1.    TNA World Tag Team Championship match: The Motor City Machineguns(c) vs. Generation Me

The PPV opened with the best match of the night, a very fun and athletic match for the tag titles. The Guns and Generation Me really brought it and I thought this was a bit better than their match from No Surrender. Max Buck and Alex Shelley start the match, with Max driving Shelley into the corner and laying into him with punches and kicks. Shelley hits some chops, an arm drag, and a leg sweep before taking down Max again and tagging in Chris Sabin. The Guns knock Jeremy Buck off the apron and hit some double team moves on Max before Max is able to tag in his brother. Both brothers end up outside the ring where the Guns hit simultaneous suicide dives. Back in the ring, Shelley hits a diving cross body to Jeremy for a near fall. Jeremy fights off a sliced bread attempt and Gen. Me hit a double elevated DDT to Shelley. Jeremy and Shelley trade slaps before Jeremy hits an enzuigiri for a near fall. Max tags in after hitting a double team dropkick with his brother. Gen. Me hit some more double team moves until Jeremy applies a rear chin lock, only for Shelley to fight out. Shelley knocks Jeremy off the top turnbuckle and hits a diving double foot stomp, then tags to Sabin, who hits a ton of jumping elbows and forearms. Max gets hung up in the tree of woe and the Guns hit back to back baseball slides. After some more double teaming, Shelley tries an outside dive but crashes and burns. Max hits a wheelbarrow facebuster for a near fall and Gen. Me tries for a double DDT only for Shelley to break it up. The Guns try for a sliced bread/powerbomb combo but Sabin is sent to the outside and Max dives onto Shelley. Max holds Shelley over the ropes and Jeremy hits a 450 splash, but the pin attempt is broken up. Shelley misses a diving double stomp and eats a ton of double team moves from Gen. Me. Gen. Me try to go for More Bang for Your Buck but it’s broken up and Sabin hits a release German superplex, which is followed up by the Skull and Bones and the Guns retain the titles. Awesome, action packed opener that got the show off to a hot start. I would have liked to see it go on longer though. Match Time: 12:58     Star Rating: ***3/4

2.    4-Way match for the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship: Angelina Love(c) vs. Tara vs. Madison Rayne vs. Velvet Sky with Mickie James as Special Guest Referee

It appears this match will be fought under Four Corners rules. Love and Rayne look set to start the match but Rayne tags to Sky. Love and Sky do some chain wrestling early on before they both hit a shoulder block. Rayne gets a tag and Love hits a drop toehold, but Rayne charges her in the corner and slams her head into the mat. Rayne chokes Love in the corner while arguing with Mickie, before Love is able to score a near fall off a scoop slam and Tara breaks up the pin. Love tags out to Sky, who hits a head scissors. Sky puts Tara in an octopus stretch but Tara fights out and dropkicks her. Sky reverses a suplex and hits some flying forearms, a kick, and a bulldog. Everything breaks down with Love hitting a bicycle kick, Rayne hitting her weird neckbreaker, and Sky hitting a DDT to Rayne. Tara attacks Sky from behind and tries for the Widow’s Peak but Sky fights out. Tara gets the pin with the weakest looking roll up I have ever seen. Rayne’s pissed after the bell but Mickie lays her out. A very typical Knockouts match and Tara going over made no sense, but at least she can wrestle well. Match Time: 6:17     Star Rating: *1/2

3.    Ink Inc. vs. Eric Young and Orlando Jordan

Oh my God. Jordan and Jesse Neal start the match but Young pulls the ref out and starts to ref the match himself. Young argues with the ref as Jordan and Neal fight, with Neal hitting a diving cross body. Shannon Moore gets a tag and hits a dropkick before Jordan makes a comeback. Jordan tags to Young, who high fives everyone before catapulting Jordan over the top rope. Ink Inc. both splash Jordan, and Young and Jordan both wind up crotched on the top rope. Jordan hits Moore with a spinebuster for a near fall and tries to get Young to come in, but Young pulls out a rule book and won’t enter. Jordan and Moore double clothesline each other, and Jordan slaps the rule book out of Young’s hand. Jordan tries to get him to come in but Young runs to the other corner. Young gets a tag from Moore (?) and starts to attack Jordan, hitting some clotheslines and a back drop before Ink Inc. get the win with their finisher. This was unbelievably stupid and Young’s brain damaged character is completely distasteful in 2010. Waste of time. Match Time: 6:36     Star Rating: *

