{"id":97842,"date":"2020-05-22T13:21:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T18:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=97842"},"modified":"2020-05-22T13:21:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T18:21:59","slug":"impact-wrestling-hits-misses-5-12-locker-room-talk-with-ken-shamrock-sami-callihan-promo-madman-fulton-vs-hernandez-kylie-ray-vs-tasha-steelz-cody-deaner-in-kwaranteen-moose-vs-suicide-ros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/05\/22\/impact-wrestling-hits-misses-5-12-locker-room-talk-with-ken-shamrock-sami-callihan-promo-madman-fulton-vs-hernandez-kylie-ray-vs-tasha-steelz-cody-deaner-in-kwaranteen-moose-vs-suicide-ros\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPACT WRESTLING HITS &#038; MISSES 5\/12: Locker Room Talk with Ken Shamrock, Sami Callihan promo, Madman Fulton vs. Hernandez, Kylie Ray vs. Tasha Steelz, Cody Deaner in Kwaranteen, Moose vs. Suicide, Rosemary at the Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-622697815\" 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><p><strong>\u2022Opening Teaser \u2013 HIT:<\/strong> Wait, what? \u201cOpening teaser\u201d, that thing that Impact Wrestling and other shows play before the opening credits that catches you up with what\u2019s gone on in previous episodes and gives you an idea of what to expect coming up? Yup. That opening teaser. I have been remiss to bring up how much I enjoy these since they do a good job to set the stage for the viewer, but what makes this one unique is, well, Moose took it over. Moose interrupts Impact\u2019s voice over guy and replaces him with TNA\u2019s (Barry Scott). What follows is an over the top video package praising Moose including cameos from a whole host of TNA Originals singing his praises (with lines presumably taken out of context.) This put me in a good mood for the night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Overall \u2013 HIT:<\/strong> Another show not for in-ring action wrestling purists. The show is heavy on angle and character progression with many entertaining segments mixed in. Overall, I found it fun, but as usual with comedy, ultimately your tastes will determine the enjoyment you\u2019d derive from it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Madman Fulton vs. Hernandez, Impact Wrestling World Championship Number One Contender Tournament match &#8211; PUSH:<\/strong> I am tempted to be petty give it a MISS since I had Fulton going through to the next round but Hernandez proved me wrong by pinning Fulton after a splash. Still trying to wrap my head around Fulton\u2019s booking. I\u2019m finding it hard to take him as a serious threat when he keeps losing all the time. I had counted Hernandez out in the tournament since Impact has been treating him more like a body there to help out rather than a legit contender, but I may have to rethink that impression. The match itself is fine. After the match, a chance encounter between Crazzy Steve and OVE leads to a match between Crazzy Steve and Dave Crist next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Kylie Rae vs. Tasha Steelz \u2013 PUSH:<\/strong> A second decent match for the night with Tasha Steelz officially debuting for Impact Wrestling. Steelz will forever have heat with me since I can\u2019t stand trilling, fortunately she kept it to a minimum this match. Steelz taps out to Kylie\u2019s STF. After the match, Kylie and Suzie ran into each other again, foreshadowing something foreboding, maybe?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Kimber Lee vs. Havok \u2013 HIT:<\/strong> I wasn\u2019t expecting a clean finish to this match, with it being Kimber Lee\u2019s Impact Wrestling\u2019s debut match and there being equity built into Jessicka Havok\u2019s character. Sure enough, Nevaeh makes her presence known, giving Lee a chance to grab brass knuckles and eventually use them to win. We still have no hint of Nevaeh\u2019s motivations or alignment, but there is enough here to have me intrigued for the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Locker Room Talk with guest Ken Shamrock \u2013 HIT:<\/strong> This did not last long. Shamrock \u201cencouraged\u201d Johnny Swinger to take a powder as soon as he arrived. While answering Madison Rayne\u2019s question about his future goals now that Sami was behind him, a wild Elgin appeared and took out Shamrock, crushing his head with chairs. Earlier, Elgin had cut a promo to Impact management stating that if beating people wasn\u2019t good enough for them to make him number one contender to the Impact World Championship, then he might go back to hospitalizing people instead. Looks like he just made good on his threat. I also like the way this was shot, made the scene look like it really was a skit gone awry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Sami Callihan promo \u2013 HIT:<\/strong> I feel like I need a smoke or at the very least a drink after one of these Sami promos. I don\u2019t smoke and barely drink. I\u2019m totally, one hundred percent into everything this man says and has become my favorite act in wrestling right now. This time he\u2019s fired a verbal broadside at Michael Elgin and I\u2019m all in for their encounter in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Rohit Raju vs. Trey, Impact Wrestling World Championship Number One Contender Tournament match &#8211; HIT:<\/strong> Prior to the match Rohit cut a passionate promo, saying that there is no more Desi Hit Squad, just the Desi Hit Man. I truly hope this is the start of a new direction and push for him. Did this newfound passion translate into a win for him? Sadly, no. Trey gets him with a small package. Afterwards, the camera did stay on the distraught Rohit instead of the winner Trey, so maybe this is the rock bottom that leads to an ascension for him.