Will a new TNA take shape at Bound For Glory?

I don't watch much TNA anymore. When it was on Spike, replays would appear on the site and be easily viewable by yours truly. Destination America does not do the same, nor do they offer the show on content partner Hulu, so I am left to follow most of TNA's storylines through recaps. Sometimes that leaves folks with a more negative view of a program if a reviewer personally doesn't like a segment (or vice versa.) But I have to say that while it doesn't have the depth of name talent previous TNA pay-per-views had, the upcoming Bound For Glory sounds incredibly solid.

The BFG poster is not helped by the large
image of the currently suspended Bram.

The show is headlined by a triple threat match for the TNA World Heavyweight title as champion Ethan Carter III defends against Matt Hardy and Drew Galloway with Jeff Hardy as special guest referee. I personally think this sounds like one of the weakest matches on the card not because the talent involved isn't great, but because the booking clearly implies typical TNA shenanigan booking to end the show. The big pay-per-view should have a decisive finish and it just seems doubtful that with his enemy EC3 and his brother Matt in the ring that Jeff will call it down the middle.

Global Force Wrestling's Grand Slam Tour comes to Iowa!

While I missed the GFW event Thursday night in Cedar Rapids, my eldest daughter and I made the hour drive to Waterloo on Friday to take in the action for Global Force's second stop on their Iowa tour before heading to the town of Clinton for a Saturday show. The cards for all the nights of action are the same though, so I can safely say fans saw similar action on all three nights.

Image credit: Global Force wrestling.

I'll run down the card match by match with a few thoughts on the talent as I go. But before I do, I just wanted to say that the show really had a great independent feel as the talent were available to meet and greet even to the non-VIP fans. My daughter got pictures with Mickie James and DJ Z, and I got to say hello to Tommaso Ciampa (a man I've wanted to see live for quite some time and who will make his NXT debut next week), Magnus and many of the other talents. It was a great chance to get to know some great talents before they went on that night.