2004 TNA Impact Reviews

11/12/04 Impact

Opening segment: Very bad and long Kings of Wrestling promo full of Kliq and NWO references.

3 Live Kru vs. Matthews/Kage/Static: Squash.

Kid Kash/Michael Shane/Kazarian vs. Hector Garza/Psychosis/LA Park: VERY rushed match.

Monty Brown vs. Raven: Bad match.

Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley: Another rushed match.

AJ Styles/Jeff Hardy vs. Naturals: Good main event.

Bad show. The length of the opening promo screwed up the show's pacing big time.

Grade: D

11/19/04 Impact

Jeff Jarrett vs. J-Rocc: Squash.

NYC vs. America's Most Wanted: Bad match with no finish whatsoever.

Team Canada vs. Mikey Batts/Jerrelle Clark: Solid match.

Raven vs. Johnny B. Badd: Bad match with Raven actually losing.

Abyss vs. Kevin Devine: Squash.

Dusty promo: This was basically just to announce Turning Point's main event and announcing a surprise for later.

Kid Kash/Michael Shane/Kazarian vs. Hector Garza/Sonny Siaki/Sonjay Dutt: Decent main event until the Kings of Wrestling destroy the X Division babyfaces until the surprise arrives... Randy Savage.

Another bad show. Rushed matches and Randy Savage will main event a PPV in 2004 after not having a single match in 5 years.

Grade: F

11/30/04 Impact

NYC vs. America's Most Wanted: Not a great match but at least this had a finish.

Michael Shane vs. Petey Williams vs. Chris Sabin: Good match.

Raven vs. Vordell Walker: Squash.

Kid Kash vs. Hector Garza: Good match.

Bobby Roode vs. Ron Killings: Decent match.

Scott Hall vs. AJ Styles: Good match outside of Scott Hall winning.

Better than the last couple weeks but AJ Styles should NEVER lose to Scott Hall, who is VERY unreliable.

Grade: C

12/3/04 Impact

XXX vs. Amazing Red/Sonjay Dutt: Good match.

Abyss vs. Matt Mayor/Vance Desmond: Squash.

Kings of Wrestling promo: Amusing but there was no point either.

Kid Kash vs. Chris Sabin: Good match.

DDP/Raven brawl: Very good segment.

Jeff Jarrett vs. Monty Brown: Good NWA Title main event with Jarrett retaining.

Solid show and much better than the last few weeks.

Grade: B-

12/10/04 Impact

Christopher Daniels vs. Mikey Batts: Good match.

America's Most Wanted vs. Michael Shane/Kazarian: Good match.

Monty Brown vs. Glen Gilbertti: Squash.

Jarrett promo: Very boring promo as usual.

AJ Styles vs. Hector Garza: Good main event with Garza winning and facing Jarrett next week.

Another solid show.

Grade: B-

12/17/04 Impact

Johnny B. Badd/Sonny Siaki vs. Naturals: Decent match.

Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Roode: Good match.

Dustin Rhodes vs. Johnny Swinger: Okay match.

Erik Watts vs. Scotty Matthews: This was all angle thankfully.

Jeff Jarrett vs. Hector Garza: Good main event despite Jarrett winning.

Another good show.

Grade: B

1/4/05 Impact

AJ Styles/Sonny Siaki/Johnny B. Badd vs. Naturals/Elix Skipper: Solid opener.

Christopher Daniels vs. Michael Shane: Good match.

Dustin Rhodes vs. Marco Cordova: Squash.

DDP/Raven promo: This was solid as expected.

Jarrett/Monty Brown promo: This was the typical Jarrett promo until Monty came out and got the crowd to chant "the world champ!".

Scott Hall vs. Hector Garza: Decent at best outside of Hall winning.

Solid show again, as the wrestling's gotten much better than it was in November.

Grade: B