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

[Clinton Morrison]

 

 

 

They really aren't. Seriously, what 10 TNA talent would you put in an invasion feud against WWE?

 

AJ, Joe, Beer Money, Young, EC3, Abyss, Hardys and Crazzy Steve

[Benno]

I would have done one a few years ago when they were at their peak on Spike.

 

You could have gotten some mileage out of Hogan as a GM going up against Vince. Sting, Kurt Angle and AJ Styles going up against the likes of Cena, CM Punk and Daniel Bryan.

 

Not now though. Nobody wants to see Drew Galloway or Lashley against Roman Reigns.

Edited April 12, 2016 by Benno

[Your Fight Site]

Why TNA haven’t invested in setting up an on demand platform is beyond me. Their have a sizeable tape library, that’s money they’re literally sitting on. People will pay to watch the old PPVs. They keep pushing DVDs of former talent when they pop up in WWE (Sting, AJ Styles), they could advertise them on their “TNA Network” instead.

 

Nuts that they need cash, and they could easily rake in four figures a month with an on demand video library.

[Philjax]

Isn't that what the Fight Network thing will do on a smaller scale? They'll probably be out of business by the time that goes live anyway......

[Benno]

You might make some money on a subscription site but not enough to make the costs worthwhile.

 

There'd probably be a low ceiling of subscribers if such a thing was free on YouTube, nevermind charging for it.

[PunkStep]

 

 

 

They really aren't. Seriously, what 10 TNA talent would you put in an invasion feud against WWE?

 

AJ, Joe, Beer Money, Young, EC3, Abyss, Hardys and Crazzy Steve

 

 

AJ isn't going to 'invade' a company he's already well positioned in, on behalf of a company he hasn't wrestled for in years. Similar to a lesser degree with Joe, who everyone has seen in NXT. Everyone also knows Roode isn't there anymore either.

 

WWE always take shit on WCW from a great height whenever they run a WWE VS WCW angle (even 12 years on, see Sting VS Triple H last year), and they were a genuine threat to them as a business and for a couple of years were the big swinging dick of the wrestling world. TNA have been nothing more than a flacid pecker and WWE have gone out of their way to completely disregard their existence for the past 14 years. They aren't going to entertain the remnants of their brand if they were to buy them out. The only reason for buying them is for their video library and increasing their Network back catalogue. TNA as a name is worthless to WWE.

[PowerButchi]

Mentioning Crazzy Steve is a giveaway he's taking the piss there gents.

[WyattSheepMask]

I've got visions of TNA Network being someone swapping DVDs in and out while Dixie holds her phone up to stream it all on Periscope

Edited April 12, 2016 by WyattSheepMask

[garynysmon]

Its only good news if TNA are in trouble at the minute. Might not look like it, but the less leverage Dixie has, the more potential a sale is. Unless she's really mental and thinks she can salvage this mess on her own. There's apparently a buyer willing to take it on, so hopefully she sells up now she cant afford the office space she's had since 1993. The only way TNA is going to get out of the funk they are in is if there's a some new blood injected into the running of it. Get some new ideas and try and regain some trust back into the wrestling audience. Really, the only advantage Dixie had as an owner was Panda's backing. Now they've stopped putting money into it, a self sufficient Dixie is only going to go one way.

 

The big story of it is that the office space she was wasnt a TNA office space. It was a building she's been renting since the early 90s for various business ventures. The fact she had to move wasnt a choice she wanted to make.

I can't say I'm one of these "Dixie is the anti-christ" types, but it really concerns me that her pride would insist she go down with the Titanic rather than sell and let someone else run it.

You can't blame any investors for insisting on a 51% stake can you? I can't imagine ploughing money into something and letting Dixie Carter free reign to do what she likes with it.

Any word on this investor/s may be? Could it be The Fight Network?

[boytoy]

Can't wait for 'The Fall and Fall of TNA' to premier on the network.

[DavidB6937]

That's basically their entire back catalogue.

[IANdrewDiceClay]

Any word on this investor/s may be? Could it be The Fight Network?

No idea. John Pollock who works for the Fight Network said it wasnt them.

[DavidB6937]

I struggle to see who would actually want to invest in them now. Once they had potential but they're stagnant at best and losing their best talent. Surely investors would want to go with something that has a positive outlook?

[Psygnosis]

Why TNA haven’t invested in setting up an on demand platform is beyond me. Their have a sizeable tape library, that’s money they’re literally sitting on. People will pay to watch the old PPVs. They keep pushing DVDs of former talent when they pop up in WWE (Sting, AJ Styles), they could advertise them on their “TNA Network” instead.

 

Nuts that they need cash, and they could easily rake in four figures a month with an on demand video library.

If they're getting kicked out of their offices, its that bad. They've got somthing coming up with the Fight Network in the summer.

Edited April 12, 2016 by Psygnosis

[Philjax]

If I won £200million quid on the Euromillions super dooper roll over I'd take a crack at it. I'd offer $2.5 million for the whole shebang and that's being extremely generous. Come on Dixie, sign it over and feck off!