2018 Pro Wrestling thread

Did WWE buy TNA's tape library or cut some sort of deal with them?
I'm watching this AJ Styles 365 episode after Survivor Series, and there was a segment where he goes back to the TNA studios in Orlando and talks to Jeremy Borash, who is labeled on screen as "Former TNA Producer." The two talk a little bit about his time there and call it by name, not just something like "one of the places I wrestled."
There's also been a fair amount of archival footage and photos of his time in TNA, especially when they're talking about his feud with Samoa Joe.

Then at the end of the credits they had a tag for the "Global Wrestling Network" streaming service that said it's the place to watch Impact Wrestling in its entirety.
That was odd.

 

Apparently, there was a woman who suffered some sort of arm injury after Enzo got yanked down.

 

They've had a deal running for stuff with Angle and Jarrett, too. I think it's more with footage from the Jarrett/Dixie era. Note that there's been no mention of "Impact." Just the antiquated "TNA" label.

On a similar note, was tonight the first multi-branded PPV that AJ had missed since his debut at the 2016 Rumble?

 

I think they hired Borash when they settled the broken hardys lawsuit and kinda decided not to pretend tna doesnt exist when they did included it in the Kurt Angle doc when he came back

 

That was a fun PPV to watch with a super hot crowd. Some surprising and curious decisions..... No Ambrose intererebce/burying Nakamura seems odd.... Bryan getting the piss kicked out of him when he’s turning heel is very counter productive ....

And I dont know what they want with Charlotte/Rousey. Charlotte was 100% acting like a heel. The story they told on commentary was heel. And the crowd ate it up and loved it. Was Rondas emoting look back at the crowd as they boo’d her going up the ramp planned to start her heek turn? Are they ignoring the noise and making Ronda a face like when Becky turned at Summerslam? Or is this part of a long term plan? They have some decisions to make. Esp since Rondas next feud is penciled in vs public enemy no 1 Nia Jax, itll be hard for her to get heat.

Overall enjoyed both shows. My favorite matches were gargano/black and ciampa/dream. Favorite matches Sunday were the 2 womens bouts.

 

Ah, thanks. Both of those make sense. I just hadn't seen any major news about them coming to some sort of agreement or buying anything and missed the Angle doc. And I'm always noticing that stuff for some reason, so it was kind of a "Huh?" moment when I saw that.

 

Don’t drink and watch Survivor Series apparently. Sorry to good folks of SJ for my rants.

 

Borash also served as host for Foley's Hell In The Cell tour, which appeared on the network. Styles also mentioned TNA in one of the Ride Along shows.

And during the Hardys' comeback show, they showed and discussed the entire Victory Road incident with Jeff, Sting and Bischoff.

 

I was actually thinking of Enzo. Seemed awfully rough treatment for a ticket holder.

 

My biggest complaint about it is I'm getting tired of the spots that take way too long to set up like the powerbomb/suplex with everyone off the cage and Ricochet's dive there. When they don't take as long, it looks better. When it takes too long (which those did), it emphasizes the fact that it's all fake.

 

That's one of the reasons I've never cared for the Lucha style. Too many of the high flying spots require people to get in position to catch them (like someone diving from the the ring onto a group at ringside) and it often ends up looking way too choreographed.
Those spots have creeped into the main product over the years, and I always groan a little when there's five guys who suddenly stop brawling for 2-3 seconds while waiting for this asshole to jump off the top rope and take them all out. Always makes me think, if they saw him setting up for it, why wouldn't they just move out of the way?

 

Looks like WWE has fulfilled its blood quota for the month.

But seriously ... we're supposed to expect that his arm, tucked in that step, was crushed? Like the hard steel somehow became shape-shifting?