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Post by Danimal on Apr 14, 2014 8:59:21 GMT -5
I just don't get lowballing your world champ and now a recent world champ. Seems to me there has to be better ways to keep the budget in-check.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Apr 14, 2014 9:26:31 GMT -5
The last month or so he was on TV was great but other than that he has done nothing much of worth at all and was never really praised around these parts. Are we just going to pretend that everyone TNA cuts was the greatest and should have been kept around? He was a mid-carder for life, his world title run doesn't mean he is automatically something of value. It means TNA are idiots and should never have put the belt on someone who outside of the tag division is a life long enhancement guy.I hope they put the money on someone who can hopefully break out and make a buck for them. Sounds familiar. The problem with the current budget cuts is the talent they want to get are going to weary about signing with TNA. Not because of WWE probably won't look their way in the future. But because that contract you signed will get reworked for less pay for the same amount of shows at any given moment. Someone like Adam Cole rather stay in the indy scene and control their destiny than take a chance with TNA. Davey Richards burnt every bridge and TNA was his last option before retiring once again to become a firefighter. Now there are talent out there who do want to come into TNA but the list of those saying no is growing everyday. TNA right now is in a WCW 2000/2001 situation in terms of talent. The popular names are draining the budget and are getting replaced by cheaper talent who aren't filling the void. Before long, TNA is going to be filled with people from the Team 3D Academy and vets who people thought retired.
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Post by TK The Friendly Robot on Apr 14, 2014 9:32:56 GMT -5
The last month or so he was on TV was great but other than that he has done nothing much of worth at all and was never really praised around these parts. Are we just going to pretend that everyone TNA cuts was the greatest and should have been kept around? He was a mid-carder for life, his world title run doesn't mean he is automatically something of value. It means TNA are idiots and should never have put the belt on someone who outside of the tag division is a life long enhancement guy.I hope they put the money on someone who can hopefully break out and make a buck for them. Sounds familiar. Yeah, this is stupid too. Magnus should still be reigning strong right now, this was TNA's opportunity to begin to rid him of the 'paper champion' stigma and build towards him gaining his confidence back so that when he did drop the title to someone, who down the line was built to deserve it, it would seem like it meant something. What we got was a former comic relief midcarder with clear mental issues defeat 'the guy' with relative ease, making your world title scene seem like it's littered with jobbers. Sad really.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 14, 2014 9:35:24 GMT -5
so they failed to re-sign sabin <_< >_>
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Post by ________ has left the building on Apr 14, 2014 9:43:36 GMT -5
Sounds familiar. Yeah, this is stupid too. Magnus should still be reigning strong right now, this was TNA's opportunity to begin to rid him of the 'paper champion' stigma and build towards him gaining his confidence back so that when he did drop the title to someone, who down the line was built to deserve it, it would seem like it meant something. What we got was a former comic relief midcarder with clear mental issues defeat 'the guy' with relative ease, making your world title scene seem like it's littered with jobbers. Sad really. That's why I wasn't a fan of Magnus heavily relying on interference for his matches. TNA went the Planet Jarrett route with him instead using the Ric Flair playbook. Magnus could win and still look like a force even while cheating. But he barely won even with an army of interference on his behalf. The one moment he was stripped of his cheating, he loses clean. To Eric Young of all people. The same Magnus who beat Roode and Style months ago couldn't put away a guy who barely won 6 matches in 3 years.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 14, 2014 9:48:58 GMT -5
Yeah, this is stupid too. Magnus should still be reigning strong right now, this was TNA's opportunity to begin to rid him of the 'paper champion' stigma and build towards him gaining his confidence back so that when he did drop the title to someone, who down the line was built to deserve it, it would seem like it meant something. What we got was a former comic relief midcarder with clear mental issues defeat 'the guy' with relative ease, making your world title scene seem like it's littered with jobbers. Sad really. That's why I wasn't a fan of Magnus heavily relying on interference for his matches. TNA went the Planet Jarrett route with him instead using the Ric Flair playbook. Magnus could win and still look like a force even while cheating. But he barely won even with an army of interference on his behalf. The one moment he was stripped of his cheating, he loses clean. To Eric Young of all people. The same Magnus who beat Roode and Style months ago couldn't put away a guy who barely won 6 matches in 3 years. Jarrett even at his top heeling was booked stronger than Magnus... I mean Jarrett was at least shown as resilient before going for the Guitar shot. They basically had it spelled out that Magnus was completely outclassed and had no business as champion... and this point is highlighted by having him lose to Eric Young.
