WWE vs. TNA Review: Impact dominates RAW; Lockdown build begins; you heard of a thing called WrestleMania?

WWE vs. TNA in Review

TNA Impact blew WWE RAW out of the water tonight! TNA had way more exciting matches and I thought the show, on the whole, was the best of the three since moving to Mondays.

RAW had a lot of build toward WrestleMania, which was good. But it's all stuff we knew about - no exciting curveballs, no new matches. So, as far as the unpredictability factor, TNA won. I think as far as just the television show itself goes, that's why I think it won tonight.

WWE vs. TNA: Shot by Shot

Eric Bischoff is shredding on guitar on the Impact Zone for no apparent reason. Well that's a new start to a wrestling show. But it was a unique way to bring out Jeff Jarrett, so that was kinda cool. The crowd really popped for Jarrett hitting him with the guitar, so that was sweet.

Over on RAW, Shawn Michaels was calling out the Undertaker.

Pete Rose comes out when Michaels gets through with his promo, and Bob asks, "Is Kane gonna fuck him up?" Pete sets up a match between HBK and Kane, hoping HBK will get revenge on Kane for him.

Wait wait...didn't John Cena's neck break before his match with Batista at Summerslam '08?

And Bischoff is...still in the ring when they get back from commercial. Lame. Nice line about firing Jarrett or Mick Foley via FedEx. Bischoff sets up Jeff Jarrett vs. Mick Foley where both careers are on the line. Loser gets fired; winner is Bischoff's bitch.

Daffney threatening to stomp the spider and the Beautiful People sneak attack was pretty fun. This brings out Angelina Love, Sarita, and Taylor Wilde. This 8-Knockout match makes sense to me based on the story over the past few weeks. They had a real fun match with all of them hitting their finishers. Daffney hits the Lobotomy neckbreaker for the win.

Big Show and R-Truth are on commentary for The Miz vs. John Morrison. It was nice seeing the Asai moonsault by Morrison again. We missed the rest of the match watching the Knockouts match, but Big Show looked pissed at the end.

At least Triple H recognized his past with Randy Orton.

Abyss with red and yellow patches? LAME!

It's about time we have the final Money in the Bank qualifier. Jack Swagger on commentary? Nice. Kozlov dominated most of the match but Kofi hits Trouble in Paradise out of nowhere.

I wonder what that conversation was like. "What's Kofi doing for Wrestlemania? Oh shit, we better throw him in!"

Flair cuts a fired-up promo which leads to Sting being the captain for Team Flair. I thought they might do Flair/Hogan. Is Abyss the captain for Team Hogan? Yep.

The heels ambush the faces and the Pope comes out to dominate. Good, that's how the #1 contender should look.

Back on RAW, Legacy talks about how Orton needed them. This is just boring since I don't care about this storyline at all.

Tomko's back? Again? Wait, is that really Tomko? Because he's fat.

Who's gonna get the heel heat for bumping Triple H off the ropes when he spits the water? Seriously!

Triple H hesitates and neglects to tag Orton. Man, he's gonna get a huge pop when he gets in. He does and wrecks everybody until Sheamus hits the pump kick.

Mick Foley bitches about Bischoff putting him in a suit. Didn't he voluntarily dress in a suit for Vince McMahon?

Foley/Jarrett guest refs are Beer Money? Sweet. The crowd has dueling chants.

You know, if Mick Foley took so many chair shots to the head (and other dangerous moves), how come he's not suicidal like so many other wrestlers?

Isn't it about time for Santino or the Divas (or both) to show up?

Why the hell are they giving Bret the "what?" chant? Those idiots in San Jose should be smacked.

Nice zinger by Bret Hart on Vince McMahon driving half his family out of the WWE. Haha. Zinger or not, this promo is going on too long.

Apparently Jarrett beat Mick Foley. I wonder what this means for Foley now. But Beer Money beats on Jarrett. Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam come out to save Jarrett. That could be a fun feud - Hardy/RVD vs. Beer Money.

Finally, RVD gets to talk in TNA and he makes the challenge. But good Lord is his theme song terrible!

Beau: "Heartbreak Old Man is more like it!"

Kane beats up Shawn Michaels and - UNDERTAKER! MY GOD HE'S PISSED! CHOKESLAM!

They do a sweet switcheroo between the episodes of darkness switching out Undertaker and Kane. But HBK still beats Kane.

Man they're really building Cena/Batista. That's all I see on RAW tonight is promos.

Hey where's Hornswoggle?

Bob Uecker into the WWE Hall of Fame. Eh.

Hahaha - Kane dragging Pete Rose into his locker room. So cartoonish but so fun.

So...Hernandez got the Carbon Footprint into the steel post?

What the hell are Hulk Hogan, Shannon Moore, and Dixie Carter doing backstage with Hernandez leaving in the ambulance? Especially Shannon Moore?

There's an 8-Diva tag team match but it's so short I didn't catch who all was in it. Michelle McCool hits the Styles Clash (or whatever she calls it) for the win. Seeing Vickie Guerrero, Bob goes, "Who's the fuckin' teacher?"

Mike Tenay said Spike TV was going to stay with RVD and Jeff Hardy vs. Beer Money until the conclusion, but then they took a commercial break. Weak.

Batista finally shows up and...I still don't care. But this dark arena and one spotlight on him does look pretty cool. I like his honest heel tact, too. But TNA's main event is winning out so I'm not seeing all the promo.

Did Mr. Anderson or Kurt Angle show up on TNA tonight?

Jeff Hardy can lose the cargo pants. It's not 1998 anymore.

Of all matches to announce for next week, they announce Tara vs. Daffney in a First Blood match. Weird.

That DDT RVD took looked painful!

The combo of Swanton Bomb and Five-Star Frog Splash was pretty sweet. That main event was super fun to watch.

I thought that was it, but Eric Young showed up, declaring Scott Hall, Syxx, and Kevin Nash vs. Eric Young, Hardy, and Rob Van Dam. I can dig it.

I tune back into RAW and, surprise surprise, John Cena stands tall as Batista walks out.