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 Well, it looks like Darkstar IV doesn't care anymore. Well, you've got me, CaptainYesterday! THINGS TO DISCUSS -The Beat Down Clan: MVP, Samoa Joe, Eric Young, Low Ki, and Kenny King -KONG IS BACK  -EVOLVE Champion Drew Galloway has signed a contract -You Canadians can now watch Impact Wrestling, via a country-locked YouTube video on impactwrestling.com -The next month of shows are in the can, so please do not spoil them in this thread. -Speaking of shows, Xplosion and One Night Only tapings are taking place at Universal Studios from the 12th to the 16th. Be there if you're in town! THIS MONTH ON PPV: TNA One Night Only: Rivals Taped in September Rockstar Spud vs. Sonjay Dutt Angelina Love vs. Madison Rayne Mr. Anderson vs. James Storm DJ Z vs. Kenny King vs. Samoa Joe vs. Sanada Abyss vs. Eric Young Austin Aries vs. Ethan Carter III Bram vs. Gunner Gail Kim vs. Teryn Terrell Bobby Roode vs. MVP Jeff Hardy vs. Magnus  Do this, even though I don't.
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Thauros posted:Well, ROH isn't in a position to really capitiize because Sinclair's cutting back instead of trying to grow the product. ROH people tried to pitch SInclair on getting to #2 but they really just want it as a cheap tv show for their stations and nothing more. Even in cheap syndication, though, I can't see ROH losing as much of it's audience as already TNA has, and TNA looks like it's going to keep losing viewership as time goes by.
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Hahaha, even Canadian sports networks won't take TNA. The Score is too good for TNA.
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CaptainYesterday posted:-The next month of shows are in the can, They sure are  I still can't picture Low Ki still being around for some reason. He was in my favorite match (vs KENTA) 10 years ago.
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Feb 5, 2015 00:47
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DEAR RICHARD posted:I still can't picture Low Ki still being around for some reason. He was in my favorite match (vs KENTA) 10 years ago. He's such an rear end in a top hat he can't get work anywhere else.
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El Generico posted:Hahaha, even Canadian sports networks won't take TNA. The Score is too good for TNA. The Score (now called Sportsnet) has exclusive rights to WWE programming. They don't want/need TNA and in fact possibly couldn't take them even if they did. TNA wouldn't get on TSN proper, and that pretty much just leaves The Fight Network which already carries NJPW, some older ROH and CMLL stuff, and UFC.
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Still, you'd think with TSN2, 3, 4, whatever, they'd toss some pittance to TNA for the rights. I mean, it's not like TNA could be choosy at this point.
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triplexpac posted:Still, you'd think with TSN2, 3, 4, whatever, they'd toss some pittance to TNA for the rights. I mean, it's not like TNA could be choosy at this point. Ah I forgot about those. Still, I think TSN doesn't want its brand associated with wrestling at all anymore. Maybe there's some other Rogers/Bell-owned niche channel that'd have them though. Surely Discovery has some DA-equivalent way up the dial where they could live?
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flashy_mcflash posted:Ah I forgot about those. Still, I think TSN doesn't want its brand associated with wrestling at all anymore. Maybe there's some other Rogers/Bell-owned niche channel that'd have them though. Surely Discovery has some DA-equivalent way up the dial where they could live? Discovery World Canada is becoming Velocity Canada in a few weeks.
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quote:TNA’s upcoming PPV tapings in Orlando, Florida will also include two tapings of Xplosion matches. Following the Xplosion tapings, TNA will then tape eight One Night Only PPV specials. Hyped for them taping 8 shows with nothing you'll find interesting on. Just endless "Gunner vs Bram" type matches.
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Feb 8, 2015 20:53
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Did they broadcast Lockdown yet
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Aren't the "One Night Only" events usually shown once a month? Are they really going to tape a bunch of poo poo that's not going to air until September?
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Aren't the "One Night Only" events usually shown once a month? Are they really going to tape a bunch of poo poo that's not going to air until September? Yes and yes. They are pretty smart about booking them in terms of not revealing storylines bar a few exceptions.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Aren't the "One Night Only" events usually shown once a month? Are they really going to tape a bunch of poo poo that's not going to air until September? The first time they did this they spent so much money on the ONO tapings they fell way behind on bills because they no money was coming in. It was hilarious to see the TNA Apologists on here talk about how TNA was smart getting away from money losing PPVs and structuring it this way. Then a few months later we found out they hosed themselves even worse and had their PPVs replaced by Up The Skirt Thongs Revealed.
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ayn rand hand job posted:Did they broadcast Lockdown yet Yes, two days ago.
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Are they any better yet? And my god that hardy spot was terrible. Hope he's okay at least.
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Taping all their PPVs for the next year in advance is a bold move, can't wait to see how it all goes wrong.
