MICHAEL'S IMPACT REVIEW #19
MAY 13, 2010
THE IMPACT ZONE - ORLANDO, FLORIDA
- Wow, two recaps in one week? I guess it's the high I am coming off of from Tuesday night's win by Chicago. I think this team may have a shot. No, really. I do. Let's cross the line.
Scott says: Suck it, Blackhawks.
MICHAEL'S IMPACT REVIEW #18
MAY 3, 2010
THE IMPACT ZONE - ORLANDO, FLORIDA
- Bubba the Love Sponge gets fired from TNA for calling Awesome Kong, "black". That is racially insensitive according to Total Nonstop Action. The same people who have a wrestler named the Black Pope. **sigh** Let's cross the line.
- We start with a video package from last week's show.
"HOGAN/STING - THE SUMMIT"
(Is this anything like the Savage/Crush Summit?)
First time writer, long time reader since the online onslaught days. The phrases "The Squash to see who's Posh" and "The Scuffle that caused a Kerfluffle" still make me laugh.
Anyways, here's my question for you: what's an underrated wrestling event/PPV that you would recommend to long time fans? Not something to snare the casual fan in, but something that you know a true wrestling fan would appreciate but may have not seen? For me personally, I would recommend the USWA Unified Title Tournament of 1991.
For one, the roster of the tournament is pretty loaded for the time:
- Jerry Lawler
- Jeff Jarrett (pre-every match has to go in the crowd mindset)
- Eddie Gilbert
- Dick Slater and Murdoch (a little past their primes, but still)
- A very young Mark Callous/Undertaker
- Austin Idol (who viewers can watch and realize where Steve Austin got some of his personality)
- Terry Funk
Second, even though the actual wrestling isn't amazing (most wrestling tournaments don't feature matches that go more than 5 minutes), this tournament exemplifies the greatness of Terry Funk (his match with Lawler is hilarious), which is reason enough to view it.
Finally, tournaments in wrestling are always kinda fun even if you know the end outcome, since the path there can have twists and turns.
That's my pick.
Well, it’s hard for me to have “missing gems” because I tend to review and thus expose everything I watch. I think a good pick for longtime fans who might not have read my reviews, however, would be the various DVDs put out by Kit Parker films a few years back. They’re called “Wrestling Gold” and they’re basically repackagings of whatever Memphis and other footage that the company could get the rights to, done on the cheap. However, the real treat is that the commentary is entirely redone by Dave Meltzer and Jim Cornette, and it’s not only incredibly informative about the people who are in the shows, but often hilarious as well when Cornette finds the right subject.
The whole set is only $15 on Amazon so really, why NOT pick it up?
Michael's Impact Review #17
April 26, 2010
The Impact Zone - Orlando, Florida
- Sorry this took a while. I was finishing up with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Nashville Predators. I can't wait for the Chicago-Vancouver series. Last year when they met in the quarterfinals, it was pretty physical. Even Luongo came out of the net for some fisticuffs. Let's cross the line.
- We begin with a video package showing all of the big things poppin' from last week. Plus some post match comments of RVD talking about being World Champion, again.
"MR. MONDAY NIGHT"
MICHAEL'S IMPACT REVIEW #16
APRIL 19, 2010
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - THE IMPACT ZONE
- So, just like many others, I went over to 411 to check out the live play-by-play of Lockdown last night. Maybe it's just me, but some of these jokes were over my head. Some of them I have seen time and time again. Not bashing the guy that did it, kudos to him for sitting through 3 hours of a TNA pay-per-view. All I am saying is I hadn't seen any of the Kurt Angle-Mr. Anderson match, but giving it MOTY honors, is saying a whole lot. Oh, and the clip art; oh the clip art!!! Let's cross the line.
- We start with a Lockdown recap video. Flair bleeds.
