HOW has TNA lasted longer than WCW did?

[Joe Neglia]

According to Wikipedia, WCW as owned by Ted Turner (and later Time Warner) lasted 12 years, 5 months and 15 days, from its inception on October 11, 1988 (though technically they wouldn't complete the sale and take over the programming for just over another month) through Vince buying it on March 26, 2001.

TNA was formed on May 10, 2002 (though, again, wouldn't hold its first actual card for another month or so) and is still going, bringing its lifespan to 13 years, 2 months and 12 days.

I...

HOW!?!?!??!?!

[Deleted]

Jamie Kellner wasn't Eric Bischoff's dad.

[Mister Pigwell]

Lack of DX Tank invading the Impact Zone.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

That's all you need to know because he spit hot fiya

[Mozenrath]

No Time Warner to pull the plug. Had it just been up to Turner, it would have probably kept going for longer.

[benstudd]

Yea it's pretty much a gift that TNA are not owned by a conglomerate that has a 100 divisions. It's just Panda. And even after all the screw ups, they are not in the red as much as WCW was. They don't have a Luger cashing in 1 million per year even thought he was the 20th star on the totem pole.

[Aya Reiko]

Because Panda doesn't have the sense to pull the plug even when the show is obviously done for.

[Ryushinku]

WCW's plane flew a damn sight higher, so had it much worse when it nosedived.

I find the theory that Panda took TNA for tax write-off purposes, and the Carters letting Dixie play in that ballpit in hopes of keeping her away from more important things, as worryingly believable.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Jul 23, 2015 4:40:44 GMT -5 Ryushinku said:

WCW's plane flew a damn sight higher, so had it much worse when it nosedived.

I find the theory that Panda took TNA for tax write-off purposes, and the Carters letting Dixie play in that ballpit in hopes of keeping her away from more important things, as worryingly believable.

Pretty much I agree with this. Seeing how she's running TNA, the Carters are probably afraid of Dixie trying something important in Panda.

Imagine her running Panda, something happens and there's congressional hearings and during that she says "Quit hating."

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

By being a vanity project designed to keep a rich woman busy and away from a company that she could actually mess up by being terrible.

[Kayfabe FAN don't want none]

Jul 22, 2015 23:48:43 GMT -5 Mister Pigwell said:

Lack of DX Tank invading the Impact Zone.

At this point, an empty Golf cart could take down TNA.

[MC Blowfish]

Because Dixie Carter's dad isn't going to let his daughter's play toy sink. If it had been ran by anyone else, it would be dead. I mean it practically is at this point.

[peter]

I'm getting tired of the notion that TNA has lasted longer than WCW. Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions, which had been around since at least the 1950's. He RENAMED it WCW, it wasn't a new company in 1988.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Because TNA are in the same boat WCW were before the Time Warner merger, they're owned by someone who isn't going to give up on them any time soon no matter how much of a money pit they are.

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Jul 23, 2015 9:26:21 GMT -5 peter said:

I'm getting tired of the notion that TNA has lasted longer than WCW. Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions, which had been around since at least the 1950's. He RENAMED it WCW, it wasn't a new company in 1988.

Okay, then it lasted longer than the period of time in which WCW was called that and owned by a billionaire. The effect is basically the same.

[Deleted]

WCW spent more and lost more

[metylerca]

Because Triple H didn't want to work Thursdays!

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Who's to say TNA didn't end sooner? Is the state they're currently in better than death?

[xxshoyuweeniexx]

Because Dixie's parents don't want their moronic daughter on charge of anything important. If she was an important part of Panda Energy and tweeted out stuff like SHIT or Quit Hating, they'd look like a bunch of chucklef***s.

[Andrew is Good]

A lot of issues. I think because TNA hasn't lost 60 million, that probably helped. I feel if 2000 didn't happen, WCW would still be in business, even with 1999 being a bad year.

TNA has been bad, but it has never reached WCW 2000 levels, and the only way it would ever is if they knew they were canceled, and one guy wanted to go crazy the last few episodes and make it WCW 2000 bad. Dixie I think does kinda want it to stay in business, but I think this year will be the final year. I know that was said last year, haha, but it's just too much. Dixie Carter now has a reputation in television, and continuing to jump from network to network, only for that network to be burned by TNA, it's merely postponing the inevitable.

I'm also of the opinion that WCW had the history of Crocket Promotions behind it. It wasn't just a wrestling promotion that started and had the 6:05 Saturday timeslot. Hell, WWE doesn't even start with WWE, but with Capitol Wrestling in the 50s. So WCW had a fanbase built in with Jim Crocket Promotions and it's history. It would be like if saying WWE was a different company after Vince took over from his dad in 83.