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Post by kidwow on May 5, 2014 0:11:37 GMT -5
"What's Norman Oklahoma doing in--, wait... where are we again?"
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Post by thegame415 on May 5, 2014 0:12:49 GMT -5
What's Ed Ferrara up to these days?
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2014 0:23:09 GMT -5
What's Ed Ferrara up to these days? What's Nebraska doing in the Impact Zone?!
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Post by Clawley Race on May 5, 2014 2:24:42 GMT -5
Are you telling me that you wouldn't want to see JR act(even more so) like a real life Hank Hill? <willow does something> JR: "That boy ain't right." Oh I like it. He just routinely tries to get Willow to be Jeff Hardy. "Bah God kid, you made yourself famous! Use it."
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 5, 2014 8:18:56 GMT -5
There's a brilliant idea, JR......... shit all over the crowd for not popping at a TNA show. At this point, TNA crowds seem comparable to battered wives. They show up basically because they have to, for some strange yet blindingly loyal reason. That's a lot of people running into doors.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on May 5, 2014 8:27:49 GMT -5
TNA should have a big neon sign that says alternately "Cheer/Boo now and get free shit". It may just work for a couple of weeks. That's actually one of TNA's longstanding tricks for getting crowds to react. Often times, Borash will get on the mic and tell the audience that the fans that cheer the loudest will get to go backstage.
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on May 5, 2014 8:42:24 GMT -5
The big question out of all this is: What happened to towel guy, and roughly when did he stop attending TNA shows? Was it like '08? Or was he already gone by that point? He was my favourite IZ member and damn it I wanna know what happened to him!
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Post by Lance Uppercut on May 5, 2014 13:41:31 GMT -5
The big question out of all this is: What happened to towel guy, and roughly when did he stop attending TNA shows? Was it like '08? Or was he already gone by that point? He was my favourite IZ member and damn it I wanna know what happened to him! What happened to Fat Ugly female Jeff Hardy Fan? I'm sorry to call her that, but there's no other way to describe her. Anyone who remembers the Impact regulars in 06 should know who I'm referring to.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2014 14:12:03 GMT -5
Next month, TNA uses the old WCW "CHEER" and "BOO" sign cues just to get ANY kind of reaction...
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 5, 2014 14:13:58 GMT -5
The big question out of all this is: What happened to towel guy, and roughly when did he stop attending TNA shows? Was it like '08? Or was he already gone by that point? He was my favourite IZ member and damn it I wanna know what happened to him! What happened to Fat Ugly female Jeff Hardy Fan? I'm sorry to call her that, but there's no other way to describe her. Anyone who remembers the Impact regulars in 06 should know who I'm referring to. Didn't she once have a sign that said yes I am a girl? Because people thought she was a guy?
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on May 5, 2014 14:32:13 GMT -5
TNA brought this upon themselves. Years ago, the Impact Zone was full of life and the fans were wild. They were excited about the product and quite vocal to the point of taking over the show. They popped for almost every angle. Chant "This Is Awesome" for matches that got their attention. But Hogan and Company came in and changed it all. They stripped TNA of its former identity & crapped on the previous accomplishments and the crowd showed their disapproval. So TNA told them to behave because you're just cast members not wrestling fans. That lead to a large group of regulars protesting that and not returning. The ones who did try to continue to go were moved from their usual spots and replace with paid models and plants. Seeing the are no longer wanted, they stopped going. Which lead TNA with plants, models, and clueless tourists who're wondering when John Cena coming out to wrestle. The models forgot their cues of when they are suppose to cheer or boo. The plants weren't loud enough to counter the confused tourists' apathy. The very same people they wanted gone were the ones who gave the Impact Zone life. So Hogan convinced TNA to take the show on the road and cuts ties with Universal Studios. TNA went on the road without a backup plan if the tapings didn't work and bring the growth as predicted. The tv tapings put TNA even further in the hole financially and fans on the road acted like the ones in the Impact Zone. So with their tails between their legs, they went back to Orlando. The problem was Universal Studios rented out Studio 21 to someone else and the new area they tape at isn't their's exclusively. While TNA was gone from Orlando, a new wrestling show came to town. WWE brought NXT to Orlando permanently after falling in love with Full Sail Arena. The Full Sail Arena is everything the Impact Zone used to be. The crowd is loud and interacts with the wrestlers. The shows get them excited. Matter of fact, a number of the former Impact Zone regulars are now regulars of NXT. They went somewhere that actually wanted them to make noise and be part of the show. So when TNA announced they were returning back to Orlando, that FORMER fanbase weren't excited. They didn't want to stand in line for hours and get told to how to act like fans. Sure it's free to get in, but they remember how TNA treated them. So they are sticking with NXT and TNA is stuck with the tourists who probably still thinks Hulk Hogan is still there. So you can blame the crowd for the lack of noise and excitement all you want but look at the product that is being sold if you really want the truth. This times a million....a company can only fart in the fans faces for so long before the fans decide to turn their backs on that company. TNA is the very definition of Cold Product right now, and it's pretty much entirely their own faults. The few true TNA fans that remain are so burned out from several years of ever increasing crappiness that I don't blame them one bit for sitting on their hands. It's going to take TNA years to undo the damage they have caused, and I don't see them having the time to do it....and the latest stuff isn't a step in the right direction.
