After a video package looking back at last week’s situation involving Joseph Parkand Aces & Eights, as well as the controversial finish of the Bully Ray-Austin Aries match, we’re off to the Impact Zone where Hulk Hogan comes out to the ring to open the show. He reminds us that he has a date with Aces & Eights, and asks the fans to watch his back because this week is a turning point for the company. Bound For Glory is just three weeks away,… [Continue Reading]

We start off by looking back at last week’s wild episode when Claire Lynch sent her attorney to reveal Daniels’ sinister blackmail plan, Robbie E pinned Rob Van Dam to earn points in the Bound For Glory Series, and Aces & Eights tried to break the arm of TNA World Champion Austin Aries. Speaking of Aries, he kicks us off this week and says he gives credit where it’s due, and recognizes that Aces & Eights pulled out all the stops last week by… [Continue Reading]

Original post found at: illegalforeignobject.com If you’re under any illusions Kevin Nash cares what your opinion of him is, you’re sadly mistaken. ‘Big Sexy’ has made a career out of saying things meant to do nothing other than get a rise out of people. Nash’s prime years in pro wrestling were 15 years ago, and yet his name remains a part of everyday pro wrestling conversation. Why? Because he knows how to work the fans and the industry alike. Plenty of folks in and… [Continue Reading]

Original article found at: www.illegalforeignobject.com I love pro wrestling. The talking, the athleticism, the spectacle, the storylines, I love it all and I likely always will. As the world around us changes and evolves, so too does professional wrestling. For one, we’re now and instant gratification society and as such, much of our wrestling has followed suit. More television programming options means things move a whole lot faster than they once did, and the days of year long feuds are all but a thing… [Continue Reading]

Welcome to part two! I hope you’re all getting excited for the upcoming event! The card for the show is slowly taking shape, and I’m looking forward to finding out how the World Title scene specifically is going to play out this year. Dolph Ziggler has been primed to jump in and become champion, but Sheamus’ reign as champ has been solid and has realistically been threatened by no one. I like the possibilities of the upcoming changes! Now it’s time for another blast… [Continue Reading]

We start off with a look back at Austin Aries winning the TNA World Title at Destination X, then go to a recap of some early matches in the Bound For Glory Series, as well as recent history in the Joseph Park-Bully Ray feud leading into tonight’s match. Speaking of which, we go right to the ring for… Anything Goes Streetfight: Bully Ray vs Joseph Park Bubba holds up the contract for this match and reminds Park that Abyss can’t get involved, and then… [Continue Reading]

Bully Ray kicks off the show by coming out to the ring to announce that he is officially going live on Twitter. The crowd chants that he sucks, but he says they’ll change his mind with he’s trending worldwide, and plugs his Twitter at @RealBully5150. Joseph Park grew a backbone and slapped him in the face, but he wants Joseph Park to get his ass out there right now. Park comes out with a determined look on his face, and Bubba says that Park… [Continue Reading]

Original article found at: IllegalForeignObject.com I’m still recovering. Sleep was an impossibility, my throat is torn to shreds, and I’m still having a hard time getting my head around everything I saw. I know this: It was an honor and a privilege to have been a part of the live viewing public for TNA’s 10th anniversary show, Slammiversary. It was an honor to have been a part of the largest crowd to ever see a TNA live event. It was an honor to see… [Continue Reading]

After a rundown of the events involving AJ Styles, Daniels and Kazarian of late, we go to Hulk Hogan’s office. Hogan shows off a rundown of plans for tonight’s show and says its the usual format that the wrestlers assembled before him are all familiar with. He talked about the momentum of the company and the performers and said that since he’s jumped on, things have moved at such a pace that they can’t present and format wrestling the way they always have. Amen…. [Continue Reading]

Original post found at www.illegalforeignobject.com There is no doubt the WWE panders to a younger demographic. I respect the hell out of John Cena, but he’s the biggest star in the business, not only because of his tireless work ethic and positive attitude, but because WWE can market him as a safe option for kids. There’s certainly nothing at all wrong with that, as they did the very same thing with Hulk Hogan in the 80’s, becoming a global juggernaut in the process. It… [Continue Reading]

Original post found at www.illegalforeignobject.com How much different would the pro wrestling landscape have looked in the mid-80’s had Verne Gagne not been so out of touch with not only his fanbase, but his employees? By the late 80’s, after years of declining interest, subpar rosters, and an inability to change with the times, the American Wrestling Association (AWA) was all but dead in the water, ultimately shutting down in 1991. But did it have to be that way? Had Verne Gagne, rather than… [Continue Reading]

Original post found at: www.illegalforeignobject.com Never let it be said that Scott Steiner is shy with his opinions. He has, for the better part of his 25+ year career, said whatever has been on his mind. For better or for worse, that’s just Scott. Often hilarious, always controversial, Scott Steiner just flat doesn’t care. This last week the focus of his ire was pointed squarely at TNA, the company for whom he’s been employed for the better part of the last 6 years. Not only… [Continue Reading]

We start off with a look back at last week when Hulk Hogan accepted the job as the new GM of Impact Wrestling, and we go to the Impact Zone where Dixie Cartner has called all the wrestlers out to the ring for a meeting as she again introduces our new GM. Hogan reiterates how he would have never taken the job back if it weren’t for Sting watching his back and he thanks Dixie Carter for another chance, and he says that he… [Continue Reading]

We start off looking back at last week when Sting tried to convince Dixie Carter to take Hulk Hogan back as her new GM, and then Dixie is backstage saying that Hogan didn’t answer, so she gave him a week to think it over and is expecting an answer tonight. We go to the Impact Zone where Bobby Roode comes out flanked by several cops, who are protecting him in this alleged unsafe working environment. He has a message to everyone who wanted him… [Continue Reading]

Original post found at www.illegalforeignobject.com Earlier in the week, a rumor began to circulate that WWE had notified its developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, that it would be severing ties with the promotion. The rumor spread quickly, eventually growing to a level where WWE actually felt compelled to release a statement disputing the report. Triple H called the rumors, “absolutely not true”, and stated the system was going to be revamped, not shut down. If Triple H holds true to his word, an announcement… [Continue Reading]

We kick the show off with a look back at the events of Victory Road as Sting inadvertently gives himself a concussion and costs himself the match, then crosses the line by dragging Dixie Carter into the ring. Sting tries to stop him, but he passes out from the concussion and Roode tapes him to the ropes while Dixie throws herself over Sting to protect him from a chairshot from Roode. He gets right in her face and yells “WHAT’S THE MATTER, DIXIE? YOU… [Continue Reading]

Original post found at www.illegalforeignobject.com The cover of the Wrestlemania III poster remains forever burned into my mind. The Hulkster, with his patented clenched-jaw stare, looking up at Andre The Giant, a man long past his prime, but packaged perfectly as the ultimate Hogan-killing machine. Both Hulk Hogan and the WWF were at the height of of their collective powers, wrestling was a big as it had ever been, and I, 10 years old and insane for the spectacle, absolutely had to see the… [Continue Reading]