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Post by probable on Aug 27, 2011 14:12:25 GMT -5
I do.
The reasons being I'd like to see WWE snap up the library.
Quite honestly, a WWE produced "Rise and Fall" DVD would interest me much more than anything I can imagine TNA ever doing. Its something I would pay money for - there is nothing TNA produces which makes me want to part with money.
I'd like to see what TNA talent ends up in WWE and how they are booked / able to get over etc. AJ Styles on Superstars would interest me FAR more than AJ in the main event of Bound for Glory.
I'd be interested in seeing who comes along next to be the number 2 - and hopefully it will be somebody with a clue. If it were somebody with a clue, I think wrestling would be more fun.
What say you swines?
EDIT: This is in no way to design a "war" etc as highlighted in the pinned topic. This is just an observation of mine I'd wish to share to see what others think.
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Post by BigAl on Aug 27, 2011 14:28:13 GMT -5
I always wish TNA would "improve" but since the Hogan era, it is bad!
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Post by Kash Flagg on Aug 27, 2011 14:32:09 GMT -5
No, because as much as the product frustrates me, a monopoly in wrestling would make the product even more unwatchable than a lot of it is now.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Aug 27, 2011 14:34:05 GMT -5
I don't watch the show, so yeah I wouldn't mind seeing it die.
Reasons:
1. The topics on this site. 2. The shoot videos from burned former employees. 3. The talent that would come from the company. 4. WWE SUX U FAGS morons on Youtube etc crying onto their keyboards.
So yeah. Kill it!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2011 14:36:38 GMT -5
The more national wrestling companies that there are, the better it is for wrestlers and fans. So, no.
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Post by comahan on Aug 27, 2011 14:36:56 GMT -5
no.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2011 14:45:02 GMT -5
Nah not me. Honestly I question whether WWE would have even a slight interest in TNA's library. I don't think there's value in WWE putting out a "rise and fall of TNA" because TNA at their best don't hold a lot of stock in pop culture like ECW or WCW did. TNA's story is more one of wasted potential.
If WWE took on guys like AJ, Morgan and Joe I don't think their backlog in TNA would worth digging up. They've had a lot of great matches but I feel like if you brought a lot of their angles to light to a WWE audience largely unfamiliar with TNA, you're hurting them more than you're helping them. If I'm bringing someone like Samoa Joe and I wanna build him up to be a killer monster heel, the last thing I wanna do is instill in a fan the impetus to go back and see the shit that Joe's been through the last few years. I'd rather people don't know who he is and rebuild him from the ground up.
I don't know, putting myself in Vince's shoes I just don't see the value in TNA's library. TNA going out of business would be an interesting story, and I'm sure the amount of dirt that would come up of TNA's past, post mortem would be fascinating. But as long as TNA's alive there's always that hope, misguided as it may be, that they'll turn the thing around. With ROH with fingers crossed on their way to challenging TNA's spot as number two(I realize it won't happen anytime soon) it could be the kick that TNA needs to re-evaluate how they work.
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Post by Renslayer on Aug 27, 2011 14:45:31 GMT -5
No, for a couple of reasons. One, the wrestling product would become even staler. WWE can barely find anything to do with the talent they have, what would they do with the infusion of new talent? Two, some wrestlers would be out of work & that would be unfortunate. Third, competition(although it's hard to really call TNA competition tbh) is good & in theory, should force WWE to try to put out the best product they can. Fourth would be fan interest. Who wants to see the same style & brand of wrestling all the time when there's a decent alternative out there?
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Post by Michael Coello on Aug 27, 2011 14:47:40 GMT -5
I do. The reasons being I'd like to see WWE snap up the library. Quite honestly, a WWE produced "Rise and Fall" DVD would interest me much more than anything I can imagine TNA ever doing. Its something I would pay money for - there is nothing TNA produces which makes me want to part with money. I'd like to see what TNA talent ends up in WWE and how they are booked / able to get over etc. AJ Styles on Superstars would interest me FAR more than AJ in the main event of Bound for Glory. I'd be interested in seeing who comes along next to be the number 2 - and hopefully it will be somebody with a clue. If it were somebody with a clue, I think wrestling would be more fun. What say you swines? EDIT: This is in no way to design a "war" etc as highlighted in the pinned topic. This is just an observation of mine I'd wish to share to see what others think.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Aug 27, 2011 14:55:00 GMT -5
Never. It's my new WCW. I never want the WWE to buy out any other company. I would never invest another dime into wrestling ever again if that happened with TNA.
