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Worst #1: Glenn Gilberti ruins everything
Look. We get it. We're supposed to boo Gilberti. He hates the women and has gotten his comeuppance thanks to Scarlett Bordeaux. However, for some reason that wasn't the end of this...stale angle that was, frankly, exhausting back in the 90s when we saw Jeff Jarrett and Chyna do it.
Yet, for some reason, we're continuing on with the Gilberti hate train and his campaign against women's wrestling. Tonight's Impact opened with a 10-person Knockouts Battle Royale that had a secret 11th competitor in Gilberti. The ring featured five of Impact's best Knockouts, including Tessa Blanchard, Jordynne Grace, and Kiera Hogan, along with several unknowns like Solo Darling and Tasha Steeles, who very well could be some big contenders when the time is right.
It's too bad that all the great action we got from this battle royale was marred by Gilberti's God awful commentary. After he entered the ring, he was immediately stomped out by the competitors, forcing him to roll out and sit at the announcer's desk. Not only was he killing the match, forcing Don Callis and Josh Mathews to ignore the action completely in order to argue with him, but he even ruined his own spot, revealing halfway through the thing that he was a competitor and he was going to wait until the right time to re-enter.
As obvious as it was that we were going to see Gilberti get back in the ring near the end and try to screw over one of the knockouts, it was ruined because we were basically told that the second someone thinks they've won, he's going to rush in real quick and take them out.
Lo and behold, Tessa Blanchard eliminated the ninth knockout, Kiera Hogan, but couldn't predict Gilberti, who levelled her with a clothesline before dumping her to the outside.
As great of a show as this week's Impact was, it started off on a pretty low note.
