Be careful kevin..im sure by now the tna writers check out your blog and dont be surprised if this entry gets "cut" and "paste" into the improv storyline..I do have to say that you did a very good job cleaning up and making sense of a storyline that offered little in logic.

We should have bets on how many 'WWE Mark' comments you're gonna get.

I saw most of the PPV last night. Some great spots in the X-Division KotM.

But had the same thought when Joe turned. It would have made a LITTLE more sense had Morgan beat Sting last night, and the MEM dropped the "respect" angle and just went for an uber heel faction (which most of them already are). As usual, your idea seems more interesting than what will actually play out

wow thats awsome.... again maybe you could be on the creative staff at tna?

actually your version is more of a movie twist lol

still kurts stable could actually be called nation of vilence

one flaw... what happened to jeff jarret and how would you get stiener a face?

RESPONSE FROM KE: Jarrett could continue his feud with Mick Foley over control of TNA. I think Steiner would work as a no-nonsense babyface.

Hey man i went to the PPV and it was awesome. How could you say that it was a horrible move. I thought it was sweet and unexpected. It keeps the fans on thier toes and makes it more fun to watch unlike WWE. I remember in WCW when Kevin Nash had the title and then hogan poked him with a finger to get the title and join both NWO's it was unepexted just like this move so I thought it was sweet and that is why TNA is much more fun to watch then WWE.

RESPONSE FROM KE: Yeah, the finger poke was unexpected. What wasn't unexpected was that WCW was out of business two years later.

Sounds like a good storyline idea. I hope the writers at TNA don't screw up with this swerve. Maybe they should hire you as a writer.

I didn't see it either. Your blog is the first I have heard about any of this. From someone who DVRs TNA I would enjoy watching your scenario play out. That's good stuff.

Kev, I am usually a pretty ardent TNA supporter but the KOTM match fell way flap....

Foley spent most of the match allowing himself to get pinned and put in the box.

Styles was very good in the match but thats about it...

Dissapointed in the PPV overall....

Raven was great..

I agree Joe in MEM does not make sense. I was hoping for the story line you described. It would make so much more sense for Angle to turn on the MEM now that Sting is the godfather and create his own stable to take on the group. It would also give a place for Joe, Matt Morgan and Eric Young.

Kev, this is a great idea. I'd like to see Douglas hang around in the role of the manager for the new Angle Alliance. If Joe has surgery and is out for awhile, Douglas can step into his spot as a wrestler in multi-wrestler matches.

Thanks for a smart response to silly hot shotting by TNA.

Did anyone see Angle with hair.. I don't know if he looked like Chavo Guerrero or Randy Couture.. Scary.. I think Edge needs to give him another buzz cut!

Most people suck up to you on here, my comment won't be any different. If TNA hired you as a writer, I would actually be able to watch it again. Freakin' awesome storyline.

Kevin,

Your comments make perfect sense but you're not Vince Russo and you know he'd never think of anything as logical as you.

Tel

Kev,

You should really send the last part of your posting to Dixie Carter/TNA. I like your spin on it. Of course how doe sthis affect Joe relatosn with AJ and Daniel. I like TNA but it can be confusing at time.

RESPONSE FROM KE: It would put Styles and Daniels at odds with Joe, especially Styles.

I've said many times that TNA's refusal to follow the "traditional" rules of booking makes it,at times,unwatchable.Then again,its that very unpredictability and chance that if you throw out enough wacky and seemingly ridiculous stuff,some of it might work,especially if performed by capable professionals,which I believe is TNA's greatest asset.
Cross the line,indeed.

Dude, I know you applied to be a writer once, and your idea on what should have happened shows how foolish the WWE were to not pick you up.

I guarantee that whatever TNA come up with, it'll be a load of contrived crap...

4 words... finger poke of doom.

Hopefully the TNA Frontline will become involved. Ha

Maybe the Donald Trump move by WWE influenced TNA so they could make an even bigger, and more outrageously illogical move.

Ugh, did someone in the comments actually stick up for the Fingerpoke of Doom? That has to be a first in the annals of history. I know that HHH and HBK also did that at one point, but at least that was only over the Euro Championship.

