Holy S**t.

Attention: This blog entry will be of major importance to wrestling fans and of absolutely no importance to anyone else.

The week started when TNA announced there would be a "big announcement" at this Sunday's No Surrender PPV, thus giving one of the least talked about shows in the company's history a sudden influx of buzz.

Speculation abounded. What or who was it? Then word began to leak out of a major change in the booking team...the current writers were being ousted and former WWF and WCW writer Vince Russo was being installed as new head booker. Internet buzz soured. That moron was largely responsible for booking WCW into the ground over its last year. Was THIS the big announcement that was supposed to turn the wrestling world on its ear?

No. Tonight at the PPV, TNA shocked everyone with not only one, but TWO huge revelations. First, starting on November 16th, TNA's flagship show, Impact, would go primetime, airing on Thursdays at 9 p.m.

Then, a video package played, ending with the announcement...that Kurt Angle was coming to TNA. Angle's last words: "It's real. It's damn real."

Refer to the title of this post to sum up my reaction.

Well, this has been an eventful week, hasn't it? In the space of a few days, almost ALL the talk in the wrestling world has now switched to TNA, for better or worse. Time will tell what any of this means. My capsule reaction to all three announcements...

Russo: Sucks. Has no business in the business. Will REALLY have to prove that he can book a consistently entertaining wrestling show for me to be okay with this.

New Timeslot: About time. First step toward really running with the big dogs. Next two steps are a longer show and a move to Mondays. If this first stage is a success, we'll see about the rest.

Angle: Is insane. I really, really, REALLY hope he knows what the hell he's doing. Beyond worrying about his own well-being, I worry about the wrestlers he's gonna work with. Angle/Samoa Joe may be a dream match, but the dream becomes a nightmare if one of them ends up seriously injured because of it.

Time will tell. For now though, my initial response is one of stunned silence. Yet I just wrote a couple hundred words about it. Go figure.

Be safe, Kurt. Be smart, TNA. Begone, foul Russo.