4.    TNA X Division Championship match: Jay Lethal(c) vs. Douglas Williams

The show entered a brief good stretch with this match. Williams tries for a series of takedowns and Lethal fights out, locking in an arm bar. Williams gets to his feet and kicks Lethal in the leg before hitting a clothesline. Lethal hits the Lethal Combination, then hits a slingshot cross body when Williams bails to the outside. Williams applies a side headlock back in the ring, then hits some knees to the head before hitting a big boot/clothesline combo. Williams wears Lethal down with a rear chin lock but Lethal is able to fight out and hit some punches and a flying clothesline. Lethal hits some flying kicks and connects with a springboard moonsault. Williams hits a suplex for a near fall, hits a high knee in the corner, and a snap suplex. Williams hits some uppercuts and an exploder for a near fall. Williams hits the Chaos Theory, but only gets two and argues with the ref. Williams hits a top rope hurricanrana but Lethal rolls through and gets the win with a roll up. He celebrates in the crowd afterwards. Match was a bit too short but pretty good. The chemistry is definitely there between these guys. Match Time: 8:18     Star Rating: ***

5.    Monster’s Ball match: Abyss vs. Rob Van Dam

I went into this one with very low expectations, so this match was a pleasant surprise. It wasn’t a great match but it was a fun little brawl. They trade blows at the start, with RVD hitting a bunch of kicks and dragging Abyss over to the apron where he hits a slingshot leg drop. RVD grabs a chair and comes back into the ring, hitting a single leg dropkick and a chair assisted dropkick in the corner. RVD dives on top of Abyss on the outside, then throws a barbed wire board into the ring. Van Dam hits a baseball slide but Abyss pops back up and hits a back elbow. Abyss hits some punches and teases a chokeslam onto the barbed wire, but Van Dam fights out and hits a bulldog to Abyss onto the barbed wire. Van Dam goes for rolling thunder but Abyss moves and Van Dam goes into the barbed wire. Abyss grabs a table from under the ring, and sets it up across the apron and the barricade, then does the same with another barbed wire board at another section of the ringside area. RVD and Abyss trade blows on the apron, with Abyss almost suplexing RVD through the table. RVD is able to hit some shots on Abyss, who falls back onto the table. RVD then hits rolling thunder over the top rope and onto Abyss, driving him through the table. Abyss tries to hit RVD with a chair in the ring but RVD kicks it into his face. Van Dam goes for a coast to coast with the chair but Abyss throws the chair into Van Dam’s face, causing him to fall off the top and through the barbed wire board. Abyss brings Van Dam back into the ring and sets up another barbed wire board in the corner. Van Dam sends Abyss into the barbed wire and coast to coast dropkicks the board into his face. RVD tries for the Five Star Frog Splash but misses. Abyss picks up Janice from the announce table and goes to hit RVD with it, but RVD moves and throws a chair in Abyss’s face. RVD then hits Abyss in the gut with Janice, causing Abyss to bleed from the mouth, before hitting the Five Star Frog Splash for the win. Not a crazy brutal Monster’s Ball but definitely a good, fun street fight style match. Better than the usual Abyss fare. Match Time: 13:00     Star Rating: ***

6.    Handicap match: D’Angelo Dinero, Kevin Nash, and Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett and Samoa Joe

