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TORCH TNA IMPACT MVP POLL 5/7: Who was the MVP of the May 7 episode of TNA Impact? Following last week's TNA Impact episode, we asked Torch readers to pick the MVP of the show. I haven't seen a less agreeable MVP vote in the history of our polling.

I believe the main reason for that is the general idea that so much happens on the weekly broadcast that there isn't one single person who stands out from everyone else. There isn't a chance for a blow-away TV match because TNA doesn't write to have stand-out wrestling matches and there are so many segments that even a great segment is quickly over-shadowed by a cut-away to the next segment.

The top vote went to Christopher Daniels, but with only 16 percent of the vote. Daniels was in multiple segments on the show - the opening talking segment, a confrontation with Lethal & Creed, the main event ten-man match, and wrestled under the Suicide mask against Creed.

I separated Daniels and Suicide as poll options and Suicide picked up 5 percent of the vote, so, technically Daniels scored 21 percent of the vote. Perhaps it was the volume of appearances from Daniels that made his name stand out in Torch readers's minds when they voted in the MVP poll, but Daniels seemed to be a secondary player on the show. The show really revolved around Foley, Jarrett, and the Mafia.

Mafia leader Kurt Angle took second place in the MVP poll with 11 percent of the vote. Angle led the opening chatter-box segment, then led a sit-down interview with Mike Tenay, then led the Mafia in the ten-man tag main event. And he was all over the place in the multiple Mafia video packages.

TNA depends so much on Angle to direct their storylines and set the pace for each week's show. He was needed in the main event to provide wrestling action while Steiner, Nash, Sting, and Booker took their breathers. He was needed in the opening segment to set up the "opening question" that would be answered by the end of the show. Weekly, he sets the tone for Impact.

Sting took third place in the MVP vote with 11 percent as well. There was a different aura to his character on the May 7 episode that wasn't there when he was involved in crazy storylines as TNA World champion. It was noticeable in the backstage segment with Jeff Jarrett when Jarrett was presented as the hot-headed, out-of-control Grumpy Gus Jeff, then in walked cool, calm, collected Sting.

After Sting was Mick Foley in fourth place with a close 10 percent for his work in multiple segments on the show. Then, Beautiful People and Dr. Stevie Richards tied for fifth place with 6 percent of the MVP voting. Perhaps more TNA wrestlers should consider taking off their belts and threatening grown men to score MVP votes.

Poll Results as of 3:00 p.m. CST on Thursday afternoon
Top Five Results
(1) Christopher Daniels ... 16%
(2) Kurt Angle ... 11%
(3) Sting ... 11%
(4) Mick Foley ... 10%
(5t) Beautiful People ... 6%
(5t) Dr. Stevie Richards ... 6%

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