Mad Mike Reviews Destination X: Bought and Paid For

Okay you guys, the way I see it…this PPV cost me 35 hard earned dollars. There are eight matches on the PPV, if I say that each match is worth 4 bucks and any backstage segments and packages are worth the remaining 5 or so, I fugred that’s a good way to see if this PPV is worth it. So here we go! Dixie Carter is glad that she earned my business, she told me so in a DM on Twitter, I hope I’m proud I bought it.

Opening package

• Nothing outstanding here, probably would have helped with some voice work
• Cost $0.30

Match 1: Last Chance Four Way: Rubix Vs. Darsow Vs. Andrews Vs. Lars

• Nice to hear a “Rubix” chant
• I hope at least two of these dudes gets signed
• I bet they are allowed to make the Demolition reference on PPV but not on Spike
• Holy shit Jigsaw!
• I miss Taz broadcasting…
• I’ll always mark for a good Tower of Doom spot
• Wow Van Jigsawnator
• It’s a shame Jigsaw didn’t win, the crowd was solidly behind him
• Decent match, nothing too spectacular but definitely a worthy four way
• Cost: $4.00

Match 2: Kid Kash Vs. Mason Andrews

• I love that there was literally no break in between this
• It bothers me that the tron above the crowd says #DestinationX with the hashtag
• Kid Kash hasn’t evolved in ten years Borash, he just looks like a sadder version of Kid Rock
• Too much middle finger-ness Kash
• Heel Kash isn’t as much fun to watch as face Kash
• Wow, that was a little lackluster of a finish, but it works since he was tired
• Solid booking to let the mystery 8th guy try to go wire to wire though
• Cost: $2.75

Samoa Joe segment, Twitter segment

• The Joehawk is awful looking
• Nice retcon to Joe’s strategy, that’s a solid promo
• It’s also good to see that people talk about the standings
• Interesting Twitter graphic…
• Cost: $1.25

Match 3: Douglas Williams Vs. Kenny King

• Wow Borash with the NWA Wildiside reference!! Well played JB!
• Doug Williams has not stayed in shape at all
• This is a lot of awesome mat wrestling, both guys very charismatic
• The crowd is great so far
• Springboard blockbuster FTW!
• Another new kid getting a spotlight isn’t a bad thing
• TNA should sign King immediately
• Cost: $3.00

Daniels segment

• I can’t believe this shit has been going on for a year
• Daniels holding an appletini is pretty great though
• Cost: $0.50

Match 4: Sonjay Dutt Vs. Rashad Cameron

• Cameron already marketing himself, that’s good
• I hope Rashad knows that repeatedly mentioning Philly means nothing in Florida
• Crowd doesn’t seem to care about either guy here
• Even the announcers don’t seem to have anything to say about this match
• Sonjay is trying to fire the crowd up…
• It’s a shame the crowd doesn’t have anyone to really root for as this has been the best match so far
• Nice double foot stomp Sonjay
• Cost: $4.50

Jesse Sorensen segment

• Borash made a Ring Ka King reference….wow
• This may be harsh, but you couldn’t make Jesse’s mom look a little better
• I am not a fan of Sorensen, but I hope he does come back in a big bad way
• Jesse’s girlfriend is pretty hot
• The feud with him and Shiima when he comes back could potentially be feud of the year for TNA
• That was actually a really great promo, most I’ve ever cared about his character
• Holy fuck Shiima sell the shit out of that look….fucking awesome
• Cost: $3.50

Match 5: Shiima Vs. Flip Casanova

• “Did you see that?” Love you Shiima
• This is basically a squash match to put Shiima over as a heel and I’m totally fine with that
• Holy cow, a Gory Facebuster from Shiima, I love it
• Not the longest match but this is to put over Shiima
• Cost: $3.00

Roode segment

• Nice to see Roode interrupting the X Division guys
• Roode being against the entire X Division is a nice twist to his character
• Cost $1.00

Match 6: Samoa Joe Vs. Kurt Angle

• I like that both of these guys are going for submissions this time, no one seemed to really do that last year
• Joe does seem to care a bit more this time around
• These guys do seem to be going a little bit slower than normal though
• Awesome series of counters there
• I don’t think I could watch these guys wrestle over and over again, but once every couple of months wouldn’t be bad
• Nice to see the “passing out” finish here, doesn’t weaken Kurt at all
• Kurt may have gotten up a little quickly though
• Cost: $5.50

Match 7: Last Man Standing AJ Styles Vs. Daniels

• Go to see they are using traditional Last Man Standing rules now
• Uranage on the chair….ouchies
• I love when chairs get used in the non-traditional manner like that
• Wow dude in the front row is way too aggressive with his fingers
• This match is much better than the last time I paid for Daniels/AJ
• Nice adjustment to the AJ springboard
• Wow, lawn darted into the stairs, nice
• Hahahaha awesome human moment of the dude wiping the Daniels sweat off his hand
• We haven’t had a good fight on the stage in a long time
• I kinda wish AJ was doing the Pele off that ramp instead of the Inverted DDT
• Oh dammit Kaz…we didn’t need you in this
• Now see that was a Pele out of nowhere, nicely done
• Wow. Clash off the ramp. That shit was intense.
• I have to say…the old TNA would have missed the best angle on that spot
• Cost: $9.00

Aries segment

• If TNA is trying to turn Aries into the Punk of their company, I’m totally okay with that
• Cost: $0.75

Match 8: Ultimate X Match: Andrews Vs. Shiima Vs. King Vs. Sonjay

• Wow Shiima is totally the heel in this
• Eh this match already seems a little botchy…that’s unfortunate
• Oh man Sonjay’s shoulder looks fucked up
• It’s always interesting to see how these guys get taken off the ropes when they try to get the belt
• Second Ultimate X match where someone has been taken out, not a good sign
• Remember the old days in TNA when the belt would just randomly fall down?
• Joe had tweeted that Sonjay popped his shoulder back in, that’s insane
• Neckbreaker from the truss, holy fuck
• Wow, the classic hiding your hairspray in the truss gimmick!
• Mayhem bump!
• Shiima is now I’d say one of the biggest heels in TNA, at least the third or fourth heel right?
• Holy shit what a heel promo, awesome
• Cost: $6.50

Main Event package

• Very well done, WWE quality
• Cost: $1.00

Match 9: Robert Roode Vs. Austin Aries

• Roode shoving the ref, so awesome
• JB is doing an awesome job at putting over Roode right now
• Roode’s face during that handstand was classic
• I hate to say it, this match is a little slow early on
• Roode is dishing out some painfully slow offense here
• Nice to see the slaps waking Aries up
• Wow awesome roll out of the 450
• Nice to see the belt shot not even work
• Wow that kick right before the brainbuster was nasty
• I haven’t seen the Impact Zone get that insane in a while
• So awesome that Aries is the champ, just wish this was a little bit better match
• Cost: $5.00 (mostly for the result, not the match)

Doing some quick math, my totals come out to $48.55 sounds like a damn worthy PPV to me. The AJ/Daniels was really the standout match of the night though, even though Aries winning is huge for TNA.