It was another evening of bad comedy on TNA Impact last night. In fact, for most of the episode – which was titled “Take my Wife … Please” – I felt like I was watching a parody of a wrestling show.

The show was salvaged, however, by the few segments that weren’t designed to be funny.

The emphasis on comedy – which in TNA is hit or miss, and usually the latter – is not helping pay-per-view buy rates or ticket sales, so if I were TNA, I would give serious consideration to cutting back on the funny business.

The highlight of the show was the attack by Robert Roode and Payton Banks on Booker T. and Traci Brooks. The segment, which featured the babyfaces being handcuffed and whipped with belts, got tremendous heat from the crowd and was effective in making you want to see a match between Roode and Booker.

The main event between Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash also was good, surprisingly so considering Nash’s physical limitations at this stage of his career. Angle carried the match, but Nash also put forth a good effort. The heat-getting moment in the bout occurred when Angle threw down his wife, Karen, outside the ring and showed no concern whatsoever for her. To add to the drama, Karen was bleeding from the mouth, and A.J. Styles scooped her up and carried her to the back.

Other than the fact that I thought TNA wasn’t allowed to do man-on-woman violence on television, I thought it was well done. I’m guessing that Karen will eventually turn on Styles and return to her husband’s side, which should mean a big babyface push for Styles.

Some other thoughts from last night’s show:

With just one more episode before the Destination X pay-per-view, only four matches have been announced. ...

TNA decided to open the show with something we have never seen before – the Angles arguing in the back. …

Styles really needs to lose that ridiculous-looking crown. …

The Team 3-D diet skits were nauseatingly unfunny. Ray and Devon were heat magnets, and now they are portrayed as clowns. …

More bad skits are on the way, as Scott Steiner has an initiation planned for Petey Williams. I’m still not certain whether they are heels or babyfaces. By the way, doesn’t it seem like Steiner has been carrying around those briefcases forever? …

I hope they were plants in the audience that were putting money in Sonjay Dutt’s tambourine. If they weren’t, why would anyone want to give away money to a wrestling character? …

Curry Man continues to bring a smile to my face. And Shark Boy continues to take it away. Shark Boy added some new puns to his repertoire – “kick some bass” and “gimme a shell yeah.” Ugh. At one point, Shark Boy clearly tried to get the crowd to do the “what?” bit. There was dead silence. Now that was funny. …

As if Dustin Rhodes needed any further evidence that his career has hit the skids, consider that he used to take stunners from “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, and now he takes stunners from Shark Boy. …

Call me old-fashioned, but I think ladder matches should be used as the blow-off to an intense feud, not to decide the world drinking championship. …

Rhino delivered an awesome-looking gore to James Storm, but the clothesline Awesome Kong gave ODB looked even more devastating. Speaking of ODB, she has a lot of charisma in the ring, but her promos clearly are a work in progress. ...

Let me get this straight: Eric Young, a babyface, ran away rather than facing his fear. Who does he think he is, Floyd Mayweather?