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]

TNA opened with a video piece looking at Bobby Roode’s TNA title win over RVD at Sacrifice, the AJ Styles photo revelation and Joseph Park’ search for his brother. TNA champion Bobby Roode came to the ring and said that the company keeps stacking the odds against him but every time, he overcomes the odds. He said that at Sacrifice, RVD had the chance to take the title away from him in a match that Van Dam chose. Roode said that “Mr. PPV” put… [Continue Reading]

The 2012 TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view opens up with Earl Hebner trying to get Bobby Roode’s World Heavyweight Title belt so he can hang it high for the Ladder Match tonight. Roode rants on Hulk Hogan and says to tell Hogan he will be getting that belt back tonight. Roode tells Hebner to get out and we go to the Sacrifice opening video. – We’re live from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida as Mike Tenay hypes up tonight’s main event. TNA Tag Team Title… [Continue Reading]

Original post found at: www.IllegalForeignObject.com: If you follow my Twitter feed at all, it likely hasn’t taken you long to realize I’m a pretty big fan of Elijah Burke, aka The Pope, D’Angelo Dinero. His departure from the WWE, after what I considered a massive waste of talent on the part of the organization, drove me crazy. As such, I was thrilled when he debuted for TNA in 2009, figuring they’d seen how not to use him, and would not make the same mistakes…. [Continue Reading]

We begin with a look at last week’s ‘Pick Your Poison’ matches for Bobby Roode and Rob Van Dam. We are live on tape from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and your announcers are Mike ‘Minion’ Tenay and Taz. Impact Wrestling World Champion Bobby Roode comes to the ring. Bobby embraces the rude behavior. He asks if there is anything else that he has to do to prove that the is the greatest champion in the history of the company and without a shadow… [Continue Reading]

Original post found at: www.illegalforeignobject.com I have been a wrestling fan for more than 25 years. To this day, even after having watched thousands of matches, I still feel exhilaration, happiness, sadness, hatred, even confusion when watching a wrestling show. One thing I no longer feel, however, is fear. One of the coolest things about growing up a wrestling fan in 80’s was the presence of so many classic ‘monsters’. With gruesome horror movies at their apex, pro wrestling fans invested emotionally in many… [Continue Reading]

Tonight’s show starts off with comments from Eric Bischoff about how he has to mix his business and personal life because of Garett Bischoff. We are reminded about the stipulation at Lockdown. We see what happened at Lockdown. We go to footage from the farewell of Eric Bischoff, including the port-a-porty. We are live on tape from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and your announcers are Mike ‘Wizarding World of Dixie Carter’ Tenay and Taz. Ric Flair is in the ring and he tells… [Continue Reading]

We start the show off with Hulk Hogan backstage welcoming all the champions to Open Fight Night, where even the champions can get called out and will have to fight. It’s been tough to decide which champion will need to defend their title tonight, and he puts each of them over in their own turn, but he decides that Joe and Magnus should to defend the World Tag Team Title. He won’t let them know who the opponents are until bell time, but it’s… [Continue Reading]

Original post found at: www.illegalforeignobject.com Last Thursday on IMPACT!, Hulk Hogan made an announcement which, if carried out properly, could signal a positive change in TNA. In addition to announcing the creation of Open Fight Night, a vehicle for introducing new talent to the TNA fans each month via an “open challenge” format, Hogan also revealed new plans for the previously disrespected Television Title. The belt, he said, will now be defended each week, on TV. To someone without prior knowledge of the TNA… [Continue Reading]

Bobby Roode comes out to start the show and address the fans. He says that he’s still the World Champion and it feels so good, because he came out here several weeks ago saying he was going to beat James Storm in front of his friends, family, and friends in his own backyard of Nashville, and he made good on his promise. He gives James Storm credit because he promised that he was going to drill him with the Last Call, and he sure… [Continue Reading]

The 2012 TNA Lockdown pay-per-view opens up with a video package for the World Heavyweight Title Match. – Mike Tenay and Taz welcome us to Nashville for Lockdown. We go to the ring for tonight’s opener. Lethal Lockdown: Team Eric vs. Team Garett We go to the ring and out comes Garett Bischoff. His opponent Gunner is out next. They will wrestle for 3 minutes before the next wrestlers come in from Team Eric. They go at it to start. Gunner takes control but… [Continue Reading]

We look back at last week as Hulk Hogan laid down the law and reversed the decision in the main event on Bobby Roode, then set up the Lethal Lockdown to decide which Bischoff gets to stay in TNA. After that, we’re off to the Impact Zone as Easy E opens the show, makes fun of some fat broad in the audience, then gets down to business and says that Hogan and Garett think they have him cornered, but what they don’t understand is… [Continue Reading]