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

[Ambulance Chaser]

Well that's cheered me right up, seeing a load of my old favourites that are now dead. Nice one Impact.

[tiger_rick]

I thought it was well done. Fuck me though, Bobby Lashley is a terrible promo. He only had one line.

[Buzz Lightyear]

22 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

Nothing like a video package reminding you of all the wrestlers you won't be seeing on the show to get you hyped!

Sadly they were long gone before the new ownership came in. 

Expecting a few articles to be written about the Hardys missing on the package. 

[BomberPat]

6 minutes ago, tiger_rick said:

I thought it was well done. Fuck me though, Bobby Lashley is a terrible promo. He only had one line.

It's a decent video package, especially for an anniversary show. But it's never a good idea to remind the audience of what they're not seeing, especially when half the people in that video are working for the competition.

[garynysmon]

1 hour ago, BomberPat said:

But it's never a good idea to remind the audience of what they're not seeing, especially when half the people in that video are working for the competition.

I agree wholeheartedly. I could just about live with them being all over the video package when Impact was rebooted, but they've gone now and there's no need to hark back to them.

[Buzz Lightyear]

1 hour ago, garynysmon said:

I agree wholeheartedly. I could just about live with them being all over the video package when Impact was rebooted, but they've gone now and there's no need to hark back to them.

Not sure how one minute of highlighting the talent they had show up, help produce or the big moments in the company's history of a near 4 minute video is "harking". They always celebrate the past at Slammi.

Edited June 30, 2017 by Buzz Lightyear

[garynysmon]

Just now, Buzz Lightyear said:

Not sure how one minute of highlighting the talent they had show up or help produce of a near 4 minute video is "harking". They always celebrate the past at Slammi.

Its all personal taste. I'm more than happy to see them bring back Don West and no doubt some other free agents who used to work for Impact will make appearances at the show, but highlighting some of the WWE's current top names isn't something I would do.

In fairness though, they've done a cracking job of putting over this PPV as actually meaning something. For years, the company has felt it was plodding along from week to week with nothing to build upto. 

[Buzz Lightyear]

Just now, garynysmon said:

Its all personal taste. I'm more than happy to see them bring back Don West and no doubt some other free agents who used to work for Impact will make appearances at the show, but highlighting some of the WWE's current top names isn't something I would do.

In fairness though, they've done a cracking job of putting over this PPV as actually meaning something. For years, the company has felt it was plodding along from week to week with nothing to build upto. 

If it was me, i'd cut out the Hogan, Nash, RVD's types and just focus on the guys that were around during the early Jarrett days. 

I agree on the build, similar build to the Wrestle Kingdom show that was done by GFW. It's a million miles away from last years build, where the COO admitted on Facebook they didn't have the money for the show. 

[Buzz Lightyear]

Found this a good interview with Jarrett about his plans for iMPACT moving forward, doesn't give away much but talks about a 5 year plan and how next year will be year one. 

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/06/30/jeff-jarrett-impact-wrestling-slammiversary-interview

I hope Anthem have budgeted for 5 years. 

[Doog]

PWInsider reckon TNA/Impact Wrestling is done now and from Sunday they'll be rebranded as Global Force Wrestling

[Buzz Lightyear]

It's come from this article http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2017/06/30/tna-wrestling-rebrands-gfw-eyes-global-expansion/435802001/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[IANdrewDiceClay]

Green ring ropes all round.

[Buzz Lightyear]

1 minute ago, IANdrewDiceClay said:

Green ring ropes all round.

Not a fan? 

[IANdrewDiceClay]

2 minutes ago, Buzz Lightyear said:

Not a fan? 

I quite liked the colour scheme of GFW in all honestly. Blue is Smackdown, Red is Raw. TNA's always needed its own identifiable colours. The Impact Zone's always had that WCW Thunder vibe since it switched to blue ropes.

Edited June 30, 2017 by IANdrewDiceClay

[Buzz Lightyear]

Just now, IANdrewDiceClay said:

I quite liked the colour scheme of GFW in all honestly. Blue is Smackdown, Red is Raw. TNA's always needed its own identifiable colours.

Yeah it stood out. I thought the promotional stuff they did too for the Amped tapings looked good. 

Didn't they have a deal with a lightning company for the TV tapings too?