James Milin-Ashmore reviews a disappointing episode of British Boot Camp…
After five long weeks, British Boot Camp has finally left the grey shores of the UK, moving on to the land of opportunity. And opportunity knocked for the six hopefuls, as they aimed to impress TNA owner Dixie Carter during lunch, and tried to get used to their new surroundings. (Yes, there was no wrestling.) Ho-hum.
It was never going to match last week’s high-octane live show, but this week’s episode was slower than the Great Khali. If I wanted to watch a middle-aged woman eat lunch, I could watch the Real Housewives, but perhaps I’m being facetious.
After all, the lunch meeting did contain the highlight of the show, which was the prospective matches for the six finalists if they make it through the next round. Each was paired off against a professional TNA wrestler, with Kay Lee Ray v Gail Kim and Dave Mastiff v Samoa Joe probably the pick of the bunch.
Before that though, the finalists will be pitched against each other in a six-man face-off, with only three moving forward to the 1v1 matches against the TNA pros.
I could continue for the sake of the word count, but there was literally nothing more of importance or relevance within the entire episode. Instead, there were painful scenes with Spud taking the guys out on a tour of DC, as well as ‘scenes from the RV’, but instead I’ll leave you with the words of Dave Mastiff, as he described Grado perfectly: “He walks round in his wrestling gear 24/7, shuffling his little fat arse.”
Indeed, Mr Mastiff. I only wish the show didn’t have to shuffle through filler like this.