Post by tnafan4life on Jan 28, 2009 1:43:58 GMT -5
Right now, TNA is planning to go big for four pay-per-view shows per year as opposed to trying to make each monthly show a big one.
This is why we've got Brother Devon and Brother Ray working singles matches at Against All Odds, as the next big show is Lockdown where Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett III will probably take place.
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Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (F4WOnline.com)
» There hasn't been much interest in TNA of any of the talents that were recently released by WWE.
» Sting has been rehabbing his knee in between TV tapings and did not let anyone in TNA know he was injured until a day or two before the Genesis pay-per-view, where they had to change the show and throw in the Rhino injury storyline as a way to get them out of doing a hard match and also change the iMPACT tapings so Sting wouldn't have to do much physically.
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Regarding TNA using Kip James in the main event of the Genesis pay-per-view, they had nobody around and felt it was too short of a time to get someone new when they found out Kevin Nash couldn't wrestle. They could have made a desperation phone call to someone like Rick Steiner in Atlanta, but the decision came down to two choices, either put Kip in or do a tag match with Scott Steiner & Booker T vs. Mick Foley and either Devon or AJ Styles.
The idea would have been to do a deal where Devon got beat down and hurt, ending with a heel DQ finish and then Cornette & Foley would restart the match, like they did. With Devon down, Styles and Foley would work as a team and Foley would have pinned Steiner for the win. Jeff Jarrett liked the scenario with Kip James better, so that's what they went with. The feeling was that Kip would actually make the match better since he could do a lot more than Nash could.
The argument against it was that the fans would crap on Kip considering his current gimmick and everything else. The reason nobody else in the company was used, like they have with Kaz and Eric Young in the past, is because there were complaints that using guys like that weakened the match in the fans' eyes.
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Kurt Angle was mad at Giant Bernard (former WWE wrestler A-Train) for power bombing him too quickly after the finish in their Tokyo Dome match a few weeks ago.
The angle was shot for TV in Japan, but at the same time, Bernard had to give enough time because the match is airing as a TV main event for TNA's upcoming "Global Impact" special in the United States. It's going to be hard for TNA to not air the power bomb with an abrupt jump cut.
Additionally, TNA officials obviously have no interest in airing something putting Bernard over their top star.
(TNAWrestlingNews.com)
This is why we've got Brother Devon and Brother Ray working singles matches at Against All Odds, as the next big show is Lockdown where Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett III will probably take place.
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Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (F4WOnline.com)
» There hasn't been much interest in TNA of any of the talents that were recently released by WWE.
» Sting has been rehabbing his knee in between TV tapings and did not let anyone in TNA know he was injured until a day or two before the Genesis pay-per-view, where they had to change the show and throw in the Rhino injury storyline as a way to get them out of doing a hard match and also change the iMPACT tapings so Sting wouldn't have to do much physically.
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Regarding TNA using Kip James in the main event of the Genesis pay-per-view, they had nobody around and felt it was too short of a time to get someone new when they found out Kevin Nash couldn't wrestle. They could have made a desperation phone call to someone like Rick Steiner in Atlanta, but the decision came down to two choices, either put Kip in or do a tag match with Scott Steiner & Booker T vs. Mick Foley and either Devon or AJ Styles.
The idea would have been to do a deal where Devon got beat down and hurt, ending with a heel DQ finish and then Cornette & Foley would restart the match, like they did. With Devon down, Styles and Foley would work as a team and Foley would have pinned Steiner for the win. Jeff Jarrett liked the scenario with Kip James better, so that's what they went with. The feeling was that Kip would actually make the match better since he could do a lot more than Nash could.
The argument against it was that the fans would crap on Kip considering his current gimmick and everything else. The reason nobody else in the company was used, like they have with Kaz and Eric Young in the past, is because there were complaints that using guys like that weakened the match in the fans' eyes.
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Kurt Angle was mad at Giant Bernard (former WWE wrestler A-Train) for power bombing him too quickly after the finish in their Tokyo Dome match a few weeks ago.
The angle was shot for TV in Japan, but at the same time, Bernard had to give enough time because the match is airing as a TV main event for TNA's upcoming "Global Impact" special in the United States. It's going to be hard for TNA to not air the power bomb with an abrupt jump cut.
Additionally, TNA officials obviously have no interest in airing something putting Bernard over their top star.
(TNAWrestlingNews.com)
