By Wade Keller, PWTorch editor

Last night on TNA Impact, Jeff Jarrett returned to the Impact Zone to address the crowd. He gave a gracious, if not somewhat self-congratulatory, celebration interview for the progress of TNA and his role in it.

Hulk Hogan fired back that Jarrett was talking too much about himself and he didn't want to him reference "I, I, I" again. Hogan came across as having an attitude and perhaps raining on Jarrett's hard-earned parade. It wasn't supposed to come across that way.

Jarrett was supposed to come across as self-absorbed and even borderline delusional, but some of the ideas to get him there were edited out by various factions behind the scenes in recent days. Some insider references were removed and Jarrett himself may not have wanted some things that would have stung too much to be talked about, such as overpushing himself at the expense of others for years, which held the company back.

Because Jarrett came up short on some of the items he was supposed to say, he essentially didn't set the pin up properly for Hogan to knock down. So Hogan came across more heelish than intended.

There was recognition behind the scenes that the Hogan-Jarrett did not come across as the creative team originally envisioned and intended.

Keller's Analysis: It seems they're headed toward a heel faction of ousted former powerbrokers led by Jarrett and Mick Foley (and, perhaps, Vince Russo) feuding with the new bosses, Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, and perhaps Ric Flair or the Outsiders/NWO trio. It hasn't fleshed itself out fully yet, but that seems where it's headed, perhaps with an eventual PPV showdown for power in TNA between Jarrett & Foley and Hogan & a partner (Flair? Angle? Styles). I was confused at the end of the Hogan-Jarrett segment, and for a second assumed Hogan and Bischoff were turning heel. That was definitely not meant to be the impression the viewer was left with. The feeling behind the scenes was they had a pretty good batting average, but that segment was a strikeout, the result of too many chefs in the kitchen and too many rewrites and tweaks. In my PWTorch VIP Keller Hotline just posted (47 minutes), I talk a lot more about behind the scenes reactions to the show, Jeff Hardy, ratings predictions, and overall show analysis. Sign-up info is here: http://www.pwtorch.com/torchsubmainpg.shtml

[Jeff Jarrett art by Grant Gould (c) PWTorch]

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