With the lights still flickering from Slammiversary, the question of where to go from here is fresh on my mind. And with that thought ringing loudly, I think it best to bring everyone up to speed. SO.....if you haven't seen the show and don't want to be spoiled, feel free to read this at a later time, but if you don't mind, please continue......
Crimson has been defeated by James Storm. This could mean the beginning of a decent rivalry for a month or two to prep Storm to return to the Bobby Roode feud in time for Bound for Glory. I'm betting on a Sting/Roode round two in the coming month or so as the end of the PPV led me to believe it's inevitable.
-Tessmacher now holds the Knockouts Championship. I don't look for it to be a very long reign, but it will quite probably look to be a month or two long as things seem to be moving that way for now.
-The Tag Team Championships are now being guarded by Angle and Styles. I gotta admit, I couldn't have called that. While I have no doubt the pairings will last a couple of months, I doubt there will be any less bad blood with each meeting. I also have no doubt that the matches will be great as well.
-Abyss returned for a momentary bit of revenge on Bully Ray, allowing Joseph Park to come out the victor. The problem? Joseph Park and Abyss were never in the same place at the same time. Could we be looking at a split personality? That would certainly make things interesting, that's for sure.
-Austin Aries is still on the rise and Samoa Joe looked like a million bucks as well, just like the man leading the masses to believe "Joe's Gonna Kill You!" Aries, I have written before, is the man to watch this year and, I believe, he'll hold the World Title before year's end.
-I'm seeing a feud brewing as Karen Jarrett may find herself back on Impact soon. Her tweets have become a bit angry towards Dixie Carter and it's tough to tell whether the heat is legit or if we're seeing another form of storyline foreshadowing.
-Hernandez was booked in a match against Kid Kash, for whatever reason and the idea, or so I'm told, was to communicate his strength and make him look like a contender. Did it work? Somewhat. But I still hold that his footing in the company is weak now and this may be his last run with the big dogs unless he is able to step up his game.
-Madison Rayne is getting involved in the Robbies/Devon/Garett fiasco and I have no idea where this is going. I can only hope TNA doesn't sabotage her character by toning down her manipulative nature. She's a puppet master and communicating that will only progress her character. As for the feud, I still hope the Robbies and Garett disappear for a while, but I fear we may be getting them in larger doses in the coming weeks.
The stories are good, no doubt about that. I just hope that things continue to simmer and raise in intensity and the feuds working would carry strong into the summer months. Thursday will be a temperature gauge and will determine how forward to this summer we should look. So pull up a chair and keep watching, we may just see what the doctor ordered for TNA to pull ahead of the goliath.
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