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oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

https://twitter.com/sescoops/status/816848873180319744

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davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

Wow, Bix. First K.Rool, then Steve and now SEPHIROTH? Your dream game is real!
EDIT: Oatgan beat me to posting my own poo poo.

Tokyo Sexwale
Jul 30, 2003

I wonder if they tried the payday loan defense again

grack
Jan 10, 2012

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

DoctorGonzo posted:

At this point who cares about tna. They should have died like ten times already

How can you kill what's already dead?




So hey, two lawsuits down, how many more left?

davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

Wow, Bix. First K.Rool, then Steve and now SEPHIROTH? Your dream game is real!

Jason Sextro posted:

I wonder if they tried the payday loan defense again
Nah, they just decided to ignore the whole thing and lost by default.

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!
That's somehow even funnier. What's next, a "I totally put a cheque in the mail guys, honest!" defense?

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
TNA will continue, long after we're cold in the ground, with the same headlines as they always are.

"TNA loses lawsuit"

"TNA pulled money out of their rear end for one more taping"

"WWE washout immediately wins belt upon signing with TNA"

"Hey, this Matt Hardy clip is pretty good"

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007



their spiral downward started well before that

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


The pace definitely accelerated to the point of being out of control with the intro of Hogan/Bischoff to the equation

oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

one time I didn't show up to small claims court and it was thrown out anyway maybe they were saving money on billable hours and hoping for the best

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Chris James 2 posted:

The pace definitely accelerated to the point of being out of control with the intro of Hogan/Bischoff to the equation

yeah that's fair

Tokyo Sexwale
Jul 30, 2003

davidbix posted:

Nah, they just decided to ignore the whole thing and lost by default.

What I'm hearing is that Dixie only shows up to fight when her ownership of TNA is on the line

Tokamak
Dec 22, 2004

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

411Mania and a couple dirtsheets say TNA's trying to re-sign Del Rio

What's Beige doing in the Impact Zone?

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
According to PWInsider, Dixie will not be at this week's tapings and will probably never show up again. She has been told to stay away as a result of the lawsuit at the end of last year, hardly anybody wants to see her again and the locker room will never forget it.

Golden Bee
Dec 24, 2009

I came here to chew bubblegum and quote 'They Live', and I'm... at an impasse.

rovert posted:

According to PWInsider, Dixie will not be at this week's tapings and will probably never show up again. She has been told to stay away as a result of the lawsuit at the end of last year, hardly anybody wants to see her again and the locker room will never forget it.

Finally liking a Rovert post!

Grendels Dad
Mar 5, 2011

Popular culture has passed you by.

rovert posted:

According to PWInsider, Dixie will not be at this week's tapings and will probably never show up again. She has been told to stay away as a result of the lawsuit at the end of last year, hardly anybody wants to see her again and the locker room will never forget it.

While it is nice to think that Dixie is legitimately heartbroken about this because she really thinks of herself as a mother to the roster, it's more likely she just shrugged at this and then spent a stupendous amount of money on a luxury vacation at some castle or other.

super macho dude
Aug 9, 2014


rovert posted:

According to PWInsider, Dixie will not be at this week's tapings and will probably never show up again. She has been told to stay away as a result of the lawsuit at the end of last year, hardly anybody wants to see her again and the locker room will never forget it.
this was not written in tweet form so im skeptical

DLC Inc
Jun 1, 2011

cant believe she's finally gone, does this mean competent human beings are in charge of the paychecks and poo poo?

Presuming you wanted to actually spend money to make this product legit again, where do you even begin? Do they even have 6 legit wrestlers on roster? All I can think of who are draws are Galloway and the Hardys.
What free agents could you even lock down, Ospreay? Ricochet? After WWE raided the indy guys the last 3 or so years it has to be pretty tough to start anything from scratch.

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Hiring some decent bookers would help. Get Cornette or whoever on the phone, and put together a decent booking team.

Skinty McEdger
Mar 9, 2008

I have NEVER received the respect I deserve as the leader and founder of The Masterflock, the internet's largest and oldest Christopher Masterpiece fan group in all of history, and I DEMAND that changes. From now on, you will respect Skinty McEdger!

