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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 15, 2014 6:11:48 GMT -5
And now I'm really f***ing depressed at how TNA used to be.
I even miss the tale of the tapes, or do they still do that?
f*** it, I miss DON WEST.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 15, 2014 6:15:20 GMT -5
DID YOU HEAR THAT, HE SAYS HE MISSES DON WEST! PELE KICK!
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 15, 2014 6:16:52 GMT -5
DID YOU HEAR THAT, HE SAYS HE MISSES DON WEST! PELE KICK! Don was f***ing terrible, but at least he GAVE A f***. Same as the crowd, for that matter. Smarky as shit but at least they cared about the product. Tenay is better with West, as well.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 15, 2014 6:20:47 GMT -5
DID YOU HEAR THAT, HE SAYS HE MISSES DON WEST! PELE KICK! Don was f***ing terrible, but at least he GAVE A f***. Same as the crowd, for that matter. Smarky as shit but at least they cared about the product. Tenay is better with West, as well. Oh, certainly, I just like to poke fun at the guy. I wish we had a happy medium. Tenay never gives a shit, now, and Don West treated EVERYTHING like a big deal, which would get obnoxious. Somewhere in the middle would be nice.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 15, 2014 6:25:25 GMT -5
Don was f***ing terrible, but at least he GAVE A f***. Same as the crowd, for that matter. Smarky as shit but at least they cared about the product. Tenay is better with West, as well. Oh, certainly, I just like to poke fun at the guy. I wish we had a happy medium. Tenay never gives a shit, now, and Don West treated EVERYTHING like a big deal, which would get obnoxious. Somewhere in the middle would be nice. I agree. I'll always prefer over-enthusiasm to under-enthusiasm though. I cannot believe how much better this match is on literally every facet, better than TNA now. - Younger, motivated, less injured Kurt Angle - Jeff Jarrett at his heel peak - An in-shape, motivated, younger Sting - Six sided ring - Good wrestling, decent psychology with some nice spots - An arena that seems bigger even if it might not be, has a hot crowd, and a big time feel Everything about it is fantastic, and it's what TNA was all about once upon a time. Even the production is better, the shot when Sting emerges and they shoot him from behind as the camera flashbulbs go crazy in front of him and make the arena seem like it's Wrestlemania sized.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jul 15, 2014 6:33:37 GMT -5
Don was f***ing terrible, but at least he GAVE A f***. Same as the crowd, for that matter. Smarky as shit but at least they cared about the product. Tenay is better with West, as well. Oh, certainly, I just like to poke fun at the guy. I wish we had a happy medium. Tenay never gives a shit, now, and Don West treated EVERYTHING like a big deal, which would get obnoxious. Somewhere in the middle would be nice. Heel Don West was actually somewhere around that middle ground. He'd still get really excited about the big stuff, but it allowed him to calm down a little bit during everything else. I'm still disappointed they replaced him with Taz and then silently turned him face and paired him with Amazing Red.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 8:27:45 GMT -5
I miss 06-07 TNA. I was proud to be a fan back then and wear the t shirts to High School. I had AJ Styles, Raven, Motorcity Machine Guns and every now and then I'd take a white t shirt and write TNA on it with sharpie, I even had this badass TNA shirt with skeletons. It was so cool back then, especially when Booker T pointed to me during his debut and getting called out by Rhino and caught on camera multiple times. I appreciate TNA for not kicking me out for being such an idiot back then.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jul 15, 2014 10:12:18 GMT -5
I remember these times too. I remember the Lockdown next year going to it and my wrestling fan friends WANTED to go. Now days, you couldn't play them to go. They be more like nah, I'll wait until the next WWE show. The last show I want too was Lockdown 2010 with the fanfest. I had a lot of fun but after that show. I couldn't see myself spending more money as TNA product kept going down hill. I pay attention because there guys I like but hard to say I'll pay a ticket too sit through the whole show.
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Post by comahan on Jul 15, 2014 10:31:29 GMT -5
I popped so huge at the guitar spot in that main event. Back before TNA made me hate Sting.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jul 15, 2014 10:34:55 GMT -5
I've said it before but Sting no-selling that guitar shot is one of my favorite spots ever.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 15, 2014 10:39:39 GMT -5
I popped so huge at the guitar spot in that main event. Back before TNA made me hate Sting. I've said it before but Sting no-selling that guitar shot is one of my favorite spots ever. I got chills rewatching it. I hate no-sell spots generally, but Jarrett had been such a long-standing champion and I could see the air sucking out of the arena when he hit it, but then Sting just no-sold it and the place f***ing EXPLODED. I even just got chills writing this post. Man, I miss when TNA's wrestling could make me feel this way.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jul 15, 2014 11:08:18 GMT -5
Very often in threads like these I point out the tone about TNA on boards like ours' was still terrible back in 2006-2008 or whatever, which makes people saying they're nostalgic for it feel odd.
