• Michael Elgin vs. TJ Perkins

This was a really fun way to kick off the show. Both of these guys have very different styles, but they ended up having a very good, fast paced opener with a speed vs. power dynamic. Elgin shoves Perkins into the corner a couple times at the start, but Perkins comes back with a slap to the face and a dropkick before tackling Elgin over the ropes to the floor. Perkins teases a suicide dive and leaps off the apron, but Elgin catches him and hits a running front powerslam into the steel barricade. Elgin covers in the ring for 2 and Perkins escapes a powerslam attempt, but Elgin counters a headscissors and drops Perkins face first for 2. Perkins fights up from a seated waist lock with elbows and hits a reverse hurricanrana before following it up with a flipping senton dive to the floor. Perkins hits a missile dropkick for 2 and a corkscrew senton after Elgin misses a sit down splash. Perkins leaps off the top, but Elgin catches him and hits a Hellevator for 2. Perkins escapes a powerbomb attempt, but Elgin hits a Shock Treatment for 2. Perkins comes back with a neckbreaker before Elgin hits a sloppy buckle bomb. Perkins hits a reverse hurricanrana for 2. He hits a superkick and tries to pick up Elgin but can’t lift him. Elgin hits a backfist followed by a bucklebomb and a spinning sit out powerbomb for the win. Very fun, action packed way to kick things off. Match Time: 7:35     Star Rating: ***

• Tommaso Ciampa vs. Jimmy Rave

The Embassy accompanies Ciampa to ringside; with RD Evans cutting a good heel promo before the match that drew a lot of heat. Live you could barely hear him. This was also Rave’s ROH return. Both guys start off with chain wrestling, with Rave repeatedly going for a wristlock. Rave spits in Ciampa’s face before they run the ropes, with Ciampa hitting a hip toss and tossing Rave into the barricade on the floor. Back in the ring, Ciampa hits a jawbreaker and a pair of running knee strikes in the corner for a near fall. Ciampa hits some boots to the head, but Rave comes back with some chops, a clothesline, and a drop toehold before applying the heel hook. Ciampa gets the ropes, but Rave hits a knee lift and Ciampa goes to the outside. Ciampa counters a baseball slide attempt and throws Rave headfirst into the barricade. Rave does a sunset flip in the ring, but Ciampa rolls out and dropkicks Rave’s legs. Rave hits a kitchen sink and a shining wizard followed by the Rave Clash for 2. Prince Nana then gets on the apron, offering Rave the Embassy robe, but Rave goes after him. Evans tries to interfere but Rave knocks him to the floor. Ernesto Osiris holds Rave, but Princess Mia misses with a kick and hits Osiris. Rave tosses Mia to the floor, but turns around into the Project Ciampa and Ciampa gets the win. Solid undercard match with a good story. The finish was wacky but the Embassy wasn’t interfering much in the match prior to the ending, so it was fine. Rave looked good and I’d like to see him back on a regular basis. Match Time: 8:32     Star Rating: **1/2

• 3-Way Elimination match for the ROH World Television Championship: Jay Lethal(c) vs. Mike Bennett vs. El Generico

Bennett was accompanied to the ring by his girlfriend, former WWE Diva Maria, as well as Brutal Bob. This match was a bit slower than expected but still good. Bennett bails from the ring early on before sneak attacking Generico. The faces then confront Bennett on the floor, pinballing him before continuing the attack in the ring. Generico and Lethal lay into Bennett with punches and chops before hitting a double back body drop, clotheslining him to the floor, and hitting stereo suicide dives. Lethal and Generico go at it in the ring, with Lethal rolling Generico up and hitting a headscissors for 2. Lethal hits a hip toss, a dropkick for 2, and a chop. Generico sends him to the apron, where Bennett yanks Lethal’s feet out from under him. Bennett stomps Generico, chokes him against the ropes, and powerslams him for 2. They trade shots before Lethal comes back in with a springboard missile dropkick. Lethal applies a modified surfboard style submission on Generico, but Generico comes back with a tilt a whirl backbreaker for 2. Bennett stomps Generico and hits a leg drop to Lethal. Lethal hits a handspring back elbow and a dropkick that sends Bennett outside. Generico hits a cross body off the top to Lethal’s back before they trade shots. Generico then hits a series of arm drags to both men followed by mounted punches to Bennett. Generico takes atomic drops from both opponents.

Lethal hits a dropkick, but Generico hits an exploder into the corner. On the outside, Bennett shoves Maria into Generico, then uses the distraction to punch Generico. Back in the ring, Bennett hits a powerslam to Lethal and a TKO to Generico. Generico hits a yakuza kick to Bennett before Lethal hits a superkick and all 3 are down. The faces trade shots before Lethal hits the Lethal Combination for 2. Lethal hits a chop but Bennett hits a spinebuster for 2. Generico hits a Michinoku driver but takes an enzuigiri from Lethal. Lethal goes up top but Generico hits a yakuza kick that sends him to the floor. Generico hits a crazy tope flip dive off the top to the floor before diving through the ring post with a tornado DDT to Bennett. Generico hits a yakuza kick and a half nelson suplex to Bennett in the ring for 2. Lethal hits the Lethal Injection to Generico followed by a flying elbow drop for 2. Both guys fight up top but Bennett rolls up Generico to eliminate him. Lethal then immediately hits a handspring cutter to Bennett for the win. The finishing sequence here was great but much of the match was slowed down and felt like a WWE-style 3-way, with it being mainly a revolving door 1 on 1 match rather than featuring more 3-way action. Generico really stuck out here. He’s a tremendous storyteller and is always very over with the crowd. I think these guys are capable of better but this was good and had a few convincing near falls. Match Time: 18:16     Star Rating: ***1/4

• No Disqualification match with Jimmy Jacobs as Special Referee: Steve Corino vs. Kevin Steen

An added stipulation was that if Kevin Steen won this match, he would be reinstated into ROH. Jim Cornette and Cary Silkin were also present at ringside. This was Kevin Steen’s first ROH match since his Fight Without Honor against El Generico at last year’s Final Battle. This was an insane, hate-filled brawl. Corino came out for this match with his hair dyed blonde as a throwback to his ECW tenure, and Steen made his entrance by appearing in the lower balcony and making his way to the ring through the crowd. They trade punches at the start before Steen rakes the eyes and Corino hits a dropkick. Things spill to ringside where Steen tosses Corino into the guardrail and ring post before hitting a cannonball on the apron against the post. Corino comes back by leaping off the apron onto Steen and whips him twice into the barricade. Corino throws a couple chairs into the ring and hits a corner clothesline with a chair, but Steen superkicks a chair into his face and hits a powerbomb on the apron. Steen follows with a frog splash off the apron to the floor, picks up one of the barricades, and hits Corino in the head with it. Corino comes back with some shots and whips Steen into the barricade. Corino then lays a chair across the corner of two barricades, but Steen powerbombs him onto the chair.

