Moderators PowerButchi Posted April 21, 2013 Moderators Share Posted April 21, 2013 Mark Coleman fucking rules. Hard old men are the best men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted April 21, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2013 (edited) Coleman's fucking barmy. His hip's knackered as well, he's just retired and agreed to have surgery. And he still wants to fight people. Punk's done his leg in, as well, so Coleman would still give him a kicking. And I think its more a self preservation thing. A fake wrestler being put onscreen instead of a real fighter. Sort of the same attitude wrestlers have when part timers come back. Its the promoters who bring them back, but they seem to blame the individual. Edited April 21, 2013 by IANdrewDiceClay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 21, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2013 Yeah makes sense, I can see why he'd feel slighted. I miss the days when the likes of Rock, Austin, Goldberg and Undertaker would show up at UFC events. Â And I don't know what everyone was drinking that night but at that same event a fan took a swing at Chael Sonnen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Apparently the former ECW Arena is re-opening later this year. Â Sadly, it appears to be have been completely stripped of everything that made it identifiable - the balcony, the concession area, the main entrance way.... Â http://instagram.com/pwinsider# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Meh, it looked shite anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexy Dad Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) Talking of arenas being demolished, a friend of mine uploaded this picture of the remains of the Impact Zone. I haven't seen it elsewhere here. It's mad seeing nothing but the stands and the ramp. Goodbye Impact Zone. Â Edited April 22, 2013 by thesimonbegz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted April 22, 2013 Moderators Share Posted April 22, 2013 God it's tiny, isn't it? Always looked bigger on TV. Not big, but bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexy Dad Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Aye, definately. The side which didn't face the hard camera was barely shown on TV, looks like it wouldn't have fit much more than two or three rows of fans/tourists. I appreciate the fact that they left the ramp there for a bit, great photo opportunity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted April 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) What was the capacity? Â The Impact Zone was proper shite, though. Certainly, TNA had outgrown the thing years ago. Edited April 22, 2013 by Blackson Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members quote the raven Posted April 22, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2013 Seeing TNA a few years back the arena was tiny. Even at the back the veiw was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 The Impact Zone was one of those "bucket list" places for wrestling fans that you really had to attend at least once. Revelling amongst the mutants was something you had to experience at least once. It was fun to watch wrestling live in here, even if they should have got rid of it ages ago. Also, they used to shoot {Pro} and Worldwide in there, didn't they? WCW have certainly done a few shows from there. The capacity was about 1000, so it was quite small, but it has so much history to it. Â I'll really miss the Impact Zone. It's going to be quite strange going to Florida and not getting the chance to go watch Impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Xtreme_lives Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) Yeah visit the impact zone twice myself as well, once for the first impact on Spike in 05 and again in the summer of 2010. No matter where you sat you felt up close and being a teen for the first show seeing Russo & Jimmy hart wandering around was quite cool (and see the weapons stash behind the stands) Edited April 22, 2013 by 2Xtreme_lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rob Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I did a PPV and subsequent TV tapings over a three day period a couple of years back. I remember thinking how small the venue was then, but it was cosy and intimate, a fun enough place to go watch wrestling (even if the main event of the PPV only went about 45 seconds (yeah, I went to that show). There were wrestlers all over the place too around the local area, I specifically remember seeing Tommy Dreamer and Robbie E in Walgreen, and then bumping in to Vince Russo in Starbucks. He really wasn't a fan of that Sting/Hardy match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Attending a show at the Impact Zone was an education in the power of TV production (how close were the commentators to the ring!) and how not to organise a queue. Â When stood near the merch stand while waiting for my mate I felt all dirty and dark. How I pictured the ECW arena experience to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted April 22, 2013 Moderators Share Posted April 22, 2013 then bumping in to Vince Russo in Starbucks. He really wasn't a fan of that Sting/Hardy match. Â What was he like? For some reason I imagine him being dead sound to talk to if you were to bump into him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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