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RADICAN: Tuesday night news, notes, and commentary (Triple H, Pain and Passion, TNA, more) Sep 25, 2007 - 6:16:28 PM
Welcome to my Tuesday night news, notes, and commentary…
-ECW Press has released “Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling” by Heath McCoy. The book is about Stu Hart’s Stampede Wrestling promotion and centers heavily on the Hart family. I read some of this book when it was originally released a couple of years ago and loved it. It was well-written with an incredible narrative by the author. The only problem was the text was small and it killed my eyes. Also, I got sidetracked and never got to finish the book because it got pushed to the side because of other Torch duties.
ECW Press has solved my problem by re-releasing “Pain and Passion” with a larger font and a more palatable layout. The book is also revised and expanded, which can only mean good things, I hope. This book should be available at all major bookstores right now.
-Triple H has been a boorish presence on television since his return and I am not enjoying his act one bit. His character needs to grow and the childish elements need to be dropped. Also, he’s not doing himself or the other members of the roster that he runs over any good by squashing them. His interactions with Booker T, Cade & Murdoch, London & Kendrick, Carlito, and Mr. McMahon reek of someone hell-bent on being the monster of the WWE.
The problem is that Triple H just isn’t interesting. He’s not involved with anyone interesting through storylines that can push him to a higher level in the ring and on the mic. His presence almost seems like a cancer for WWE television right now. It’s getting to be that bad.
-Judging by the amount of feedback I received for ROH’s “Driven” PPV, which debuted on TVN and The Dish on Sept. 21, most of you great readers out there must be Indemand customers. “Driven” debuts on Indemand this Friday (Sept. 28) and I highly recommend this PPV. The main event is worth the purchase price alone, although the undercard matches are high in quality as well.
ROH has already taped a third PPV headlined by feud of the year contender ROH World Champions The Briscoes vs. El Generico & Kevin Steen in a Ladder match. It looks as if the fourth PPV (set to air in January) will be headlined by ROH World Champion Takeshi Morishima vs. Nigel McGuinness.
-TNA is set for their move to 2 hours on Oct. 4. I don’t enjoy Impact on any level other than to laugh at it. I don’t even like doing that, as I see a tremendous opportunity being wasted with the creative shambles the company is in. TNA has already booked 2 battle royal matches (one of them being a reverse battle royal) for the upcoming “Bound for Glory” PPV, which is just another sign of how inept the booking crew is.
Hello! This is your (allegedly) biggest PPV of the year and you’re already booking crap on it. Everyone in TNA needs to be fired accept for the wrestlers. At “No Surrender” TNA teased me once again with a lineup of solid wrestling matches, only for the writing crew to return to their usual stupidity at the next round of Impact tapings. I could go on and on, but I won’t. I just bet Kurt Angle feels really dumb right now.
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