The PPV went downhill with this match. Joe and Pope start the match with some chain wrestling until Pope hits a shoulder block. Joe comes back with some punches and a slam before beating on Pope in the corner. Pope comes back with punches of his own but Joe hits a high knee. Sting gets a tag and looks at Jarrett, but Joe hits some punches. Joe misses a splash in the corner and Sting hits one of his own, but gets put down with a uranage when he tries for a second. Joe launches Sting into the barricade on the outside but Nash catches him with a knee to the back. Sting sends Joe into the barricade before returning to the ring where he tags in Nash. Nash hits some knees and elbows to the head and tags in Pope. Pope botches an attempt at a corner elbow and hits it on the second try. Joe eats the 4Up but double clotheslines Pope and Sting. Nash comes in, moving extremely slow, and hits a really weak corner splash. Joe tries for a tag but Jarrett hops off the apron and retreats up the ramp, betraying Joe. Joe then attacks all 3 men but ends up getting beat down. Nash ends it with a Jackknife powerbomb for the win. I sure hope that the rumors of Nash’s retirement are true because he was awful here. Match was really bad and it was sad to say Joe and the Pope get wasted here. Match Time: 7:46     Star Rating: *1/2

Team 3D came out for an announcement after the last match. They recapped their careers and all of their successes worldwide and said they had nothing left to accomplish and were retiring. They requested one final match for the tag titles against the Motor City Machineguns so they could retire as champions, unless MCMG win and in that case they get to say they retired Team 3D. Glad to see Team 3D stepping down as their time has come and they are getting up there. Hopefully they pass the torch and the Guns go over in their last match.

7.    Lethal Lockdown match: EV 2.0 vs. Fortune

Very strange to see Lethal Lockdown occurring at a PPV other than Lockdown, as Lockdown is supposed to be the one time you get to see the match each year. They had both teams come out in their entirety at the start, accompanied by Mick Foley and Ric Flair respectively, waiting at ringside and coming in one by one at the appropriate time intervals. Stevie Richards and Kazarian start the match, with Kaz getting the upper hand with some forearms until Stevie hits a few neckbreakers. He then slams Kaz into the cage multiple times but misses a dropkick. Kaz comes back with a body slam and a springboard leg drop. Richards comes back with a chop and mocks Flair. Stevie hits a reverse STO before applying a modified Koji Clutch until AJ Styles enters the match. Styles hits a dropkick and double teams Stevie with Kaz. Styles applies the Figure Four with Kaz holding Stevie’s arms as the second interval expires and Tommy Dreamer enters, going right after AJ. Stevie tries to superplex  Kaz but AJ powerbombs him for the Tower of Doom spot. Robert Roode is in next and the heels take advantage, with AJ raking Dreamer’s bloody face against the cage. Roode and Styles hit some splashes before Sabu enters. Sabu is all over the place with splashes and clotheslines and hits Styles with a DDT. Sabu puts Styles in a camel clutch and Dreamer hits a powerslam. Dreamer puts Styles in a crossface, but Styles fights out as James Storm enters the match. Beer Money double suplex Sabu and Dreamer until Stevie superkicks Roode, but Storm superkicks Stevie back. It breaks down into a massive brawl until Raven enters the match.

Raven sends Roode into the cage and hits him with a handkerchief (?), leaving him busted open as Dreamer hangs AJ in the tree of woe. The brawl resumes as Matt Morgan enters the match. Morgan sloppily powerbombs Sabu into the side of the cage, this some elbows to Dreamer, and a big boot to Stevie. Fortune is beating down EV 2.0 until Rhyno comes in as the final entrant, and the roof lowers with the weapons as the lights go out. Flair and Foley are brawling on the outside but the lack of lighting makes it difficult to see. Everyone is grabbing weapons and hitting each other as this match devolves into a mess. Kaz gets launched out of the cage and climbs to the top, with Stevie following him. Kaz sets up a ladder atop the cage as Sabu does a suicide dive onto Morgan and Beer Money through the door. Stevie sets up a table on the roof but Kaz puts him on the table. Kaz climbs the ladder but Brian Kendrick comes out of nowhere and knocks him off, then backdrops him through the table. Back in the ring, Dreamer hits a super Dreamer Driver to Styles onto a chair for the win. Stupid, stupid booking decision having EV 2.0 go over here as a win for Fortune would have done a lot for them. The match wasn’t awful but it was pretty much just a mess with boring parts in the middle. It depended on the weapons and when it got there, they didn’t do too much aside from the usual brawling. Worst Lethal Lockdown ever. Match Time: 24:49     Star Rating: **1/2

