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elf help book
Aug 5, 2004

Though the battle might be endless, I will never give up

sportsgenius86 posted:

I bought one of the retro brown bags, mainly because I wanted the three old school DVDs it was guaranteed to come with and I ended up getting those, the Best of Jeff Hardy, an impact wrestling trucker hat, an Abyss shirt that's not bad for a TNA shirt, a Brooke tessmacher banner that's borderline pornographic, a signed 8x10 of James Storm, unsigned 8x10s of R-Truth, Rhyno, Jay Lethal, Eric Young and Samos Joe and A DIXIE CARTER ACTION FIGURE.

I feel satisfied with my purchase.

Don West hooked you up.

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grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!
Get a Vince McMahon action figure, then


Endless Mike posted:

Post the action figure


DLC Inc
Jun 1, 2011

are any of the TNA women's division ladies any good, I've literally never seen a match in the Knockouts division since the Shelly Martinez/Rebel atrocity so idk if Rosemary or Jade are legit talented

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003




MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Why does TNA even exist now that it isn't the most fascist company?

Pinstripe Hourglass
Nov 27, 2008

=RIVER PEOPLE=
Ay yi yi! We look
like... cartoons!

MinibarMatchman posted:

are any of the TNA women's division ladies any good, I've literally never seen a match in the Knockouts division since the Shelly Martinez/Rebel atrocity so idk if Rosemary or Jade are legit talented

Jade/Mia Yim (God that name they gave her upsets me so much) is genuinely very good, through I don't know if she's ever been able to show it in TNA. Look up her work in SHIMMER, she's a great fiery babyface

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Pinstripe Hourglass posted:

Jade/Mia Yim (God that name they gave her upsets me so much) is genuinely very good, through I don't know if she's ever been able to show it in TNA. Look up her work in SHIMMER, she's a great fiery babyface

Jade is a very good name please do not insult my friend.

Tato
Jun 19, 2001

DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values

I expected Aron Rex's mighty palm to deck the nazi. I'm disappointed.

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

Tato posted:

I expected Aron Rex's mighty palm to deck the nazi. I'm disappointed.

Alternatively, Aron Rex is the nazi getting punched by his own appearing onscreen palm

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
Jade is really good and I'm surprised NXT didn't make a bigger push to sign her when they had the chance. Allie is the former Cherry Bomb and has done some good work on the indies before. Rosemary is a better character than wrestler but she's not actively bad.

Is Gail Kim still around? She was still getting some decent matches out of Awesome Kong, who was Khali levels of immobile in her last TNA run.

Benne fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Feb 3, 2017

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

Benne posted:

Jade is really good and I'm surprised NXT didn't didn't make a bigger push to sign her. Allie is the former Cherry Bomb and has done some good work on the indies before. Rosemary is a better character than wrestler but she's not actively bad.

Is Gail Kim still around? She was still getting some decent matches out of Awesome Kong, who was Khali levels of immobile in her last TNA run.

Gail Kim is still there, and is still good enough to get a pretty decent match out of anyone.

sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames
I've seen all of like 2 segments with Aron Rex's new gimmick and he doesn't seem like an exotico at all, he's just a messy Rico Constantino gay stereotype in a Ric Flair robe. When I think of exoticos I think Pimpinela Escarlata or Yosuke Santa Maria, who actually wrestle in full drag and in the latter's case even uses feminine pronouns.

DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Aron Rex doesnt have the charisma to pull off that gimmick

DoctorGonzo fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Feb 3, 2017

Pope Corky the IX
Dec 18, 2006

What are you looking at?
The "exotico" excuse is a crock of poo poo and they're only using it because they want to continue this offensive gay panic stereotype without criticism when nobody loving cares in the first place.

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

He's not an exótico he's a lovely Gorgeous George knockoff with 1/10 the talent or charisma

Pope Corky the IX
Dec 18, 2006

What are you looking at?

Luigi Thirty posted:

He's not an exótico he's a lovely Gorgeous George knockoff with 1/10 the talent or charisma

I'm agreeing with you.

His entrance also smacks of Bobby Roode's Glorious gimmick. And it's depressing to see Rockstar Spud put so much effort into this.

Junpei Hyde
Mar 15, 2013




Exoticos are a bad concept and also Aron Rex isnt very good at impersonating gorgeous george.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Junpei Hyde posted:

Exoticos are a bad concept and also Aron Rex isnt very good at impersonating gorgeous george.

Go tell that to Cassandro El Exotico.

Tato
Jun 19, 2001

DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values
Idol Stevens/Damien Sandow/Aron Rex is always saying it's time for him to show the "real him" and then just does another impersonation of some other past wrestler. Perhaps they'll reveal there is no "real" Aron Rex and he's a sociopath with split personalities

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Tato posted:

Idol Stevens/Damien Sandow/Aron Rex is always saying it's time for him to show the "real him" and then just does another impersonation of some other past wrestler. Perhaps they'll reveal there is no "real" Aron Rex and he's a sociopath with split personalities

I have this mental image of Aron Rex having a tea party with Dixie Carter's severed head now, thanks.

Pope Corky the IX
Dec 18, 2006

What are you looking at?

coconono posted:

I have this mental image of Aron Rex having a tea party with Dixie Carter's severed head now, thanks.

