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Except that the Outlaws won clean as a whistle. They proved that they're the better team. There's nothing left to settle. Generally speaking, I think it's interesting how a chickenshit placeholder team is going over clean against all the other tag teams. I guess being friends with the boss has its perks. I was one of the first guys, if not the first, to criticize Bryan for his spotty limb selling, and I didn't have a problem with his performance. Other than Christian, no one was going after his arm. You can't sell attacks that aren't happening. And I'd argue that the gimmick was ruined because of it. Having escapes and run-ins might have worked after it had already been well established that the cell was inescapable, but doing it the first time out was stupid. Even worse, it set a precedent for the focus being on stunt bumps outside the cell rather than violence inside it. Honestly, I don't think there's ever been a more disappointing gimmick than HIAC. On paper, it's a can't-miss concept: you get all the hate and violence of a cage match without the excessively claustrophobic feel cage matches can have. But I don't there's been a single HIAC match that's come close to living up to the gimmick's potential.

Isn't Bo Dallas even worse in the ring?

Fuck-you booking aside, this show delivered the goods. Even the shitty matches were redeemed by the postmatch Barrett promos. Considering that with the coming of the WWE Network, this is the last PPV I'll ever strea-I mean, um, legally purchase and watch through legitimate channels, I'm glad they went out on a high note.

I thought it was funny how Cena said that Orton had dominated WWE over the past decade when he was calling him an underachieving slacker a couple of months ago.

Yeah, I know. I haven't figured out how to turn off autocorrect yet.

It was pretty easy to predict that Kharma and Mistico would end up being disasters. Someone like Kharma is a division killer when almost all of her prospective opponents are barely trained bikini models. You can only run her against Beth Phoenix so many times. And Mistico got over largely because he was heavily pushed and protected. There was no way he was going to receive that kind of treatment in WWE.

I did not care for the Bryan/Orton street fight, mainly because I don't care for WWE street fights in general. They're not hate-filled grudge matches, they're showcases for contrived stunt spots. Perhaps my least favorite aspect of those matches is how when someone sets up a spot, it always, without exception, ends up backfiring on him. Like, the guy who gets put through a table is the one who introduced it in the first place. It makes things feel too choreographed.

I don't understand why WWE decided to bowdlerize the NAO theme. I mean, it's not like "ass" is forbidden on WWE programming.

I don't know what this says about me, but I kind of agree with Cibernetico as pertains to Kaitlyn. She always struck me as someone who wasn't nearly as funny or clever as she thought she was but wasn't aware of it due to the fact that no one ever told her to shut up because she was hot..

I'd like to see someone work Orton's back so that even if he hits the RKO, he can't capitalize. Honestly, there needs to be more limb work intended to neutralize an opponent's offense in wrestling in general.

To be honest, I viewed the crowd's reaction to Emma as the whole dancing thing being exposed for the bush-league gimmick it is. Like when Dancin' Homer went to Capital City.

Also, I think we can safely put all the "Kane is Bryan's inside man in the Authority" theorizing to bed.

Cody Rhodes is a fucking idiot.

So it turns out that Davey Richards is barely taller than Rockstar Spud. His opponents should be able to press against his forehead and hold him at arm's length while he fails harmlessly at the air in front of him like CM Punk did to El Torito in the Rumble.

When Chris Sabin told Velvet to apologize, the proper response was "OK, I'm sorry...sorry that I ended up with a loser like you!" or something to that effect. Come on, TNA. This shit practically writes itself.

I can't hate on R-Ruth's face turn because it led to Daniel Bryan punting Little Jimmy, which was way more awesome than anything Truth did during his heel run.

They also chanted Cleveland sucks at one point. I believe that was a contingent of fans from Pittsburgh. I'm pretty sure one of them was wearing a Steelers beanie.

I have to be honest. Ambrose's Davey Richards-caliber sell of the AA kind of took me out of that match.

Speaking of the MLB, I looked up JoJo's real name so I could make a "best of luck in your future endeavors" joke and discovered that her name is almost exactly the same as Jose Offerman's.

You know, it's kind of funny. Under different circumstances, we'd be shitting all over this crowd for popping huge for Kevin Nash and booing Rey out of the building.

I was watching a video game tournament stream until the Rumble match started. When I went back to it after the PPV ended, everyone in the stream chat was bitching about the Rumble.

Yeah, I love the "people may bitch and moan, but they'll still pay to see it" talking point. How many buys did Starrcade do last year?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Spin this, wait-and-see brigade.

They're still going to be dead in a month, though, right? RIGHT? Dead cat bounce. Seriously, this is what TNA dead-enders are reduced to: touting a whopping 1.21 rating. This tipped-over porta-john of a promotion has been on Spike TV for nearly a decade and has never cracked a 1.5. Absolutely disgraceful.

I was dead tired last night, but I had actually planned on watching this. So I turned on Spike TV at 8 only to discover that Impact didn't start until 9, so I said fuck it and went to bed. TNA isn't worth staying up till 9 for.