Forgive me if I don’t seem too excited for the new Knockouts Champion, Tara after her win over ODB at Genesis last night. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for her but I just can’t help but feel as though we fans will need to keep looking over our shoulders in case she drops it again. Surely TNA wouldn’t make that mistake again?! I’d hope to think that last night was the end of the game of ‘championship hot potato’ [TNA's words, not mine] and we can draw a line under the ridiculously often title switches that have plagued the belt since July last year. It’s time to bring some prestige back to the Knockouts Championship and I hope Tara’s current run will do just that.
Last night, she defeated ODB in a two out of three falls match in two straight falls in what we can only hope was the final death knell for this feud. Watch below:
Under Hulk Hogan’s new iniative to make TNA about the wrestling, the Knockouts got plenty of time for their two out of three falls bout and I hate to toot my own horn, but I had predicted that Tara would take the win in two straight falls. [Toot toot!] In all seriousness, I think both Knockouts used their time well and delivered the best match of their series of bouts, a [hopefully] fitting end to this feud.
It isn’t as though either Knockouts are green in the ring but the main complaint has been that they lack chemistry together, their matches haven’t lit up our screens in the past but I would argue that is also somewhat down to the lack of time they’ve had in their matches. Here, I think we got a perfect length bout between the two and I believe they had more chemistry here than they have shown in the past.
The first fall started slow but that is a given due to the nature of the match. Particular standouts in this fall included the exchange of chops between the similarly styled wrestlers, showboating their skills and Tara hits a beautiful enzugiri. The fall here is won by Tara with a small package.
I really liked the set up for the second fall as we had ODB, who lost the first fall, trying to catch up by turning up the aggression. I can’t say I think ODB is the most exciting wrestler to watch but I was really captured by her here, I think the hard, aggressive style suits her well when she puts the shtick away and just goes balls out. The spot on the outside was well done with ODB hitting a baseball slide on Tara, knocking her off the apron. It’s always nice to see the Knockouts go to the outside and given the two competitors in this match, perhaps they should have utilised this more. ODB drops Tara face first onto the side of the ring which looked great, but she then got back into the ring to break the 10-count. I would have liked to see more outside action, perhaps some brawling.
It was interesting to see ODB apply the body scissors grounding Tara, nice tactical maneuver but it went far too long. I think this whole spot was about a minute or two.
ODB hits a nice powerslam but Tara manages to come back really quickly, hitting the Widow’s Peak for the win. Nice way to end the match but the spot seemed a little rushed.
All in all however, I thought this was a step up over their previous bouts — not necessarily a great match but not a bad one either, and a good way to end this feud, assuming it is the end.
With all the title changes with the belt over the past several months, it’s time to rebuild the prestige of the Knockouts Title and the only way to do that is picking a champion and sticking to her. Tara’s blink-and-you’ll-miss title reigns have done no one any favours and have only made fans lose stock in the belt. Tara needs a lengthy run with the belt and needs some decent challengers to step up to the plate. I know I keep saying it, but I think Alissa Flash would be perfect for the spot of next challenger and I think putting on a series of matches between these two over the next couple of months will rebuild that prestige and get fans excited for the belt again.
Match Rating: 2.5/5
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I have not liked the booking of this feud at all…but this match, however, was probably the best one. Would have been better if there was more crowd heat but I don’t blame them, considering how shoddy it’s been booked.
Did ODB pop an implant???!!! WTF was that she threw out of her top?
I don’t like ODB but I have to admit that she’s quite good in this bully heel role. Both women seem to be adding new moves into their arsenal. That body scissors was a really good submission. Tara’s kicks and enzuigiri at the start as well as that armdrag looked good. She needs to add some of her MMA training to the matches now.
The finish was again a little rushed but it was definitive with Tara going over cleanly. I like how she reversed that spot into the Widow’s Peak. Now PLEASE let this be the last of this feud and give Tara a good run with the title. PLEASE TNA.
It was padding of some sort, At least i wasn’t the only one who noticed, thought my eyes were playing tricks on me for a sec. Hopefully TNA’s terrible treatment and booking of the KO Title is at an end.
overall, tna last night was one huge disappointment. from the four sided ring, to the tv goodbye of jb, the lackluster debut of kennedy (major acquisition? yeah right), overexposure of brooke hogan, “the band” and the censorship of the impact zone fans. tara vs odb, for me was the high point, even angle/styles wasn’t as good as it could’ve been.
i totally mirror your sentiment considering the prestige of the belt. i don’t think they will strip tara of it too soon, at least i hope not. my only issue is that if they go down the obvious heel/face feud route, there isn’t anybody credible for tara to face that will give the belt more prestige. as much as we all know daffney and alissa rock (in the ring and outside) they’ve been pretty much victims of consistent jobbery, her going over either one, won’t really add much to the belt’s worthiness.
what i would like to see happen is a return to tara’s psycho bitch roots. not stright away, of course, but a month down the line, perhaps. that’ll open her up to matches with taylor, sarita, traci and even roxxi. maybe angelina, too? either way, i’m glad tara is the champion, here’s to them finding an opponent she has chemistry with (i recall her doing pretty well in that match against alissa), her feuds so far have been sort of lacking in that department.
This match was really boring!
