[Lucky]

I'll always find something to talk about.

Yeah, I may bitch or whine at times but if I just wanted a rankings I thought was best I'd just do it myself.

[DevSop]

That was a loaded impact even if the in-ring action was really light. Just on promos alone-Cage, Bubba, Nash, Sting, Joe, Angle are all in contention, even in a loss I liked the Guns this week, not a big Young fan so hes out...but Petey and Scotty have a shot. Lockdown wll solidify a few spots and we'll see if ROH cracks any spots.

Oh, and Roxxie may be in because I loved the finisher.

[Lucky]

This was a build Impact so I'm not really viewing it as a standalone. Hell, if I was watching Lockdown at home I'd probably rewatch this at 6 Sunday night to go with Lockdown because that's how it felt. Bubba had some real nice stuff in that opening segment and Cage had a nice promo himself. And yeah, MCMG looked good. But Bubba's the only one I really feel good about ranking at the moment and I'm not sure I expect him to solidify that Sunday. but it was a lot of head starts for Sunday.

Still, noone has blown me away this week and I'd say that if I had to do a ranking right now the top 3 will include HBK, Bubba, and Cage for promos. Not an awesome week so far.

[Mr. Dashbee]

I still have Joe penciled in at #1. It's his spot (and World title) to lose.

I was equally impressed with Christian Cage's actions outside the ring, and Roxxi inside the ring.

On the WWE side, I'm looking at Batista, HBK, and possibly CM Punk & The Miz for their match.

But we still have Smackdown, ROH and Lockdown, so who knows...

[National Champion Chris Cole]

For a quick clarification all the people I listed in the post after Raw might not make the final ballot. When I was in full swing of the 12 pack last time around I usually ended up with 8-15 people on my list and then trimmed that to 6. Those are just the people I would consider ranking for Raw.

I'm also planning on watching more TNA. In fact I'm going to reset my DVR to capture it. I just have to grab the Saturday show since in a couple of weeks my DVR will be full on that timeslot with Lost and Office. I had watched about 3 episodes in a row a few months back and I did enjoy it more then Raw at the time. I really like watching Cage, Angle, Joe, AJ, and a few others. And even if I'm not watching Lockdown I will read the results and reviews and I can tell you know Joe will be number one if he wins the TNA Title.

One thing that does bum me out a little about TNA right now is that it isn't in HD. Ever since I got the HD TV I can't get enough HD programming. The real reason I'm watching so much WWE isn't the quality of the show but rather the picture quality of the show. My wife is really souring on wrestling but she'll watch it in a condensed DVR form on an HD broadcast with me and not complain.

[Batman]

Apr 11, 2008 7:54:01 GMT -5 National Champion Chris Cole said:

The real reason I'm watching so much WWE isn't the quality of the show but rather the picture quality of the show.

This made me laugh. I don't even know why.

[jetskid48]

Honestly, I think I might be catching TNA on bad weeks because I really didn't think there was that much great stuff this week. Doesn't help that not a second goes by without me wanting to murder their two announcers, but that doesn't really effect the ratings. Hopefully I get to catch Lockdown because I figure that they saved everything for then. Not excited at all for the first half of the card (only time I get excited for women climbing cages is at a strip bar), but Joe/Angle, Lethal Lockdown, the X Invitational (whatever its called), should all be quite good and I always like Booker matches, even if its dragged down by Robert Roode and the women involved.

Just a question since he's been brought up here a few times already for rankings, but has Matt Morgan actually had a match yet in TNA?

[Lucky]

Nope. This will be his debut and before last week he hadn't made a single action against anyone except a random attack of Joe a couple of months ago when they were butting heads over Joe's disgruntled employee gimmick. He's been on the back burner for a LOOOOOOONG time and they just flipped a switch with him last week he went into overdrive.

[Mr. Dashbee]

Supposedly Matt Morgan was in line for a push because he was going to be a Gladiator on Season 2 of American Gladiators. Most recently I read he actually turned it down (no idea why...Wolf was a wrestler that no one ever heard of prior to AG, and now he's arguable AG's breakout star).

Maybe part of Morgan turning it down was TNA giving him a big push. The guy has some tools to be a big star, so we'll see...

[jetskid48]

Apr 11, 2008 14:00:11 GMT -5 Mr. Dashbee said:

Maybe part of Morgan turning it down was TNA giving him a big push. The guy has some tools to be a big star, so we'll see...

You know who else they said had the tools to be a big star?

[Lucky]

Who the hell are "they"? Retards?

Morgan was a favorite of JR, Heyman, and others. He's shown himself to be very athletic, very quick, and well spoken. He got good reviews in Japan. And he clearly is intimidating. Its far from unreasonable to think that he might actually have something. Especially when G-B clearly states it as a "we'll see" matter.

[Demko]

I'd heard that Morgan was trying to make the TNA + American Gladiators timing thing work out. Is that no longer the case? Can anyone confirm? I think Matt would make a fantastic AG.

Also, I have no idea why, but for the longest time, when MM first came into TNA, I wasn't watching regularly, but caught the results every week. The way people were describing him, they made him sound like he was the guy who used to be Prince Albert in the WWE. Someone in a recap I read once described him as 'Prince Albert without all the back hair', but never stated whether that was a comparison, or a direct description.

[Lucky]

I THINK you may have been mixing stuff of. Albert is now in Japan and wrestles as Giant Bernard. He's made big splash and has become a bit of an indy favorite. It is said that once he stepped outside the WWE style he leaped forward. He's IWGP Tag Champ (or was) with Tomko and there was much speculation that TNA was going to bring him in. He made an appearance on the Global Impact special and they showed clips of him and Tomko a few times. And with Tomko seemingly breaking apart from Angle, Cage, and AJ a lot of us were thinking he might bring in Bernard as his new partner. So Albert was being brought up a lot around that time.

Or maybe people were comparing Morgan to A-Train. But that seems like a somewhat odd comparison to me. Except that both guys are big men who the IWC thinks WWE fumbled.

[Demko]

No, I think the former is correct. It was during a time where I wasn't able to watch much TV, let alone wrestling, so my entire experience was through online recaps. So I could be very confused.

[Batman]

I need more ego-boosts from this thing.

Next week, no tables till I hear a "We want tables" chant.

[Mr. Dashbee]

You'll notice I said MM has "some" tools to be a big star. I'm not really impressed with his mic skills. From his limited action I can see that he is agile for a big man. He obviously has size and a physique that doesn't scream Steroids/HGH. Hopefully he has some ring gear that isn't just jeans.

And, hey, he already has a great moniker, right?

The most genetically jacked...athletically stacked...giant in all of wrestling.

Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue to me.

Yet for some reason, I think the guy is gonna make it. But not until after they feed him to Joe.