Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Oct 30, 2013 1:29:26 GMT -5
logistics, all of it, hypothetical game.
TNA is now yours.
What are the first 5 moves you make? Why are you making them?
Please go in depth. A simple "I'd hire Rhino" is lame. Tell us what you're doing and why, this could be a really interesting thread.
I started the conversation so I'll go first. Not all of them are major moves like hiring and firing, but these are my first five decisions.
1. Kill 'IMPACT WRESLTING' in favor of 'TNA Wrestling.'
It's gone. My company is TNA Wrestling. I hated it when Hogan and Bischoff coined the 'IMPACT' thing because it my mind, it only created confusion. The company is TNA... But they're calling it 'IMPACT Wrestling.' Okay... The World Championship has 'TNA Wrestling' engraved on it, but the website is IMPACTWreslting.com. Hm... Lastly, half of the roster is calling it 'TNA Wrestling' anyway. Where the are they working? What the are we watching? TNA Wrestling, god dammit. A new ad campaign goes into high gear the second I get the job.
2. Increase the awareness of TNA Wrestling with advertising.
The problem that TNA has, and has ALWAYS had is that they always depend on a wrestler to make them bigger. Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Christian, Sting, Hulk Hogan. These were all huge names for TNA and in what way or another they all benefitted the product, but they didn't benefit the TNA name. The company was looked at as the place Hardy went, or the place Hogan went. In the UFC, there isn't one single name that's bigger than the company. Tito Ortiz and Rampage Jackson can leave the UFC and fight with Bellator, no one cares. The PPV buys were projected so low and ticket sales were so terrible that Bellator, on the heels of the Tito/Jackson fight falling apart, have scrapped the PPV altogether in favor of airing it on television for free. How often do you talk to people who aren't wrestling fans that can tell you what TNA is? Probably never. When I take over, I'm going to do my god damndest to change that. I want everyone to know the name TNA. I want the people who still call it "WWF" to know what TNA is. When you walk into Walmart, there's going to be a TNA kiosk with DVDs, shirts, action figures, posters, video games, everything a mom can find and think 'Oh Jimmy will like this.' Oh, and by the way, a huge part of the ad campaign is based on the fact that PPV cost has been lowered to $24.99. I shove it down their throats. Our PPVs are better and they're cheaper. People hate spending money. If they spend less and find out they're getting more, they'll continue spending and tell their friends to start spending, too. This grows the PPV audience over time.
3. Change the color scheme.
I really am not a fan at all of the blue and black color scheme that came with the IMPACT rebranding. It looks incredibly cheap and the arena is very, very dark. In 2005 TNA, we had the black and red color scheme with what seemed like the lighting in your living room. It was fun to look at, sharp to the eye, and put out an atmosphere of something that we could get attached to. Red and black is not original by any means, but it's not currently being used by the top company, either. RAW is black and white for the most part now with it's white posts and white ropes. My TNA puts RED ropes and BLACK posts on it's six sided ring.
4. Did I say 'Six Sided Ring?'
Yes I did, god dammit. It's back.
(this video shows that it's not just match quality, but the attention paid and time spent that made the X Division so special. Who DIDN'T love this time period?)
5. Return the X Division to former glory.
The X Division is a ghost of what it used to be, and it's not the fault of the wrestlers in the division. It's TNA's fault. The X Division Championship used to be THE championship in TNA. AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Samoa Joe, Chris Sabin, Petey Williams, these guys made that division the place to be, the product to watch, and the belt to hold. In today's TNA, what do we have? A bunch of youngsters going after the belt, trading it to each other in EXCLUSIVELY triple threat matches. Why? Oh wait, what? The triple threat thing didn't work as was stupid all along? Okay, scratch that. See what I mean? The whole division has been spit on. The second a name player wins the X Division Title these days he GIVES IT AWAY for the POSSIBILITY of winning the TNA World Title. I'm all for having the young guys vying for the Title, they should be, but the veterans should be looking to win it as well to add to their legacy. Because they want it under their list of accomplishments. Because it's an important Title, god dammit.
