2024-10-26 TNA Bound For Glory - REVIEW

Commentary: Tom Hannifan, Matthew Rehwoldt

Location: Detroit, MI

Venue: Wayne State Fieldhouse

Attendance: ?

PPV Buys: ?

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The Malapert Smark Podcast Review System:

🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]

🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]

👍👍 - Loved It! [+2]

👍 - Liked It [+1]

OrangeCassidy 1/2 👍- Kinda Liked It [+0.5]

👊 - Indifferent [0]

👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]

👎👎 - Hated It [-2]

🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]

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9 Angles

Totals for TNA's Bound For Glory 2024:

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark 

👍 2

👎 1

👊 5

TOTAL SCORE: +1.0

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Angles:

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1) Mike Bailey Defeats El Hijo Del Vikingo To Retain X-Division Championship

ONE SEGMENT (13:49)

-Match: Bailey def. Vikingo

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Honestly I kinda liked Bailey’s match with Leon Slater on iMPACT more than this one. Vikingo does crazy lookin moves but it’s too video game-y for my liking.”

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2) Spitfire Defeat Wendy Choo & Rosemary To Retain Knockouts Tag Titles... Rosemary Turns On Wendy Choo Post Match

TWO SEGMENTS (15:33)

-Match: Threat & Luna def. Choo & Rosemary

-Postmatch: Rosemary attacks Choo

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “All right well I’m giving this some points for ending the whole thing with Wendy Choo and Rosemary. That’s enough. It was an interesting idea having an AEW/WWE alliance, but if it’s only gonna be these two, then they may as well not have any partnership with WWE. TNA gives WWE Jordynne Grace for the Royal Rumble and they give us Sol Ruca and Brinley Reese.😕”

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*3) John Layfield Prevents Special Referee Kazarian From Calling His Shot For World Title Shot During Main Event, Laying Out Kazarian & Hendry Leading To Nic Nemeth Victory

FIVE SEGMENTS (31:56)

-Replay: Kazarian Winning Call Your Shot Gauntlet On Pre Show

-Backstage Gia Interview: Kazarian

-Video Package: Feud Summary

-Match: Nemeth def. Hendry... enter John Layfield, Ryan Nemeth

-Postmatch: Kazarian pissed

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Ugh. Idk. This was a popcorn fart end to the show for me. I don’t care about that tag team title match. This was the main event. The world title match is the main event. But anyway. I don’t understand why this whole unexplained thing with JBL is dragging out. At this point it better have a wild twist or payoff for making us wait…. I was thinking Kaz coming out champion would make the most sense. It was all set up perfectly. But I shoulda known this would happen when I saw this wasn’t the last match because it would have been a dissappointing ending to the show… JBL looked good. The clotheslines really looked nice. Better than Bully Ray the following night on NXT.”

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*4) Josh Alexander Low Blows Steve Maclin and Ties Him Up With Referee Down To Defeat Maclin In Blood Feud Grudge Match

ONE SEGMENT (19:41)

-Match: Alexander def. Maclin

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “The pure testosterone match of the night. It was interesting that Alexander came out without his boys. And he still won! Even though he cheated. But man. Maclin sure did some work here. I liked the spots with him still fighting and doing dives with his hands tied behind his back. The low blow was a good out for Maclin. Still tough to do a job like this and look so humiliated and defeated. Good work by Maclin.”

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5) PCO Defeats Matt Cardona In Hardcore Monster's Ball Match To Retain TNA Digital Media & International Heavyweight Championships

TWO SEGMENTS (19:12)

-Video Package: Feud Summary

-Match: PCO def. Cardona

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “All right so I was kinda looking forward to seeing this. There was no Steph DeLander. Idk if there was a reason she couldn’t be involved. I think it would have helped out. Otherwise it was just a hardcore match with these two dopes. Lol. It was all right. But I will say that I have a feeling Matt Cardona isn’t gonna make it back to WWE with these performances. He doesn’t seem genuine. Ever since he ditched his ridiculous Zach Ryder gimmick, it just hasn’t seemed realistic with him trying to be serious. I’m sorry.😞 I like the guy. I see his passion for wrestling. But unless the acting improves, this is just what it’s gonna be… Also, I fear with Chelsea’s star taking off in WWE, it may spell the end of her relationship with Cardona if she seeks to be with someone who matches her starpower.”

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*6) Santana Overcomes JDC Interference To Defeat Moose In Grudge Match

TWO SEGMENTS (19:52)

-Video Package: Feud Summary

-Santana def. Moose (w/JDC)

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “All right so I had really high hopes for this match. This was my favorite program heading into Bound For  Glory. Loves the feud. But this finish fell waaaay flat. Santana went over but the series of moves that finished off Moose just didn’t look like it would put down a man of Moose’s stature. So this was unfortunate. My guess is that they’ll carry on with whatever plan they have moving forward with Santana being a stronger character for the show. But I fear, much like Orange Cassidy beating Jon Moxley, the unrealistic optics of the victory may hurt Santana’s push in the audience’s minds.”

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*7) Masha Slamovich Defeats Jordynne Grace To Win TNA Knockouts Championship...Mutual Show of Respect Post Match

TWO SEGMENTS (24:50)

-Video Package: Feud Summary

-Match: Slamovich def. Grace

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Well the booking makes sense here. Jordynne’s already destined for WWE so Masha could use the win for her character a lot more. And it seems like these two are friends so it must have not been all right for Jordynne to do the job. The mutual respect seemed real…. As for the match. My problem was with the tempo. Maybe if they picked up the pace it could have been a classic.”

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8) Santino Talks Up Upcoming Era of TNA Wrestling

ONE SEGMENT (0:32)

-Backstage Segment: Santino promo

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Unnecessary segment.”

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*9) The Hardyz Overcome the System & ABC To Win TNA Tag Team Titles In Wild 3-Way Full Metal Mayhem Match

TWO SEGMENTS (38:31)

-Video Package: Feud Summary

-Match: M Hardy & J Hardy def. Austin & Bey, Myers & Edwards (w/Alisha) (3-Way Full Metal Mayhem Match)

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “This is an issue because I didn’t get any joy out of watching the Hardyz still doing these hardcore matches at their age. Plus, with the disappointing world title match finish, the ending to this one was obviously gonna go in the babyfaces favor… So this match just made me a little sad. Both Matt and Jeff have tried to evolve their characters to get ready for their later years, but the fans seemingly have rejected all of that and now the only way to get a paycheck is to pull off the same daring stunts they pulled off in their younger days.😮‍💨”

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A) Review of HOF Inductions From Pre Show