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Post by Chainsaw on Aug 3, 2013 19:48:05 GMT -5
With the revelation that yet another has-been MMA legend has been added to the roster, and with their close relationship with Bellator, I am now of the mind that within a year's time, TNA will end up being absorbed into Bellator and will attempt to become a hybrid MMA company, jettisoning much of the current pro wrestling style and adopting the "real" MMA style, but keeping the storyline aspects of pro wrestling in the product. All this in an vain attempt to keep the company afloat.
Yea or nay?
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Post by Michael Coello on Aug 3, 2013 21:13:25 GMT -5
You know he's not actually on the roster, right? Tito's not a signing.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Aug 3, 2013 23:53:39 GMT -5
You know he's not actually on the roster, right? Tito's not a signing. So then TNA spend a week hyping up the debut of someone that's not gonna add a thing? Makes sense. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 0:00:01 GMT -5
Nay. I don't watch MMA so a hybrid one probably wont work for me at all, and for others as well I feel.
I remember someone bringing up a good point when a thread popped up in the WWE section about WWE/UFC doing a cross PPV. You risk losing WWE fans because they wont like UFC and vise versa. If TNA did that it would fail in similar fashion. As Bellator fans wont watch and you continue to abandon your core wrestling fan base.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Aug 4, 2013 0:01:10 GMT -5
My theory on TNA?
Next year, 1.1 rating.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Aug 4, 2013 0:03:59 GMT -5
My theory on TNA.. if you put enough monkeys in a room with a typewriter, eventually they will write a storyline that makes more sense than most of the storylines that TNA comes up with.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 0:04:10 GMT -5
I can't really see a mainstream wrestling company completely getting rid of the flashy pro wrestling moves and having much success. When I want to see MMA style I just watch MMA.
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Post by thetower52 on Aug 4, 2013 1:00:59 GMT -5
MMA is a work anyway
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Post by celticjobber on Aug 4, 2013 1:31:34 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Tito was only on Impact to help promote the upcoming Bellator PPV, at the insistence of Spike TV.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 1:46:38 GMT -5
I don't think that would be a good idea at all. With MMA fighting, you cant really have characters and storylines. You build up a guy, who then gets his ass kicked by a guy who no body cares about?
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Aug 4, 2013 2:13:44 GMT -5
I wouldn't want to see a hybrid MMA/wrestling promotion.
However, I wouldn't mind seeing an MMA promotion with an entire roster of "chronic shit talkers" and guys with sports entertainer-like personalities.
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Post by SOR on Aug 4, 2013 2:14:35 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Tito was only on Impact to help promote the upcoming Bellator PPV, at the insistence of Spike TV. This. They're using Rampage and Tito to make Bellator and Spike happy. Nothing more. TNA will not turn into a Hybrid MMA Promotion. Tito Ortiz will not become World Champion in TNA. |
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Post by TK The Friendly Robot on Aug 4, 2013 3:11:27 GMT -5
I think there is something there with King Mo and Rampage, they both love the sport and Rampage at least seems to want to REALLY be that crossover star. I don't think having them around will hurt TNA or mean that they move towards being a MMA Style company, I think one of TNA's guys has a fight against Ortiz soon and they wanted to bring in Ortiz to push that.
I think it's more likely that both TNA and Bellator will end up under the same company umbrella and while they won't end up as a shoot style wrestling show there will be a lot of cross promotion to make their guys sports stars rather than just fighters or wrestlers. I don't know whether that's a bad thing or a good thing yet.
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Post by Red Impact on Aug 4, 2013 8:08:16 GMT -5
I'm curious, because I've never watched it. Does Bellator promote TNA the way TNA promotes Bellator?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 8:27:08 GMT -5
I'm curious, because I've never watched it. Does Bellator promote TNA the way TNA promotes Bellator? I think they used Taryn Terrell as a ring girl once. I just hope that this doesn't go to NJPW 2003 circa-2003 levels and we see Hernandez fighting in Bellator or something. |
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Post by kidglov3s on Aug 4, 2013 9:27:57 GMT -5
That would never happen in a million years let alone one year. Bellator's show gets like 0.5 ratings, Spike is doing this to help out Bellator.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 9:39:20 GMT -5
I don't think that would be a good idea at all. With MMA fighting, you cant really have characters and storylines. You build up a guy, who then gets his ass kicked by a guy who no body cares about? That's the part where alarming scorecards from judges and Dana booking fights regardless of winners or losers anyway comes into play. Whether it's smart business or not the earlier post of "MMA is a work" is pretty much spot on, at least some of the time. The guys who are the best and who antagonise always get welcomed back regardless of losses or whatever else, but just in UFC recently see: Sonnen, Diaz, Silva. All great fighters, but much better at realising character sells PPVs more than their records. Note: I love MMA so this isn't me being a snarky 'rasslin' fan about it, but something worth stating, it's the same as boxing in marketing & promotion & worth being found in fighters promos. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 12:28:52 GMT -5
I don't think that would be a good idea at all. With MMA fighting, you cant really have characters and storylines. You build up a guy, who then gets his ass kicked by a guy who no body cares about? That's the part where alarming scorecards from judges and Dana booking fights regardless of winners or losers anyway comes into play. Whether it's smart business or not the earlier post of "MMA is a work" is pretty much spot on, at least some of the time. The guys who are the best and who antagonise always get welcomed back regardless of losses or whatever else, but just in UFC recently see: Sonnen, Diaz, Silva. All great fighters, but much better at realising character sells PPVs more than their records. Note: I love MMA so this isn't me being a snarky 'rasslin' fan about it, but something worth stating, it's the same as boxing in marketing & promotion & worth being found in fighters promos. That doesn't make it a work it just makes it sports entertainment. Every sport out there is sports entertainment now and focuses on characters and storylines in connection with the games. The networks are always searching for an angle to make the event itself interesting. Wrestling was just ahead of the curve and are willing to admit that it's for entertainment. |
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Post by Zombie Mod on Aug 4, 2013 13:02:05 GMT -5
I have a theory that it might be bunnies!
as for the original post, I hope not I watch tna for wrestling like I watch wwe for wrestling.
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Post by Lancers on Aug 4, 2013 13:48:22 GMT -5
Spike is merely using TNA to promote Bellator since TNA damn near doubles Bellator's numbers and they invested quite a bit of dough into trying to put competition against the UFC. Although Tito does have a history with TNA.  Never Forget. |
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