
Tonight on Impact:
- Knockouts Championship: ODB vs Awesome Kong
- Battle of the Playboy Bunnies: Christy Hemme vs Tara
- The Impact debut of Lacey Von Erich
Discuss the show in this post.

Tonight on Impact:
- Knockouts Championship: ODB vs Awesome Kong
- Battle of the Playboy Bunnies: Christy Hemme vs Tara
- The Impact debut of Lacey Von Erich
Discuss the show in this post.
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so does anyone else think the battle of the playboy models will be a horrible match to watch?
i really hope they don’t wear them ears while wrestling..
terribly short, but not terrible. which isn’t that surprising taking into account they’re BFFs in reallife and likely train together.
I laughed at the fact they put WWE’s playboy covergirl over TNA’s own playboy “whatcha call it”
the christy/traci match was just terrible,i thik it ties with rosa vs. mickie for the worst womens match this week,just a waste of space.I don’t like traci,I don’t even view her as a wrestler,she’s supposed to be a “orginal” TNA knockout but she hasn’t done anything her whole career in TNA
Tara looked so HOOOOOT!!!!there definitly setting up for a 3-way at BFG.I’m starting to actually like ODB again now that deaner is out of the picture,i guess it was him the whole time
Laceys debut is coming soon,can’t wait
rkoyou, do you mind pointing out the terrible parts of the christy/traci match? maybe i wasn’t watching properly, but everything looked spot on, to me.
and tara is definitely cosmetic surgery gone good – jillian and ashley, take note of her surgeon NOW!
is it too soon to fire lacey?
WOW … Lacey Von Erich can’t even throw a clothesline! Great signing TNA Wrestling! It’s 2009 the “Claw” is a freaking joke. Go back to modeling Lacey because you have no business or future in professional wrestling.
Oh and on a positive note … Madison Rayne really impressed me on the microphone tonight! Kudos to TNA Wrestling for allowing Madison Rayne a chance to shine!
Lacey is absolutley stunning, but I’m not looking forward to seeing her in the ring. I know that little bit of action was really not enough to go by, but it looked so sloppy and fake. Plus, the crowd’s lack of a reaction didn’t help matters much. She’s no Angelina on the mic, either.
Let’s all start a prayer circle for Angelina and her visa issues, lol.
That was a great debut for Lacey,despite that weak clothline to taylor,that claw to sarita was PERFECT!!!!!
Lacey is seriously HOOOOOOOOOOT,she’s better looking then angelina I must say,she has the look,now she just needs to improve in the ring,She fits perfectly with velvet and madison
was the horrible closeups on the weak clotheline and the claw really needed TNA?
that made each move look more horrible.
Ugh … Lacey can’t even “fake” it through an interview. This is going to backfire on TNA Wrestling so bad. Sweetie seriously before you ruin the legacy of your family’s name, PLEASE QUIT! You’ll never be good enough to use the “Von Erich” name.
if i wanted to look at hot girls, i would. i watch the knockouts for the wrestling, the ability and lacey, by far, seems to be the worst addition yet. hopefully they keep her out of the ring, at least until she learns the basics. i actually feel sorry for her though, having to live up to her family’s name. it’s almost as if she’ll never be good enough regardless of how rubbish she is right now.
lol,I might be wrong on this but i think maybe the crowd thought that lacey was angelina,I don’t know,TNA doesn’t show whats happening in the ring through there entrance screen like WWE does,you have to basically catch whats happening in the ring through your eyes so the crowd was probably confused on who this blond girl was
I’m so happy TNA finally has some inexperienced KOs,it’s nice having talented woman but sometimes,seeing woman improve in the ring can be a great ride,look how well layla and alicia fox have improved,it’s going to be nice seeing lacey improve,like I said,she already has the look
I’m okay with her hanging around as long as she’s actively training and remains the third wheel pretty girl in the background that Madison was. Everything shown tonight was very weak, though I think the only way she can improve her acting and mic work is through experience so they’ll have to deal with the awful and give her airtime to help her out in that area.
