Who is that mystery woman ?

[Bazzy]

Who is that mystery woman that keeps attacking or stopping Gail Kim ? . Anyone know ? or her past ? .

[canadianpittbull]

I had made mention to this is another post when she first showed up. Her name is Jamie D (not sure what her last name is) and she won some Gut Check competition with D'more's Border Town Wrestling which would give her a contract or some limited time with TNA?

Apparently there is some major heat backstage with the wrestlers who are ticked that she is in the match with Daniels and Styles since the only reason she is there is because (they feel) Scott D'more is one of the bookers.

I personally don't know why they did't put Christy with them? Since they are both on the KNockouts DVD and would be nice to see them wrestling. Again they have a roster of talent they could be cultivating but they keep bringing in "New talent" when they should be using the ones they have.

[PureHatred]

I can sort of see the logic in this decision: Gail Kim is actually a pretty decent wrestler. It jkust wouldn't be believable that Christy could "neutralize" her.

ON the other hand, they should've done something where Daniels and AJ didn't need outside help at all; having a woman in there who is clearly bigger than both men makes them look weak.

And of course there's the fact that having two TNA mainstays who have long-term deals and are incredibly over as singles competitiors working as a tag-team when either or both could be carrying the X Division or the World Title.....

[BDS]

I agree that AJ and Daniels don't need The Neutralizer (worst name ever). AJ and Daniels are the babyfaces, and last time I checked Booking 101 said that the babyfaces were supposed to overcome the odds, not swing them in their own favor. Christy would have been believable in a one-time role of grabbing Gail from behind by the hair and keeping her occupied with a brief catfight while AJ/Daniels won the belts, if whoever books this nonsense insisted that overcoming Gail Effing Kim was necessary for winning the belts.

I think it's a great move to have them as a tag team, though. Both men are over huge with TNA fans, and the inevitable split and feud between the two after what is hopefully a couple months of build-up will be outstanding if they go through with it. They're also shaping up to be a really good tag team, and if we get a few oustanding tag matches out of them during the process, then so much the better.

It's also a pretty good idea to get them out of the X Division, in my opinion. It had become Joe, AJ, Daniels, and Everyone Else. By taking those three out of the equation for a while, they can see just how well Everyone Else carries the division. They can always bring AJ or Daniels back into the fold later if Low-Sen-Kishi kicking people in the face doesn't carry the banner the way they did.

Ultimately I agree with you that they'd be better off in the mix for the world title if theyre going to book it as The Belt above the others, but that's a discussion for another thread. The situation being what it is, though, I think they could do a lot worse than booking AJ and Daniels as their tag champs, but they could get that awful valet/bodyguard/whatever away from them and do a whole lot better. Maybe let them just be champs becuase they're the better wreslters, even, although that's almost a revolutionary concept in TV wresltling today.

[canadianpittbull]

There are like how many other wrestlers on their roster who are doing nothing right now? But they decide to team up the two guys who helped make TNA and the X-division what it is and they are a tag team? Hmm, they are not using Lance Hoyt right now cause they have nothing for him? Why not put him in a tag team? Or heck why not use him with the James gang instead of Abyss which still is the most nonsensical booking I have seen!

[PureHatred]

canadianpittbull said:

There are like how many other wrestlers on their roster who are doing nothing right now? But they decide to team up the two guys who helped make TNA and the X-division what it is and they are a tag team? Hmm, they are not using Lance Hoyt right now cause they have nothing for him? Why not put him in a tag team? Or heck why not use him with the James gang instead of Abyss which still is the most nonsensical booking I have seen!

yeah, I think that pretty much captures my objections to the AJ/Daniels team. It's great wrestling wise, but those two guys are both capable of so much more.

AJ Styles is/was the face of TNA for a veruy long time. Now they barely mention the fac tthat he's held every title in the company on multiple occasions. And Daniels has a great heel gimmick and can put on good matches with bigger guys and is capable of being a top heel.

So using them a sa tag team is really wasting what they're capable of. and considering they've been with the company since the beginning and because of their long -term deal they'll be there for at least the next few years, you'd think they would be building them as franchise players.

[BrianU]

I enjoy TNA, I really do. There is a core group of young lions to build around. Unfortunately, the only person they seem interested in building around is Jarrett. Very unfortunate.

What's next, a Impact Zone concession stand brawl. Cause gosh it made Jarrett look good back with the USWA.

[BDS]

But why does the tag team division have to be saddled with lesser wrestlers? Would you rather see Lance Hoyt and Shark Boy slapped together and pushed as a tag-team with no other reason than there was nothing better to do with them, or would you rather see AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels, two fantastic wrestlers who actually have a background with one another, a story that explains their pairing, and good chemistry together get this push?

