Impact wrestling thread - It's a Don West tribute thread now!

[WyattSheepMask]

They can't have laid off the whole production staff. Unless they're just going to have JB film it on a Flip camera, if the budget will stretch that far

[IANdrewDiceClay]

They have a skeleton crew of about 7 people in Nashville right now apparently. Its madness. This is a national promotion and they hardly have a roster or anyone working at the headquarters. Its amazing to think how its just falled apart in the last 18 months.

[WyattSheepMask]

Yet they had the money to sign and debut someone this week (won't say who for spoiler reasons).

They're living hand to mouth and throwing what little money they do have on no hopers

[IANdrewDiceClay]

Dont know who debuted (never bother with all the spoilers), but I'm certain whoever it is will be on a pay per appearance deal. Like Low Ki, Tommy Dreamer and Homicide. They bring people into the tapings who might be there anyway, so dont have to fly them in. They aren't signing any else for the timebeing. All contracts are pretty much frozen until they can find out if they will be in business after December. I dont even think Spike are paying them for these extra three months. There's no money coming in.

[Rossman]

I thought it was odd on this weeks Impact when the scrolling text at the bottom of the screen said "Join us in Bethlehem PA where the Spike cameras and TNA superstars will be." The wording of that seemed strange how Spike were supplying the cameras / camera people for a TV taping.

Edited September 20, 2014 by Rossman

[Fanny Pack]

Christ how many tapings did TNA do in New York, must be at least 8.

[DCW]

Was flicking by Challenge earlier and saw Kenny King wrestling a lad with a false leg.Have TNA used him much?had surprisingly good balance.

[andrew "the ref" coyne]

I think that was his second match. It's interesting watching him wrestling. Clearly he has limitations, but it impressive how he's adapted to wrestling in matches. Best of luck to him.

[Loki]

I'm wondering whether the only thing to do with TNA is just avoid all spoilers/gossip and just watch whatever ends up on telly on Challenge.  As long as they put a product on-screen they're a going concern, if you see what I mean.  I caught one of the recent shows from New York and it was quite good.

[LWOLeN]

What is wrong with Matt Hardy's legs?

Hé walks around like hè is made out of wood.

 

The tag series were fun.

Havok has the body of a teletubby.

Samoa Joe looks to be having fun again.

Lashley has a good run.

Zema Ion is bevond annoying. X-pac heat for me.

Melendez is a fun addition.

Tajiri was great.

[King Pitcos]

Matt Hardy's bow-legged.

[HarmonicGenerator]

A quality that won him the WWF special episode of Fear Factor, if I remember correctly.

[pgi86]

Apparently, Josh Mathews is joining TNA.

 

And also, they've signed an Indian wrestler. The former Ring Ka King champ.

 

And finally, if the date Angle mentioned on JR's podcast is correct, then Angle's TNA contract officially expired on Sunday.

Edited September 22, 2014 by pgi86

[Carbomb]

I still need to watch the rest of Ring Ka King - think I got about halfway, then got distracted by other stuff. Didn't he used to be called Mahabali Vira? If so, I hope he's improved since those days, because he wasn't brilliant, to put it mildly. Good look, though.

[pgi86]

I still need to watch the rest of Ring Ka King - think I got about halfway, then got distracted by other stuff. Didn't he used to be called Mahabali Vira? If so, I hope he's improved since those days, because he wasn't brilliant, to put it mildly. Good look, though.

Yeah. That's the guy. He was pushed as the top babyface in Ring Ka King. Worked a lengthy program with Masters and then won the belt towards the end of the show. Apparently, he's been signed with TNA for a while now and has been training in the States (OVW, I believe). He's probably still very green though.

Edited September 23, 2014 by pgi86