TNA Impact Review for March 01, 2007

This week opens with Christian and Tomko, Christian cuts off Tomko before he could speak.  Christian and Tomko argue a little bit who the match is really for. 

Hype package for Destination X. 

Before they went on air, Angle is beating on Steiner in the crowd.  Russo and his hard on for security came out to break it up.  So Cal Val is looking hot as usual.   

Back to Cornette’s office, Cornette doesn’t like Angle jumping Steiner and is asking Angle to lay off Steiner till Destination X.  

Sabin, Starr, and Shelley vs Macho Lethal, Senshi, Lynn in a six man tag match. Nash and Dutt come down to ring side. Nash has a mic in his hand and asked Lethal to do his Macho impression one more time YEAH!  The fans chant one more time. The heels jump Lethal as he is doing his Macho Impression from behind. Classic X Divison spot with the faces going over or through the ropes onto the heels on the outside.  Mr. Backlund comes down to ringside and we go to commercial break. 

We return from commercial with Starr delivering a nice drop kick to Macho Man Jay Lethal.  Backland joined Tenay and West.  Nice double team on Lethal by Shelley and Sabin.  Backlund is going nuts on the announce team.  They should be focusing on the match instead of him.  Lethal gets the hot tag to Senshi.  Senshi is cleaning house with kicks and chops, and Sabin hits the cradle shock. Jerry Lynn with the TKO on Sabin. Sliced Bread #2 on Lynn.   Starr with the brain buster on Macho Man Jay Lethal.  Senshi with the roll up and the win.  Good X-Division match but backlund did not need to be involved, and its about time we’ve seen a good X-Division match on TV.   

Starr slaps Backlund and Backlund goes for the Cross Face Chicken Wing.  Senshi is getting a nice chant, Backlund reaches his hand out and Senshi bows and walks out. Then backlund follows him to the outside and bows to Senshi, and Senshi bows to Backlund. 

Leave It To Eric Young to be Robert Roode’s bitch.   Eric Young is playing the role of Virgil.  Everybody has a Price ! 

Does anyone care about these rigged text message polls? 

Hype package for Elevation X.  Rhino seems afraid of heights.  

Sting promo with him in a coffin this week.  Sting must be channeling the spirit of the Undertaker this week. Borash is backstage with Abyss, and Abyss goes off guy  with the boom mic. 

Well somebody is in the ring to get their ass whopped by Scott Steiner. Kurt Angle jumps Steiner from behind, and the X-Division comes out to break this up.   Steiner is back in the ring to beat up Chase Stevens.  Cornette sends Angle to the back.  Steiner puts Stevens on the top rope with a nice belly to belly suplex.   

Steiner with a mic and I’ll need a translator to understand what he said this week.  They give him the WHAT treatment. Out of nowhere Angle jacks Steiner again, and the X-Division guys are out once again along with security.   Cornette comes out again to berate Angle, and Angle puts Cornette in the ankle lock.  Cornette throws Angle out of the arena, and the crowd doesn’t like it one bit.  Ok segment but I’d rather see some wrestling instead of these over done brawls. 

Back from commercial break and Angle is pissed about being thrown out of the arena.   Sit down interview with the Pirate Chris Harris.  Harris is doing the Orton thing, he is 35% this week.   

Alex Shelley comes out with some paparazzi productions footage.  This week is Massacre in New York with LAX.  LAX attacks Johnny Rodz the trainer of D-Von, yeah hit him with the cardboard that’s hardcore.   Old ass pic of D-Von gets destroyed.  Shelly is admiring his work.  The crowd is booing the footage and Shelley.  Brother Ray comes out with a mic in hand.  Brother Ray is burying Shelley this week, but yet Shelley has more talent in his pinky than Brother Ray does in his whole body.  Nash comes down to the ring to save Shelley, and LAX attacks Brother Ray.  Shelly goes to filming the beat down.  Konnan comes out and cuts another great promo, I hope Konnan gets a kidney transplant.  LAX gets the tables, and Brother Ray eats wood with a Spine Buster from Hernandez.  Good segment to build their upcoming match Destination X.  

Borash wearing make up this week? Samoa Joe promises to break Tomko and take the NWA title.  Abyss is beating up another TNA crew member backstage.  Joe is taking over for Sting this week asking Abyss to change his life. 

Gotta love TNA for having short intros not like Vince McMahon’s 5 minute introductions.  Tomko and Joe traded boots.  Great camera angle with Joe going through the ropes to hit Tomko on the outside, and we go to commercial break.   

Back from commercial break Tomko is control with a chin lock as I predicted during the commercial break.  Tomko must be watching a lot of Randy Orton matches lately.   Nice spinebuster by Tomko.  Joe with a nice knee to the face off the second rope.  Joe set ups the muscle buster, Tomko holds the ref while Christian hits Joe with a chair and Tomko gets the win. So now Tomko gets a title shot and he got a win over Samoa Joe?  Instead of going with the ever predictable title shot which usually hits your own partner, Joe got out of it and hit Christian and Tomko with the belt.  Steiner comes out to save Christian and Tomko, the heels beat down Joe and Christian hits the unprettier on Joe. Abyss comes out and the heels leave the ring leaving Samoa Joe in there with Abyss.  Black Hole Slam on Joe and cue abyss’s music and we go the impact recap.  

Show Comments 

Well its rather weird typing up my review as I’m watching it. This is probably one of the best Impact’s in a long while; they just need to keep focusing on wrestling.  Let’s just hope TNA doesn’t pull a WWE and keep the Macho Lethal joke going forever.  I’m glad to see a good X-Division match on TV instead of them doing skits backstage.  Let’s see what they got in store for us next week as we head to Destination X.