Steen then says hi to Nigel McGuinness at the commentary table before getting a table and bridging it from the apron to the barricade. Steen teases a powerbomb in the ring but Corino gets out and hits a lariat. Corino then starts throwing more chairs and a trash can into the ring. Corino misses a shot with the trash can lid and Steen hits him with it. Steen then puts the lid on Corino’s head and hits a flipping leg drop on it, busting the side of Corino’s head open. Steen bites the open wound, but Corino comes back with a low blow and hits Steen in the head with the trash can several times. Corino hits a suplex onto the trash can followed by a scoop slam onto several flat chairs. Corino hits a splash off the top for 2 before laying the barricade on top of 4 standing chairs. They both go up top, and Corino hits a SUPERPLEX ONTO THE BARRICADE. Crazy. Steen somehow kicks out of the cover and crawls out to the table. Steen hits Corino with some punches before stacking 3 chairs on top of the table in pyramid-like fashion. They head back up top and Steen bites again, but Corino hits him in the head with the trash can lid, causing Steen to fall through the chairs/table structure on the outside. Corino covers in the ring for 2 before hitting a modified sliding D with 2 chairs for another near fall. Steen hits a sleeper suplex and a pumphandle neckbreaker on a chair for 2. Corino spits in Steen’s face and takes a chair shot to the head for another 2 count. Steen shoves Jacobs, so Jacobs takes the chair away from him as he prepares to hit Corino. Corino uses the distraction to nail Steen with a roll of quarters.

Corino then sets up 4 chairs in a 2×2 pattern. With both guys standing on them, Steen hits a low blow and a package piledriver on the chairs. Steen covers and Jacobs slowly counts 2, looks around at Cornette and everyone else, then reluctantly counts 3 to end it. Steen cuts a great heel promo post match before hitting the package piledriver to Jacobs. He goes after Cornette before El Generico runs into the ring. Generico and Steen then start brawling (playing off their feud from last year), with Generico hitting a yakuza kick and teasing the brainbuster. Steen breaks it up, hits a low blow, and then gives Generico a package piledriver off the apron through the timekeeper’s table. We went to intermission with referees and other officials tending to Jacobs and Generico. This was unbelievably violent, but also had tremendous storytelling and the fans ate this thing up. Jacobs as referee really added to this match with his reluctance to be impartial, and the facials by everyone were great. The spots were brutal as hell and you could argue they may have gone a bit far, but ROH rarely does a hardcore match like this and it was built up to all year long. Corino and Steen both put their bodies through a ton of punishment and totally stole the show. One of the finest performances of both men’s’ careers. Match Time: 23:10     Star Rating: ****1/4

• Contenders Cup Tag Team Gauntlet match: The Bravado Brothers vs. Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander vs. Future Shock vs. The Young Bucks vs. The All Night Express

The winners of this match would receive a future shot at the tag titles. Considering the fact that this was the first match after intermission, this was way too long and the crowd wasn’t into most of it. The Bravados start off against Coleman and Alexander. The Bravados unload with punches, kicks, and chops on the outside before Alexander hits a flip dive over the ropes. Coleman hits a leg drop and a suplex followed by a senton from Alexander. Coleman is sent to the floor and Harlem Bravado hits a bicycle kick and an elevated cutter with an assist from Lancelot. Lancelot drives Alexander into the corner and hits a belly-to-belly slam. The Bravados hit a double back elbow and Lancelot hits an elbow drop before Coleman is tossed out. Alexander hits an enzuigiri and Coleman follows with a headscissors, a clothesline off the top, and a moonsault to the floor. Alexander hits a Gory Special drop and a kick, but Harlem gets a small package for a near fall. Alexander sits down with a roll-up to eliminate the Bravados. That was pretty fun even though it got almost no heat. Future Shock come out next, and Kyle O’Reilly immediately trades shots with Alexander. O’Reilly hits a knee lift, a running kick, and a kitchen sink followed by a dropkick from Adam Cole. Coleman and Alexander hit a leg lariat/suplex combo and Coleman hits a dropkick for 2. Cole comes back with a northern lights suplex before laying in some knees to the back. O’Reilly hits a knee drop to the back and Cole hits a scoop slam for 2. Coleman hits a double dropkick to both men before O’Reilly goes back and forth with Alexander. Coleman and Alexander hit a flying double stomp/backbreaker combo followed by a hurricanrana from Colemana and a frog splash from Alexander. Future Shock hit a double baseball slide followed by the Ride the Lightning for the 3 count. Again, very energetic action and a quiet crowd. The Young Bucks are the next team out.

Future Shock immediately hit a double baseball slide followed by a suicide dive from Cole. Matt Jackson hits a shiranui on the apron with the help of brother Nick. Nick hits a frog splash for 2 and the Bucks hit a double back elbow followed by a double team wheelbarrow lift into a cutter. Matt works over Cole with a jawbreaker, suplex, and a chin lock. Cole fights up, but Matt knocks O’Reilly off the apron and Nick hits a double stomp to Cole. Nick hits a suicide dive to O’Reilly on the floor before Cole backflips out of a suplex attempt and gets a tag. O’Reilly comes in with kicks to Matt and hits a double dragon screw to both Bucks. O’Reilly blocks a frog splash from Nick and hits several rolling butterfly suplexes. Future Shock hit a DDT/wheelbarrow suplex combo for 2. Cole is sent to the outside and Nick hits a springboard X Factor. Cole hits a wheelbarrow suplex against the apron, but O’Reilly misses the running dropkick off the apron. The Bucks hit a double superkick to Cole followed by the More Bang For Your Buck to eliminate Future Shock. This was like the previous 2 exchanges but turned up a notch due to the great chemistry between these teams.

