1/3/13 Impact
Opening segment: Decent segment with Jeff Hardy winning Wrestler of the Year and Roode and Aries being jealous about it.
James Storm vs. Kazarian: Solid match.
Doc promo: Not very good and ends with a baseball bat falling from the rafters ALA 1997.
Christian York vs. Kid Kash: Decent match.
Hernandez vs. Joey Ryan: Not a great match.
Hogan/Bully/Brooke segment: Hogan family drama as Hogan suspends Bully, who's in love with his daughter. Ugh.
Gail Kim/Tara vs. Mickie James/Miss Tessmacher: Very good match.
Aces and Eights vs. Kurt Angle/Samoa Joe: Mediocre cage match with Mike Knox being revealed.
Very middling show.
Grade: C
1/10/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very poor with Sting vs. Doc announced for Genesis and Anderson being a main focus of Aces and Eights.
Kenny King vs. Zema Ion: Decent match.
Tara/Jesse vs. Miss Tessmacher/Robbie T: Very bad match.
Brian Cage vs. Jay Bradley: Squash.
Hogan/Park/Brooke segment: Very bad as Park thanked Hogan for getting him into wrestling camp and Brooke begging her father to reinstate Bully, which he doesn't.
Bobby Roode/Austin Aries vs. James Storm/Jeff Hardy: Very good tag match.
Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson: No match as Aces and Eights attack Angle.
Sting vs. Knox: Bad match.
Final segment: Bad segment with Bully proposing to Brooke, despite being suspended.
Bad show.
Grade: D-
1/17/13 Impact
Opening segment: Good promo exchange that made Hardy/Storm vs. Daniels/Kazarian later.
Jeff Hardy/James Storm vs. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian: Good match.
Gut Check segment: Jay Bradley gets two yes votes and wins a contract.
Christian York vs. Kenny King: Decent match.
Sting/Hogan segment: More soap opera build for the wedding.
Velvet Sky vs. Gail Kim: Solid match.
Roode/Aries promo: Pretty good as usual until Chavo/Hernandez attack them.
Wedding: Your typical wrestling wedding until the latest big Aces and Eights reveal, Tazz. Say what you want but at least it was an actual surprise unlike Doc and Knox.
The wrestling that was on this show was pretty solid, but all the backstage stuff was dedicated to the wedding, dragging it down a little.
Grade: C
1/24/13 Impact
Opening segment: Good Tazz promo where he explains his reasons for joinging Aces and Eights.
Tara vs. Velvet Sky: Not a great match.
Joseph Park promo: This was basically Park making an open challenge for next week.
Kenny King/Zema Ion vs. Christian York/Rob Van Dam: Solid match.
Bully/Sting promo: Decent promo exchange, especially Bully's part.
Bobby Roode vs. Hernandez: Okay match with an obvious outcome.
Angle/Anderson promo: Okay promo, but Anderson has been misused so much that it's hard to emotionally invest in him.
Jeff Hardy vs. Christopher Daniels: Very good title match with Hardy retaining.
Another average show with Hardy/Daniels being the clear standout.
Grade: C
1/31/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good Daniels/Kazarian promo that led to Magnus' return.
Magnus vs. Devon: Okay match.
Joseph Park vs. Robbie E: Not a great match.
Chavo Guerrero vs. Austin Aries: Solid match with a good promo exchange between Chavo/Hernandez and Roode/Aries before the match.
Hogan/Sting/Bully segment: Solid segment that resulted in Bully being reinstated into TNA.
James Storm/Velvet Sky vs. Jesse/Tara: Decent match.
Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson: Good cage match that resulted in Garett and Brisco turning on Angle and revealing themselves as Aces and Eights members afterwards.
Solid episode with good story progression.
Grade: B+
2/7/13 Impact
Opening segment: Solid Devon promo putting over the Aces and Eights members, and Wes and Garett explaining why they joined.
Rob Van Dam vs. Kenny King vs. Zema Ion: Solid X Division title match.
James Storm vs. Jesse: Squash.
Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez vs. Austin Aries/Bobby Roode: Good match with Aries and Roode winning the tag titles.
Tara vs. Miss Tessmacher: Average match.
Robbie E/Rockstar Spud promo: Very average and teases a feud between the Robbies.
Sting/Bully Ray vs. Devon/DOC: Bad tables match.
Very hit/miss episode.
Grade: C-
2/14/13 Impact
Opening segment: Good Hogan promo where he announces many of the show's matches.
Christopher Daniels vs. Magnus: solid match.
Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle: Very good match until Aces and Eights attacked both.
Tara/Gail Kim/Jesse vs. Blossom Twins/Party Marty: Solid match with the KO title match for next week announced after the match.
James Storm vs. Rob Van Dam: Solid match.
Bobby Roode vs. Austin Aries: Good match despite no result, but the booking made sense.
