[-Mystery-]

It's funny because I don't even think the bloody nose was planned. I mean if it was planned then I could see adding 1/4* to it but it was seemed like Angle was striking Styles and accidentally busted open his nose

[Taroostyles]

Originally Posted by PulseGlazer

Shallow- based on straight counterwrestling with nothing deeper. No brawling vs. power or speed or anything else involved. No build to any move or any body psychology besides the Styles Clash beig set up a bit. No backstory playing in a way that made sense except for outside interference. Pointless Tomko being there at the start. Shallow.

Unmemorable- besides who was involved or the angle that lead to it, there is nothing that will make this match stand out in your memory in 6-months if you watch a lot of wrestling. When you look back, you'll know it happenned and maybe get an image or two, but it lacks the staying power of a classic except for the two points above. I watch and spend a stupid amount of time talking about wrestling, just trust me on this.

I believe that you felt it was shallow and unmemorable, I just happen to disagree. Well atleast about the shallow part, since I won't know if it's unmemorable since the match just happened last night.

It just seems like your on a take my opinion as fact kinda trip TBH. So somebody else rated the match 1/4-1/2* higher than you, it's not the end of the world or something.

[Kapone89]

02.21.08 Pro Wrestling NOAH
Kobashi, Honda & Taniguchi Vs. Marufuji, Sugiura & Morishima - ****1/4

[sirdilznik]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

My girlfriend didn't want to get intimate last night because she had about a 1/2* in her pants. So I told her I understand and didn't bug her about going any further.

So thanks, sirdilznik, for quantifying my girlfriend's period in terms I can understand .

No problem. Glad to help out. I'm here to educate, astound, befuddle, and make a complete idiot of myself all at the same time.

[PulseGlazer]

Originally Posted by Taroostyles

I believe that you felt it was shallow and unmemorable, I just happen to disagree. Well atleast about the shallow part, since I won't know if it's unmemorable since the match just happened last night.

It just seems like your on a take my opinion as fact kinda trip TBH. So somebody else rated the match 1/4-1/2* higher than you, it's not the end of the world or something.

Of course it isn't. It's a discussion thread. We were discussing... I thought.

[-Blaskohiro Tenryu-]

Sephy just won Post of the Year and no one will ever know.

[Instant Classic™]

TNA Slammiversary Ratings

Petey Williams vs Kaz
Best X-division match in a long time, I thought it was brilliant. Started off with some fast chain wrestling and then progressed nicely as both competitors got good offense in. Both guys seemed to throw in a couple of innovations and good counters. The near-fall withn the pipe was great because I genuinely thought that would be it. More than any other match last night, I felt they took it right into 5th gear at the end. The story was fairly good with the classic X-division style but with Petey throwing in a bit of Steiner's influence, and I liked it when Petey threw off the Mankind mask and went nuts. When I recall how much I enjoyed it last night I couldn't remember why I wouldn't give it a ¼* higher. But the psychology could have been better. This may have been restricted by Petey's injury, but Kaz should have been going right after the head. They also should have built up a proper feud leading up to this match which would have been easy with the guys involved. Though given the months of build-up leading to the epic fail of Lethal/Dutt maybe I should take what I can get with this one.
****¼ - a high ****¼

AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle
Thought this was a great match. Even though AJ cut the promo saying he was going to hurt Kurt, I still expected the match to be mostly of the nature it was. It was highly entertaining and that's most of what I look for in a match. Glad Karen's interference was minimal and Tomko wasn't there long - would have been better without any of it but hey. I generally don't add anything for a blade job (or other blood) unless it's really effectively done. Really looking forward to a rematch when Angle is 100%, I think they can put on a MOTY.
****¼ - lower than above

King of the Mountain
Good, but could have been better. Best points were that everyone came out looking strong. The false finish with Booker was pretty good, Nash came from nowhere to stop him. There was some good storytelling from Rhino and Cage at times and Cage did a couple of good, but not spectacular, spots. Samoa Joe absolutely shone in this match and Robert Roode got enough offense in to look like he could fit nicely into the main event scene in coming months. However, it wasn't as good as it was hyped to be and I felt it was only comparable to the X-Div one on Impact. Also as expected in a match like this, the selling kind of goes to shit a bit. Nonetheless, highly enjoyable.
**** - a low 4* (I know I'm being pedantic with my ratings tonight)

Overall Thoughts
3 MOTYCs from a TNA PPV for the first time since I've been following it. Would have been easily my PPV of the year were it not for the unsurmountably asinine wedding segment. What fucking moron thought that would get more buys than using it in the build-up to a good Jay Lethal vs Sonjay Dutt match, which would have added another solid bout to the card. The Kong segment could easily have been replaced by something like MCMG vs Rock & Rave or a match-up like Sting vs James Storm. Still my TNA PPV of the year, but in 30 minutes they verified why they get so much shit from the IWC.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Instant Classic™

(I know I'm being pedantic with my ratings tonight)

"Hmm, I agree aswell, shallow and pedantic"

[Spartanlax]

Sephy beat me to it....and time to download the TNA PPV.

[Taroostyles]

If the X Division KOTM was on the PPV, it probably would've been better IMO.

Even with the bad editing and commercials breaks, it was still probably like ***1/2-***3/4 and last night's match was only slightly better IMO.