This week’s Impact Wrestling featured a great Wrestling in-ring show, and chuck full of title matches. Additionally, they also turned Bobby Lashley heel in his match versus Kurt Angle during Angle’s swan song from TNA.
Realistically, someone needs to pick up the slack and fulfill the role, and soon to be absence left of Kurt Angle. It would’ve made more sense for a passing of the torch moment with Lashley fulfilling that role as a legit athlete, amateur standout and the like. Instead, TNA turns him heel. Why the face could be a heel; especially after a great baby-face and athlete is leaving the company is an odd decision. Do fans and TNA think Lashley is a better and more effective heel as opposed to a good guy? No disrespect to the ability, talent or how it is portrayed- Bobby Lashley isn’t this version or TNA’s version of Brock Lesnar. Lashley was a great effective heel in the BDC, but since its been done already; what else can be done as new or different to add depth to Bobby as a heel this time?
The opening title match and first bout of the evening was a KOTM title bout. Eric Young retained his title against four other men, including his on again, off again partner Bram (Do we “assume” it’s the competitive nature that men are fighting for the belt? Where’s the logic? They were partners, now fighting each other?) Young regained his title against Bram, Damo, Will Osprey and Jimmy Havoc. Are any of these guys legit competition? How about being “over” enough to create the suspicion of doubt- if they can “legit” wrestle the title away and give EY a run for his money? Yawn.
Beer Money for the tag titles regain their belts and defeat the American Wolves. Gail Kim defends and regains her KO title versus Jade. How about a swerve anybody? Or better yet, a not so predictable ending? Oh wait, TNA does TV as its Pay Per View; and doesn’t have the PPV model anymore. Yikes.
Promos hyping the main event and Angle’s accomplishments in TNA are played and sandwiched in between backstage segments. We also have an impromptu match with a story that is weak and going nowhere. Grado fights Eli Drake and Jesse Godderz until Shera comes out. What looks like a possible aid or tag team match is actually a fight for the briefcases. Yet, this is pointless because Grado had already gotten his case and was revealed as fired. Anything else or otherwise as “new life” to the story, or depth comes across as non-sensical.
We are also treated to more backstage segments and a history recap of the Spud-Carter feud including the finish to Lockdown. Ironically enough, why Bennett and Galloway are only featured in promos and segments backstage tonight doesn’t do much for their own storyline development (mutually) or as stand-alone stars who have a story of their own. It doesn’t also really prop or elevate them as the next or future stars of TNA. But fear not! Jeff Hardy returns next week and faces Eric Young.
Main Event time is approaching and Lashley is remade into monster heel 101 again and defeats Angle in the main event. Why Angle couldn’t leave on a high note, in his last hurrah and be triumphant as a great send off is mystifying. Doesn’t this lose the credibility perhaps (albeit a storyline and 1 match) of Angle? Or is it a leverage move to make him appear like second fiddle because Kurt may (or may not) be wanting, or going back to WWE?
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