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59 | 34.71% |
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7 | 4.12% |
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29 | 17.06% |
| Samoa Joe |
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65 | 38.24% |
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flashy_mcflash posted:What is he paying these people to be able to afford 500 performers? Either that's absurd, straight-up lies or he's gonna run this thing worse than Dixie. Maybe he has a working agreement with 500 people but they will only be called in on a per date basis based on availability?
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Apr 15, 2014 20:09
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Angular Landbury posted:Maybe he has a working agreement with 500 people but they will only be called in on a per date basis based on availability? That still seems like an insane number of people to be on call. Maybe I'm underestimating JJ but that is a gigantic roster of performers. If it's staff, including creative, behind the scenes, etc that's one thing, but the article says performers.
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Apr 15, 2014 20:38
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oatgan posted:The second most well-known wrestling promoter 
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Apr 15, 2014 21:03
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flashy_mcflash posted:If it's staff, including creative, behind the scenes, etc In an ingenious move only fitting of the second most well-known wrestling promoter, all of these people will be expected to be on-call at any moment to serve as in-ring talent.
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Apr 15, 2014 21:05
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flashy_mcflash posted:That still seems like an insane number of people to be on call. Maybe I'm underestimating JJ but that is a gigantic roster of performers. If it's staff, including creative, behind the scenes, etc that's one thing, but the article says performers. You've got to remember that he's probably been contacted by every indie wrestler on the planet, half of TNA and anyone in NXT and WWE who aren't anticipating having their contracts renewed. Even if he just threw them in a rolodex for "whenever we have a spot for you", it sounds good PR wise to make it sound like you have a shitton of wrestlers at your disposal if you are trying to sell the idea of a Global fed.
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Apr 15, 2014 21:09
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Goddamn Kurt Angle don't do it. Live out the rest of your probably short life in a promotion that isn't dumb as hell please
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Apr 15, 2014 21:57
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flashy_mcflash posted:I think that's a pretty liberal interpretation of 'has 500 performers' (not on your part, but the author of the article or whatever his source was for that tidbit). By that logic, I have 500 performers, living and dead, in my promotion called Buttcrack of Honor. Where's my reality show, I ask? Where? The article screams puff piece, so I doubt it was researched more than a phone call with the big wig who arranged it. "Global Force Wrestling, Jeff Jarrett, 500 performers, TNA wrestling, King of the Mountain, Ain't He Great, OK got it!"
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Apr 15, 2014 22:00
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if they're planning reality shows or whatever, it makes sense to count their backstage and tech and etc. people as performers. They could be on one of the shows, thus making them, technically 'performers'.
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Apr 15, 2014 22:05
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Maybe they're going the TNA route, and saying that the audience is part of the show and they better follow their script drat it
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Apr 15, 2014 22:15
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Stallion Cabana posted:if they're planning reality shows or whatever, it makes sense to count their backstage and tech and etc. people as performers. They could be on one of the shows, thus making them, technically 'performers'. In that case I guess Jarrett has his kids in his big database.
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Apr 15, 2014 22:21
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MassRafTer posted:In that case I guess Jarrett has his kids in his big database.
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Apr 15, 2014 22:50
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Robbie E is another person who signed a multi-year extension with TNA.
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Apr 15, 2014 22:55
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Sweeney Tom posted:Robbie E is another person who signed a multi-year extension with TNA. Oh man! James Storm, Gunner, and one half of the BroMans? Batten down the hatches, there's a war a-comin'!
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Apr 15, 2014 22:59
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I just sadly shake my head at any wrestler that thinks TNA will exist that long.