8.    3-Way match for the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Kurt Angle

Stipulation is that Angle said he’ll retire if he loses. This was a really good to great main event ruined by an awful ending. Hardy and Angle beat on Anderson in the corner but Angle ends up missing a splash. Hardy hits a forearm but Anderson hits a neckbreaker for a near fall. Anderson hits a big boot to Angle but Angle hits a belly to belly suplex. Hardy beats on Angle in the corner but is hit with a double sledge from Anderson. They do a double German spot with all 3 guys which looked pretty cool. Angle hits Hardy with an uppercut before back dropping him to the floor. Angle and Anderson trade blows on the outside but Hardy takes them both out with a suicide dive. Angle hits Hardy with a snap suplex in the ring and applies a rear chin lock but Hardy fights out, only to take a super belly to belly suplex from Angle. Anderson hits a standing Green Bay Plunge before taking a mule kick from Hardy, but Hardy misses the Swanton. Angle hits the three Germans to Anderson and then to Hardy before putting both men in a weird double Ankle Lock. They both fend him off and Anderson hits a Green Bay Plunge to angle off the top. Hardy does a Swanton onto both of them to break up the pin and gets a near fall of his own. Hardy knocks Anderson off the apron but Angle hits him with an Angle Slam. Angle hits Anderson with an Angle Slam off the top but Hardy hits the Whisper in the Wind  to Angle and a Twist of Fate on Anderson. Hardy tries to cover Anderson but Angle pulls him off with an Ankle Lock. Hardy fights out of the Ankle Lock and launches Angle into the Mic Check. The cover is broken up and Angle hits a moonsault to Hardy. Angle and Anderson trade blows with Angle clotheslining the ref. Angle hits a German but Anderson hits the Mic Check.

Eric Bischoff then comes down to the ring with a chair. Hulk Hogan’s music then hits and he comes to the ring on crutches. They yell back and forth with Bischoff grabbing a crutch. Hardy rolls back into the ring and Hogan hands him the other crutch. Hardy then breaks the crutch over Angle’s back and Bischoff hands him the other crutch. Hardy hits Anderson with it and then connects with the Twist of Fate. Bischoff pulls the ref back in and makes him count the pin, and Jeff Hardy is the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Abyss then comes to the ring and hugs Hogan, followed by Jeff Jarrett who does the same. It appears that this whole faction is “They”. Rob Van Dam comes out to talk to Jeff, but Jeff blasts him with his title belt. So in the same building where the original nWo formed back in 1996 we now have the same thing in 2010 with Jeff Hardy, Abyss, Jeff Jarrett, Hulk Hogan, and Eric Bischoff.  I despise this company. They ruined a terrific main event with this ass-backwards booking. How can they actually expect fans to boo Jeff Hardy who has never been a heel his entire career? He’s not even developed well enough as a character to pull this off. The announcers also never acknowledged during any of this that this may have been the end of Kurt Angle’s career due to the pre-match stipulations. This was a complete failure. Match was going along great before this. TNA gives me headaches. Match Time: 17:40     Star Rating: ***1/4

Overall PPV Rating: 6/10

My name is Jared Silberkleit. I am from Orange, CT and am a huge fan of pro wrestling. I mostly follow WWE and TNA but I also watch the smaller promotions such as ROH and DGUSA. I have been a lifelong WWE fan and have become a TNA fan over the past few years. Aside from wrestling, I also really love baseball and football and follow many other sports such as hockey and MMA. I have written for www.sportsgrumblings.com for over two years.