What's going on with the production company's law suit? I heard something vaguely about TNA and the other plaintiffs trying to shift the blame around and avoid it.

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

Skinty McEdger posted:

What's going on with the production company's law suit? I heard something vaguely about TNA and the other plaintiffs trying to shift the blame around and avoid it.

Which one

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

whiteyfats posted:

Hiring some decent bookers would help. Get Cornette or whoever on the phone, and put together a decent booking team.

No. No more Cornette booking. that dude gave ROH the kiss of death and it still hasn't shrugged that poo poo off.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Not to mention that Cornette would probably not even take a call from TNA, regardless of who's in charge.

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

whiteyfats posted:

Hiring some decent bookers would help. Get Cornette or whoever on the phone, and put together a decent booking team.
Kinda doubt they're going to hire a retired guy who called Dixie a "loving oval office."

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Halloween Jack posted:

Kinda doubt they're going to hire a retired guy who called Dixie a "loving oval office."

This sounds like exactly the sort of thing TNA would do, really.

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!
I'm not a TNA historian, but I thought the only kind of bad taste forbidden in TNA is the kind where you so much as imply that Dixie Carter is not a genius or smokin' hot.

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

Halloween Jack posted:

called Dixie a "loving oval office."

That would probably guarantee him a job there.

grack
Jan 10, 2012

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

Skinty McEdger posted:

What's going on with the production company's law suit? I heard something vaguely about TNA and the other plaintiffs trying to shift the blame around and avoid it.

TNA still has at least four lawsuits still going right now.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


You'd have to do a ton more work than its likely worth. You're still under tons of lawsuits. The brand itself is 100% toxic. You have 4 people who are competent in the ring. The production values are complete trash, to the point where college media majors and public access workers could have done a better job. There's no real developmental. You're on a TV channel nobody recognizes (and few carriers seem to have anymore). I think all the international deals are now dead. TNA isn't just a sinking ship, the ship was blown clean in half. There is no saving it.

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

DJExile posted:

You'd have to do a ton more work than its likely worth. You're still under tons of lawsuits. The brand itself is 100% toxic. You have 4 people who are competent in the ring. The production values are complete trash, to the point where college media majors and public access workers could have done a better job. There's no real developmental. You're on a TV channel nobody recognizes (and few carriers seem to have anymore). I think all the international deals are now dead. TNA isn't just a sinking ship, the ship was blown clean in half. There is no saving it.

But they still have the India deal :v:

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


And Hulu streaming sometime this year

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Oh i thought that india deal finally died too

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

DJExile posted:

Oh i thought that india deal finally died too

No they're going to tour there sometime this year.

El Generico
Feb 3, 2009

Nobody outrules the Marquise de Cat!

coconono posted:

No. No more Cornette booking. that dude gave ROH the kiss of death and it still hasn't shrugged that poo poo off.

Listen to Cornette's idea for booking the Invasion if you ever find yourself thinking of him as the voice of reason

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


PWInsider saying Jarrett coming back was one of the biggest signs Dixie was actually really done

quote:

The re-emergence of Jarrett was pointed to this morning as a sign that Carter was completely out in terms of decision-making as the pair had at times, split the loyalty within the company between their two sides and had a number of falling outs over the years, including a time period where Jarrett took time off from the company, during which Carter let go Jarrett's entire support staff at the time, including Dutch Mantel, Savio Vega, Jim Cornette and Brian "Roaddogg" James.

quote:

"There is no way [Carter] would have allowed Jeff to return," said one source who spoke under condition of anonymity. "This is proof that she is done."

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

El Generico posted:

Listen to Cornette's idea for booking the Invasion if you ever find yourself thinking of him as the voice of reason

Yeah, goddamn, even Vince Russo had him beat on that one.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Jeff, Karen, and Dutch Mantell are all in Florida and, not gonna lie, I'm kinda down for a Dutch-booked TNA .

DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Jeff Jarret is the best con man in the business

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Those of us in the laser etched guitar club are laughing so hard rn

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zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

DoctorGonzo posted:

Jeff Jarret is the best con man in the business

Ain't he great?

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