But in total fairness? TNA was 4 years old during this BFG, and people who may have complained about certain things back then can still look back and see a young company that could grow over time. I'm guessing that's where some of the disappointment comes from with the modern brand; with all the mid-2000s imperfections, there was still the hope that things would improve by din of time passing and TNA just learning from past mistakes and what have you.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jul 15, 2014 11:26:18 GMT -5
Very often in threads like these I point out the tone about TNA on boards like ours' was still terrible back in 2006-2008 or whatever, which makes people saying they're nostalgic for it feel odd. But in total fairness? TNA was 4 years old during this BFG, and people who may have complained about certain things back then can still look back and see a young company that could grow over time. I'm guessing that's where some of the disappointment comes from with the modern brand; with all the mid-2000s imperfections, there was still the hope that things would improve by din of time passing and TNA just learning from past mistakes and what have you. Yeah, a lot of their mistakes around that time could be chalked up to a fairly young company trying to find their niche. TNA has now been around longer than ECW and almost as long as WCW. They aren't a young company anymore, they are just incompetent.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 11:41:59 GMT -5
Very often in threads like these I point out the tone about TNA on boards like ours' was still terrible back in 2006-2008 or whatever, which makes people saying they're nostalgic for it feel odd. But in total fairness? TNA was 4 years old during this BFG, and people who may have complained about certain things back then can still look back and see a young company that could grow over time. I'm guessing that's where some of the disappointment comes from with the modern brand; with all the mid-2000s imperfections, there was still the hope that things would improve by din of time passing and TNA just learning from past mistakes and what have you. This is true, I think that the big difference is back then there were people that were vehemently defending TNA at all costs and now no one can really even be bothered to do so. I think that is a big indicator of TNA's current state.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jul 15, 2014 12:36:08 GMT -5
Very often in threads like these I point out the tone about TNA on boards like ours' was still terrible back in 2006-2008 or whatever, which makes people saying they're nostalgic for it feel odd. But in total fairness? TNA was 4 years old during this BFG, and people who may have complained about certain things back then can still look back and see a young company that could grow over time. I'm guessing that's where some of the disappointment comes from with the modern brand; with all the mid-2000s imperfections, there was still the hope that things would improve by din of time passing and TNA just learning from past mistakes and what have you. This is true, I think that the big difference is back then there were people that were vehemently defending TNA at all costs and now no one can really even be bothered to do so. I think that is a big indicator of TNA's current state. Yeah it was easier to defend TNA than because they where young. Now being that now there over 10 years old it's hard to when the product gotten worst that it was then. And over time made the SAME mistakes repeatedly. It's one thing to make a mistake but it is another to repeatedly make the sames one over and over and not learn from it. That is why I feel TNA is in that situation they are in now because they never learned from the mistakes.
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Jul 15, 2014 16:56:46 GMT -5
While it wasn't the best thing ever, it carried itself as the best thing ever. Now it's terrible and they don't hide it.
At BFG 06, they had just brought in Russo as head of creative and the stupid creeped back into the product over time. That IMO is what kept the ratings stagnant as the stupid brought down the good.
Still, they went from a 4 pm show on Fox Sports Net to one hour at 11 pm on Spike to two hours at 9 pm within a short time frame. There was something to the product. When Hogan came in, the excitement was killed off and it's been a husk of a product ever since.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 21:54:24 GMT -5
Very often in threads like these I point out the tone about TNA on boards like ours' was still terrible back in 2006-2008 or whatever, which makes people saying they're nostalgic for it feel odd..[.quote] Maybe the people that were complaining about it then and the people that miss it aren't the same people.
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Post by benstudd on Jul 16, 2014 0:09:24 GMT -5
Still...even looking back at this, it's easy to see their flaws. The Main Event should probably have been Samoa Joe going over JJ and become "the guy". He was still looked as a monster back then.
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Post by Paco on Jul 16, 2014 0:17:49 GMT -5
TNA late 2004/early 2005 till BFG '06 is one of my favorite eras of any wrestling company.
Basically, I'm a Scott D'Amore guy.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jul 16, 2014 1:16:20 GMT -5
Very often in threads like these I point out the tone about TNA on boards like ours' was still terrible back in 2006-2008 or whatever, which makes people saying they're nostalgic for it feel odd. But in total fairness? TNA was 4 years old during this BFG, and people who may have complained about certain things back then can still look back and see a young company that could grow over time. I'm guessing that's where some of the disappointment comes from with the modern brand; with all the mid-2000s imperfections, there was still the hope that things would improve by din of time passing and TNA just learning from past mistakes and what have you. Honestly, Russo was so bad when it came to 1 hour Impacts, trying to cram a non-sensical 2 hour show into a 40 minute run time show. That's when a lot of the negativity began for TNA that's still around today. However, TNA still ran some good PPV shows that I feel are worth getting nostalgic over.
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