Last week on Impact, Madison Rayne gave a heartfelt promo on how proud she was of the womens division in TNA. It was some nice character development, it played off the company's history, and made her feel more real. Well done TNA. This week she was in a crappy ninja skit. Why is it always one step forward for this company, and then 14 giant steps back? In a backstage skit, Madison did some ninja training to prepare for her fight with Gail Kim, because Gail dresses as a ninja...kind of...now. The heavily post-produced video aired, showing Madison crawling on top of a trailer, while an annoying voiceover shouted Ninja Queen! as photoshopped images of her as a ninja assaulted the screen, and our senses. How did no one in control in the company watch this video and say Wow. That really sucks. Scrap that idea. Now get out and never edit another video for us again!? This tournament may have been taped a few months ago, but these new additions are awful. Shouldnt this skit have been scrapped so those earlier tonight matches could have aired instead?
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."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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