[TNA] [PPV] Hack Thoughts: 2008/09/14 No Surrender
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was the last one I saw all the way through). I don't think I know
any of the matches going into this, since I generally have the sound
muted on Impact unless Nash or someone good is cutting a promo.
The show started with a voice-over tat I didn't really pay attention
to, other than it was still promoting Booker T.
Sting came out and gave a long, rambling promo, trying on multiple
occasions to get cheap pops by mentioning Canada, Bret Hart, Ric
Flair, etc. The fans chanted "T-N-eh! T-N-eh!"
1. Super Eric, Shark Boy, Curryman over Christy Hemme, Lance Rock,
Jimmy Rave in 9:00
I thought it would have been great (but unlikely) if they had
Christy Hemme pin Super Eric cleanly. There were some really funny
spots with Curryman being put in a headlock by Hemme, enjoying it,
and putting himself back in the headlock when Hemme let him go.
Shark Boy did his best Steve Austin impression by beating up on
Hemme (I'm sure they switched to shots of the crowd for the Canada
viewing of the PPV to avoid showing male-on-female violence). Both
tagged out. Later in the match when both were in again, Curryman
spun Hemme around a lot dance-move-like, ending in a deep dip with a
kiss (which of course she enjoyed). Match ended with Curryman
(accidentally?) pinning Christy. After the match, he didn't want to
get off of her.
MATCH RATING: $3.50
2. Awesome Kong over ODB in 10:00
On the way to the ring, ODB (with new blonde hair and weird
mechanics overalls) chugged a fan's full beer from a plastic cup.
They brawled all over the arena, using plastic garbage cans and
other weapons. Kong went through a chair that was wedged between
the top two ropes Raven-style. Kong avoided going through a table
ODB had leaned against a corner, so ODB eventually set the table up
in the normal horizontal placement. Kong was up on the second rope,
allowing ODB to slip under her and drop her through the table.
Apparently Kong (with ODB) doesn't weigh enough, because the table
didn't really break all the way and she just slid over it and landed
on her neck on the mat. Kong's manager distracted ODB on the
outside for a while to give Kong a chance to recover. Kong set up
her own table in a corner of the ring while ODB took a swig from her
flask. The announcers had to act surprised when ODB sprayed it in
Kong's face. Kong still had enough in her to slam ODB through the
table leaning in the corner and got the pin.
MATCH RATING: $2.00
Christian was interviewed backstage. Looked like a good, serious
interview, but I wasn't paying much attention.
RATING: $0.00
3. Abyss and Matt Morgan over Team 3D in 11:00
Nothing special. Doesn't belong on PPV. I would have rather seen
the Motor City Machine Guns vs another X-Division team on this card.
MATCH RATING: $0.00
4. Abdul Bashir over Petey Williams and Creed to win the X-Div title
in 9:00
I'm surprised they let Petey back into the country without having
his bags nabbed by customs officials. Petey was over huge with the
Canadian crowd. Creed had some amazing moves making the match seem
really special. Highlight of the match was when Creed was down and
Petey put Bashir in the sharpshooter. Bashir was screaming in pain
for a good 30-50 seconds, occasionally trying to reach the ropes to
break the hold, when all of the sudden (while still in the
submission move) he managed to cover Creed who was still out on the
mat by the ropes. Creed kicked out and eventually Bashir got out of
the sharpshooter. The crowd popped each time Petey set up for the
Canadian Destroyer (including setting up both Bashir and Creed for a
double CD at one point) and were disappoint ed each time it was
broken up. Match ended when PW hit a CD out of nowhere (which
confused the crowd, since they weren't given a chance to cheer for
it). Bashir threw Petey to the outside and covered Creed for the
win. Hometown boy makes good (even if he's moved to Texas now).
MATCH RATING: $2.80
5. Taylor Wilde (w/Rhino) over Angelina Love (w/Kip & Sky) in 6:00
to retain the title
Not much of a match.
MATCH RATING: $0.25
6. Sonjay Dutt over Black Machismo Jay Lethal in 15:00 to win So Cal
Val in a wedding ring ladder match
That sounds weird just reading what I typed, but this was easily the
MotN. Probably the best match I've seen in a month from either
company. Some amazing ladder spots. Just when you think they can't
come up with ladder spots that we've seen over and over in ladder
matches... The only real missed spot was when one ladder was
balanced horizontally on top of a vertical ladder, Lethal tried to
catapult Dutt's head into the upper ladder, but both guys were too
short for the spot to work. West stopped drooling over So Cow Val
to try to explain that Dutt was putting his hands up to block the
ladder shot. Fans chanted "This is awesome" after a few more
innovative ladder spots. End came when each man set up a ladder in
the middle of the ring. Dutt knocked Lethal and put him in a camel
clutch ten feet in the air. He tried to reach the wedding ring, but
Lethal snap-mared him off to the ground! For some reason, Lethal
decided to climb down instead of grabbing the wedding ring. He got
his foot caught, so Val helped him extract it. Dutt was furious.