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Post by Freddy BooJangles on May 6, 2014 8:33:39 GMT -5
TNA brought this upon themselves. Years ago, the Impact Zone was full of life and the fans were wild. They were excited about the product and quite vocal to the point of taking over the show. They popped for almost every angle. Chant "This Is Awesome" for matches that got their attention. But Hogan and Company came in and changed it all. They stripped TNA of its former identity & crapped on the previous accomplishments and the crowd showed their disapproval. So TNA told them to behave because you're just cast members not wrestling fans. That lead to a large group of regulars protesting that and not returning. The ones who did try to continue to go were moved from their usual spots and replace with paid models and plants. Seeing the are no longer wanted, they stopped going. Which lead TNA with plants, models, and clueless tourists who're wondering when John Cena coming out to wrestle. The models forgot their cues of when they are suppose to cheer or boo. The plants weren't loud enough to counter the confused tourists' apathy. The very same people they wanted gone were the ones who gave the Impact Zone life. So Hogan convinced TNA to take the show on the road and cuts ties with Universal Studios. TNA went on the road without a backup plan if the tapings didn't work and bring the growth as predicted. The tv tapings put TNA even further in the hole financially and fans on the road acted like the ones in the Impact Zone. So with their tails between their legs, they went back to Orlando. The problem was Universal Studios rented out Studio 21 to someone else and the new area they tape at isn't their's exclusively. While TNA was gone from Orlando, a new wrestling show came to town. WWE brought NXT to Orlando permanently after falling in love with Full Sail Arena. The Full Sail Arena is everything the Impact Zone used to be. The crowd is loud and interacts with the wrestlers. The shows get them excited. Matter of fact, a number of the former Impact Zone regulars are now regulars of NXT. They went somewhere that actually wanted them to make noise and be part of the show. So when TNA announced they were returning back to Orlando, that FORMER fanbase weren't excited. They didn't want to stand in line for hours and get told to how to act like fans. Sure it's free to get in, but they remember how TNA treated them. So they are sticking with NXT and TNA is stuck with the tourists who probably still thinks Hulk Hogan is still there. So you can blame the crowd for the lack of noise and excitement all you want but look at the product that is being sold if you really want the truth. Heed these words TNA
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Post by ________ has left the building on May 6, 2014 10:24:36 GMT -5
The big question out of all this is: What happened to towel guy, and roughly when did he stop attending TNA shows? Was it like '08? Or was he already gone by that point? He was my favourite IZ member and damn it I wanna know what happened to him! What happened to Fat Ugly female Jeff Hardy Fan? I'm sorry to call her that, but there's no other way to describe her. Anyone who remembers the Impact regulars in 06 should know who I'm referring to. Towel Guy was one of those who stuck around for a while. He got moved deep into the stands and eventually just stop coming. He did appear at NXT a couple of times. Female Jeff Hardy Fan? I don't know about her. More than likely went to jail for meth like her hero.
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Post by Surfer Sandman on May 6, 2014 10:43:32 GMT -5
JR needs to come in as Willow's manager. Purely for my own amusement. JR nude, smothered in his own bbq sauce, laughing like a loon and waving a fleshy sword at the audience? Sorry. I was trying to think of the WORST possible get-up for JR as Willow's manager.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2014 11:43:16 GMT -5
The big question out of all this is: What happened to towel guy, and roughly when did he stop attending TNA shows? Was it like '08? Or was he already gone by that point? He was my favourite IZ member and damn it I wanna know what happened to him! What happened to Fat Ugly female Jeff Hardy Fan? I'm sorry to call her that, but there's no other way to describe her. Anyone who remembers the Impact regulars in 06 should know who I'm referring to. I used to efed with her, back when TNA literally had an official efed, she's actually a super nice girl. Total sweetheart.
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