Those are my moves.
Can't wait to hear what yours are.
TNA is now yours.
What are the first 5 moves you make? Why are you making them?
Please go in depth. A simple "I'd hire Rhino" is lame. Tell us what you're doing and why, this could be a really interesting thread.
I started the conversation so I'll go first. Not all of them are major moves like hiring and firing, but these are my first five decisions.
1. Kill 'IMPACT WRESLTING' in favor of 'TNA Wrestling.'
It's gone. My company is TNA Wrestling. I hated it when Hogan and Bischoff coined the 'IMPACT' thing because it my mind, it only created confusion. The company is TNA... But they're calling it 'IMPACT Wrestling.' Okay... The World Championship has 'TNA Wrestling' engraved on it, but the website is IMPACTWreslting.com. Hm... Lastly, half of the roster is calling it 'TNA Wrestling' anyway. Where the are they working? What the are we watching? TNA Wrestling, god dammit. A new ad campaign goes into high gear the second I get the job.
2. Increase the awareness of TNA Wrestling with advertising.
The problem that TNA has, and has ALWAYS had is that they always depend on a wrestler to make them bigger. Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Christian, Sting, Hulk Hogan. These were all huge names for TNA and in what way or another they all benefitted the product, but they didn't benefit the TNA name. The company was looked at as the place Hardy went, or the place Hogan went. In the UFC, there isn't one single name that's bigger than the company. Tito Ortiz and Rampage Jackson can leave the UFC and fight with Bellator, no one cares. The PPV buys were projected so low and ticket sales were so terrible that Bellator, on the heels of the Tito/Jackson fight falling apart, have scrapped the PPV altogether in favor of airing it on television for free. How often do you talk to people who aren't wrestling fans that can tell you what TNA is? Probably never. When I take over, I'm going to do my god damndest to change that. I want everyone to know the name TNA. I want the people who still call it "WWF" to know what TNA is. When you walk into Walmart, there's going to be a TNA kiosk with DVDs, shirts, action figures, posters, video games, everything a mom can find and think 'Oh Jimmy will like this.' Oh, and by the way, a huge part of the ad campaign is based on the fact that PPV cost has been lowered to $24.99. I shove it down their throats. Our PPVs are better and they're cheaper. People hate spending money. If they spend less and find out they're getting more, they'll continue spending and tell their friends to start spending, too. This grows the PPV audience over time.
3. Change the color scheme.
I really am not a fan at all of the blue and black color scheme that came with the IMPACT rebranding. It looks incredibly cheap and the arena is very, very dark. In 2005 TNA, we had the black and red color scheme with what seemed like the lighting in your living room. It was fun to look at, sharp to the eye, and put out an atmosphere of something that we could get attached to. Red and black is not original by any means, but it's not currently being used by the top company, either. RAW is black and white for the most part now with it's white posts and white ropes. My TNA puts RED ropes and BLACK posts on it's six sided ring.
4. Did I say 'Six Sided Ring?'
Yes I did, god dammit. It's back.
(this video shows that it's not just match quality, but the attention paid and time spent that made the X Division so special. Who DIDN'T love this time period?)
5. Return the X Division to former glory.
The X Division is a ghost of what it used to be, and it's not the fault of the wrestlers in the division. It's TNA's fault. The X Division Championship used to be THE championship in TNA. AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Samoa Joe, Chris Sabin, Petey Williams, these guys made that division the place to be, the product to watch, and the belt to hold. In today's TNA, what do we have? A bunch of youngsters going after the belt, trading it to each other in EXCLUSIVELY triple threat matches. Why? Oh wait, what? The triple threat thing didn't work as was stupid all along? Okay, scratch that. See what I mean? The whole division has been spit on. The second a name player wins the X Division Title these days he GIVES IT AWAY for the POSSIBILITY of winning the TNA World Title. I'm all for having the young guys vying for the Title, they should be, but the veterans should be looking to win it as well to add to their legacy. Because they want it under their list of accomplishments. Because it's an important Title, god dammit.
Those are my moves.
Can't wait to hear what yours are.