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Old 22-06-2015, 11:36
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what you mean?
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Old 22-06-2015, 14:23
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Old 22-06-2015, 20:34
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shaw had a good gimmick. tna just isnt giving a good platform to anyone anymore.
When Shaw first started with the American Psycho gimmick I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Tons of potential and quite fresh by wrestling standards, in the sense that I hadn't really seen that type of psycho done before in wrestling.

Then it was either sabotaged or somebody completely incompetent got hold of it and it became this guy who was borderline retarded and not at all interesting or entertaining. Wrestling does that too much: Take something that's clearly working and ruin it for no apparent reason.
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Old 22-06-2015, 20:43
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I thought that the Shaw stuff with Christy started off well too. The matches with Anderson weren't great but that's hardly a surprise with Anderson. But I thought that the character had potential until it completely went off the rails. Wrestling lacks anyone who has the patience to plan out and execute a story arch properly.
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Old 22-06-2015, 22:16
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Main Event, the channel that airs TNA in Australia, have announced Slammiversary will be the final show they air. The show will air live with the final IMPACT airing two days earlier
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Old 22-06-2015, 22:21
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I wonder if/when TNA dies if Challenge will try to get ROH?
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Old 22-06-2015, 22:28
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Not good news for TNA if international broadcasters are losing faith.
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Old 22-06-2015, 22:31
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Not good news for TNA if international broadcasters are losing faith.
True as I said wonder if Challenge will get rid.

I'm watching ROH Best In The World and it's better than anything TNA have done in years really hoping Challenge or any UK channel picks it up.
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Old 22-06-2015, 22:36
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Speaking of ROH, am I the only person who can't stand the ****ing Young Bucks?
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Old 22-06-2015, 22:43
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Not good news for TNA if international broadcasters are losing faith.
News just in, it was WWE's fault.
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Old 22-06-2015, 22:44
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Speaking of ROH, am I the only person who can't stand the ****ing Young Bucks?
I think they are good but overrated


I personally wouldn't have put them in The Bullet Club
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Old 22-06-2015, 22:55
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I think they're horrendously fake and contrived workers and the superkick thing is just beyond stupid. It's like everything they do is this desperate attempt to be ironic and self-referential. Basically, they're a comedy team.
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Old 22-06-2015, 23:00
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On ROH wonder why there isn't a ROH thread more of us seem to watch that than TNA
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Old 22-06-2015, 23:09
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I wonder if/when TNA dies if Challenge will try to get ROH?
I'm not sure they'd be allowed to. There's potentially some contractual issues that could crop up there.

What would also be key of course is how TNA/Impact holds up in the UK market prior to its hypothetical death. If it were to remain a strong performer for Challenge then I suspect they'd potentially be interested in a replacement of some kind but who can tell. An interesting thing to consider here is that the June 14 edition of Impact was the first not to make Challenge's top 10 for the week this year (putting it under 107k viewers). In very broad terms losing Impact and more generally wrestling doesn't look like it'd be the big loss for Challenge that it might have been 12 months ago.
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Old 22-06-2015, 23:14
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I'm not sure they'd be allowed to. There's potentially some contractual issues that could crop up there.

What would also be key of course is how TNA/Impact holds up in the UK market prior to its hypothetical death. If it were to remain a strong performer for Challenge then I suspect they'd potentially be interested in a replacement of some kind but who can tell. An interesting thing to consider here is that the June 14 edition of Impact was the first not to make Challenge's top 10 for the week this year (putting it under 107k viewers). In very broad terms losing Impact and more generally wrestling doesn't look like it'd be the big loss for Challenge that it might have been 12 months ago.
If they didn't replace it I wonder if they would also get rid of Wrestletalk
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Old 22-06-2015, 23:15
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If they didn't replace it I wonder if they would also get rid of Wrestletalk
Of course they would, but it's shit so eh.
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Old 22-06-2015, 23:18
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Of course they would, but it's shit so eh.
Ive never got into that show. All it is seems to be ego driven people with unfunny banter.
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Old 22-06-2015, 23:37
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If they didn't replace it I wonder if they would also get rid of Wrestletalk
I'm continuously amazed they haven't already gotten rid of WrestleTalk.

I'll also add that I'm slightly surprised Sky never tried anything similar. Particularly during peak WWE popularity although I suppose WWE has always supplied enough B, C and D content of its own that they've never needed to worry about that.
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Old 22-06-2015, 23:38
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Ive never got into that show. All it is seems to be ego driven people with unfunny banter.
That's one of the nicest WrestleTalk reviews I've read in a while...
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Old 23-06-2015, 04:54
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Davey Richards and Lashley are apparently booked for All Elite (Asociacion de Lucha Libre Elite) at Arena México on June 28th, the same day as Slammiversary. Also being rumoured Austin Aries contract is up this weekend.

That live show is going to be interesting.
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Old 23-06-2015, 08:18
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That's one of the nicest WrestleTalk reviews I've read in a while...
What do you think of those 2 girls and that guy who hosts it? The chubby one with glasses.
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Old 23-06-2015, 09:38
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News just in, it was WWE's fault.
and you seriously wonder why people label you as wwe biggest fan?..........
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Old 23-06-2015, 09:42
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wrestletalk is ok, i used to hate it with a passion because it was wannabe soccer am-ness of it all, and they tried to stich up russo but it backfired and they looked like idiots which was funny.

its ok for the interviews and wrestling discussions once in a while.

they dont promote tna at all though strangely,its all wwe. wonder if challenge keep an eye on it!

also francesca has slimmed down and looking gooood
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Old 23-06-2015, 10:13
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wrestletalk is ok, i used to hate it with a passion because it was wannabe soccer am-ness of it all, and they tried to stich up russo but it backfired and they looked like idiots which was funny.

its ok for the interviews and wrestling discussions once in a while.

they dont promote tna at all though strangely,its all wwe. wonder if challenge keep an eye on it!

also francesca has slimmed down and looking gooood
You mean the interview when Russo was actually pissed at them? They showed a clip of that the other week didnt they when that guy kept asking about Russo killing WCW and he got fed up answering same questions.
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Old 23-06-2015, 10:18
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The Russo interview was funny all Russo did was keep doing his Snitsky impression then sulked
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