Cane Dewey Riley
Superstar
Has there ever been a time when more companies have been making wrestling figures at the same time?
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Post by Cane Dewey Riley on Sept 29, 2016 10:03:43 GMT -5
What's EM3 doing on Smackdown?! Stephanie and Shane's cousin that has never been mentioned once!?! That would mean (in kayfabe) that the Dixie Carter and Vince are related. Whoa. Tbf, I've always kind of expected Dixie Carter to pull off her mask one day and be like, "It was me, Austin! It was me all along!!"
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 29, 2016 10:17:26 GMT -5
Where does TNA even fit into WWE? They've never acknowledged it before. Years ago they mentioned TNA on WWE.com
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 10:44:32 GMT -5
And I wouldn't call Final Deletion "groundbreaking" either. It was different and in no way sustainable as a form of output for what "pro wrestling" is. I did like it for what it was - but that's another story for a different topic I guess. Would the Hardys have been given the chance to do that if they were in the straight laced WWE? Imagine creatives faces when you propose a flying drone named Vanguard1. TNA went with something left field and it worked a treat. Once WWE saw the reaction they hastily threw together the wyatt-new day skit. Maybe groundbreaking is the wrong term and there is an argument that lucha underground do something similar but to come up with an idea that makes the biggest game in town take notice and try to imitate it is quite an achievement
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Sept 29, 2016 11:10:17 GMT -5
UPDATENon-Compete Clause? That's freaking bullcrap. I read that there actually wasn't any flights or talent bookings cancelled.
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Post by Rude Awakening on Sept 29, 2016 11:46:15 GMT -5
So is there an episode tonight?
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Post by Darkhawk on Sept 29, 2016 12:21:59 GMT -5
UPDATE
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 12:33:16 GMT -5
I'm telling you, the Death of TNA book by RD Reynolds and Bryan Alvarez is going to be more entertaining than the Death of wcw books!
They wouldn't be in this position if they hired Paul Heyman several years ago to head creative. If someone else ran the business side of ecw and Paul was just doing creative ecw may still be alive today. I have to point that out before someone says "Yeah if Paul is so creative how come ecw went out of business?"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 13:00:31 GMT -5
I'm telling you, the Death of TNA book by RD Reynolds and Bryan Alvarez is going to be more entertaining than the Death of wcw books!
They wouldn't be in this position if they hired Paul Heyman several years ago to head creative. If someone else ran the business side of ecw and Paul was just doing creative ecw may still be alive today. I have to point that out before someone says "Yeah if Paul is so creative how come ecw went out of business?" Ecw started as a platform for something alternative to wwf/wcw. Problem was it became popular too fast and heyman couldnt spin all the plates. TNA needs to be that alternative to WWE, even if its only to indirectly push WWE to up its game.
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Post by IRS on Sept 29, 2016 13:47:22 GMT -5
Oh look, Ditzy Dixie is ing things up again. How shocking. What an idiot.
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Post by punksnotdead on Sept 29, 2016 14:00:59 GMT -5
Oh look, Ditzy Dixie is ing things up again. How shocking. What an idiot. This was the issue when Jarrett wanted to be involved again too, and seemingly merge TNA with GFW in some fashion. Dixie didn't want to sell full control so she could stay as an on-air character and do whatever she wants. I don't get it. Dixie is willing to sink the whole ship at the expense of her not getting what she wants or getting to stay on TV. That tells me she really doesn't care about the company and the people who have poured their heart into it for years. This is an Al Davis move. The only difference is that Al had the bankroll to run the sh*t into the ground until he died.
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Post by IRS on Sept 29, 2016 14:46:56 GMT -5
Oh look, Ditzy Dixie is ing things up again. How shocking. What an idiot. This was the issue when Jarrett wanted to be involved again too, and seemingly merge TNA with GFW in some fashion. Dixie didn't want to sell full control so she could stay as an on-air character and do whatever she wants. I don't get it. Dixie is willing to sink the whole ship at the expense of her not getting what she wants or getting to stay on TV. That tells me she really doesn't care about the company and the people who have poured their heart into it for years. This is an Al Davis move. The only difference is that Al had the bankroll to run the sh*t into the ground until he died. It's really a remarkable case of stupidity. She really must be delusional if she thinks anybody gives half a about seeing her. I remember that during either the DA or POP negotiations, she was trying desperately to get her own reality show on the network, too. This is about the best thing she ever did with TNA...
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beermoney86
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Post by beermoney86 on Sept 29, 2016 15:20:19 GMT -5
Ok, the more and more I'm reading into this, does anybody get a feeling this could be a work, I mean Corgan is really leading into this angle, Maybe just too many years of watching wrestling, and it's no secret TNA has had financial issues in the past.
