My overall thoughts on Impact...
Fairly decent show tonight. The Xcape match was pretty good, although I'm not sure how wise it is to put a cage match on free TV with no hype and fill it with men that most viewers don't care about mere weeks before an all-cage match PPV. Backlund doing the step test was a funny running gag, and Christian ruled on the mic. Abyss-Angle was okay, but not as good as their first Impact match, and EY-Storm went on far too long for the goal they wanted to accomplish with it. Oh, and they added depth to the Abyss-father-mother storyline, wonderful - now it can go on for six more months.
Mitchell - You can take your self-righteous routine and shove it up your a*s.
Tenay - 43 YEAR OLD JERRY LYNN JUST HIPTOSSED FIVE X DIVISION COMPETITORS!
Tenay - SHARKY GOT THE BOOT UP!
Tenay - IT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER PAY-PER-VIEW ON THE MARKET TODAY!
Tenay - How’s THAT FOR A TASTE OF WHAT YOU’LL SEE AT LOCKDOWN!
Cage - Wow, you look buff. You enjoy Japan, eat some sushi? Did you take an origami class or something?
Tenay - Last week, we all assumed that Scott Steiner would be the third member of Team Cage, but now that he’s walking down to the ring with AJ Styles and Christian Cage, I think it is cemented that he is the third member of Team Cage!
Cage - Of all the Booty Daddy’s I’ve met, this guy is definitely the biggest and baddest!
Tenay - THAT MAKES IT OFFICIAL!
DW - HAHA, THAT’S RIGHT, HE OFFERED HIM A TITLE SHOT. HE’S THROWING OUT TITLE SHOTS LIKE THEY’RE CANDY!
Tenay - WELL, WHAT A SHOCKING REVELATION WE HEARD EARLIER TONIGHT. ABYSS WENT TO JAIL TO PROTECT HIS MOTHER. BLACKMAIL! On the part of James Mitchell.
AJ - Woah woah woah, Christian, I don’t know if that’s how they do it Canada, but in Gainesville, Georgia, that equals 4.
Cage - I guess he didn’t hear me, I’ll try again.
Tenay - WELL THAT’S HIS CUE!
DW - He looks none too happy!
Tomko - BACK UP!
Tenay - Woah!
Tenay - WOW, WHAT DO YOU SAY CHRISTIAN!? TOMKO WANTS IT TONIGHT ON IMPACT!
Tenay - IT’S TEAM ANGLE!
DW - THEY’RE A UNIT!
Angle - Christian is a liar!
Tomko - SHUT. UP!
DW - WOW!
Cornette - This is a wrestling program, not a debate, not a soap opera, so we’re gonna settle this with good, old-fashioned wrestling!
Tenay AMEN!
Tomko - Mr. Cornette… JIMMY, YOU GOT YOURSELF A DEAL!
Tenay - WOW!
JB - One of the established members of Team Angle will have to face a member of Team Cage tonight…
Angle - Well, I’m gonna have to go with… me.
Angle - I’m a man of my word. Whenever I say I’m gonna do something, I DO IT!
Penzer - Representing Robert Roode Inc…
Tenay - THAT’S THE KEY!
Tenay - Now he’s going to try and outsmart the pyro.
DW - He’s going to have a heart attack on the ramp one day.
Tenay - Backlund doesn’t even know there’s a wrestling program going on.
Tenay - Any leads as to who the special friend is that Eric Young has talked about?
DW - I think it’s Petey Williams. He’s the kind of guy that likes to take on causes.
Tenay - If Eric Young won, the roof would have blown off of the Impact Zone!
Roode - THAT WAS PATHETIC!
Tenay - Here’s Robert Roode and Ms. Brooks.
Roode - YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO ROBERT ROODE INCORPORATED!
DW - WOW!!
Tenay - OH HE WANTS TO HIT HIM SO BAD, BUT IF HE DOES, HE CAN’T WRESTLE AGAIN IN TNA!
DW - It might be worth it someday!
DW- It’s Petey!
Tenay - YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT, DON!
Steiner - He’s a redneck, he’s useless.
Cage - If I get injured, who’s gonna sell tickets?
Steiner - These arms sell tickets!
AJ - Nah, THIS HOOD SELLS TICKETS! It bounces.
Mitchell - Don’t forget, she’s only a phone call away.
Cage - I GOT THE PHONE!
Tenay - Christy Hemme seems to think that women have a place in wrestling.
Tenay - We now bring you Christy Hemme and VKM, and Lance Hoyt.
Kip - NOW YOU’RE PISSING ME OFF! PLEASE. STOP!
Tenay - I think it was a smart move by Jim Cornette to settle this issue with Tomko in Lethal Lockdown inside the six sided ring.
DW - We talk about Mitchell using blackmail, but Christian uses BRIBERY!
DW - HE’S SPITTING “DON’T TAP OUT!”
Tenay - THAT WAS A MIRACULOUS MOVE!
DW - RIGHT INTO THE REFEREE!
Tenay - How do you read that?
DW - OH I DON’T KNOW!
DW - WOW, HE JUST SPUN AROUND AND HIT HIM WITH THE CLIPBOARD!
DW - HERE COMES THE WAR MACHINE AND YOU KNOW HE’S PISSED OFF!
DW - IT’S TOO MANY ON ONE!
Tenay - HERE COMES JOE!
Tenay - I never thought that Team Cage would be complete while Team Angle is still in doubt!
As for SvR '08, eh, nothing said really makes me that excited. There's always some excuse for the shitty AI, and I'm certain they've got a bunch of them ready if it still turns out to be horrid in this installment. Sporadic, you can switch '07's controls to the regular button input method if you want to, and it's the only way I play since the control stick method feels too awkward to me.