(Wade Keller's full report on last week's TNA Impact plus added analysis with more thoughts and select key quotes was posted exclusively in this week's PWTorch Newsletter released this week for VIP members. Subscribe here to go VIP: PWTorch.com/GoVIP)

By Wade Keller, PWTorch editor

-- Opening Segment: Dixie Carter got through 15 minutes of material in about 7 minutes. She didn’t take a breath and rushed through everything. Wow. It’s like a fifth-grader reading a book report out-loud to class way too fast just to get through the lines.

-- A.J. Styles vs. Aces & Eights TV main event: All in all, good hype for the BFG main event. They’ve repositioned Styles solidly as a babyface after months of being in limbo. Bully continues to be one of the better heels in years in terms of playing the traditional consistent villainous person in a way that’s not overbearing and also entertaining without getting you to “like him” or root for him. Tenay and Taz are also doing a nice job lately in their roles, including this show start to finish.

-- Sting & Magnus vs. Kazarian & Christopher Daniels: Good match at telling the story they were aiming for, including a clever finish where Magnus made a “rookie mistake” and Sting came in and cleaned up the mess and went for the win anyway he could get it rather than trying to win it a certain way. It built some tension between Magnus and Sting and thus effectively built up their BFG PPV match.

-- Production: Unlike most Impacts, they didn’t have the lighting set up to darken the empty seats. It really jumped out and made the event look minor league.

-- Bobby Roode's E.G.O. Hall of Fame induction video: I’m assuming this introduction video piece was a spoof of the commercials for the Triple H DVD, although I think the Triple H commercials were more over the top than this was, despite its best attempts.

-- Derrick Bateman as Ethan Carter III: This is kind of TNA’s version of Fandango.

(Wade Keller's full report on last week's TNA Impact plus added analysis with more thoughts and select key quotes was posted exclusively in this week's PWTorch Newsletter released this week for VIP members. Subscribe here to go VIP: PWTorch.com/GoVIP)

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