The All Night Express came out last, and Rhett Titus comes out selling a knee injury. ANX pinball Matt on the outside with punches and Titus backdrops Nick on the floor. Kenny King hits a pair of impressive flipping dives off the barricade. Nick targets Titus’s knee, but King hits a spinebuster for 2. Nick dropkicks King to the floor and Matt hits some boots to the head. The Bucks continue to work over King, with Matt hitting a scoop slam and some elbow drops. King fights back but falls victim to a double team neckbreaker. King hits some shots followed by a capture suplex and tags in Titus. Titus hits some shots to the Bucks and an Edge-o-matic followed by a sky high powerbomb. King hits the coronation, but Matt takes him out with a leaping DDT on the apron. Titus hits a clothesline, but Matt clips the leg and kicks it repeatedly. Nick hits a 450 splash and the referee stops the match as the Bucks continue to assault the knee. Nick hits a second 450 after the bell. Overall the gauntlet had good, fast paced action before ANX came out. Titus is rumored to be legitimately injured which is probably why that segment of the match underachieved. The pace really slowed and the finish, although it made sense, came off as very anticlimactic. Considering the talent involved, this was a solid showcase but also a disappointment. Match Time: 28:56 (Total Time)     Star Rating: ***

Roderick Strong then comes out to the ring with Truth Martini for his invitational open challenge. They assume no one is coming out so Truth begins to count to 10 to declare Strong the winner. He gets to 9 before Chris Hero comes out! Hero makes his return to ROH after a multi-month absence to a great pop from the crowd. And so we have our match.

• Roderick Strong vs. Chris Hero

Strong bails from the ring early on before attempting a couple shoulder blocks that have no effect. Hero hits a snapmare and a senton followed by some chops before they run the ropes. Hero backflips the floor, but Truth hits him with his book. Strong then hits some chops and a back suplex on the ring apron. Stong hits some shots to the back and stomps Hero repeatedly in the corner before choking him against the ropes. Strong tosses Hero into the barricade and Truth rakes the eyes. Strong tosses Hero into the barricade again and gets a 2 count in the ring. Strong applies a chin lock before hitting some more shots to the back and boots to the head. They trade shots and Hero comes back with a dropkick, a rolling forearm, a slam, and a weak senton. Hero kicks Strong through the ropes and hits some shots on the floor. Hero hits a cravat suplex off the top, but Strong comes back with a jumping knee strike, some forearms, a kick, and a backbreaker on the top rope. Hero escapes the Stronghold and hits a cravat suplex followed by a diving stomp to the head and a rolling elbow for 2. Hero misses a moonsault and Strong hits an enzuigiri, a German suplex into the corner, the Death by Roderick, and the Gibson Driver for 2. They trade shots again and Hero hits the roaring elbow followed by a rolling big boot for 2. Hero hits the death blow but Truth breaks up the count, causing the referee to argue with him. Hero chases Truth around the ring and Strong scores a roll-up. Hero knocks Truth off the apron but Strong hits the Sick Kick for the win. Aside from Hero’s return the match was fairly disappointing, with things seemingly just not clicking between the two. Both men are capable of much better, and Hero looked out of shape. This was good, but weak for a major match at Final Battle. Match Time: 16:37     Star Rating: ***

• ROH World Tag Team Championship match: Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team(c) vs. The Briscoe Brothers

This was something different. WGTT hit the Briscoes with the tag team titles before the bell and beat them down with the belts. The brawl continues to ringside with WGTT throwing the Briscoes into the barricade repeatedly and bashing them with chairs. There were reckless, violent chair shots directly to the head. Charlie Haas looked especially reckless with the way he was swinging. The crowd was heavily anti-WGTT, so Haas and Shelton Benjamin heeled on the fans despite being faces. The brawl just dragged on forever, still with no bell sounding. WGTT went for their Broken Arrow double team move but Benjamin botched it, drawing more heat. Jay Briscoe was bleeding profusely from the chair shots. With Mark Briscoe in the ring, the bell finally rang. Mark tries to mount an offense but Benjamin hits a DDT. WGTT go for the Broken Arrow but Jay breaks it up with a superkick to Benjamin. Jay and Haas trade shots and Benjamin hits a corner splash before Mark comes back with a spear. The Briscoes hit a double hip toss and Jay chokes Benjamin with his shirt. Jay hits some chops, but Benjamin hits a back body drop. Haas comes in with punches and hits a powerslam for 2. Jay gets a boot up in the corner but Haas hits another powerslam. WGTT hit an atomic drop/superkick combo for 2. Jay hits an STO into the corner and Mark hits an iconoclasm off the top for 2. Benjamin and Mark clothesline each other on the floor.

Haas hits a series of German suplexes before cinching in the Haas of Pain, which Mark breaks up with a dive off the top. Benjamin sells his rib injury and the referee calls for help. The Briscoes double team Haas before a Haas Angle Slam takes out the ref. Benjamin then makes a quick return and breaks a 2×4 over Mark’s head. The board breaks in half, and WGTT use both halves against Jay. WGTT go for the Briscoes’ Doomsday Device, but Mark attacks with a hunk of wood from underneath the ring. The Briscoes then hit the Doomsday Device for the win. This was beyond bizarre. Both teams seemingly had no idea how to react to the crowd, as they were both flip-flopping between being heels and faces throughout the match. The booking made zero sense, as WGTT were totally heeling on the fans and getting booed yet the fans were supposed to have sympathy for Benjamin later on in the match. The pre-match brawl went on for far too long and was unnecessarily violent. The Corino/Steen stuff was fine due to the buildup and storytelling with the violence. This was just a directionless brawl to try and get cheap heat. The stuff with wood at the end was just ridiculous. Haas and Benjamin have had many disappointing matches thus far in their ROH run, but this was one of the worst matches in the careers of both teams. Just ridiculous, hard to follow booking that made no sense. The wrestling itself was solid but nothing special. Match Time: 13:24 (Bell to Bell)     Star Rating: **

