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kronic160 · 05-12-2008, 03:59 PM

I have to say TNA has developed the women's divison into a very competitive program only if they spared a few more minutes with the X division program perhaps they could have an all round strong program. How the hell did TNA forget that the X-division is what made them.

The women's division has probably the best storyline at the moment. The beautiful people are great, Kong as champ, ODB and Kim challenging for the title... they have everything in the women's division. Maybe they should get a full hour to develop further.

OwenRocky · 05-12-2008, 04:10 PM

Sacrifice was a good idea executed terribly. This was the PPV that could have rejuvenated the tag team division. Also, the whole knockout head shaved idea was stupid. A very horrible PPV that broke a streak of several good ones.

uselessidguy331 · 05-12-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by OwenRocky

Sacrifice was a good idea executed terribly. This was the PPV that could have rejuvenated the tag team division. Also, the whole knockout head shaved idea was stupid. A very horrible PPV that broke a streak of several good ones.

Putting the belts on the best tag team in the company (well, arguably, unless we're talking about the MCMG's) was badly executed?

Come on, now, there were three very good matches on the show last night. It was hardly a bad pay-per-view.

gem'no · 05-12-2008, 05:29 PM

I don't know, what some of you guys saw, or in which moode you were. But Sacrifice was really well executed. The only thing, that really bugged me was the Hair-stipulation of the Knockout match. I allways hated the idea. Non of the girls had something to benefit. - And in the end, the last 3 girls were my 2 favourites plus Gail Kim, who was immune. That totally, totally sucked...

Even though I absolutely HATED the whole angle, I must admit something... TNA succeeded in getting me emotionally involved. I won't forget that match any time soon. - The fans on the other hand presented themselves as idiots, chanting against "all-time-enemy" Vince Russo instead of chearing FOR Roxxi, who put up a great match and really needed their support. Therefore I hated the fans as much as the whole stipulation.

The second bad thing was (again) the production. You saw during some of the past PPVs how important it is, that TNAW leaves their "Zone" and televise their shows with a much higher standard. I think, this is the main reason, why many might find the PPV bad. - Anyway, it clearly was not.

The tag team tournament was booked well. I anticipated a couple of things that didn't happen. On the other I was totally (positively) surprised, that they turned Booker T, what might even saved the early stages of the PPV, if not Sacrifice at all.

They chose a good way to eliminate all "Egotisticals" and brought the only 2 established teams into the finals, finalizing it with the right champions. I was a little disappointed by how bad James Storm (again) was presented. But the match itself was good. And if they do it right, Storm can benefit a great deal from his programm with Sting. But only when he can take a final victory against The Stinger.

There also were a couple of screw ups this sunday (the coolest one: Tracis self-elimination ... from no on my absolute favourite of all mistakes =) ), but the in ring quality leveled it.

The Terror Dome is a really cool new match. They shouldn't have put all the X Division at once into the match, but maybe 4-6 competitors. This way no one besides Kaz benefited and it lacked in psychology. - But all politics and terrible pushes for the best guys beside, it was strong.

**ADN** · 05-12-2008, 08:16 PM

3D/Storm & Sting - **
Roode & Booker/Cage & Rhino - **1/2
Morgan & Kip/LAX - *1/4
BG & Kong/Styles & Eric - **1/2
TerrorDome - ***3/4
Cage & Rhino/3D - ***
LAZ/Styles & Eric - **1/4
Knockouts - ***1/2
3D/LAX - ***1/4
Joe/Steiner/Kaz - ***3/4

**Taroostyles** · 05-12-2008, 08:49 PM

^Almost the same exact ratings as mine, altho I would bump LAX/3D up a 1/4* and the LAX/Styles and Eric match up to about **3/4-***

aRush · 05-13-2008, 12:02 AM

Am I the only one who thinks Kaz might finally get firmly pushed into the upper echelon to fill the void on the face side left by Booker T turning heel? He was made to look very strong by winning the Terror Dome and competing well in the main event.

Perhaps they could have it where Steiner costs him the X-Division Title which leads into a Steiner/Kaz feud which could further elevate him into the main event. I'd like to see him get an X-Title reign at some point, but they've had it held mainly by faces up until Petey got the belt so if he can be cleared to wrestle soon I'd like to see him get a decent length heel reign before losing the belt.

poison the well · 05-13-2008, 03:42 AM

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet. But i'd like to note how BAD the crowd was at sacrifice. They were pitiful. Quiet almost throughout, with the only noise coming from the jackass smarks. From cheering Steiner.. to booing the best women's wrestler in the game(Gail Kim) and of course booing Joe when he won. The only time the crowd was remotely loud was during the Fire Russo chant. Shameful. I used to defend the impact zone because they used to be a pretty good crowd. But I think they're spoiled and need to lose TNA for awhile.

As for the PPV itself. It was very average. And you expect a lot better than average for a PPV. The knockouts match stole the show, YET again, even though Roxxi getting her head shaved was ridiculous and completely unneccesary. Most of the tag matches were slow and dull and rushed! LAX vs 3D was solid. The TerrorDome was solid, nothing spectacular. The Main Event was ruined by Steiner for me. Give me Kaz vs Joe 1on1 100x over instead.

I give it a very generous 6/10. 2/10 for the crowd.

Jordan_W · 05-13-2008, 04:08 AM

Yeah the crowd sucked big time. This was like the 2nd TNA PPV I've ever ordered. The Deuces Wild tag tournament was actually pretty good, I'm glad LAX won they're deserving of the tag titles. I wish someone else would have won the TerrorDome, I think someone else could have made the main event more interesting, but overall it was good, I didn't like that Roxxi got her head shaved though.

kronic160 · 05-13-2008, 10:27 AM

[quote=aRush;5726497]Am I the only one who thinks Kaz might finally get firmly pushed into the upper echelon to fill the void on the face side left by Booker T turning heel? He was made to look very strong by winning the Terror Dome and competing well in the main event. QUOTE]

They have Cage who turned face. Kaz will and should be stuck in the x division. Again that's not a bad thing it will just give him a better shot at winning a title.