WWE And TNA: 7 Worst Moments Of The Week (Aug 7)

1. It Just Doesn’t Work

All right, so I’m a pretty big Lucha Underground fan. So me complaining about TNA’s new obsession with mini-movies may seem hypocritical...but I’ll do my best to make it not seem that way! Here is my honest attempt.

In Lucha, they have a consistent way they tell their stories. The framework is that the announcers have NO idea what happens in those backstage segments. They never see them. So when someone turns into a dragon, or gets eaten, they’re unaware. They only see what happens in the ring. But in TNA, the announcers see the movies aired; in this case it was Rosemary and Bram about to make out in a haunted barn, and then Bram was kidnapped by Decay and thrown in a trunk. It created a really odd dynamic.

That’s a pretty serious criminal threat, so what did our trusted friends The Pope and Josh Matthews have to say about it? To quote Josh, “You don’t mess with Rosemary.” That was it.

Uh. Josh? I uh...don’t know how to say this, but a dude was just kidnapped at knife point, you just saw the proof, and that’s all the concern you have? Do you have no empathy, man? Do you not wonder where Bram is? Josh couldn’t even feign surprise at what he just saw! You would think he’d at least give us an update on the ongoing police investigation at some point in the night.

Well, personally, I hope Bram is still alive. But apparently I’m the only one who cares.

Time to kick out.