• ROH World Championship match: Davey Richards(c) vs. Eddie Edwards

Tony Kozina and Kyle O’Reilly accompanied Davey to the ring, and Eddie was accompanied by UFC legend Dan Severn. This was a lot like some Japanese matches where others accompany the wrestlers to the ring, but they do not interfere in the match and are merely there to provide support and motivation. By the time the opening bell rang, this show had already hit the 3 and a half hour mark. They shake hands before trading shots at the start. Eddie goes for the dragon sleeper and Davey escapes, leading to a standoff. They do some back and forth grappling and Davey goes for a leg submission. They lock up before going back to the ground, where Eddie applies a face lock. Eddie chokes Davey with his boot and hits a chop, but Davey comes back and goes for the ankle lock. Davey hits a kick and applies a modified cloverleaf, but Eddie gets the ropes. They trade shots and Eddie hits a belly-to-belly suplex before they go outside. Eddie whips Davey into the barricade, they trade chops, and Davey whips Eddie into the barricade. Davey hits a yakuza kick, but back in the ring Eddie catches Davey in a spinning toehold. Eddie hits some head butts, but Davey launches him to the floor, hits a running kick from the apron, and a suicide dive through the ropes. Davey hits a missile dropkick back inside the ring for 2, and then hits some forearms and an exploder for 2. Eddie hits a chop and Davey counters into the ankle lock, but Eddie escapes and applies the Achilles lock. Davey counters out and gets a small package for 2. Eddie hits a modified reverse falcon arrow followed by a shining wizard before they trade blows again.

Davey goes for a handspring but Eddie catches him, tosses him to the floor, and hits a moonsault off the apron to the floor. Eddie misses a double stomp off the top but hits an enzuigiri and a backpack chinbreaker for 2. Eddie hits a botched lungblower off the second rope. Davey goes for a cross arm-breaker, but Eddie counters into an STF before applying an ankle lock. Davey hits some boots to the head but Eddie comes back with stomps and a chop before they go face-to-face and trade slaps. Eddie hits a superkick but Davey no sells and hits a pair of clotheslines for near falls. Davey hits a double stomp off the top followed by a running boot and another top rope double stomp for 2. Both guys head up top and trade head butts and slaps. Davey hits an enzuigiri and a superplex, but Eddie pops right back up and suplexes Davey over the ropes to the floor. Both guys beat the count and trade chops and kicks. They then go back and forth in the corner with Eddie hitting a series of chops and Davey hitting a series of kicks. Davey hits the Kawada kicks, but Eddie hits an enzuigiri. They both trade several back suplexes. Eddie hits a tiger suplex, but Davey comes back with a dragon suplex and an alarm clock.

Eddie hits a big knee lift and Roderick Strong comes out to ringside. Strong gets into a brawl with Kozina and O’Reilly and Severn confronts Strong. Michael Elgin and Truth Martini then run out, and Severn punches out Elgin and Strong before carrying Truth to the back. Well that was a really strange, awkward mid-match brawl. Eddie and Davey again trade shots mid-ring. Both guys hit big boots before Eddie hits a tiger suplex into the corner. Both guys go up top, where Eddie hits a knee lift followed by a Frankensteiner and back-to-back powerbombs. Eddie hits a superkick and a chop before covering for 2. Eddie applies the dragon sleeper, but Davey counters out and rolls up Eddie for 2. Eddie goes back to the dragon sleeper, but suddenly picks Davey up and hits a Tombstone piledriver followed by the Die Hard for 2. They go back up top, and Davey hits several shots before hitting an insane dragon suplex off the top. Davey then hits an exploder off the apron to the floor followed by a dragon suplex on the apron. They teased Davey winning by countout but Eddie beats the count. Davey hits several repeated kicks for 2 before going to the ankle lock.

Eddie counters into a roll-up for 2, but Davey hits a running kick for a near fall himself. Davey then gets the win with 3 consecutive kicks to the head. After the match Davey cuts a promo talking about how tough Eddie is and how he’ll always be there for him. Kevin Steen then comes out mocking Davey and Team Richards. Steen says in 2012 he is taking Davey’s title and that he is the Antichrist of pro wrestling before leaving. This main event was the definition of overkill. The match went far too long and totally lacked proper structure and storytelling. Both guys went to the well too many times with the whole “trade shots in the middle of the ring” thing. It seemed like they had a lot of great ideas, but didn’t care enough to work the match in such a way that it naturally progressed. There were spots all over the place and most of the time it felt like they were just doing cool moves for no reason. There was a lot of intensity and the action was very good, but it was much longer than it needed to be and felt more like an exhibition of moves than a pro wrestling match. There was minimal selling and the near falls got way too excessive. I’m glad that the Davey/Eddie program is over, as I have no desire to ever see another match between these two. I can’t wait to see Steen in the main event mix next year, as he would make a hell of a world champion. It will be interesting to see how Davey is handled as a babyface, considering this show got Steen possibly even more over with the fans than he already was. Match Time: 41:11     Star Rating: ***3/4

Overall PPV Rating: 7.5/10

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 three years.

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Turning Point was yet another dismal PPV offering from TNA. Almost all of their PPVs this year have been horrendous. These shows are rife with terrible booking and less-than-stellar wrestling save for a match here and there. Many of the matches on this show were ridiculously overbooked and the crowd hardly reacted to it. A solid main event kept the show from reaching “worst PPV of the year” status but it certainly doesn’t make the show worth going out of your way to see.

• TNA Television Championship match: Eric Young(c) vs. Robbie E

Why Robbie E got another TV title match is beyond me. He was accompanied to the ring by Rob Terry, who is apparently now going by the name of “Robbie T”. Young initially goes to lock up with the referee before he runs out of the ring and gets decked by Robbie T before landing a shot on Robbie E. Young hits a forearm in the corner in the ring, does a handstand in the corner, and hits a headscissors. Young then tries to lock up with SoCal Val on the outside. Young plays mind games with Robbie by going in and out of the ring. Robbie T lands a cheap shot and Robbie E covers in the ring for 2. Robbie E hits some stomps but Young comes back with some shots and a roll up. Robbie hits a fist drop off the second rope for 2, whips Young into the ropes, and hits a back elbow for 2. Robbie applies a lengthy chin lock, and Young is eventually able to fight out with a jawbreaker. Robbie hits some shots to the back before Young drops his shorts to reveal that he is wearing Robbie’s trunks underneath. Young hits a flying forearm, a dropkick, a belly to belly slam, and a diving elbow drop off the top. Robbie T pulls Robbie E out of the ring to break up the pin, but Young hits a high cross body off the top to Robbie T on the floor. Young rolls E in the ring, but T hits him with a cheap shot and E covers for the win. Nobody bought that as the finish. Flat way to end a very average opener, but this was about as good as it was going to get with these guys. Match Time: 7:50     Star Rating: **

• TNA World Tag Team Championship match: Mexican America(c) vs. Ink. Inc.