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Post by wcw on Aug 27, 2011 15:26:55 GMT -5
No I just wish they were booked better and run better. Dixie Carter is not a good promoter and she doesn't have the right people in charge especially in creative.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 27, 2011 15:29:34 GMT -5
No.
One less place for workers to get international exposure will not help wrestling at all, it'll just mean a greater percentage of workers are just wasting their time trying to make a go of it and yet more talented guys will choose MMA instead. TNA may not pay great, but I bet a lot of the low paid workers who've passed through can charge a lot more for their services in the indies than they could before.
The WWE need competition to flourish, remember how awful things got after the WWF demolished the territories in the mid 90s before WCW really took off? Remember the years after the collapse of WCW and ECW? I do, they weren't particularly fun times to be a fan, TNA is far, faaaar from perfect, but it's some sort of alternative for fans and wrestlers and I do believe that as long as the company is still going there is a chance for them to turn it around like WVW did in 1996... They just need to cut back on the hasbeens and dead weight and stop repeating tired old ideas from the same old staff.
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Post by Alex Shelley on Aug 27, 2011 15:30:48 GMT -5
No, as many problems as TNA has it's nice to have a venue where I can see some guys I really like on TV each week for free. Sure I complain about its problems but I'd be sad to see it go. I just wish it were better, that's all.
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Post by Paco on Aug 27, 2011 16:05:02 GMT -5
Nope.
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Post by Krazee on Aug 27, 2011 16:25:48 GMT -5
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Post by molson5 on Aug 27, 2011 16:27:07 GMT -5
No, because I don't think there'd be anything to replace it. The TNA experiment isn't exactly going to cause investors to line up and get involved with pro wrestling. They're established, they have some kind of core fan base, I don't think improvement is as impossible as some.
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Post by Muskrat on Aug 27, 2011 16:31:07 GMT -5
Absolutely not. I've gotten back into the habit of never missing an episode of Impact, and I'm enjoying it for the most part. Sure, there's stuff I don't care for (Mexican America, the KO's in general now, mentally challenged EY etc.) but I watch every week, and the show is generally entertaining to me. I'd actually be pretty damn disappointed if it went away.
I mean, yeah, there's ALOT of stuff I'd like to see change about TNA, but I definitely want them to stick around
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 27, 2011 16:31:12 GMT -5
No, because I don't think there'd be anything to replace it. The TNA experiment isn't exactly going to cause investors to line up and get involved with pro wrestling. They're established, they have some kind of core fan base, I don't think improvement is as impossible as some. Pretty much, TNA tanking will show just how much of a moneypit a wrestling company is. They had big money backing from a big company, they had very little competition for talent from similar sized feds, they had a national US TV station that loves their output and international exposure. If a company with all those things going for it can't make it work then wrestling just won't be seen as a worthwhile investment.
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Post by Psychoblue on Aug 27, 2011 16:51:06 GMT -5
The most common defense I hear of TNA is that if it died, the evil Vince McMahon would have complete dominance of professional wrestling and we have to fight the power. Looking at the incompetence in the front office as well as the blatant allowance of drug abuse until it's far too late to do anything about it (the Hardys), not to mention the utter disregard for their talent (Konnan, Daffney), the wrestling world would be a lot better off if it did die. Then whatever promotion emerged from the ashes would HOPEFULLY have learned from the mistakes.
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Aug 27, 2011 17:00:00 GMT -5
No, I wouldn't mind seeing them knocked down to third by RoH or some new big money backed promotion, to give them some damn incentive to change their formula, but as much as I love WWE DVD's I would rather see more places for people to work.
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