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Post by mrbananagrabber on Nov 17, 2017 2:04:40 GMT -5
My relationship with TNA is odd, in that I don’t actually watch it but I keep up to date with it through this website alone. There is no other show on the planet I do that with.
Anyway, what’s become increasingly obvious is that 99% of you have given up on TNA ever being, not even a contender but a company worth a damn.
So when did this happen for you? When did you throw in the towel of hope and interest and only keep involved to see just how bad it gets?
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Post by Shark on Nov 17, 2017 2:21:14 GMT -5
I'd say it was when the Spike deal started going south, and then ended. Spike was their door to having a large audience, granted it had fallen due to the failed Monday night experiment, but they were still pulling in good numbers. Once they lied about Russo and the relationship fell apart, I honestly felt like that was the end. Especially when they announced they were moving to Destination America, a channel that had like half the audience of Spike instead of WGN. If they'd gone to WGN, I think they'd have had a better chance.
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Post by Chainsaw on Nov 17, 2017 2:21:20 GMT -5
Letting Hardy go out blasted out of his mind to wrestle. That was when I realized officially that the whole system that they had there, with them feeding Hogan and Bischoff's egos while they'd let Jeff go out in the condition he was in...that it wasn't going to work. I tuned it more when the Aces and Eights were on a full roll, but I was super salty towards the whole system they had in place. I don't remember exactly when I officially tuned it out, probably just before the Aces thing petered out. I missed all of Dixie turning heel and begging Hogan to stay and all that garbage.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 2:22:26 GMT -5
I was a TNA fan from around 2007-2010, and might have watched Impact a few times between 2011-present, but I'm pretty sure less than 10 episodes.
Around late 2010, when they did that "They" storyline, it clicked in my head that Hulk Hogan would not be able to make TNA big like he intended to do when he got there. I was excited about the Hulk Hogan period, but that excitement wore off quickly.
Since then, I mainly read this forum to know what happens in TNA now.
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Nov 17, 2017 2:22:33 GMT -5
2011, but I was never one of those who sat and pined for its death. I just realized it was never going to be as good as it had the potential to be just a couple of years earlier, and never really went out of my way to watch it on a regular basis again. Of course, I've kind of gotten to that point with most wrestling. I'll keep up with what's going on, but won't really make it a point to watch any of it. If anything cool happens, there's always You Tube.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 2:43:10 GMT -5
the switch to Destination America
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 17, 2017 3:04:29 GMT -5
Bound for Glory 2013. A terrible show that served terrible result after terrible result, up until the main event that was the only redeeming aspect with AJ Styles defeating Bully Ray.
But you could tell everything was about to go to pieces. Hulk Hogan had just left the company weeks earlier. AJ Styles's contract remained in limbo. The future of the TNA and Universal Studios relationship was uncertain. TNA's live touring experiment was a financial disaster. Notable talent like Bad Influence couldn't get a match on the PPV card. The contract with Spike TV was up for renewal in the upcoming year.
It was at this point that I figured TNA was a dead man walking. Though, the next year of television was actually as much fun as I ever had watching Impact. At least the company was burning out in such a spectacular fashion, which was augmented by the creative madness of Totally Not Vince Russo. With no real expectation of quality and the show threads on here, it was easy to at least riff on the shows. But once Russo was outed and Impact forced to downsize even further, it just felt sad looking at this husk, being carried by a stripped down roster with no real anchor. I haven't followed the TV show weekly since, though there's been some bright spots, mostly in the form of select talents like Lashley and The Broken saga. However, TNA's inability in actually building the company around these few success stories means my interest fades until these talents escape for greener pastures.
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Post by Nikki Heyman on Nov 17, 2017 3:06:32 GMT -5
Hogan. Just.... Hogan.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Nov 17, 2017 3:16:05 GMT -5
I don't remember the year but it was after they turned Samoa Joe into a dollar store version of Umaga with the cheap makeup and all. Joe was their biggest draw ever and they humiliated him. That's when I realized that TNA was a chicken shit outfit.
I gave them another chance after Hogan and Bischoff joined because I thought they were gonna give the run to the TNA homegrown talent, then that same night I saw out of shape Val Venis and the Nasty Boys.
I joined FAN in 2014, around the time they were getting cancelled by SPIKE and this last couple of years we are in the absolute dark ages of tna. I wonder how the tna thread was when there was a glimpse of hope, also how it degenerated slowly but surely into a monthly tna death thread.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 3:23:42 GMT -5
Honestly I stopped watching them on a regular basis around the Last Rites match and it was really the end of me taking them seriously as anything more than a novelty.