This was a six person intergender match, with Sarita and Toxxin involved for their respective teams. Anarquia and Shannon Moore lock up briefly before Anarquia drives his shoulder into Moore in the corner. Moore comes back with some arm drags, an atomic drop, and a spin kick. Jesse Neal and Hernandez get tags, with Hernandez shoving off Neal. Neal twists the arm, but Hernandez hits a clothesline and they yell at each other. Neal goes for a couple shoulder blocks but Hernandez is unfazed. Neal hits a back elbow and a botched kick before tagging in Moore. Moore leaps off the top and is caught, but is able to counter into a sunset flip. Moore twists Anarquia’s arm and hits a corner-assisted arm drag. Moore hits a hurricanrana for 2 and hip tosses Neal onto Anarquia. Hernandez hits a slingshot shoulder block and shoves Toxxin. Anarquia kicks Neal to the floor and tags in Hernandez, who hits a corner splash. Neal avoids Anarquia in the corner and spears Hernandez for 2 before the women get tags. Toxxin hits a back elbow, an enzuigiri, and a gutwrench suplex. Hernandez gets clotheslined to the floor and Moore hits an asai moonsault. Neal hits a front slam to Anarquia and slams Toxxin on him, then decides to pull down Anarquia’s pants. Lovely. The ref is distracted with a bunch of chaos on the outside and Sarita hits Toxxin with one of the title belts for the win. Typical TNA cluster mess tag match with overbooking and a lot of nonsense. No wonder the titles are worthless. Match was going along okay and fell apart at the finish. Match Time: 8:36     Star Rating: *1/4

• 3-Way Dance for the TNA X Division Championship: Austin Aries(c) vs. Jesse Sorensen vs. Kid Kash

The story here was really good but the wrestling was fairly basic for a nearly 15 minute match. Most of it was just Kash and Aries ganging up on Sorensen. Sorensen and Kash go nose to nose early on and Aries cheap shots Sorensen. Kash rains down with cross-face punches, but Sorensen fights back with a couple arm drags to Aries and sends him to the floor. Sorensen hits a nice tope dive over the ropes to both heels on the floor. Sorensen heads up top but Kash shoves him off and Aries hits a neckbreaker. Kash hits a release suplex and holds up Sorensen for Aries to chop him. Kash hits a low blow and stands on Sorensen’s head before hitting a big backbreaker. Aries breaks up the pin and gives Kash a pep talk. Sorensen dropkicks Aries into Kash and hits a flying knee, a dropkick, and a cross body off the top. Kash breaks up the pin attempt and applies a modified surfboard submission. Aries kicks Sorensen in the chest and Kash hits a knee drop. Aries hits a chop and Kash stomps Sorensen in the corner.

Sorensen hits a back body drop to Aries but Kash pulls him outside and whips him into the guardrail, then sets him up for a suicide dive from Aries. Kash breaks up a pin attempt in the ring and argues a little with Aries, allowing Sorensen to land some shots on both men. Aries hits a kitchen sink to Sorensen and Kash hits a body slam. Both heels head up top in opposite corners, but Sorensen blocks a frog splash from Aries and avoids a moonsault from Kash. Sorensen hits an atomic drop to Aries and a neckbreaker, but Kash breaks up the pin. Aries drives Sorensen into the corner, but Sorensen kicks a charging Aries and hits a spinning facebuster, only for Kash to break up the pin. Kash hits some chops in the corner and clotheslines a diving Sorensen in mid air. Kash hits a superplex off the top and a double underhook piledriver, but Aries puts Sorensen’s foot on the ropes during Kash’s pin attempt. Kash argues with the ref and Aries sneaks in and rolls Kash up for the pin. Kind of a sudden finish but everyone played their roles really well here, even if this wasn’t exactly an “X Division” style match. Sorensen isn’t ready for this kind of a push just yet so it was smart to have Aries go over. Match Time: 13:00     Star Rating: **3/4

• No Disqualification match: Christopher Daniels vs. Rob Van Dam

Before the match, Daniels gets on the mic and asks RVD for just a straight up wrestling match, since the match was advertised as No DQ. RVD shakes on it, but Daniels pulls him into a headlock as the match begins. RVD sweeps the leg and goes for a cross arm-breaker before rolling up Daniels with his legs. Daniels goes outside momentarily and they do some grappling once he returns to the ring. RVD goes for a roll up before hitting a monkey flip and a big kick for 2. Daniels hits some shoulder thrusts in the corner and a snapmare before applying a chin lock. RVD blocks a hip toss and hits a kick for 2 followed by Rolling Thunder. RVD hits a spin kick and a slingshot leg drop on the apron before heading up top. He tries for a sunset flip but Daniels blocks it and stomps him. Daniels slams RVD’s head in the corner, hits some shoulder thrusts and presses his boot against RVD’s chin. Daniels hits a dropkick for 2 and applies a chin lock. RVD fights out with some elbows but Daniels takes him down and twsits his neck. RVD fights up but Daniels hits a Death Valley Driver for 2. Daniels hits a flying forearm in the corner and whips RVD to another corner, but RVD gets a boot up and they trade punches. RVD hits a springboard thrust kick, crotches Daniels on the top rope, and hits a second thrust kick off the top that sends Daniels to the floor. Daniels bails up the ramp but RVD catches him, hits a hip toss on the ramp, and hangs him over the guardrail. RVD then hits a running leg drop off the ramp to Daniels on the guardrail. Back in the ring, Daniels throws the ref into RVD, hits an STO, and grabs a chair (since it’s still technically No DQ). Daniels hits RVD in the gut with the chair and hits a uranage on it for 2. Daniels gets the screwdriver but RVD kicks the chair in his face and hits the Five Star Frog Splash for the win. Good match but it definitely seemed like these guys had a few more minutes in them. Solid effort while it lasted though. Match Time: 11:17     Star Rating: ***