1.    Survivor Series Elimination match: Team Morrison (John Morrison, Matt Hardy, Evan Bourne, Finlay, and Shelton Benjamin) vs. Team Miz (The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Drew McIntyre and Sheamus)

The night kicked off with the first Survivor Series elimination match as Team Morrison took on Team Miz. While it ran a bit too long and wasn’t the greatest match of its kind, it was still a fun opener. In the first few minutes, Bourne was mostly getting worked over by Swagger and Ziggler but gets the hot tag to Matt Hardy. Hardy and Bourne hit simultaneous second rope elbows to Ziggler’s head before Hardy connects with a Side Effect. Bourne hits a Shooting Star Press and eliminates Ziggler but afterward is instantly hit with a double arm DDT from McIntyre and eliminated. A couple minutes later Sheamus hits a big boot to Finlay to quickly eliminate him after a long staredown.  Hardy then gets worked over for a little while by all of Team Miz before getting the hot tag to Morrison. Morrison hits a springboard enzuigiri to Swagger but the attempted pin is broken up. He shortly after hits Starship Pain to eliminate Swagger.  Miz and Morrison go at it for a bit with Miz hitting a top rope double ax handle, but Shelton Benjamin gets tagged in. Benjamin hits Miz with a flurry of high flying offense and a couple suplexes, but is eliminated following a headbutt from Sheamus and a Skull-Crushing Finale from Miz. Hardy then fights with McIntyre and hits a second rope leg drop for a near fall, but gets eliminated after he misses a moonsault and McIntyre hits his double arm DDT. Morrison then does some back and forth with Sheamus for a while, but McIntyre and Miz beat on Morrison for a little while the ref’s back was turned. Morrison goes for his springboard enzuigiri but Sheamus counters with a kick. Sheamus then hits his running powerbomb on Morrison and Team Miz picks up the win, with Miz, McIntyre, and Sheamus being the survivors. This was a very good opener and did a great job establishing Sheamus and McIntyre, who needed this win badly. Match Time: 20:55    Match Rating: 6.5/10

2.    Batista vs. Rey Mysterio

After all of the hype, this was pretty much just a squash match. It was pretty entertaining for a Batista match but it was far too short. This match served its purpose to establish Batista as a monster heel, but it wasn’t what WWE would have hoped as Survivor Series took place in Batista’s hometown of Washington D.C., where he is always cheered. Mysterio is able to get some offense early on with a bunch of kicks but Batista rebounds with a big lariat. Mysterio gets momentum again and goes for the 619 but Batista blocks it. Batista goes for the Batista Bomb but Rey counters with a hurricanrana that sends Batista outside the ring and then hits a baseball slide to send Batista into the ring barricade. Mysterio hits the 619 and a seated senton before going for a frog splash, but Batista blocks it and then hits a spear. Batista then hits a spinebuster before hitting 3 consecutive Batista Bombs, causing the ref to stop the match and award Batista the win. After the match Batista gave Rey a spinebuster on a chair. This was a solid match but I just wish it had gone longer. Match Time: 6:49      Match Rating: 5/10

3.    Survivor Series Elimination match: Team Orton (Randy Orton, Legacy, CM Punk, and William Regal) vs. Team Kingston (Kofi Kingston, Christian, R-Truth, MVP and Mark Henry)