Unfortunately [sarcasm], I missed the Traci Brooks and Christy Hemme match. However, I enjoyed ODB’s match against Kong and the ending only made it that more epic. The dominant Kong! Both Velvet and Madison were typical Velvet and Madison on the microphone, which is good, Lacey’s debut was definitely interesting for lack of better words. The clothelines was botched on Erich’s part, but the “claw” was definitely interesting, a bit odd, but interesting nonetheless. I look forward to seeing the stable develop on-screen with Lacey, and I once again look forward to seeing Lacey improve into a better wrestler, agreeing with RKOyou. It’s sometimes nice watching a terrible wrestler develop into a decent, or good athlete.
They may have thought it was Angelina Love, but as soon as Lacey started moving in the ring they let out a collected sigh and stopped caring. Spin it anyway you want, LACEY’S DEBUT FELL FLAT WITH THE LIVE CROWD AND IT CAME ACROSS ON TELEVISION.
(This comment was not directed towards you Matt)
guys,velvet just said “lacey will be picking up where angelina left off” so there you go,angelina has been replaced,inexperienced or not,lacey is the new leader of the beautiful people and we all have to accept it
I don’t really like the WWE comparisons because TNA doesn’t have their own developmental territories. Everything the wrestlers learn they do on their own time so you aren’t going to see much improvement from a model in TNA unless she’s actually taking the initiative to get herself trained back home.
I think I’m starting a petition to get Lacey Von Erich fired and Amber O’Neal and Krissy Vaine hired!
TNAFan80 i have to agree with you the crowd reaction fell flat as soon as she started doing moves and nobody cared.
Matt-TNA HOUSE SHOWS!!!
TNAfan80-TNA doesn’t listen to petitions,if they did,then Roxxi would have gotten rehired and we got over 1000 sigs
I got $5 that says Lacey Von Erich does not do live events! :)
I don’t understand why people would rather watch untalented women trying to wrestle. Especially from people who were screaming bloody murder after Rosa Mendes’ match on monday? There’s something wrong with this picture, guys.
HELLO,the crowd didn’t know who she was,do you expect people to react to a total stranger
CiaracCara, that is because the fans saw another “former WWE Diva” with NO talent that is taking up space and television time form much more deserving Knockouts/Wrestlers.
To be honest Matt, I don’t think anyone was making a comparsion to the WWE. Yes, the WWE does have their own developmental territories, but even those don’t help some of the women [ex. Rosa and Maria] progress into great athletes. Christy Hemme may not be the best athlete to use as an example, but she is a better wrestler now than she was before, working for the WWE, and that alone is proof that even a Diva Search winner can become a decent athlete. Yes, she has her off days in the ring [apparently this taping was one], but Christy has improved since coming to TNA. That said, anything is possible.
Lacey definitely needs alot of training in the ring(needs more experience as well), but damn she is sexy!! WOW!
Sarita and the announce team made the iron claw look great!! It’s awsome seeing her do that move! The CLAW is legendary.
RKOyou, you can spin it however you want … the fact remains that wrestling fans are not stupid and they know the lack of talent that Lacey Von Erich has and when you’ve watched some of the greatest Knockout matches and some very brutal knockout matches, the “Claw” becomes a joke. They also probably felt bad that the more talented Sarita had to sell for her.
I dunno. According to reports, Rhaka Khan was just as awful at her last house show as she was in her TNA match debut. It’s too much to expect similar improvement out of house shows as you’d get out of what is basically a fulltime training facility. I hope she sets her mind on becoming a great wrestler and works towards that goal independently everyday like many of the best female wrestlers out there today because I’m kinda rooting for her, but that’s up to her.
and again i have to agree with you TNAFan80 but regardless of if she is another former wwe diva or whatever if she did something impactful in the ring tonight then people would have reacted but instead she didnt she botched every move she did so people didnt know what to do but be silent or look confused.
