Hello guys and gals clicking to read some good old fashioned Bound for Glory recapping. Last night brought forth TNA’s biggest show of the year, and also the culmination to one of the more personal Knockout rivalries we’ve seen in quite some time. Tara challenged her trainee… her former BFF, Miss Tessmacher for the Knockouts Championship in what is sure to be a heated battle between the two. And not only that, but Tara’s much discussed Hollywood boyfriend makes his grand debut as well! Since anything I type here will probably be overlooked, let’s just begin the reviewing… wait for it, NOW!
First up, we get a really awesome video package highlighting the “friend to foe” feud between Brooke and Tara. (It’s pretty much everything I wanted and more in terms of my obsessive love of video packages. Complete with the chilling music!) We then get the entrances of both women, as Brooke looks ready to go against her mentor. Following some awkward bell ringing that I think came too soon as the camera stared at this poor woman until she dinged it three times, Brooke and Tara engage in an intense stare off. They trade punches, as Tessmacher goes for a crucifix to no avail. Jackknife follows up for just a two count, as Tara matrixes back to avoid a shot! Brooke splats her down and begins to perform the Ass-tastic dance over her downed trainer! Tara puts a stop to it though, and rolls her up for a near fall.
Tessmacher flips the pin over for her own close call, and then flies off with a spinning headscissors! Tara rolls to the outside, as Brooke chases after her and ends up being blocked when Tara uses referee Taryn Terrell as a shield. Tessmacher is hit onto the ring apron, which brings Tara to dropkick her to the outside and slam her face first into said apron. They trade shots, before the challenger hoists Tessmacher up and drops her jaw first over the hardest part of the ring… youch. Tara rolls her in and continues the dominance of her former BFF, choking her in the air and dropping her in the corner. Some shots to the abdomen, as Tara lifts her up and Brooke rolls out the back with a sunset flip for a near fall. Unfortunately, that’s all Brooke was able to get, as Tara continues the control.
Tara sends Brooke into the corner, but Tessmacher hits a boot to the chest and then a nice headscissors into a DDT! They exchange punches and head slams, until Tessmacher gets the comeback with a few sharp chops! Tessmacher then nails some clotheslines and her flip reverse move that I still have no faith in even attempting describing. Brooke kips up and heads to the top rope, where she leaps off with a huge hurricanrana! NICE! She goes for the Tess-Shocker, but Tara hangs onto the ropes. The challenger puts Brooke on the top rope and looks to go for a superplex, but Brooke shoves her off. This sparks Tessmacher to go for the elbow drop… but Tara just rolls out of the way. From there, Tara picks her up and drops her with the Widow’s Peak for the victory!
Following the bout, Tara grabs onto her newly won title like it’s her baby… and speaking of babies, she gets the microphone and plugs her Hollywood boo! She tells the people that she didn’t win the title for any of those people, but instead, her boyfriend. “He’s kind of a big deal,” she gloats. And with that, Tara introduces Hollywood’s biggest star… Jessie from Big Brother. Jessie walks out to the sound of a pin dropping, as Tara tells him to come to mama and remove the shirt. (She is seriously the only person who could kill me with laughter and joy when Jessie is on screen… and yes, I’m a Big Brother fan so I am allowed to have a pre-dislike factor!) The two proceed to make out in the ring as a “Who are you?” chant breaks out… Amazing. Jessie straps the title around her waist as the two celebrate with some makeout sessions in the ring.
Thoughts: I absolutely loved this match. I say that a lot lately, but it’s always true so I don’t know what else to say. Tara and Tessmacher brought the intensity right away with the heated stare off, and having it follow a brilliantly put together video package was a great touch. Tessmacher shined tonight with some of the new moves she busted out. That hurricanrana out of the corner will probably stay etched in my brain for a while especially. I will say the one thing I didn’t overly love was the ending, just because it felt kind of slow to come in comparison to the fast action the entire match provided. I have no problem with the actual move that finished it, since Tara’s finisher is one of the better looking ones in wrestling. It was just sort of an “oh” moment and not a “WOW” if that makes sense. Commentary didn’t really react to it when it happened in the way most do when a finisher is hit, so I think it came off differently watching it on TV as it may have being there in the arena. But that’s just a little thing and it didn’t take away from my enjoyment at all.