This was definitely the best Survivor Series elimination match of the night and the best match of its kind since Team Orton vs. Team Triple H back in 2004. Henry is thankfully quickly eliminated within the first minute after an RKO from Orton. A couple minutes later, R-Truth is distracted and falls victim to a Go to Sleep from Punk and is eliminated. DiBiase then went to work on Christian by hitting a top rope double stomp and a scoop slam. Both men went for their finishers and were denied, but Christian leaps off the top rope into a modified sunset flip powerbomb to eliminate DiBiase. Regal enters and starts brawling with Christian, who quickly gets the tag to Kingston. Regal this Kingston with an exploder suplex but MVP comes out of nowhere with the Drive-By kick to eliminate Regal. Rhodes goes to work on Christian, locking in a couple body-scissors, but Christian fights out and tags in MVP, who hits a series of clotheslines and an elbow drop. MVP is then distracted by Orton, allowing Rhodes to hit Cross Rhodes and eliminate him. Christian soon after hits the Killswitch to Rhodes for another elimination and it is now 2 on 2. Christian and Orton do some great back and forth for a while before Christian counters the RKO with a Killswitch, but the pin is broken up by Punk. Christian charges Orton in the corner, but hits the ringpost and is then caught with an RKO and is eliminated.Kingston and Punk then go at it, with both men trying for their finishers before Punk takes control with leg locks on Kingston’s neck and midsection. Kingston goes for a splash but Punk moves out of the way before hitting a Falcon Arrow for a near fall. Both men fight on the top rope and Kingston is able to knock Punk off and connects with a huge cross body for a near fall. Punk tries for a victory roll on Kingston, but Kofi counters it into a roll-up of his own and Punk is out. Orton then charges the ring and is immediately caught with the Trouble in Paradise and Kingston wins! Kingston is the sole survivor and becomes elevated to main event status with this huge victory. This was a very good Survivor Series elimination match, mostly due to the great chemistry between Kingston and Punk. Match Time: 20:50       Match Rating: 7.5/10

4.    World Heavyweight Championship: Undertaker(c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. The Big Show

Many people were unsure of this match going in, but this ended up overdelivering and was a very enjoyable world title match. Jericho and Big Show team up against Undertaker in the early going, but thankfully this only lasts for a few minutes. Jericho hits Taker in the head with a mic outside the ring but Taker fights back by driving Big Show into the ring post and hits Jericho with a big right hand as Jericho tried for a move off the top turnbuckle. Taker tries for Old School but Jericho trips him up on the top rope and soon puts on the Walls of Jericho. Big Show reenters the match and chokeslams Jericho. He tries to chokeslam Taker, but Taker counters with a DDT. Jericho tries for a pin on each man but is unsuccessful. Taker and Big Show both try for a chokeslam, but Jericho smashes Show in the head with the world title belt. Taker hits a big boot and tries for the Last Ride, but Jericho has the belt again and hits Taker in the head. Jericho tries for a Tombstone and taker counter swith an attempt of his own, but Show catches both guys with Knockout punches. He tries to chokeslam Taker, but Taker counters with Hell’s Gate and Big Show spits up some blood before submitting. Very entertaining title match that was much better than expected. Match Time: 13:39       Match Rating: 7/10

5.    Divas Survivor Series Elimination match: Team Mickie (Mickie James, Melina, Kelly Kelly, Gail Kim, and Eve) vs. Team Michelle (Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox, Layla and Jillian)

To provide a break in between the two title matches, we got the Divas Survivor Series elimination match. Much of the first half of the match consisted of very quick eliminations out of nowhere. Layla is out after a leg drop from Kelly and Gail is eliminated after a Faith Breaker from McCool. Eve hits a partially botched sunset flip on Jillian for an elimination as well. Phoenix then hits the Glam Slam on both Eve and Kelly to quickly dispose of them. Mickie enters and catches Beth with a crucifix roll-up for yet another elimination. All of these eliminations really did happen this quickly. Alicia hits a Northern Lights suplex, but Mickie hits a big splash and Fox is out. Mickie then did some good work with McCool for a bit, with McCool hitting a series of stomps and leg drops before Melina gets tagged in. Melina pounds on McCool before hitting a sunset flip and Team Mickie wins with the survivors being Mickie and Melina. The match got better once it was down to 2 on 2 but the first half was fairly sloppy. Match Time: 10:40      Match Rating: 4/10