TNAFan80-Honestly,i don’t think any of the TNA fans even know who lacey von erich is,the interet smarls may know but not the people in the stadium,JUST GIVE HER A CHANCE,we all know you miss angelina but seriously,thinsg can’t stay the same forever
she’s been wrestling for 2 years,she’s worked in the indies and has taken small bookings so it shows her desire to wrestler,it’s not like she’s maria whos been wrestling for 6 years and still sucks
Wow,that was an absolutely horrible debut.She can’t throw a clothline,the claw is laughable,and she can’t even talk or laugh convincingly.I’d chuckle if it wasn’t so sad what is apparently to become of a previously ultra cool act.Gotta give it up for Sarita selling a weak sneak hair pull as if she was killed.
And a few people want to know why some are critical of her already? Well,maybe that her new employer is already thinking of ways to cover up her deficiencies(ie,pretty much everything but looks.)And that she’s a divalicious search level “talent.”
Btw,she’s definately not as appealing in the character as Angelina(or Velvet)was.Lacey comes across as a good looking but empty performer with seemingly nothing else to really offer.I certainly hope she can improve and at least be halfway respectable,for the sake of the act.But I wouldn’t advise anyone to hang waiting for that.
Any notion that Angelina is being replaced by someone superior to her is LOLZ laughable.Seriously.Hell,latter day Torrie Wilson(Ie,no great talent by any means)seems clearly superior to Lacey.
one more thing,laceys back was faced towards the crowd so the corwd was probably like “what is she doing to sarita”,yes she showed the claw hand but still,they don’t know who she is
RKOyou Tna fans dont have to know who Lacey is before she debuts its just the fact her debut fell flat and she didnt make an impact.
rkoyou, there’s a crowd surrounding the entire ring, lacey’s back must be pretty big!!
It’s not really worth arguing about anyway. Lacey is gorgeous so she has a place in wrestling somewhere whether she improves or not and when Angelina comes back she’s getting right back on that throne like nothing changed so it’s not a huge issue.
The first memory of TNA fans for Lacey Von Erich, will be her botching a simple clothesline. I gotta be serious for a second and address Madison Rayne. I’m feeling sorry for Madison Rayne as she now has to carry two wrestlers.
lol,i’m just happy that the impact response is finally alive again,it’s been dead for weeks and FIANLLY,people are discussing something so i’m happy
i’m going to wait and see what lacey can do in the ring first
i actually think lacey might be TOO pretty for TBP. Although Vel-Vel must be loving it, knowing she’ll look like freaking Gail Kim in the ring compared to Miss Von Erich.
That should say:
“The first memory of Lacey Von Erich for TNA fans will be her botching a simple clothesline.”
you guys shouldn’t expect much from her first appearance,when gail kim debuted on SD,no one reacted to her at all
im not impressed with lacey’s debut like most of us but i actually want to see where TNA is going with this whether they make the third girl following velvet and madison around or a serious wrestler but she needs to train more first.
Are you comparing Gail Kim and Lacey Von Erich?
RKOyou that is true but people knew who gail was only the younger fans didnt really know who she was but when she debuted on SD she made somewhat of an impact and took out michelle and maryse ….lacey didnt really take out anyone
i know it’s slightly off-topic, but i don’t think gail did make that much of an impact with her sd debut. i remember when she was traded to raw, viewers and fans not even knowing she’d already signed back with wwe. come on, that’s pretty bad.
if you want a debut with IMPACT, go watch victara’s again.
well im gonna give Lacey a chance, you guys have to understand, shell never ever be Angelina, nobody will, Angelina is the only person that can be Angelina, Lacey can only be Lacey and be the best Lacey she can be. I’m sure shell improve, she has potential and TNA is the rigth place to start, and arent the new beautiful people supposed to be more about segments than wrestling, until Lacey gets more experianced, id say thats a good call, you guys just gotta give her a chance she at least deserves that, choose to hate on her later, but give her a chance its not an easy business
TNAWrestling.com just announced ODB will defend the Knockout’s Championship against Tara next week on Impact! :)
Agree with Kaledrina completely. Lacey is model hot, while Velvet & Angelina have always had a slutty tramp hotness to them. I still don’t think Madison fits in, but she certainly fits in more than Lacey. I don’t know about this new TBP. Reminds me of the new DX, in that it will never be the true team. AL & VS are like HBK & HHH.
Forget about Velvet, Lacey is on the verge of making Rosa and Maria look like pros in the ring.