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redfiona99I feel I am being mean by not posting about TNA because it has not been bad. I mean, bits of it have been outright good, by which I mean:
1) They're letting Austin Aries be the charming, cocky, somehow our best hope arsehole we know and love.
2) Bobby Roode is the other great hope. Bobby Roode in the running for a title is always a good thing.
3) The Sanada and James Storm storyline was apparently written for me. Because it hits a lot of my narrative kinks and I am enjoying being a mark and hoping Sanada comes to his senses and wipes the floor with James Storm real good.
4) The words Low-Ki vs Samoa Joe vs Zeema Ion (and then Low-Ki vs Samoa Joe vs Sanada) will always bring me great joy. Actually the really cool thing is that they make it look like Low-Ki is a worthy and dangerous adversary despite giving up a lot of height (seven inches) and weight (a lot, no offense intended to Samoa Joe).
5) Any time that Gunnar and Gunnar's adorable smile appear on my TV. And Sam Shaw. I have no idea when they became the most heartwarming and adorable not quite tag team on tv but they have. It also pleases me that they are going with Anderson being the bad guy (at least for now. TNA please don't mess this up.).
Unfortunately, there's been a fair bit of blah too.
Two of the things are not anyone's fault in particular but I had hoped for so much more from the Hardy Boyz vs the Wolves, even if the bit at the end made me squeak happily, and the Abyss vs Bram match was remarkably meh for a match with that much blood and danger. How about we don't have hardcore matches unless there's a need for them.
And I don't like how they showed Dixie going through the table before the "episode" where it happened. And I don't care for their excuse that they were doing it to be like soap operas. Have they never watched soap opera ads?! They never show the money shot, it's all the build up and showing five characters and then a black screen with the sound of a gunshot, leaving it excitingly unclear as to who got shot and who did the shooting.
The way to have done it would be to have the shot of Bully Ray hoisting Dixie into position, then the fade to black with the sound of someone going through a table and then having it be "does Dixie get what she deserves or did EC3 rescue her in time?" It sells it much better, there is possibility there.
I am the wrong person to expect to disapprove of Dixie going through a table, and I think if they're going to have someone who isn't trained put through a table Bully Ray is the right person to do it. If I was going to get put through a table, Bully Ray would be the person I'd want to do it because I know he can do it safely, and I'm not sure if any of the Knockouts have experience of putting people through tables.
1) They're letting Austin Aries be the charming, cocky, somehow our best hope arsehole we know and love.
2) Bobby Roode is the other great hope. Bobby Roode in the running for a title is always a good thing.
3) The Sanada and James Storm storyline was apparently written for me. Because it hits a lot of my narrative kinks and I am enjoying being a mark and hoping Sanada comes to his senses and wipes the floor with James Storm real good.
4) The words Low-Ki vs Samoa Joe vs Zeema Ion (and then Low-Ki vs Samoa Joe vs Sanada) will always bring me great joy. Actually the really cool thing is that they make it look like Low-Ki is a worthy and dangerous adversary despite giving up a lot of height (seven inches) and weight (a lot, no offense intended to Samoa Joe).
5) Any time that Gunnar and Gunnar's adorable smile appear on my TV. And Sam Shaw. I have no idea when they became the most heartwarming and adorable not quite tag team on tv but they have. It also pleases me that they are going with Anderson being the bad guy (at least for now. TNA please don't mess this up.).
Unfortunately, there's been a fair bit of blah too.
Two of the things are not anyone's fault in particular but I had hoped for so much more from the Hardy Boyz vs the Wolves, even if the bit at the end made me squeak happily, and the Abyss vs Bram match was remarkably meh for a match with that much blood and danger. How about we don't have hardcore matches unless there's a need for them.
And I don't like how they showed Dixie going through the table before the "episode" where it happened. And I don't care for their excuse that they were doing it to be like soap operas. Have they never watched soap opera ads?! They never show the money shot, it's all the build up and showing five characters and then a black screen with the sound of a gunshot, leaving it excitingly unclear as to who got shot and who did the shooting.
The way to have done it would be to have the shot of Bully Ray hoisting Dixie into position, then the fade to black with the sound of someone going through a table and then having it be "does Dixie get what she deserves or did EC3 rescue her in time?" It sells it much better, there is possibility there.
I am the wrong person to expect to disapprove of Dixie going through a table, and I think if they're going to have someone who isn't trained put through a table Bully Ray is the right person to do it. If I was going to get put through a table, Bully Ray would be the person I'd want to do it because I know he can do it safely, and I'm not sure if any of the Knockouts have experience of putting people through tables.