"WHAT WE ALL FIGHT FOR"
MICHAEL'S IMPACT REVIEW #15
APRIL 12, 2010
THE IMPACT ZONE - ORLANDO, FLORIDA
- Before we get into another rousing edition of Impact, I thought I would share a funny story with you. I have been on ring crews for WCW, WWE, and ECW at different times in my life. Back in 2001, during the dying days of WCW, I was setting up the ring for a house show in Columbia, South Carolina. The funny part of working a WCW event was finding out which WCW jobber would be driving the ring truck to the arena at any given point. On this particular time it was Pistol Pez Whatley. Any wrestling fan knows that the WCW ropes were nothing more than steel cables that were wrapped in colored tape and tightened to capacity. As I was tightening the turnbuckle in a corner, Pistol Pez walks over to me and says, :"Better make sure those ropes are tight, or Kevin Nash will bitch;". Now this has still had me asking two questions I never got answers for: a) How much of "hitting the ropes" was Nash doing at that point? and b) Did wrestlers actually have that much pull in the back to where they request how loose or tight the ring is set up? I'll never know, I guess...Let's cross the line.
MICHAEL'S IMPACT REVIEW #14
APRIL 5, 2010
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - THE IMPACT ZONE
- Couple of fragmented thoughts before I dive into another week of sub-par programming. I have been getting into Cartoon Network's Adult Swim at night, lately. They have a show from England called "Look Around You". I have seen only one episode and I am hooked. Now they only show it every two weeks and, in its place, put some horribly drawn cartoon on instead. I'm wondering where I can catch other episodes of this. I know someone out there has seen it. Let me know. The other thing on my mind has been this attack of Vince Russo's writing for TNA programming. Let us not forget that Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, along with others, are also writing the final drafts of these shows. How Russo's blatant pattern of less action, more talk gets on the air every week, is a question I can not answer. With that being said....LET'S CROSS THE LINE.
MICHAEL'S IMPACT REVIEW #13
MARCH 29, 2010
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - THE IMPACT ZONE
- Well, let me give you a quick look on how I received Wrestlemania 26. Of the 9 matches I knew about, I picked 7 correct, only getting Punk and Kofi in the MITB wrong. MizShow vs. Morrison/Truth could have been on the pre-show. Last year's match for the Unified belts would have been well received on pay per view. Orton is on fire. I don't know where they take it from here, unless you want to see Orton and Cena face off for the belt, AGAIN. Money in the Bank kinda left me with a "it was ok" feeling. Swagger could not have been anyone's pick. Triple H and Sheamus literally put me to sleep. Thank God for DVR. Same goes for Rey and Punk. The Bret hart match was about as good as it could go. Unfortunately it looked like DH Smith and Tyson Kidd were laying those shots in pretty hard. Jericho and Edge got my attention the last five minutes of the match. They could have stolen the show if they could have gone longer....BUT...the Diva's tag match was HORRIFIC!!!!!! There is your 15 extra minutes wasted with that horseshit. Seriously, Eddie Guerrero had to be dizzy from spinning in his grave after watching his wife point to the sky before botching her "hog splash". In my opinion, John Cena and Batista stole the show. That's right, I said it. For two guys that aren't very "net friendly" performers, they put on a helluva match, My moment that I will take away with me this year was watching Cena standing with the "We Hate Cena" crowd. I love it. As for the main event, HBK and Taker put on about as good of a match as they could. They couldn't top last year's match unless they were both covered in blood and went about 45 minutes. Interestingly enough, I do believe that this match was the same exact time as the Flair/HBK match from WM24. I could be wrong, but exactly 24 minutes sticks out in my head for some reason. Oh yeah, Impact is on tonight...LET'S CROSS THE LINE!!!
The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW - February 28 1994
- Taped from Poughkeepsie, NY.
- Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Harvey Wippleman.
MICHAEL'S IMPACT REVIEW #12
MARCH 22, 2010
THE IMPACT ZONE - ORLANDO, FLORIDA
- So, I'm re-reading Ric Flair's book. I get to the point about his "phantom" title change in the Caribbean in the early 80's. He wrestled some guy I have never heard of that hails by the name of Jack Teneno. I was intrigued by the whole story and now I am searching high and low for any footage of the match or re-match. Does it exist? I checked YouTube and all I got was a 30 second video of Teneno hitting the ugliest piledriver on Flair I have ever seen and celebrating the win. If anyone knows where I can find this "gem" leave a link in the comments section. I am riveted. Let's cross the line.
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