• Matt Morgan vs. Crimson

This was awful. The crowd still doesn’t care about Crimson and this just dragged and dragged. Crimson goes for shoulder blocks early but they have no effect on Morgan and they go to a test of strength. Crimson hits a knee to the gut, and some knees to the face while holding Morgan in a cravat. Morgan hits a discuss clothesline, but Crimson avoids the Carbon Footprint. Morgan hits some shoulders in the corner and clotheslines Crimson to the floor. Crimson slams Morgan’s head on the ring apron and the guardrail before dragging out the steel steps, only for Morgan to kick the steps into Crimson’s knee. Morgan hits a side slam in the ring for 2. Crimson hits some shots but Morgan hits an uppercut, punches, and the rapid-fire corner elbows. Crimson comes back with some clotheslines and an exploder suplex for 2. Morgan hits more shoulders in the corner but Crimson hits a Russian leg sweep and goes for a submission, only for Morgan to counter with a roll up. Morgan hits a chokeslam for 2 but misses the bicycle kick. Crimson hits a spear for 2 and Morgan hits the Carbon Footprint, but Crimson falls to the floor. Morgan rolls him in and covers for 2. Crimson hits a sloppy Red Sky for 2 and they trash talk each other before going back and forth with punches. The ref eventually tries to break it up and both guys shove him down, causing a double disqualification. They did the usual pull apart brawl with security after the match. Another match that fell apart at the finish. Before the end it was just really really dull. Crimson is such a bad wrestler at this point that there’s not many guys who can work with him. Bad match all around. Match Time: 12:00     Star Rating: *

• Scott Steiner and Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson and Abyss

Given the talent involved, this was about as good as it was going to get. Anderson and Ray lock up at the start, and Anderson hits an arm drag. They lock up again before Ray misses a charge in the corner. Anderson hits an arm drag and an arm bar, but Ray fights up and Anderson fails to knock down Ray with clotheslines. Anderson hits a spin kick and applies a headlock, but Ray breaks it with a back suplex. Steiner comes in and hits some weak kicks in the corner and chops Anderson. Anderson comes back with a clothesline off the second rope, but Ray crotches him against the ring post. Ray comes in and elbow drops Anderson’s leg before applying a leg bar. Ray hits a clothesline but Anderson avoids a second and hits a neckbreaker. Anderson tags in Abyss but the ref doesn’t see it and the heels double team Anderson. Steiner hits Anderson with an Angle Slam off the second rope, but Anderson comes back with a sunset flip and an inside cradle for near falls.

Steiner hits a belly-to-belly suplex before tagging in Ray, and Anderson scores with DDT. Both guys make tags and Abyss cleans house on the heels with clotheslines and splashes them both in the corner. Abyss slams Steiner and hits a frog splash off the top followed by a chokeslam. Ray breaks up the pin and hits some shots to the back. Abyss teases a double chokeslam on the heels but ends up double clotheslining them. Ray clotheslines Abyss to the outside, and both guys clothesline each other on the floor. Anderson hits a top rope cross body off the top for 2, and Steiner hits a downward spiral for a near fall. Steiner hits a Frankensteiner off the top, but the ref won’t count the pin and says Anderson isn’t legal. Steiner then turns around into a Black Hole Slam from Abyss for the pin. After the match the heels double chokeslam Abyss through a table, but Abyss pops right back up, causing Ray to freak out. This was just an excuse to get these guys on the show in a match that won’t mean anything by the Impact tapings tomorrow night. Pretty average stuff for the most part, but the fans popped for Steiner. Match Time: 11:48     Star Rating: **1/4

• TNA Women’s Knockout Championship match: Velvet Sky(c) vs. Gail Kim

This was your typical Knockouts match, with the overbooking and interference completely overshadowing the wrestling. Sky hits a ton of punches at the start and sloppy baseball slide that knocks Kim to the floor. Sky hits some more shots and a cross body in the ring for 2. Sky hits a corner splash and some mounted punches, but Gail comes back with a running body block in the corner, a snapmare, and a kick to the chest. Sky hits some slaps but Kim hits a gutbuster and applies an abdominal stretch. Sky scores a near fall off a jackknife cover and a roll up. Kim leaps out of the corner but Sky kicks her in mid air before hitting some more kicks and a bulldog. Sky blocks the Eat Defeat and hits the sitout Pedigree, but Karen Jarrett runs down to distract the referee. Madison Rayne attacks Sky and botches a move. Kim covers for 2 and heads up top, where she misses a diving senton. Sky covers, but Kim rolls her up for 2. Rayne then pulls Sky’s foot as Karen distracts the referee. Gail hits the Eat Defeat for the win. Total cluster mess of a Knockouts match, and Velvet is still a terrible worker. Short and way too overbooked. How can anyone say that TNA’s women’s division is any different from the WWE’s anymore? Match Time: 5:54     Star Rating: *

• Jeff Jarrett vs. Jeff Hardy

This one takes the cake for dumbest booking of the night. The bell rings and Hardy immediately hits the Twist of Fate for the win. Then Jarrett complains to the referee and the match is restarted. WHY? I have no clue. Hardy hits a spinning heel kick but Jarrett hits a body guillotine and a pair of diving fist drops off the second rope. Hardy kicks a leaping Jarrett and hits a front suplex, but Jarrett trips him up when he heads up top. Jarrett stomps Hardy and whips him into the corner. Hardy hits some shots but Jarrett catches him in a sleeper. Hardy fights out with elbows and hits a back suplex. They trade punches before Hardy hits a clothesline and gets a 2 count off a jackknife cover. Hardy counters the Stroke, Jarrett counters the Twist of Fate, and Hardy counters the Figure 4 leg lock with a small package for the win (again). It gets better. Hardy leaves up the ramp and Jarrett hits him in the head with a chair. Jarrett then brings him back into the ring, hits the Stroke, and tells the ref to count the pin. Hardy then rolls up Jarrett and the ref counts the pin and calls for the bell. THE MATCH WAS ALREADY OVER. TWICE. Horrible booking. Unbelievable. TNA must think that their fans are either mentally challenged or using the same type of drugs that Jeff Hardy uses. Stupid on so many levels. Match Time: 5:52     Star Rating: *1/2

