When I say Aja Kong I meant Awesome Kong, always get them two mixed up.
TNA Wrestling on Challenge TV
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Originally Posted by batdude_uk1:
“Are we supposed to believe that Bully Ray was getting it on with Hogan's daughter??”
“Are we supposed to believe that Bully Ray was getting it on with Hogan's daughter??”
Looks like it, if end of this weeks is anything to go by, and it was a rubbish episode to, worst ive seen for a while that, don't know wtf they are doing, and the 3 man commentary just doesn't work imo.
Originally Posted by LongBallPlease:
“Stopped watching the knockouts, they used to be about wrestling, sadly they're not now, bring back Aja Kong, she made the knockouts brilliant and I even remember her main eventing Impact, unheard of for a female.”
“Stopped watching the knockouts, they used to be about wrestling, sadly they're not now, bring back Aja Kong, she made the knockouts brilliant and I even remember her main eventing Impact, unheard of for a female.”
Yeah the knockouts have gone way down hill.
Pretty sure Garrett Bischoff is in A&E now. With Eric Bischoff supposedly the Aces & Eights leader and Wes Brisco supposedly a member as well. As much as I absolutely hate the storyline it would be a pretty smart way of introducing him via gutcheck
The A&8 segments are annoying me a bit now because of their length - eg they've just attacked EY (watching on +1!) and they take so long to actually attack him and then people run down to 'make the save' or whatever - when A&8 first started they'd run in, grab the guy, beat the hell out of him and then 15-20 seconds later the entire locker room would storm the ring - but now it's like a couple of minutes and then 1 or 2 people run down. It irritates me.
Impact last week only drew 118,000 viewers, which I think is the lowest since the move to Challenge. Third straight week figures have dropped.
Part of it is to blame on the strong Sunday night schedule on other channels, such as Dragons Den and MOTD, but even adding the Tuesday night viewing figures into consideration (which have remained consistent), the numbers still aren't what they used to be.
Easy to see why. Stories that drag on forever and by-the-numbers booking. Russo's shows were a clusterf**k, yes, but they did have that shock and surprise factor.
Part of it is to blame on the strong Sunday night schedule on other channels, such as Dragons Den and MOTD, but even adding the Tuesday night viewing figures into consideration (which have remained consistent), the numbers still aren't what they used to be.
Easy to see why. Stories that drag on forever and by-the-numbers booking. Russo's shows were a clusterf**k, yes, but they did have that shock and surprise factor.
Originally Posted by Super Bandit:
“Pretty sure Garrett Bischoff is in A&E now. With Eric Bischoff supposedly the Aces & Eights leader and Wes Brisco supposedly a member as well. As much as I absolutely hate the storyline it would be a pretty smart way of introducing him via gutcheck”
“Pretty sure Garrett Bischoff is in A&E now. With Eric Bischoff supposedly the Aces & Eights leader and Wes Brisco supposedly a member as well. As much as I absolutely hate the storyline it would be a pretty smart way of introducing him via gutcheck”
Jeff Jarrett would be the perfect leader.
TNA has been heading for the drain ever since the orange one showed up.
First out the door has to be the living in the past legend that is Hogan. Followed by RVD, can't deliver a promo, and is as stale and dated as they come. Hardy needs the elbow too, mainevent and can't cut a promo. None of these guys have made a positive impact in the vein of Angle, Christian or Anderson.
Ex WWE should be jobbed to TNA originals, Vinnie Mac always did this to ex WCW and ECW guys to make his stars look better.
Push the disguntled ex WWE guy like Anderson. He is the one that got away.
Aces & eights too much SOA.
X Division needs reworking.
First out the door has to be the living in the past legend that is Hogan. Followed by RVD, can't deliver a promo, and is as stale and dated as they come. Hardy needs the elbow too, mainevent and can't cut a promo. None of these guys have made a positive impact in the vein of Angle, Christian or Anderson.
Ex WWE should be jobbed to TNA originals, Vinnie Mac always did this to ex WCW and ECW guys to make his stars look better.
Push the disguntled ex WWE guy like Anderson. He is the one that got away.
Aces & eights too much SOA.
X Division needs reworking.
Does anyone remember when the X-Division had the motto or slogan "It is not about limits, it is about no limits!"?
I much prefered it then, when the belt actually meant something, rather than it being a gloryfied jobbers belt as it is now.
