BigBadZ
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The Rumors Are All True
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Post by BigBadZ on Jan 15, 2014 22:42:16 GMT -5
Sue Hogan and Bischoff
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 15, 2014 22:58:46 GMT -5
Choose 5-8 guys on the roster. They're the ones who have exclusive TNA contracts.
Everyone else gets temporary contracts that require them to be present for x months worth of tapings and when house shows roll into their area, but are otherwise unrestricted. If TNA doesn't try to be the sole money opportunity of these guys and do not restrict them in any way from appearing elsewhere (except for, perhaps, WWE), then they don't have to pay high premiums to keep the guys. Exclusivity is an expensive luxury, it should only be given to the guys at the top of the totem pole. If a guy resonates, you can work out more short term deals so they stick around, with the idea being that if they become a proven draw, they can get that bigger dollar contract. Otherwise, you can keep the roster fresh by rotating deals around.
They can use all the extra money they save to buy scratch off lottery tickets.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2014 14:31:31 GMT -5
The best thing to do would be to get rid of the tag team division. Its just another belt that never gets defended and there are only 2 teams in TNA anyway. Sacking The BroMans wouldn't hurt TNA at all and Bad Influence could just wrestle in singles matches.
This would free up time to redevelop the X-Division and Knockouts. Each X-Div and Knockout would work much cheaper than any tag guy.
Also get rid of the TV belt, since you are not using it at all. Save a few grand on gold there.
As for commentators, I would sack Tenay. What does he do that someone from local radio couldn't do?
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Post by toodarkmark on Jan 16, 2014 14:43:16 GMT -5
They should allow Hogan and Bischoffs contracts to expire. Then release the wrestlers who are not used on tv. Then they should stop doing live shows for tv taping, keeping it to once every few months. They should only be interested in hiring indie talent.
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domrep
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Post by domrep on Jan 16, 2014 14:53:03 GMT -5
Tape in Nashville and Dallas. They have offices in both places and large wattling fanbase s in both places. Stop running towns you don't draw in. If they don't watch Impact in large numbers in Phoenix, don't run Phoenix. Develop it organically Do not change one aspect of production value. It is fine and stands apart from the industry standard at Titan Releasing wrestlers? No. Not at the moment. Do a reset after BFG since that closes your year and do a change over. Release some stale acts then and push new guys in the weeks after. Drive competition between your talent. They will one up each other and give you a better out put on screen. How does this save? It doesn't. It simply gets you more for what you pay. Do loop tours and promote them. You have the BFG series right? Make that your Great American Bash. Make the tour an event and mention how great the last show in Winston Salem was and Charlotte is on Wednesday and were gonna blow the roof off etc etc...running towns closer together saves travel costs and helps develop the base you need. Birmingham and mobile have been great spots for TNA. So was Arlington. Do loop tours close to that area and showcase how great the shows are on your TV. They used to do this in small doses. What happened? If I'm not mistaken, TNA seems to draw well in the Northeast: Philly, NYC, Boston. Not sure how it is in the south and mid-west. I'm assuming Kentucky, Ohio are draws for them as well. I'd run in those places every 6 months or so, just do a 4-show loop. Run the Hammerstein, ECW Arena. They get 2100 people for a show in Webster, NY but do 500 in Mobile. It doesn't add up, so I agree, set up house shows where you know you can draw and make money, and figure out the rest. That's one of the things ROH seems to do well in, just going to places they know they can get 1,000 people.
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Post by Freddy BooJangles on Jan 17, 2014 9:43:13 GMT -5
Fire ALMOST everyone else...except the very best camera men you can possibly find. Set up a pole in the middle of the ring and have Brooke dance for 2hrs every Thursday night. This quote I agree with but for how I would cut costs for TNA, move your shows to high school gyms or in bingo halls in small towns.