6.    WWE Championship: John Cena(c) vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels

The main event started off with a bang with Michaels hitting Sweet Chin Music on his DX partner Triple H just after the bell. Michaels and Cena did some great back and forth work for a bit culminating in Michaels leaping over the ropes with a cross body on Cena on the outside. Cena goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but Triple H is back up and breaks it up. Triple H then hits a spinebuster to Michaels through the announce table. Triple H then goes to work on Cena in the ring, hitting a spinebuster and neckbreaker for a near fall. He goes for the Pedigree, but Cena catapults him into the corner. Cena hits his series of moves on Triple H and the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but HBK breaks up an AA attempt by sending Cena into the ringpost. Triple H and HBK then duke it out in the ring, with Michaels hitting some chops and atomic drops before Triple H comes back with a high knee and a facebuster. Michaels hits his flying forearm, but kips up right into a spinebuster from Triple H. Michaels goes for a flying elbow on Triple H, but Cena crotches him on the turnbuckle. Cena tries for his top rope leg drop, but Triple H moves out of the way. HBK then hits the elbow on Cena but is sent to the outside by Triple H. Cena puts the STF on Triple H, but HBK breaks it up by putting the Crippler Crossface on Cena. Cena fights out and puts on the STF but Michaels reaches the ropes. HBK hits Sweet Chin Music on both of his opponents before collapsing, but Triple H falls on Cena for a near fall. Cena catches Triple H with the AA but can’t initially make the cover. Minutes later, a wild ending sequence ensues with everyone trying to hit their finisher. Michaels hits Sweet Chin Music on Triple H, but Cena hits the AA to HBK on top of Triple H before covering The Game for the win. A great main event to close out an excellent show. Match Time: 21:14        Match Rating: 8/10

Overall PPV Rating: 8.25/10

My name is Jared Silberkleit. I am from Orange, CT and am a huge fan of pro wrestling. I mostly follow WWE and TNA but I also watch the smaller promotions such as ROH and DGUSA. I have been a lifelong WWE fan and have become a TNA fan over the past few years. Aside from wrestling, I also really love baseball and football and follow many other sports such as hockey and MMA. I have written for www.sportsgrumblings.com roughly a year now as well.

Well, now is the time to work on your “impressive muscles.” Some muscle groups are more likely to impress people then others, these are the muscle groups that people who have never trained with weights have little to no development in at all. When these areas are fully developed, they become super impressive to people on the street and even your fellow gym rats.

So if you’re ready to take your physique from merely looking good to looking amazing, then here are the areas to work on: 1) Wider Shoulders, 2) Thicker Pecs, 3) Larger Upper Arms, 4) Smaller Waist With Etched Abs and 5) Diamond Calves. When you have developed these to the max, you will take on a classic refined look that will put you a step above everyone else in your gym. OK, I know you’re excited and ready to get started, so let’s get to the workouts you’ll be doing for for each muscle group.

1) Wider Shoulders

What you want to do it maximize your development of the lateral head of the deltoid, this is what gives you width. Start with the Dumbbell Lateral Raise, use a weight that you can do in a slow and controlled manner. Hold the top position for a count of two and really feel the burn in the lateral head of your delts. Do 3 sets of 15 reps. Next is Barbell Upright Rows, keep your elbows high and the bar close to your body, hold at the top for a count of two while flexing your shoulders. Do 3 sets of 10 reps. To finish off your shoulders do Dumbbell Presses, keep your elbows back and don’t lock out at the top. Do 3 sets of 6 reps.

2) Thicker Pecs

Start off with Dumbbell Flys, keeping your arms bent. Get a good stretch at the bottom and come up like your hugging someone, do not touch the dumbbells at the top so you keep constant tension. Do 3 sets of 15 reps. Next is the Bench Press, Keep your elbows back and Don’t lock out at the top. Do 3 sets of 12 reps. Now Incline Dumbbell Press, while keeping your elbows back start at the bottom with the dumbbells wide and as you press move them closer together till then touch at the top, flex your upper pecs hard, lower and repeat. Do sets of 12 reps. Last is Parallel Bar Dips, keep your chin on your chest and your elbows out wide, not close to you body. Do 3 sets of 6 reps, add weight as you get stronger.

