Just got back probably an hour or so ago from a TNA house show in Florence SC. Decided instead of just creating a thread about that show that nobody would give a shit about, I'd make a thread for all untelevised house shows or just regular shows from indy feds, that kinda shit. This isn't a thread for spoiler reports and off-camera happenings on TV shows, this is just to post your own reports for shows you went to, and that other people more than likely won't give a damn about.
They kept on mentioning the attendance as being 2000, which seemed possible. One of the first things I noticed was that the environment for this show was a shitton better than the last TNA house show I went to. Aka: it had air conditioning.
Borash starts out the show with the basic "whoever makes the most noise will get a backstage pass" stuff that TNA always seems to start out their house shows with. After that we get to the first match:
1) Suicide defeats Kiyoshi to retain the X-Division championship.
Suicide entered through the crowd, and got a pretty decent pop. Crowd couldn't care less about Kiyoshi though. Decent, but nothing spectacular. Suicide wins cleanly with some kind of fisherman fallaway slam. (?? I guess that's the best way to describe it?) I don't watch TNA all that much, but, that isn't his finisher is it? Doesn't he normally use the move from the video game?
2) Madison Rayne defeats Daffney
This match...ye gads this match was pretty bad. Being a huge Daffney mark, I'd love to place the blame on Madison, but both women were blowing spots throughout the match. Crowd didn't get into it one way or the other. Madison counters a 10-punch corner spot into a powerbomb, and gets the pin with her feet on the ropes.
Borash comes out and proceeds to EXPLAIN WHAT TEXT MESSAGING IS (thanks JB. I had no idea) because he got a text from Beer Money Inc insulting the crowd to get cheap heat. Yes, BMI is *literally* phoning in their work now.
3) Rhino defeats Shiek Abdul Bashir
Rhino and Bashir easily get the biggest face and heel reactions of the night so far. Bashir gets on the mic, prompting the first of many USA chants in the match. Bashir eats a Gore for the clean pin.
4) Jeff Jarrett/Christopher Daniels defeat Beer Money Inc
Beer Money attempt to get on the mic prematch to get more cheap heat, but the mic doesn't work. Turns out they didn't need it anyways, since the crowd fuckin hated them. JJ, on the other hand, got a HUGE pop from the crowd. Easily the biggest of the whole night. This match had the most contrived oral sex spot in wrestling history. Jarrett tied Roode up in the tree of woe, Daniels irish whipped Storm into Roode, and then after Storm fell onto the mat, JJ/Daniels crotched Storm on the post Roode was on. So....yeah. Roode/Storm teased fighting over who was responsible for them blowing each other, but hugged and made up instead. Shortly afterward, Jarrett pins Storm with the Stroke.
Intermission at this point, where the people who got backstage passes were allowed to go back. They were back there for maybe 5 minutes before they were kicked back out again.
5) Eric Young defeats Cute Kip
You know what, I take back what I said about Daffney/Rayne. THIS was the worst match of the night. Crowd couldn't give a shit about Eric Young, but Billy Gunn? He got the most heel heat of the entire night. Holy hell did that surprise me. This was a basic Konnan Formula match. Kip controlled the entire match (75% of his offense being a chinlock) and then Young hits two moves at the end, and gets the win with a DVD. MVP of this match was the guy sitting behind me in the crowd, who couldn't go more than 3 seconds without telling Kip how much he sucked.
6) AJ Styles defeats Booker T to retain the Legends Championship
I don't understand the match placement. Why the hell have 4 matches before intermission, and only 2 after? AJ and Booker both came out to pretty good face pops, once the match started it was probably 60/40 in favor of AJ. I missed a lot of this match because all of a sudden during the entrances I noticed someone was standing up in the luxury box in the arena looking down on everyone. It seriously distracted the fuck out of me, since NONE of the regular arena seats above the 6th or 7th row were being used, so the person way up in the luxury box really stood out. AJ won after ducking a scissors kick and kicking Booker in the back of the head. Really anticlimactic finish.
After that they did the basic autograph session where they brought people out to sign stuff, or for the "TNA Superfans" you could get a photo in the ring with AJ and Suicide for $20.