Final segment: Hogan is ready to announce the title match until Aces and Eights surround him, when Bully Ray saves him. Interesting.
Very good show.
Grade: A
2/21/13 Impact
Opening segment: Good segment with Hogan announcing Bully as the #1 contender, and Bully cuts a good promo afterwards.
Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez/Joseph Park/James Storm vs. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian/Austin Aries/Bobby Roode: Solid match.
Robbie E vs. Rockstar Spud: More of an angle than anything.
Tara vs. Gail Kim vs. Velvet Sky vs. Miss Tessmacher: Good match with Velvet winning the KO title.
Garett Bischoff vs. Samoa Joe: Bad match.
Rob Van Dam vs. Kenny King: Solid match.
Bully Ray/Sting vs. Aces and Eights: Bad main event.
Decent episode.
Grade: B-
2/28/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good Bully/Hardy/Daniels/Kazarian promo exchange.
Tara vs. Velvet Sky: Not a great match.
Austin Aries vs. Hernandez: Solid match.
Rob Van Dam vs. Kenny King: Good match with King winning the X Division title.
Aces and Eights promo: Very good with Sting, Joe, Magnus, and James Storm being announced for Team TNA, as well as a returning Eric Young.
Ivelisse Velez vs. Lei'd Tapa: Solid match.
Robbie E/Robbie T promo exchange: This wasn't terrible but the result of this match was highly predictable (Robbie T squash).
Jeff Hardy/Bully Ray vs. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian: Very good main event.
Another good show.
Grade: B+
3/7/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good segment that made the next match.
Jeff Hardy vs. Austin Aries: Very good match.
Angle/Wes Brisco segment: Wasn't bad until D'Lo was revealed as the VP of Aces and Eights.
Devon vs. Sting: Bad match.
Hernandez/Chavo Guerrero/Velvet Sky vs. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian/Gail Kim: Solid match.
Samoa Joe/Magnus vs. DOC/Garett Bischoff: Bad match with DOC getting pinned instead of Garett.
Gut Check segment: Very bad with Tapa getting the "yes" vote despite the crowd not wanting it and LOSING her match last week.
Mr. Anderson vs. James Storm: Not a great match and Storm actually loses.
Final segment: very good Bully/Hardy promo exchange to promote the Lockdown main event.
While this was far from the worst Impact, this show just didn't click at all.
Grade: C-
3/14/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good with Bully explaining his heel turn.
Gail Kim/Tara vs. Mickie James/Velvet Sky: Solid match.
Rob Terry vs. Robbie E: Squash.
James Storm vs. Christopher Daniels: Solid match with a good promo exchange between them before the match and AJ returning to attack all of them after the match.
Park/Morgan promo: This was pretty good actually and made a match between them next week.
Sting vs. Austin Aries: Very good main event.
Final segment: Very good brawl between the babyfaces and Aces and Eights that made the Aces and Eights look strong.
Good show.
Grade: A-
3/21/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good Hogan promo that made the #1 contender main event.
Austin Aries/Bobby Roode vs. Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez: Good match and Daniels/Kazarian attack Roode/Aries after their win. Interesting considering that both teams are heels.
Kenny King vs. Zema Ion vs. Sonjay Dutt: Good X title match with King retaining.
Taryn/Gail segment: Not very good with Taryn getting fired, only to be rehired by Brooke as a wrestler.
Matt Morgan vs. Joseph Park: Bad match.
Styles/Storm promo: Styles says absolutely nothing and Storm questions AJ saying that the old AJ wouldn't do that. Not a bad segment.
Samoa Joe vs. Magnus vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Kurt Angle: Good match with Hardy getting his rematch.
Very good show, especially with a bunch of Bully vignettes throughout explaining his plan in great detail.
Grade: B+
3/28/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good Hardy/Bully/Anderson promo that made the main event.
Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez vs. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian: Solid match.
Gail Kim vs. Taryn Terrell: No match but that's a good thing as having this match one week after Taryn became a wrestler is rushing it.
Hogan/Sting promo: Very good promo exchange that continued Hogan's anger at Sting for suggesting that Bully be #1 contender, as he had Sting escorted from the building.
Storm/AJ promo: Solid promo that teased AJ's involvement in the Aces and Eights as they attacked Storm while AJ was staring at him, and he walked away after Storm got attacked.
Garett Bischoff/Wes Brisco/DOC vs. Kurt Angle/James Storm/Eric Young: Not a good match at all despite good workers on the babyface side.
Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson: Solid main event and Hardy/Bully is announced for two weeks in a Full Metal Mayhem match for the title.
Despite all the talking in this one, it all worked, with the Aces match being the worst part. It's better this way than with repeated squashes.
Grade: A
4/4/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very solid Aces and Eights promo that ends up making a 10 man tag later and reveals that D'Lo's fired from his position.
Tara/Gail Kim vs. Taryn Terrell/Velvet Sky: Very bad match where the focus was on Joey Ryan looking at all the KOs' butts and touching them.
