TNA SuperThread SPOILERS

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Alberto El Patron is due to return to Impact at the next One Night Only PPV taping.

 

[Tigers1986]

Del Rio is toxic. After all he's done, they're still willing to a) bring him back, and b) push him to the moon? Wow.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

So a few movements in Impact at the moment:

- Reno Scum are gone (thank god)
- Sami Callahan appears to be coming in, partnering with OVE
- They have also been in negotiations with Ricochet & Tessa Blanchard
- Word is Cyrus has given notice to NJPW and will join Impact as a commentator.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Add Rockstar Spud to the list of departures.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Add Brian Hebner to the list of departed talent, and possibly James Storm if he doesn’t pop up on the tapings post Bound For Glory.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Good news out of Bound for Glory - Sami Callihan & Jimmy Jacobs debuted for the company.

Bad news out of Bound for Glory - the entire PPV was a mix of Impact matches or clusterf**ks, with the exception of the Women's Title & Tag Titles.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Brian Stiffler and Earl Hebner are also gone from Impact, so that’s their entire referee roster done, to be replaced with local Canadian refs. Bram is also done.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Austin Aries returned to the company at today’s taping, defeating Eli Drake to win the Impact Heavyweight Championship.

 

[Tigers1986]

Times like these you can't help but lolTNA. Deflect from Morrison's title story to rush the belt onto Aries who got dumped by WWE for being a brat. They've been doing it since 2005 and you'd think they would learn their lesson.

Back to 4 sides as well for the ring

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

I heard they've gone back to a four sided ring?

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Yup, 4 sides, 18 ft ring (smaller than WWE’s, same size as the old WCW rings).

 

[Hawkins]

A Double is a great pick, better than the Sunday Night Heat fella they had holding it.

The belt had more Charisma than Eli Drake

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Times like these you can't help but lolTNA. Deflect from Morrison's title story to rush the belt onto Aries who got dumped by WWE for being a brat. They've been doing it since 2005 and you'd think they would learn their lesson.

Back to 4 sides as well for the ring

Johnny Impact’s main storyline has moved on from the title to feuding with Alberto El Patron.

Also, Austin Aries is making a lot of noise in wrestling circles, so it makes sense to plug into that and possibly get more eyeballs on the product.

 

[Tigers1986]

They've touted that route since 2005, put the belt on the ex-WWE guy who turns up. It's a shame, as TNA could've been brilliant, but to me, it's just a bush league indy which happens to have a TV deal. Stuck on tape delay and in the one venue for so often is also detrimental.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Aries is an ex-TNA guy who had a minimal stay in WWE. Not really in the same ballpark as putting the title on an ex-WWE guy, although I get how the perception could be there.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Aries is a former TNA World Champion, six time X Division Champion, and Tag Team Champion with Bobby Roode. This is also his 3rd run with Impact. So I would think if it more as a Impact wrestler coming home. Some people would say ROH is his home, being a former 2 time ROH Champion, but his notoriety is definitely greater from Impact.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Feast or Fired was held again this year, and the fired man is EC3. Sadly, this isn't storyline, as his contract is up and will not renew.

 

[Tigers1986]

Why this company persists with this stupid concept is beyond me. So much garbage reasoning behind it, but, at least EC3 gets a fitting farewell unlike Storm.

I wonder who long until EC3 emerges in NXT.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

In light of all the departures, there have been a few signings. Gama Singh comes in as a manager (he was a huge star in Canada, Africa, and India), and Brian Cage is now part of the full time roster, after last being seen in Impact as a special attraction for their New York tapings many years ago.

Also, Austin Aries defeated Matt Sydal & Josh Matthews to win the Impact Grand Championship. I would expect that those two titles will be unified, as D’Amore & Callis have both been on the record saying there are too many titles and pointing to the Grand Championship in particular.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Add Bobby Lashley & Laurel Van Ness to those done with Impact after the most recent tapings.