Bound For Glory Doesn't Answer TNA's Biggest Question

TNA ran its biggest pay-per-view of the year, Bound for Glory, Sunday night, yet perhaps the biggest question surrounding the company still doesn't have an answer.

All week, the biggest storyline heading into Bound for Glory was the real-life story of TNA ownership. Reportedly, TNA chairwoman Dixie Carter didn't have the financing to run last night's show and the television tapings TNA has scheduled for this week. That, according to the New York Post, sorted itself out when a mystery party gave the company the cash it needed to move forward this weekend.

The wrinkle, though, is that TNA president Billy Corgan has been actively trying to buy the company from Carter, and took part in multiple interviews last week while TNA's future seemed to be a turmoil. Corgan was the only person speaking, trying to run the company and calm the worries of his roster.

PWInsider.com reported on Monday that Carter did not address talent Sunday night on the status of company ownership. Considering the very public situation TNA found itself in last week, that's inexcusable. You rely on your talent roster and employees to make your company work, and you don't let them know the status of their jobs? People depend on TNA to support their familes, and the fact that those people were left hanging last night, still unaware of the future, is wrong. At the very least, even if nothing is finalized, Dixie had a responsibility to address her roster. If that didn't happen, as has been reported, it's a truly awful thing.

The fans don't necessarily need an explanation. We're the consumers. Fans of a sports team don't have a right to get an explanation on a failed trade negotiation, for example, but the roster does deserve one. 

As for the show itself, it was telling in that it never addressed the company ownership, which was by far the biggest storyline heading into the pay-per-view. Aside from being included in a video package for Gail Kim, Corgan wasn't on the show at all. Dixie appeared during Kim's Hall of Fame induction, which is a good indication that, for now, she still owns TNA.

Drew Galloway mentioned that "Billy Corgan was buying TNA" so that he could get a piece of Galloway. It could have been wishful thinking on Galloway's part, but it was interesting in that the segment was probably a pre-taped interview, and easily could have been edited out if necessary.

1. D.J. Z beat Trevor Lee to retain the X Division Title

This was a solid opening match. It was good to see TNA open the show with a singles X Division match. They almost always open with a match in this division, because it does get the crowd going, but at least they didn't use a six-man confusion fest.

2. Eli Drake won a 10-man gauntlet to earn a World Title shot

Drake was the logical choice here, especially when you look at the other people in the match (sorry Grado). 

Drake has started to gain some momentum as a heel and TNA would be wise to let him run with this opportunity for a while. Let him keep it and continually cut promos. He has to cash it in one week in advance.

3. Moose beat Mike Bennett

I wasn't a huge fan of this match, with the exception of the finish. Bennett looked good here and he had another moment later in the show. It's very clear that TNA has Moose lined up for some big things, likely at this week's television tapings. Moose, I'm guessing, becomes Lashley's next challenger for the TNA World Title.

4. Aron Rex beat Eddie Edwards via decision to win the Grand Championship

This is another match I thought was very bland. Rex's best performance in TNA thus far, unfortunately, has been his first night in the company with a really good promo. He almost seemed bored in a pre-match promo that aired prior to this match, and honestly, he worked kind of like a heel in the match itself. Yet his promo after the match was delivered like a babyface. Rex just hasn't found his groove yet in TNA. I think he's a natural heel, and moving in that direction could be the way to go. Galloway, who is supposed to be the heel, cut a more sympathetic promo earlier in the show.

5. Brother Nero and Matt Hardy beat Decay to win the Tag Team Championship

If you enjoyed The Final Deletion or Delete or Decay, you really enjoyed this match. If you haven't enjoyed what the Hardys have been doing since the summer, you probably hated this.

The cinematic stuff Broken Matt has been doing this year has been very "love it" or "hate it." There hasn't been many people in the middle. I've been a fan of what they've been doing and give them real credit for finally trying something new in the often recycled word of pro wrestling. 

6. Gail Kim beat Maria to win the Knockouts Title

The match itself was really nothing to write home about. After the match, Cody Rhodes debuted with Brandi Rhodes, setting up what will likely be a Cody-Bennett program that will run through the end of this year.

Bennett, after Maria's loss, threatened to run a sit-in protest and disrupt the show, which brought out Cody and Brandi to run them off. 

It was a good debut for Cody, but I thought Bennett was really good in this segment. Mike Bennett, very quietly, has had one of the best years in all of wrestling. From where he was one year ago to where he is now, I'm not sure anyone has taken as big of a jump. He's been really good as a top heel for TNA.

7. Lashley beat ECIII to retain the TNA World Title

This felt like a really flat end to the show. These big shows, it's always better for the babyface to go over. Lashley winning, clean, and then going off air with him on the ramp and ECIII laying in the ring just felt like a downer.

I was expecting a new owner by the time last night's show hit the ring. In which case, I expected ECIII to win and they would have this big moment where they move forward with ECIII as champion. Instead, Lashley retained and the show faded to black.

It's good in the sense that whoever beats Lashley is going to be made to feel like a big deal, but Lashley going over on this show just gave BFG a very flat ending.