FEEDBACK - REVIEW-AN-IMPACT w/ Nate Milton & Brian Mann

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Post your feedback for this week's edition of Impact.

The questions are not limited to any specific topic as Nate Milton and Brian Mann will answer ANY AND ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

Catch Review-An-Impact late Saturday night.

[Jay Hunter]

Congrats on the new show guys! Commiserations on watching impact!
Brian can you talk about Melissa Joan Hart following you on twitter and what kind of thoughts she has about wrestling?
TNA taped a couple of weeks of iMPACT as well as Lockdown, which ones did you attend & how long were the tapings?
Any update on James Storm paying your friend Chris for his beer?

[as89]

I just wanna say that I'm more excited for this review an impact than impact itself....wait that's like every impact. Still though, I gotta come up w/ a question , right ?

1. F, Marry, Kill - the TNA roster !

2. Nate. Why doesn't Braxton Witherspoon release an entire EP with wrestling related songs? I know he must be busy and everything, but the rest of us smart marks would love it.

3. Did you guys get a chance to checkout NJPW on AXS TV? If so, what did you think? I really enjoyed how Barnett infused his catch wrestling background in giving importance to the grappling, as well as the passion and knowledge of Mauro.

[daltonimperial]

Jim from Phoenix

Thanks for covering Impact; I hope you are able to stick with it given these first two shows.

I understand establishing heels on a new network (even though, I imagine, the vast majority of viewers migrated from Spike and know who MVP is), but there needs to be some hope for the good guys. Heels can get heat from beatdowns via numerical advantage, but they shouldn't be winning relatively cleanly in most matches: what makes them bad guys is they can't win a straight up fight. Why have Angle loses in his second match back in a meaningless 6-minute match (with no hype) on Impact against Joe (a match that was one of the biggest in TNA history about 10 years ago)? Why not build to Roode getting his hands on EY rather than having him lose in another short match the week after EY's turn? I was more OK with the Lashley beat down, but does that mean he is a face now, and is MVP just going to take the belt hostage? Why didn't the babyfaces immediately start working together rather than coming down individually and facing 1-on-5 beatdowns? The only other faction at the moment is another heel group (James Storm's Family or whatever it's called), unless the Menagerie is still around.

Who is left in the wings for the babyfaces? Anderson? Jeff is in the tag division for now. Are Jeremy Borash/Rockstar Spud the best babyfaces in the company right now? EC III is a good, comedy mid-level heel gimmick, but have they really protected him that long to lose to Rockstar Spud? Haven't read spoilers for future shows, but, even on Destination America, it appears "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" for Impact.

Did you watch Impact: Unlocked, and do you think it will have much interest?

2 Heisenbergs out of 10

[fishapproved]

I was actually front row for the first night of tapings at the Manhattan center. it wasn't a bad experience but waiting at least an hour waiting for matches was a real let down especially since I was at all the previous Manhattan Center tapings. The crowd was active and Jeremy Borash does a good job at getting the crowd into the action however putting a non wrestler in an angle like this seems to have no pay off to it. EC3 has to be one of the shining spots of impact even with a busted bicep he is able to entertain the crowd with little to no physicality. I didn't like the turn by Eric Young but who knows Bobby Roode and him have had good matches in the past. I was called a dick by Jeremy Borash for taking pictures of empty seats in the arena with the caption Destination Empty Seats.  Borash also asked me if I wanted to go back stage, I was in the wrong but I really just wanted to tweet it to the OSW Review guys to have a good laugh. Hope to hear more of Review an Impact on the site.

Do you think Austin Aries will ever be the world champion again? the People love him and has amazing matches. Every show i have been to Austin Aries is one of the most over guys outside of Jeff Hardy, it really is a shame that he isnt' the main evet.

[Danny Hernandez]

First off that was a whole lot of studio magic TNA used during the opening MVP promo because you can hear the moment when they moved from the audience track to the actual fans when Angle spoke. Very noticeable. This show was all about building up The Beatdown Clan. They made them look legitimate first night by having them all win all their matches, but the jury is still out on how strong they'll do going forward. You see heel stables in TNA have been done to death over the years and I don't want this faction to meet the same fate as Immortal or Aces and Eights. Any who TNA has caught my interest with their openings two straight weeks. Good Lucks Brother Nate and Brother Mann on the show.

Did you think when Impact goes on their UK tour they will still blackout the audience even though they always seem to fill the arenas there?

[castillomike95]

Mike from Minneapolis
I thought the show was okay but I feel there relying too much on the manhattan center and not looking at other venues in New York. I enjoy josh mathews on commentary but tazz drags it at times. I got two questions for brian.

1. What was it like working with josh in wwe and why do you think they only kept him on smackdown during your time

2. What was peoples mindset/vibe like when HHH beat punk at night of champions

[paulsebert]

First I’d like to say that I really enjoyed the debut of New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS. Not only was the match awesome but I was really impressed with Mauro Rannalo’s commentary as he seemed as animated calling a 2-year old match as a live show.

Unfortunately the quality of NJPW flat-out RUINED the second hour of Impact for me. I’ve heard the production values of last week’s Impact compared to Ring of Honor, but I think this is unfair to RoH. Ring of Honor’s television might not have the best lighting but at least you can sense it’s taped before a lively crowd. This show appeared to have been taped in an empty building using the night vision camera from Ghost Hunters. The Blair Witch Project had better lighting than this show…

Worse yet this episode felt like a rerun with TNA trotting out the same tired main event heel faction angle they’ve been doing since the days of Jarrett’s Army. I’m not sure why TNA would think this would be more effective than Jarrett’s Army, The Egotistical Eight, Christian’s Coalition, The Main Event Mafia, World Elite, Immortal, Aces & Eights, or Team Dixie. Also does anyone automatically think of the BDK from Chikara every time they mention “BDC?”

On the plus side Aries/Low Ki was good and the Lashley face turn was well done. I guess you take what you can get. 4 out of 10.

[danj55]

Dan from Brisbane, Australia

The only good thing about this show is Angelina Love wasn't doing ring announcing, I would much prefer to hear Jojo on NXT.

9.5/10

Question: why did TNA send an edit version of Impact to Australia. I saw an online feed of Impact on Destination America and the start where Josh was talking from inside TNA studios was cut.