I think Tara/Victoria is a much better heel, than she is a face. I would definitely like to see her go back to her psycho bitch character because at this point, I don’t see anything exciting about her character.
Yeah Tara should turn psycho again. Like she was in her first WWE Women’s Championship reign.
The match was actually pretty decent. I thought the ending was kinda awkward though. Anyway, just glad the feud is over. Now, both women can hopefully move on.
Boring. Next.
Boring and like I said, It will be a miracle if she stays with it for more than 3 months. Next…Love.
Tara has no opponents for the title, so i predict a very boring title run for her. Maybe they go back to the Tara-Angelina feud. Daffney and Alissa are an option in the future, but they must first be rebuild a little bit with a series of victories, or else nobody takes them serious as credible opponents. Maybe time for TNA to hire Sara del Rey, Lufisto, Mercedes Martinez or Rain. Those 4 make great heels to face Tara.
lol i cant believe ODB wears chicken fillets aren’t her boobs big enough?
this was a good match, i liked the rebound into the widows peak i don’t think we have seen that before, and although it lasted to long the choke hold round the waist was very cool, especially the pin
on a side note i really hated the look of this PPV, the ramp looks awful and i prefer the six sided ring
i guess these ‘changes’ are becoming cosmetic now
oh god i hope Brook isn’t going to be in TNA, i think it was odd that they had her and her friends have that trash talking moment with ODB
Tara is 3x KO Champ.
I’m so happy for her I just hope this time she have the title for a long time.
can some1 ask these question for me
whose desmonds wolf new valet
whose that tara was waving at she has ginger hair the 1 from new years ko eve
angelina will interfere in the 6-person match i garantee it
whys hasnt tara vs daffney been aired yet
This was such a boring match that it’s not even funny anymore.I really,really hope this is the end of the whole ODB vs Tara thing.This was the best match out of all they’ve had.
The next challenger could beFlash,but I think it’d be cooler to see Daffney vs Tara.Daffney going all psycho on Tara for a few months,winning the title with mind games ala Trish vs Mickie,could then trigger Tara to go back to her psycho-bitch roots.A “Who’s the better psycho” type angle if you will.
I thought the match was pretty good, both girls took their time and the submission holds made it feel like IDK A WRESTLING MATCH, a match does not have to have high spots with flips and dives to be good
I love how Tara countered into the widows peak, I don’t think she ever did that in WWE so it was pretty cool
ahhaha poor ODB using implants,
that is why you are not going to be a diva ever!
@gmosoto what do you mean, lots of the divas have implants
ODB has implants but the things she took out her bra aren’t implants they are padding that is used instead of implants (usually referred to as chicken fillets) but i guess ODB wanted both
@theregoeskitty I believe the term is ‘chicken cutlets’ lol
Actually, was anyone else worried about ODB during this match? What was up with all of the pulse checking? She seemed really out of it especially at the end. I even got a vibe that the match was possibly ended prematurely because of it. I hope she’s okay.
gmosoto- lol WWE signed ODB to development contract in 2007 but ODB quit after she realized that WWE was probably never going to call her up to the main roster. But WWE did NOT fire her so it showed she had what it took to be a diva, actually if ODB didn’t leave WWE for TNA I think they would’ve called her up EVENTUALLY because the agents were very high on her
not defending ODB, just showing you the facts
@ricardo never heard them be called that
of course decent match but could have been much better
@rkoyou i dont know where u got ur ‘facts’ from but u r 100% wrong. odb was never signed by wwe. she was in ovw when it was a developmental system but on her own dime. she waited and hoped to get signed by wwe but they never wanted her. so i dont know where ur getting this from but u’ve been misinformed.
rosarocks is right. ODB, Serena Deeb and Melody were all working OVW but none of them were under WWE development.
rosarocks-That makes more sence lol. From the data I gathered, it looked like she was signed to a development contract but guess not. I’m guessing serena deeb was also not signed by WWE during that time but she hoped they would right?
but Beth phoenix and katie lea were called up so did they development contracts???
RKOyou: about 50% of the wrestlers in OVW were under development deal, the others werent. But most (probably all) were hoping to get into WWE through OVW. The people behind OVW (like Danny Davis) all came from WWE, so OVW was a good place to “network”.
pretty good match
but that ending was just kinda wierd hehe
hopefully both knockouts can move on now.
gfuk10 wrote:
“whose desmonds wolf new valet”
Appearently just a local model according to one of the dirtsheets, so no wrestler.
The match wasn’t bad but it wasn’t that good. I hope this time Tara keeps the title for longer than a week. Maybe she’ll hold it til the next PPV. Was ODB wearing padding because her implant needs repair? It seemed liked when she pulled the the pad out her breast were uneven.
PLEASE let this be the end of Tara & ODB’s feud.
Btw I think ODB should keep the bodyscissors as a signature move…. and possibly use it once in awhile as a unique finisher.
Also did anyone else notice how Tara didn’t seem as happy winning the title back this time around? She didn’t cry like the other 2 times. Maybe shes pessimistic about how long her run will be.
This match was totally boring and the whole fued is proof why this fued shouldn’t continue. It’s more stale than year old bread. They need to give Tara a lengthy and entertaining reign because what we’ve seen the last few weeks has not been entertaining at all.