Now… the boyfriend. I’m not a Jessie fan, and I love Big Brother so I can grasp a background on what he will probably be like in TNA since I always thought he was playing a character on that as well. He’s arrogant, cocky, but that’s what will make him do somewhat not atrociously as a heel because he is very dislike-able. In fact, I actually don’t mind him and Tara being together at all, even if I would have preferred some other selections for the role. When I think of how I felt about the other random male/female pairings we’ve gotten this year (ODB/Eric, Madison/Earl…), this one actually does the most for me. I still don’t like Jessie, but I’m happy for Tara being champion and getting any form of storylines going. The two of them should be able to play off one another pretty humorously as the weeks go on, and I really hope we start seeing some of the other Knockouts again. I’m all for keeping Tessmacher and Gail around, but that doesn’t mean everyone else has to be ignored. I would say that’s probably the one thing left I wish would change in the Knockouts division, and a lot of what I had previously not liked HAS been changing lately so big props to whoever is giving us storyline feuds and backstage segments/promos as I’m loving it. But back to the three/four select women thing though, it’s like we can’t have more than a cycle of the same 4 women at a time anymore and the rest just sit at home waiting for their turn to take someone’s spot in the cycle which is kind of irritating. I know Sarita’s touring Japan and Mickie James is in the hospital I believe, but Rosita would make for some fresh matches!
Anyways, to sum this babbling up, congrats to Tara! And a great showing from Tessmacher makes the win seem even more important so kudos to the both of them.
Overall Match Rating: 4/5
21 Comments
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I really enjoyed that match it all told a story its sad to see brookes run over but she did have some great matches with gail and tara
The crowd was so funny chanted let’s go tara/tara sucks the let’s go tara was louder so the fans are totally behind her
Once again the ctowd chanting who are you? Was the best I hope tara and jesse have a great run let’s see where this goes
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Crowd were goofy haha but yeah awesome match and actually it was a legit yet sexy match!! Tessmacher was hot as ever! Plus she hit that Litacarrana awesome!! Too bad she isn’t champ but Tara rocks too thought that was Jesse Sorensen at first but guess not
Btw the whole PPV was awesome!!!
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Loved the video package and the match! Even when Tara stumbled over Leonardo’s name she just turned into something great like she doesn’t even care what his name is! I loved it!
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Underwhelming considering the platform these two were on, if I’m honest. Yes, Tessmacher had two nice spots but she sells passion where technique remains unrefined and, honestly? Her match with Gail on Impact was better.
Tara was rather funny in the post-match promo and I think if written right the cougar angle could be fairly entertaining. Obviously the mixed tag feud with ODB and Eric Young is there if nothing else. Actually, it’d be pretty funny if Jesse cheated on Tara with Eric and she took up arms with ODB to wreak havoc on them.
Anyways.
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I hope Tara nails Jessie with a widows peak soon enough.
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I kinda like seeing Tara make out with this Jesse dude. Pretty hot!!! What a lucky bastard! Anyway, it’s great seeing Tara in the top spot and having a storyline. She’s really incredible.
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Somebody help me out here. I’m trying to find out if Leva Bates was involved in the segment where the Aces & 8s showed up. A bunch of people on twitter said she was there for a few seconds and she basically hinted as much, but I didn’t see her anywhere. Did anyone actually see her?
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I’m a little biased, but I don’t think this is anywhere near as good as Brooke and Gail’s match from Impact last week. The crowd really dragged this match down too..
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This match was off for me i dont know why but it was kinda going through the motions…the headscissor ddt was brookes finisher in wwe glad she got to bust out some new moves…
DIVASKO Reply:
October 16th, 2012 at
I never see Brooke do the headscissor ddt in WWE,where you see that?