This might be the ROH brainwashing talking, but why can't you take two of your company's most over wrestlers and make them the tag champs, maybe elevating the belts and the rest of the division in the process? To a TNA fan, who sees AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels as two of their biggest stars, putting those belts on them makes those belts a bigger deal, and in turn will give a bump to whoever takes the belts off of them.

I just don't see how putting the belts on them to freshen up the tag division while giving the other X division guys a chance to run in the top spots is a bad idea, even if just for a little while. Eventually you have to find out if someone other than Joe/Daniels/Styles can carry that division.

[theace4ever]

wonders how much longer until Shane MacMahon appears on the Impact Zone and we see a talent influx into the WWE again *evil snicker* I remember when Vince bought WCW and told Jarrett he was G-O-N-E

[canadianpittbull]

Thing is AJ and Daniels do not need to have titles to be over with the crowd. The guys have won TNA titles how many times? You could easily put these two in separate programs against two different up and comers in the X-Division and it is a win win as Daniels and Styles will only elevate anyone that steps into the ring with them.

I have always seen it this way, take established stars that your fans know you for and put them in the ring with guys making their way up the ladder. You don't have to do this all the time mind you but it is one helluva way to get new blood in your upper tier. I think putting them together as a team is a waste.

Most folks, I don't think want to see these guys as buddies, I am hoping they turn on one another and Daniels wallops Styles in the back of the head with something and walks out. Tired of the buddies song and dance. I want the Fallen Angel the heel not this buddy buddy guy. I want to see Daniels only doing this to get into the head of Styles and then destroy him.

Like wise with Styles, I want to see Styles putting on a awesome solo performance as before, being Phenomenal. Not strangle held into a tag-team that dilutes their abilities as singles performers. They are not an official tag-team nor should they be, team them once and awhile if their on the same page or have the same goals but to make them official your only killing your companies momentum.

[PureHatred]

canadianpittbull said:

Thing is AJ and Daniels do not need to have titles to be over with the crowd. The guys have won TNA titles how many times? You could easily put these two in separate programs against two different up and comers in the X-Division and it is a win win as Daniels and Styles will only elevate anyone that steps into the ring with them.

I totally understand BDS' point and I don't necessarily disagree. But CPB completely captures my feelings.

It's fine to be a tag team, temporarily. But they are capable of more.

[BDS]

I think it's just a matter of how big of a fan of tag wrestling you are. I'm a huge fan of good tag wrestling, and I think that the X Division will get by just fine for a while on Senshi's watch. Ultimately it just comes down to taste.

Given that there's an autographed picture of Christopher Daniels on my desk and he's hands down the nicest guy I've ever met in the business, I might be a little biased towards seeing him with gold around his waist, too.

In any event, I think that we can all agree that Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles holding the tag belts are the least of TNA's problems right now.

[PureHatred]

bigdaddyswank said:

I think it's just a matter of how big of a fan of tag wrestling you are. I'm a huge fan of good tag wrestling, and I think that the X Division will get by just fine for a while on Senshi's watch. Ultimately it just comes down to taste.

Given that there's an autographed picture of Christopher Daniels on my desk and he's hands down the nicest guy I've ever met in the business, I might be a little biased towards seeing him with gold around his waist, too.

In any event, I think that we can all agree that Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles holding the tag belts are the least of TNA's problems right now.

Yes to everything. I've met Chris several times after Pro Wrestling Guerrila shows and he is absolutely one of the nicest guys possible.

[BDS]

Likewise agreed. Can't say enough good stuff about Daniels.

Personally, I'm hoping that this only goes for a couple of months until either Daniels turns on AJ and finds some loophole to reform Triple X, or AJ breaks out the old cocky heel persona from the weekly PPV days. I think that TNA could use a good heel that's not aligned with Jarrett, and with the way AJ has kind of lost his "golden boy" status with the fans to Joe, I think it would be over huge.

Alright, I'm done derailing the thread. Back on topic: mystery woman bad. Less amazon chick, more AJ and Daniels, please.

[Wad]

bigdaddyswank said:

AJ and Daniels are the babyfaces, and last time I checked Booking 101 said that the babyfaces were supposed to overcome the odds, not swing them in their own favor.

I think it was Tommy Brownell who pointed out how ludicrous it was for a man of Christopher Daniels' size to make impossible high-spot counters.

A.J. Styles and Daniels don't need a woman when Daniels can make a "Holy S***!" comeback and beat their opponents.