Slammiversary XI - Impact Wrestling at its best in a long time

Slammiversary XI - Impact at its best in a long time

The Card For The Night;

• Ultimate X match for the X - division title - Kenny King vs Suicide vs Chris Sabin
• Jeff Hardy, Magnus and Samoa Joe vs Doc, Garrett Bischoff and Wes Brisco
• Gut Check Finals (winner gets the first entry into the BFG series) - Sam Shaw vs Jay Bradley 
• First Ever "Last Knockout Standing Match" - Taryn Terrell vs Gail Kim
• TNA TV Championship Match - Joseph Parks vs Devon 
• TNA World Tag Team Championship Match (elimination rules) - Bad Influence vs Chavo and Hernandez vs Roode and Aries vs Storm and Gunner
• AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match (if Sting loses he can no longer compete for the title) - Sting vs Bully Ray

Spoilers/Results

• Sabin won after brawling with King while hanging from the ropes.
• Jeff Hardy, Magnus and Samoa Joe won after an entertaining match. Magnus is really coming into his own which IMO is great.
• Jay Bradley won and then cuts a promo on how he will be the first to enter the BFG series and be the last to leave it.
• Taryn Terrell wins after doing what looks like a bulldog or a cutter style move off the ramp. Dear WWE take notes this is how the Divas matches should work. 
• Devon and Knux attacked Parks earlier in the night backstage and you see him "bleeding." Devon demands the ref count Parks out after ringing the bell. Devon cuts a promo saying Parks is worthless and that if Abyss was there he would beat him too. Abyss hits the ring and the ref rings the bell. A match ensues where Abyss wins and some how becomes the new TV champ. 
• Storm and Gunner win the match after Daniels gets Bad Influence DQ'd and Roode and Aries eliminate the other two teams.
• Kurt Angle is named the HOF inductee of 2013 and goes on to win the match. This match was great. Very back and forth and AJ's character is building even more. 
• Bully Ray wins after hitting three piledrivers (one of which was on the boards under the mat) and  interference from the Aces and Eights. Ken Anderson throws Bully a hammer that Bully uses to make contact as Sting dives off the top rope.

My thoughts on the PPV

The PPV as a whole was one of TNA's better PPV's. I didnt think the card looked very strong but I was mistaken. The Knockouts match was great and got some great reactions from the crowds. WWE needs to take some notice because right now, IMO, the Knockouts are much higher quality than the Divas. I would also like to point out that both Taryn and Gail do a better figure four leg lock than Miz. 

The 6 man tag match was impressive. Both Magnus and Joe need to get that push soon. I am so sick of them being under used. Magnus really is going to be big and I can promise that. He has the look and the ability. I know it sounds crazy just now but if WWE snatched him up then Barrett and Magnus could dominate that excuse of a tag team division. Joe needs to go back to being a killing machine. He has the ability to be the top star again but TNA just dont push him and its a damn shame.

The gut check match was pretty green. Both competitors looked quite uncomfortable. While Jay Bradley has the look and technique of a heel he just straight out bores me. I cant get into him. His character is just, well thats just it, there is no character. I feel Sam Shaw could have been a great X Divison star so maybe they will use him for that. He is athletic enough and with a bit of tweaking they could mould him to be a good midcard guy. 

I want to clear something up. While I love that Abyss/Joseph Parks are the same wrestler he needs to get back into shape. The pay off with this will only work if his ring work is just as good as the story telling. Eventually they are going to have to point out that Abyss and Parks are the same guy and I look forward to see how they do it but I just hope they do it sooner rather than later. Either have him completely unaware that its happening or have it that Abyss is just a complete genius and planned the whole thing so he could win the BFG series and have a go at the gold. 

James Storm must have done something to piss off officials back stage. There is no way a guy who goes from being world championship material back down to the tag division with a guy who hasnt been seen in months. Its almost like they are punishing him. Either give the cowboy his horse to ride on or let him go be good in the other companies. 

Angle vs AJ shocked me with the ending. I thought AJ would go over and then it hit me. If AJ had gone over Angle he would have beaten a face and therefore would have been viewed closer to a heel. Now that he lost to a heel he can look and see that he has to be the good guy to get the job done. This could bring the story full circle almost like what they did with Sting and the NWO back in WCW. Really I would like to see AJ win the title but still have no allegiance to anyone. It would then be AJ Styles vs The World and it could be good to see. 

Sting can no longer challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight title but for how long? We have seen this time and time again in all promotions. How long before Sting tears apart Aces and Eights demanding his title shot?

Personally I believe after the tease last night with Brooke Hogan (She came out looking sad as Bully was being hit with a chair) that we will see Bully say he still loves her and try get her to turn to Aces and Eights. Sting will use Brooke to get his title shot again or will use Brooke to get Hulk to lift the ban. 

By the way checkout Bully Ray's piledriver promo if you can.

My stars of the night

Suicide

Gail Kim

Taryn Terrell

Magnus
Samoa Joe

Gunner

Austin Aries

Kazarian
Christopher Daniels

AJ Styles

Bully Ray

Where do TNA go from here/How I would go about it

• I believe the knockouts will continue feuding and eventually Taryn will get a title shot.
• Suicide, Kenny King and Petey Williams will have a number one contenders match.
• Hardy will find someway to get back into the title picture or at least take down some of Aces and Eights.
• I could see Samoa Joe and Magnus continuing to feud with Bischoff and Brisco
• They need to keep booking AJ Styles as well as they have been or it will flop as an angle.  

I am lost as to what they will do with Roode and Aries but there was definite tell tale signs of Roode being almost jealous of this partnership Storm has with Gunner. This could result in Aries trying to convince Roode he is just as good as Storm or it could end with Roode trying to take out Gunner to ensure that Storm doesn't see success.

Again let me hear your thoughts and opinions on what should be included in the next blog. The main topic will be RAW from Monday the 3rd of June but lets mix it up.