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Apr 15, 2014 23:08
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skaboomizzy posted:I just sadly shake my head at any wrestler that thinks TNA will exist that long. Imagine you are one of those three. If you go on the open market you aren't getting any interest from WWE. ROH probably isn't going to be interested either, not that you'd make big money there anyway. It's just that if ROH is interested some of the other indies that run regularly might be and maybe you can have a tiny bit of leverage in negotiations. NJPW isn't going to be interested. NOAH and All Japan are in dire straits right now and guess who Wrestle-1 has a deal with? I wouldn't expect CMLL to be interested and AAA seems to already know what American talent they want. So what do you do, do you re-sign now for whatever the terms are or risk the open market where your only suitor might be GWF, possibly AAA's El Rey project. GWF isn't going to outbid TNA for that kind of talent. It's a Jeff Jarrett project, it's assuredly going to be run on the cheap. They'll pay for an Angle caliber name if they can, but not a Gunner caliber name. It's going to be run on the cheap and they probably won't want too many TNA cast offs. You also have no idea if it will actually get off the ground. AAA is going to get off the ground but there's no way to know how it will do on El Rey. If TNA dies in six months you are at worst in the same place you were if you were a free agent. You'll get the same offer from GWF, AAA's future in the US will be more certain and who knows, maybe WWE buys TNA and absorbs some talent.
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Apr 15, 2014 23:26
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Must have been a good episode of COPS because the title change segment was the lowest rated of the show last week. The highest rated? Dixie's return
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Apr 15, 2014 23:38
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Angular Landbury posted:You've got to remember that he's probably been contacted by every indie wrestler on the planet, half of TNA and anyone in NXT and WWE who aren't anticipating having their contracts renewed. Even if he just threw them in a rolodex for "whenever we have a spot for you", it sounds good PR wise to make it sound like you have a shitton of wrestlers at your disposal if you are trying to sell the idea of a Global fed. Does it sound good PR wise? If he's looking for VC, that's a hell of a lot of people to pay for a two hour show. If he's looking at the fans, they're going to think, at best, 6 stars, 6 mid-carders, 488 JTGs.
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Apr 15, 2014 23:55
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Call Me Charlie posted:Is there a thread for Jeff Jarrett's new promotion? Because it's already getting mainstream press. That has to be the most bizarre and off-base criticism I've ever seen.
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Apr 15, 2014 23:56
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I know when I start a wrestling company the first thing I'm going to do is complain about the competition having too much wrestling. Who wants that?
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Apr 16, 2014 00:03
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SHUPS 4 DETH posted:That has to be the most bizarre and off-base criticism I've ever seen. And yet incredibly Russo.
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Apr 16, 2014 00:04
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Sono posted:Does it sound good PR wise? If he's looking for VC, that's a hell of a lot of people to pay for a two hour show. If he's looking at the fans, they're going to think, at best, 6 stars, 6 mid-carders, 488 JTGs. The idea is he's scouring the planet for undiscovered talent and these 500 represent all the infinite possibilities of the GWF. In reality it means he's been doing this:   If you have any doubts that GFW should be discussed in the TNA thread or that there is any hope for this promotion, look who they are already involved with: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Hermie-Sadler-to-Compete-in-Denny-Hamlin-Charity-Race.html?soid=1112786617224&aid=7QhR6o7QbKc  Whoops, I meant 
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Apr 16, 2014 00:08
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Well poo poo, if we're talking Kevin Nash and The Buswhackers maybe less matches actually is good.
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Apr 16, 2014 00:10
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Deadpool posted:Well poo poo, if we're talking Kevin Nash and The Buswhackers maybe less matches actually is good. Listen, if a promotion were to suddenly pop up on national TV headlined by the Bushwhackers, you know you'd watch. It's impossible not to watch that kind of trainwreck.
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Apr 16, 2014 00:13
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If GFW consists entirely of Kevin Nash doing backstage comedy segments I'd be down for them revisiting Jarrett's horrible weekly PPV idea.
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Apr 16, 2014 00:18
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i'm not sure if Jeff Jarrett has been watching TNA but I can definitely say for certain that it's problem isn't that there's too much wrestling, or that sometimes there's even any wrestling at all
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Apr 16, 2014 00:25
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Just so I don't get anyone's hopes up but those pictures aren't an indication Jarrett is looking to sign those people, Jarrett is just taking photos with wrestlers at cons and adding text to the photos.  It's really, really sad.
