Retro Ups & Downs - TNA Victory Road 2011
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🗓️ 24 October 2021
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Our retro review of TNA Victory Road from 2011. Yes we finally got to the show where Sting faced a very out of it Jeff Hardy. Also Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray, Ken Anderson vs RVD, AJ Styles vs Matt Hardy and much much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination, not a car in the world as you simply lean back. |
| 0:17.0 | And before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:20.0 | This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does. |
| 0:25.0 | Avanti West Coast, feel good travel. |
| 0:41.0 | Victory Road 2011 is one of the most infamous TNA pay-per-views ever for all of the wrong reasons. |
| 0:48.0 | I forgot 10 years ago, having a main event of Sting vs. Jeff Hardy at least on paper was super duper exciting, but it was so bad. |
| 0:56.0 | And it felt a part to such a degree, you should never ever watch it. |
| 1:00.0 | And if you don't know the story here, I will try and catch you up as quickly as I possibly can. |
| 1:04.0 | Because in 2011, Jeff Hardy was dealing with some very serious personal issues, and he was struggling with some demons and turned up to work in no state to perform. |
| 1:14.0 | And I suppose if this had been the first time, it would have kind of been okay, but it was definitely not the first time. |
| 1:20.0 | Because a couple of months earlier, he'd almost been stripped of the world title because he was killing off his rocker. |
| 1:24.0 | And when this did go down, it was a couple of days before he had to be in court due to drug charges. |
| 1:30.0 | This isn't a man you put in a ring, this is somebody you try and get help for because he clearly needed it. |
| 1:36.0 | TNA were well aware of this too, because after the victory road, not only did they send him home for a while, but they also said, |
| 1:42.0 | uh, if you did buy the pay-per-view, we're going to give you six months free access to our tape library that you can access online. |
| 1:49.0 | Now let's be honest, they should have offered refunds for everybody, but the fact they offered anything to begin with, well, it just sums it up. |
| 1:55.0 | Especially because if we do take the main event as the reason people are pulling their hand in their pocket, well, you can figure it out. |
| 2:01.0 | And also if you don't know, this pay-per-view ended early, because Stinger Jeff Hardy only went for two minutes, and it was meant to go for 20. |
| 2:09.0 | I think what really sent worries through the wrestling community is if the exact same reason why WWE decided to let him go in the first place. |
| 2:16.0 | And I completely understand why TNA would want to Jeff Hardy, he was a huge star, and everybody loved him, but a few people were like, |
| 2:23.0 | I don't really think they've got his health as a priority, I totally see where they're coming from. |
| 2:28.0 | It makes all of this a huge shame, because there shouldn't be interest in a match because he's gone so awry, why the hell TNA didn't send anybody else out there, I will never know. |
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