TNA better than WWE? Oh It's Real ; It's Damn Real!

So on Saturday I taped TNA:iMPACT!, and on Monday I taped WWE Raw. I watched them both this morning.

TNA finished up with an entertaining brawl between Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe, which also featured (at the very end) Christian Cage, Tomko & Sting.

Before that, pretty much all the angles & matches were passable at a minimum - including the standard VKM attempts at getting a rub of their more famous counterparts at WWE - and quite frankly, I get the impression that the show would actually benefit from doubling in time to 2 hours.

Then I watched Raw... I saw a parody match between Rosie O'Donnell & Donald Trump. WTF? The crowd were clearly not impressed either, and in fact both 'TNA' & 'VKM' chants were very audible.

There was also Raw's newest aquistion... the Great Khali. Plus a tag match between Cryme Tyme and Cade & Murdoch, as well as a womens tag match that featured Maria.

TNA won hands down here, and that is getting to be the norm now. I just hope Stone Cold Steve Austin provides me with some old-school entertainment when he returns next month.

On the plus side, New Years Revolution did not totally suck!

In results from the card:

Match 1
Jeff Hardy beat Johnny Nitro in a decent steel cage match to retain the Intercontinental title. Not quite up the standard of the belter of a ladder match that they had a few weeks ago on Raw, but decent nonetheless.

Match 2
Cryme Tyme come out on top in a Tag Team Turmoil event. They defeated Cade & Murdoch, who had knocked out The Worlds Greatest Tag Team. In turn, they had eliminated both the Highlanders & the random team of Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Super Crazy. Ultimately the action took a dip in quality once Benjamin & Haas left the ring.

Match 3
Kenny Dykstra beat Ric Flair in an average, now typical-Flair-bout.

Match 4
Mickie James beat Victoria in a passable match for the Womens title. This included interference at the end from Melina, Maria and the lovely Candice Michelle.

Match 5
Rated RKO retained the tag belts after their match with DX ended in a no-contest. This was an enjoyable enough match, but I was hoping for a bit more from DX when they got their inevitable revenge at the end. This was a costly match for Triple H though, as he is now likely to be out for four to six months.

Match 6
Chris Masters beat Carlito in an average bout. Both men could do more to enhance their careers in my opinion.

Match 7
John Cena beat Umaga in an ok but predictable-ish bout. Between Umaga & the Great Khali it is starting to feel like they are using Cena in a late 80's /early 90's Hulk Hogan type capacity!