{"id":178413,"date":"2024-05-14T11:57:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=178413"},"modified":"2024-05-14T11:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:57:34","slug":"tna-hits-misses-5-9-the-systems-championship-celebration-mike-santanas-sitdown-interview-santinos-announcement-gresham-vs-ferrara-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/05\/14\/tna-hits-misses-5-9-the-systems-championship-celebration-mike-santanas-sitdown-interview-santinos-announcement-gresham-vs-ferrara-more\/","title":{"rendered":"TNA HITS &#038; MISSES (5\/9): The System&#8217;s championship celebration, Mike Santana&#8217;s sitdown interview, Santino&#8217;s announcement, Gresham vs. Ferrara, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-451505012\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>TNA HITS AND MISSES<br \/>\nMAY 9, 2024<br \/>\nALBANY, NY AT WASHINGTON AVENUE ARMORY<br \/>\nAIRED ON AXS TV<br \/>\nBY JOHN LASLO, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><strong>THE SYSTEM CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATION &#8211; HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alright. This was GREAT. I love the braggadocio of a dominant heel faction. Bringing in a bunch of cheerleaders to walk them down to the ring, amazing. It was such a character moment for Alisha Edwards to bring up a video ostensibly about the whole group, but the majority of the shots were of her. Definitely no shots of Masha. It was actually a good thing that Broken Matt Hardy broke it up before it went too far. Then the System beat him up a bit before he was rescued by Ryan Nemeth. So Matt Hardy and the Nemeths and Speedball Mountain, that\u2019s a potentially bigger face faction than the System.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABC BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW WITH GIA MILLER &#8211; MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A short little bit showing the fraying relationship between Chris Bey and Ace Austin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE SYSTEM WHINES TO THE AUTHORITY &#8211; MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dominant Heels complaining about things that are unfair, wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>(1) FBI (Ray Jaz &amp; Zack Clayton w\/Guido) vs. FIRST CLASS (Rich Swann &amp; AJ Francis) &#8211; MINOR HIT<\/p>\n<p>Wow, it took way too long to get to a match. It was a short one at that. It was nice to have the new FBI show up again, but they really didn\u2019t get to do much.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1634893540\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>JAKE SOMETHING GETS INTERRUPTED &#8211; MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Something went to talk to Santino, but then was interrupted by the Rascalz, so they are now going to have a match. I\u2019m kinda glad that Cody Deaner and Jake Something are teaming again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOUND CHECK WITH ALAN ANGELS &#8211; MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More Steph DeLander and Kon. I\u2019m enjoying Alan Angels being a low key incompetent interviewer. It\u2019s a fun little take, and I\u2019m here for it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) JAKE SOMETHING &amp; CODY DEANER vs. THE RASCALZ (Trey Miguel &amp; Zachary Wentz) &#8211; HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh my god, a real match! Honestly, this was a bit of a surprise. It was really a Cody Deaner match, and probably the best thing he\u2019s done since before he and Jake Something stopped teaming. It was a delightful return to form. I think that we\u2019re going to see a bit more from the Rascalz and Deaner\/Something.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STEVE MACLIN INSERTS HIMSELF WHERE HE\u2019S NOT WANTED &#8211; MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was a really interesting turn, the run from Steve Maclin attacked the Rascalz for not backing him into the backstage interview to the interaction with Frankie Kazarian. A wonderful bit of production, something that really shows that the production team knows what they are doing as show runners.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2944976469\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>MIKE SANTANA SIT DOWN INTERVIEW WITH TOM HANNIFAN &#8211; HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was a really great re-introduction of Mike Santana. It touched on a lot of things that he\u2019s gone through and what he\u2019s done. Really good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GABBY LASPICA TALKS TO ASH BY ELEGANCE &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was a long segment about what Ash By Elegance is about. This should have been done after her first appearance and the perfume commercial segments. It is also leading to more with Xia Brookside, who I think could do better things against different opponents. I think Xia and Ash has run it\u2019s course, and doesn\u2019t need re-run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SANTINO MARELLA ANNOUNCES THE CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE &#8211; HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alright, I love it when TNA does some sort of strange stipulations. It\u2019s a signature of the company. This is such a dumb idea, all the gold versus all the number one contenders? Amazing. 10\/10 no notes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) JONATHAN GRESHAM vs. WILL FERRARA &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gresham can make a short squash look good, but as with all of these squashes, I think it could have been longer and better. It took me far, far, far too long to realize the ink is because he\u2019s AN OCTOPUS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GISELLE SHAW MEDITATES &#8211; MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s overdue. I\u2019ve been waiting to hear something, anything from Giselle Shaw. Finally we see her, and she DOESN\u2019T SAY ANYTHING. Fine, keep me on the edge of my seat, TNA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(4) ABC (Chris Bey &amp; Ace Austin) vs. SPEEDBALL MOUNTAIN (\u201cSpeedball\u201d Mike Bailey &amp; Trent Seven)- HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another great match. I\u2019ll be honest, I\u2019m kinda surprised that it went the way of Mike Bailey and Trent Seven. Winning this would have thrown some gasoline on the fire of a break up of ABC. I think that is going to happen no matter what.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS &#8211; MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lots and lots of segments, several of which kinda went a little long. With two short matches, unlike last week\u2019s show which was a lot of good solid wrestling, this one was the opposite. Doing a little bit of quick math, in a show that is 90 minutes, there was only 31 minutes of wrestling. 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