1. So, Mick Foley is a babyface because he hates the Main Event Mafia. But he also feuds with Jeff Jarrett, another babyface, but Foley is more the heel in that feud. I wonder why fans (and some of the performers, kayfabe) are confused.
2. While I have nothing specifically against Amazing Red, I have to wonder what the point of bringing him back was. I mean, they can’t figure anything out for Petey Williams or Sonjay Dutt but they need Red?
3. I have to wonder the same thing about Cody Deaner. I just don’t get what it is that TNA thinks he adds to the program.
4. I asked before why Samoa Joe wasn’t targeting Sting, and now we have answer. Sting wasn’t in on the plan, which makes total sense. Good for TNA on that one.
5. Then it gets murky. All of a sudden, Kurt Angle gets to decide his challenger for Victory Road, so one of the bosses, Mick Foley, is begging that Angle choose him. That makes no sense. Meanwhile, Jarrett books Angle in a tag match for tonight, with the Title on the line. But doesn’t Angle get to choose his own opponent? Why can so many people make matches around here?
6. They still need some work formatting this show. They opened with a Main Event Mafia interview, and then cut over to a pre-taped interview with Kevin Nash. The Main Event Mafia is all over the show, in an overbearing New World Order kind of way. Space this stuff out and it will seem less like that.
7. Is this Abyss versus Dr. Stevie feud EVER going to end? Poor Abyss, he just doesn’t have that mystique anymore.
8. I absolutely cannot wait to see Jenna Morasca versus Sharmell on a pay-per-view. Thank you, Jeff Jarrett, or Mick Foley, or Jim Cornette, or whoever it is that made this match possible. I can’t wait to pay to see it.
9. Similarly, I can’t wait to see Rhino and Jesse Neal have some kind of confrontation. Maybe it can be a hair versus hair match, so Neal can get rid of that ridiculousness that he’s currently sporting.
10. Jarrett should have manned up and tapped out to the Ankle Lock. He’s more of a Superman than John Cena.
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1. What’s confusing? Mick doesn’t like Jeff or the Mafia. Jeff doesn’t like Mick or the Mafia. The Mafia don’t like Mick or Jeff. The Mafia do like Joe. Who knows who Joe actually likes? The binary face/heel system seems a bit outdated in the 21st century to me… Who do you actually LIKE who’s involved in that angle?
I do like that they’re doing the whole thing where Jarrett and Foley aren’t best pals again just because they happen to be crowd favorites. Just because they both have beef with the Mafia doesn’t meen Jeff isn’t still pissed at Mick for assaulting him in his hometown. That works for me. That said, I can also see Mr. Bandit’s point, too, as it can all get a little convoluted.
On another note, I think I’m the only person on the internet was perfectly okay with Jarrett passing out in the ankle lock instead of tapping. I don’t care that people are taking him to task for it, I just thought it was a cool spot in the moment.