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The Squared Circle Time Machine: Episode 48 - TNA Impact (04.05.10)

·1 hr 40 min·5 clips

Hulk Hogan assembles a bloodthirsty team to annihilate Ric Flair's squad in TNA's desperate 2010 Monday Night War.

Greg Diener and Dane Woychuk host this episode of The Squared Circle Time Machine, focusing on TNA Impact from April 5, 2010. They open by setting up the Lockdown pay-per-view storyline, where Hulk Hogan is forming a team to face Ric Flair's squad. The hosts then shift to discussing current WWE events, including the surprising involvement of Pat McAfee in an angle with Randy Orton and a CM Punk promo. They return to TNA, detailing the Knockouts Lockbox segment, where four prizes—including the Knockouts title and a striptease—are at stake. The episode covers matches like RVD vs. James Storm and Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson for a cage key, with Angle taking a dangerous bump. Ratings analysis reveals TNA drew 0.84 in males 18-49 while WWE Raw had 4.3 million viewers. Backstage segments feature Hogan, Bubba Ray Dudley, and Matt Morgan, who refers to himself as 'we'. The show includes reviews from Bryan Alvarez's Figure Four Online, critiquing matches and angles. The main event sees Angelina Love win the Knockouts title and Daphne forced to perform a striptease, ended by Lacey Von Erich. The hosts conclude by teasing their next episode on TNA Lockdown 2010.

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A chaotic TNA time capsule where wrestling angles, costume gore, and CTE concerns collide.

The Square Circle Time Machine lands on TNA Impact's April 5, 2010 episode, with Team Hogan and Team Flair starting to form and Jeff Jarrett being nudged toward AJ Styles and the title picture.

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Want a wrestling time capsule that moves from Team Hogan and Team Flair to Orlando Jordan's whipped-cream weirdness and a hard CTE aside in one sitting?

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