As with a lot of TNA PPVs, this one sounds like such a cluster that I'll end up watching it now.

Slammiversary is the epitome of what's wrong with TNA:

Joe handing Kurt Angle the world title just threw 8 months of storyline out the window.Samoa Joe in MEM? Good? Exciting? is that what TNA and it's fans are reduced to? Calling that a major swerve? For what? So Joe can be Angle's lackey?

The Angel Williams/Victoria match should have ended in a DQ so Victoria would not look bad. Victoria getting pinned may have destroyed her heat.

Beer Money is about to lay down for the British Invasion. It's inevitable.

Suicide is still not over. Creed is still clumsy. Sabin and Shelley were jobbed out in their hometown and Machismo was the redeeming quality of that match.

The Abyss/Dr, Stevie storyline has gone on too long. Why would you want to drag Lauren, a backstage interviewer, into this mess? Taylor and Daffney, I understand, but Lauren?

Sting/Matt Morgan-No Complaints. Sting is about to retire. He should have at least gave Morgan the win on his way out.

Overall, this pay-per-view has WCW 1999 written all over it. The beginning of the end and if TNA doesn't get its' act together, it will be a distant memory, just like WCW.

I was there live, and yeah, that swerve really was horrible. I do like your way of making sense of it. It already made little sense, but the mafia coming out to celebrate at the end made it make even less sense.

The crowd was EXTREMELY hot for an AJ win, it didn't have to happen, but it felt like a slap in the face to one of their biggest crowds ever to do something so stupid. The place just went dead silent when it happened. It made no sense.

Great response to Ed.

It really is WCW deja vu and basically the NWO split all over. The Wolfpack went face while white/black went heel. Sure enough Sting will be caught in the middle somewhere and be perpetually non-committal. Hopefully they learned from some of their mistakes with that though.

I'm still confused why you don't watch the TNA PPV's and write up a Ring Posts about them. While most of what you say about TNA is true, they usually deliver on PPV. I often get a little too caught up in the moment when it comes to wrestling and big swerves. I don't start thinking how bad an idea is until it doesn't quiet play out well on Impact! I knew Joe was gonna flip, I just thought it would be at the expeness of A.J to set up that feud. I also thought the man behind the curtain was gonna be Sting. I felt that would have made more sense since Joe never singled him out. I'm still intrested to see how this is gonna play out.
If nothing else you should have seen the PPV for your girl Daffeny stealing the show. From the avalanche in the corner from Abyss to Taylor Wilde splashing her through a table from the entrance ramp all the way to TW dropping her in the tacks, she was the highlight of the night!
The X division KOTM match also had some unique spots that made it very entertaining.
I'm very biased, but Shane Douglas' promo about how Detroit treat's a real champion like him from Pittsburgh, and Angle walking out in a Crosby jersey were pricless!!!
ALL HAIL THE CITY of CHAMPIONS!!
Although much like the L.A/Denver/WWE thing a few weeks ago if I'm a fan from New York who isn't in to hockey I don't care about all that.

Every word you wrote makes sense, Kev.

What happened last night is yet another of Vince Russo's 'swerves' where he values shock value over common sense, continuity or even solid storylines.

Very, very frustrating as a TNA fan.

Kevin,

Once again you make total and complete sense....and that's why it will be a cold day in h-e-double hockey sticks that we will see it.

Of course it is pro wrestling and anything can happen but....naaah. Your idea is too logical for them to pull off.

Kevin, in the words of Heath Ledger's Joker: "If you're good at something, never do it for free."
TNA should put you on the payroll for that plan.

Kevin - only a true TNA fan "gets it "....I think .

I'm a Foley fan but at least they got the belt off of a guy that can hardly move anymore much less wrestle. That kind of thing lowers the prestige of the belt and turns viewers off even if we know deep inside its all a work anyway. A champion should at least appear to be athletic.

Kev ur storyline would be great aren't u friends with people in TNA U really need a job there because i can't wait till thursday to see if they mess this up. I am glad Jarrett was smart enough to not put the title back on himself and Angle swerved alot of us because he went on a wrestling show and said he wasn't interested in the Title I feel like a sucker.