Best non-Hardy angle in TNA history

DLC Inc
Jun 1, 2011

Tato posted:

Idol Stevens/Damien Sandow/Aron Rex is always saying it's time for him to show the "real him" and then just does another impersonation of some other past wrestler. Perhaps they'll reveal there is no "real" Aron Rex and he's a sociopath with split personalities

Wouln't that just be another impersonation, that of James McAvoy from the blockbuster movie Split?

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

Tato posted:

Idol Stevens/Damien Sandow/Aron Rex is always saying it's time for him to show the "real him" and then just does another impersonation of some other past wrestler. Perhaps they'll reveal there is no "real" Aron Rex and he's a sociopath with split personalities

Let's be honest, this is the real Aron Rex. It just so happens that the real Aron Rex is a comedy jobber who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a mic.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
PWInsider:

quote:

Since we have gotten some emails about a few TNA related topics, here is the latest:
*As of this writing, the company has not yet locked in Matt and Jeff Hardy to new deals. But they are leaning towards staying with the company.
*Drew Galloway has also yet to sign a new deal. No idea where things stand there.
*Dixie Carter has moved out of the TNA offices in Nashville, TN and is not involved in any TNA decision-making and is effectively gone from the company. Her husband, Serg Salinas, is also no longer with the company. He lists on his LinkedIn Profile that in January, he left the company to work as General Manager of Trifecta Entertainment and Tex-Ville Tunes Music Publishing in Nashville, TN. Trifecta Entertainment was the company Dixie Carter owned and ran before TNA.
*Jeff Jarrett is believed to be coming on board as the new Executive Producer, replacing John "Big" Gaburick, but we have heard differing accounts of whether Jarrett's deal is done. Jarrett is still moving forward with GFW so it's possible he will try and bridge the two entities together going forward. I wouldn't be shocked to see the GFW TV that was filmed in Las Vegas eventually end up on Fight Network, but that's only my gut feeling.
*The latest word is John Gaburick is not leaving the company as we have heard he has restructured his deal to remain as a producer.
*There have been no major office departures and thus far, no real talk of moving the company to Toronto yet but that is still a possibility.
*Staff were in Toronto this week at Anthem and Fight Network Studios, McKenzie Mitchell will be doing some material there with Josh Mathews. Jeff Jarrett was also there talking plans and ideas for the company with Ed Nordholm and Jason Brown.
*Dutch Mantel is officially Head of Creative, joining Matt Conway, Gaburick and Madison Rayne.
*Don West is, thus far, only back to help liquidate the TNA warehouse. We are told there was a ton of merchandise that needed to be sold off so the company is working towards that end. Bringing back West was a Jarrett idea. However there are people who would love him on commentary due to his selling ability with pay-per-views and other digital content. "He could sell you a dead rat and you'd buy it" was one comment I got.

RacistGuidingLight
Apr 5, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Aw drat I was hoping Dutch wasn't that hard up for work.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
The move to Canada has kicked off: https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/827593782384291841

frankenfreak
Feb 16, 2007

I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

rovert posted:

PWInsider:

quote:

*Dutch Mantel is officially Head of Creative, joining Matt Conway, Gaburick and Madison Rayne.
Madison Rayne? :psyduck:

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Madison Rayne is on the creative team.

DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
This company is a plague.

RacistGuidingLight
Apr 5, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Why would Madison Rayne be a bad thing to be on the creative team? What else has she written?

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Christy Hemme was on creative before her so that doesn't surprise me.

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!
Is Dutch Mantel back just so TNA can blame him for stupid match ideas again?

Ghidzilla
May 12, 2009
How.....how did Madison Freaking Rayne get on the creative team? I am so confused right now.

BrigadierSensible
Feb 16, 2012

I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

*Don West is, thus far, only back to help liquidate the TNA warehouse. We are told there was a ton of merchandise that needed to be sold off so the company is working towards that end. Bringing back West was a Jarrett idea. However there are people who would love him on commentary due to his selling ability with pay-per-views and other digital content. "He could sell you a dead rat and you'd buy it" was one comment I got.

Where can I buy this dead rat and how much is it?

skaboomizzy
Nov 12, 2003

There is nothing I want to be. There is nothing I want to do.
I don't even have an image of what I want to be. I have nothing. All that exists is zero.
No joke, I kinda want to buy a Brown Bag Special

The DVDs would be hilarious, at least

sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames
Production in Canada is way cheaper, but a large chunk of the roster's going to be working on visas, so that'll be... entertainingly problematic.

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
Bring back Scott D'Amore with Team Canada 2.0.

Venomous
Nov 7, 2011





so I take it they're going to start mining the Canadian indies to fill up their roster? Because this'll probably be the closest thing the Super Smash Bros. get to a big break until either their visa issues are sorted out or they're signed to New Japan

DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Bring back Major Gunns

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Living Image
Apr 24, 2010

HORSE'S ASS

sticklefifer posted:

Production in Canada is way cheaper, but a large chunk of the roster's going to be working on visas, so that'll be... entertainingly problematic.

Is Jeff Hardy even allowed to leave the US?

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