Gail-Trish-Maryse Reply:
October 17th, 2012 at
That’s what I want to know. I can’t even find a video of her wrestling for WWE at all.
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I don’t blame the crowd for not being that in to it. It sounds like they got a horrible show. Drug Hardy is given another world title? Devon Dudley is the leader of the biggest stable in the company right now? What a joke.
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solid match with some impressive spots and its amazing to see Lisa get a big push she deserves it and more. now i dont watch US reality tv so i have no idea who Jesse is but i envy tara for rubbbing her hands all over his bod…. reoww reoww reoww now that’s HOT.
haha i loved her calling him her boo. and if anyone from outside are to challenge i think rosita would be perfect.
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LOVED THE MATCH!! it was intense, physical, fast paced and everything else needed for a great match :) the video package at the start truly captured the importance of the match and was absolutely PERFECT. Tara hit some really nice moves and both the headscissors ddt and top rope hurricanrana were brilliant by tessmacher. Its a shame that the crowd was flat at the end :L Nonetheless, cant wait to see Tara’s title reign!!
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Its great to finally see Tara with another belt and being back to the top! Tessmacher was a great, great champion but everything needs to end and I hope Tara’s tittle run to be amazing and long! Loved everything of this match starting with the promo, it makes you really exited to see them both in the ring!
The match to me was perfect and I know I will be hated to make it clear but Tessmacher executed a top rope hurricanrana to another female wrestler NEVER DONE BY THE OVERRATED DIVA. I’m not going to mention her name, no hate to her but Brooke Tessmacher is on another level today but of course we all need to thank TARA! She is one strong female wrestler able to sell any move. The match was amazing, the crowd sucked as hell! It have been a long time since Tara had an on-screen relationship in wrestling and finally a strong women that can be with a guy that doesn’t look like a looser! (:
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so-so match. i liked almost everything about it except for the end. it was just too abrupt. Tara just slowly hits the widow’s peak and that’s it? no struggle, no near-falls, no real excitement. honestly i could never get behind Brooke as champion because she herself is just not that likeable. Tara has never actually had a heel run as Knockouts Champion before so if they allow her to keep the title for longer than four days this time then she could do good things. i’d like to see a Tara/Sarita feud
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Tara is a master of improvisation!LOL
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The match was good, not bad, but not great either. Had great moments, but for the most part pretty underwhelming. The crowd was meh, and God, the commentary was awful. I loved the top rope tessmachercanrana, it was very well executed. Solid, but not especially fabulous. And the Jessie guy? Wasn’t he on Big Brother Ten with the guy who on to be a gay porn star? He’s a looker.
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Her ” boyfriend” is sexy lol
Nice match too lol
Happy for tara
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This was the BEST fight in womens pro wrestling this year! When was the last time a heel won fairly??
Most importantly when was the last time we saw a flying hurracanrana from one woman to another?? I actually have never seen that move executed between two women!!!!!! Man Tara must be hella strong and powerful to have been able to pull that off so perfectly!
Great amazing match with lots of excitement! This was the most I payed attention to a wrestling match in recent history! Great job to both ladies!
Tara in my eyes is currently the best female wrestler out right now. She has been for years! Congrats Tara, and kudos to TNA!!! Keep em comin!
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That match was great & I’m so glad Tara had a clean win! Brooke has improved so much. All TNA need to do is hire Jillian, Ivelise & Beth Phoenix & the roster will be awesome, as well as bring back Sarita & Rosita (Roxxi, Angelina & Jacquelin). I know ppl are gonna hate me for this but I don’t want Velvet back. I haven’t been a fan & won’t be a fan ever! I’ve tried to like her but I just can’t stand her. Also TNA needs to get rid of B Hogan! I like the fact they have focus on someone in charge of the knockouts but they should have either kept Tracey or just put Christy or Sol Cal in charge! Screw Hulk and his influence, Dixie needs to take some action and stop being repressed by the men!