Chavo/Hernandez/Aries/Roode contract signing: Not that good, mainly due to Chavo's mic work.
Adam Pearce vs. Magno: Decent match.
AJ/Storm/Hogan promo: Very good promo that teases AJ joining the Aces and Eights.
Sonjay Dutt vs. Mason Andrews vs. Petey Williams: Solid match with the Canadian Destroyer winning the match for Petey.
Aces and Eights vs. Kurt Angle/Samoa Joe/Magnus/Eric Young/Joseph Park: Not bad actually as the good workers in Aces and Eights got more of the ring time instead of last week.
Final segment: AWESOME Brooke/Bully promo exchange that hypes next week's main event, carried by Bully the whole way. Brooke gets a front row seat for the match next week. Hmmm...
A solid show that picked up at the end. I totally see Brooke turning heel next week and forming the TNA version of the McMahon-Helmsley regime.
Grade: B+
4/11/13 Impact
Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez vs. Bobby Roode/Austin Aries: Good 2 out of 3 falls match, though Chavo and Hernandez winning was bad booking and Chavo pinning both Aries and Roode was hardly believable.
Devon/Park promo: Okay at best though Park had nothing to do with Bully/Brooke before this so it just came out of the blue.
Gail Kim vs. Taryn Terrell: Terrible with Taryn winning in two minutes and ODB chasing Gail out of the ring afterwards.
AJ/Hogan promo: Pretty good with Storm and Bad Influence (Kazarian/Daniels) coming out, and Kazarian/Daniels trying to get AJ to join them. AJ makes no decision so AJ will face Storm next week, despite Hogan saying that AJ would be gone if he didn't make a decision. Logic gaps...
Rob Terry vs. Joey Ryan: Squash.
Gutcheck segment: Magno doesn't get the contract. Like Ivelisse/Tapa, the winner gets eliminated, making the whole match pointless.
Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy: Very good Full Metal Mayhem match with Bully retaining the title, though having Brooke out there only to slap Bully was a HUGE buzzkill.
Even though the main event was one of TNA's best matches this year, I just can't say this show was good at all. They teased a bunch of surprises and interesting developments, yet delivered nothing. Why have Brooke at ringside if all she was going to do was slap Bully once? If they weren't going to have AJ make his decision or get storyline fired, why advertise it? Ugh.
Grade: C-
4/18/13 Impact
Kurt Angle vs. Wes Brisco/Garett Bischoff: Bad handicap match with Angle getting pinned by Garett.
Kenny King vs. Petey Williams vs. Zema Ion: Solid match with King retaining his belt.
Devon vs. Magnus: All angle.
Mickie James vs. Miss Tessmacher: Bad match as it was focused too much on ODB, which killed any flow the match had.
Bad Influence promo: Good as usual and the threeway feud between them, Aries/Roode, and Chavo/Hernandez continues.
Devon vs. Samoa Joe: Bad match with Devon retaining the TV title.
AJ Styles vs. James Storm: Very good main event with AJ winning and then walking out before Aces and Eights take out Storm, and then Bad Influence, and another awesome Bully promo takes place to close the show.
Very hit/miss show that lacked energy all night.
Grade: C
4/25/13 Impact
Opening segment: Good Storm/Bad Influence promo until the Aces and Eights attacked Storm and tried to put him through a table until Joseph Park showed up, only to get 3D'ed through a table. Bully cut a great promo as usual afterwards.
Taryn Terrell vs. Tara: Bad match with an even worse finish as Tara blatantly called a spot before trying her standing moonsault, leading to Taryn predictably getting the rollup win. Terrible.
Rob Terry vs. Jessie Godderz: Bad match.
Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez vs. Austin Aries/Bobby Roode: Good match, but terribly booked in the end with Chavo/Hernandez overcoming Aries/Roodedespite Bad Influence interference TWICE. Chavo and Hernandez overcame four TNA originals...
Morgan/Hogan promo: This dragged with Morgan begging Hogan to give him a title match against Bully but Hogan denied it.
Mickie James vs. Velvet Sky: A KO title match that was actually good with Velvet retaining.
Final segment: A good Bully/Hogan promo exchange until Bully spit in Hogan's face, causing him to hulk up, and actually get the better of Bully until the rest of the Aces showed up. Hogan was surrounded until the lights went out and Sting appeared. Sting and Hogan cleaned house on the top heel stable to end the show.
Another in a string of mediocre Impacts. The title matches delivered and the opening and closing promos delivered, but the rest felt like filler and the booking was terrible, with Chavo and Hernandez overcoming FOUR guys and Hogan and Sting cleaning house on the Aces and Eights. A 60 year old whose prime was in 1987 before I was even born and a 50 year old whose prime was in 1997 did what Samoa Joe, Magnus, Kurt Angle, James Storm, and Jeff Hardy have failed to do. Words cannot describe how stupid that sounds but it happened.
