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Post by Kris Kobain on May 7, 2010 1:31:32 GMT -5
polldaddy.com/poll/3148833/?view=results&msg=votedI've seen so much hate on RVD being champ and how The Pope deserved to win the title instead. The latest poll implies to me that The Pope isn't ready or popular enough for the title yet. Key word being yet. I'm a little suprised that Matt Morgan has so many votes. I didn't know he was the most popular guy in the company.
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Post by comahan on May 7, 2010 1:45:19 GMT -5
I think some of the reason for the lack of Pope votes is that he's injured, so even if he won, he wouldnt be able to get his shot, and some people know that. Could also be that he just got his shot, no idea.
About Morgan, I saw him link the poll on his twitter the other night, so it could just be his mass of fans all flocking to vote for him while the others arent doing that, dont know though.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 7, 2010 1:56:27 GMT -5
If the Wolfe 'match' is any indication, the poll thing won't matter a bit.
So weird they'd choose to do it that way. He debuted and had a great program against Angle, then poof back to the midcard ye go. The fans vote for him anyway, and they give him a three minute match on tv.
It's like the poll thing is lip service. " See, we're giving you what you want; sorta, but only if it doesn't run counter to what we wanna do, and if it does, we'll give it a token match and move on."
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Post by bob on May 7, 2010 1:59:22 GMT -5
if Pope wasn't injured I'm positive he would be leading the poll
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Post by Arturo Classico on May 7, 2010 2:02:12 GMT -5
I hope Wolfe wins again so they'll realize that people want to see him so they'll finally push him.
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Post by comahan on May 7, 2010 2:05:56 GMT -5
If the Wolfe 'match' is any indication, the poll thing won't matter a bit. So weird they'd choose to do it that way. He debuted and had a great program against Angle, then poof back to the midcard ye go. The fans vote for him anyway, and they give him a three minute match on tv. It's like the poll thing is lip service. " See, we're giving you what you want; sorta, but only if it doesn't run counter to what we wanna do, and if it does, we'll give it a token match and move on." Ive said this a few times on this forum, but I dont think that the match was intentionally supposed to be like that. The show was running really long after the opening segment (35 mins for that segment, really? uhg) and EVERYTHING after it was rushed and less impactful. The Sting/Hogan segment was rushed, and ALL of the matches were shortchanged. It just seems like bad luck that the Wolfe title shot happened to come on the same night as their horrible mismanagement of time to open the show. I mean, with 25 mins left on the show, you had The O-Zone, 2 Matches, AND the Sting/Hogan segment left. I can almost guarantee you that they didnt plan it that way. And all of those segments came off worse than they should have because of it. All speculation by me though, of course. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 7, 2010 2:14:00 GMT -5
Eh, ya may be right; either way though if it's a slight at the fan vote or horrible time management, it's indicative of something pretty wrong there.
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Post by Kris Kobain on May 7, 2010 3:00:13 GMT -5
Some really good points have been brought up,
Injury: Means he isn't relevant in fans minds for the time being.
Twitter: Smart move by Morgan in my opinion. That makes it easy for him to get votes.
Booking: Fans aren't going to vote for someone who has been booked weak.
Those are all very valid points.
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Post by Brian Suntan on May 7, 2010 5:40:19 GMT -5
I do think it's a valid question. I am suprised at how poorly both him and Abyss are doing.
Looks like he's not the next Rock.
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Post by Celgress on May 7, 2010 9:58:24 GMT -5
Here is one, I'm still a Pope fan for life.  |
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Post by Celgress on May 7, 2010 10:02:16 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2010 12:56:50 GMT -5
I think that people are confused as to whether he is a street preacher or a pimp, and are trying to determine how he can be both and they forgot to vote.
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Post by comahan on May 7, 2010 13:03:11 GMT -5
They taped the show the night after the first poll was taken down, and if you read the spoilers, it says in there how theyre gonna make it work. Since the new poll had been up less than 24 hours, they just went down the lost of the old poll. And since Wolfe got his shot, Hardy was next in line since he was #2 on the first poll. Id imagine this poll will be up until the tapings after Sacrifice, where they will then transition from the old one. |
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Post by D2: Sweet & Sour Edition on May 7, 2010 14:06:58 GMT -5
Pretty sure that's what they said the poll would be for anyway. PPV to PPV.
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Post by sjones on May 7, 2010 20:40:53 GMT -5
Pope seems to always be either talking smack, getting his ass whooped backstage by someone or wrestling Desmond Wolfe. Even if he wasn't injured they really aren't giving us much to care about with him. For a so-called pimp he has been looking pretty hoeish lately. IF he ever gets the strap I see it being long past the point of caring. Yes this still bothers me because it was just thrown out there just because....but what kind of supposed main event player gets jumped by X-Pac and Scott Hall backstage and doesn't do anything about it? There were jobbers in WCW that got jumped by the nWo in their prime and didn't just take it lying down. Imagine The Rock getting jumped by Mideon and Gangrel before a big match and just letting it slide. That's why I've always said: Don't believe anything that Hogan or Dixie says. It's not Pope's fault that he's injured. The main question is when he returns, will he get his momentum back? We'll see if they have that kind of faith in him. It remains to be seen and would prove the illogic of booking. But that's Impact...it's all about illogical bookings and protecting the top stars that have been over for years. That's WHAT the show has always been since Angle came over 4 years ago. |
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on May 7, 2010 21:06:51 GMT -5
Come on guys, let's get Brother Devon a title shot!
TO THE VOTING BOOTHS!!!!
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Post by barley96 on May 7, 2010 21:16:54 GMT -5
I think half of those Pope votes came from me during the first ranking vote. When Desmond Wolf jobbed to RVD in 3 minutes, I gave up it.
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Post by BD Punk AKA SUSPENDED! on May 7, 2010 21:17:06 GMT -5
Matt Morgan can't get a TNA World title shot, he's a tag team!!!! It'd be a handicap match!!
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Post by ICBM on May 7, 2010 21:34:33 GMT -5
I really want to believe the voting works but I have been a wrestling fan too long
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Post by comahan on May 7, 2010 21:37:53 GMT -5
Matt Morgan 87,499 votes 41%
Desmond Wolfe 71,431 votes 34%
Mr. Anderson 17,529 votes 8%
Jeff Hardy 9,703 votes 5%
Rob Terry 6,830 votes 3%
Sting 3,022 votes 1%
Brother Devon 2,800 votes 1%
Rhino 2,449 votes 1%
The Pope 2,372 votes 1%
Kurt Angle 2,173 votes 1%
AJ Styles 1,437 votes 1%
Hernandez 1,341 votes 1%
Jeff Jarrett 1,323 votes 1%
Brother Ray 1,230 votes 1%
Abyss 912 votes <1%
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