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How many people will still be on the roster by the time the last taped show comes up.
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triplexpac posted:Taping all their PPVs for the next year in advance is a bold move, can't wait to see how it all goes wrong. They've gotten pretty good at it and they're hopefully not under the illusion that anyone's buying these. The ONO's have always been non-canon, no-storyline affairs. That said, there's a good chance that half the people on it won't be with the company by the time they air.
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flashy_mcflash posted:They've gotten pretty good at it and they're hopefully not under the illusion that anyone's buying these. The ONO's have always been non-canon, no-storyline affairs. That said, there's a good chance that half the people on it won't be with the company by the time they air. I'm more curious if someone prominently involved with the shows will die / go on a suicidal rampage.
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triplexpac posted:I'm more curious if someone prominently involved with the shows will die / go on a suicidal rampage. TNA One Night Only: X-Tended is dedicated to the life and career of Chris Sabin
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I remember the days when I saw Chris Sabin's name and smiled thinking of a talented dude, instead of smiling thinking of that time TNA booked him as the worst world champ in their history
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Chris James 2 posted:I remember the days when I saw Chris Sabin's name and smiled thinking of a talented dude, instead of smiling thinking of that time TNA booked him as the worst world champ in their history Was he really worse than Jarrett?
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Junpei Hyde posted:Was he really worse than Jarrett? Much worse. Jarrett was boring but at least he had a fairly long reign where he went over a lot. Sabin as TNA champ was booked like a WWE Intercontinental champ. He was champ for less than a month and lost the title on his first defence, thanks to Tito Ortiz.
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Junpei Hyde posted:Was he really worse than Jarrett? The match where Sabin won the title was more John Cena than any John Cena match, except instead of 5MOD his only offense was a hammer shot behind the ref's back. He was the babyface. flashy_mcflash posted:Much worse. Jarrett was boring but at least he had a fairly long reign where he went over a lot. Sabin as TNA champ was booked like a WWE Intercontinental champ. He was champ for less than a month and lost the title on his first defence, thanks to Tito Ortiz. WWE Intercontinental Champions are at least presented as vaguely on the level of the guy who beats them. Sabin got only slightly more offense against Bully Ray than Stan Stansky did against Ryback. I should specify since Junpei might not have seen Sabin as champ, his reign was win over Bully Ray via hammer, fart around for a month, then lose the belt back to Bully via, as flashy said, of course, Tito Ortiz. rare Magic card l00k fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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flashy_mcflash posted:Much worse. Jarrett was boring but at least he had a fairly long reign where he went over a lot. Sabin as TNA champ was booked like a WWE Intercontinental champ. He was champ for less than a month and lost the title on his first defence, thanks to Tito Ortiz. Yeah Jarrett's run was painful in many ways but at least he knew enough to book himself strong.
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A booker making themselves look strong? Surely you're kidding.
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Mr. Carlisle posted:A booker making themselves look strong? 
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What is this Jeff Hardy spot I've seen mentioned in a couple places?
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CaptainYesterday posted:
Kong as in Awesome Kong? She came back to TNA? Is she doing well?
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Postal Parcel posted:Kong as in Awesome Kong? She came back to TNA? The match on Lockdown this week against Havok is really short and not great, but they seem to be giving her some momentum. Hopefully she'll have a few decent matches with Gail at least.
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Fibby Boy posted:What is this Jeff Hardy spot I've seen mentioned in a couple places? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32k_SHGMOfQ It's from one of the NYC shows last month.
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flashy_mcflash posted:Much worse. Jarrett was boring but at least he had a fairly long reign where he went over a lot. Sabin as TNA champ was booked like a WWE Intercontinental champ. He was champ for less than a month and lost the title on his first defence, thanks to Tito Ortiz. 
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flashy_mcflash posted:The match on Lockdown this week against Havok is really short and not great, but they seem to be giving her some momentum. Hopefully she'll have a few decent matches with Gail at least.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32k_SHGMOfQ That THUNK is just beautiful.
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Fibby Boy posted:That HUNK is just beautiful. Fixed that for you. Also, Jeff Hardy is an idiot.
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How many viewers did the last Spike episode get? I need a laugh comparing it to their current numbers.
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Here's their recent history according to PWInsider (sorry for the formatting).quote:The audience for the 2/6 episode of Impact Wrestling (featuring Lockdown 2015) garnered 525,000 viewers, up from last week's 431,000. So they're at roughly a third of the viewership they had this time last year. flashy_mcflash fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Feb 10, 2015 |
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Thanks, I appreciate it. I also used those figures to annoy the people praising Dixie for the network move on Twitter.
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It's frankly amazing that they were pulling 1.4M people last summer, and that was considered mediocre!
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