I have to say this, I've never been so interested in wrestling for a long time.

Impact won this night, and it wasn't even close. Just the nostalgic feel of flipping back and forth between the channels and seeing who was outdoing one another.

I haven't watched Raw for months and of course I was going to see what they did with Bret. Man, did I have goosebumps when Shawn was in the ring with him, and Shawn's promo was simply awesome. Unfortunately, they're going to waste this storyline on Vince vs. Bret, which will be a terrible way for Bret to have a last match to. The whole thing to me was this, Bret was always distraught that Shawn never returned the favor at WM, so why not do that? It would be a monumental moment to have these two square off again, with Shawn tapping out...the crowd would go NUTS. Remember...most of the crowd still villifies Shawn for Montreal, not usually Vince. And in the past, there seemed to be more animosity between Bret and Shawn, rather than Vince. Nonetheless, awesome moment. And I'm not trying to sound stupid or sarcastic when I say...I'm glad Bret can sell a nutshot, as I worried that 9 years out of the ring...you might not be able to bump as well as you used to...he made it look pretty devestating.

Outside of that, I can't really think of anything Raw did that held my attention. The tag title match was pretty solid, although it always ends with Triple H pinning Jericho. Now outside of their Raw match about a decade ago where Jericho "won the title" off Triple H, which was later reversed...I can't think of a single time in recent times where Jericho has just once beaten Triple H. I just don't get it, I mean one win would be nice once in a while. So Jericho's off Raw? Well that's another reason to not really tune in as he's one of the more interesting characters, and besides that...who really even monitors him from not coming back? It seems to be no problem to show up on any show nowadays.

Now onto Impact:

Now I'm not going to say that TNA is the greatest show ever, or was it the best show I've ever seen. What I will say, is that it definately showed that it actually tried tonight. And while I wasn't really excited to see Hogan or any of the other old guys, I'm definately intrigued to see what's going to happen with them. The only guy that made me think "what the fuck" was Orlando Jordan. Seriously...fuck him...no one gives a damn. And there's just something about Bischoff that intrigues me...I don't know...but as soon as he left Raw, Raw started the suck nosedive. And I gotta love Flair showing up...god...what a piece of crap he is. He trashed TNA and Hogan, yet he's willing to be their bitch when WWE parts ways...and don't get me wrong, Flair is in my top 10 favorites of all time...I just hate how hypocritical he is.

While I really enjoyed the first match, fucking DQs always suck and that's not the way they should've kicked off the show. Not to mention, is it even possible for someone to escape that little hole? I've never seen this cage match before, so it's hard to see how anyone could be strong enough after a long match and get out...maybe it needs some remodeling.

Very clever for them to have the Hogan promo while Raw kicked off. I waited till 8:01, then turned the channel. That's the way it was the rest of the night., mostly with me sticking to TNA. The only times I turned it was during the knockouts matches, but don't get me wrong...the knockouts are LEAGUES better than the roster of divas that WWE has.

The icing on the cake was the Angle/Styles match...holy fuck was that a great match. I have always enjoyed matches where hitting your finisher first doesn't equate to a win. We saw so many false finishes and big spots, it was probably one of the best free matches I've seen in the last 5 years. Kofi/Orton didn't even intrigue me to watch...so I don't even know the finish.

I know it's asking too much, but I really hope Impact does a decent rating. I know it gets ahead of itself saying it's going to be the #1 company, but I would be happy if they become neck and neck with WWE. Competition brings the best out in the business and I would be happy to see these two companies go out there and keep trying to top one another.

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Also, where was Steiner last night?

Probably pissed that Flair was there. I wanted him to come out and call him a crooked toothed son of a bitch.

And Impact WAS more entertaining...if you don't agree...whatever. But it seemed to be the adult show last night...and like I said, it wasn't the best show ever...it just outdid what I expected and felt like a better show over Raw.

He might have for all we know.

And it's really fucking sad in his case. I've always placed him at the top of the list of guys who should've been World Champion, but never were.

Just got done watching Spoony, and I have to totally agree with him. I think at least at this point, TNA has hit it's peak and is going to decline. I'm not the kind of guy who thinks you need to top yourself every week, but at the same time, don't do what WWE has been doing since 2005 and just keep everything at this stalemate without any real build towards a long-termed future. And yes, outside of X-Pac (who can still wrestle, despite what Spoony thinks), most of these old guys are far too gone to even be in the ring. And I too, am sad about the quick demise of Desmond Wolfe...I never really cared for him to begin with, but it would've been nice to see someone "undiscovered" to get a major push.

And don't get me wrong Optimist, I marked out HARD for Bret coming out, and again I do have to sorta agree with Spoony that it could've been handled better with Shawn. Maybe have a resolution down the road, not on the first night. Hell, I might've actually prefered Vince coming out with Bret first, doing the nutshot, then end with Shawn and Bret doing a face off, I mean shit...that's how they would've booked it 10 years ago...what's going on? Outside of the DX match (which I basically only watched because of what Jericho said backstage), I didn't even watch anything else on Raw...since it was more of the same...again. But the thing that bothers me about the Jerishow/DX match...is that IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME FUCKING FINISH!

For as long as I can remember, Jericho has been Triple H's bitch. And that's really not a big deal, but since every time for as long as I can remember, when they face off in any way shape or form...Triple H fucking owns him. And while it's not going to damage Jericho or help Triple H, it's really not helping me gain interest. When I know the fucking outcome of the match, then it takes away from the feel of it. And don't get me wrong...it was a pretty damn good match. A lot of false finishes and good mixing. What bothers me is that I actually DID buy into the belief that Jericho was going to win for a moment, which is always crushing when it doesn't happen. Sure I don't want to see a squash, but maybe just one slip up would be nice. And yeah...how fucking ridiculous is that? Jericho off Raw? Who's going to institute that? And make sure you tune in tomorrow to ECW where Raw's Mark Henry faces SD's CM Punk to determine the number one contender for the ECW championship...HUH?