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Post by alanpartridge on Jun 25, 2018 12:17:44 GMT -5
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Post by drifter on Jun 25, 2018 12:39:06 GMT -5
Okada was too at one point. Interesting though, seeing them have Nakamura, when he was IWGP Champion, and they put him on an Xplosion match.
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Post by alanpartridge on Jun 25, 2018 12:44:54 GMT -5
Okada was too at one point. Interesting though, seeing them have Nakamura, when he was IWGP Champion, and they put him on an Xplosion match. Decisions like that explain the downfall of TNA |
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Post by drifter on Jun 25, 2018 12:47:06 GMT -5
Okada was too at one point. Interesting though, seeing them have Nakamura, when he was IWGP Champion, and they put him on an Xplosion match. Decisions like that explain the downfall of TNA Between the talent they had, before they got to their best (Okada and Punk come to mind), to talent they had, that they just let leave, like Joe, AJ and Roode, it's amazing how they keep putting along |
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Post by alanpartridge on Jun 25, 2018 12:48:08 GMT -5
Decisions like that explain the downfall of TNA Between the talent they had, before they got to their best (Okada and Punk come to mind), to talent they had, that they just let leave, like Joe, AJ and Roode, it's amazing how they keep putting along I don't watch Impact anymore because I can't stand Trevor Lee |
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Post by LA Times on Jun 25, 2018 17:55:56 GMT -5
Okada was too at one point. Interesting though, seeing them have Nakamura, when he was IWGP Champion, and they put him on an Xplosion match. They also had Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tiger Mask IV, Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi. Now those guys along with Okada made New Japan a hot property. Sometimes the next big thing can be right in front of you and you wont realize it. |
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Post by drifter on Jun 25, 2018 21:07:27 GMT -5
Okada was too at one point. Interesting though, seeing them have Nakamura, when he was IWGP Champion, and they put him on an Xplosion match. They also had Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tiger Mask IV, Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi. Now those guys along with Okada made New Japan a hot property. Sometimes the next big thing can be right in front of you and you wont realize it. Steve Austin, Mick Foley and Triple H, in WCW show that. |
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Post by finnbalor1 on Jun 25, 2018 23:27:14 GMT -5
I never knew any of those guys from New Japan was in TNA I guess you learn something new everyday.
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Post by "Living Legend" Duttanized on Jun 26, 2018 2:51:14 GMT -5
This is a bit unfair. As I recall the partnership with NJPW was supposed to showcase some of their talents for short periods of time. Okada was just a young lion and didn't have a fraction of the charisma or ability that he has now. No Limit and Tiger Mask IV didn't really wow crowds much. IMPACT botched big time with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jushin Liger though.
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Post by K5 on Jun 26, 2018 23:48:21 GMT -5
the biggest person tna botched with was aj styles for not making him the absolute top baby face no matter who came through.
he was mr tna.
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Post by alanpartridge on Jun 27, 2018 10:31:15 GMT -5
the biggest person tna botched with was aj styles for not making him the absolute top baby face no matter who came through. he was mr tna. Christopher Daniels had potential has a main event heel yet they chose WWE guys instead eg Kurt Angle. |
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Post by K5 on Jun 27, 2018 10:36:42 GMT -5
the biggest person tna botched with was aj styles for not making him the absolute top baby face no matter who came through. he was mr tna. Christopher Daniels had potential has a main event heel yet they chose WWE guys instead eg Kurt Angle. very true. I had high hopes for him when hogan and bischoff initially showed up, as they advertised Daniel’s return and were only referring to him as his last name - which seemed to suggest a bigger direction for him. but it all crashed down. at least we got that iron man match with aj. |
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Post by LA Times on Jun 27, 2018 18:27:30 GMT -5
This is a bit unfair. As I recall the partnership with NJPW was supposed to showcase some of their talents for short periods of time. Okada was just a young lion and didn't have a fraction of the charisma or ability that he has now. No Limit and Tiger Mask IV didn't really wow crowds much. IMPACT botched big time with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jushin Liger though. If theres anything good about Okada's time in TNA, its that he said he learned character development from there and stole Pope DAngelo Dinero's entrance |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 9:26:08 GMT -5
The hell? When was this?
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Post by figurecollector on Jul 2, 2018 10:08:32 GMT -5
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Post by theMOESIAH on Jul 24, 2018 13:13:51 GMT -5
Okada was too at one point. Interesting though, seeing them have Nakamura, when he was IWGP Champion, and they put him on an Xplosion match. They also had Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tiger Mask IV, Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi. Now those guys along with Okada made New Japan a hot property. Sometimes the next big thing can be right in front of you and you wont realize it. True. Just look at WCW, they had Austin and Jericho who they didn't do much of anything with who moved on and became two of the biggest stars ever. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 18:42:03 GMT -5
Elix Skipper shoulda been world champ.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jul 25, 2018 13:23:45 GMT -5
You can't really say TNA botched it with having Nakamura there. The Nakamura I just watched in that video and the one we see weekly on WWE TV are two very different people. He had like zero charisma in this video, and now he is full of that and then some!
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Post by daredevil on Jul 25, 2018 18:55:25 GMT -5
the biggest person tna botched with was aj styles for not making him the absolute top baby face no matter who came through. he was mr tna. Christopher Daniels had potential has a main event heel yet they chose WWE guys instead eg Kurt Angle. Which was absolutely the correct decision. Angle helped carry that company for years. |
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Jul 25, 2018 23:51:36 GMT -5
You can't really say TNA botched it with having Nakamura there. The Nakamura I just watched in that video and the one we see weekly on WWE TV are two very different people. He had like zero charisma in this video, and now he is full of that and then some! You could make that argument for pretty much everyone mentioned that was in TNA for a short time during the relationship. TNA wasn't going to make any of them the wrestlers they are now. Now i disagreed with Okada being made a goof at the end of his excursion, but i read interviews of him saying he learned charisma in TNA and used it for his Rainmaker character. A lot of these guys that came from NJPW were there simply to add some International flavor to the X Division and TNA roster. |
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