How many times has WWE mentioned TNA on air?

[bmfjules]

Wasn't sure which section to ask this in so feel free to move if needed. I'm wondering how many times WWE has referred to TNA directly or indirectly on air.

Only two times I can recall are Joey Styles at ONS calling Kid Kash "Mr TNA", total nonstop attitude, and a promo where Cena threatened to go to another TV show "brother".....

[Juice]

low ki did it

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

A few I remember...

*Todd Grisham on Byte This at least once, but I'm pretty sure it happened a few times. Only when a caller would mention it. One time I remember he said TNA's show aired at 4 AM in Japan.

*When Christian returned Matt Striker said the moment was instantly classic, referencing his TNA moniker.

*On the first Raw during TNA's ill fated attempt to start another Monday Night War, Chris Jericho did Hulk Hogan's signature taunt.

[StormanReigns]

JBL referenced all the Dudleys title reigns

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

They've only mention them as a joke.

In One Night Stand 2005, TNA blocked their guys from attending the ppv, Kid Kash quit TNA to go to the wwe, and when he came out, Joey Styles called him Mr TNA, total non stop attitude.

There was also a promo in 2011 I think where Cena told Vince that he was gonna go to another show and do his own thing, then called Vince "Brother".

There was a stockholder meeting where a stockholder just kept trolling Vince telling him to buy TNA, Vince just laughed it off.

On the stone cold podcast, Vince just nodded when Austin said that TNA wasn't competition.

Mmm this is a stretch, but on espn in 05-06 they were interviewing Cena and AJ Pierziscky from the Chicago White Sox, who also did a storyline with TNA, challenged Cena while wearing the x division title, Cena didn't even responded, he just looked at the x division belt as if it was shit.

[alexwrightspackage]

Telling that they straight-up don't mention 'TNA' on their in-ring programs. Vince is smart to know you don't beef down. They've got nothing to gain and they're just going to let Dixie wait forever for the free advertising.

Sept 30, 2015 22:51:13 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Mmm this is a stretch, but on espn in 05-06 they were interviewing Cena and AJ Pierziscky from the Chicago White Sox, who also did a storyline with TNA, challenged Cena while wearing the x division title, Cena didn't even responded, he just looked at the x division belt as if it was shit.

Holy shit, that's amazing.

Even if that's what happened, I think I like Taker's, awkward, ill-timed challenge to Brock after his UFC loss is better. 'So..uhm...err...you...uh...you want to do this?'

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Oct 1, 2015 0:46:45 GMT -5 alexwrightspackage said:

Telling that they straight-up don't mention 'TNA' on their in-ring programs. Vince is smart to know you don't beef down. They've got nothing to gain and they're just going to let Dixie wait forever for the free advertising.

Sept 30, 2015 22:51:13 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Mmm this is a stretch, but on espn in 05-06 they were interviewing Cena and AJ Pierziscky from the Chicago White Sox, who also did a storyline with TNA, challenged Cena while wearing the x division title, Cena didn't even responded, he just looked at the x division belt as if it was shit.

Holy shit, that's amazing.

Even if that's what happened, I think I like Taker's, awkward, ill-timed challenge to Brock after his UFC loss is better. 'So..uhm...err...you...uh...you want to do this?'

Yeah, John wasn't happy about what happened, with Pierziscky ambushing him like that. I think that has been one of the only times TNA got major publicity, because the white sox just won the World Series that year, and in typical TNA fashion nothing came from that.

With the Brock-Taker deal, I don't know where fiction and real life starts, I think that they were trying to work something between Brock and Taker but Dana White killed that since Brock was still under contract. Everything was just too convenient, with Taker being interviewed by Ariel Helwani just at that time.

But also, in his book, Brock said that the heat he had with the undertaker was very real, that they shared friends in common and Taker was badmouthing him. In my opinion it was a work, because even when Cain Velasquez knocked him out before that, Brock would've murdered Taker, that guy believes way too much in his own hype, he's just an imaginary bad ass, f*** man even Tracy Smothers claimed that he could take ol Mark at will.

Ok back to the topic, another time they almost mentioned TNA, was on Byte This when Vince was the guest, Angle just left to tna, and Grisham asked him for his thoughts, he just basically wished Kurt well and that was it, one of his top guys left for tna and he didn't even gave a f***, I'm convinced both Orton and Cena could leave to TNA and Vince still wouldn't give two f***s about tna.

The only person in the wwe that pays any attention to TNA is the intern that allegedly is there just to watch the product and report it. I would love to read his memos when Eric Young won Chris Melendez's leg.

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When Angle joined ECW, he challenged anyone from a 4-sided, 6-sided or 8-sided ring to face him at ONS 2.

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When they were doing the stupid Voodoo Kin Mafia storyline of invading wwe events (it was embarassing they couldn't even afford megaphones) Road Dogg and Billy Gunn bought tickets to a house show and actually enter.

If I remember correctly they were trying to challenge DX to a fight, and Triple H just stared at them and waved at them. He was actually happy to see his friends.

Also some years ago, wwe.com had an industry section on their news section, and they posted results from TNA shows, they also did a better job advertising Mick Foley's book than TNA, hell they even plugged it on the air, without mentioning TNA by name though.

