Some thoughts after being away for a couple days:
--Raw was bleh. You guys seem to have that covered.
--LOL Shane Douglas. What an idiot. Both Dynamic Dudes were in the house though!
--Victory Road was another decent TNA PPV, aside from the excessively mediocre main event with the uncomfortable post-match. TNA sure knows how to send the fans home happy...with Bobby Roode molesting Dixie Carter!
I wasn't pimping Victory Road like the last two TNA PPVs because I'm against the concept of this being treated as "the road to Lockdown" despite being the same price and having a longer build. It seems ridiculous to actively sell it as inferior to the next PPV but for the same price. It's one thing to do it with Elimination Chamber where at least there's the Chamber gimmick to sell and the "last chance to get into the WM title hunt" concept, but here it's just silly. It would be like marketing Bragging Rights as the Road to Survivor Series.
That said, Aries once again stole the show, and Angle vs. Hardy was ***1/2 MotN.
Sting is SO washed up in the ring that it's sad, really. The one thing that really makes me hesitate about wanting him to do one WM match in WWE is watching all of his TNA matches the last couple years and seeing how much smoke and mirrors are required to get through his matches. Putting over A.J. Styles at Bound For Glory 2009 really should have been the end for him.
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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