Impact 2/2/12

Impact 2/2/12

By Carlos M Reynosa

It was an American invasion as Total Non-stop Action (TNA) hosted “Impact” in the UK. It is always an excitement to watch an American wrestling organization being promoted in other country. Especially for TNA, as they are more known in other countries than in the United States. Also because you never know the reaction you get from the audience.

An example would be Austin Aries who wrestled against an English wrestler named Mark Haskins. One would assume because of Haskins would have the UK’s support, especially when he promoted the UK to be the best place to wrestle. However, the fans supported Aries instead as he came out with an impressive win.

Another impressive match was the tag team match between the tag team champions Crimson and Matt Morgan, vs Soma Joe and Magnus. These two teams have been impressive to watch as the fight over the tag team titles. However, to keep this rival interesting, the match contested under a stipulation. Soma Joe and Magnus, who won the coin toss, were allowed to wrestle together while the loser of the coin toss will have to compete in the traditional tag match. Kind of like a handicap for tag teams but the partners can be tag in. Because of the size and speed of Crimson and Morgan, they were able to fend off their opponents despite the unique stipulation. However, as much as they fought hard, they were no match for the double team.  

            The father and son feud between Eric Bishcoff and Garret Bischoff have developing nicely, now that Hulk Hogan returned to reveal himself as Garrett’s Trainer. Hogan hasn’t been seen on TNA’s television for months due to other project and back injuries.  However not that he has included himself to this storyline, loyal Hogan fans will be more interested to see how it will play out.

As for the storyline for the TNA world title, Sting announced that the TNA champion Bobby Roode will compete in a four way dance at against All Odds. This was due to the consist interference of Roode and Bully Ray to keep Cowboy James Storm and Jeff Hardy from being the number contender. So it would make for Sting to have all of them faced each other in one match. To add further into the rivalry, Sting had James face both Bobby Roode and Bully Ray in separate single matches on the same night. The Cowboy did the best that he could to fight in both matches. But even with Sting by his corner with black cricket instead of his baseball bat. Storm could not handle the interference of both matches.

In the end TNA was amazing show, because its arena was surrounded by new energetic fans and there interesting concept. Although TNA could only go on the road a few times, this is something that most fans feel should happen to keep the show interesting.