I much prefered it then, when the belt actually meant something, rather than it being a gloryfied jobbers belt as it is now.
Reports knocking around that Velvet Sky has re-signed with TNA and may re-debut early next year.
LET THE PIGEONS LOOSE!!
LET THE PIGEONS LOOSE!!
I must admit to not watching TNA for 2 weeks now, it's just so bland at the minute, they have direction but they're so slow with they're story telling. Do none of the writers have any good ideas? DO SOMETHING TNA! and get out of the impact zone ffs!
Originally Posted by QWERTYOP:
“Reports knocking around that Velvet Sky has re-signed with TNA and may re-debut early next year.
LET THE PIGEONS LOOSE!!”
“Reports knocking around that Velvet Sky has re-signed with TNA and may re-debut early next year.
LET THE PIGEONS LOOSE!!
”
Best news ever! (if true)
Theres an extra million viewers right there!
Although apparently there's a theatre in the building that can be set up to hold 4000 people, and presumably that's where they're actually running, TNA announcing Lockdown 2013 is gonna be at the 70,000 seat alamo dome- where the 1997 Royal Rumble was held- is still pretty funny.
Haven't watched for a few months, gave it a try again last week.
Still not for me.
There's a serious problem when TNA in 2009-2010 was much better than it is now. It's completely lost sight with it's identity. It was never going to challenge WWE and it shouldn't have changed to attempt/emulate this.
Still not for me.
There's a serious problem when TNA in 2009-2010 was much better than it is now. It's completely lost sight with it's identity. It was never going to challenge WWE and it shouldn't have changed to attempt/emulate this.
Originally Posted by JCR:
“Although apparently there's a theatre in the building that can be set up to hold 4000 people, and presumably that's where they're actually running, TNA announcing Lockdown 2013 is gonna be at the 70,000 seat alamo dome- where the 1997 Royal Rumble was held- is still pretty funny.”
“Although apparently there's a theatre in the building that can be set up to hold 4000 people, and presumably that's where they're actually running, TNA announcing Lockdown 2013 is gonna be at the 70,000 seat alamo dome- where the 1997 Royal Rumble was held- is still pretty funny.”
There's no way the impact zone has 4,000 people in it, maybe 1,000 tops.
I didn't know that about Lockdown, is that confirmed? If so it'll be ironic as the WWF had no chance of filling it at the time so they papered it heavily, maybe TNA are planning on papering it? It'lll look good at least...
Originally Posted by JCR:
“Although apparently there's a theatre in the building that can be set up to hold 4000 people, and presumably that's where they're actually running, TNA announcing Lockdown 2013 is gonna be at the 70,000 seat alamo dome- where the 1997 Royal Rumble was held- is still pretty funny.”
“Although apparently there's a theatre in the building that can be set up to hold 4000 people, and presumably that's where they're actually running, TNA announcing Lockdown 2013 is gonna be at the 70,000 seat alamo dome- where the 1997 Royal Rumble was held- is still pretty funny.”
how is it funny ?
nothing to say they couldn't fill a good percentage of it. sure they're unlikely to sell it out without giving away a number of tickets, but there's no reason why they can't get a good crowd
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-comeback.html
Yes shes coming back, get the **** in!!!
LET THE PIGEONS LOOSE!!!
Yes shes coming back, get the **** in!!!
LET THE PIGEONS LOOSE!!!
Originally Posted by Grouty:
“http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-comeback.html
Yes shes coming back, get the **** in!!!
LET THE PIGEONS LOOSE!!!”
“http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-comeback.html
Yes shes coming back, get the **** in!!!
LET THE PIGEONS LOOSE!!!”
Contractural dispute resolved by Vince showing zero interest in her (-;
Originally Posted by Ambassador:
“Contractural dispute resolved by Vince showing zero interest in her (-;”
“Contractural dispute resolved by Vince showing zero interest in her (-;”
lol, I feel like spewing, we'll have her rammed down our throats for weeks now, brilliant.
Originally Posted by f_196:
“Haven't watched for a few months, gave it a try again last week.
Still not for me.
There's a serious problem when TNA in 2009-2010 was much better than it is now. It's completely lost sight with it's identity. It was never going to challenge WWE and it shouldn't have changed to attempt/emulate this.”
“Haven't watched for a few months, gave it a try again last week.
Still not for me.
