-- 1/28 TNA Impact Reax

Luke Fleeman of Tulare, Calif. (6.0): Best Match: Hernandez vs. Daniels. Worst Match: Doug Williams vs. Amazing Red. In the words of Mr. Burns: I know what I hate, and I don't hate this. I don't think this was a great show, but it was fine, and was an improvement in some areas from last week - more on par with the show from two weeks ago. The in-ring action was decent, and none of the angles really bothered me too much. I thought the announcers did a good job of stressing the point of each match, and the wrestlers were motivated to do well by chances at titles, revenge, or defense of their reputation. All of the matches basically had their place, a point, and were fine to watch. I also felt like the proper people were pushed. I am slightly intrigued by Bischoff's heelish antics at Hogan's side, and I thought they gave some coherent reasons for Foley to stay, so long as they maintain him as a face. I am not happy with the Montreal Screwjob angle, but they at least explained it satisfactorily. I thought Ken Anderson came off like the exact kind of heel you want to see beat, which is good. On the other hand, there were a number of things to keep me from loving this show. Jarrett's repeated turns are getting tiring, and I don't know why Bischoff would fire Lashley now. Hogan's music was cued poorly all night, and the crowd still sounds weird. I don't know why Hall and Waltman attacked if they want to get contracts, which was at least pointed out by Tenay. If they have some half-baked idea of turning Rob Terry into a face, I suggest they not. Teach him to wrestle first. The biggest disappointment was the Nasty Boys. I thought Team 3D did a decent promo talking about their reputation, their legend, and the fact that they felt wronged. The promo was on point and made me, as a viewer, understand why they wanted to fight. The Nasty Boys are still cutting promos from 1989 and saying goofy things that I don't get; then again, it matches their gimmick. Knobs's rambling was especially bad, as he forced his voice to sound gravelly, and seemed winded just from talking. And watching them all call the others fat is laughable.

Jeffrey Columbus of Ohio, college student (6.0): Best Match: MCMG & Brian Kendrick vs. Generation Me & Amazing Red. Worst Match: Jeff Jarrett vs. Mr. Anderson. My biggest problem with this new TNA is that they are forgetting about some of the people that have been in TNA longer than Mr. Anderson like Samoa Joe, Jay Lethal, and Consequences Creed. I noticed during the main event that Taz referred to Mr. Anderson as a huge star in TNA, but he has only been there for a couple of weeks. My biggest complain is why in the world are the Nasty Boys on my TV. They are old and slow and I can't stand seeing them on my television. Also why do we have to see Hulk Hogan every ten minutes. I thought TNA wanted to be the WWE alternative, but how is that possible when they reference WWE all the time? I did enjoy my Best Match choice. It was short, but it was an action-filled match that reminds me why I started to watch TNA in the first place. Jeff Jarrett can still move, but he looked tired and Mr. Anderson is not yet a top star to watch. One last thing - why was Kurt Angle still there after saying he quit last week and why was Mick Foley still there when he was fired? I hope TNA fixes their problems, gets away from WWE entirely, and becomes their own show.

-- 1/28 WWE Superstars Reax

Terrie Neilson of Las Vegas, Nev. (9.0): No best or worst as everything - even the Divas match - was pretty solid. My biggest beef is this: the build to the Royal Rumble PPV should have begun back in mid-December. It wasn't until three weeks ago that the focus became sharp and clear. And only NOW (three days from Sunday) do we have qualifying matches? I could have accepted it if WWE said on all of their shows that various wrestlers made it in via matches either on the shows or on the road house shows. That didn't happen. The past week or so the bigger names seemed to just be named without an explanation of how they earned their place. The ladies did a very nice job; the match was short but a lot better than expected. D.H. Smith won the main event in cheating fashion. It's apropos for heels, but it's pretty clear that D.H. is the weaker link of the three Hart Dynasty members. His wins aren't usually very clean and he tends to do the job more often in losses. The end gave us Khali tossing out Hardy. Unless it was sweetened, the crowd seemed to understand that it was Rumble related and weren't too concerned about any turns. At least this show's finish made sense. Can't speak the same for Raw.

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