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Matt Hardy and ROH using the words 'major program' , just sucks long hard dicks..

Fucking hell, if I read those words i think, first match: run-in, second match: DQ finish, first PPV; heel turn. Pff, can't you just say, 'Hey we have Matt Hardy on our PPV, and he's gonna wrestle somebody!!' Nobody is buying this PPV because you made it clear Hardy will be staying after this and work a 'progam' with one of your guys.

If you have Matt Hardy, SELL Matt Hardy, don't sell the fact that you are a predetermined sportshow with weeks of planning behind it. Makes me feel stupid as a fan for trying to suspend my beliefs.

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Gabe Sapolsky in the ''Sullivan/Sapolsky WWE TNA merger'' shoot says about 5 times that he did 'a few hours of prep', only to run out of ideas the second week into the fantasy booking.

Not a bad idea between them in the 2 hours they talk but its more about the state of the business, WWE and the indies. Not a bad shoot but a weird combo, neither of them gets enough time to go indepth.

Worth a download.

Clash of the Catfishes

I wouldn't be so sure of JTG doing that well on the indies. He hasn't got much name value on his own. A Cryme Tyme reunion is probably an indie draw but how many promoters have got money to bring in two ex-WWE wrestlers? Maybe six months to a year of Saturday gigs until the well runs dry, and a UK tour.

 

http://tsmradio.com/coltcabana/

 

Listen to the podcast about Nigiria with Domino. Work comes from the strangest of places.

 

What a strange example to use. Did you actually listen to all that podcast?

He got work because the people over there only got to watch Smackdown from 2006 to 2007. Hence they know who he is. That was my whole point.

Domino also makes it clear that if he hadnt left WWE when they broke up Duece and Domino that he might have ended up being another nobody on who WWE wasted a couple of gimmicks. If JTG had cut ties with WWE earlier, he could have some name value as a ex-wwe guy (mabye with his former tagteam partner), but he's far too big a goon now.

I wouldn't be so sure of JTG doing that well on the indies. He hasn't got much name value on his own. A Cryme Tyme reunion is probably an indie draw but how many promoters have got money to bring in two ex-WWE wrestlers? Maybe six months to a year of Saturday gigs until the well runs dry, and a UK tour.

http://tsmradio.com/coltcabana/

Listen to the podcast about Nigiria with Domino. Work comes from the strangest of places.

i do agree with you that he mabye should have left a bit sooner so he could build up a rep in the indies.

Otherwise they would have taped the last 2 or 3 impacts with the bound for glory tournament. Obv now they can do the tournament live.

Good for them!

''Gave them money'' ??

 

Where does it say that Spike helps pay for contracts? Isnt Dixie's dad giving her money to get these guys? Spike gives money to MAKE the show, not sign guys. Thats all Dixie and Panda energy.

Wrong.

 

Spike gives around $3m dollars to TNA each year, and pays a proportion of some high-earners' wages. It started when TNA wanted to bring Sting on board, who came with a hefty price tag. Spike invested in TNA by meeting some (or all?) of his wage demands. The same holds for Hogan and Bischoff - they were presented as necessary components to compete with WWE (and so bring in more eyeballs to Spike) and so Spike stumped up to cover some of their elevated salaries.

Ah didnt know that thanks .

Spike might fund TNA some more, if bellator is suppose to go on after TNA next year.

Might make sense to keep the ball rolling. But you guys have to admit that it wasnt the miracle cure TNA was looking for. In the Russo era, nobody was talking about how they should go live and it hasnt solved ALL of their problems hence the ratings still being the same.

I'm coming across as a negative nancy and I don't mean to be. I love TNA nowadays and looking forward again to a weekly wrestling show has been awesome. I just wish they would focus on content a bit more before saying that going live will solve the rating problems.

Only a steady climb in ratings will convince Spike that the product is hot and has momentum.

Like when they gave them money for Sting? And gave them money for Kurt Angle? And gave them money for Hogan and Bischoff? And gave them money to take Impact on the road every couple of months? Or when they moved to Mondays? Or when they went live previously? Spike has show their commitment plenty of times over the years to TNA in spite of the same old rating. You are talking like you know they wont move permanently, but you don't. They wouldnt be in serious negotiations and cutting costs if there was no chance of this happening. And especially now they are committed to trying to make TNA as strong a lead in for their MMA show which is due to follow Impact at the start of 2013.

''Gave them money'' ??