There's a serious problem when TNA in 2009-2010 was much better than it is now. It's completely lost sight with it's identity. It was never going to challenge WWE and it shouldn't have changed to attempt/emulate this.”
Right now it's the only wrestling show for me. WWE is way too overexposed for me to care until the 'road to wrestlemania', what with 3 hour Raw, Main Event (not shown) and 2 hour Smackdown. With only one show, I can follow the pace of TNA, the shows are mostly logical and consistent, a lot of strong matches this year, and the PPVs have been good.
Originally Posted by JasonWatkins:
“how is it funny ?
nothing to say they couldn't fill a good percentage of it. sure they're unlikely to sell it out without giving away a number of tickets, but there's no reason why they can't get a good crowd”
“how is it funny ?
nothing to say they couldn't fill a good percentage of it. sure they're unlikely to sell it out without giving away a number of tickets, but there's no reason why they can't get a good crowd”
70,000? With comps they didn't reach 3,000 for Bound for Glory. It seems many of the houseshows struggle to sell tickets, viewership is down and many yanks don't even seem aware of TNA, or according to some modern WWE.
Basically interest in wrestling has been down year-on-year. The WWE as a brand and Wrestlemania are still big, but wrestling isn't in a great place. They could sell more tickets by advertising to the Latin demographic, but TNA doesn't have a Mistico or Mysterio.
Regarding the Lockdown venue, it sounds like it will be in a 10,000 boxing theatre which is part of the Alamodome, seems more plausible.
http://www.wrestlingforum.com/total-...ounced-14.html
http://www.wrestlingforum.com/total-...ounced-14.html
The whole business is def in a lull, it's pretty much like the early 90s except now we haven't got the talent grounds and the state associations to build up new talent. It's not helped by the WWE talent management being crucified under Laurenitis (who I maintain was pushed) but hopefully that will change and benefit both organisations
Re- Ratings. WWE is ahead of TNA despite being behind a UK paywall which is intriguing. Sums up a lot of folks feelings that the product is all a bit....meh
Re- Ratings. WWE is ahead of TNA despite being behind a UK paywall which is intriguing. Sums up a lot of folks feelings that the product is all a bit....meh
Thought this weeks was better than last, apart from the eff up when Hogan was talking to Aries backstage, they started playing Roode going on about winning the world title over the top of them
Originally Posted by JasonWatkins:
“how is it funny ?
nothing to say they couldn't fill a good percentage of it. sure they're unlikely to sell it out without giving away a number of tickets, but there's no reason why they can't get a good crowd”
“how is it funny ?
nothing to say they couldn't fill a good percentage of it. sure they're unlikely to sell it out without giving away a number of tickets, but there's no reason why they can't get a good crowd”
If they were running a big venue for a pay per view no one local would buy tickets. It's a problem UFC have had- if people expect that thousands of tickets are going to be given away in the week before the show because it can't look empty on tv, then the advance will be awful. WWF gave away 12,000 tickets for the 1997 Rumble if I recall correctly, and that show had the expectation of hometown babyface Shawn Michaels winning the belt. And TNA isn't a huge live draw in the USA.
According to the Alamodome's facebook page TNA are running the main room, presumably with most of it curtained off.
Originally Posted by JCR:
“If they were running a big venue for a pay per view no one local would buy tickets. It's a problem UFC have had- if people expect that thousands of tickets are going to be given away in the week before the show because it can't look empty on tv, then the advance will be awful. WWF gave away 12,000 tickets for the 1997 Rumble if I recall correctly, and that show had the expectation of hometown babyface Shawn Michaels winning the belt. And TNA isn't a huge live draw in the USA.
According to the Alamodome's facebook page TNA are running the main room, presumably with most of it curtained off.”
“If they were running a big venue for a pay per view no one local would buy tickets. It's a problem UFC have had- if people expect that thousands of tickets are going to be given away in the week before the show because it can't look empty on tv, then the advance will be awful. WWF gave away 12,000 tickets for the 1997 Rumble if I recall correctly, and that show had the expectation of hometown babyface Shawn Michaels winning the belt. And TNA isn't a huge live draw in the USA.
According to the Alamodome's facebook page TNA are running the main room, presumably with most of it curtained off.”
And tickets were cheap as chips.
Well the latest news is that TNA are going to put Lockdown in the main stadium, they'll need to paper this show to record levels.
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