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flashy_mcflash posted:TNA's new lead in is That 70's Show instead of Days of Our Lives POP should run the episode that the Rock guest-starred on before every episode of Impact.
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flashy_mcflash posted:TNA's new lead in is That 70's Show instead of Days of Our Lives This is the closest TNA will ever get to The Rock.
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flashy_mcflash posted:TNA's new lead in is That 70's Show instead of Days of Our Lives We just need Fez.
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Angular Landbury posted:We just need Fez. Wasn't he doing some poo poo with TNA a long time ago when people were convinced for a brief period that Wilmer Valderrama was the next big thing? EDIT: I'm thinking of Johnny Fairplay. Because they two of them look so much alike.
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flashy_mcflash posted:TNA's new lead in is That 70's Show instead of Days of Our Lives I think that it's great that TNA Impact will no longer have lower ratings than Days of Our Lives.
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ayn rand hand job posted:I think that it's great that TNA Impact will no longer have lower ratings than Days of Our Lives. Instead they'll get lower ratings than reruns of a mediocre sitcom that's been off the air for a decade.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:a mediocre sitcom I will kick your rear end.
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HOTLANTA MAN posted:I will kick your rear end. Go ahead, it won't change the fact that the only worthwhile parts of that show past the first season were his parents and maybe Tommy Chong. EDIT: Oh, and the music, but it was set in the late 70s, so that's a given.
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OctoberCountry posted:This is the closest TNA will ever get to The Rock. From what I remember that episode also had Matt and Jeff Hardy as wrestlers in the background.
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Apr 14, 2016 17:43
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Also, Ken Shamrock with giant sideburns
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dsriggs posted:Also, Ken Shamrock with giant sideburns Also also, Ernie Ladd and Gene LeBell.
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It's good that pop tv is running that 70s show re-runs since every other channel to already exist has done that. It's a coming of age ritual for new or rebranded channels
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tna's journey won't be complete until it's sandwiched in between re-runs of Wings and Ned & Stacy on some channel in the 700s
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I would like TNA's lead in to be Columbo and Columbo crushing TNA in the ratings department gives Dixie the idea of having a Columbo-based gimmick portrayed by Chuck Palumbo because their names look sort of similar.
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Pope Corky you're going to be wearing your rear end as a hat
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Tato posted:tna's journey won't be complete until it's sandwiched in between re-runs of Wings and Ned & Stacy on some channel in the 700s What do you have against Thomas Haden Church? Sotar posted:Pope Corky you're going to be wearing your rear end as a hat As if I'd wear anyone else's.
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A ladder match for control of the knockouts? What the....
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Mila Kunis was like the one thing I remember from That 70's Show
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Was there ever a time when it looked like TNA could build up and be a genuine second option, not compete with WWE but be bigger than any other US fed apart from WWE?
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Ultragonk posted:Was there ever a time when it looked like TNA could build up and be a genuine second option, not compete with WWE but be bigger than any other US fed apart from WWE? They had that chance when they were on Spike. When Spike dumped them that was the end of TNA being #2 IMO.
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Pretty sure that bringing in Russo, Bischoff, Hogan, Flair, Hall, Nash, Angle, the Hardys, Sting, the Steiners, Booker, etc. was pretty much the beginning of the end. Instead of building their own stars - which they were doing an incredible job of - they brought in the old-timers and WWE future endeavored and changed their signature six-sided ring to appease Hogan and just wound up looking like a washed-up WCW 2.0 headed by someone who clearly isn't very savvy in the industry. Somewhere between Dixie buying the company but before they brought in everyone, there was a glimmer of hope, but she clearly went off the rails.
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TNA always looked like WCW 2.0 to varying degrees even before the Monday Night Slapfight. To me, it was part of their charm. A bunch of new guys to have good matches, a bunch of old guys to show me what I missed on Nitro. Farewell TNA, I don't care what they say about you, you were alright in my book until everybody left and Matt Hardy was champion.
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Meltzer said this morning that the identity of the new crop of TNA investors should come out in the next few days. There's no deal currently finalized. Even though they haven't signed a deal yet, these people are bank rolling the next set of tapings.
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Needs More Ditka posted:TNA always looked like WCW 2.0 to varying degrees even before the Monday Night Slapfight. Its kind of sad because when you listen to the Bryan and Vinnie reviews of the Impacts around Hogan's arrival it sounds like they were getting things on-track. They picked a handful of established TNA guys like AJ, Samoa Joe, Eric Young, Abyss, and Beer Money, then paired them up with Hogan, Flair, Nash and a few other National names in different little factions, presumably to us the TEW method of making them bigger deals by association and eventually putting them over. Then they picked two big stars, Sting and Angle, to anchor the company until the crop was done growing. At least that's what it seems like the intent was on paper. Obviously it didn't work anything like that, not the least of reasons being nonsensical writing, bad direction and formatting, and a habit of putting over the guys who were supposed to be giving the young boys the rub instead of the young boys themselves. Still, it could have been a good plan.
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TNA always had the ability to build momentum and stature given the investment that it was receiving, but I think any potential it had died with the re-hiring of Russo in 2006.
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There's a rumour among some fans that it is this businessman interested in TNA: http://www.soradevelopment.com/Tom-Fore.html
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rovert posted:Meltzer said this morning that the identity of the new crop of TNA investors should come out in the next few days. There's no deal currently finalized. Every name on the investor sheet just reads "Eric Bischoff".
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Apr 17, 2016 16:17
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Hell I'd love if Eric Bischoff got back in the game.
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https://twitter.com/TheBarrylad/status/721721079128055812 https://twitter.com/RazorCabrone/status/720678862095409152
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Amy Renee posted:Pretty sure that bringing in Russo, Bischoff, Hogan, Flair, Hall, Nash, Angle, the Hardys, Sting, the Steiners, Booker, etc. was pretty much the beginning of the end. Instead of building their own stars - which they were doing an incredible job of - they brought in the old-timers and WWE future endeavored and changed their signature six-sided ring to appease Hogan and just wound up looking like a washed-up WCW 2.0 headed by someone who clearly isn't very savvy in the industry. When did tna ever do an "incredible job" of building their own talent, unless you mean they jobbed them incredibly
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:When did tna ever do an "incredible job" of building their own talent, unless you mean they jobbed them incredibly This is true. Before they were jobbing their own talent to ex-WWE/F and WCW oldies they were jobbing to ECW wash-ups and Jeff Jarrett.
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Ultragonk posted:Was there ever a time when it looked like TNA could build up and be a genuine second option, not compete with WWE but be bigger than any other US fed apart from WWE? 2006-2007 TNA had a viable business plan and a compelling roster. Then they blew it up bringing Russo in.
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Dave outright said that it's not Bischoff or anyone else we'd have any reason to know.
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i hope whoever it is realizes that tna just needs more russo
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rovert posted:https://twitter.com/TheBarrylad/status/721721079128055812 We just need Vince Russo with a haircut and shave
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coconono posted:2006-2007 TNA had a viable business plan and a compelling roster. Then they blew it up bringing Russo in. They brought Russo in September of 06. Before then they had something of an idea of a business plan but had kind of blown it by July/August. The product was getting really stagnant and lame with Jarrett bullshit and turning the X Division into a joke/Jackass product placement. They were definitely kind of growing before that, but it was becoming obvious they weren't satisfied with incremental progress.
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That guy is funding the taping because he wants to gently caress Dixie. Let's be real here
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Remember when non wrestler Serg punched out former and future world champion AJ styles for maybe loving dixie E: 
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:Remember when non wrestler Serg punched out former and future world champion AJ styles for maybe loving dixie He flip bumped for the Serg.
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