kevin
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Post by kevin on Sept 4, 2014 18:48:51 GMT -5
It is absurd that it would matter a bit of he loses at an MMA fight. This is as absurd as when they let Brooke getting engaged change their long running Brooke and Bully story line. Kayfabe needs to die completely Wrestling is a show where people play characters. That is exactly how it should be treated by the writers.
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Post by Professor Chaos on Sept 4, 2014 19:41:27 GMT -5
The fate of TNA rides on the shoulders of Lashley. I can picture Dixie at ringside screaming "You lose you're finished" and "Fight back you bum fight back".
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Sept 4, 2014 19:47:39 GMT -5
Lol bellator should put Lashley's title on the line, I now that Bjorn Rebney went and put this bullshit together (he also booked Ortiz vs their middleweight champ on that freak show) surprised Scott Coker hasn't killed this joke.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Sept 4, 2014 19:54:25 GMT -5
It is absurd that it would matter a bit of he loses at an MMA fight. This is as absurd as when they let Brooke getting engaged change their long running Brooke and Bully story line. Kayfabe needs to die completely Wrestling is a show where people play characters. That is exactly how it should be treated by the writers. Kayfabe or not, I think having your champion get beat on TV in front of a hundreds of thousands of people and then come back like nothing happened is a horrid idea. It is not going on a game show or reality show and losing, it is MMA and there are enough people out there that watch both and it will make your brand look bad, NJPW can attest to that. Storylines on the other hand, I somewhat agree.
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Post by boogeyman on Sept 4, 2014 20:48:46 GMT -5
Before Brock's recent booking, I thought Lashley was the best booked heel in wrestling. He's been great in this role. The man is a legit monster. Sure he has some losses in mma, but a lot of rookies do. Bellator picked a tomato though. Lashley in their heavyweight tourney would be good for them.
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ICBM
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Post by ICBM on Sept 4, 2014 21:03:17 GMT -5
Who is feuding with right now? I haven't kept up with TNA in a while. MIT was Roode last time I looked
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Post by Mayonnaise on Sept 4, 2014 21:08:36 GMT -5
Who is feuding with right now? I haven't kept up with TNA in a while. MIT was Roode last time I looked Roode has the next shot but he really hasn't been in a feud.
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Post by ICBM on Sept 4, 2014 21:10:52 GMT -5
Who is feuding with right now? I haven't kept up with TNA in a while. MIT was Roode last time I looked Roode has the next shot but he really hasn't been in a feud. Really? They weren't feuding? I only saw a few minutes like a month ago, but they did a match all over the building and it seemed he had quite an issue with lashley
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Post by Mayonnaise on Sept 4, 2014 21:16:00 GMT -5
Roode has the next shot but he really hasn't been in a feud. Really? They weren't feuding? I only saw a few minutes like a month ago, but they did a match all over the building and it seemed he had quite an issue with lashley Nope. He has (had?) issues with MVP but MVP is injured so he wrestled Lashley instead. Now Roode wants the belt and has to face Lashley yet again.
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Post by N E O G E O B O Y S on Sept 4, 2014 21:17:24 GMT -5
If lashley wins, I want to see TNA going full RUSSO, where before every match that lashley has on tna, Mike Tenay gives a disclaimer indicating that the following match will be a REAL fight, unlike the staged ones that fill the rest of the show
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Sept 4, 2014 23:30:02 GMT -5
It is absurd that it would matter a bit of he loses at an MMA fight. This is as absurd as when they let Brooke getting engaged change their long running Brooke and Bully story line. Kayfabe needs to die completely Wrestling is a show where people play characters. That is exactly how it should be treated by the writers. Kayfabe or not, I think having your champion get beat on TV in front of a hundreds of thousands of people and then come back like nothing happened is a horrid idea. It is not going on a game show or reality show and losing, it is MMA and there are enough people out there that watch both and it will make your brand look bad, NJPW can attest to that. Storylines on the other hand, I somewhat agree. Plus, just because kayfabe's gone is no reason to not try and make it at least booked like a sport to go along with the audience's suspension of disbelief. You can't treat it just as a show because none of the wrestlers are good enough actors a) and everything SHOULD be built around the in-ring product b) Wrestling is less like a tv drama than it is say a circus act or magic show, where you go along with whatever's playing out on-screen even as you know it's not real, to the extreme of not making the distinction. If David Copperfield acknowledged he wasn't really making a jet plane disappear or whatever, the show would be ruined. Booking it with just actors playing characters is that worked shoot bullshit that Russo loved to do. Wrestling should be MORE sports-like, not less, kayfabe or no.
