Hey Impact Wrestling fans!
No Surrender was this past Thursday and from the comments and remarks floating around the 'Net, it seems like everyone didn't get the memo on all of the messages that were sprinkled throughout the broadcast.
I was going to wait until the end of the month to include in the September write-up of wrestling, but I rather write this now while it's still fresh in my mind before I forget.
Subtle Messages in No Surrender:
You (as the fans of wrestling) want wrestling - and they delivered on multiple fronts.
This episode of Impact only featured four matches, but these matches equaled quality performance over quantity with lackluster bouts. The show opened with a PPV-caliber bout between Austin Aries and AJ Styles, which showcased without a shadow of a doubt that TNA can put on a stellar performance. This trend continued throughout the broadcast all the way to its finale.
Younger, homegrown talent were given the platform to shine.
Two examples of this - Magnus defeated Roode in the Semi-Finals of the BFG series and faced AJ Styles in the main event. If that's not enough of a platform to give your younger guys a shot at main event then I don't know what is. AJ Styles makes anyone he works with look good.
Wrestling fans have expressed little to no interest in MMA talent appearing in TNA, so TNA won't be begging to have Rampage and Tito back on their programming.
In a segment backstage, Dixie Carter informed Hulk Hogan that Bellator are pulling Rampage and Tito off of their show. Hogan responds in the same manner the average wrestling fan would have in this situation. TNA is now free to focus back on their own talent instead of striving to get MMA talent over.
Jeff Hardy can be used in other methods than hogging the spotlight in the main event scene.
X-Division Champion Manik/TJ Perkins vs. Jeff Hardy is booked on Impact for this upcoming week. I don't know about anyone else but I have grown sick of Jeff Hardy being magically inserted into the main event scene over the last few years. The X-Division is not a step-down by any means and those in that division would benefit working with him in the long run. This would put more eyes back into the X-Division like TNA has been struggling to do over the last two years.
Aces & Eights are slowly falling apart from within.
This is good on many levels. Bully Ray still walks out of this angle as the strongest heel in the company while Mr. Anderson has a platform to revert back to his beloved "Asshole" tweener gimmick with. It wouldn't be much of a stretch that Knux, Garrett, and Wes are on their way out of the door too much like Devon and DOC before them, leaving Bully Ray with just the lovely Brooke Tessmacher at his side. At this stage, he doesn't need the rest of them. Why you ask? Keep reading...
The stable of E.G.O. established themselves as a pending threat.
Once again, TNA are pushing their homegrown talents in the form of Daniels, Kaz, and Roode. If the other members of Aces & Eights fall out then it's safe to assume that Bully Ray will align himself with these Superstars as a ploy to maintain his control over TNA. Besides, they all have a common enemy in Hulk Hogan.
TNA is giving AJ Styles a reason to stick around by finally rewarding him for the grief he has been put through over the last two years.
He won the BFG series and it's looking like he will be the guy who will end the reign of terror of Bully Ray. What's even more intriguing is that he is being given another platform for a "pipebomb" on the upcoming Impact. For those skeptical of his initial worked shoot will more likely be pleased with the upcoming one as there is little doubt that he will hit those
colorful points that he skipped over the first time - namely the Claire Lynch angle.
TNA doesn't need a reality TV show to make their female wrestlers' matches more interesting.
Last but not least, a simple promo hyped up the championship match between ODB and Mickie James for the next Impact.
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