TNA Time: iMPACT! Matches
9 comments | Posted by MelanieI know, I know… we don’t post enough on the TNA Knockouts! Hopefully, that will change with our weekly “TNA Time” instead of reading you a bedtime story, I thought I’d share some hardcore women’s action instead. Good times! Last night on iMPACT!, former WWE developmental star Shantelle Taylor made her TNA debut, Taylor has just signed a plush deal to become a full-time TNA Knockout. It seems she will be going solely under the name “Taylor” as she wrestled last night against Awesome Kong in the $25,000 challenge:
There is a big push on the fact that Taylor really took Kong to a limit, however I don’t know about you, but I’m not sold by this angle. The way the Gail-Kong feud went, it took so much for Gail to defeat Kong and in the span of five minutes, this newbie is able to put a hurting on Kong? I haven’t really been into this storyline anyway, I think Kong as Champion should be defending her title against title contenders or just drop the belt. TNA is doing nothing to enhance the title.
Next up, Jacqueline finally got some spotlight and actual relevance in TNA this week. In what could possibly end up being her first relevant storyline since her feud with Sable in 1998, the Knockout faced off against Salinas in a pretty decent match:
Salinas doesn’t seem that experienced or confident in the ring, I think I prefer watching Michelle McCool and Layla in the ring, but Jacqueline really used her experience to drive the match and pulled off a competent match. I like that other Knockouts are getting some limelight! With the submission craze among the WWE Divas of late, it was interesting to see Jacqueline jump on board, her submission hold was pretty darn cool. I think it is definitely an asset to the arsenal of smaller statured wrestlers, perhaps Mickie could utilise it in future!
Friday, June 20th, 2008 at 9:50 pm and is filed under TNA iMPACT!. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
that taylor girl is pretty good
wow Shantelle Taylor, i wish she would have won the match
its just that its just the way TNA treats her more of a valet instead of a wrestler but yeah Shelly is also a legit wrestler
Well I’d rather have Kong facing indy women in the “fan challenge” than job out the whole knockout division. I think TNA can make this a good feud with shantelle winning the title later on.
WOW Shantelle Taylor really kicked ass. She did so well against Kong. Better then I espected.
It was funny seeing Jackie kick Saline’s skanky ass.
I’m not a fan of Taylor and I LOVE Kong. However, that match was awesome and Taylor definitely works well with Kong. I’d be much more interested in seeing Taylor vs. Kong feud than Kong vs. Gail feud…. again.
I love Jacqui, and she was honestly the one carrying that match to something decent. Shelly might be a ‘legit’ wrestler, but she’s still pretty crap from what I’ve seen. And ugly, too. :/
Just because Shelly was in the “indies” doesnt make her a legit wrestler, just look at Talia.
Is it me, or does Jaqueline look like shes’s visited the Plastic surgeon for some facial work a few too many times?
The Jackie vs. Salinas match wasn’t my piece of cheese. You can really see how inexperienced Shelly really is, which I wasn’t a fan of seeing.
“Taylor” vs. Kong was okay. I just don’t see how the have Gail Kim totally suck against Kong, and have a so-called “fan” almost beat her.
The announcers explained Taylor has a wrestling background, so it’s not like they’re saying “this complete n00b almost beat Kong”.