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Just a little warning to those that do not want spoilers for next week's Impact, avoid the US paced thread, some utter muppet posted a spoiler for it despite the fact it hasn't even aired in the US yet, said spoiler is without spoiler tags.
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its quite obvious this weeks shows are very much the "future storyline"...
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good job heyman never wormed himself into the inner circle,with his track record tna would be dead by now!
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If Dixie had Heymans money TNA would have been dead about 10 years ago.
If Heyman had Dixie's parents money ECW would still be going today The first point is probably true but I'm curious as to whether Carter may have operated differently if she didn't have the guarantee of deep pockets to bail her out. I wonder if that same basic thought might also be true of Bischoff in WCW. Its very easy to spend and spend when you know the money is there regardless of whether you're making it or not. If the money isn't there I wonder if they might have approached things differently. I mean we presumably wouldn't have seen Bischoff and Hogan in TNA without the Carter money. Quote:
I agree. Surely it's time for TNA to just throw out the rule book and try some crazy nonsense? An inter-company feud where GFW actually win, "take over" TNA & supplant Dixie, taking their slot on TV and rebranding the company etc. Works for me. And hasn't actually been done before - which you can't say about much in wrestling.
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I loved the original invasion idea of RAW becoming a WCW show. Shame the network allegedly rejected the idea.
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EDIT: Hey imagine this: Sting came out at 'Mania, grabbed the mic and said "I've been planning this for a decade". All the monitors & screens switch to WCW logo as he laughs manically. Booker, Flair and other WCW almuni surround the ring "I'll fight you Hunter, but it's going to be a WCW match ..". Come on, we'd all have marked out.
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'reports', eh? 'reports' that cast TNA in a negative light? I've never heard of such a thing. Sounds legit.
TNA wrestlers had booked independent dates for July (that's easy to verify) and will have had to cancel some of those events to make the TV tapings (also very easy to verify). Whether they'd be pissed about that is difficult to say I suppose although it doesn't seem like a huge leap to believe they would be given the recent history of delayed TNA payments. Quote:
So you should actully get paid for it then a local shop was paying her more money for selling sunglasses than the so called number 2 wrestling company in the world was paying her for being their champion.
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Was Hogan there on Carter's money or Spike's? I always thought that later covered his TNA salary.
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On spike's apparently but i imagine it still stuck in the throats of TNA originals
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In defence of TNA here I'm not convinced by the reports that anyone was working a second job because they needed the money. I think what's more likely to be true is that she was working a second job because the second job provided her with benefits (healthcare etc) that she wasn't getting from TNA and was probably too expensive to do privately. This by the way is nothing new in pro-wrestling. It wasn't uncommon (and still isn't) that the partners of WWE wrestlers, particularly those lower down the card, would be working jobs not because they needed the money but because those jobs provided benefits that the WWE didn't. In the US it's not easy to get stuff like that so for the US Goverment yo say they were entitled they must of been getting paid less than peanuts. |
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$35,000 a shot was it not?
Not a bad TV partner to have. |
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Even if that was the case what about the wrestlers who could claim welfair and foodstamps because their pay was so low.
In the US it's not easy to get stuff like that so for the US Goverment yo say they were entitled they must of been getting paid less than peanuts. |
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$35,000 a shot was it not?
Not a bad TV partner to have. |
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Wrestling Wednesday ratings:
ROH: 20:00 - 185,000 23:00 - 145,000 Total - 330,000 (+31,000) TNA: 21:00 - 369,000 00:00 - 82,000 Total - 451,000 (+47,000) |
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Was Hogan there on Carter's money or Spike's? I always thought that later covered his TNA salary.
On this note I'd just add that if the implication from Heyman was that he was effectively being lined up by Spike to replace Hogan, Bischoff and Russo and TNA blocked it is correct then that would seemingly be a strong indicator that TNA and not Spike were covering those deals. Quote:
Even if that was the case what about the wrestlers who could claim welfair and foodstamps because their pay was so low.
Even if we go along with the fact that these guys are being paid little I'm not sure why that's a slur on TNA. WWE (and wrestling promoters in general) have been underpaying talent for decades. And presumably no one is arguing that the TNA talent is being ripped off. I mean presumably all of these wrestlers agreed on a salary before signing deals or agreeing to work for TNA. They knew what they were going to be paid and agreed to that amount. Talent are free to try and negotiate for more money if they believe they're being undervalued but that doesn't mean management is going to agree with them (Gail Kim would be a case in point here). As fans we can certainly say that we think TNA should be paying talent more but the talent is all agreeing to work for that price. If they can't live off that salary I'm not sure its the fault of TNA. |
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On the whole earnings thing, whilst the salaries of some TNA talents do appear to be a bit shit, my view is the same as my view on WWE contracts. You sign it, it's your problem. If you read your contract, look at the amount you will make per show/month and you accept that deal, don't complain after the fact.