Both men climbed opposite sides of the ladder to get to the ring
when Val gave Lethal a low blow (followed by a mock "oops, did I do
that?" look. Seriously, find a copy of this match on youtube or
wherever. And then read Wade Keller's description of the match,
especially his comments on Val's expression and Don West's
near-orgasms.
MATCH RATING: $8.50
Angle was interviewed backstage. He said the gold medal that AJ
stole means more to him than his kids. Sweet.
RATING: $0.25
7. Roode and Storm over LAX in 8:00
I think I read that Shelley wasn't able to get a flight out of Texas
(along with Booker T and one other person) which kinda sucked, since
her outfits are usually a highlight of any show she's on. They
worked it into the storyline by saying that Jackie attacked her in
the back and she's in a Canadian hospital. Boring match ended with
Jackie throwing powder into Homicide's eyes so Roode could get the
pin. Just before sending this, I read that Shelly has quit TNA.
MATCH RATING: $0.10
Frank Trigg (no, I've never heard of him before either) cut a promo
against Canada in the ring (along with a US flag). I hope he wasn't
hired for his promo skills.
RATING: $0.05
8. Frank Trigg vs AJ Styles ended in a no contest after an
unintentional low blow
It takes real talent to have a bad match with AJ Styles, but Trigg
managed to pull it off. The crowd realized this early and started a
loud "We Want Wrestling" chant. The announcers tried to talk louder
and faster to drown it out, but were unsuccessful. I got a good
laugh when I saw the ref had donned latex gloves for this match.
A loud "Fire Russo" chant followed, although I fear Russo had
nothing to do with this. It's isn't over-booked or gimmicky enough
for his fingerprints. The crowd changed to a "this is bullshit!"
chant before deciding on a long sustained "booooooooooooooo" (I
don't think anyone was saying Boo-urns, either). Between the
rounds, the announcers were talking about Trigg's elbow, and his
corner man was looking at it. Apparently both Keller and Powell
missed this, since their cable companies decided to switch the feed
to asian HLA for a few minutes. Sounds like it was more
entertaining than this match was.
MATCH RATING: $0.00
Samoa Joe was interviewed backstage. I tuned out.
RATING: $0.00
9. Samoa Joe over Kurt Angle and Christian in 16:00
Some good in-ring action, and a cool corkscrew dive over the top
onto Angle and Christian on the outside by Joe. Angle got in his
triple suplex bit on Christian. Good match other than the expected
walk-in by JJJ and his guitar to screw up the finish.
MATCH RATING: $1.80
Whoever is in charge of the sound on PPVs should teach whoever is in
charge of doing sound for Impact a few lessons. They didn't
over-boost (or pipe in) extra crowd noise, to make it sounds like
the announcers *have* to be shouting to be heard over them. On
Impact, it's unrealistic that they try to make it sound like the
crowd is going crazy from bell to bell. For the PPV, the crowd was
normal for the low spots, which made their pops for the high spots
make them seem that much more special.
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TOTAL MATCH RATING: $18.95
TOTAL SKIT RATING: $0.30
TOTAL PPV RATING: $19.25
TNA price of the PPV: $??.??
I spent $0.00 in gas and $0.00 on food, so by that token I got my
money's worth.
Not including WrestleManias and One Night Stands, this was the best
PPV from either company since Final Resolution on January 16th,
2005.
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For comparison, here's what I thought of the PPVs I saw in the last
couple of years:
WWF Wrestlemania 1998 1998/03/ unrated
WCW Spring Stampede 1998 1998/04/19 $24.10
WWF IYH: Unforgiven 1998 1998/04/26 $ 9.95
WCW Slamboree 1998 1998/05/17 $27.95
WCW Great American Bash 1998 1998/06/14 $28.05
WWF King of the Ring 1998 1998/06/28 $22.50
WCW Bash at the Beach 1998 1998/07/12 $17.35
ECW Heatwave 1998 1998/08/02 $24.90
WCW Road Wild 1998 1998/08/08 $29.80
WWF IYH: Fully Loaded 1998 1998/07/26 $ 6.95