Though I think the real death knell for me was them blowing the build-up for Storm's revenge on him kicking Roode out of the cage like an idiot.
Bound for Glory 2013 though was the first time the show genuinely felt like the company was going to die any day now. Everything was so cheap and so lifeless that it looked like they could go nowhere but down.
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Post by ayumidah on Nov 17, 2017 3:25:17 GMT -5
When Spud lost to Hornswoggle and they stopped using him, I guess. I always kinda hated it but that was... yeah. Spud and Zema were the last two things keeping me around and they stopped using them months ago, so I now just DVR it and fast forward through anything that isn't Johnny Mundo.
But I dare anyone to compare Lucha Underground Mundo to TNA "Johnny Impact" and... yeah, the difference is really telling. Ugh.
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Post by jimmyjames on Nov 17, 2017 4:30:03 GMT -5
When "It Happened." It was such a cheap and dangerous stunt to get attention and being TNA of course no one cared, I think it helped cement Spike ending the relationship and Dixie actually got hurt.
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Post by Fauxnaki on Nov 17, 2017 6:29:42 GMT -5
Nasty boyz
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Post by Dub H on Nov 17, 2017 6:34:58 GMT -5
I gave up a couple of times,the first one I don't remember but it was short.
The second I heard MVP was there and thought "Huh...I will check out he is one of my fav!" then 3-4 days days hear I read "Hogan in charge of TNA!" and gave up before even watching one episode
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Post by chronocross on Nov 17, 2017 7:53:28 GMT -5
I think it was around the time Chris Sabin won the World Title, I just couldn't get into it after that and started reading spoilers and watching youtube videos to find out what's going on with TNA/Impact/Whatever they're called this week.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Nov 17, 2017 7:57:33 GMT -5
I was still following TNA during the Magnus reign because I liked the guy and wanted to see what the payoff would be even if most of it (especially the Sting/AJ feuds) sucked. But when he just lost the title to EY...I gave up. It just felt too forced. Nothing against EY but he had no business being at that level at that time.
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Nov 17, 2017 8:14:34 GMT -5
Hard to say, because I usually put it on as background noise more than anything. When I got rid of cable though, I didn't really miss it at all, so that might be what it took. I really stopped caring though during their hackneyed attempt at "reigniting" the "Monday night wars".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 8:35:17 GMT -5
When the Main Event Mafia formed. Millionaire's Club all over again and no matter how fans of the guys in the MEM try and slice it, it made it clear that no one who wasn't a former WWE or WCW star was going to be allowed to be booked over those guys.
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Post by Push R Truth on Nov 17, 2017 9:35:20 GMT -5
The first and most official time (last time I spent a dollar on TNA) that I "gave up" was back in like... 2006 or 7? I remember there was this big PPV match with Abyss,JJ, Christian ( I think), maybe Sting or R Truth? They pushed the shit out of the PPV. I remember they promoted it like "A NEW ERA IS COMING" or some other bullshit. I bought the big PPV thinking "it's finally going to happen. TNA is going to get serious and be a real thing! Can't wait to see the WWE get real competition!" I believe this was in the middle of the full-boner-super-cena push. The WWE needed a kick in the ass from somebody.
The PPV ended with Jeff f$#%ing Jarrett winning and celebrating as if he was the greatest thing on planet. And if I remember correctly, it wasn't even like a "heel-style I'm so awesome" celebration. It was like the company was full-on treating him like the second coming of wrestling-Jesus.
I was done. Over the years I've watched Impact or highlights of PPV in youtube once in a great while. But the last dollar TNA got from me was that one PPV. I don't even care enough to try to google what it actually was called or what officially happened. I may just be hallucinating the entire thing. That.... would actually explain a lot of TNA in hindsight.
The last time TNA truly entertained me was the Bigfoot Dance Party. But that was more because of our shenanigans here than anything on actual TV. FAN has made TNA much more exciting than TNA ever did. ( that sounded really strange but I think you guys will understand it)
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Post by Chris Hammers on Nov 17, 2017 9:59:36 GMT -5
AJ Styles WAS TNA, when they let him go, the company should of just folded. It'd be like WWE releasing John Cena after asking him to take a pay cut. TNA died when AJ left to me.
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