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The crowd chanted TNA during December To Dismember and Fake Obama vs Fake Hilary Clinton.

[chrom]

A brief mention on The Hardy's DVD, but other than that, WWE doesn't pay the slightest bit of attention to TNA and their antics or when a guy who used to work for them shows up on Impact and delivers the "I should've been a world champion but I was held down by the company up north because they were all jealous of me!" speech.

[Mayonnaise]

Sept 30, 2015 22:51:13 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Mmm this is a stretch, but on espn in 05-06 they were interviewing Cena and AJ Pierziscky from the Chicago White Sox, who also did a storyline with TNA, challenged Cena while wearing the x division title, Cena didn't even responded, he just looked at the x division belt as if it was shit.

Didn't Cena respond with something like "Get [the X Division replica] out of a gumball machine?" Seem to remember someone from WWE doing that to him.

[markymark]

Oct 1, 2015 3:11:16 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

When they were doing the stupid Voodoo Kin Mafia storyline of invading wwe events (it was embarassing they couldn't even afford megaphones) Road Dogg and Billy Gunn bought tickets to a house show and actually enter.

If I remember correctly they were trying to challenge DX to a fight, and Triple H just stared at them and waved at them. He was actually happy to see his friends.

Also some years ago, wwe.com had an industry section on their news section, and they posted results from TNA shows, they also did a better job advertising Mick Foley's book than TNA, hell they even plugged it on the air, without mentioning TNA by name though.

The biggest flaw TNA has always had wasnt creative team but the advertising/marketing team, thats why they were never able to grow and reach the 2nd level. 

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Oct 1, 2015 10:41:15 GMT -5 Mayonnaise said:

Sept 30, 2015 22:51:13 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Mmm this is a stretch, but on espn in 05-06 they were interviewing Cena and AJ Pierziscky from the Chicago White Sox, who also did a storyline with TNA, challenged Cena while wearing the x division title, Cena didn't even responded, he just looked at the x division belt as if it was shit.

Didn't Cena respond with something like "Get [the X Division replica] out of a gumball machine?" Seem to remember someone from WWE doing that to him.

It could've been I need to find the clip. But now that I think about it, maybe it was just AJ going into business for himself and trying to appear on the wwe than defending tna.

[543Y2J]

Jericho doing the classic Hogan ear pose during a match on the first Monday Night War II Raw episode

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Oct 1, 2015 8:56:12 GMT -5 chrom said:

A brief mention on The Hardy's DVD, but other than that, WWE doesn't pay the slightest bit of attention to TNA and their antics or when a guy who used to work for them shows up on Impact and delivers the "I should've been a world champion but I was held down by the company up north because they were all jealous of me!" speech.

When Jeff return in 2006, wwe.com did an article where they referred to his time in tna as "fighting his demons", they didn't mentioned tna by name.

Also according to them, Sting spend his tna tenure mourning WCW, he's happy people steady forgot about the last rites match and the hostage taking bird.

I wonder what they're gonna say about Kurt Angle's time in tna when they induct him to the wwe hall of fame, I bet they're gonna say that he was in rehab or something.

[H-Virus]

Mr Kennedy once brought a fake Razor Ramon out on Raw (think he was feuding with Shawn Michaels at the time), and greeted him with "Hey, thanks for showing up.", in reference to Scott Hall no-showing a TNA event earlier that week.

[alexwrightspackage]

Oct 1, 2015 11:13:10 GMT -5 markymark said:

Oct 1, 2015 3:11:16 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

When they were doing the stupid Voodoo Kin Mafia storyline of invading wwe events (it was embarassing they couldn't even afford megaphones) Road Dogg and Billy Gunn bought tickets to a house show and actually enter.

If I remember correctly they were trying to challenge DX to a fight, and Triple H just stared at them and waved at them. He was actually happy to see his friends.

Also some years ago, wwe.com had an industry section on their news section, and they posted results from TNA shows, they also did a better job advertising Mick Foley's book than TNA, hell they even plugged it on the air, without mentioning TNA by name though.

The biggest flaw TNA has always had wasnt creative team but the advertising/marketing team, thats why they were never able to grow and reach the 2nd level. 

Which is kinda made all the more crazy cause isn't...isn't advertising Dixie's background?

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Oct 1, 2015 12:09:13 GMT -5 H-Virus said:

Mr Kennedy once brought a fake Razor Ramon out on Raw (think he was feuding with Shawn Michaels at the time), and greeted him with "Hey, thanks for showing up.", in reference to Scott Hall no-showing a TNA event earlier that week.

That's actually kind of funny.

Man, remember when Kennedy was entertaining?

[Juice]

Oct 1, 2015 15:22:05 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Oct 1, 2015 12:09:13 GMT -5 H-Virus said:

Mr Kennedy once brought a fake Razor Ramon out on Raw (think he was feuding with Shawn Michaels at the time), and greeted him with "Hey, thanks for showing up.", in reference to Scott Hall no-showing a TNA event earlier that week.

That's actually kind of funny.

Man, remember when Kennedy was entertaining?

I dont know if this counts. Hall was no showing more than tna shows at the time