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Apr 16, 2014 00:39
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oatgan posted:i'm not sure if Jeff Jarrett has been watching TNA but I can definitely say for certain that it's problem isn't that there's too much wrestling, or that sometimes there's even any wrestling at all His takeaway from TNA seems to be that the roster is too small and it's not interactive enough, along with the 'too much wrestling' thing.
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Apr 16, 2014 00:40
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MassRafTer posted:Just so I don't get anyone's hopes up but those pictures aren't an indication Jarrett is looking to sign those people, Jarrett is just taking photos with wrestlers at cons and adding text to the photos. Hahaha, wow.
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Apr 16, 2014 00:55
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MassRafTer posted:Just so I don't get anyone's hopes up but those pictures aren't an indication Jarrett is looking to sign those people, Jarrett is just taking photos with wrestlers at cons and adding text to the photos. oh my god hahahahaha that's so adorably pitiful
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Apr 16, 2014 01:50
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Has Virgil #joinedtheforce yet?
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Apr 16, 2014 02:04
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I wish Jeff all the luck in the world because god knows we need a non TNA alternative to WWE (ROH is alright but god do they need to step up their production value game). That said, this poo poo that he is doing is ridiculous.
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Apr 16, 2014 02:17
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Thauros posted:Has Virgil #joinedtheforce yet? Jeff couldn't pony up the $20.
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Apr 16, 2014 02:21
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I think Jeff would be better off trying to start Memphis up as a territory again, then work on getting that on national television. But instead we go straight to GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING GUN TAKE OVER THE WORLD, WATCH OUT WWE!
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Apr 16, 2014 02:26
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There's no more market in Memphis sadly. Those days are gone.
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Apr 16, 2014 02:31
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Hakkesshu posted:Goddamn Kurt Angle don't do it. Live out the rest of your probably short life in a promotion that isn't dumb as hell please Is that even possible unless he goes back to WWE....actually what would it take for WWE allow him back? Deadpool posted:There's no more market in Memphis sadly. Those days are gone. McMemphis 2.0 dreams dashed. Also everyone needs to youtube McMemphis if you haven't seen it.
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Apr 16, 2014 02:51
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MassRafTer posted:Imagine you are one of those three. I thought TNA contracts were usually super low downsides with most of the money per-appearance. Dixie seems just terrible enough to sign these guys to those deals then when TNA finally pulls the plug on Impact claim it's just a hiatus and stop them from booking indie shows.
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Apr 16, 2014 03:00
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gfanikf posted:Is that even possible unless he goes back to WWE....actually what would it take for WWE allow him back? I'm pretty sure that WWE would take Kurt back so long as he never wrestled again.
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Apr 16, 2014 03:02
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skaboomizzy posted:I thought TNA contracts were usually super low downsides with most of the money per-appearance. Dixie seems just terrible enough to sign these guys to those deals then when TNA finally pulls the plug on Impact claim it's just a hiatus and stop them from booking indie shows. Some guys are on guarantees but most of the new deals are per appearance. I have no idea what a Gunner would get.
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Apr 16, 2014 03:09
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Deadpool posted:Well poo poo, if we're talking Kevin Nash and The Buswhackers maybe less matches actually is good. Hey, unlike any tag team working in WWE or TNA, the Bushwhackers have a ***** match under their belts! Interestingly (at least to me), it's one of only two regular tag-team matches in the US to which Meltzer's given the full five, and the only one from a US-based promotion; the other is Guerrero/Barr vs. El Hijo del Santo/Octagón.
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tzirean posted:Hey, unlike any tag team working in WWE or TNA, the Bushwhackers have a ***** match under their belts! More interestingly the Bushwhackers also have a match rated under -*****.
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