Thoughts on TNA Impact and Monday Night Raw- Jan. 4th

Even if it was only for one night that TNA and WWE went head to head it will be a night wrestling fans around the world will not forget anytime soon. TNA went on the air at 8pm last night and made a huge statement. The matches were good, the backstage segments were good and most of all the names the showed up were awesome. The names that showed up last night were Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Jeff Hardy, Sean Waltman, Scott Hall, The Nasty Boys, Val Venis, Shannon Moore, Eric Bischoff and Orlando Jordan. It was awesome to see the original n.W.o. return and make a statement. It should be pointed that it was Hollywood Hogan that returned, and he returned in all black. Another thing that was cool was the Nasty Boys destroying Team 3D’s dressing room while they were away. This could be prelude of things to come and I have a feeling for the first time ever that the Nasty Boys will take on Team 3D. It should also be noted that Rhino, Beer Money and the Motor City Machine Guns were all taken out by the same man. If I had to guess that man would be Sting and it’s along the same lines of what he did in WCW when went to all black and white. The two biggest shockers of the night were Jeff Hardy and Ric Flair showing up to the Impact Zone. I still can’t get over seeing that.

So what did WWE have to offer last night? Well one of the greatest wrestlers of all time came back after 12 long years away. Bret Hart kicked off Monday Night Raw by burying the hatchet with Shawn Michaels. DX took on Jeri-Show in a tag team title match which saw Jericho leave Raw for good. The main event was Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston which was a very solid match that could have been PPV material. The closed with Bret and Vince finally having their confrontation and Vince made the last statement by low blowing Bret to end the night. That’s the one thing that WWE did right last night is leaving us wanting more from the Bret-Vince saga.

Even though TNA goes back to Thursdays next week they have a lot of momentum right now with all the surprises and changes they have made. I think it’s great for the wrestling business if they stay on Thursdays for now because they really can’t compete with WWE just yet. I also like the new concept that TNA is doing showing what they call TNA Epics, which features one star a week with their best PPV matches. I have to say that TNA was on my TV more then WWE was last night because WWE is still predictable where last night TNA was live and you didn’t know what was going to happen. I also have to say how much I loved TNA’s main event with Kurt Angle and AJ Styles. To me thats what wrestling is all about. As a wrestling fan I am excited, and I mean really excited about all of this. Maybe, just maybe TNA will WWE again to be the company they once were. I am so happy there are two wrestling organizations again and happy that TNA is going to be around for awhile. Stay tuned for more surprises and more shocking developments in the weeks to come. You won’t be disappointed and that’s a promise.