Grade: C-
5/2/13 Impact
Opening segment: Solid Hogan/Sting/Morgan promo exchange that made the main event.
Chris Sabin vs. Zema Ion vs. Sonjay Dutt: Solid match with Sabin winning and looking good after two torn ACLs.
Rob Terry vs. Robbie E/Jessie Godderz/Joey Ryan: Squash that buried all three.
Bad Influence/Roode/Aries promo: Very good as usual until Chavo and Hernandez came out. Storm as guest ref is interesting.
Kurt Angle vs. D'Lo Brown: An I Quit match that was actually good. D'Lo can still put on a good match in 2013... D'Lo quit so I bet he won't be VP anymore, which is interesting.
Taryn Terrell/Mickie James vs. Gail Kim/Tara: Decent match with a good brawl afterwards that featured Gail giving Eat Defeat to Taryn and putting her in a figure four with the ringpost.
Matt Morgan vs. Sting: Bad main event with Sting becoming #1 contender, which is the better of the two options as Sting has more experience putting on PPV quality matches than Morgan.
Very solid show. Lots of good matches and good angle development.
Grade: B
5/9/13 Impact
Opening segment: Solid Sting/Angle/AJ promo exchange.
Mickie James/Velvet Sky vs. Gail Kim/Tara: Not much of a match as it was more about Gail putting Tara in the ringpost figure four after the match. Tara face turn?
Aces and Eights promo: Solid with Bully cutting another awesome promo and giving D'Lo one more chance to keep his colors.
Doc vs. Magnus: Decent match with D'Lo costing Doc the match on accident.
Bad Influence vs. Austin Aries/Bobby Roode: Great match but no ending either. Screwy booking...
Sabin/Kenny King promo: This actually wasn't bad and promoted next week's X Division title match very well.
Bully Ray/Devon/Mr. Anderson vs. Kurt Angle/Sting: Good main event with Abyss being revealed as the mystery partner and pinning Devon for the win. Great continuity.
Very good show. Great story progression and great wrestling.
Grade: A-
5/16/13 Impact
Opening segment: Decent opening promo between Hogan/Devon/Park and Park/D'Lo is made.
Bobby Roode vs. Chavo Guerrero: Solid match until the screwy finish with Storm's beer.
Angle/Anderson promo: Very solid and teased AJ being patched into the Aces and Eights next week.
Jay Bradley vs. Christian York: Decent match.
Gail Kim vs. Velvet Sky: Solid match with Velvet getting the ringpost figure four after the match.
Chris Sabin vs. Petey Williams vs. Kenny King: Solid match with King retaining the X Division title.
Hernandez vs. Christopher Daniels: Decent match.
Joseph Park vs. D'Lo Brown: Decent match once again for D'Lo despite losing.
Final segment: Very solid Bully/Sting contract signing with Sting never getting a title shot again if he loses, making Sting look like he has a chance when he really doesn't.
Very solid show that built up Slammiversary very well and didn't have a bad match o it.
Grade: A
5/23/13 Impact
Opening segment: Bad Hogan/Sting/Brooke promo exchange.
Suicide vs. Joey Ryan vs. Petey Williams: Decent match.
Magnus vs. Wes Brisco: Not a great match.
Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson: Solid match.
Segment: Storm's partner is announced and after hilarious Shark Boy and Robbie promos it's Gunner. Yeah.
Mickie James vs. Velvet Sky: Decent match with Mickie finally beating Velvet and winning the KO title.
Final segment: Very good with AJ being patched into Aces and Eights, attacking Angle, then attacking the Aces and running away.
Another solid Impact, despite it being a little promo-heavy.
Grade: B
5/30/13 Impact
Opening segment: Your typical Bully promo to start the show.
Team 3D vs. Sting/Joseph Park: Decent at best.
Dixie promo: Very dull until Garett Bischoff interrupted with Wes and Doc and cut a promo on her.
Samoa Joe vs. Garett Bischoff: More of an angle as it lead to Jeff Hardy's return being announced for Slammiversary.
Bobby Roode/Austin Aries/Bad Influence vs. Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez/James Storm/Gunner: Solid match.
Mickie/Velvet promo: Very average until Gail interrupted, cut a promo, and tried another ringpost figure four until Taryn Terrell saved her, leading to the next match.
Chris Sabin/Taryn Terrell vs. Kenny King/Gail Kim: Solid match.
AJ Styles vs. Mr. Anderson: Shockingly boring main event.
Very dull go-home Impact as the booking was very pedestrian all night.
Grade: C-
6/6/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good Hogan/Bully promo exchange that makes the main event.
Hernandez vs. Chavo Guerrero: Solid match.
Devon/Park promo: This was pretty good and teases Park and Abyss being the same person as Abyss didn't come down to save his "brother".
Samoa Joe vs. Robbie E: Squash.