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Sept 29, 2016 15:31:49 GMT -5
Ok, the more and more I'm reading into this, does anybody get a feeling this could be a work, I mean Corgan is really leading into this angle, Maybe just too many years of watching wrestling, and it's no secret TNA has had financial issues in the past. I feel like Meltzer would've got the sense that it's a work by this point. Not saying he's always right but still I think it would be really hard to work the dirt sheets on this one. They would be going through a lot of effort to make their promotion look like trash.
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Post by deskjet on Sept 29, 2016 15:37:01 GMT -5
Lmao. This is fun. How to kill a company 101 with your hosts hulk hogan, Vince Russo, and Dixie Carter
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Post by IRS on Sept 29, 2016 16:10:35 GMT -5
Ok, the more and more I'm reading into this, does anybody get a feeling this could be a work, I mean Corgan is really leading into this angle, Maybe just too many years of watching wrestling, and it's no secret TNA has had financial issues in the past. I can't see any reason why it would be. What benefit does it give the company to have the public thinking that you're completely broke and on the edge of bankruptcy?
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Post by TheLastDude on Sept 29, 2016 17:02:20 GMT -5
I really hope it didn't take them fourteen years to realize she's walking nonsense.
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FUSamBaker
Main Eventer
Biggest crush on Sami Zayn.
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Post by FUSamBaker on Sept 29, 2016 17:18:37 GMT -5
Personally, I'm a fan of the Dixie character portrayed on TV. I love her. But the portrait she has painted herself outside the ring is horrible. She is really playing with the lives of very TNA employee.
However I still dream of seeing McMahon, Bischoff, Heyman, Russo and Carter in the same ring one day. The "I know you are but what am I?" Would be more intense than Clinton vs Trump.
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Post by The Outsider on Sept 29, 2016 18:56:14 GMT -5
Ok, the more and more I'm reading into this, does anybody get a feeling this could be a work, I mean Corgan is really leading into this angle, Maybe just too many years of watching wrestling, and it's no secret TNA has had financial issues in the past. I can't see any reason why it would be. What benefit does it give the company to have the public thinking that you're completely broke and on the edge of bankruptcy? Not saying it IS a work, but the most obvious benefit of all this would be the mainstream exposure on Lebetard's radio show I'm sure they wouldn't get otherwise, and the interest in TNA programming that might not otherwise be there because "Hey, I better watch, just in case this is the last Impact ever!" or "I'm watching to see if McMahon shows up on Impact!", etc.
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Sept 29, 2016 18:57:31 GMT -5
This was the issue when Jarrett wanted to be involved again too, and seemingly merge TNA with GFW in some fashion. Dixie didn't want to sell full control so she could stay as an on-air character and do whatever she wants. I don't get it. Dixie is willing to sink the whole ship at the expense of her not getting what she wants or getting to stay on TV. That tells me she really doesn't care about the company and the people who have poured their heart into it for years. This is an Al Davis move. The only difference is that Al had the bankroll to run the sh*t into the ground until he died. It's really a remarkable case of stupidity. She really must be delusional if she thinks anybody gives half a about seeing her. I remember that during either the DA or POP negotiations, she was trying desperately to get her own reality show on the network, too. This is about the best thing she ever did with TNA... He should have done us all a favor and botched that. I don't even feel any type of way about typing that.....
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Post by The Outsider on Sept 29, 2016 19:02:40 GMT -5
One problem financially that could be solved....GET THE HELL OUT OF ORLANDO!!!! Christ...Impact is full of tourists. Take the money you can get from selling tickets. I am not saying you have to tour. But setup shop somewhere...rent the building, sell the tickets, do the backstage pass, etc. Make your wrestlers commit to making TNA #1 by capitalizing on what WWE CANNOT do. Meet n greets, fan fests, breakfast with, etc. Do what you need to draw a gate. One of the biggest reason house shows failed...NO MARKETING in the area. TNA once had a street team made up of volunteers. Bring it back. What are you out? There are TONS of ways to promote, market, advertise all with a very, very minimal investment. To top it off, you reward the street team with comp tickets that fill your building out for the seats you cant sell. The Impact Zone is literally A LOSS each time they are running. They are renting from Universal, making no gate, crowd that is there are tourists, the merch area is all but non existant, no room for meet n greets, backstage passes, etc. Its a ing drain on the company to run there. The only plus is a good chunk of the talent is can drive into Orlando and that saves on flight costs. This. They couldn't go just anywhere though. I think their best bet, should they move, would be Philly. Not sure how the fans would react, but I guarenDAMNtee you'd get a reaction that would rock a TV taping. The Philly fans are rabid about their wrestling. I also think TNA would go over better in Philly than WWE, because TNA lends itself to more Non-PG content possibilities than WWE does right now. Just sayin'.
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