3. Open Mic Challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsaAprnoe4s This week on TNAs extra super special Turning Point episode of Impact (Seriously Dixie, you cant put on former pay-per-view events every other week and expect people to still buy the shows as major events!), Mr. Anderson and Bram duked it out in an Open Mic ladder match, which sounds like it came out of Vince Russos WCW playbook of 1999. The objective was to pull down a microphone, and then hit your opponent over the head with it...and then pin him. Or something? I mean, Anderson didnt win until he pinned Bram, so why was the microphone even necessary? Besides the ridiculous, ill conceived match concept, Bram is one of the most promising wrestlers not just on the roster, but in all of wrestling. Hes young, with a unique look, and filled with charisma. He has the rare trait of a wrestler in that he feels real. Hes more talented than both of his former Ascension stablemates put together. So what does TNA do with him? Have him lose a feud to a departing Magnus, and then to the former Mr. Kennedy after getting hit with a prop microphone. Thats hardcore!
Andrew Soucek
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
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