WWE Prevented TNA from flying plane over Wma

[carlexley1101]

Over the weekend the story broke that TNA Wrestling was planning on flying a plane over the Citrus Bowl during WrestleMania to promote TNA iMPACT! The stunt never happened and word has come out that it was World Wrestling Entertaiment that prevented it from happening.

WWE officials reportedly heard the news, tracked down the company TNA hired to fly the plane and somehow convinced them not to take off. The company in question is said to have told TNA they couldn't take off due to the weather. Of course, several other planes promoted businesses overhead during Mania, including a local realtor and a "gentleman's club". TNA management was said to be very angry over the foiled plan.

Last night at the Amway Arena (the site of WWE RAW), TNA Wrestling had a truck with large TV screens showing TNA footage. WWE had them thrown out - the driver was given a refund of his parking fee and was ejected from the parking lot.

Source rajah.com/base/node/11980

[Baixo Astral]

Don't blame 'em in the slightest... I'd have totally done the same.

Actually, in their position, I'd do about 95% of the questionable things that the 'E do.

[Lance Uppercut]

Apr 2, 2008 4:05:49 GMT -5 @carlexley1101 said:

TNA management was said to be very angry over the foiled plan.

Somehow this is the funniest part of all this. I can imagine Dixie Carter in the back crumpling up her papers in her hands saying "Damn" ala Stewie Griffing or "Blast... curses foiled again" ala a Scrooge McDuck nemesis.

[cart]

balls. TNA had vans driving about the citrus bowl playing TNA videos on them.
Why would wwe stop the plane and not the vans?

[Lance Uppercut]

Apr 2, 2008 4:11:37 GMT -5 cart said:

balls. TNA had vans driving about the citrus bowl playing TNA videos on them.
Why would wwe stop the plane and not the vans?

Probably because they didn't hear of that plan in advance like the plane thing. The news did say that they made the vans go away. Kind of nice of them to pay for their parking though.

[dpg]

This sounds like crap again. How exactly did WWE convince them not to fly? that part is conveniently left out I see. Sounds like somebody desperately trying to make their previous story look legit by making up another story to back it up, which also contains very little details and has sources from both companies.

The part about the van also forgets to mention that the truck moved to an adjacent lot, WWE staff went over to get him to move again, he said he wouldn't move unless the police told him too, which of course they didn't, so he stayed.

[halloweenkev]

sounds like a pro WWE BS story to me..

[nm]

WWE officials may or may not have convinced the plane company to not fly the TNA plane over Wrestlemania.

[unholy]

If anything I think the entire thing TNA did over the weekend made them look stupid, and this is comming for a person who watched Impact religously up untill the semi-end of the Joe-Angle feud, (after the Iron Man match i think).
It made them look week and just another indie, at this stage if a WWE fan tuned into TNA, they'd be put off ever looking at it again, even WITH 2 hours they still seem to be rushing.

[cactusrob]

Apr 2, 2008 4:50:09 GMT -5 dpg said:

This sounds like crap again. How exactly did WWE convince them not to fly?

"I'll give you $5 not to fly"

Done!

[The Genesis of KoOS]

They threatened them by show them Undertaker's powers and told them if they flew, that would be in their future.

[James McCloud IS John Godot]

Yawn. If the story did have all the details, there'd be whining about how it was suspicious that the "newz" sites seemingly had all the information, too much so.

[dpg]

Apr 2, 2008 5:59:21 GMT -5 James McCloud IS John Godot said:

Yawn. If the story did have all the details, there'd be whining about how it was suspicious that the "newz" sites seemingly had all the information, too much so.

So because the news report is vague, factless and just seems to exist in order to support a previous piece of news that didnt happen it must be right?

[James McCloud IS John Godot]

Nope, it means that this merry go round of following and dismissing every piece of news is starting to get old.

Yeah, some news is obviously bull but it's got the point where people are demanding the naming of inside sources (uh, cos that wouldn't be a stupid thing to do) or else they riot. I mean, dismiss everything out of hand because it came from the interweb.

[dpg]

I don't think they have to name sources, however this piece of news just seems to have been pure fiction. Firstly news comes out that TNA want to fly a plane over wrestlemania, the story in itself is very vague and just seems to be filler. No plane is seen. A few days later another story comes out saying WWE magically convinced the company not to fly TNA's advert, no details even in vague terms of how this was done, and thats why no plane was seen. Couldnt have anything to do with the entire thing being made up could it? Because that would explain all of it very easily.

[Red Impact]

Apr 2, 2008 6:47:41 GMT -5 James McCloud IS John Godot said:

Nope, it means that this merry go round of following and dismissing every piece of news is starting to get old.

Yeah, some news is obviously bull but it's got the point where people are demanding the naming of inside sources (uh, cos that wouldn't be a stupid thing to do) or else they riot. I mean, dismiss everything out of hand because it came from the interweb.

That surprises you?

When you have no sources, you generally aren't held accountable for what you write. Combine that with writing things that generally can't be proven true (ie: backstage information) and things that don't happen (ie: angles/matches that don't occur for whatever reason) and you lose your credibility in the eyes of your audience.

That's basic journalism. It doesn't matter if you're right a decent portion of the time. If you're not right or people are unable to see if you're right, you're not going to have credibility.

[Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen]

I think we're all missing the most important part of the story:

Apr 2, 2008 4:05:49 GMT -5 @carlexley1101 said:

Source rajah.com/base/node/11980

[Ace Baretta]

Yeah, if that was the case, TNA would have a HUGE lawsuit on their hands which would be a slam dunk case for any lawyer, even a bad one.

Complete and total BS.

[Kae]

I don't blame the WWE if it is true. Why let their competition have free advertising?

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Apr 2, 2008 6:47:41 GMT -5 James McCloud IS John Godot said:

Nope, it means that this merry go round of following and dismissing every piece of news is starting to get old.

Yeah, some news is obviously bull but it's got the point where people are demanding the naming of inside sources (uh, cos that wouldn't be a stupid thing to do) or else they riot. I mean, dismiss everything out of hand because it came from the interweb.

I'm sorry but when pretty much ALL the articles are brought with no material proof and that the news brought are usually proved wrong later or are completely stupid bu still presented as true (I'll always remember the one about Jonathan Coachman being punished for botching a spot by being forced to take the wrestlers' finishers) and that the infos are obviously NEVER verified, which is the BASIS of journalism, then I don't see why I should give any credit to these news articles as long as they can't prove what they claim.

I mean, it's not dismissing just for the hell of dismissing, it's just that newz sites seem to think we're idiots and that we'll swallow each and everything they tell us, and that pisses us off (well, me anyway, don't know for the other guys).

It's not like we were REALLY nitpicking and pointing very little and meaningless details, but when news sites come up with such vague and obscure articles, or claim some obvious BS that even a 6 years old could debunk, I don't see why we should act as if this is an exemplary article. They stop writing BS, then I'll stop complaining about them writing BS.