I went with Choice C, go home. Overall the show gets a solid "meh" from me. Nowhere near the worst shows I've been too, but nowhere near the best either. Hopefully when I go to Raw on June 15th it'll be better.
They kept on mentioning the attendance as being 2000, which seemed possible. One of the first things I noticed was that the environment for this show was a shitton better than the last TNA house show I went to. Aka: it had air conditioning.
Borash starts out the show with the basic "whoever makes the most noise will get a backstage pass" stuff that TNA always seems to start out their house shows with. After that we get to the first match:
1) Suicide defeats Kiyoshi to retain the X-Division championship.
Suicide entered through the crowd, and got a pretty decent pop. Crowd couldn't care less about Kiyoshi though. Decent, but nothing spectacular. Suicide wins cleanly with some kind of fisherman fallaway slam. (?? I guess that's the best way to describe it?) I don't watch TNA all that much, but, that isn't his finisher is it? Doesn't he normally use the move from the video game?
2) Madison Rayne defeats Daffney
This match...ye gads this match was pretty bad. Being a huge Daffney mark, I'd love to place the blame on Madison, but both women were blowing spots throughout the match. Crowd didn't get into it one way or the other. Madison counters a 10-punch corner spot into a powerbomb, and gets the pin with her feet on the ropes.
Borash comes out and proceeds to EXPLAIN WHAT TEXT MESSAGING IS (thanks JB. I had no idea) because he got a text from Beer Money Inc insulting the crowd to get cheap heat. Yes, BMI is *literally* phoning in their work now.
3) Rhino defeats Shiek Abdul Bashir
Rhino and Bashir easily get the biggest face and heel reactions of the night so far. Bashir gets on the mic, prompting the first of many USA chants in the match. Bashir eats a Gore for the clean pin.
4) Jeff Jarrett/
Beer Money attempt to get on the mic prematch to get more cheap heat, but the mic doesn't work. Turns out they didn't need it anyways, since the crowd fuckin hated them. JJ, on the other hand, got a HUGE pop from the crowd. Easily the biggest of the whole night. This match had the most contrived oral sex spot in wrestling history. Jarrett tied Roode up in the tree of woe, Daniels irish whipped Storm into Roode, and then after Storm fell onto the mat, JJ/Daniels crotched Storm on the post Roode was on. So....yeah. Roode/Storm teased fighting over who was responsible for them blowing each other, but hugged and made up instead. Shortly afterward, Jarrett pins Storm with the Stroke.
Intermission at this point, where the people who got backstage passes were allowed to go back. They were back there for maybe 5 minutes before they were kicked back out again.
5) Eric Young defeats Cute Kip
You know what, I take back what I said about Daffney/Rayne. THIS was the worst match of the night. Crowd couldn't give a shit about Eric Young, but Billy Gunn? He got the most heel heat of the entire night. Holy hell did that surprise me. This was a basic Konnan Formula match. Kip controlled the entire match (75% of his offense being a chinlock) and then Young hits two moves at the end, and gets the win with a DVD. MVP of this match was the guy sitting behind me in the crowd, who couldn't go more than 3 seconds without telling Kip how much he sucked.
6) AJ Styles defeats Booker T to retain the Legends Championship
I don't understand the match placement. Why the hell have 4 matches before intermission, and only 2 after? AJ and Booker both came out to pretty good face pops, once the match started it was probably 60/40 in favor of AJ. I missed a lot of this match because all of a sudden during the entrances I noticed someone was standing up in the luxury box in the arena looking down on everyone. It seriously distracted the fuck out of me, since NONE of the regular arena seats above the 6th or 7th row were being used, so the person way up in the luxury box really stood out. AJ won after ducking a scissors kick and kicking Booker in the back of the head. Really anticlimactic finish.
After that they did the basic autograph session where they brought people out to sign stuff, or for the "TNA Superfans" you could get a photo in the ring with AJ and Suicide for $20.
I went with Choice C, go home. Overall the show gets a solid "meh" from me. Nowhere near the worst shows I've been too, but nowhere near the best either. Hopefully when I go to Raw on June 15th it'll be better.