The Katz Files
Not Necessarily Victory Road

One of several wells to which RNA returns too often is the incessant, repetitive claim that some event “will change everything” for the promotion. It’s true that pay per views sometimes bring seismic upheavals, but TNA hypes events “that will change everything” more often than some people change their underwear.

Victory Road changed nothing. That’s not an accusation; it’s a statement of fact.

OK, that might be an exaggerated statement of fact. A few things did change, like Angelina Love winning back the Knockout Championship on a swerve even lamer than the way Tara lost it a couple of months ago.

It’s fairer to say that nothing really important changed at Victory Road. It’s also fair to ay that Victory Road delivered a lot of exciting action. I graded Victory Rod a B/B+ with a strong top-to-bottom card. Even the Jay Lethal-Ric Flair match wasn’t quite the total calamity many of us expected.

A pay per view doesn’t have to “change everything” if the matches are hot.

In the spirit of that declaration, I’ve decided to devote this edition of The Katz Files to all the things that didn’t happen at TNA’s July pay per view. (The next installment of The Katz Files will analyze and interpret some of the things that actually did occur at Victory Road.)

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The Katz Files
Victory Road Preview & Predictions

The Kingfish Arnie Katz gets you ready for TNA’s “biggest pay per views of the summer.” He’s working the crystal ball and offers some telling insights as to what’s in store for fans on 7/11.

Victory Road, hyped with one of the best pre-PPV episodes of iMPACT in TNA history, shapes up as a card studded with major attractions.

The main event, a fourway dance, may not be to every fan’s taste, but it ought to be pretty strong, given the participants. The tag team title showdown between Beer Money and the Motor City Machine Guns, Hernandez-Morgan in a cage, Love-Rayne for the Knockout Championship and Angle-Pope all look appealing, at least on paper.

Let’s look at the matches:

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The Katz Files – Arnie Katz
My Weekly (6/24) TNA Notebook

The Kingfish Arnie Katz provides insight and analysis based on the 6/24 episode of iMPACT.

iMPACT continues to provide some of the best sports entertainment on television. The program packs a lot of information into its two hours, though the actual amount of ring action has declined significantly in the last six months to a year.

Let’s look at some of the major aspects of TNA, as presented on iMPACT.

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The Katz Files – Arnie Katz
My Weekly (6/17) TNA Notebook

The Kingfish Arnie Katz provides insight and analysis based on the 6/17 episode of iMPACT.

The 6/17 iMPACT, taped two days after the highly enjoyable Slammiversary, hit the heights and plummeted to the depths. That’s why this edition of my TNA notebook could (and is) subtitled…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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HeadLocker — Jay Shannon
Why is TNA Failing as a company?

Our resident philosopher, Jay Shannon, takes a critical look at TNA. He examines what he feels has caused the company’s ratings to plummet and what caused them to go back to Thursdays.

Too Many Cooks…

When TNA got started, Jeff Jarrett was the King of the Mountain, both inside and outside the ring. He was in charge, period. He did have his dad as his partner but Jerry Jarrett stayed in the background. Then Dixie Carter came into the picture and fractured the front office. Storywise, they brought in Mick Foley as an “executive shareholder” but that really had zero effect on the real running of the company.

In late 2009, it was announced that Hulk Hogan had invested in TNA, along with Eric Bischoff. With four powerful people putting in their two cents, things get chaotic. Jarrett went off to start a new relationship with Karen Angle, which irritated the fans. Dixie is nothing more that a cute little figure(head) and the fans reject her. Hogan and Bischoff tried to come in and take over but the newer fans aren’t happy that the poltics and corruption that killed WCW have now invaded TNA. Jarrett needs to return and seriously clean house. Keep Dixie around, since she is kinda cute, but give the boot to Hogan and Bischoff, before it’s too late.

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