7 Worst Wrestling Moments Of The Week (March 19)

4. Suicide Returns

Apparently T.J. Perkins has been fired by WWE and has come back to Impact to play Suicide. That’s the only way this makes any sense.

A few years ago Suicide unmasked and revealed himself to be Perkins. That is a part of Impact's history. Of course, Perkins being Suicide never made sense in the first place. Kazarian, Christopher Daniels and half the roster played him years before he ever joined the company, but it’s fine, we’ll go with it. But then they had to bring the character back, which is pretty damn ridiculous. It was like when Raw had the Anonymous GM return months after telling us it was Hornswoggle.

Still, if Suicide had been over in the past, then you could maybe understand why they’d want him to come back. But he never was. Suicide is one of the worst characters the company has ever come up with. He was born in a videogame and somehow broke out of it to invade the Impact Zone. It's like when Zeus emerged from No Holds Barred to battle Hulk Hogan, but actually...even dumber. Yeah, definitely dumber.

As bad as other acts like Tugboat or Repo Man were (though Repo was also kind of awesome), at least they could exist in reality. Tugboat just needed to put on a dumb hat and buy a striped shirt. Repo needed to dress like the Hamburglar and was good to go. But Suicide was created on someone’s computer.

The other issue is...well, suicide is not a pleasant thing. I'm not sure if the new creative team in Impact is aware of that. It’s a touchy subject for a lot of people, because they know someone who has killed themselves. It’s a weird name to try and sell merchandise for...or chant. "Come on kids! Let's all chant for our favorite wrestler Suicide now! Su-i-cide! Su-i-cide!"

Anyway...welcome back T.J.? However, I won't be fully convinced it's him until Suicide starts talking about Mega Man.