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Post by boogeyman on Sept 5, 2014 1:05:59 GMT -5
Who is feuding with right now? I haven't kept up with TNA in a while. MIT was Roode last time I looked Roode has the next shot but he really hasn't been in a feud. We got to have it so the white men drive out those coloreds That is how the booking has felt Especially from dixie's side
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Sept 5, 2014 1:43:17 GMT -5
I haven't watched a full Impact in a while.
How hard are they pushing Lashley's fight?
Let's say he were to lose, is it something that's been mentioned so ofted that they'd look foolish not talking about it?
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Post by Ryushinku on Sept 5, 2014 3:44:14 GMT -5
No pressure, Bobby.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 7:55:04 GMT -5
Roode has the next shot but he really hasn't been in a feud. We got to have it so the white men drive out those coloreds That is how the booking has felt Especially from dixie's side It doesn't help that their group is called MLK
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 8:09:54 GMT -5
I wonder how many people will tune in to Bellator for their first and only time tonight, just hoping Lashley loses.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Sept 5, 2014 8:19:34 GMT -5
It doesn't matter if Lashley loses as long as the showing is respectable. If he's knocked around the ring for one round and out, then it's over for him, but if he wins, goes three rounds and loses on decision or is even clocked upside the head with a fluke shot as can happen, then he still has legs.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Sept 5, 2014 10:24:23 GMT -5
If Bubhby don't dominade, we f***ed... Lol this could be one of the most important events in tna, if he loses, a ton of people will perceive tna as a joke and won't tune in, when they tune in they'll realize its a joke. Do we know anything about his opponent? For the sake of tna I hope it's a tomato can like a guy worse than Glass Joe from Punchout.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Sept 5, 2014 15:10:21 GMT -5
That's so TNA. If you let your World Champion compete in an MMA fight, you might be TNA. If you base your booking decisions on what happens in said MMA fight, you're definitely TNA. Well Antonio Inoki did the same thing by giving Bob Sapp the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and then only to have him stripped of the belt when Sapp lost a MMA fight to Kazuyuki Fujita. But yeah its stupid booking because Lashley's MMA career has a been a bust and if he loses then TNA are going look like idiots once again. If Bubhby don't dominade, we f***ed... Lol this could be one of the most important events in tna, if he loses, a ton of people will perceive tna as a joke and won't tune in, when they tune in they'll realize its a joke. Do we know anything about his opponent? For the sake of tna I hope it's a tomato can like a guy worse than Glass Joe from Punchout. According to Sherdog fightfinder The guy Josh Burns has 8-7 record and has already fought in Bellator 4 times before and has lost all those fights. Yep the guy a tomato can that has been brought back in the for the sole purpose for Lashley to crush. I think the real question is what happens when Lashley has to fight someone who doesn't suck.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Sept 5, 2014 15:32:43 GMT -5
If Bubhby don't dominade, we f***ed... Lol this could be one of the most important events in tna, if he loses, a ton of people will perceive tna as a joke and won't tune in, when they tune in they'll realize its a joke. Do we know anything about his opponent? For the sake of tna I hope it's a tomato can like a guy worse than Glass Joe from Punchout. According to Sherdog fightfinder The guy Josh Burns has 8-7 record and has already fought in Bellator 4 times before and has lost all those fights. Yep the guy a tomato can that has been brought back in the for the sole purpose for Lashley to crush. I think the real question is what happens when Lashley has to fight someone who doesn't suck. lol I found one of his amateur fights, guy looks like he came straight out of a tough man contest. Well UFC Fight Night is today, so I don't think too many people are gonna watch this abortion, I want to see Lashley lose to the tomato can, it's unlikely since Lashley is the favorite and has the edge on the wrestling. f*** it would be hilarious if Coker would put him against Cheik Kongo in order to kill tna once and for all
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