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

[HeavyT]

Top clairfy I'm not saying people wouldn't think GFW is second rate, but more the fact it's fresh and new and not tarnished by years of bad decisions and diminishing reboots.

Edited May 25, 2015 by HeavyT

[unfitfinlay]

GFW aren't going to be able to do anything with the tape library to make money. Signing Jeff Hardy to ten dates would be more useful for the company at this stage than owning the entire tape library of a dead company with nothing but bad will attached. If they have money, it shouldn't be wasted on something as stupid as a tape library.

 

 

GFW could stick Samoa Joe vs Chis Sabin on Youtube with advertising enabled and it would immediately become one of their top sources of income because, again, they have fuck all else.

 

Right now, their only major source of income is whatever cut they get from NJPW's iPPVs, which is hardly regular and depends entirely on NJPW being content with having a middleman. If that goes then their main source of income is whatever Jarrett and Duggan are making signing autographs at baseball games.

 

Signing Hardy would be great, but what do you do when those hypothetical ten shows are up? Sign him again? Until they get TV they are going to be losing their arses on every single show they do, regardless of who is on the roster. It makes far more sense to invest in a revenue stream that they can monetize forever, without any further investment, than signing one guy who isn't going to make a significant difference to their bottom line.

 

Saying TNA has "nothing but bad will attached" is daft. Most people don't even know the company exists, and the likes of Challenge seem more than happy with it. I'm sure that there's plenty of networks that'd be willing to air it as cheap filler, even if it's just as a late night alternative to teleshopping.

[PowerButchi]

From DVDVR

 

 

Apparently on MLW they gave more details. Basically Dixie is upset that the network never touted their +3s or +7s or whatever even though they are fake numbers that don't matter. The internal email she went off on a rant about it and accidentally CC'd the president of Destination and called him a dummy in the email. The following week they had a quarterly meeting with Destination America and Dixie no shows. Next thing you know the show is cancelled

 

And the plot thickens even more, if it's to be believed. It wasn't Destination America exactly that she missed the meeting with (if this is true), but in fact the head of Discovery Communications!

[WyattSheepMask]

What are +3s and +7s? I know the US ratings system is a bit of a mindfuck as it is, but I've literally no idea that means

[The Dart]

Means 3 days or 7 days after broadcast on DVR like Sky Plus. Just means the ratings for a show can be higher than originally said if people watch things later on, which I imagine a lot of people do.

[IronSheik]

Kurt Angle's head looks the size of a hot air balloon these days.

Yeah, why is that??? Looks freaky as fuck.

[Flangedango]

Growth probably.

[JNLister]

Means 3 days or 7 days after broadcast on DVR like Sky Plus. Just means the ratings for a show can be higher than originally said if people watch things later on, which I imagine a lot of people do.

 

And advertisers don't give a shit about those ratings because if you're watching on DVR, you're likely skipping the ads.

[Liam O'Rourke]

This company badly needs to learn that adage about how "you don't shit where you eat". TV is their lifeblood, and with both Spike and now DA, they feel the need to insult them in some way.

 

And then they come off like bellends in the aftermath of the story and deter people from getting into bed with them in the future. This is ineptitude that would make WCW blush.

[chokeout]

GFW aren't going to be able to do anything with the tape library to make money. Signing Jeff Hardy to ten dates would be more useful for the company at this stage than owning the entire tape library of a dead company with nothing but bad will attached. If they have money, it shouldn't be wasted on something as stupid as a tape library.

 

WWE have plenty of cash along with (limited) ways to utilise the material. In all fairness I imagine it will all just depend what mood Vince is in that day. Trying to guess what Vince will do is pointless most of the time

 

There's plenty they could do with the tape library. Having footage of existing stars in a new start up company is a great thing to have. Also pitching for TV is made a lot easier when you can mention that you have the rights to matches featuring current WWE stars and legends (Regardless of if they are going to use the footage or not, throwing names like Hogan and Sting into a conversation gets you a lot further than Carlito and Masters)

[Philjax]

Doing a 6 week catch up of Impacts (yeah, I know....) I recorded on the digibox, its clear the only reason this promotion still exists to me is the constant arse and crotch shots of the likes of Brooke, Taryn and Gail Kim. Transplant these three to GWF and fuck off for good.

 

I'm going to be fascinated in the ratings war between ROH and TNA on Dest. America now though.

[Krytie 2X4B 523P]

Doing a 6 week catch up of Impacts (yeah, I know....) I recorded on the digibox, its clear the only reason this promotion still exists to me is the constant arse and crotch shots of the likes of Brooke, Taryn and Gail Kim. Transplant these three to GWF and fuck off for good.

 

I'm going to be fascinated in the ratings war between ROH and TNA on Dest. America now though.

 

There wont be a ratings war. TNA will probably try and create one. Even when TNA do get higher viewing figures than ROH on Destination America doesnt mean more people are watching it. ROH is available on many other networks/stations.

[iamtheman]

Away from the Tv situation it turns out Austin Aries is still a dickhead

 

 

@MOTYPod was responding to this tweet

 

Austin Healy Aries ‏@AustinAries  1h1 hour ago

The world's a sphere for a reason...what's put out there, it all comes around.

44 retweets59 favorites

 

For those who don't remember the incident

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 28, 2015 by iamtheman

[unfitfinlay]

 

Doing a 6 week catch up of Impacts (yeah, I know....) I recorded on the digibox, its clear the only reason this promotion still exists to me is the constant arse and crotch shots of the likes of Brooke, Taryn and Gail Kim. Transplant these three to GWF and fuck off for good.

 

I'm going to be fascinated in the ratings war between ROH and TNA on Dest. America now though.

 

There wont be a ratings war. TNA will probably try and create one. Even when TNA do get higher viewing figures than ROH on Destination America doesnt mean more people are watching it. ROH is available on many other networks/stations.

 

 

Not officially, no, but TNA are going to be under incredible pressure to get higher ratings than ROH. ROH is cheaper and less hassle for Destination America. If ROH gets ratings that are better, or even comparable to Impact, then there's a good chance that the network will just drop TNA completely. At the very least the threat of it will destroy TNA's ability to negotiate. To have any leverage at all, they are going to have to trounce ROH, and they really don't have the resources to do it.

[The King Of Swing]

Nice to see that Austin Aries has finally accepted responsibility for his actions.

 

What a prat.