Where does it say that Spike helps pay for contracts? Isnt Dixie's dad giving her money to get these guys? Spike gives money to MAKE the show, not sign guys. Thats all Dixie and Panda energy.

If it was all about money for Spike they'd have pulled the plug years ago. The fact is, TNA has a lot of momentum coming from how well the shows have been received recently. And during two months TNA have been live, they have changed their time slot (which is Spike's fault) and Direct TV took all Viacom channels off. In the last two weeks, their viewership has been better than it has been in months.

Spike gives TNA money to help make the show. Spike gets a 1.0 for taped shows wich are WAY cheaper for Spike. The only way Spike can justify the rise in production costs is for Impact to do better ratings.

Spike cares about ratings and they care about the cheaper 1.0 rating. Only a steady climb in ratings will convince Spike that the product is hot and has momentum.

Going live has done NOTHING for the ratings. Going live AND switching timeslots was a bad mistake.

Moral is up, the talent is more motivated to wrestle on a live show which lasts two hours instead of pissing about backstage all day waiting to do their part and the crowd is far better because they aren't watching hours of wrestling and getting burned out.

 

I don't see how you can say the show doesn't feel different. It totally does. A live show always has a better flow and there's a sense that something unplanned might happen.

Did the bulk audience even know they were taped before this? For ALOT of people the feeling is pretty much the same i would think. They always said they were live anyway.

For Spike its all about money. And the ratings are not going up. Spike does a 1.0 with a wrestling show with wrestlers with low moral and a 1.0 when moral is high.

Going live has done NOTHING for the ratings. Going live AND switching timeslots was a bad mistake.

Impact doesnt feel any different for me. I never read spoilers when it was taped and most backstage shit is still pretaped.

Big dissapointment for me. Spike won't have them going live after this stummer.

Wouldnt they want Bellator on primetime? That MMA show is after impact because they know it wont draw flies with shit so it doesnt hurt their prime time average when the MMA show gets a 0.3

I bet when he thinks of CM Punk and Daniel Bryan's success he weeps.

I bet he doesnt really understand whats he's doing differently from those guys. I think he's a bit thick.

 

Episode 20 of are you serious. I love the start

That awful anti bullying campaign will love the riffing on the Tammy clip..

All these injuries make burying Cody like the worst idea this year.

Not sure if this was posted on this board but here is the prowrestling match Josh Barnett had in Japan on new years eve last year

Josh Barnett vs Hideki Suzuki - 12/31/11 IGF Rules

One of the better match last year

Due to outrage from the real Marines, WWE has pulled Randy Orton as the star of the third "Marine" movie.

The WWE admitted to tmz.com that the company made poor judgment and apologized to the marines for casting Orton, who deserted the marines twice and served 38 days in military prison before he was signed by WWE.

Chisora slapped Vitali at the weigh ins

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxHkJq1ICOE

That is awesome. I'll be rooting for Vitali as always, great boxer and very much looking forward to the match.

For a moment there i just assumed that Spike would be airing this is the US. But i'm guessing this is India only?

Pretty pumped for this. If it all works out TNA can do something Vince won't allow his fed.. feud with another company.

TNA vs RKK with one world champ between the 2 shows. They can do SO much with this that doesnt look like anything WWE is doing.

Didnt Wade Barret bury him with Nexus? Shame he's returning on RAW apperantly and not facing Wade at Wrestlemania...

HHH vs Undertaker would not have my intrest.. as said my WM17 dvd is right there

A fee of $65,000 is paid to NBC (similar to what the IFL did) to broadcast regionally in hopes that NBC will pick up the program for a national time slot.

That just sounds like a major waste of money... not that i'm an expert but you would think that there are other ways to broadcast your show that doesnt involve doing it with one certain broadcaster in the hopes they will pick you up?

just horrible.

during hardy vs hardy match at mania, matt with two tee's hit his head off the steps, thought nothing of it untill a doctor ran out and quickly stoped the flow of blood, then a tiny gash on cena which a doctor ran out and cleaned him up, then orton then punk........when this happenes during fantastic match like punk vs rey that kills the flow of the match.

nwa wcw early 90's was u/pg ffs and flair was bleeding like there was no tomorrow.

Shame you didnt really understand the thread. Find us a good picture

Having watched a lot of indy sleeze over the years, I was not prepared for the this one. It should have been taken as a hillarious experience, but something inside of me just died watching this match between Kota Ibushi and Yoshihiko from last year......

 

 

 

 

--PUNQ--

That is awfull... I can see where you're coming from..