I wish they would mention that more though, so that people would know there are still 2 main people to reveal. Much like with matt morgan, devons deal with tna did indeed expire and they are finding ways to bring people back in. The megastable ran roughshod through tna for over a year before bully ray the man whod had been feuding against the aces and eights for the most part was revealed as. And that was the other issue with this latter period of the aces and eights storyline. Wwe forums is the number one site worldwide for wrestling discussion, news, and rumors. In the end, anderson beat bully on november 21st 20 to officially put an end to the group and this storyline. Masked bikers attacked the faces of tna with no identities revealed for months. A not brief enough interlude with joseph park and abyss same guy did little to derail the surprise rise of bully ray, who turned face to help hulk hogan against aces and eights. So again the group has named themselves aces and eights after the dead mans hand.
Often during the program, there were segments where the faction. According to a report by dave meltzer of the wrestling observer newsletter, the storyline reveal of devon being part of the aces and eights at bound for glory was an idea that just came up in the last two weeks. Eric bischoff discusses who was behind the aces and eights storyline in tna. Tna impact wrestling opened with bound for glory series frontrunner james storm. Eric bischoff speaks about the aces and eights storyline in tna. Bully ray addressed a lot of the plot holes fans might have pointed out. Report on storyline with devon and aces and eights wwe. The aces and eights faction debuted in tna in fascinating fashion with mystery surrounding them. The aces and eights were in laymans terms a biker gang version of the nwo. If you ignore aces and eights and claire lynch, 2012 was a. Everything about aces and eights except the funeral.
Somedays its hard to go on, without bidding this entire promotion adieu. During the latest episode of 83 weeks, eric bischoff spoke about the aces and eights storyline in tna and how it was basically all his idea. Unfortunately, tna was semidysfunctional at that point but if you go back and break that storyline down and follow the arc of that storyline and what we did do to pay it off, thats a pretty good storyline. Bischoff is best known for serving as executive producer of wcw.
Wearing kilts and sporting war paint like braveheart, they put over the. While addressing the impact zone regarding slammiversary and being the first inductee into the tna wrestling hall of fame, sting is attacked by. Predict who stings attackersaces and eights are topic. Im addicted to tna right now, eagerly tuning into each show on a sunday evening here in the uk and no. Even more on the tna hacking storyline inside here wrestling news and rumors. A deal was eventually made with tna and aces and eights agreeing to a fight. Tbh, i can expect quality wrestling from tna, but the storyline isnt doing much for me right now. Eric bischoff discusses who was behind the aces and eights. I think this is gonna mean there are 4 of them in the group and then a fifth leader of the group being a wildcard if you will. Join our community of over 5000 members to discuss wwe, tna, ring of honor, njpw, and other indie promotions, with weekly live discussion threads.
It is allconsuming, and for the past year, it is really the only storyline in tna that has any legs. Aces and eights when they revealed that bully was the leader, i thought it was going to be great and that amazing things were going to happen. After a host of dull shows tna brought their big guns and created an episode that was entertaining from both a wrestling and storyline perspective. Wrestling flashback the aces and eights the armbar express. Austin aries and bobby roode have been overshadowed a bit in recent weeks, due in large part to the aces and eights storyline. Overall, the aces and eights storyline was not a bad storyline. Wwes monday night raw program also drew a monstrous rating of.
Who do you think is involvedbehind aces and eights in tna. It took 4 months to get from the first attack on sting to devon being unmasked. The faction was called the aces and eights, a reference to a poker hand. Tna wrestlings impact wrestling opened with christopher daniels and kazarian, better known as bad influence. He congratulated austin aries and called the aces and eights cowards. Fans had huge expectations for the names associated with a main event level group. Eric bischoff discusses the aces and eights storyline in tna.
Tna isnt in any hurry to advance the aces and eights storyline. Austin aries randomly turning heel after his victory over roode to put the belt on jeff hardy as part of the redemption storyline, cutting aries reign short and he never regained that momentum in tna again. After a failed bid to compete against the wwes monday night raw program in 2010, tna moved to a different. I predict aces and eights will last until next years bound for glory. There were two main developments in last thursdays episode of impact wrestling. After watching this storyline develop in recent months, there is no question that tna is doing right with aces and eights. Even more on the tna hacking storyline inside here. Ray quickly rose through the ranks of tna and even won a feud against homegrown hero aj styles by downing him in a last man standing match at slammiversary ix. In 2012, tna impact wrestling was seemingly in a lull. No more vince russo more focus on younger talent, with older veterans like hogan and sting bring put into nonwrestling roles or leaving altogether flair bobby roodes heel world title reign which included tremendous bouts with james storm, jeff hardy, aj styles. If you ignore aces and eights and claire lynch, 2012 was a very solid year for tna. At first it seemed alright the aces and eights storyline, but it didnt feel as exciting after a while.
Not only were these videos terrifically produced but they did something that wrestling doesnt do in todays era they explained everything. I think everybody that watches tna should be grateful claire lynch quit abruptly or else that feud might still be going on. Aries and daniels stole had the match and segment of the night and the tiff between bully ray and mr. Beer money james storm and bobby roode were interviewed by the huffington post while in the uk for tna s latest tour. Jarrett has a builtin storyline as to why hed be against tna management, since dixie carter removed him from power. Trisha is the twin sister of tessa blanchard and one of the daughters of tully blanchard one of the famous four horsemen, after her failed relationship with ricochet and her failed wwe tryout, tna impact decides to sign trisha and tessa to a impact contract and the last thing. The aces and eights annihilate the tna wrestling roster by impact wrestling. It was at least a storyline that the tna writers stuck with and some of the long term planning paid off after bully ray was revealed as the president of the club. Serg salinas ok, we dont know how good a personality the husband of dixie carter would make but we damn sure know hes got motive to try and take out the.
The dead mans hand is a twopair poker hand, namely aces and eights. Boards community central the vestibule is the aces and eights tna s nwo. The storyline got so out of control that, when the secret leader was finally revealed to be. On the first night of the 2012 bound for glory series, recently inducted tna hall. Despite tnas problems at the time, bischoff is still very proud of how the storyline turned out in terms of quality. When asked about wwe trying to lure away tna talent, they made it clear they feel wrestlers dont need to be in wwe to be successful. Match wrestling news and rumors tna announced a nontitle match between miss tessmacher and gail kim for impact. Bischoff then spoke about bully rays opinion of the aces and eights storyline from tna. Devon reportedly not the leader of aces and eights. So, as i sat at home watching stone cold lite challenge bully ray to a match with the stipulation that if he won, the aces and eights would be disbanded, a thought came to me that aces and eights were a a stealth parody of bikers, judging from the weak storyline, the booking, the behaviour of the aces and eights and that they, more often than not, got their asses handed to them, most notably.
The company had stated friday, during thursdays impact wrestling broadcast on spiketv from. Aces and eights is running in the opposite direction compared to nwo. The aces and eights were basically another attempt to create the magic of the nwo. If the tna guys won, aces and eights would be permanently banned. Sting attacked while addressing the impact wrestling zone.
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