Big Return!

At last night's Impact tapings, slated to air March 31 on Spike TV, fans were treated to an enormous surprise when one of TNA's biggest legends returned.

Christopher Daniels -- pictured here -- made his return to the Impact zone. The last time he had been seen, he was working as Suicide before an injury sidelined him. The last time he had been seen without a mask was just after the Bischoff-Hogan regime came in.

Christopher made his return at the tapings last night to help out Fortune when they were attacked and massacred by Immortal inside of a steel cage after the main event. Apparently the reaction for Daniels was huge.

I have to admit that I'm glad to hear that Daniels has come back to TNA, as he, AJ and Samoa Joe are the reasons why I started watching TNA in the first place. However, I don't know if this is going to make the disillusioned fans care all that much at this point. I suppose only time will tell.

Impact Spoilers, March 31

In the TNA Xplosion tapings prior to the show, Hardcore Country Knockout Mickie James pinned Rosita.

We open with Anderson dragging Hebner down to the ring and demanding to know why the match the week before ended in another no contest. Anderson demands the decision to be reversed, but Hebner refuses. Hebner is laid out, his son Brian comes to check on him, and Sting comes out to chastise Anderson for ragging on a referee. Sting and Anderson start brawling and RVD comes out to join in on the fun, demanding Hebner put Anderson in the Lockdown main event. True to typical TNA form, Hogan and Bischoff come out in the opening segment to finally make it a three-way match at Lockdown.

Bischoff announces that the main event will be Sting & Anderson & RVD vs. Naitch's team of Matt Hardy, Abyss and Bully Ray in a steel cage. He says the Network wants ratings, and he's going to give it to them. Insert joke here. Just too easy.

Sting and Anderson start brawling again, but they are pulled apart.

With Eric Young and Orlando Jordan doing commentary, Scott Steiner defeated Jesse Neal. Doug Williams and Magnus attacked after.

Max Buck defeated Jeremy Buck.

Winter defeated Velvet Sky. Angelina came out during the match and left with Winter.

Anderson calls out Sting to apologize, but slaps him instead. They brawled into the crowd. Abyss, Hardy and Ray attacked, but RVD made the save.

Angle calls out Jarrett and states he will not wait for Lockdown. Rob Terry comes out instead. Angle beats Terry and chases Jarrett.

In a steel cage, the team of Bully, Matt and Abyss defeated Sting, Anderson and Van Dam. Sting attacked Anderson during his intro. Anderson did not want to enter the cage until Hogan made him do so. Anderson screwed over RVD, allowing Bully to get the pin.

The heels continue to beat on RVD and Sting. Fortune and Immortal both hit the ring. Flair locks the cage as the babyfaces get massacred. Christopher Daniels hits the ring. He hits a flip from the top of the cage and wipes out Immortal.

Impact Spoilers, March 24

So, here are the spoilers for tonight's Impact tapings, which will air on March 24.

Anderson comes out with a professor. There's a white board in the ring. He runs numbers and announces again that he wants his rematch. Anderson hits the Mic Check on the professor.

True to a typical TNA opening segment, Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff come out. They tell Anderson that he hasn't earned his rematch yet. They set up Anderson and RVD again. Sting comes out and announces that the Network wants him to be the special guest referee.

Hardcore Country Knockout Mickie James defeated Tara, then had a staredown with TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne.

Samoa Joe's little cameraman defeated The Pope. Samoa's lackey was bleeding pretty badly in this match. Samoa Joe ran off The Pope.

Flair comes out with Hardy and Bully. Calls them the best tag team wrestlers. The crowd chants for Fortune and then chants boring. Guess what TNA? The fans aren't cutting slack to even Ric Flair these days. Fortune comes out and brawls with them. Then Abyss returns, apparently sporting a new look.

Hernandez comes out with Sarita and Rosita and introduces the guy behind all the attacks as their new associate Esteban.

Hernandez and his new partner defeat Matt Morgan and Brother Devon. Rosita and Sarita get involved which brings out Velvet Sky and Angelina Love. Angelina seemed to be helping Velvet, but Winter called her to the back, leaving Morgan to tend to Velvet.

RVD and Anderson ended in yet another no contest. Wow...is it just me or does it feel like TNA is just sticking it in and turning the knife? Two weeks with two main events that end in no count out, preceded by an 88 second main event.

Minor Spoiler for Tonight's Taping

Jason Powell of ProWrestling.net is reporting that Abyss has returned to TNA at tonight's Impact tapings, set to air a week from Thursday. Abyss has not been seen on television since he had his nail studded 2x4 Janice stuck in his back.

According to Powell, Abyss helped Ric Flair, Matt Hardy and Bully Ray when AJ Styles and the Fortune faction got the better of them. So it appears that Abyss is still a heel and very much still aligned with Hulk Hogan and Immortal.

