Official TNA Turning Point 2008 Thread: 11/9/2008!

From what I saw it was ok. The Rhino match was bad and ended with perhaps the worst gore ever seen.

That had to win. Otherwise it would kill the angle already.

I didn't think Abyss/Angle was all that good other than Angle's flip dive off the stage (the height saved it) and the ending.

A pretty entertaining PPV, but the results really turned me off.

Eric Young as the contender for the X-Division Title isn't good at all. Lethal is a much more entertaining worker. Rhino over Bashir also bugged me. I don't like Bashir at all anyways, but jobbing him to a non X-Division star makes him lose any and all momentum he had going for him,and makes him look like a chump. The win over Rhino would have made him look strong, and added instant intrigue to his title matches, as he would be perceived as a threat. Now, we have Bashir, a man who looks weak, going against Eric Young, someone who comes and goes, and doesn't make you excited to order at all. The X-Division is in shambles now. A Lethal/Bashir program, with both men coming off the big PPV win, would have been much better.

Also, the Legend's title match was meh. I don't think anyone would actually put their allegiance on the line for an opportunity at a title that was just "brought in" to the company. Maybe if it was the world title.

With Booker, Nash, Sting, and Angle all winning, this entire program of the main event mafia is ruined for me. At least one of them needed to lose, to show some strength in their group. I mean, why not Joe over Nash? That way, the MEM has three out of four wins, and looks dominant, but the new blood keeps some strength by having Joe, arguably their best superstar, the one who will provide the most fight, win his match, and also getting some revenge on Nash for BFG.

The matches were pretty good, but the booking was terrible. Right as the faction angle was picking up, it took a step back. The company goes onwards with way too one sided of a faction war, and the mid card is looking bad with a very weak X-Division champion and challenger.

Overall, I enjoyed it. A couple of annoying finishes to matches, but good matches nonetheless. I would have loved to have seen MCMG, Christian and Styles win, but I like that they will continue the feud.

I am interested to see where they go with a couple of different angles:

1) Alex Shelley teasing heel.

2) Eric Young no longer Super Eric...what does that mean for Daniels and Shark boy?

3) Christian joins MEM but does not come out with them at the end of the show.

TNA actually has my attention. I will make it a point to try to watch for the next couple of weeks. Anyone know if they are filming iMPACT in Orlando or somewhere else? It is A LOT harder to watch TNA and get into it if they film at the iMPACT Zone. The crowd is completely dead--as they were tonight.

Exactly. Plus, no one else in that match could've logically won it and made me go "He can take the strap besides Eric Young".

He's a heel though - plus he's not built up like Eric.

Tanahashi should not be in the X division at all. He can't work fast paced short matches very well. This is basically the same story for CM Punk. Both guys are used to taking it really slow to move up to big spots in Japan and the indies. Then when they're on TV or PPV, it's a whole different story because they have limited time.

Not only does cheating give the MEM heat it also makes the young guys look strong because they took the vets to the limit so they had to resort to cheating to win. I enjoyed the PPV hope they continue with Styles/Sting that was a good match.