By Wade Keller, PWTorch editor

For a detailed report, check out James Caldwell's main PPV report here at PWTorch. I'll be updating this throughout the show with some brief bullet point thoughts on the happenings. My full report will be published in this week's PWTorch Newsletter (print & digital editions) exclusively for VIP members...

-Regarding the three-way X Division Title match, lots of entertaining, innovative athleticism, but with enough of a story being told and believable near-falls that it all fell into place as a nice, but not epic, opener. Aries really stands out in a good way with his innovative combo moves and snap-quick execution. The botched stacked Sliced Bread didn't take away from my rating as that is bound to happen now and then, and they recovered nicely. Winner: Kendrick in 13:00. (**3/4)

-MIke Tenay, as usual, looked like he was holding back a burp just as they went to him on camera at ringside.

-We got our first "freakin'" of the night from Tara in their backstage interview with Jeremy Borash. Over/Under on instances of "freakin'" being said tonight: 4.

-The Knockouts Tag Title match was entirely suitable for its position on the card. It was nice to see a women's tag match get seven minutes. That shouldn't be a big deal, but it felt like they had time to tell a story and build up some hot-tags and near falls before going into the actual finish.

-I can't believe Taz made a Candy Devine reference. Devine was a 1980s women wrestler. He compared someone's outfit to hers. Wasn't Candy Devine the wrestler who wore tights with one exposed leg? Tenay gave Taz a hard time, telling him to at least talk about the '90s.

-That screaming woman is back in the crowd.

-The announcers - or someone - needs to let viewers know why Devon has such an issue with The Pope.

-Winter vs. Mickie Jamies was pretty clunky at times, but they really pushed the pace and had good intensity to mostly make up for it, so it was an okay nine minute match overall.

-The crowd just doesn't have an opinion one way or another about Crimson. TNA is going half-way with his undefeated streak in the sense that they reference it, but it's not a central focus of the show with any sense that he's actually good enough to be a Goldberg-type of main eventer or even what Samoa Joe was early in his TNA stint when he was portrayed as unbeatable.

-Glad to see Jerry Lynn back. If he's able to work a regular schedule, he's good enough to deserve a spot and earn more paychecks. He's given a ton to pro wrestling, especially holding TNA's X Division together in those early years in the 200s, so it's not charity if he gets a few more paydays while contributing more, even at his age. I'd like to see him move on from RVD, though, as their feud has run its course and the rematch last month was a nice final chapter, in my view, rather than the start of a new feud.

-Abyss has been through so many character changes, it's tough to get too worked up about a babyface turn at this point. Wherever he ends up in this dispute with Immortal, I hope TNA sticks with him in the role for a long time without another turn in a few months.

-Bully Ray continues to cut the most believable heel promos in the industry in years. His match with Anderson, though, was just "okay." It told the story it needed to tell, but it wasn't close to main event quality level action on display between those two, who don't bring out the best in one another style-wise.

-Bischoff, keeping it classy, tells Abyss he "crapped the bed" in his match earlier.

-Beer Money retaining against Mexican America was just okay, but with some botched timing and execution of spots to bring it down a notch. Not even two stars. TNA's tag division needs to be a reason to order PPVs and a consistent strength of TNA's brand. This was just par at best.

-The crowd chanted "Let’s Go Angle" / "Let’s Go Sting," but unlike with John Cena and C.M. Punk, it sounded like the same people were chanting the whole time for both. Come on, pick a side. I suppose they were just trying not to hurt anyone's feelings, but that's being wishy-washy.

-Sting vs. Angle wasn't PPV main event caliber action. Sting isn't an anchor to build the final big match of PPVs around in the year 2011. He's fine as a special attraction a match or two before the main event, ideally in a tag situation to cover for his limitations now that he's into his 50s.

-The finish was tough to figure out, or more specifically, Hogan reaction to the finish was odd. He brought a chair into the ring to help Angle win, Angle rejected his help, but then Angle used the chair to KO Sting anyway. Hogan got the finish he wanted - Sting losing the belt and thus, in theory, the power to bring Dixie Carter back into power. But instead, he was seething, it seemed, at Angle for hitting Sting himself rather than letting Hogan do it. I suppose we'll see this play out on Thursday and hope the pieces fall into place.

-Overall, not a PPV worth three hours of your time or $45 of your money. Nothing hit three-stars, most was one or two stars. It was downhill after the opener, with the six-man being the other good match on the show. The rest were either barely okay to passable.

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