When Mr. Anderson defeated Sting for the TNA world title last month, I wrote that it was definitely time to get the belt off the 52-year-old ?Icon,? but that Anderson getting another run as champion didn?t do much for me.
Well, Anderson ended up being just a transitional champion. Unfortunately, the man he was keeping the belt warm for turned out to be ... Sting.
Sting ? who regained the title from Anderson on Thursday?s episode of Impact Wrestling ? has been very entertaining since adopting his Joker persona, but putting the belt back on him at this point in his career seems like a creative misstep to me.
It had been announced earlier in the show that No. 1 contender Kurt Angle would face the winner of the Anderson-Sting match for the championship at next month?s Hardcore Justice pay-per-view. I figured it would be Angle versus Anderson, but it looks as if we?re getting an all-babyface matchup of Angle versus Sting.
Regardless of who Angle?s opponent is at Hardcore Justice, I think he?ll win the title there and still be the champion at October?s Bound for Glory, where he?ll then pass the torch to someone (Matt Morgan?) from the BFG Series.
Back to Thursday?s episode. The show-long story line featured Sting?s mysterious allies ? four bat-wielding guys wearing evil clown masks and black trench coats ? taking out the Immortal members one by one in backstage attacks. It was later revealed that it was Fortune?s A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, Kazarian and James Storm under the masks.
During the Anderson-Sting main event, Bully Ray entered the ring to attack Sting after a ref bump. Then the lights went out, and when they came back on, another masked clown was in the ring. The clown took out Bully Ray with a bat, and then Sting hit the Scorpion Death Drop on Anderson for the victory.
After the match, the clown revealed himself to be Angle.
Other thoughts on Thursday?s show:
I have to admit that I didn?t see it coming that it was Fortune under the clown masks. I was thinking it was Matt Borne, Ray Apollo, Steve Keirn and Steve Lombardi. ...
So let me get this straight: Four guys in creepy clown masks attack one guy (Gunner), who stands his ground and tries to fight them before being beaten down, and he?s the heel and the clowns are the faces. Only in TNA. ...
Angle said during his promo that he had never beaten Sting. That?s not true. He defeated Sting for the TNA world title in October 2007. ...
Sting did a nice job on the mic during his show-opening verbal confrontation with Hulk Hogan and the rest of Immortal. Sting said that he was going to see to it that the company ends up back in the hands of its rightful owner ? Dixie Carter. That?s the first time we?ve heard her name mentioned on TV in some time. ...
The three-way BFG Series match that saw Bobby Roode pin Samoa Joe (?The Pope? D?Angelo Dinero also was in the match) was decent. I wonder where TNA is going with Joe?s losing streak angle. ...
Just wondering: Why was Hogan sitting in his office for the meeting with Immortal with his shirt unbuttoned all the way? ...
Devon played his role as a protective, angry father well during his backstage confrontation with Dinero. ...
You have to be impressed with what Austin Aries brings to the table. Signing Aries ? who defeated Shannon Moore on this show ? was a very good move by TNA. ...
It was pretty obvious that Tara?s pet tarantula was going to be inside the present that she had for Madison Rayne, but the angle still worked. I?m surprised the tarantula didn?t end up crawling on Rayne. ...
I was shaking my head at Mexican America defeating The British Invasion in a match to determine the challengers for Beer Money?s TNA world tag team title at Hardcore Justice. Mexican America had go-away heat, while the crowd was really behind The British Invasion. Plus, Douglas Williams and Magnus are way better in the ring than Hernandez and Anarquia. Magnus, by the way, is starting to look more and more like a future star. ...
I liked the video highlights package of last Sunday?s Destination X pay-per-view. I also thought it was good that new TNA X Division champion Brian Kendrick and No. 1 contender Alex Shelley got some mic time to hype their match for next week?s Impact. Also announced for that show: A ladder match between Styles, Morgan, Gunner and Joe; TNA Knockouts champion Mickie James defending against Velvet Sky; and Rob Van Dam vs. Scott Steiner.
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