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Post by Chip on Jul 9, 2013 18:58:34 GMT -5
I always thought "Television Champion" was the lamest name for a title, possibly ever.
Like, what? he's the Champion of TV? what does that even mean?
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Post by Scotty on Jul 9, 2013 20:06:09 GMT -5
I always thought "Television Champion" was the lamest name for a title, possibly ever. Like, what? he's the Champion of TV? what does that even mean? Even more confusing when its defended more on PPV than it is TV
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Post by BCizzle on Jul 9, 2013 22:31:05 GMT -5
The TNA TV championship is more worthless that the WWE books the IC and US belts to be. It doesn't need to be, but when your champion is never on TV, only his "brother", it makes it pretty useless.
I think calling it the TV championship sucks, too. It was lame in WCW and it's lame in TNA. Just call it the Midcard Championship.
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Post by A Flair for the Gold on Jul 10, 2013 0:35:04 GMT -5
wcw's TV championship actually was decent. where TNA failed is that had it defended on PPV, whereas WCW would do it on TV with a 15 minute time limit. that's all TNA needed to do to make that belt at least worth caring for. it would have been great as a second midcard title with the x-division title, but, let's be honest, TNA is run by retards, kinda like WCW in the early 1990's before bischoff took over.
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Post by Falconsinclair on Jul 10, 2013 0:41:23 GMT -5
Back when WCW had the Television Champion and before the Monday Night Wars, that belt was defended all the time on Television. Especially on WCW original flagship show WCW Saturday Night. Look at some of the guys who held that title during that era, especially Tully Blanchard. He was the workhorse of the Four Horsemen because of that title.
TNA started to the right thing with Television Championship when they actually had D-Von defending it week in and week out on Television. I was actually excited for that period because it truly felt like a throwback to the old NWA/WCW days. Once that belt stopped being defended every week it became redundant.
The same thing happened in WCW when Bischoff took the focus away from the Television Championship and put it on the cruiserweights. At one point WCW had Nitro/Thunder and Saturday Night all running, but Bischoff didn't care about anything other than Nitro. The WCW Television Title could have been huge during this period if they had it defended at least once a week on one of those three Television shows.
The same could be said for TNA, if they didn't want to put the TV Title on every Impact, why not have it defended on Xplosion, which could have made that program a must find for their fans.
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Post by Epic Z on Jul 10, 2013 19:15:39 GMT -5
I think going on the road is costing them alot more money then they thought it would and there having to take budget cuts. But it was stupid firing WRESTLERS like Joey Ryan and guys like Christian York who has potential instead and not firing people who don't even belong in a wrestling ring like Jessie from Big Brother ( I bet half of the people who watch TNA don't even know who he is), King Mo and Rampage Jackson.
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Post by fdamage: Elite Trader on Jul 10, 2013 19:23:38 GMT -5
It could have been used for guys with nothing to do, to add prestige to it. Like a lower card belt. Then built back up to midcard/upper midcard and made to seem important, but sure, get rid of it... I agree with this. I loved the TV title especially when it was defended on TV weekly. Very old school feel & gave guys more exposure IMO.
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Post by fdamage: Elite Trader on Jul 10, 2013 19:25:26 GMT -5
Back when WCW had the Television Champion and before the Monday Night Wars, that belt was defended all the time on Television. Especially on WCW original flagship show WCW Saturday Night. Look at some of the guys who held that title during that era, especially Tully Blanchard. He was the workhorse of the Four Horsemen because of that title. TNA started to the right thing with Television Championship when they actually had D-Von defending it week in and week out on Television. I was actually excited for that period because it truly felt like a throwback to the old NWA/WCW days. Once that belt stopped being defended every week it became redundant. The same thing happened in WCW when Bischoff took the focus away from the Television Championship and put it on the cruiserweights. At one point WCW had Nitro/Thunder and Saturday Night all running, but Bischoff didn't care about anything other than Nitro. The WCW Television Title could have been huge during this period if they had it defended at least once a week on one of those three Television shows. The same could be said for TNA, if they didn't want to put the TV Title on every Impact, why not have it defended on Xplosion, which could have made that program a must find for their fans. Thanks for this. Exactly right...
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Post by deskjet on Jul 10, 2013 23:32:02 GMT -5
TNA's stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Rating have been poor and who do they throw money at...Hogan, sting, christy hemme, rampage jackson. And get rid of talent and titles that could help grow the product. bunch of retards running the company
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Post by McBlake on Jul 11, 2013 13:00:13 GMT -5
One of my favourite belt designs ever. I loved that thing. Shame it was never given any real consistency or prestige.
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Post by zaxary on Jul 11, 2013 14:02:15 GMT -5
Oh, TNA... you continue to play hard to get... I like you, TNA. I do. You don't have to push me away. (I'll try to hold on)
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Post by Brad on Jul 11, 2013 17:30:17 GMT -5
I always thought "Television Champion" was the lamest name for a title, possibly ever. Like, what? he's the Champion of TV? what does that even mean? LOL right?
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Post by A Flair for the Gold on Jul 11, 2013 23:53:48 GMT -5
Oh, TNA... you continue to play hard to get... I like you, TNA. I do. You don't have to push me away. (I'll try to hold on) i feel the exact same way, lol
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Post by specterkev on Jul 12, 2013 3:48:35 GMT -5
i liked the tv title but it barely was defended..if it's not gonna be used then yeah.. be rid of it
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Post by fdamage: Elite Trader on Jul 13, 2013 11:42:26 GMT -5
i liked the tv title but it barely was defended..if it's not gonna be used then yeah.. be rid of it They did a great job having it on TV each week in the beginning. Hence the name TV title... Then it disappeared & became meaningless like pretty much everything booked in TNA.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2013 21:08:05 GMT -5
Television titles should be defended on television and pay-per-view. Not at house shows because that should be the purpose.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jul 14, 2013 15:37:29 GMT -5
They weren't relevant anyway.
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Post by Spear Guy on Jul 14, 2013 16:00:37 GMT -5
Why is it still on their website if its gone?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2013 0:57:17 GMT -5
The x division title is vacant. Oh is Sabin hurt again or did I miss something?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 15, 2013 8:03:17 GMT -5
The x division title is vacant. Oh is Sabin hurt again or did I miss something? He cashed it in to face Bully Ray for the WHC, thus it is vacated.
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