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Post by IRS on Jan 18, 2018 22:43:36 GMT -5
They didn't squander EC3. He had a long run. He just couldn't quite click. The TV ratings kept dropping and even the Impact Zone fans cooled on him. Plus, his matches weren't... compelling. His grudge match with Spud was probably his best. Impact still has far superior TV lighting and presentation to that of ROH. Though they do dirty up the look now with supplemental Indy show matches, those matches add a splash of variety. And, Impact still has the beloved Jeremy Borash. Disagree that they didn't squander him. He was one of the hottest names in wrestling in 2015, going into 2016. Then he kinda hit an iceberg with his face run, and just got lost in the shuffle after dropping the title, and never really fully recovered after turning heel again. |
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Jan 19, 2018 2:19:39 GMT -5
I honestly like when they show matches from other promotions. Just something different, though i understand why some people dont like it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 7:50:09 GMT -5
I think the company is just a watered down version of what it used to be, I just can't sit and enjoy it anymore. It's almost painful to watch in that sense.
I'm really interested to see how long Abyss and Jeremy Borash stay on the ship
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Post by theMOESIAH on Jan 19, 2018 15:38:39 GMT -5
I'm really interested to see how long Abyss and Jeremy Borash stay on the ship Honestly, where will they go? Abyss blew his chance with WWE years ago. I don't they'd take him now. And what could Borash offer that they don't already have? |
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Post by Sizzle on Jan 19, 2018 16:09:42 GMT -5
I see a bright future if Callis stays on board.
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Post by greenjack1992 on Jan 19, 2018 16:32:58 GMT -5
I think you have to look at how Impact started life.
It was where everyone whose contracts weren't taken up by WWE could go after WCW/ECW were purchased.
It was where everyone who was creating a buzz on the indies went to get on television because WWE wasn't hiring anyone below 6'4" and 250lbs.
In 2018, there is no one left from WCW/ECW who is still wrestling and relevant to draw viewers, and anyone creating a buzz on the indies is being signed to NXT or going to Japan.
It's a different business and its model is completely different now compared with when it was great.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 17:01:07 GMT -5
The roster isn't that important. TNA had a better roster than WWE from 2010-2012, and while it was breaking even financially for a time, it didn't make a dent in WWE's business.
The important thing is the TV show format, and unfortunately Impact's has been all over the place for the last six years. If they can make the TV show format and formula entertaining and appealing, the roster will work itself out.
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 19, 2018 17:09:23 GMT -5
I think you have to look at how Impact started life. It was where everyone whose contracts weren't taken up by WWE could go after WCW/ECW were purchased. It was where everyone who was creating a buzz on the indies went to get on television because WWE wasn't hiring anyone below 6'4" and 250lbs. In 2018, there is no one left from WCW/ECW who is still wrestling and relevant to draw viewers, and anyone creating a buzz on the indies is being signed to NXT or going to Japan. It's a different business and its model is completely different now compared with when it was great. However once Dixie took over it became very mismanaged |
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Post by LA Times on Jan 19, 2018 19:25:20 GMT -5
TNA was a hot property at one time and in 2010-2011, they had a better roster than the WWE at the time. It was Dixie Carter's fascination with Vince Russo that ruined everything.
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Post by K5 on Jan 19, 2018 21:27:51 GMT -5
if I wasn’t a Canadian or a hardcore wrestling fan I have no clue why anyone would really care at this point.
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Post by johnnyaustin21 on Jan 20, 2018 14:55:03 GMT -5
Theirs to many issues to count,from the change in leadership every six months,changing of networks,taping shows months at a time and the lack of star power or true old school TNA guys on the roster are just some of the main issues.I've been a fan of TNA from day one and if you look at the company from '02 to about '11 or so they keep growing in terms of taking step in the right direction and roster but during the run of Hogan/Bischoff things start to turn south and year after year know things keep getting worse.Just look at what the roster was a decade ago in '08 or during the first year or so of the Hogan era to now.Pretty much no one left and TNA/Impact's best stars and so called draws now are Alberto Del Rio & John Morrison.
Don't want to go into spoiler territory but it looks like some positive changes are happening in the coming months but Impact has a long ways to go in their recovery.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Jan 20, 2018 16:40:30 GMT -5
Im sorry, but the good graces that Impact was earning from mid 2017 to late 2017 are going out the door based on the spoilers being read. They are back to hotshotting titles all around, bringing in ex WWE talent and immediately putting them over their homegrown talent and just flat out abandoning all the work they put into the development and growth of some of their vital characters from 2017. I get having to make budget cuts here and there. But there HAS to be a point where you need to keep some of the talent, especially ones that have you have nurtured and grown and developed in house.
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Post by enigmafigs on Jan 20, 2018 19:32:58 GMT -5
I think they're main two problems are the roster and their identity.
They need more compelling and entertaining characters and need to become TNA: Impact again with a six sided ring and red colour scheme... It looks so much better than the blue in my opinion.
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Post by greenjack1992 on Jan 22, 2018 17:04:19 GMT -5
I think you have to look at how Impact started life. It was where everyone whose contracts weren't taken up by WWE could go after WCW/ECW were purchased. It was where everyone who was creating a buzz on the indies went to get on television because WWE wasn't hiring anyone below 6'4" and 250lbs. In 2018, there is no one left from WCW/ECW who is still wrestling and relevant to draw viewers, and anyone creating a buzz on the indies is being signed to NXT or going to Japan. It's a different business and its model is completely different now compared with when it was great. However once Dixie took over it became very mismanaged Quite right. I was really just making the point of why there isn't the same buzz around the talent like there was in its prime. |
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 22, 2018 17:35:36 GMT -5
However once Dixie took over it became very mismanaged Quite right. I was really just making the point of why there isn't the same buzz around the talent like there was in its prime. At one time people called TNA a retirement home for washed up WWE wrestlers |
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Post by BROKEN on Jan 23, 2018 18:33:28 GMT -5
They had a roster to be the top guys. Product was great. Shouldn’t have let Hogan in. They also should have went after Devitt and PAC, same with Steen and Generico. That would have taken the company to a whole new level.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Jan 26, 2018 21:25:58 GMT -5
They had a roster to be the top guys. Product was great. Shouldn’t have let Hogan in. They also should have went after Devitt and PAC, same with Steen and Generico. That would have taken the company to a whole new level. I understand the thought process behind bringing Hogan in. He's the biggest start in the history of the business (despite what WWE wants to say about Austin he didn't top Hogan), it seems logical that he would help then grow. Their problem was paying him as much as they did and giving him and Eric Bischoff so much power in the company. |
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