Rampage Jackson segment: This was basically to start a storyline with Kurt Angle.
James Storm/Gunner/Chris Sabin vs. Austin Aries/Bobby Roode/Kenny King: Good match.
Mickie James vs. Taeler Hendrix: Basically a squash with Mickie pretending to be nice throughout.
Jeff Hardy vs. Bully Ray: A very good hammer on a pole main event.
Pretty good Impact with a hot crowd, outside of the squashes.
Grade: B+
6/13/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good promo exchange promoting the BFG series.
Bad Influence vs. James Storm/Gunner: Solid match.
Crimson vs. Joseph Park: Not a great match.
Mickie/Velvet promo: Pretty good with Mickie offiially turning heel.
Magnus vs. Kenny King vs. Matt Morgan vs. Rob Terry: Not a great match.
Sting promo: Very solid with him announcing the return of the Main Event Mafia.
Austin Aries vs. Eric Young: Decent match outside of the stuff with ODB in the middle of the match.
Aces and Eights battle royal: Anderson wins in what was completely an angle.
AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle: Very good main event.
Another solid show with a lot of energy.
Grade: B+
6/20/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good segment between the BFG Series competitors, making the main event, and allowing the competitors to choose their own match with the Open Fight Night stipulation.
Mr. Anderson vs. Joseph Park: Not a great match.
Austin Aries vs. Jay Bradley: Decent match.
Hernandez vs. Christopher Daniels: Decent but rushed match.
Magnus vs. Kazarian: Pretty much the same as the previous match.
State of the Knockouts address: Poor segment because of Brooke's mic skills, though it made Gail/Taryn in a ladder match in a few weeks.
AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe: Very good match outside of the draw result.
Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Roode: Very good match.
Final segment: Very good Bully/Sting promo with Angle being revealed as the second member of the new MEM. Works for me.
Another solid Impact. TNA's been on a roll since Slammiversary.
Grade: B+
6/27/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very solid Sting promo that builds up the reveal of the third MEM member.
Chris Sabin vs. Kenny King vs. Suicide: Good match with Suicide winning the X title until it's revealed that an imposter won the match.
Ryan Howe vs. Adam Ohriner: Bad match.
Mickie James vs. Velvet Sky: Solid KO title match.
Bobby Roode vs. Magnus: Solid match.
Storm/Gunner promo: Good promo involving Robbie and Jesse, who are now known as "bro mans".
Samoa Joe vs. Mr. Anderson: Solid match with Joe becoming the third member of MEM.
Final segment: Very good with the imposter Suicide being revealed as Austin Aries.
Another great episode as only the gut check match really sucked.
Grade: A
7/4/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very solid outside of the debut of Manic, who's basically Suicide without the "Suicide" on the front of his costume. Lame.
AJ Styles vs. Kazarian: Solid match.
Mickie promo: Very good promo on top of a ladder talking about the ladder match next week.
Hernandez vs. Jay Bradley: Not a great match.
James Storm/Gunner vs. Bro Mans: This actually wasn't a bad match.
MEM promo: Magnus is revealed as the 4th member in a very good segment.
Jeff Hardy vs. Joseph Park: This was actually a pretty good match.
Gutcheck: Ryan Howe gets two no votes.
Austin Aries vs. Chris Sabin vs. Manic: Very good main event, though Sabin winning means that the entire purpose of last week was just to change Suicide's name. Lame.
Outside of the Suicide/Manic fiasco this was another good Impact. Good wrestling and Magnus is looking more and more legit every week.
Grade: B+
7/11/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good Angle/Bully promo exchange.
Jeff Hardy/Joseph Park vs. Samoa Joe/AJ Styles: Decent match.
Jay Bradley/Hernandez vs. Magnus/Mr. Anderson: Okay match as it was mostly angle with Magnus overcoming the odds and winning despite Anderson walking away.
Christopher Daniels/Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode/Kazarian: Very solid match.
Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim: Very good ladder match with Gail becoming #1 contender.
Joker's Wild Battle Royal: Very solid with Magnus winning and picking up 25 points.
Final segment: Very good Bully/Sabin promo exchange with Sabin handing over the X Division title to go for the world title. Rampage is the final member of the MEM.
While this show was gimmicky, it was a very good show full of good wrestling.
Grade: A-
7/18/13 Impact (Destination X)
Opening segment: Very good Bully/Brooke promo, because Bully's awesomeness carried it.
Bobby Roode vs. Austin Aries: Solid match.
Homicide vs. Petey Williams vs. Sonjay Dutt: Solid match.
Kenny King vs. Manik vs. Chavo Guerrero: Solid match.
Rubix vs. Rockstar Spud vs. Greg Marasciulo: Solid match.
Mickie/Gail promo: Very solid promo exchange to build their match next week.
Bully Ray vs. Chris Sabin: While this was slower than you'd expect, this match was still good because of the psychology in Bully taking off Sabin's kneepad and attacking it. Sabin wins the title in a good feel good moment.