I have to admit, it's been great having Abyss gone, since people were starting to object to having him shoved down their throats. However, with him coming back now after such an absence, I think it could do huge things for Abyss as a character.

Spoilers For Impact This Thursday

So, for the ten people who are still die-hard TNA and want to continue watching the program after their blatant show of disrespect to the fans on Sunday, here are some spoilers. For the rest of the people that don't want to watch the product, but still want to follow it, the spoilers for last night's taping are here as well.

Sting is introduced as the new TNA Champion. I could only imagine how good of a mood Sting is in, considering how pissed off he looked at Victory Road.

And, because it's TNA Impact, that means we can't have an opening segment where Bischoff and Hogan stay backstage. So apparently they come out and state that they can't change what belongs to them. Unfortunately, they can't change the fan's perception of their once-favorite show. Bully Ray -- yes, you read that right -- Fortune, Anderson and Van Dam come out claiming that they want another title shot. Fatal four way match is then set up to determine who will face Sting at TNA's next underselling pay-per-view Lockdown.

Crimson and Scott Steiner defeat Ink Inc. Apparently the Ink Inc. relationship begins to deteriorate more with Shannon Moore seemingly being the heel.

Pope D'Angelo Dinero holds a "healing ritual" that is apparently interrupted by Samoa Joe and Okada, his Green Hornet Kato-rip-off of a stalker/photographer.

Madison Rayne holds yet another open challenge and this time she gets to squash former TNA Knockout Alissa Flash. Afterwards, Hardcore Country Knockout Mickie James challenges Madison to a match at Lockdown for the Knockouts Championship. Madison claims that she will accept if Mickie James will put her hair on the line...oh, great, another stipulation match. Don't do it, Mickie -- you've seen what happened to the last Knockout that put her hair on the line for management.

Jeff Jarrett tries to make a truce with Kurt Angle, who obviously refuses. Chaos ensues, Karen goes for a low-blow, but Kurt's wearing a cup, apparently. Jarrett is split open with his guitar. Kurt wants a match at Lockdown. Jarrett says no. Kurt promises that things are gonna happen that are going to suck harder than an episode of Impact. No, not really. I made that up. It's a fate worse than death apparently, anyway.

The TV title was apparently vacated. I missed this. Jeremy "I Wish Death on Your Family" Borash comes out and announces a triple threat. Gunner -- yes, Gunner -- defeats Murphy and Rob Terry to win the TV title.

Matt Morgan, Angelina Love and Winter defeated the team of Hernandez, Sarita and Rosita. The fan makes a run in again.

AJ Styles vs. Bully Ray vs. Ken Anderson vs. Rob Van Dam ends in a no contest, which means that TNA is screwing the fans yet again. Terrific. Instead of apologizing to the fans for being screwed, it's just business as usual for Dixie and crew. Disgusting.

Hogan Uses Questionable Verbiage At Impact Taping

At last night's TNA Impact taping, Hulk Hogan used some verbiage that is quite questionable thanks in large part to the world conditions at the moment.

Last night, Hogan announced that all the wrestlers wanted to be a part of his "tsunami" of wrestling. Unless anybody is living under a rock, right now with the crisis in Japan, this was not the word to use.

Hogan himself veered off the rails. This was not creative's fault, PWInsider.com reports. Creative did not have the word anywhere in the promo, but Hogan added it. Hogan posted the following on his Twitter (which you can follow at HulkHogan4Real),

"The tsunami of wrestling wasn't cool, it will never air;

it's already been cut, but when you're cuttin' promos old

school and not following the script like other robots

with no skills, sometimes you make mistakes.

I''m sorry, I was on a roll, and made a mistake. Nothing but

love and much respect for Japan, but you guys already know that.

I totally apologize. Keeping it real. HH4Life. Much respect, love for Japan. HH."

While I do want to say that I admire him for apologizing right away, why in the hell did he even say it to begin with knowing full well what's been going on? Also, did he really have to throw out the line about robots with no mic skills? Some guys in TNA may take that as a slight against him. I'm not even going to begin to comment about a guy Hogan's age saying stuff like "Keeping it real"...sigh. Thank God TNA decided after Victory Road that they don't need any more bad publicity and got this cut out.

Preview For Impact

Hot on the heels of last night's Victory Road pay-per-view, TNA put out a preview of this coming Thursday's Impact, which is set to tape tonight. Jeff Hardy is still listed on the preview, but we'll see what's going on now that reports state that Jeff was sent home.

*Karen and Jeff Jarrett have a proposal for Kurt Angle.

*The aftermath from Sting retaining his championship and the double count-out contender's match between Mr. Anderson and Rob Van Dam.

*A six-person intergender street fight that pits Hernandez and new TNA Knockouts Tag Champions Rosita and Sarita against Matt Morgan and The Beautiful People.