Wade Keller, Torch Editor (7.0)

Another good Impact. Not infuriating at all, which is newsworthy for this product. The focus is on the right guys, for the most part, and they're not trying to jam too much into the show. The matches between marquee players are still too short, but it's better then extending them by three minutes and cutting that three minutes out with mid-match commercial breaks. Once again, no mid-match breaks. Anderson's really interesting to watch develop right now. At least Rosey is being pushed as a babyface so babyfaces aren't put in a position to "make fun of the fat lady" every week. No rankings talk this week at all.

Greg Parks, Torch Columnist (6.5)

The opening segment seemed out-of-sorts a bit, as Sting continued to be intentionally vague in his promo, and Hulk Hogan came out and cut a bizarre promo where he didn't really say anything of note other than throwing a bunch of cliches out there. The matches on the show were all fine, but some of them were disappointingly short. I would've liked to have seen at least two of the matches get four or five more minutes to tell a better story.

They spent a lot of time on the Mr. Anderson & Jeff Hardy vs. Beer Money feud, and there's still part of me that thinks Anderson's going to turn back heel before long. Kurt Angle and Ric Flair had a nice verbal exchange in the ring. It looks like they're pushing Jay Lethal, but a lot of his wins seem to be of the fluke variety. The show ending with a Samoa Joe-Rob Van Dam face-to-face confrontation is intriguing for the future. It's a match I'm sure a lot of TNA fans would like to see.

Daniel Wilkenfeld, PWTorch.com Contributor (8.5)

This show did all the right things. It had some fun matches, and pushed forward all the big PPV feuds. Even the main-event feud I deride so much was helped immensely by this episode. Sting's promo was a bit underwhelming, but it was a lot better than nothing. There was a lot of good wrestling, though the fact that it was broken into seven seperate matches made things feel a bit disjointed. Overall though, the pacing was a step in the right direction too.

They kept all the matches commercial-free, and managed to do some really nice lead-ins from segment to segment (the three middle segments right around the hour-mark were especially well tied together). This was an enjoyable show. If TNA management could dig themselves out of two or three horrific booking decisions, they'd have a hell of a product on their hands. There was nothing really amazing about this show, but there was a lot that was very good, and I don't remember being particularly bored even once.

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