If you missed TNA this week, I recommend watching the re-broadcast Saturday at 10 AM (eh, TiVo it). The Main Event Mafia “took over” the show — the whole show. Angle booked absurd matchups (my favorite: Matt Morgan vs. Petey Williams in a classic “one arm tied behind Petey’s back” match); Scott Steiner was the ring announcer; Sharmelle took Lauren’s job as interview babe; Booker T did play-by-play (while seemingly doing his best Boomhauer impression); and Kevin Nash provided color analysis. It was pretty uneven, but the experiment was worthy and it was amusing just for the novelty of it all.
Sadly, the experiment collapsed when Mick Foley stormed the ring and took the show back. This marks the first time that a Foley entrance made a broadcast a little worse. I’m sure this will be the only time.
-Darrell
Is Vince Russo still writing for TNA? This is sooooo recycled from when nWo took over Nitro years ago.
Russo is a big proponent of recycling.
He certainly is — head writer, in fact.
I didn’t know about the WCW gimmick. I was Turner-free throughout my childhood, and am only catching up on its general mediocrity with WWE 24/7. That said, old-school Jericho is pretty damned cool.
Back to TNA, I am noticing some chillingly similar storylines with the MEM and the NWO. Since I’m watching old Nitros and TNA concurrently, I’ve pretty much stopped caring about both plotlines.
-Darrell