6 Reasons You Should Be Watching Impact Wrestling

TNA/Impact Wrestling has oft conjured up creative new match stipulations. There was the insanely convoluted reverse ladder match they called King of the Mountain, the vertigo inducing Ultimate X wars, the War Games inspired Lethal Lockdown and the ever dreaded Barbed Wire Massacre. Such gimmicks helped to set it apart from other promotions and provide something more exclusive to its audience.

The recent Mash-Up tournament involved old foes forcibly paired together to war with similar teams with a shot at wrestling one another for a world title shot the prize. This served as the next act in the aforementioned Callihan/Blanchard feud but also served to add extra juice to various programs Impact have run through the year.

The unpredictable nature of the tournament allowed new title and non-title feuds alike to form. On top of that, it kept the weekly broadcast unpredictable. Unpredictability has frequently proven to be one of the driving factors to maintaining audience interest in any entertainment medium and worked like a charm here.

While the notion of rivals teaming is an old one, a high octane tournament of such a thing is fresh and has set up a major title program between globe trotting champ Brian Cage and hardcore menace Sami Callihan.