This week on TNA Impact, we are ten days away from Bound for Glory and have yet to hear a Knockouts match announced. All that changed tonight, with a meeting that Miss Tessmacher set up. On one side of the table you have Madison Rayne and Tara. On the other, you have Velvet Sky, Angelina Love and Lacey Von Erich. Can Miss Tessmacher keep the peace or will we see a table getting flipped, along with accusations of “PROSITITUION WHORE?” Find out below…
It appears as if the cameraman is being a peeping Tom, using jerky camera angles and ducking in and out of the doorway. The first face we see is Madison, who’s asking Miss Tessmacher who exactly is “on their way?” Bischoff’s assistant never reveals who else is coming to the meeting, but it should be obvious. Tessmacher informs both Rayne and Tara that they need to be on their best behavior since Bischoff has given her the power to fire all of them. The threats don’t sit too well with either woman, but it isn’t long until a door opens and in comes Lacey Von Erich, Velvet Sky and Angelina Love. Cue cries of, “What’re you doing here?!?” (apparently the latter three women were clueless as well – doesn’t TNA send out memos about staff meetings? Sheesh!) and Lacey throwing something at Madison, screaming, “You stupid bitch!” Go Lacey!
TNA security keeps the two groups of women separated as Miss Tessmacher calls the meeting to order. After more threats of firing, all six women take their seats amidst catty comments. Right, first order of business is a waver that allows Tara to be back in the ring in TNA. Or perhaps it’s a waver that bans Tara from TNA’s ring, and it needs to be shredded. Even after listening to the segment several times, I’m not entirely clear on what the waver is for, but it has something to do with Tara being able to compete in TNA once more. Madison is more than willing to do whatever it takes for Tara to stay at her side, citing the fact the two have a trust between them. At this, the other three laugh scornfully. There’s more commotion as all five start talking again, until Miss Tessmacher can bring it back down.
Tessmacher informs all of them that there is no trust in wrestling. None. (Bret Hart could tell them this…) Then, explaining that in the spirit of competition, Mr. Bischoff has set up a fourway match for the four of them at Bound for Glory. Except this isn’t a tag match – it’s the four of them against each other for the TNA Knockout title.
At this point, it completely breaks down. All six women are on their feet, screaming and trying to get to each other, until Tessmacher orders them all out of the room. Complete chaos, loud voices and even some curses towards the end. Finally the room is cleared, allowing Miss Tessmacher to take a phone call.
So, now we have our match for BFG. It’s in ten days, and next Thursday’s Impact will be a live show. There’s the potential for Mickie James to debut either next week, or at the pay per view. How will her appearance affect the match, if at all? For that matter, Lacey could very well accompany the original Beautiful People and insert herself, but on which woman’s side? Angelina or Velvet? Will Madison and Tara come to an understanding beforehand and will they stick to it? Same goes for Velvet and Angelina. They just got back on the same page – the title could very well drive them apart. There’s lots of variables in this match, a lot of ways it could go.
For my money, I wouldn’t mind seeing Velvet win her first Knockout’s Championship. Before the hue and cry, I know she’s no Daffney or Hamada in the ring. She’s not going to be. However, she has enough charisma and personality to engage the crowd, and she is decent enough in the ring. She can bump like a pro. I think she’d be a decent champ. My hope that one day Daffney and Hamada will become Knockout Champion is slowly dying, so in this case a Velvet win would come out of nowhere and be a fun swerve for storyline purposes.
At this point, it’s not the worst decision TNA has made/could make. We’ll see what happens in the next two weeks.
