Dixie Carter = Vince MsMahon?

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Clearly it was set in motion, the day TNA stopped being a professional wrestling company, and becoming a sports entertainment company - visibly mimmicking and molding themselves after the E.

Oh, so that's why Dixie said on the complete interview on TNA's site they're a pro-wrestling company and aren't sports entertainment? I don't see how they can be "mimmicking" and "molding themselves" after the WWE.. and the president say they're a wrestling company when "wrestling" is a naughty word to the WWE.

She's not turning into Vince McMahon. It's just to the point where she has to be shown and acknoledged as the president of the company. She'll be featured more than in the past, but not to the level of Vince McMahon. She's really only made 3-4 apperances on iMPACT in 7 Years. She did the Lashley interview, the pep talk, and of course the interview tonight. I don't count the Hogan press confrence due that she was there because she signed him and she's the president. So, 3-4 apperances on iMPACT and she's going to turn into Vince McMahon? I don't see that at all.

I wouldnt say she's gonna be that heavily involved, especially with storylines. I think that's where her "partner" Hulk Hogan comes into play. that said, they need to get on the same page because Hogan admittedly said last night that he wants to make this the #1 company in "sports entertainment"

I think its foolish to think that modern "wrestling" programs can be one or the other...their has to be a balance.

tna have molded them on wwe for a while now, virtually saying we can never top you. e.g. using tazz (a wwe announcer) over west. constantly signing, and then giving a push to ex wwe wrestlers. changing the name of the wrestlers too 'superstars'

I just looked in the dictionary under "mark" and it had a link to your profile.

With a name like Cross The Line you are obviously not biased.

I'd love to know how he looked " in the dictionary" and it had a link in it.....but I digress.

I think in order to really compete with WWE, TNA can't help but adapt a few things. They would be stupid not to, honestly. But it depends on what they are taking.

I think people get too caught up in the "WWE Rejects" thing, myself included. I think it's more along the lines of "They couldn't come up with anything for this person, so maybe we have something."

To be fair to TNA, lets view the real "big" WWE pick ups. You have Angle, Booker, Christian, Team 3D, Mick Foley, and Taz. All of those people were brought in, and have had or are having a fairly successful run. If any of you are Christian fans, you might want to actually thank TNA for showing the world that he is main event material.

As far as Dixie goes, I don't it's so much that they are trying to be like WWE or that she's trying to be like McMahon. I think they are trying to be different from WWE, and say "Hey, we know that there are rumors or things revolving our company. We want to be open and honest with our fans." This doesn't mean that it was the best decision or that the ends will justify the means.

How are you backing up that West got a promotion so they signed Tazz to be an announcer? Doesn't that seem like a BIG coincidence to you? That's because it was written that way. Tazz signed with them and they knew they were going to put him in a color commentator spot, so they moved West out.

And what does anything have to do with Desmond Wolfe? If you want to bring him up, then I have one word for you: Cena. Bringing someone in and automatically having them feud with Angle has been done.

And wasn't Dixie the one who said she wouldn't appear on tv like Vince and Bischoff did?[/quote]

1.) Taz signed in July as Joe's advioser, then he was put as a commentar. He wasn't signed to be a commentator.

2.) Cena didn't feud with Angle. He faced him in his first match and started feuding with Jericho. The point was that Wolfe came in and went straight into a feud with a main eventer instead of spending weeks squashing jobbers, then a few years later getting a push like that like he would've in the WWE. The WWE wouldn't have someone debuting laying out the 2nd top babyface that wasn't in a match.

3.) Yeah, and she's not appearing like them. It's 3-4 times in SEVEN years! That's nothing compared to Bischoff/McMahon.

I'm a mark for things to, I admit it. But acting like a 12 year-old mark and a 35 year-old mark are different things. Believing what you are told on tv is what 12 year-olds do. Be a TNA fan all you want. But don't pretend like everything they do is gold.

Tazz signed on to be a color commentator. Do you really think they "promoted" West and Tazz was just in the right place at the right time?

They are doing the same thing with Wolfe that they did with Cena. You cannot deny it. Just because it's not turning into a long feud doesn't change the fact that they put Cena against Angle to get him known right off the bat. Same with Wolfe.

And Dixie is showing up more and more. 3-4 times in seven years, sure. But how many times in the past 2 months? Almost as many as that past 7 years.

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Go back and watch the first year of TNA shows, and compare those shows to the product now.... and you honestly tell me, there is no difference between what they were then (a professional wrestling company) and what they are now (sports entertainment) !!!!!!!!!!

You'll see a HEAVY influence that WWE's had on TNA.

Just because she says they're a pro wrestling company, doesn't mean they're a pro wrestling company. You can $hit between 2 slices of bread and say it's a tuna-fish sandwich... but is it really a tuna-fish sandwich? No!

And God help anyone who seriously gullible enough to believe otherwise!