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Post by bluemeii on Apr 14, 2014 9:56:41 GMT -5
The last month or so he was on TV was great but other than that he has done nothing much of worth at all and was never really praised around these parts. Are we just going to pretend that everyone TNA cuts was the greatest and should have been kept around? He was a mid-carder for life, his world title run doesn't mean he is automatically something of value. It means TNA are idiots and should never have put the belt on someone who outside of the tag division is a life long enhancement guy.I hope they put the money on someone who can hopefully break out and make a buck for them. Unfortunately you just described their current champion...and really I don't hear many people acting like like he was the greatest and should have been kept around. Edit: Wow you guys are fast
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Apr 14, 2014 10:24:04 GMT -5
As with the Bad Influence thing I hope this means we'll see the MCMG in ROH and PWG once again at some point.
I've always been a pretty big defender of Impact because I think people are overly critical of it for no reason. But it's getting less and less important for me to tune in each week. Really the only guys left who I'm a big fan of are Aries, Joe and Roode. There are others I like such as The Wolves and Bully Ray but without Aries (who is another one being wasted), Joe (whatever the hell they're doing with him) and Roode (who, thankfully, is prominently positioned) I think I'd give up - and I'm someone who watched 2010/11 era TNA every single week.
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Post by king1836 on Apr 14, 2014 10:44:53 GMT -5
Ironically, winning the World Title is what began his downward spiral!
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Post by HMARK Center on Apr 14, 2014 11:20:55 GMT -5
As with the Bad Influence thing I hope this means we'll see the MCMG in ROH and PWG once again at some point. I've always been a pretty big defender of Impact because I think people are overly critical of it for no reason. But it's getting less and less important for me to tune in each week. Really the only guys left who I'm a big fan of are Aries, Joe and Roode. There are others I like such as The Wolves and Bully Ray but without Aries (who is another one being wasted), Joe (whatever the hell they're doing with him) and Roode (who, thankfully, is prominently positioned) I think I'd give up - and I'm someone who watched 2010/11 era TNA every single week. It's an odd situation the company seems to be in; I honestly don't think they've been that bad for a decent stretch of time now, but you're right that the reasons to keep watching keep getting smaller due to the seemingly constant cuts. If you think about it, TNA's almost never gone through a "New Generation" movement; even WWF did that after just about eight years of the Hulkamania era, and TNA's now been around for nearly TWELVE years. That means there's not enough new blood (there's some, but not enough), and the guys you stick around to watch stop getting as much competition or other guys to play off of to remain fresh and interesting. They need to start doing a full rebuild; they seem to have done it a bit half-assed, but there's more to be done.
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Post by kevin on Apr 14, 2014 11:21:32 GMT -5
What is a shame about Sabin is he is a talented Wrestler, he is okay on the mic but he could have made a really good upper mid carder. If you have him lose a competitive title match against Bully Ray instead of winning a non competitive match (I mean he got his ass kicked the entire match, it was a mess)then you could have done so much more with him. He could have even turned heel in a way that feel more natural and played into his character instead of creating a new one on the fly. Sabin could have been used so much better and TNA would have benefited from it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2014 12:07:02 GMT -5
I really hope we're about to get a 2005 era TNA fan's dream in Jarrett's new group. TNA is making it easier to fill that roster ever day. At the very least we're all but guaranteed a MCMG reunion. Maybe Styles/Young Bucks vs Machine Gun Splitters in NJPW?
I never thought I'd see a TNA without Jarrett, Styles, Daniels, Kaz, Sabin and Shelley. Hell, NJPW not withstanding you can throw in the Bucks, ICMGs, Best Friends, Morrison, Benjamin, Panda Express and the African-American Wolves with them and have a damn good a GFW roster. Just keep JJ out of the ring and throw JR on the mic.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Apr 14, 2014 14:55:44 GMT -5
I just think TNA is prejudice against people who are part zombie and that is why they low balled him
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