It makes sense that TNA would want its top heel, Kurt Angle, to get his heat back after losing to Jeff Jarrett at the Bound for Glory pay-per-view Sunday. But Angle got so much of his heat back last night on Impact that he came off as by far the toughest guy in the company, and he made several babyfaces look worthless and weak in the process.

The story line was that Angle wanted a rematch with Jarrett, who stated that Sunday’s match was a one-shot deal. Angle said that he was going to keep laying out TNA talent until Jarrett agreed to the match.

The Motor City Machine Guns were Angle’s first victims. After winning an entertaining, fast-paced match over Sheik Abdul Bashir and Sonjay Dutt, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin were brutalized by Angle. That’s right; Angle single-handedly took out one of TNA’s best tag teams. Did he attack them from behind? No. Did he use a steel chair, baseball bat or some other weapon? No. He looked them both right in the eye and battered them. Oh, and he also laid out Dutt.

Later, Angle beat up all three members of The Prince Justice Brotherhood as well as The Rock and Rave Infection. He also attacked ring announcer David Penzer. Actually, I didn’t really mind any of that.

What I didn’t like was when a horde of security and referees tried to stop the attack on Penzer, and Angle effortlessly shoved them all down. Jarrett then entered the ring and tried to get a piece of Angle after Angle had insinuated that he would harm Jarrett’s kids. Jarrett, however, was unable to get his hands on Angle because security and the referees restrained him – the same security and referees that were no match for Angle, the one-man wrecking crew.

The final burial of the night was of Matt Morgan, who had been handpicked by Jim Cornette to be the man to stop Angle’s reign of terror. Angle, however, ended up becoming the first man to kick out of Morgan’s finisher, and he went on to score the clean pin.

TNA had been doing a good job of steadily moving Morgan up the ladder, but this killed his momentum. Imagine if someone had kicked out of Goldberg’s spear-and-jackhammer combination when he was on the rise in WCW a decade ago. Hopefully, TNA will try to turn the loss into a positive for Morgan, perhaps by having him cut a promo about learning from his mistake and vowing never to lose focus again.

So, let’s take a look at the final tally. In one night, Angle beat up two tag teams and a trio (plus another wrestler and a ring announcer); pushed around a group of security and referees; and kicked out of a rising star’s finisher before pinning him. And, despite what Don West said about Angle “blindsiding” people, he actually was coming at them head-on.

In other words, the company’s top heel was booked to like its top babyface.

Other thoughts on last night’s show:

When it comes to being a heel, it’s obvious that Sting doesn’t get it, but Kevin Nash sure does. Nash – who turned on Samoa Joe and helped Sting win the TNA World title at Bound for Glory – received his typical babyface reaction last night when he came out to cut a promo. Nash, however, did not slap hands with the fans on his way to the ring. And when he was cheered for running down Samoa Joe and A.J. Styles, Nash unleashed his vitriol at the fans, saying that they were the only ones dumber than Joe and Styles.

He then pulled out a couple tried-and-true heel clichés: He basically said that he’s rich and the fans aren’t, and that the guys who brought their wives with them to the show are stupid because the wives are fantasizing about being with him. Within a matter of a minute or so, the fans went from cheering for Nash to chanting “You suck.” It proved that it really isn’t that hard to turn the fans against you – if your heart is in it. Sting just refuses to embrace the role.

Despite having won the title from the company’s top babyface with help from a full-fledged heel in Nash, Sting still played to the fans last night and encouraged them to cheer – which the majority of them did. When Samoa Joe’s name was mentioned, the fans booed. They also booed Styles when he came out to confront Sting. If Sting would just take a page out of Nash’s book and hurl a few insults at the fans, he would get heel heat and this angle would be the better for it. Sting and Nash are teaming together next week on Impact to face Joe and Styles, so perhaps Sting will get booed due to guilt by association. …

The TNA creative team is mostly to blame for the fans booing Joe. No top babyface should ever be booked to look gullible or come off as a whiner, and that’s exactly how Joe has been portrayed during his association with Nash. If Joe is ever going to make it as a money player in TNA, he not only has to score a convincing victory over Nash in the near future, but he needs to administer a brutal, bloody beat-down on his former mentor. Anything short of Nash getting his complete comeuppance will make Joe look unworthy of his spot. …

I can’t imagine that anybody bought Mick Foley’s farewell speech, especially when considering that Foley’s image has been on Internet ads for next month’s Turning Point pay-per-view all week. The whole idea of having a farewell for somebody who had made just a few appearances was silly. …

When Kip James became part of The Beautiful People’s act two months ago, I wrote that Angelina Love and Velvet Sky were already over, so why try to fix what wasn’t broken. Upon further review, I do think that “Cute Kip” has helped The Beautiful People attract even more heel heat. James is just so naturally unlikable that he makes it almost impossible for people (especially men) to cheer Love and Sky no matter how attractive they are.

What initially turned me off to the James/Beautiful People alliance was the fact that James was playing an outdated stereotypical gay character, but he quickly reverted back to being effeminate without being too over-the-top flamboyant. …

I was happy to see the talented Machine Guns win a match for a change, and that’s why I was especially frustrated with the way Angle manhandled them, completely negating anything they had gained by winning. Also, it was curious that there was no hint of a heel turn by Shelley and Sabin this week. …

By beating up Penzer, Angle was exposed as a liar. I distinctly heard Angle say that he was going to attack “TNA talent,” and everyone knows that Penzer doesn’t have any talent. Oh, I kid Penzer. …

Just wondering: Why didn’t Shane Sewell fight back when Angle was shoving all the security and referees around? And since when did Morgan and Abyss become “best friends?” …

I’m not so sure about the new direction for Roxxi, who has suddenly become a potty-mouth. I guess to be hardcore you have to cut profanity-laced promos. The cursing gimmick would be more suited for ODB. …

It looks as if Christy Hemme and The Rock and Rave Infection are now babyfaces. To me, Hemme is a natural heel. …

It wasn’t a great night for Consequences Creed. He came off looking like a total jobber in his match against Nash, and his pre-match promo wasn’t very good. He’s trying to imitate Apollo Creed from the Rocky movies, but this promo was more like Apollo Creed on speed.

NOTE: For what it’s worth, Karen Angle’s photo is back up on TNA’s Web site. It was removed earlier this week as reports surfaced that she had been released. Last week on Impact, it was announced that Karen, who reportedly is going through a divorce from Kurt, was leaving TNA to spend more time with her family. Is she really back? Was she ever really released? Is any of this is a work? Your guess is as good as mine.