3) Larger Upper Arms

Alternating Dumbbell Curls, start off with the palms facing down and as you curl rotate the dumbbells up so your palms are facing up. Raise your pinkly high and flex you bicep hard at the top. Do 3 sets of 15 reps. Next do Barbell Curls, put one foot slightly forward and curl up with out bending back. Do 3 Sets of 8 reps. Lastly do Dumbell Hammer Curls, these build the brachialis a large muscle beneath the biceps. This is often a weak link in arm development. Many have found that by adding specific brachialis exercises to their workouts can increase their upper arm size by as much as one inch in a month. Do 3 sets of 10, 8 and 6 reps adding weight each set.

Now you’ll want to hit the long head of the Triceps and this will make your arms are look huge when standing relaxed. The First exercise is Bench Dips, place two flat benches parallel to each other, about three to four feet apart. Using your hands to support your weight, lift your feet to the top of the other bench so that the rest of your body is suspended between the two benches. Slowly lower your body toward the floor by bending your elbows until your upper arms and forearms form a right angle. Slowly rise back up to the start position by straightening your arms. The secret is to keep your elbows back and as close as possible to each other. Do 3 sets of 12 reps. Next is Dumbbell Kickbacks, keep elbows tight to side also trying to pull them as close together as possible. Hold and flex at the top for a count of two. Do 3 sets of 15 reps. Lastly Tricep Pushdowns, do 3 sets of 10, 8 and 6 reps adding weight each set.

4) Smaller Waist With Etched Abs

Frog Crunches. Lie flat on your back and draw your heels up under your knees wide and out to the sides like a frog. Place your hands with a barbell plate behind your head. Keep your head down with your chin on your chest as your shoulders round forward curl your upper body until only the small of the back remains in contact with the floor. This movement is not a stiff back sit up, it is a roll movement and you must perform it as such for it to produce results. Crunch Your abs hard at the top and hold for a count of of three. Do 3 sets of 20 reps. Remember cruches only tone the ab muscles, you need a lowered calorie intake to burn off the fat, to make the waist smaller and so the muscles then show through clearly.

5) Diamond Calves

Start with Seated Calf Raises, move slow (no bouncing) get a good stretch at the bottom then hold and flex your calf hard at the top for a count of two. Do 3 sets of 20 reps. Next is Standing One Leg Calf Raises, it’s been found that a straight leg generates less torque than when the knee is slightly bent about 20 degrees keep it fixed at that angle throughout the exercise. Hold a dumbbell on the same side as the working calf, use you other hand for support. Do 3 Sets of 12 reps.

Time To Get Pumping!

Hopefully you now see that training your “impressive muscles” will bring your physique up to a whole new level!

About The Author: Paul Becker is a natural (steroid free for life) bodybuilder and fitness consultant. For more information on Bodybuilding and Bodybuilding Supplements visit his website at http://www.trulyhuge.com.

Part III Showtime

To hit the vacuum on stage, set your legs by lifting your knee to flex your inner psoas muscle. DO NOT LET GO OF THIS FLEX. Look down and bring your hands together making 2 fists.  These fists will flex your biceps automatically for you. Exhale all the air OUT of your lungs. Suck your diaphragm in and up into the back of your neck as your arms go overhead.

Jam your fists down as far as possible down your back, keeping your biceps to the sides of your head.  It will make you look thicker with less space showing next to your head. Push your fists into your back while they’re down there, and learn to use this push to pop your lats out.

Learn to flex your upper pecs by bringing your elbows slightly towards center.  It’s an impressive shot to see striated pecs , flexed biceps, and your psoas in this shot.

And most importantly SMILE AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT DOESN’T HURT!

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