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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2015 19:34:17 GMT -5
Ladies and gentlemen, your special referee for tonight's Impact, here's Buck Owens.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Oct 22, 2015 19:54:20 GMT -5
Aurora Public Access Cable 10? Dixie better hope her plan to bounce the signal off the satellite to Frankie Sharp of Sharp records limo succeeds..
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Post by joeiscool on Oct 22, 2015 20:44:09 GMT -5
I'd love to see them on WWE network.. I know egos wont let it but it would be cool More than ego, it's just not financially feasible. WWE wouldn't get enough income out of having TNA running live on the Network to make it worth what they'd need to pay them for them to be able to keep running. I think it's more than feasible with taped shows, and using full sail. Granted they would probably have to cut some guys, but a lot of the tna roster would be signed to wwe if tna folded anyway.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Oct 22, 2015 21:18:11 GMT -5
More than ego, it's just not financially feasible. WWE wouldn't get enough income out of having TNA running live on the Network to make it worth what they'd need to pay them for them to be able to keep running. I think it's more than feasible with taped shows, and using full sail. Granted they would probably have to cut some guys, but a lot of the tna roster would be signed to wwe if tna folded anyway. WWE got no incentive to keep TNA alive. It's worth more buried in the WWE video vault than festering around like a diseased zombie.
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Post by joeiscool on Oct 22, 2015 22:23:10 GMT -5
I think it's more than feasible with taped shows, and using full sail. Granted they would probably have to cut some guys, but a lot of the tna roster would be signed to wwe if tna folded anyway. WWE got no incentive to keep TNA alive. It's worth more buried in the WWE video vault than festering around like a diseased zombie. I personally want to see a current non wwe wrestling product on the network. I think it would make the network more appealing
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2015 22:26:09 GMT -5
WWE got no incentive to keep TNA alive. It's worth more buried in the WWE video vault than festering around like a diseased zombie. I personally want to see a current non wwe wrestling product on the network. I think it would make the network more appealing The problem with that is WWE can't afford to nor has much reason to prop up a company entirely and be their sole lifeline like TNA would need. If they were just showing something like ROH or some indy company that produces their shows independent of them and also airs them elsewhere, fine, they could do that without having to sink much money into it (basically like DA's doing with ROH now), but TNA as they have no other revenue stream is at a point where they need to be on a network that can entirely sustain them and cover all of their production costs, which there is zero benefit for WWE to do because the expenses outweigh any potential gain.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Oct 23, 2015 22:26:08 GMT -5
WWE got no incentive to keep TNA alive. It's worth more buried in the WWE video vault than festering around like a diseased zombie. I personally want to see a current non wwe wrestling product on the network. I think it would make the network more appealing I agree with this. IF anything, WWE could use TNA as a lower end brand. It can be the "developmental-for-developmental" that WWE desperately needs now that NXT has gotten too big for its britches; yes I know WWE has a working relationship with WWN, but EVOLVE cannot realistically fill that role of helping the PC kids get more experience because EVOLVE is a Super-Indy in its own right and the EVOLVE fans who have been watching Chris Hero, Roderick Strong, ZSJ and the like aren't going to suddenly settle for Mojo Rawley. WWE's TNA can be built around building up younger talents to get them to an acceptable level for NXT, getting less utilized WWE main roster stars a chance to actually work, and maybe even for "Legends" who can still go in the ring, but aren't big enough names to get put in the Austin/HBK/Flair spots. Imo, there NEEDS to be a (non-WWE) wrestling promotion out there for guys who are good enough at what they do, but are never going to get four stars from Meltzer or anything like that.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Oct 24, 2015 5:13:54 GMT -5
I personally want to see a current non wwe wrestling product on the network. I think it would make the network more appealing I agree with this. IF anything, WWE could use TNA as a lower end brand. It can be the "developmental-for-developmental" that WWE desperately needs now that NXT has gotten too big for its britches; yes I know WWE has a working relationship with WWN, but EVOLVE cannot realistically fill that role of helping the PC kids get more experience because EVOLVE is a Super-Indy in its own right and the EVOLVE fans who have been watching Chris Hero, Roderick Strong, ZSJ and the like aren't going to suddenly settle for Mojo Rawley. WWE's TNA can be built around building up younger talents to get them to an acceptable level for NXT, getting less utilized WWE main roster stars a chance to actually work, and maybe even for "Legends" who can still go in the ring, but aren't big enough names to get put in the Austin/HBK/Flair spots. Imo, there NEEDS to be a (non-WWE) wrestling promotion out there for guys who are good enough at what they do, but are never going to get four stars from Meltzer or anything like that. WWE is not going to buy TNA and make it a developmental developmental show. The TNA brand is beyond tainted. All of the NXT dickriders keep forgetting that they do weekly shows in Florida with a number of newbies working those. That is a much better training tool than getting TNA stank on people you actuallly want to have a future. WWE is not going to keep TNA alive just so that the mediocre to suck wrestlers have a national platform. Just like how they will cut people from NXT if they feel they cannot keep up with their peers.
