Post by Lance Uppercut on Jul 14, 2010 23:49:54 GMT -5
**TNA is going in a completely different direction for their next pay per view ‘Hard Justice' on August 8th where they will abandon all current storylines and angles for one night and present an ECW nostalgia show built around the ECW alumni in the promotion. The company has absolutely nothing to lose and I would be shocked if this show is not their most successful pay per view of the year but it is a band aid solution with history showing that nostalgia will draw for one night but it's not a sustainable booking method. The show is going to be modeled exactly as the WWE ‘One Night Stand' shows were presented in 2005 and 2006, which were strong successes on pay per view for the company (325,000 and 280,000 buys respectively) which along with the support of the sales from the ‘Rise and Fall of ECW' DVD led to Vince McMahon resurrecting the brand from June 2006 until this past February where it was shelved in favor of NXT.
The premise of the pay per view will be that the ECW alumni have control of the show and presumably will be using TNA talent on the show with ‘one night of full control' of the company.
There is no doubt that the immediate reaction will be strong and people will be nostalgic for the ECW of old but the key for TNA is shooting a major angle that is going to continue and sustain that level of interest. In 2010 you cannot build a company around stars from 1997 and integrating your current crop of stars is going to be essential.
When it comes to pay per view the company has hit rock bottom in terms of interest and buys so there is no such thing as a ‘bad idea' as long as it's different and there is no denying the short term jolt this angle will provide for the August pay per view.
In terms of what is considered a success for TNA on pay per view? It's hard to gauge how much casual interest there is in ECW as the nostalgia for ECW was hit hard in 2005 with both the WWE show and the ‘Hardcore Homecoming' series of shows and with the WWE's presentation of ECW over the past four years I'm not sure how high the demand is. The TV for TNA really has to push the show hard and make it feel special and you definitely have guys that cut the right promo to gain interest and the tease of Paul Heyman debuting at that show and cutting a promo will guarantee buys for this show.
On a final note the legalities behind the promotion of this show will be interesting considering the WWE owns all of the intellectual property behind ECW and that is going to be the selling point of the show. The wording behind the promotion is going to have be very carefully put together as I'd be surprised if we don't see some form of lawsuit coming out of this from the WWE based on the fact they are selling a show based around WWE IP.
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Credit: LiveAudioWrestling
TNA Copying WWE’s Extreme Rules Pay Per View
Date Added: July 14, 2010
Story By: Steve Carrier
The word going around in the TNA locker room at the Impact tapings tonight in Orlando is that their upcoming "Hard Justice" pay-per view will be similar to the original "One Night Stand" PPV that WWE promoted in remembrance of ECW according to ProWrestling.net.
The report claims that the "Hard Justice" TNA show will feature a lot of "one-and-done" type matches featuring former original ECW talent.
There is additional buzz that even more ECW wrestlers that are currently not involved with TNA will be brought in for the special event.
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Credit: Prowrestling.com
The premise of the pay per view will be that the ECW alumni have control of the show and presumably will be using TNA talent on the show with ‘one night of full control' of the company.
There is no doubt that the immediate reaction will be strong and people will be nostalgic for the ECW of old but the key for TNA is shooting a major angle that is going to continue and sustain that level of interest. In 2010 you cannot build a company around stars from 1997 and integrating your current crop of stars is going to be essential.
When it comes to pay per view the company has hit rock bottom in terms of interest and buys so there is no such thing as a ‘bad idea' as long as it's different and there is no denying the short term jolt this angle will provide for the August pay per view.
In terms of what is considered a success for TNA on pay per view? It's hard to gauge how much casual interest there is in ECW as the nostalgia for ECW was hit hard in 2005 with both the WWE show and the ‘Hardcore Homecoming' series of shows and with the WWE's presentation of ECW over the past four years I'm not sure how high the demand is. The TV for TNA really has to push the show hard and make it feel special and you definitely have guys that cut the right promo to gain interest and the tease of Paul Heyman debuting at that show and cutting a promo will guarantee buys for this show.
On a final note the legalities behind the promotion of this show will be interesting considering the WWE owns all of the intellectual property behind ECW and that is going to be the selling point of the show. The wording behind the promotion is going to have be very carefully put together as I'd be surprised if we don't see some form of lawsuit coming out of this from the WWE based on the fact they are selling a show based around WWE IP.
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Credit: LiveAudioWrestling
TNA Copying WWE’s Extreme Rules Pay Per View
Date Added: July 14, 2010
Story By: Steve Carrier
The word going around in the TNA locker room at the Impact tapings tonight in Orlando is that their upcoming "Hard Justice" pay-per view will be similar to the original "One Night Stand" PPV that WWE promoted in remembrance of ECW according to ProWrestling.net.
The report claims that the "Hard Justice" TNA show will feature a lot of "one-and-done" type matches featuring former original ECW talent.
There is additional buzz that even more ECW wrestlers that are currently not involved with TNA will be brought in for the special event.
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Credit: Prowrestling.com