• TNA World Heavyweight Championship match: Robert Roode(c) vs. AJ Styles

God bless these two men but there was no saving this show at this point. They definitely tried really hard though, and this was easily the match of the night. They lock up and break a couple times to open things up before AJ hits a punch and Roode bails to the outside. Roode and AJ both land some shots before Roode applies a headlock. AJ pushes him off and hits a leapfrog followed by a dropkick. AJ hits a suplex before slamming Roode’s head into all 4 of the top turnbuckles. AJ hits an elboew to the head followed by a scoop slam and a knee drop for 2. Roode comes back with a kick, a clothesline, and some shots in the corner. AJ sends Roode to the outside, where he hits a diving forearm off the apron and drops Roode face first on the guardrail. Roode hits a baseball slide from inside the ring and chokes AJ. AJ fights back with some shots but when he leaps off the second rope, Roode catches him and catapults him into the corner. Roode applies a rear waistlock on the mat before AJ fights out and they head up top. Roode knocks AJ to the mat, but AJ pops right back up and hits a superplex. AJ hits some punches followed by a back body drop, some clotheslines, and a neckbreaker over his knee.

AJ goes for a slingshot move but appear to botch it as he just shoves Roode. Crowd dies at this point. Roode rolls through a cross body attempt and covers for 2. Roode hits a spinebuster for 2 but AJ counters a fisherman’s suplex and hits a back suplex. AJ misses a springboard 450, but does a sunset flip and goes for the Styles Clash. Roode counters the Clash and puts AJ in the crossface. AJ struggles but eventually counters with a roll up before picking up Roode and dropping him. AJ hits a springboard forearm from the apron for 2 before Roode low blows AJ and the ref at the same time. Roode covers for a near fall, AJ gets 2 with a roll up, and AJ hits an enzuigiri before both guys trade punches. Roode begs off but AJ tackles him and unloads with punches before chopping him in the ropes. AJ crotches Roode on the top rope, causing him to fall to the floor. AJ goes for a suicide dive but Roode sidesteps him. Roode hits a fisherman’s suplex in the ring for a near fall and AJ hits a Pele. AJ goes for the Styles Clash but Roode counters with a roll up and hooks the tights for the win. Styles felt very much like a main event placeholder here without much of a chance of winning. Match was very good but the crowd died about midway through and it just never seemed to reach its full potential despite the long length. Best thing on the show but nothing great or worth going out of your way to check out. Match Time: 19:35    Star Rating: ***1/2

Overall PPV Rating: 4.75/10

This will be the last TNA PPV Review you will see from me on this website. I would like to apologize to everyone who regularly reads my monthly TNA PPV recaps, but for the life of me I just can’t do it anymore. These shows are so agonizingly dull and painful to sit through that they’ve become a chore to watch rather than a joy. TNA has become unwatchable. I’ve been a professional wrestling fan for about five years now and I’ve honestly never seen a company as horrendous as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. This company can’t seem to do anything right and they’ve expressed a complete unwillingness to change. Despite the fact that they’ve been blessed with having so many talented and popular wrestlers on their roster, TNA time and time again proves that bad booking and writing can ruin shows and prevent fans from investing in the wrestlers and the storylines. Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, and Dixie Carter, have fun running this company into the ground just like WCW, because I don’t want to be apart of it any longer. I quit.

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 three years.

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1.    John Morrison vs. The Miz

The show kicked off with these two former tag team partners going at it. This match started off slowly in the beginning with both men applying a variety of headlocks but it got better as it went along. Morrison hits a nice flapjack followed up by a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Miz later comes back by hitting a clothesline in the corner followed by a running knee lift. The two exchange punches and kicks before Morrison misses a shining wizard and Miz goes for a roll-up. Morrison afterward connects with a springboard enzuigiri, but Miz gets his foot on the ropes when Morrison tries for the pin. Morrison then goes for a superplex, but Miz knocks him off the top ropes and jumps off to hit him with a double ax handle. Eventually near the end Miz goes for the Skull-Crushing Finale, but Morrison counters with a side Russian leg sweep. He goes up top to hit Starship Pain, but Miz knocks him off the top ropes before pinning him to win the match. Raw is now up 1-0 in the best 2 out of 3 mini-tournament going on within the PPV during the interbrand matches. Overall this was a decent opener hurt by a very weak ending. Match Rating: 5.5/10

2.    Smackdown Divas (Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, and Natalya) vs. Raw Divas (Melina, Kelly Kelly, and Gail Kim)

This was a surprisingly very good for a WWE women’s match. Kim starts the match by doing some good back and forth work with all of team Smackdown including hitting a nice hurricanrana to McCool. After taking some big power moves from Natalya, Kim makes the tag to Kelly, who hits a big headscissors initially, but the heels quickly regain control and begin to work her over while making quick tags. Phoenix hits a snapmare and puts Kelly in a chin lock while McCool hit a nice powerslam and a knee lift. Eventually Kelly is able to fight back into it by hitting a hurricanrana to Phoenix before making the tag to Melina. Melina does some good back and forth work with Phoenix and hits a big dropkick before getting a near fall with a roll-up. Phoenix eventually overpowers her and gets the win after hitting the Glam Slam. Smackdown has now evened the score at 1-1. A good women’s match that was only hurt by the lack of time. Match Rating: 5.5/10 (Keep in mind this is very good for a women’s match)

3.    World Heavyweight Championship: Undertaker(c) vs. CM Punk vs. Batista vs. Rey Mysterio

Despite not really getting a ton of time, this world title match was pretty entertaining due to the non-stop action, big moves, and near falls. Right out of the gate Punk goes after Mysterio and Batista and Taker go at it. Mysterio hits a seated senton to Punk and Taker connects with Old School on Batista. Batista eventually rebounds by powerslamming Punk before getting hit with a big boot from Taker. Taker then goes for a Last Ride on Mysterio, but Batista hits him with a huge spear. Mysterio and Batista then hit a 619/spinebuster combo but Punk breaks up Batista’s attempt at a pin. Taker is able to fight back into it by putting Hell’s Gate on Batista, but Punk breaks up the hold just when it appeared Batista was going to tap. Taker and Punk then go at it once again, culminating in Taker hitting the Last Ride and having a pinfall attempt broken up by Batista, who then takes on the Deadman. Taker and Batista exchange punches before Taker hits a chokeslam. After tossing Punk to the outside, Taker is hit with a Batista Bomb, but the pinfall is broken up by Mysterio. Mysterio and Batista then argue, allowing Taker to recuperate and hit Batista with a second chokeslam. Eventually this match comes to an end when Batista throws Mysterio out of the ring onto Punk before turning around right into a Tombstone and Taker retains his title. After the match, Batista blames Mysterio for his loss and attacks him during an interview segment, thus turning heel for the first time in almost five years. This segment was done very well and this match, although brief (clocking in at just under 10 minutes) was enjoyable. Match Rating: 6.5/10

