Jeff Hardy Goes Heel

"They" turned out to be a few faces turning heel. Of course, I am talking about TNA's angle they had been teasing through Abyss for a while now.

Why am I only mentioning Jeff Hardy, who was helped by his new friends to win the TNA World Championship? Was anyone seriously expecting him to turn? Hogan or Jarrett would have been somewhat unsurprising. Jeff, on the other hand, was a fan favorite who has never had a good heel run. Yes, he has been heel before, but none of those instances were too memorable or came after his first run as World Champion in WWE. It is not easy to see how all these guys can mix together under one banner, but it will be interesting to see what this will do for Hardy. It will put a whole lot of attention on him. I am sure this will be treated better than how WWE pushed him as a heel, but if Jeff cannot pull it off, this will be a failure for TNA. They might as well have put the title on Anderson and turn him heel. Less shock value, but maybe he could pull it off better.

Abyss Framed!

Part of me wants to bash the current angle going on about Abyss as being stupid and not the most original. Then again, what is the most original these days? I like it. It has a small amount of intrigue to it. More importantly, it actually adds more of a story to the issues between Abyss and Desmond Wolfe. You can just have this be a straight feud between a guy who was on Team Hogan and guy on Team Flair. Lack of creativity.

I also like that it plays in somewhat with the gimmick Abyss still has. So many gimmicks just turn so generic and lose some creativity after a while. Undertaker can rant about taking souls all he wants, but what does that really amount to these days? A Tombstone? Lightning or some other fancy effect? Setting the standard for how slow one should walk to the ring? On Impact, I heard the commentators play into the fact that Abyss's demented nature may possibly make him a suspect. Of course, he is just being messed with. It is still nice to have these kind of angles where the monster is the victim. Again, that is not totally original, but when I see an angle I like, I have to give it credit.

Of course, the mystery and intrigue did not last for weeks. We know Wolfe set Abyss up. Would a bigger swerve have been nice? Yes, but TNA may have other plans for both guys after the PPV. They may not want to tie them into anything too epic. Nevertheless, the small bit of suspense and heart (and I do not want to argue about how small it was) in this night was worth more than the typical night you get of guest host comedy crap.