Here’s tonight’s Impact! preview courtesy of TNAWrestling.com:

- What will happen in the ongoing war between The Main Event Mafia and the young lions of TNA?

- This past week, The Main Event Mafia brutally attacked Christian Cage and sent a message to the rest of the TNA roster. How will Samoa Joe, AJ Styles and the rest of the TNA Originals react? Tune in and find out!

- TNAwrestling.com has also learned that the Main Event Mafia will speak out about what they did to Christian Cage this past week!

- Plus, there will be more news and matches announced for the December 7 “Final Resolution” Pay-Per-View epic event! We’ve learned that Executive Shareholder Mick Foley will announce the main event for the Pay-Per-View!

Matches schedule for this Thursday night are as follows:

- In the featured bout, it will be Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash of the Main Event Mafia taking on Abyss and “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan

- Christy Hemme and newcomer Sojourner Bolt will battle Velvet Sky and Angelina Love, aka The Beautiful People

- Plus, in an X Division tag team bout it will be Consequences Creed and “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal taking on “The Guru” Sonjay Dutt and Japanese superstar Tanahashi

All this and much more TONIGHT at 9pm on SpikeTV!

I have not read the spoilers for this show, but based on the card I see here, it looks like it might be a bit of a down episode. There’s not really a marquee singles match-up tonight. I will be interested to see what kind of main event they come up with for Final Resolution.

Discuss Impact! here.

Episode number 145 of PWB’s Official Podcast is now online.

In this episode, I discuss gimmick matches run wild, the results of last week’s podcast poll featuring Sting, Christian’s potential move to WWE, Lesnar v. Couture and give you my final word on the TNA Impact! video game.

Podcast Table of Contents:

• Intro and Plugs (1:00)
• The Sorry State of Gimmick Matches (3:16)
• Podcast Poll: Should Sting Sign with the WWE in 2010? (13:22)
• How to book Christian v. Edge in the WWE (22:11)
• Brock Lesnar v. Randy Couture (29:29)
• The Final Word: My Take on the TNA Impact! Video Game (36:35)

Episode number 144 of PWB’s Official Podcast is now online.

In this episode, I discuss the results of this week’s podcast poll on the new TNA Impact! Video game. I also tell you why you’re crazy if you think the HBK/Chris Jericho feud sucks, and give you my top 5 ladder matches. Finally, I check in for some listener feedback and give you my final word on TNA’s potential re-birth and the “respect” storyline.

Podcast Table of Contents:

• Intro and Plugs (1:00)
• Podcast Poll: Will you try the new TNA Impact! Video Game? (6:00)
• The Greatness of the HBK/Chris Jericho Feud (9:23)
• Top 5 Ladder Matches (12:07)
• Listener Feedback: GTA IV, Fantasy Matches, “Respect” storyline in TNA (20:53)
• The Final Word: TNA’s Re-Birth? (26:54)

Just thought I’d let everyone know how it’s doing on my end of the country. The local GameStop sold all 30 copies they had. None have been traded in. Everybody who’s come back in has raved about how fun it is.

I’m rather shocked. Now I can’t wait for my copy from GameFly.

My buddies at the store saved me a copy of the DVD that comes with a pre-order. I thought everyone might be interested in the matches they put on it.

The first match is AJ Styles vs Petey Williams vs Chris Sabin in an Ultimate X for the X Title. It was taped in January 2005. It seems TNA realized that the X Division is how they get more fans. I wonder why the TV show doesn’t reflect this.

Match two is ANOTHER Ultimate X Match– XXX (Senshi and Elix Skipper) vs LAX from about a year ago. Phenomenal match! Again, if they know this draws, why isn’t it on TV?

Okay, the third match goes back to “stupid gimmick TNA” land. Elevation X between AJ Styles and Rhyno. Boo! Why, on earth, did they pick this one to showcase their style? This is horrible!

Fourth match is King of the Mountain from Slammiversary 2007. Chris Harris (lol) vs AJ Styles (lots of him on here) vs Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage vs Kurt Angle. Not a bad choice to showcase their upper card guys (and Braden Walker).

Next match is the Steel Asylum (ten X stars, escape through the hole at the top of the cage). Curry Man vs Sonjay Dutt vs Consequences Creed vs Shark Boy vs Jimmy Rave vs Kaz vs Chris Sabin vs Alex Shelly vs Johnny Devine vs Jay Lethal. Another awesome X match where none of the guys in the match (except the MCMG) are on the video game. Odd. Still, a great showcase of the talent.

All in all, not a bad showing for a preview DVD and I think they’re going to find several new fans from it. Let’s hope the TV product improves or they’ll lose them all just as quickly

Now that No Surrender is in the books, TNA has a clean slate: tonigh’s Impact! starts the build to Bound for Glory, their biggest show of the year.

Tonight also marks the debut of Mick Foley on Impact!, so I know you’ll want to tune in for that.

TNA has announced the following matches for tonight’s show:

• The Motor City Machineguns v. AJ Styles and Christian Cage
• Jay Lethal v. Booker T
• Taylor Wilde and Rhino v. Velvet Sky and “Cute” Kip (wow, how embarrassing is that gimmick? I mean, seriously, first Billy and Chuck, and now this?)

Discuss TNA Impact! here.

Editor’s note: Don’t forget to submit your questions for Dawn Marie–she’ll be on the podcast hotline tomorrow.

Episode number 143 of PWB’s Official Podcast is now online.

In this episode, sideshowRaheem of the PWBite Rant joins me to discuss HBK’s injury and how that might change his match with Chris Jericho at WWE Unforgiven. We also give their picks for Unforgiven and discuss Smackdown’s rise to the top of the televised wrestling heap. My final word focuses on Ring of Honor’s future growth.

Podcast Table of Contents:

• Intro and Plugs (1:00)
• HBK’s Injury and Unforgiven (3:00)
• Unforgiven Picks (9:55)
• Smackdown’s Ascent (22:40)
• The Final Word: Ring of Honor’s Future (32:22)

I found this neat little video that shows some of the story mode. Not too bad! The wrestling looks very well done and fluid. I like what I see so far.

The payoff is at the end, when Nash picks the tag team partner. I love it.