WWF SummerSlam 1998 1998/08/30 $10.20
WCW Fall Brawl 1998 1998/09/13 $23.60
WWF Judgement Day 1998 1998/10/18 $25.10
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998 1998/10/25 $49.50
ECW November to Remember 1998 1998/11/01 $25.75
WWF Survivor Series 1998 1998/11/15 $21.40
WWF IYH: Rock Bottom 1999 1998/12/13 $ 8.40
ECW Guilty as Charged 1999 1999/01/10 $26.10
WCW Souled Out 1999 1999/01/17 $29.10
WWF Royal Rumble 1999 1999/01/24 $23.00
WWF St Val Day Massacre 1999 1999/02/14 $20.90
WCW SuperBrawl 1999 1999/02/21 $21.35
WCW Uncensored 1999 1999/03/14 $32.00
ECW Living Dangerously 1999 1999/03/21 $25.90
WCW Spring Stampede 1999 1999/04/11 $38.00
WCW Slamboree 1999 1999/05/09 $21.10
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999 1999/05/09 $15.30
WWF King of the Ring 1999 1999/06/27 $13.40
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999 1999/07/11 $20.70
WWF Fully Loaded 1999 1999/07/25 $10.80
WCW Road Wild 1999 1999/08/14 $13.90
WWF SummerSlam 1999 1999/08/22 $19.05
WCW Fall Brawl 1999 1999/09/12 $12.85
ECW Ararchy Rulz 1999 1999/09/19 $32.25
WWF No Mercy 1999 1999/10/17 $13.00
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999 1999/10/24 $ 3.35
ECW November to Remember 1999 1999/11/07 $28.45
WWF Survivor Series 1999 1999/11/14 $10.95
WCW Meyhem 1999 1999/11/21 $17.75
WWF Armageddon 1999 1999/12/12 $22.05
WCW Starrcade 1999 1999/12/19 $23.65
ECW Guilty as Charged 2000/01/09 $25.70
WCW Souled Out 2000/01/16 $13.20
WWF Royal Rumble 2000/01/23 $20.00
WWF No Way Out 2000/02/27 $16.95
ECW Living Dangerously 2000/03/12 $21.80
WCW Uncensored 2000/03/19 $21.65
WWF WrestleMania 2000/04/02 $22.05
WCW Spring Stampede 2000/04/16 $23.70
WWF Backlash 2000/04/30 $25.65
WCW Slamboree 2000/05/07 $23.55
ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000/05/14 $23.05
WWF Judgment Day 2000/05/21 $11.25
WCW Great American Bash 2000/06/11 $16.55
WWF King of the Ring 2000/06/25 $ 1.40
WCW Bash at the Beach 2000/07/09 missed
ECW Heat Wave 2000/07/16 $15.50
WWF Fully Loaded 2000/07/23 $24.40
WCW New Blood Rising 2000/08/13 $31.00
WWF SummerSlam 2000/08/27 $24.90
WCW 2000/09/17 missed
WWF Unforgiven 2000/09/24 $16.65
ECW Anarchy Rulz 2000/10/01 $21.30
ECW 2000/11/ missed
WWF Survivor Series 2000/11/ missed
ECW Massacre on 34th Street 2000/12/03 $ 9.65
WWF 2000/12/ missed
ECW Guilty As Charged 2001/01/07 $15.70
WWF 2001/01/ missed
WCW Superbrawl Revenge 2001/02/18 $37.60
WCW Greed 2001/03/ missed
WWF WrestleMania 2001/04/01 $29.50
WWF 2001/05/ missed
WWF King of the Ring 2001/06/24 $16.55
WWF Invasion 2001/07/22 $15.25
WWF SummerSlam 2001/08/ missed
WWF 2001/09/ missed
WWF 2001/10/ missed
WWF Survivor Series 2001/11/18 $11.25
WWF Royal Rumble 2002/01/20 $14.15
WWF No Way Out 2002/02/17 $ 3.40
WWF WrestleMania 2002/03/17 $25.30/$36.40
WWF King of the Ring 2002/06/23 $ 6.55/$10.15
NWA TNA 2002/08/14 $11.60/$12.20
WWF SummerSlam 2002/08/25 $21.10/$21.10
WWF Unforgiven 2002/09/22 $17.50/$21.15
WWF No Mercy 2002/10/20 $16.85/$20.00
WWF Survivor Series 2002/11/17 $ 7.50/$ 9.20
WWF Royal Rumble 2003/01/19 $19.55/$19.55
WWF WrestleMania XIX 2003/03/30 $22.55/$23.45
WWE SummerSlam 2003/08/24 $16.25/$16.55
NWA TNA 2003/09/10 $12.50/$14.00
WWE Survivor Series 2003/11/16 $ 8.10/$ 8.60
WWE No Way Out 2004/02/15 $21.85/$22.95
WWE WrestleMania 20 2004/03/14 $36.90/$43.05
WWE Backlash 2004/04/18 $14.40/$14.70
WWE Vengeance 2004/07/11 $23.20/$23.90
WWE SummerSlam 2004/08/15 $17.00/$20.15
WWE Survivor Series 2004/11/14 $10.50/$13.10
TNA Final Resolution 2005/01/16 $39.00/$39.00
WWE Royal Rumble 2005/01/30 $15.25/$17.15
WWE WrestleMania 2005/04/03 $35.10/$36.90
WWE Judgment Day 2005/05/22 $17.45/$17.65
WWE/ECW One Night Stand 2005/06/12 $32.00/$34.35
WWE WrestleMania 2006/04/02 $25.85/$27.85
WWE/ECW One Night Stand 2006/06/11 $18.65/$20.05
WWE WrestleMania 2007/04/01 $20.60/$22.35
WWE Night of Champions 2008/06/29 $ 6.55/$ 6.60
WWE SummerSlam 2008/08/17 $ 5.00/$ 5.65
TNA No Surrender 2008/09/14 $18.95/$19.25
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