Kevin . regarding your disclaimer - don't you know by now you can't believe anything you read on the internet . :)

WWE has some explaining to do after Raw. The Trump angle was confusing.

Did anyone see Angle with hair.. I don't know if he looked like Chavo Guerrero or Randy Couture.. Scary.. I think Edge needs to give him another buzz cut!

Actually, he looked kinda like Bruce Willis to me...

Hey, if MEM consists of all former world champions, then I think they should extend an invitation to David Arquette.

Aside from the bogus Joe swerve, this sounded like a good PPV. Hopefully Joe explains that he has a torn tricep that will keep him out of action for months, so handing the belt to Angle was of no professional consequence to him. Publicly admitting he's injured and needs time off is the only logical way to explain passing on another title reign that I can think of right now.

I was thinking along the same lines as you Mr. Eck about Joe and Kurt splitting off to form their own group since Angle is no longer the leader of the MEM. Joe just destroyed three members of the MEM, so being accepted by them makes little since. I never considered Morgan and Young as part of the new group, but that could work if they aren't just treated like flunkies.

I was at the "Finger Poke of Doom" Nitro and I didn't think it was that bad. No one should EVER willingly give up the World Heavyweight Championship, but at least the NWO was reunited and the Wolf Pack was done. It really should have been non-title, but still, it was the NWO just being the NWO. (I'm not saying I agreed with or liked it, but there was a point.)

Swerves need to have some goal that will lead to the elevation of the wrestler doing the swerve, at least in his or her own mind. Nash was reorganizing a dominant force in WCW, while Joe is...is...injured...and has nothing to lose???

I don't see anything good coming from this swerve...

I've got an easier way to explain the Samoa Joe & Kurt Angle story...

Joe and Kurt have been having a secret love affair backstage which includes S&M...that explains why Joe beat up Kurt on Impact, because it was their thing..

I think this story would make TNA more believable, since it's not PG like WE

So Sting was the world champion, but he wasn't the leader of the MEM. But now Angle is the champ, but Sting is the "Godfather" of the MEM. Um, what?

I have watched TNA on and off (usualy put off by the storylines I don't understand, but keep up with what is going on with your blog), but Slammiversary was the first TNA ppv I have thourougly watched...and I really enjoyed it

The opening KOTM match was amazing! I marked out so much! It was just breathtaking...what wrestling should be

I was also really impressed with Beer Money; they look like the future of wrestling. Furthermore Team 3D didn't look like "past it's" but a team still with potential; some moves even better than their WWE/F run. I even found the British Invasion funny (which is saying something as I am British, and usualy hate that stereotype; ie Regal) but I thought they were hilarous and good heels

I liked Abyss and Taylor Wild vs Raven and Daffeny...Abyss looked a great monster wrestler (big show, Kozlov, Khali take note) but thumbtacks should be saved not used so often. Raven still looked great. One thing I didn't like was Daffeny going into thumbtacks...no offence to women or Daffeny; I understand if she's up for it then it should be okay...but ddin't like the over the top female violence...Loved the spot with Taylor Wild jumping of that speaker though, amazing!

Angelina Sky looked good; not great, to be honest expected more after all the great things I had heard about the Knockout division...having said that though she would go far in WWE. Great to see Tara back wrestling, and being used to her full potential. Ona side note I may have found a new wrestling crush; Velvet Sky +wow, Tna's maria

Sting in my opinion didn't look great (a bit past it) and ddin't put Morgan over, which I think he should

The main event though wasn't great...AJ Styles was amazing...but the others all looked poor...Foley could barely move, Kurt has lost his ruthless edge, Jarret nothing special and same with Joe...the end was mind boggling...and to have a main event which was shadowed by the opening match isn't great booking

Wasn't the reason why WCW faltered was because most of their babyface main eventers and potential babyface main eventers kept joining the NWO? They create this "Nation of Violence" thing into something only to make Samoa Joe a subordinate of Kurt Angle? A swerve like this worked with Austin but only because he was the champ and he was Vince's daddy. TNA strikes again!

If you watch Impact this week the whole thing is explained, and lets be honest wrestling storys don't have to make sense, that was one of the best twists in TNA for a long time.

The whole PPV was amazing!