Tha "iMPACT!" Dispatch: 100% Kool-Aid Free!

Okay, I don't know who was doing the booking for tonight's show, but I agree with what the recently departed Matt Bentley said, with a slight modification. Dutch Mantel needs to be fired. The only way to kick him in the ass is to kick him in the back of the head.

For those of you who are slightly less clever (aka John Cena marks), that means he's got his head up his ass.

I have to agree with Donnie that Hard Justice was not that good of a show, which is odd because I generally side with DJB, much to the chagrin of my endocrinal gifted bredren. However, this night was worse. It started off with Pacman Jones, who presents the biggest question mark in all of TNA. Now he's doing a rap album, so God only knows how long it will be before he loses interest in wrestling and leaves Double J high and dry.

Eric Young asking for an autograph was pointless, and does nothing to set up any sort of feud. Obviously Pac and Truth are on their way to a run with the Tag Team Championship, which makes Eric Young nothing but a throwaway. Retardo.

So Jay Lethal is now the number one contender. But wait a minute...did Christopher Daniels already win the number one contenders spot? I understand that Lethal is being positioned to win the X Title and hopefully return it to glory, but Christopher Daniels having a match against Kurt Angle would give him the main event rub that I have been begging for all year. I suppose it's a victory for smarks everywhere, but I think Daniels should have been given this spot, then find a way to put the title on Lethal.

Is it just me, or does Kurt Angle seem to be a different promo-cutter since joining TNA? His comedy just isn't as sharp as it used to be, but he may be playing the arrogant heel better than ever. I love the idea of pairing him with Nash for promo purposes, because nobody in TNA is as funny as Kevin Nash. The two provide a great foil. Cornette would cut off Angle's awards ceremony in order to write three matches for No Surrender, all of which involved Angle.

This just screams how badly TNA wants to whore Angle to get ratings. Every week, it seems like they do something else to use his WWE pedigree to make themselves look better. Sort of like what they're doing by having Hector Guerrero around, but that's another argument best saved for another time.

So Abyss won a title match last Sunday, and immediately has to defend it. Another booking decision that makes no sense. A first blood match screams gimmick, and I hate the fact that Joe had a random run-in, but there is a silver lining.

It seems to me that TNA is trying to hype up Abyss vs. Christian Cage for Bound For Glory. That could be a big money match, which is why it's good for this match to have a schmoz finish. TNA has a tendency to give away too much, too early, so I like the pace that this is going at. Plus, as I said, considering where we are in the calendar year, Bound For Glory would be the perfect event for this feud to have its big money match.

"iMPACT!" was not nearly as good as it had been in past weeks, and No Surrender already has the potential to be horribly overbooked. Hopefully they drop their interesting storylines about as fast as Frank drops pounds (Writer's note: sorry bro, couldn't resist).

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