipulations being determined by online fan voting. Viewers selected a First Blood Match, which Booker won after slingshotting Roode into the ringpost. The Roode-Booker clash was not the only match influenced by TNA devotees, as fans were given the opportunity to choose a challenger to Awesome Kong’s Knockout Title. ODB narrowly defeated Gail Kim in the balloting and went on to a competitive showdown with the Women’s Champion before falling victim to Kong’s Awesome Bomb. WWE performer Dereck “Robbie McAllister” Graham-Couch was shown sitting in the audience. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com reported last night that WWE management is apparently very unhappy with Graham-Couch’s decision to attend the event, as the company’s performers have been barred from interacting with TNA talent during WrestleMania weekend. Kurt Angle held a sparring exhibition with Tag Team Champions and fellow Angle Alliance members AJ Styles and Tomko. After taking on his stablemates alternately in four one-minute rounds, the trio were confronted by Christian Cage, Kevin Nash, and Rhino. The babyface threesome found themselves on the receiving end of an attack from Tomko, Styles, and Team 3D before the arena suddenly went dark. When the lights returned, Sting stood in the ring and proceeded to help run off Team Tomko. This led to an eight-man tag team main event won by Team Cage when Brother Devon submitted to Sting’s Scorpion Deathlock. Post-match, James Storm arrived and nailed The Stinger in the back of the head with a beer bottle. A great promo package aired featuring Samoa Joe in training for his World Championship bout at Lockdown. Joe also joined Mike Tenay via satellite for an interview. TNA certainly delivered an action-packed show for its first-ever live Impact broadcast. Of course, the pace of the program was far too rushed, but anyone who knows the TNA product likely expected that to be the case (I know I did). With that said, however, I must question the decision to book an eight-man main event featuring every participant involved in Lethal Lockdown on free television. Sure, those stipulations don’t exist here, but giving away this match weakens the anticipation factor for the PPV. I have been impressed with the company’s build toward Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe’s World Title match at Lockdown. They appear serious and committed to treating the bout as an epic event, and I really believe we could see a Match of the Year candidate on April 13th.
Match Results: Johnny Devine over Alex Shelley via pinfall in an Xscape Qualifying Match … LAX and Salinas over Scott Steiner, Petey Williams, and Rhaka Kahn via pinfall when Homicide pinned Williams … Booker T over Robert Roode in a First Blood Match … Knockout Champion Awesome Kong over ODB via pinfall … Team Cage over Team Tomko via submission when Brother Devon tapped out to Sting’s Scorpion Deathlock.
Posted by: Nick at 03-28-2008 19:04 When did Tomko cut the roids... as Fritz would say, he's got a four pack now... first time I watched a TNA show from beginning to end... the wrestling was great... the promos, not so much.... I think for TNA to really take the next step, they need to drop guys like Nash, and Sting... I'm sorry, but Sting is pretty lame "the stinger splash" is easily the lamest move in wrestling.... Nash should be brought down to a manager possision, cause he moves like a oaf.... Posted by: Joe Gr at 03-28-2008 19:29 Watch TNA live start to finish I finally found out what has been botherong me about the show and is probably a reason for it always feeling rushed, The INTROS, Look at the way WWE brings someone to the ring and then look at how TNA does it. TNA always cuts right to a movie, then the tunnel, then close up on the wrestler. For some reason this seems to make the show seem tight, rused and very small. I know ther have spacial issues, but they need to find a better way ! Posted by: Nick at 03-28-2008 20:34 ^love Kurts entrance tho.... Write Comment
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