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Monday Night Reax #4: "Seriously, why all the hate on TNA?"

Apr 6, 2010 - 12:21:24 PM
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-- 4/5 WWE Raw Reax

Cameron Moscozo of Ceres, Calif. (7.5): Best Match: Swagger-Orton. Worst Match: Kingston-Sheamus. Ladies and Gentlemen, the soon to be top face of the company, Mr. Randy Orton. I honestly enjoy Orton as a "demented" non-hero type character. He is already over with the crowd and everyone easily forgot all the punt kicks, handcuff kisses, and baby oil jokes, which has made this transition very easy. It was good to see Swagger get in the ring with top stars and I really thought his match with Orton was very good. I wish Swagger would have picked up the win, though, because I don't want to see him turn into a three-week champion. I find myself wondering what Kofi Kingston did wrong to the WWE higher-ups. The only reason his match with Sheamus was the worst match was because I zone out when Sheamus is in the ring. Another thing I disagreed with was for the first time in literally weeks - maybe months - WWE gave the Divas a chance to do something in the ring for more than a minute, but they were stuck in dresses. No one will take women's wrestling seriously again until WWE takes it serious themselves. I do think Eve and Maryse are two of the best Divas, so I'm excited for a potential feud. David Otunga as a guest host wasn't bad at all in my opinion despite his stupid haircut. Even the Hornswoggle-Santino part was a "goofy" scene that didn't overkill it. I'm also glad he turned on Cena in the end, but I think WWE missed a chance to have the Otunga-Truth storyline on NXT continue by having him force his Pro into some crazy match. I also loved his interaction with Batista and I'm glad the Cena-Batista feud is continuing because I could listen to Batista cut promos forever.

-- 4/5 Raw & Impact Reax

John of Cocoa Beach, Fla. (5.0 Raw & 0.5 Impact): Best Match: Orton vs. Swagger. Worst Match: Divas evening gown match. Is it just me or was there a real sense of WrestleMania hangover? That's what Raw and TNA felt like last night. The only good things I saw out of the Raw episode was the replay of the Shawn Michaels farewell video, the continuation of the Triple H-Sheamus and John Cena-Batista feuds, and the rebranding of Ted DiBiase with his dad's Million Dollar Belt. Do the tuxedo and laugh come next? Will Cody Rhodes return in polka-dotted trunks to feud with Ted? It's a good thing the prize on last week's NXT episode was guest hosting Raw. David Otunga would have had a hard time carving Smackdown into his scalp. WWE is in a lull until the Extreme Rules PPV and the Draft, which could not come at a better time for some guys like Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne among others. How much longer until we hear Jack Swagger say, "It's True! It's True!" The only good thing about TNA was starting at 8:00 p.m. Maybe Dixie will get the numbers and decide to move to 8:00 permanently, we hope. Rob Terry is what you would get if you crossbred the late British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith and the Ultimate Warrior. Terry's bleeding head was the perfect advertisement for why WWE has done a great thing in outlawing head chair shots. The ambushes by Team Flair members Beer Money on Team Hogan reminded me of the old WCW Horseman attacks. I was surprised we didn't get a twist with Jeff Jarrett "injured" and not able to compete at Lockdown so they could tease a mystery replacement at the PPV for Jarrett (Samoa Joe). And, again, TNA has shown a knack for giving us so-called dream matches that really would have been something to watch 10-15-years ago, but who cares now in 2010 that the NWO Wolfpack takes on the ECW's most notorious tag team, The Dudleys. At least WWE put the 1990s to bed last week. TNA has apparently forgotten to do so.

-- 4/5 TNA Impact Reax

Matthew of Texas (7.0): Seriously, why all the hate on TNA? Impact was a decent show. It was not great and there were some things that were downright horrible, but it was overall a watchable and enjoyable show. The ladder match between Kurt Angle and Mr. Anderson was really good. The tag match between the MCMG and Team 3D was decent and moved 3D on to a feud with the Wolfpack and away from the tag title scene. TNA did a great job featuring the Knockouts and showing they can actually wrestle while also showing them as sex symbols, which I believe is part of wrestling. The Orlando Jordan thing was weird. I think it's great that they are continuing to push Rob Terry. I think he is more interesting than anything WWE has done not counting putting the World Title on Swagger on Friday. TNA opened the show hot with a great segment and a good match between Storm and RVD and solidified the storyline with some post-match stuff. I can't stand BTLS, the Wolfpack stuff, and the Knockouts Title being given away, but I thought it was a "coherent show."

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