A very wrestling-heavy show with nothing bad whatsoever. Sabin's not exactly main event material but he has done a lot for the company and this is a good reward for coming back and not missing a beat from an ACL tear on each knee, plus this was good to give the ratings a boost.
Grade: A
7/25/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very solid as usual until Bully came out with a lawyer ordering Sabin to surrender the belt or else. Bully brought the hammer in the ring...
Manik vs. Greg Marasciulo vs. Sonjay Dutt: Very good Ultimate X match with Manik winning the belt.
Hernandez vs. Mr. Anderson: Very weak match.
Velvet promo: This was a decent promo on Mickie.
Mickie James vs. Gail kim: Solid KO title match with Mickie retaining.
Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels: Solid match.
AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy: Very good match.
Final segment: Good Bully/Sabin promo that resulted in Bully/Sabin for Hardcore Justice.
Very good show outside of Hernandez/Anderson.
Grade: A-
8/1/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good Roode/Aries promo exchange.
Bobby Roode vs. Hernandez: Solid match with Roode finally picking up points.
Joseph Park vs. Jay Bradley: Not a great match.
Chris Sabin vs. Manik: Very good match.
Gail Kim vs. ODB: Good match.
Austin Aries vs. AJ Styles: very good match outside of the lame finish.
Final segment: Terrible segment to debut Tito Ortiz as the August1Warning guy. Tito hasn't been relevant since 2007 at the latest.
This was actually a very solid show that will unfortunately be remembered solely for Tito Ortiz.
Grade: B
8/8/13 Impact
Opening segment: Your typical Bully/Brooke promo exchange.
Jeff Hardy vs. Samoa Joe: Very good match.
Magnus vs. Mr. Anderson: Not a great match.
Tito/Angle promo: Very mediocre until Bully interrupted.
Mickie James/Bromans vs. James Storm/Gunner/ODB: Not a great match.
Christopher Daniels vs. Kazarian: Solid match until they both get counted out so they don't have to fight each other, and Roode comes out after the match to form EGO with Bad influence.
Chris Sabin/Kurt Angle vs. Team 3D: Very dull and boring main event with mainly striking.
A very boring show with very little substance to it, if any.
Grade: D+
8/15/13 Impact (Hardcore Justice)
Austin Aries vs. Kazarian vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy: Very good ladder match.
MEM promo: This was basically to reveal why Angle is no longer on TV.
Mickie James vs. ODB vs. Gail Kim: Very good hardcore match.
Rampage Jackson promo: Very meh as he offers Tito Angle's MEM spot. MMA guys are still getting TV time when it's obvious that it's not working.
Bobby Roode vs. Magnus vs. Samoa Joe vs. Mr. Anderson: Very solid tables match.
Bully Ray vs. Chris Sabin: Solid cage match with Ray winning the title because of Tito Ortiz. Ugh.
Pretty decent show because of the match quality, though MMA guys being focal points of the main storyline isn't working.
Grade: B
8/22/13 Impact (Hardcore Justice)
Opening segment: Very good EGO promo that results in the opening match.
Bobby Roode/Kazarian vs. James Storm/Gunner: Solid match.
Sonjay Dutt vs. Manik: Solid match.
Hernandez vs. Joseph Park vs. Jay Bradley vs. Christopher Daniels: Solid match with Park actually winning.
Bully promo: This basically reveals Tito Ortiz as the newest member of Aces and Eights and Miss Tessmacher as his new girl.
Gail Kim vs. ODB: Solid match.
Aces and Eights vs. Main Event Mafia: Good main event with AJ becoming phenominal again and "retiring" Devon.
Very good show outside of the Bully promo.
Grade: A-
8/29/13 Impact
Opening segment: Solid Bully/Anderson promo that pushes an Anderson face turn after Bully said that he didn't need Devon.
Jeff Hardy vs. Kazarian: Solid match.
Gail Kim vs. ODB: Solid 2 out of 3 falls match outside of Gail tapping to the cloverleaf despite ODB not working on the legs at all.
AJ promo: This was a very good "pipebomb" promo that explained why he went back to being phenomenal.
AJ Styles vs. Bobby Roode: Solid match.
Austin Aries vs. Christopher Daniels: Very good match.
Final segment: Typical run of the mill Hogan/Bully promo that made Bully vs. Sting next week.
Another good Impact with good wrestling and story buildup.
Grade: A-
9/5/13 Impact
Knux vs. Chris Sabin: Very dull opener with Sabin getting DQ'ed by using the hammer.
Mickie/ODB promo: Decent promo exchange to build up their KO title match.
Gauntlet match: Your typical battle royal with AJ getting 20 points.
James Storm/Gunner vs. Wes Brisco/Garett Bischoff: Very dull match.