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Johnny D
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Post by Johnny D on Jan 17, 2014 13:30:05 GMT -5
Replace the championship belts with delicious chocolate ones wrapped in foil.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 17, 2014 13:37:46 GMT -5
TNA RELEASES ALL WRESTLERS NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 15, 2014) – In a cost cutting measure, TNA has announced it has released every wrestler on the roster, except Rockstar Spud™. "We feel this is what we need to do in order bring costs down to an acceptable level," said TNA President Dixie Carter. "TNA is in no way in financial trouble. We believe TNA will survive and even thrive without having any wrestlers under contract," continued Carter. "TNA is not dying and in fact will be around for a long, long time." Impact Wrestling will now be an hour long drama about the adventures of a southern belle and her bizarre British assistant as they struggle to save a dying wrestling promotion. I am now imagining a situation like what happened when Smithers and Mr. Burns tried to run the power plant by themselves
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Welfare Willis
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jan 17, 2014 14:04:17 GMT -5
Hire Scott Steiner to announce and do backstage interviews instead of JB and Christy.
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Post by SCCB Was Told To Do Steroids on Jan 17, 2014 14:30:48 GMT -5
1.) Fire everyone older than 40. 2.) Keep booking staff together for six months. Sketch a plan until a PPV. The writers with the best plans stay, the rest go. 3.) Go back to the "Mid-South" feel of grainy taped shows in a run down gym. 4.) Cherry pick the indies as if TNA IS the final desination (pardon the pun) for real wrestlers. 5.) Better P.R. with Spike, Viacom, and cross-promotion. NEVER let the Bellator fiasco ever happen again. More hybridization. Create a "pure" title for that division. 6.) Along with #4., DO THE OPPOSITE of WWE. OVW is fine, but if a guy like Hero or Colt has been out there for a while unsigned, let him do his thing. Assume he's got this wrestling thing figured out by now, so you don't have to "train him". 7.) MOST IMPORTANTLY, ACT LIKE YOU ARE THE NUMBER ONE PROMOTION IN THE WORLD, EVEN IF YOU AREN'T!!! Don't have shadow events in cities before or after WWE or ROH is booked there. Don't complain about WWE secretly being out to ruin you. Act like your product is the best thing on the planet.
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Sam Punk
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Post by Sam Punk on Jan 18, 2014 21:42:54 GMT -5
1. Eliminate the commentators. Give the wrestlers a mic so they can commentate on their own matches as they are in progress.
2. Similar to #1, eliminate the referees. The wrestlers can count their own pin attempts.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 26, 2014 5:19:01 GMT -5
Scale back the production values. Don't make it too cheap, but do things like work with a smaller set or using cheaper cameras (while still having professional, good quality camera WORK).
Run in smaller venues. I agree with the posters who said to try booking the ECW arena or the Hammerstein. Nothing wrong with high school gyms, community centers, ballrooms, and the like. Going back to the production values thing, quality camera work and editing goes a long way in shaking off the "bush league" aura.
Touring is fine, but I think they should keep it limited to one region, and mostly in smaller cities of 20,000 - 100,000 people. Cut back on the house shows, as TNA isn't big enough to run them as well.
Basically, TNA should stop trying to compete with WWE and simply focus on trying to be the best TNA they can be, and making themselves an attractive option for aspiring young wrestlers, older established vets wanting one last run (talking about the likes of Stevie Richards, Val Venis, Rikishi, etc.) or for younger talents who unfortunately didn't make much headway in WWE.
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SOR
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Post by SOR on Jan 26, 2014 9:41:46 GMT -5
As for commentators, I would sack Tenay. What does he do that someone from local radio couldn't do? Generally radio guys don't have people in their ears telling them what to say or what to promote next. They generally have more time to get something or someone over and you'd probably have major issues with your lead announcer not knowing a single wrestling hold or wrestler if you used a local radio guy...
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Reflecto
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Post by Reflecto on Jan 26, 2014 10:56:32 GMT -5
As for commentators, I would sack Tenay. What does he do that someone from local radio couldn't do? Considering that TNA's based at Universal/Central Florida for shows- what does Mike Tenay do that someone from local radio couldn't do? Not be HIM.
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