By Shane McKinley, PWTorch specialist

“I’m living in that 21st century, doin' something mean to it
Do it better then anybody you ever seen do it
Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it
I guess every superhero need his theme music”
-“Power” by Kayne West

No joke, the first thing I saw when checking out Turning Point was Eric Bischoff hanging out with some brothers and wearing some shades. Hey, constant Eric Bischoff. I must be watching TNA. Checking out the rest of the replay...

Robbie E. should rename that X Division Title the “Fist Pumping Championship of da World” or whatever New Jersey non-sense TNA writers can think up. Who’s next for the Jersey Shore monster? And what will he do when this Jersey Shore fad dies?

Mickie James and Tara quaffed a bottle of Jack before their matches and then they start brawling. It was something you definitely won’t see in WWE. Also a nice breather from Beautiful Peoplemania.

Motor City Machineguns vs. Team 3D was badass as expected (Sabin kicking out of the 3D was huge for MCMG). After the match, was that Hulk Hogan hobbling down the ramp and baring himself again? Geez, Hulk. We know you need money, but there are some places we thought even you wouldn’t go.




The night darn near came to a screeching halt with the following sections: RVD vs. Dreamer, Fortune vs. EV2, and Pope vs. Abyss. This triforce of terror was visual diarrhea.

Why exactly RVD vs. Dreamer took place I don’t know. I’m not sure who convinced who that Dreamer can go for that long, but they’ve must have received a concussion just like Anderson.

Now, TNA wants fans to cue up the waterworks with high-flyin’, limousine-rydin’, and color-cordinatin’ Fortune destroying EV2 in the following weeks. I hope TNA realizes that the majority of us will be cheering on Fortune raising their hands in that “Shocker” gesture.




The only thing I can comment on that ridiculous Pope-Abyss match: when you don’t have anything for the finish, throw in a swerve. I enjoy watching two pawns in TNA get overshadowed by that mastermind Eric Bischoff. I don’t care about what Abyss does and I might have to add The Pope (a.k.a. The Pimp who talks about piss a lot and now has two dollars drop from the ceiling) to that list as well. They didn’t call him Eijah “Botch” Burke for nothing.

I’m convinced Eric Bischoff plans to show off a new hairstyle every time he’s on the camera.

If you’re craving heelish victories from years past by Mr. White Jeans, man, are you in store. Only in sports entertainment could a 43-year-old goober gain a victory over a 300-pound Samoan monster. If you can believe that Brett Favre could slap an Anklelock on Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, then you can believe in wrasslin. I wonder if Karen Angle will make an appearance in the forthcoming Jarrett vs. Angle match to get people talking.




You got to love it that TNA refs are incompetent at being incompetent.

It was funny to me that during the Morgan-Jeff match, the announcers were seemingly grasping at straws to find things to talk about. I noticed how Taz pumped up TNA as the place for “wrestling.” Sure. TNA is also the place for old glory hounds like Bischoff and Jarrett to take reign.

TNA should really look into a man wearing a hot dog outfit and holding a sign that says “Boo” or “Cheer.” These tourists came in to the building and went “Yayyy” for that demon emo spawn Jeff Hardy. But, to be honest, I don’t think TNA really cares how it comes off. They’ll proceed anyways with their storylines regardless of how the fans react.




It was nice that TNA used the rest of the red and gold confetti they had stashed from the big RVD title win. They might as well have offered something interesting for the fans after the main event of the PPV because I thought Morgan-Jeff was easily forgettable. Thanks, Anderson. Thanks for getting a concussion and not putting your health and well being on the line against Mr. Hot Topic himself. Asshole.




So, the synopsis of both Bragging Rights and Turning Point: an awesome mid-card surrounded by stinking stinkers and mind-numbing main events. These mainstream PPVs lately are simply not worth the asking price. Both WWE and TNA have to re-examine the PPV concept and work something out because it's been poor showings by both companies lately.

Simply put, watching PPV main events should not resemble watching Dallas Cowboys games.

Absurd Turning Point Verdict: Very Absurd

Email is mckinley.torch@gmail.com

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