Bully Ray vs. Sting: Very average No DQ match with Sting making Bully tap out because Anderson teased giving the hammer to him but kept pulling away.
Very dull show with hardly anything happening.
Grade: D-
9/12/13 Impact (No Surrender)
Opening segment: Solid Bully/Anderson promo exchange that made their title match a LMS match.
AJ Styles vs. Austin Aries: Very good match.
Bobby Roode vs. Magnus: Solid match.
Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson: Very good LMS match with Ray retaining the title and piledriving Anderson on the ramp afterwards to write him out.
Storm/Gunner promo: Chavo and Hernandez come out and ask for a match where if they win they get a title shot.
AJ Styles vs. Magnus: Very good match with AJ winning the BFG series and facing Bully at BFG.
Very good show with not one bad match.
Grade: A
9/19/13 Impact
Opening segment: Solid MEM/EGO promo exchange that made the main event.
Jeff Hardy vs. Manik: Solid match.
ODB vs. Mickie James: Solid KO title match with ODB winning in Mickie's last match.
Eric Young vs. Robbie E: Complete nothing match.
Joseph Park vs. Robbie E: Complete nothing match.
Bully promo: Wes, Garett, and Knux air grievances with Bully and how he's run the club but he puts them all in their places, causing more friction in the Aces. Good segment.
Hernandez vs. Gunner: Very dull match.
Main Event Mafia vs. EGO: Very solid main event.
Final segment: Yet another "pupebomb" from AJ until Dixie comes out and basically turns heel. Interesting but this also reeks of ripping off Summer of Punk and the new Corporation, and pipebombs are starting to get way overdone as this is AJ's second in a month, along with one from the other AJ in that same timeframe.
Decent episode though the AJ storyline just reeks of trying to copy WWE's successes.
Grade: B
9/26/13 Impact
Opening segment: Decent Bully promo on the rest of the Aces saying that whoever takes the fall in the six man will be out of the club.
Joseph Park/Eric Young/ODB vs. Bromans/Gail Kim: Very weak match.
Aries/King promo: Very solid though awkward as King hasn't done anything for months and is now in a promo with a former TNA champ. Aries is now clearly a face too.
Austin Aries vs. Kenny King: Very good match.
Hogan promo: Just a promo to build to... another promo.
Manik vs. Chris Sabin: Very good match.
Main Event Mafia vs. Aces and Eights: Very dull match with Brisco submitting, thus getting kicked out of the Aces, but face turns for Garett and Knux are still teased.
Final segment: Decent but very interesting with Dixie ripping up the contract AJ just signed and then giving Hogan a week to join Team Dixie or else. This should prove that AJ resigned with TNA in reality and gives Hogan a writeoff if he doesn't resign with TNA.
Not the best Impact as it was full of talking, but the Aces are FINALLY imploding and Aries/King and Manik/Sabin were very good.
Grade: B-
10/3/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very good Bully/AJ promo exchange that also made Bully/Joe.
Chris Sabin/Kenny King vs. Manik/Jeff Hardy: Solid match that cemented Sabin as a heel now.
Magnus gauntlet: Basically three solid matches against EGO with Magnus coming up short against Roode because Kazarian attacked his leg after their match. Magnus/Sting is made afterwards with a good promo exchange.
Velvet Sky vs. Brooke Tessmacher: No match as Lei'd Tapa debuts and destroys Velvet while Tessmacher bails.
Bully Ray vs. Samoa Joe: Solid match.
Final segment: This was just to write off Hogan as he refused to join Team Dixie.
Very strong show here as this was full of good wrestling and contained great BFG buildup.
Grade: A
10/10/13 Impact
Opening segment: This was mainly to put over evil Dixie until Sting came out, and if Sting and Magnus don't win their match, they won't be at BFG.
Jeff Hardy vs. Austin Aries: Very good match. Joe's now in the Ultimate X.
Jesse vs. ODB: Bad "match" until Tapa comes out and destroys ODB.
Bad Influence promo: Very good with Angle returning and Roode/Angle being made for BFG.
Velvet Sky vs. Brooke Tessmacher: Not a great match.
Sting/Magnus vs. Bad Influence: Solid match with Sting and Magnus winning.
AJ Styles vs. Knux/Garett Bischoff: Weak match with AJ winning and getting attacked afterwards.
This show was all about angles, but it worked.
Grade: B
10/17/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very dull promo exchange outside of the $50,000 bounty on AJ announcement from Dixie, that made Bully/Magnus.
Hernandez vs. Robbie E vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Eric Young: Very weak match as Daniels got the least amount of in-ring time.
AJ promo: This was a promo on Bully until Knux and Bischoff attack him to try and get the $50,000.
Gunner vs. Knux: Very dull match.
Samoa Joe vs. Chris Sabin: Very disappointing match as it was well below what either is capable of.
Bully Ray vs. Magnus: Not much of a match as it was mainly to push the Magnus heel turn.