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Post by Ryushinku on Oct 24, 2015 7:33:22 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't see the point in WWE keeping the TNA brand going. Take out the talent they want, sure, but it's just not strong enough by itself to make it worthwhile.
There's far too much baggage attached to it now. I think the WWECW experiment showed the way things could go, in the end it would've been better off without that tag and heritage.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Oct 24, 2015 11:59:41 GMT -5
There's no positive for WWE to prop up a toxic brand.
Does not make sense on any level.
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on Oct 24, 2015 20:09:35 GMT -5
It's not even so much a viewership issue as it is one of revenue. These smaller channels are going to pump less money into the company. TNA is basically relying on their TV contract money to keep the company going. The drop from Spike to DA was huge. Can you imagine what the company looks like going from DA's rate to an even smaller network?
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Post by JTH on Oct 24, 2015 20:55:45 GMT -5
With Matt Hardy & Tyrus as TNA's top stars, The Food Network is always an option.
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Post by Halloween on Oct 25, 2015 3:32:06 GMT -5
I'd like to see them on Fox Sports 2. At least with that you kind of have the chance of the Fox Sports people dropping money into the company if it does well on their secondary channel.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Oct 25, 2015 10:44:08 GMT -5
I'd like to see them on Fox Sports 2. At least with that you kind of have the chance of the Fox Sports people dropping money into the company if it does well on their secondary channel. I doubt it, internationally Fox Sports is the Latin America home for the WWE...but then again the UFC is on fox and they show Bellator in Latin America It's really weird.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Oct 25, 2015 13:18:44 GMT -5
The number of puns around these parts lately should lead to bringing in Becky Lynch as a mod.
It doesn't look good given they have been removed from two networks already, and that a minor bit of digging will show wrestlers are heading away.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2015 5:39:20 GMT -5
Dixie: "Hey guys! We've got a new TV deal with Bravo!"
Wrestlers: "Yay! Lots of people have Bravo!"
Dixie: "At 2:30 am on Wednesdays"
Wrestlers: "Awww..."
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 26, 2015 7:39:11 GMT -5
There's no positive for WWE to prop up a toxic brand. Does not make sense on any level. Especially if they have a working relationship with EVOLVE, and possibly some sort of agreement with AAA due to Del Rio. If they felt like getting non-WWE content for the Network, they have better options that are more financially feasible for them probably.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2015 10:33:11 GMT -5
There's no positive for WWE to prop up a toxic brand. Does not make sense on any level. Especially if they have a working relationship with EVOLVE, and possibly some sort of agreement with AAA due to Del Rio. If they felt like getting non-WWE content for the Network, they have better options that are more financially feasible for them probably. Yeah I would figure they might buy the TNA material if the price is right when TNA folds and someone's willing to sell it to them to throw stuff on the Network. That would probably be the end of it there.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Oct 26, 2015 10:50:11 GMT -5
Especially if they have a working relationship with EVOLVE, and possibly some sort of agreement with AAA due to Del Rio. If they felt like getting non-WWE content for the Network, they have better options that are more financially feasible for them probably. Yeah I would figure they might buy the TNA material if the price is right when TNA folds and someone's willing to sell it to them to throw stuff on the Network. That would probably be the end of it there. Pretty much the best case scenario for anyone that wants to ever see any TNA footage after the corpse finally drops.
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Post by Cyno on Oct 26, 2015 11:28:45 GMT -5
I'd mark for the TNA-I Love Toy Trains crossover if they went to RFD TV.
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