9 Ups & 4 Downs From IMPACT Wrestling (7 Oct)

7. Taking Over Tenille

An Up for an All About Me skit shouldn't be taken as it is. It was Rosemary and Havok who made the segment worthwhile, though Tenille Dashwood's popcorn rant that was hilariously bleeped out as her co-stars looked confused got a chuckle out of this writer.

The segment was done to enhance the story of Decay vs. the Influence at Knockouts Knockdown. It didn't really need any sort of in-ring segment to further the arc, as all it would is a member of Decay vs. a member of the Influence, as most Knockouts Tag Team Titles storylines have been thus far. Nonetheless, this actually worked. Rosemary did most of the talking for her and Havok, insinuating that she would use her supernatural powers to take over Tenille's body. Elsewhere, this would be a tedious segment that only Vince McMahon would enjoy, but in IMPACT, it was made better both by Rosemary's execution and by Dashwood's genuine, petrified reaction.

It's a small Up, but this was a perfect way to build a story between these two particular teams, so long as IMPACT don't overdo it with the supernatural stuff.

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