So tonight is TNA's "PPV quality" edition of iMPACT, called "The Whole F'in Show." I think we're basically getting the matches that were going to be at Hard Justice, and it looks like an excellent card!
I watched some online commentary in which a dude said "With a card like this, I might have considered buying the PPV. Not with the old ECW guys." I understand his sentiment, but I guess TNA's not getting good buy rates even with good cards like this.
Anyway, here's the preview from TNAwrestling.com:
Should we do our usual "for fun" picks (since we haven't started keeping track in TNA on them yet...I figured we could in January) for this?
I watched some online commentary in which a dude said "With a card like this, I might have considered buying the PPV. Not with the old ECW guys." I understand his sentiment, but I guess TNA's not getting good buy rates even with good cards like this.
Anyway, here's the preview from TNAwrestling.com:
Mick Foley (I think it was him) had commented on the MMG vs. Beer Money match, saying it was an incredible one.The special “TNA Thursday Night iMPACT!” features a lineup of matches originally slated for the “Hard Justice” pay-per-view event on August 8. The card was moved to Spike TV after TNA President Dixie Carter and “The Extreme Original” Tommy Dreamer announced a one-night-only “HardCORE Justice” pay-per-view event to celebrate the superstars who created hardcore wrestling.
“The change to ‘HardCORE Justice’ provided TNA with the opportunity to take the original August pay-per-view card and move it to Spike TV. This will allow TNA fans a pay-per-view type experience on “TNA iMPACT!”. If you’ve never seen a TNA pay-per-view event before, this is your chance to see what you’ve been missing,” TNA President Dixie Carter said.
The special August 12 edition of “TNA iMPACT” will be two hours of nonstop wrestling, featuring only matches originally slated for pay-per-view. Pop culture icon and TNA Wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan will oversee the special “iMPACT!,” which includes two world title matches as well as a possible fifth and final installment of a best-of-five-match series between the top tag-teams in wrestling, Beer Money and Motor City Machine Guns.
Matches showcased on August 12 include:
“THE WHOLE F’N SHOW” ROB VAN DAM vs. ABYSS (TNA WORLD TITLE MATCH)
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST KURT ANGLE vs. “THE PHENOMENAL” AJ STYLES
ANGELINA LOVE vs. MADISON RAYNE (TNA KNOCKOUTS TITLE MATCH)
“THE CHARISMATIC ENGIMA” JEFF HARDY’S OPEN CHALLENGE
“THE POPE” D’ANGELO DINERO vs. “THE BLUEPRINT” MATT MORGAN vs. MR. ANDERSON
BEER MONEY vs. MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUNS (TNA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES MATCH)
Should we do our usual "for fun" picks (since we haven't started keeping track in TNA on them yet...I figured we could in January) for this?