My issue would be people not getting paid on time. The rest is their problem to deal with. |
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To contradict Hollie I'm fairly sure I remember it being reported (by Meltzer) that TNA and not Spike were covering Hogan's deal. Even in a best case scenario its unlikely that Spike would have been paying the whole thing more likely is the Sting type deal were Spike agreed to cover some of the expense.
On this note I'd just add that if the implication from Heyman was that he was effectively being lined up by Spike to replace Hogan, Bischoff and Russo and TNA blocked it is correct then that would seemingly be a strong indicator that TNA and not Spike were covering those deals. |
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Just a little warning to those that do not want spoilers for next week's Impact, avoid the US paced thread, some utter muppet posted a spoiler for it despite the fact it hasn't even aired in the US yet, said spoiler is without spoiler tags.
The real TNA spoiler is thus- if people believe the company is only paying them for the last taping at the point they need them to work another taping, and they also believe the end of July ones are the last ones ever, why would anyone turn up to work in any capacity at that taping? It's likely no one is going to get paid at that point. Quote:
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The TNA production staff was informed in a meeting on Thursday that their paychecks for the May television tapings will not be issued until mid-July at the earliest, according to Brian Fritz of SportingNews.com. Ron and Don Harris recently took over as the heads of the division and the story notes that they told the workers "if you're not happy, just shake our hands and walk away."
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The twists and turns continue as it relates to Slammiversary and the return of The King of The Mountain Match. Last night we announced who will be competing and you heard from So what will it be
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What does this mean for the future? What does it mean if, Jeff Jarrett, The Founder of Global Force Wrestling wins The King of The Mountain Championship? Don’t miss Slammiversary on Sunday, exclusively on Pay Per View to find out. Just another championship? A cross-promotional championship with GWF (and whoever else GWF teams up with) Will Jarrett take it and make it a GWF Championship (KOTM was his idea so he may have bought the rights back) If it's some kind of cross-promotional championship that could be the most interesting thing to come out of TNA in years |
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Its great Slammiversary is LIVE and all but why didnt they just schedule the tapings till after the PPV?
TNA should be getting their talent on the PPV and the fact its a PPV in such a long time just seems crazy why they didnt have a World Title match on the show. Regardless of what happened at the tapings they are just making it seem tapings are more important than a PPV. |
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I wonder if the KOTM Championship matches will all have to be defended in KOTM matches as one a month or so will soon get boring.
Unless it is cross-promotional championship and one month it's defened in TNA the next in GWF then NJPW ect suppose that way it could be done. |
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The TNA production staff was informed in a meeting on Thursday that their paychecks for the May television tapings will not be issued until mid-July at the earliest, according to Brian Fritz of SportingNews.com. Ron and Don Harris recently took over as the heads of the division and the story notes that they told the workers "if you're not happy, just shake our hands and walk away.".
"Ow my nose I think it's broken " "Sorry I slipped I'm so clumsy anyone else have a problem with working free no thought not" |
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So what will it be
Just another championship? A cross-promotional championship with GWF (and whoever else GWF teams up with) Will Jarrett take it and make it a GWF Championship (KOTM was his idea so he may have bought the rights back) If it's some kind of cross-promotional championship that could be the most interesting thing to come out of TNA in years |
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If they are not even going to use the title then it's a waste of money making it.
Must feel good to the wrestlers "Sorry we can't affored to pay you but here's a new title we spent money on a title what will never be defened" |
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I wonder if the KOTM Championship matches will all have to be defended in KOTM matches as one a month or so will soon get boring.
Unless it is cross-promotional championship and one month it's defened in TNA the next in GWF then NJPW ect suppose that way it could be done. |
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Why was Jeff Jarrett brought back anyway? Or is it the case of TNA is closing in September so we want him as the final TNA Champion?
I think in real life it was a takeover or merger what fell through but this story may have lead to a kayfabe reason Jarrett took over. |
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To follow on from the James Storm rumours which was just marking his 13th year with TNA new rumours are now going about that he has asked TNA for his release.
Wonder if he got talking to Jarrett and he's getting a main event spot in GFW or maybe The Harris Twins telling him he wasn't getting paid was the last straw? |
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Why was Jeff Jarrett brought back anyway? Or is it the case of TNA is closing in September so we want him as the final TNA Champion?
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He won't be the TNA Champion though if he wins he will be the first KOTM Champion.
I think in real life it was a takeover or merger what fell through but this story may have lead to a kayfabe reason Jarrett took over. |
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It be interesting if Jarrett did take all TNA talent for his show. Dunno why he quit TNA in the first place and sold out.
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