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2606314855\" 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>\u2022Cody Deaner in Kwaranteen \u2013 HIT:<\/strong> And so continue Cody Deaner\u2019s adventures in self isolation. Today we get a call with \u201cMatt\u201d (Hardy I pressume), and he has matches against the Invisible Man, Luchasaurus, and a tree, all while squatting on someone else\u2019s land. (That was Luchasaurus right?)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022The North vs. Two Shmoes, Impact World Tag Team Championship match \u2013 HIT:<\/strong> How can anyone not love this skit? Ethan Page hailed as \u201cThe Economic Stability in Today\u2019s World Economy\u201d among many other sobriquets, had me in stiches. Another \u201cyou got to watch\u201d skit. This is like \u201cAll Ego\u201d Ethan Page\u2019s ego made manifest and presented for the whole world to see.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Rosemary at the Bar \u2013 HIT:<\/strong> Rosemary is at the bar, being kept company by the effigy of the Bunny, and now Mr. Mundo, Taya Valkyrie\u2019s (or more appropriately, John E. Bravo\u2019s) stuffed dog. Bravo shows up to retrieve the stuffed dog and accuses Rosemary of missing Taya. As Bravo leaves, Rosemary remembers that last week\u2019s tarot reading revealed seduction in her future, and while initially disgusted by the idea of her together with Bravo, she seems to reconsider it as the scene ends. Yeah, I\u2019m not sure I\u2019m ready for a Rosemary and Bravo relationship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Chris Bey and Johnny Swinger Backstage \u2013 HIT:<\/strong> Chris Bey makes his move when he approaches Swinger backstage and (rather easily) plays Swinger against Willie Mack. Swinger goes out looking for Willie and a confused Willy accepts Swinger\u2019s challenge for next week. What role Bey plays then remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Suicide vs. Moose, TNA World Heavyweight Championship match\u2026 maybe? \u2013 HIT:<\/strong> This gets a HIT thanks to the sheer audacity of Moose gaslighting a defunct championship into existence and parlaying it into a title defense in tonight\u2019s main event. The match was fine, with Moose \u201cretaining\u201d with the No-Jackhammer-Needed Spear after taking advantage of a low blow.<\/p>\n<h3>Bonus: Impact World Championship Number One Contender Tournament<\/h3>\n<p>Whelp, just two matches in and two wrong choices but such is life. I never expected Hernandez to factor in hence me not mentioning him at all last week, but he managed to pull a victory. I expected for OVE to finally start righting the ship after Sami cut ties with them but, nope, it is not their time yet. Speaking of someone whose time it most decidedly is not, Rohit Raju succumbed to Trey Miguel.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez will face the winner of the Rhino and Shamrock match, that is if the match happens at all since Elgin might have taken out Shamrock today. I think Shamrock does recover enough to compete and defeat Rhino, then Hernandez. Who will his opponent be in the finals?<\/p>\n<p>Ken Shamrock\u2019s opponent won\u2019t be Trey, of that I\u2019m sure of. That leaves the winner of Elgin and Callihan in the finals. Since this sneak attack has created heat between Elgin and Shamrock, you can get more matches for the next big event if they both ultimately fail and are each other\u2019s opponents instead of facing the champ.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1748661828\" 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>By that logic, that leaves me with Callihan as my new pick to win the whole shebang by defeating Elgin, then Trey, and a depleted Shamrock in a rematch. This get him that win back and put him on an eventual collision course with Tessa again. Originally, I resisted the idea of putting them together again so soon, hoping Sami and Tessa would build up more wins away from each other, but the current pandemic may have forced their hand. With this set up we get Sami vs. Tessa, Elgin vs. Shamrock, and possibly, Rohit vs. Trey in a grudge match.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH UP&#8230;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/05\/11\/impact-wrestling-hits-misses-5-5-best-skit-in-history-of-wrestling-sami-callihan-promo-ovw-vs-xxxl-jessicka-havocs-locker-room-talk-deaner-vs-kwaranteen-x-division-championship-match\/\">IMPACT WRESTLING HITS &amp; MISSES 5\/5: Best Skit in History of Wrestling, Sami Callihan promo, OVW vs. XXXL, Jessicka Havoc\u2019s Locker Room Talk, Deaner vs. Kwaranteen, X Division Championship match<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4015640880\"><div id=\"pwtor-3907564514\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>\u2022Opening Teaser \u2013 HIT: Wait, what? \u201cOpening teaser\u201d, that thing that Impact Wrestling and other shows play before the opening credits that catches you up with what\u2019s gone on in previous episodes and gives you <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/05\/22\/impact-wrestling-hits-misses-5-12-locker-room-talk-with-ken-shamrock-sami-callihan-promo-madman-fulton-vs-hernandez-kylie-ray-vs-tasha-steelz-cody-deaner-in-kwaranteen-moose-vs-suicide-ros\/\" title=\"IMPACT WRESTLING HITS &#038; MISSES 5\/12: Locker Room Talk with Ken Shamrock, Sami Callihan promo, Madman Fulton vs. Hernandez, Kylie Ray vs. Tasha Steelz, Cody Deaner in Kwaranteen, Moose vs. Suicide, Rosemary at the Bar\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,28,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-specialists_hitsandmisses","category-specialists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-22-at-1.20.59-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97844,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97842\/revisions\/97844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}