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Post by bob on Jun 4, 2012 21:23:43 GMT -5
would that make the ratings change?
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Post by Orange on Jun 4, 2012 21:24:42 GMT -5
I think it could if they played their cards right. Orton's always been one of my favorites, I'd love to see him in TNA, I don't think it's super likely, but I'd love it.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jun 4, 2012 21:25:06 GMT -5
It might jump up for a few weeks but within 2 months, it'd be back to normal.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 21:32:30 GMT -5
Doubtful. Orton would be a big boost to TNA since he is one of the WWE's top stars, but Jeff Hardy didn't make a difference for TNA and he was arguably the WWE's most popular face in 2009. I don't think anyone outside of maybe The Rock can help TNA's ratings at this point, and even that would be a temporary gain much like Hogan was. Orton will help the roster and name recognition a bit, but he is not going to bring over new viewers.
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Post by Celgress on Jun 4, 2012 21:32:33 GMT -5
Nothing else has moved the ratings needle, but you never know.....  |
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Post by fazzle on Jun 4, 2012 21:33:55 GMT -5
No, because it won't matter if you have Orton if you don't properly PROMOTE that you have Orton, and TNA has never managed to do that right.
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Post by Celgress on Jun 4, 2012 21:36:25 GMT -5
No, because it won't matter if you have Orton if you don't properly PROMOTE that you have Orton, and TNA has never managed to do that right. touché  |
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Post by Orange on Jun 4, 2012 21:40:55 GMT -5
Hardy came back as a surprise on their live January show, right?
If that was the case, which i believe it was, I think Hardy could've given them a better ratings boost had they built him up rather than do the surprise thing.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jun 4, 2012 21:47:14 GMT -5
he might pop the ratings for a couple weeks at best, but TNA is so bad at promoting its product that it'd be a modest pop (if they don't try to swerve/surprise everyone) and before long he'd be just another guy in TNA, just like Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Sting and everyone else who failed to push them past their glass ceiling.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jun 4, 2012 21:49:48 GMT -5
For as much as I love him, he doesn't make the ratings move in WWE so there is no chance it happens in TNA.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jun 4, 2012 22:10:06 GMT -5
he might pop the ratings for a couple weeks at best, but TNA is so bad at promoting its product that it'd be a modest pop (if they don't try to swerve/surprise everyone) and before long he'd be just another guy in TNA, just like Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Sting and everyone else who failed to push them past their glass ceiling. Oh, Dixie would promote the heck out of Orton. She'd have ten whole billboards all across Stamford, CT. |
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Post by ICBM on Jun 4, 2012 22:17:49 GMT -5
They passed the point of needed name brand wrestlers from WWE a while ago. That said it never hurts to add somebody seasoned on tv and ppv, but this one is all wrong. Sends a bad message and I honestly don't see the output being worth the cost. No it would not help
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jun 4, 2012 22:21:01 GMT -5
/\ can't be any worse a message than bringing back and continuing to push Jeff Hardy, the man who singlehandledly ruined a PPV.
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Post by lionheart21 on Jun 4, 2012 22:28:23 GMT -5
Ratings have actually been shown to decrease whenever Orton is champ or prominent on TV, so with that I say
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Post by zeez on Jun 4, 2012 22:29:18 GMT -5
Not if the booking is still abysmal.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jun 4, 2012 22:31:18 GMT -5
Nope. Although with Orton in TNA I'd like to see the backstage interaction between Ken Anderson and Randy Orton.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Jun 4, 2012 22:35:31 GMT -5
It might jump up for a few weeks but within 2 months, it'd be back to normal. Thank you. McOrwell has a hard hold on the masses. Let's not kid ourselves. Orton would do nothing. Not even Cena could do anything at this point. No. Not even Cena. No. No! Don't say it. |
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jun 4, 2012 22:50:35 GMT -5
Now that I'm really thinking about it, I don't want Orton to go to TNA. Just because you just KNOW the first thing they are going do is put him in a worked-shoot feud with Mr. Anderson.
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Post by Juice on Jun 4, 2012 22:57:46 GMT -5
orton is pretty much considered wwe ratings poison so I would guess no.
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Post by velvetsthong on Jun 4, 2012 23:21:53 GMT -5
TNA is run by Dixie Carter and Hulk Hogan. Does anyone seriously think they can create a decent angle for Orton? I dont.
Plus, I would love to be a fly on the wall when/if Orton and Ken Anderson meet in a TNA locker room.
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