Aaaaand we’re back, as we settle in for the long haul with the fifth episode of “TNA Impact.” The company will present its No Surrender event tomorrow, live on TNA+, with tonight’s pretaped episode of “Impact” acting as the go-home show. TNA Wrestling

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that in the world of professional wrestling, you cannot kill what you did not create. When Moose created The System, it should be his choice on when the group rises, and when it demises.

In his in-ring promo after being so rudely kicked out of his own creation weeks ago, “The Face of the Franchise” is prepared to go to war and tear his former home down, including its new landlord in Eddie Edwards. What his former stable fails to recognize is that Moose is great at playing both sides of the coin as a bad guy and good. The fans are behind him, which will definitely help him find his newfound path. The first step was in tonight’s show teaming up with the TNA World Champion Mike Santana, who went through hell, yet stood tall after dismantling all of The System’s key players last year.

Sadly, they and the TNA World Tag Team Champions Matt and Jeff Hardy couldn’t pull off the big win in the main event tonight. But one loss doesn’t define a man as powerful as Moose, right? We’ll see in the weeks to come how Moose will devise his new operation: “All Systems Go Bye-Bye.”

By Brie Coder

It’s beginning to feel like getting through “TNA Impact” each week is a little bit of a chore for the Wrestling Inc. crew. We found some things to love, sure, but morale is starting to wane on Thursday nights, and TNA, I really need you to do something about it, if not for our sake then for the audience at large.

There are just not really any compelling stories being told in TNA right now. The System does not appeal to me in the slightest, and I don’t feel particularly engaged by Mike Santana as TNA World Champion. I already wrote about being glad to see Mustafa Ali get a bigger spotlight, but I’d be lying if I said I was at all excited by the story aspect of his feud with Elijah.

If TNA is going to do anything more than tread water on AMC, the company needs to step up its game when it comes to storytelling. Identify the wrestlers the audience cares about, and those who have the ability to spin a yarn, and throw them together.

Take the Steve Maclin segments, for example. Though they haven’t been a super prevalent part over the last two weeks, there’s at least something interesting going on there, so keep going in that direction. However it happens, TNA needs to find some spark, because things are starting to feel a little bleak.

By Nick Miller