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

[the_mole]

He's not though, ask Jeff Jarrett and GFW how easy it is to get a TV deal.

[Jon-Carr_92]

 

 

Slammiversary 2012 was the best PPV they've done the last 5 years, Aries/Joe and the Angle/Styles vs Daniels/Kazarian both were absolutely brilliant. Remember Kid Kash vs Hernandez having a cracker too.

The problem has never been what goes on in the ring, even during the weekly era they were putting on great fun shows.

So good I wrote into PowerSlam about it, and got printed!

The crowd for that AA/Joe opener were blistering. Excellent PPV

Crowd looked fantastic too (5k), for the first in a long time they had a great look in the US (the arena looked fantastic).

That was the night WWE loaned them Christian to introduce Sting's HOF announcement, made ZERO sense.

No. Dixie revealed that. He came out to introduce the No.1 Moment in TNA History which was the return at Final Resolution 2005 which they'd been counting down in the weeks leading up to it.

[Buzz Lightyear]

 

 

 

Slammiversary 2012 was the best PPV they've done the last 5 years, Aries/Joe and the Angle/Styles vs Daniels/Kazarian both were absolutely brilliant. Remember Kid Kash vs Hernandez having a cracker too.

The problem has never been what goes on in the ring, even during the weekly era they were putting on great fun shows.

So good I wrote into PowerSlam about it, and got printed!

The crowd for that AA/Joe opener were blistering. Excellent PPV

Crowd looked fantastic too (5k), for the first in a long time they had a great look in the US (the arena looked fantastic).

That was the night WWE loaned them Christian to introduce Sting's HOF announcement, made ZERO sense.

No. Dixie revealed that. He came out to introduce the No.1 Moment in TNA story which was the return at Final Resolution 2005 which they'd been counting down in the weeks leading up to it.

 

 

Wasn't the HOF announcement then?

[Supremo]

Genuinely, the greatest story in all of professional wrestling is this TNA saga. Feels like it's been building up for years, Dixie is the ultimate heel, and when they eventually go under it's going to have that WrestleMania-main event sense of satisfaction and finality.

[Chest Rockwell]

TNA has never been a true 'alternative' to WWE - it has always been happy to present wrestling in exactly the same way and format as WWE.

 

But that's what a lot of people, myself included, wanted from an alternative. Something in the same style, but done a bit differently. Edited October 14, 2016 by Chest Rockwell

[PowerButchi]

The story of Dallas beats TNA. Burning brightly then dying with Eric Embry stamping all over the old banner in the middle of the ring after beating a fat white journeyman (decent wotker though) wearing eyeliner to look Japanese.

[Buzz Lightyear]

Genuinely, the greatest story in all of professional wrestling is this TNA saga. Feels like it's been building up for years, Dixie is the ultimate heel, and when they eventually go under it's going to have that WrestleMania-main event sense of satisfaction and finality.

 

Someone is going to make great money from a book. 

 

Viewership for last night isn't good by the way, less than 300k! 

[Guest]

Someone is going to make great money from a book.

Hopefully someone who can tell the story with some authority, and not whichever chancer happens to be first to market.

[UK Kat Von D]

 

Someone is going to make great money from a book.

Hopefully someone who can tell the story with some authority, and not whichever chancer happens to be first to market.

Be a good little nest egg for Borash. The guy deserves it and I'm sure he has plenty of stories we aren't even aware of

[Liam O'Rourke]

Meltzer just wrote this on the F4W Board -

 

"$3.4 million is just the money they owe Fight Network and Aroluxe, Billy's debt and other debts to Audience of One, talent and others is on top of that.

 

My gut says Billy had no idea the debt was so high and he filed since he was trying to buy it and was not told how much they owed all over the place when he put is money in."

[IANdrewDiceClay]

Christ. Anyone who wasnt mental would have shut the doors 2 years ago when they lost Spike. Once they started running the company without the $8-10 million a year Spike provided them to produce a TV show, they should have saw the lay of the land and shut up shop. Like Cornette and Heyman did. Anyone could run a promotion at a loss. If you have no revenue streams there's no way you can do this without ending up in the position they are in.

 

EDIT: More from the Observer:

The total debt owed by TNA to Aroluxe, Anthem and MCC Acquisitions is listed at $3.4 million. TNA has already sold some of its tape library to Anthem.

 

What a bunch of idiots!

Edited October 15, 2016 by IANdrewDiceClay

[Briefcase]

The last TNA episode ever has to be the Hardy's deleting it all right? 

[DCW]

Fucking hell. What a disaster. Sad and yet somehow fitting for TNA and daft cunt Dixie. Couldn't even sell the poxy tape library properly to a company crying out for handy content.

[ColinBollocks]

ProWrestling.net have done a 40 minute podcast on the whole subject, worth checking out.

 

http://prowrestling.net/site/2016/10/14/1014-prowrestling-net-all-access-daily-podcast-tna-ownership-lawsuits-and-more/

 

The question throughout, what does TNA actually own? Because one of the investors, basically owns the ring, equipment. 

 

Powell is spot on with his assessment of Corgan's motives, the TV deal is worth fuck all, just start from fresh with his vision and use the relationships with Pop. 

It's not that easy though, is it? Jeff Jarrett has all sorts of connections, yet tried to start fresh and got nowhere.

 

Getting your wrestling on a decent telly channel for good money is not easy. Pop may not even want any wrestling post-TNA.

 

Anyway, TNA/Carter somehow always manage to surpass even the worst expectations, which is something. 

Edited October 15, 2016 by ColinBollocks

[Supremo]

Do those crazy TNA fans still exist? Who always argue everything is fine, and that anything Meltzer reports is just pro-WWE bias? Are they still clinging to hope?