Eh, it’s POP TV. They have one intern working the engineering at that time of night, and he doesn’t watch TNA. 
It’s a challenge for the Pop TV interns. It’s hard enough to keep the hamsters running on the wheel that rotates the channel listings.
I hope Sir and Ms. T-Cups are doing OK.
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BANNNNHHHH*
Only one match tonight, and no storylines, apart from the summary at the beginning.
6-person Elimination Tag Match: Johnny Mundo vs Taya vs King Cuerno vs Pentagon Jr. vs Ivelisse vs Fenix
The LU women are some fuckin’ tough chicks, Taya especially. She was taking some fierce punches and kicks and slaps and giving them back. Fenix and PJ press slammed Ivelisse out of the ring on top of the spillovers outside. Taya mainly served as Johnny’s backup. They’ve incorporated a cool schtick for Mundo; the drummer of the house band plays a riff whenever Mundo does the shotgun-loading gesture. CHICK-CHUCK! Last week, the house band guitarist played a Bill & Ted riff when PJ Black and Jack Evans did air guitar.
Mil Muertes returned from Purgatory to jump King Cuerno during the match, angry over being put on display in KC’s hall of trophies. I guess this sets up a match between them for the upcoming season ender.
By mid-show, Mundo, Fenix and PJ were left. They each took turns slapping each other in the chests. Redness ensued. By accident, Johnny caught both their finishers simultaneously and got pinned.
By this time, PJ and Fenix were both looking extremely battered. They’re brothers in real life, even though both have managed to keep their real names secret. They still managed to work another 15 or so minutes until Pentagon Jr. maneuvered Fenix’s finishing move into his own cradle piledriver. Just like any other time a piledriver is incoming, the camera switches away so the viewers can’t see the 6-inch gap between head and floor, but the alternative is one guy gets paralyzed, so no complaints. Dario and Matanza Cueto appear on the steps. Pentagon Jr. does his CERO MIEDO war cry, and the stage is set for the LU championship match at Ultimate Lucha.
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Anyone know if there are any native Mandarin speakers on the Dope, who can comment on how Cena did at this press conference: John Cena speaks Mandarin at WWE's historic press conference in China - YouTube
TNA has become pathetic. Not pathetic in the sense of feeling pity for the organization that has been on a steady decline since it’s formation, no, there can be no pity for what remains, it is an affront to the grand tradition of Professional Wrestling, the Sport of Kings. TNA does not reach the level of a backyard wrestling promotion. Children in Halloween costumes are more convincing as wrestlers than their card of has beens, never weres, and never will bes. PopTV is simply engaged in a horrific prolonging of an inevitable torturous death. This show and it’s stupid ring should be dumped into a large pit and covered over with nuclear waste.
Checkov’s Coffee.
Jerry Lawler has been suspended indefinitely after being arrested for a domestic violence incident with his girlfriend early Friday morning.
The following link has more detail along with mugshots. This should be no surprise, Jerry likes them young!
“Fiancee” in most articles. WTF, Jerry. Haven’t you learned your lessons from all your previous bad divorces???
I repeat: ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID? Jerry, you’re a celebrity, you like 'em young and you seem to be able to get them. There ain’t no reason you need to promise to marry any of them at this stage in your life.
He got one of his fiancees to show her puppies on a PPV. Said fiancee later changed all the locks on his house and said “sayonara!”
Just when when we thought Adam Rose couldn’t sink any lower, he tried to sell shirts with his mug shot on them. Can’t always market your own shame.
So who did Blake & Murphy piss off to be basically on the punishment slide?
They’re being set up for solo careers. Which one will be the Shawn Michaels, and which the Marty Jannety?
More like, which one will be the B. Brian Blair, and which one will be the Jumpin’ Jim Brunzell?
MITB is today, and we’ve got an astounding ten matches on the card. Here’s my last-minute predictions;
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MITB match; Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Chris Jericho, Alberto Del Rio, Kevin Owens, and Dean Ambrose. Y2J and Alberto are out of the question, and I don’t think Sami or Cesaro are in a position where they’re in line to be “GUARANTEED TO BE THE NEXT WWE CHAMPION MAGGLE”. That leaves Owens and Ambrose. MITB is usually a heel thing, which would suggest an Owens win, but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say Ambrose wins to set up a Shield triple-threat for the title down the line.
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Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins for the world championship. ROMANWINSLOL. An Ambrose cash-in may or may not occur.
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Four-way for the tag titles; New Day, Bullet Club, Enzo & Cass, and the Vaudevillians. I’m gonna say Bullet Club wins here - taking the titles off a popular face team will help establish them as a dominant heel faction, which WWE needs now that the Authority thing is finally over (we hope).
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Rusev vs. Titus O’Neill for the US title. РУСЕВ УДРЯ, РУСЕВ МАЧКА! No way is Titus winning here.
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John Cena vs. AJ Styles. Standard Cena booking here is that the heel wins the first match, then Cena beats him over and over again on the next 3-4 PPVs. That means AJ wins.
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Charlotte & Dana Brooke vs. Natalya & Becky Lynch. Nattie & Becky win, and Becky gets her shot at Charlotte next month at Battleground.
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Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler. This matchup is becoming the Sheamus vs. Randy Orton of 2016 - this is the third consecutive PPV they’ll have done it on. I’m gonna go with Corbin.
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Sheamus vs. Apollo Crews. I’m gonna go with Sheamus here.
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Breezango vs. Golden Truth. (God, those are stupid names.) This is the first time in, like, ever that Prince Pretty has been on a main roster PPV, so this uggo is gonna root for him.
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Lucha Dragons vs. Dudley Boyz. The Luchas should win this one.
If I had my way, Owens would win the MiTB match by just going crazy, screaming about how it is his belt and beating the crap out of everyone.
Then Rollins wins the title to what I assume will be a big pop, only to have Owens come down, beat the crap out of him and take the belt.
But this being a Vince-Dunn production, nothing of the sort will happen.
Which means that Cena also buries AJ. 
AJ’s already had his trial by fire with a couple of losses. WWE invested a lot in him as somebody who can potentially carry the show, so I’m going to go with AJ, provided he can learn Mandarin Chinese.
Otherwise, what Smapti said.
Actually, I’m picking KO to win MITB. That guarantees promos of KO’s gloats and self-aggrandizement to eat up plenty of air time.
OK, that was a pretty funny opener match. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a sunburn angle before.
I’m just impressed that Mauro managed to find a way to namedrop Kenta Kobashi in the middle of that mess.