Spider2024
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Post by Spider2024 on Dec 3, 2014 22:32:20 GMT -5
It was one year ago today where the episode of Impact was taped, where Magnus defeated Jeff Hardy to be the TNA World Heavyweight Champion.
What did you think of his title win and subsequent reign? I like to call it the Caffeine-Free Diet version of the Bobby Roode reign, because it was very similar to it, but not as good. I wanted to believe Magnus as a great champion, but I couldn't for some reason. It wasn't because he was booked as the cowardly heel, because nearly ALL heel champs of the past few years have been booked as cowardly. I think overall, it's hard for me to get into TNA episodes since they've had the erratic taping schedule they've had over the past year. I can't really get into a once-a-week show when it's clearly not. Hard to explain, but I couldn't get engrossed in Impact like I used to. Also, Magnus's reign wasn't that great.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Dec 3, 2014 22:45:47 GMT -5
He was the right person but everything else was wrong. TNA showed the AJ confrontation and match on Impact and he worked so well as the heel using the authority to his advantage, like Seth Rollins has lately but they spent to much time making him Dixie's bitch or having him run.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 3, 2014 22:52:14 GMT -5
I remember at one point, they just started running Magnus Rules matches out of the blue and they just acted like we already knew what that entailed despite the fact that they never explained what Magnus Rules were.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Dec 3, 2014 22:56:09 GMT -5
I like Magnus and that was a bad run.
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Post by JTG Fan on Dec 3, 2014 23:09:50 GMT -5
I like Magnus and that was a bad run. This, thought I would go a step further and say it was a god-awful run. The booking of his title reign made the Honky Tonk Man look like Hulk Hogan at the time when Magnus most needed to look strong. I really think the World Title reigns of Magnus and Eric Young helped sink TNA on Spike TV, it just felt so low rent and late era WCW. |
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Post by Juice on Dec 3, 2014 23:25:36 GMT -5
It's one of the many decisions that have lead to TNAs current predicament.
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Post by chrom on Dec 3, 2014 23:40:17 GMT -5
Suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.
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Post by Mr. Butter Fingers on Dec 3, 2014 23:58:28 GMT -5
I like Magnus, but his run as champion with Dixieland backing him felt too similar to Randy Orton and The Authority.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2014 0:28:06 GMT -5
He made HTM's IC run in 87-88 look dominating by comparison.
He really should have lost the title to Joe at Lockdown.
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Post by chazraps on Dec 4, 2014 0:28:58 GMT -5
Did we ever get a one-on-one between EC3 and Magnus? They subtly planted the seeds to well the night he won the belt and teased tension for months. Was there ever a payoff?
But, yes, even as a Magnus fan, I can't remember a worse booked world title reign this side of Rey Mysterio.
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Post by Rave on Dec 4, 2014 3:30:01 GMT -5
Turning him heel was the worst decision they could've made, especially since, if I remember right, it happened just before the UK tour.
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Post by 67 more on Dec 4, 2014 4:25:45 GMT -5
I like Magnus and that was a bad run. This, thought I would go a step further and say it was a god-awful run. The booking of his title reign made the Honky Tonk Man look like Hulk Hogan at the time when Magnus most needed to look strong. I really think the World Title reigns of Magnus and Eric Young helped sink TNA on Spike TV, it just felt so low rent and late era WCW. I thought you meant Young's fake run when he found the TNA title in the trash then, until I remembered that Eric Young was indeed a TNA Champion. Jesus. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 4, 2014 6:17:17 GMT -5
I literally forgot he was champion before and thought you were suggesting they should give him the strap now.
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Post by cabbageboy on Dec 4, 2014 23:20:27 GMT -5
Magnus may well have been the worst booked world champion of all time if we're talking about guys who held the belt for any length of time. He wins the title and immediately turns heel, then flat out cannot win ONE match without absurd amounts of run ins from the Dixie crew. Seriously the guy couldn't win a match clean. Even Orton at the peak of The Authority crap won a few clean here and there. Not Magnus. What made it even worse is that once MVP put him into a 1 on 1 match with Eric Young with no interference allowed...he lost decisively.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 5, 2014 0:45:06 GMT -5
One of the worst Champions in TNA history... and it had nothing to do with the performer,
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Post by kevin on Dec 5, 2014 10:06:07 GMT -5
What hurt Magnus the most was the sting match just have him beat sting cleanly no interference instead of a massive amounts of interfere with Roode putting the last move on him just like he had done in the Magnus vs A.J. match. They never even tried to make Magnus look strong as champion.
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Post by Wolfman Rose on Dec 6, 2014 10:11:26 GMT -5
This, thought I would go a step further and say it was a god-awful run. The booking of his title reign made the Honky Tonk Man look like Hulk Hogan at the time when Magnus most needed to look strong. I really think the World Title reigns of Magnus and Eric Young helped sink TNA on Spike TV, it just felt so low rent and late era WCW. I thought you meant Young's fake run when he found the TNA title in the trash then, until I remembered that Eric Young was indeed a TNA Champion. Jesus. It's an idea that's even worse in hindsight. |
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