4.    Team Smackdown (Chris Jericho, Kane, The Hart Dynasty, Matt Hardy, Finlay, and R-Truth) vs. Team Raw (D-Generation X, The Big Show, Jack Swagger, Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston, and Mark Henry)

With the score now tied between Raw and Smackdown, this huge brand warfare tag team match would decide who would take the Bragging Rights trophy. The match started off with R-Truth facing Cody Rhodes, stemming from their earlier backstage confrontation. The two do some decent back and forth action before Kane and Big Show get tagged in and the big men go to work. Show this a big shoulder block and leg drop before tagging in Swagger. Swagger starts to work over Kane but Kane hits a big right hand before tagging in Hardy. Hardy starts to get the upper hand on Swagger and hits a nice second rope leg drop. Swagger is eventually able to get the tag on Henry, who beats down on Hardy for a bit before tagging in Shawn Michaels. HBK hits a few chops but Hardy retaliates with a side effect before making the tag to Finlay. Those two go back and forth for a bit, ending with HBK hitting Sweet Chin Music. Almost right after hitting his patented move, he is caught with a Hart Attack from the Hart Dynasty. David Hart Smith is legal and goes to work on Michaels. I definitely would like to see a future DX vs. Hart Dynasty match after what these two teams did in this match. Jericho is eventually tagged in, which brought back memories of his great feud with Michaels from last year. Smith is eventually tagged back in and hits a big suplex to Michaels before tagging in Tyson Kidd, who misses a springboard elbow, allowing Michaels to tag in Triple H, who then cleans house. He does some good back and forth work with Jericho and the Hart Dynasty before Jericho misses a Lionsault, allowing Kingston to get a tag and enter the match. After hitting the Trouble in Paradise, Kofi’s pin attempt is broken up by the Hart Dynasty and the match instantly turns into an all out brawl outside the ring. Kofi goes to the top rope, but Big Show turns on Team Raw by hitting Kofi with a chokeslam and then hitting Triple H with a Knockout Punch. Jericho then sneaks in and gets the pin on Kofi and Team Smackdown is victorious. It was great to see WWE recognize Smackdown as their superior brand by giving them the win here. This was a pretty entertaining tag match but nothing we haven’t seen before. Match Rating: 6.5/10

5.    1 Hour Anything Goes Iron Man match for the WWE Championship: Randy Orton(c) vs. John Cena

Our main event was the 60 minute Iron Man match between Cena and Orton for the WWE title. I was worried that these two wouldn’t be able to entertain me for the whole hour and that the match should have been a 30 minute Iron Man match. Well, I did not enjoy the first 10 minutes of the match, and there was a 20 minute gap in the middle of the match that I did not enjoy, so a 30 minute match would have been much better. Still, they did enough right in this match to make it very enjoyable and possibly the best match they have ever had together. The match starts off with a ton of headlocks before Cena gets a quick fall a few minutes in by making Orton tap out to the STF. Just minutes later, Orton hits the RKO to tie the score at 1-1. The two then brawl outside the ring, which is when the match started to get pretty good. Orton smashes Cena’s head on the steel steps before hitting him with a TV monitor and a mic, resulting in Cena getting busted open the hard way on the top of his forehead. Cena fights back into it and hits his combination of moves and goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but while taking the move Orton hits the RKO and both men are down. With both guys having an arm across the other, the ref counts a double pinfall and the score remains tied, but now at 2-2. They did 30 second clock stoppages in between falls, and the one following this fall allowed medics to enter and clean up Cena’s bloody head (stupid PG rating). Cena then scores another pinfall after a top rope Attitude Adjustment to go up 3-2. Legacy then runs down to the ring and attacks Cena, and DiBiase hits Dream Street before dragging Orton on top of Cena. Kofi Kingston chases Legacy to the back with a chair (stemming from a backstage brawl with Rhodes earlier), but the ref counts to three and we are now tied again at 3-3. Orton and Cena then brawl up the entrance ramp and up to the stage. Orton slams Cena onto a control panel, resulting in an explosion. Orton then whips Cena through part of the set, causing another explosion and followed up by another pinfall from Orton, who goes up 4-3. We then ahd an odd sequence where Orton started playing with the pyro controls and hit many buttons trying to set off explosions near Cena. The fight returns to the ring where Orton beats down Cena very slowly for many minutes, which is what hurt the match as a whole in my opinion. In the middle of this long beatdown, Cena gets a small package to tie the score at 4-4, but Orton goes back up 5-4 after hitting an elevated DDT to the floor. Orton continues to wear down Cena until Cena eventually starts to make his comeback. The two go back and forth up and down the entrance ramp before taking the fight into the crowd. Cena chases Orton up to the top of a section and hits him with a garbage can before slamming him into a wall. Cena hip tosses Orton over the guardrail to take the fight back to ringside before smashing him into the barricades and the ring steps. A great spot follows where Cena launches Orton through the barricade before Cena sets up the ring steps next to the announce table. He then picks up Orton’s lifeless body and hits an Attitude Adjustment off the steps through the announce table followed by a pinfall to tie the score at 5-5.  Cena then grabs a wooden table and puts Orton on it in the ring, but when he goes for a top rope leg drop Orton moves and Cena crashes through the table. The two men exchange punches before Orton hits an RKO for a near fall. With the clock ticking away, Orton goes for a punt but Cena gets out of the way and puts on an STF. Orton tries to hang on but taps out as time expires and Cena wins the match 6-5 as well as the WWE Championship and the right to remain on Raw. A very good title match, the best these two have had all year. Match Rating: 7.5/10

Overall PPV Rating: 6.75/10

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 forwww.sportsgrumblings.com for roughly a year now as well.