Angle/Roode promo: Very good promo to push their BFG match.
Final segment: Decent Bully/AJ contract signing.
Very, very boring go-home show as there was just no energy and there weren't any good matches.
Grade: D
10/24/13 Impact
Opening segment: Good in parts but VERY long as it had TWO commercial breaks featured in it and most of it was Dixie talking.
Gail Kim/Brooke Tessmacher vs. ODB/Velvet Sky: Not a great match.
Ethan Carter III vs. Dewey Barnes: Squash.
Angle/Roode promo: Very good and made next week's main event.
Bromans promo: This was okay outside of the "DJ Anus" line and until Bad Influence came out.
AJ Styles vs. Bully Ray: Very good match with AJ retaining the title.
Final segment: Another weak promo outside of AJ leaving TNA with the belt... of course this was a work.
Your typical bad post BFG Impact. Hardly any wrestling and just way too much talking in general.
Grade: C-
10/31/13 Impact
Opening segment: Decent Dixie promo that set up the TNA title tournament.
Bromans vs. James Storm/Gunner: Weak tag title match with the Bromans retaining and pinning Storm once again. Storm went from a major feud with Roode to losing to the Bromans in a year...
Ethan Carter III vs. Nord Fernum: Squash.
Gauntlet: Very average with Magnus getting the final spot in the title tournament.
ODB vs. Gail Kim: Solid match with Gail retaining her title.
Bad Influence promo: Very good as usual until Eric Young showed up and Abyss attacked them.
Bobby Roode vs. Kurt Angle: Very good main event outside of the finish, as a lot of fans really do worry about Angle's health and using it in a storyline is a bad idea.
Much better show than last week, though that isn't hard. Some good matches and a title tournament is set up that either Roode or a heel Magnus will likely win.
Grade: B-
11/7/13 Impact
Opening segment: Solid MEM promo with Roode interrupting, continuing the feud with Angle.
Brooke Tessmacher vs. ODB vs. Velvet Sky: Bad match until gail and Tapa interfere and Gail cuts a promo announcing an open challenge to anyone.
Aces and Eights promo: Garett, Knux, and Tazz tease leaving the Aces to side with Anderson until it was all a swerve. Aces and Eights still existing at this point is ridiculously boring and unnecessary.
Ethan Carter III vs. Dewey Barnes: Squash.
Bad Influence vs. Joseph Park/Eric Young: Solid match.
Angle promo: Very solid where Angle/Aries is made for next week.
Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Sabin: Very good Full Metal Mayhem main event.
Another decent show though most of the first hour was just dull filler and Aces and Eights still existing is ridiculous.
Grade: B
11/14/13 Impact
Opening segment: Solid Bully/Anderson promo exchange making a match between them next week, though the Aces will still exist if Bully loses.
Mr. Anderson vs. Knux: Not a great match.
Christopher Daniels vs. Joseph Park: Very average match.
Ethan Carter III vs. Dewey Barnes/Nord Fernum: Squash.
Dixie promo: Very average despite making Storm/Roode and Joe/Magnus next week.
Gail Kim vs. Hannah Blossom: Extended squash.
Park promo: This was just an open challenge to Abyss due to Abyss and Park never being next to each other, making people believe they're the same person.
Kurt Angle vs. Austin Aries: Very good main event.
Outside of the main event, this was an extremely boring show with very little happening at all.
Grade: D
11/21/13 Impact (Turning Point)
Opening segment: Solid Dixie/Storm promo exchange that makes Roode/Storm.
Magnus vs. Samoa Joe: Solid match and Magnus advances in the title tournament.
Joseph Park vs. Abyss: No match as Abyss never showed up and Bad Influence mock Park.
Gail Kim vs. Candice LeRae: Squash.
James Storm vs. Bobby Roode: Very good "Florida Death Match" with Roode winning because of Gunner throwing in the towel. Interesting.
Ethan Carter III vs. Shark Boy: Squash.
Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson: Very good main event with Andeson winning, and the Aces and Eights FINALLY disband.
Very good Impact, with THREE very good matches and interesting turns in the storylines. Much better than your typical Impact or Raw lately and the Aces and Eights is finally over.
Grade: B+
11/28/13 Impact
Opening segment: Very solid whre it's announced that the winners of the matches will have turkey.
Ethan Carter III vs. Curry Man: Squash.
Lei'd Tapa vs. Velvet Sky: Squash.
Bromans vs. Norv Fernum/Dewey Barnes: Squash and the faces have to put on the turkey suits for once.
Aces and Eights funeral: Hilarious pretaped skit until Bully tells Anderson that it's not over.
Team Roode vs. Team Angle: Very solid elimination tag match with the heels winning.
Final segment: Very good segment with the heels celebrating their turkey dinner until the faces crash the party.
Very solid show. Not much happened, but this was a Thanksgiving episode, and it had a great elimination tag and two awesome skits.
Grade: B
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