In the aftermath of TNA No Surrender, the promotion presented fans with another episode of “TNA Impact.” Have things improved from last week’s dire installment? Yes, even if just marginally. There was a fun and creative main event, a promising performance from former WWE NXT star Indi Hartwell, and further development on several storylines the company has been cooking up for the past few weeks. TNA Wrestling

Wrestling can be a little bizarre on occasion, and sometimes those matches are where fun is guaranteed to be had. Such was the case during this week’s main event between Elijah (not to be confused with his siblings Elias and Ezekiel – wrestling has more than one royal family) and Mustafa Ali.

Which just so happened to be the first-ever Guitar Case Casket Match, and as its name suggests saw them face off with the goal of putting one another into a guitar-shaped casket and shutting it for the *ding-ding-ding*. See, wrestling can be weird. But it was also really fun.

Naturally, the guit-asket was just the centerpiece to all the wacky weaponized chaos, with doors and tables and smaller guitars brought into a bout that also saw Mustafa Ali doing Mustafa Ali things. He’s pretty damn good, and thus the match was pretty damn good. That’s basic arithmetic.

That does of course make it a shame that he didn’t win the match. But then at the same time one does not see the sense in making a guita-sket match and have the babyface guitarist lose. And it’s not as though winning this would have put Ali atop any mountain.

When all was said and done, the main event did nothing to really capture any sense of strong emotion or advance the creative in any meaningful direction. But it was fun. Considering recent weeks have felt like the very meh yet very inevitable TNA shows, this was a highlight. As gimmick matches tend to be, even if they are a little odd in their nature.

Written by Max Everett

I’ll be honest: after the anger that beamed across Tessa Blanchard’s face after being eliminated from the Knockouts Battle Royal by the overall winner, Jody Threat, at No Surrender, I was excited to see “The Undeniable Diamond” and “The Wild Child” throw hands. But what came out of their exchange tonight? An interference by Blanchard’s Diamond Collective and a DQ victory for Threat. To say I was disappointed on how this match ended is a massive understatement!

Between Blanchard and Threat, they are two veterans of the craft and good, if not the best, within the Knockouts division currently. Blanchard is a former Impact World Champion, and while perceive that reign and her return back to the company with a mixed bag of emotions, I understand. However, she and Threat have a lot to showcase that can help build the division to what it used to be.

I hope that tonight’s bad booking decision will lead for these two to once again step into the ring in the near future. I’d like to see how a diamond can still remain pretty and shiny when a wild child tosses it throughout and across the ring.

Written by Brie Coder