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Post by metylerca on Mar 3, 2023 16:06:29 GMT -5
Listening to the Lapsed Fan’s TNH journey has reminded me of how awful TNA 2010 was. I remember living through this wrestling war and some of the tribalism out there being kind of funny. However, there were still things mostly agreed on as terrible when it aired. Case in point, I don’t remember people defending RAW guest host Criss Angel or the Knockouts Lock Box challenge.
I do remember the TNA Deception storyline and the 10-14-10 episode of Impact having some fans contort themselves into pretzels to defend the abysmal quality and lack of actual wrestling. There was even an 8 minute video attempting to explain the Deception/They/Immortal story and pointing out roughly 16 plot holes.
What are some other examples of presently agreed upon awful storylines some fans defended at the time? I’m curious if the Papa Shango stuff was lauded in the infancy of the internet, heh.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Mar 3, 2023 16:15:41 GMT -5
Listening to the Lapsed Fan’s TNH journey has reminded me of how awful TNA 2010 was. I remember living through this wrestling war and some of the tribalism out there being kind of funny. However, there were still things mostly agreed on as terrible when it aired. Case in point, I don’t remember people defending RAW guest host Criss Angel or the Knockouts Lock Box challenge. I do remember the TNA Deception storyline and the 10-10-10 episode of Impact having some fans contort themselves into pretzels to defend the abysmal quality and lack of actual wrestling. There was even an 8 minute video attempting to explain the Deception/They/Immortal story and pointing out roughly 16 plot holes. What are some other examples of presently agreed upon awful storylines some fans defended at the time? I’m curious if the Papa Shango stuff was lauded in the infancy of the internet, heh. Small correction, the Impact episode was on 10/14/10...BFG was on 10/10/10. But yes, that episode sucked. |
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Post by metylerca on Mar 3, 2023 16:27:39 GMT -5
Listening to the Lapsed Fan’s TNH journey has reminded me of how awful TNA 2010 was. I remember living through this wrestling war and some of the tribalism out there being kind of funny. However, there were still things mostly agreed on as terrible when it aired. Case in point, I don’t remember people defending RAW guest host Criss Angel or the Knockouts Lock Box challenge. I do remember the TNA Deception storyline and the 10-10-10 episode of Impact having some fans contort themselves into pretzels to defend the abysmal quality and lack of actual wrestling. There was even an 8 minute video attempting to explain the Deception/They/Immortal story and pointing out roughly 16 plot holes. What are some other examples of presently agreed upon awful storylines some fans defended at the time? I’m curious if the Papa Shango stuff was lauded in the infancy of the internet, heh. Small correction, the Impact episode was on 10/14/10...BFG was on 10/10/10. But yes, that episode sucked. You’re right. I think 10-10-10 was also part of the storyline, but could be wrong. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 3, 2023 16:28:36 GMT -5
I remember some people (mostly not here, granted) trying their damnedest to convince themselves Voodoo Kin Mafia was any good.
Also, Aces and Eights.
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Post by Cyno on Mar 3, 2023 16:28:49 GMT -5
The handful of TNA fans that defended the 10-14-10 Impact or Bully Ray putting an unprepared, untrained Dixie Carter through a table still baffles me to this day. Like most of even the diehards rightfully shat on both things. But I guess there's always a few that put their blinders on.
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Post by Bo Rida on Mar 3, 2023 18:15:05 GMT -5
It's weird that despite Lita being so beloved many fans will still defend Snitsky at any opportunity.
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Post by James Fabiano on Mar 3, 2023 20:54:10 GMT -5
Chris Benoit, post 2007.
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Post by malloc on Mar 3, 2023 21:38:56 GMT -5
The handful of TNA fans that defended the 10-14-10 Impact or Bully Ray putting an unprepared, untrained Dixie Carter through a table still baffles me to this day. Like most of even the diehards rightfully shat on both things. But I guess there's always a few that put their blinders on. Aren't there people still defending that spot? Weren't people bringing it up again with the Anna Jay powrbomb table spot and using it as some weird defence for both or something? (is that right? Don't watch a lot of AEW) |
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Post by malloc on Mar 3, 2023 21:40:13 GMT -5
It's weird that despite Lita being so beloved many fans will still defend Snitsky at any opportunity. I don't know! |
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Post by LiamMcDuggle on Mar 3, 2023 21:47:49 GMT -5
It's weird that despite Lita being so beloved many fans will still defend Snitsky at any opportunity. It was Kane's fault |
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Mar 3, 2023 23:17:28 GMT -5
It's weird that despite Lita being so beloved many fans will still defend Snitsky at any opportunity. Snitsky was funny at first between his odd way of talking and hatred of Babies Then they tried to make him a serious heel by giving him teeth that looked like baked beans |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2023 23:48:42 GMT -5
Judging by Facebook and YouTube, it seems like a surprising (meaning non-zero) amount of fans took “Stand Up for WWE” very seriously, which just might objectively be the worst thing any promotion has ever done.
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Post by Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks on Mar 4, 2023 2:19:16 GMT -5
Curtis Axel, defended by me.
These days I'm a little older, a little wiser, and 100% still defending Curtis Axel.
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Post by 67 more on Mar 4, 2023 3:11:54 GMT -5
The handful of TNA fans that defended the 10-14-10 Impact or Bully Ray putting an unprepared, untrained Dixie Carter through a table still baffles me to this day. Like most of even the diehards rightfully shat on both things. But I guess there's always a few that put their blinders on. Aren't there people still defending that spot? Weren't people bringing it up again with the Anna Jay powrbomb table spot and using it as some weird defence for both or something? (is that right? Don't watch a lot of AEW) It was more people defending Willow Nightingale for Anna Jay missing the table, as it was a dumb spot just to do with one table. |
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Post by ayumidah on Mar 4, 2023 3:12:24 GMT -5
There was a time when I was excessively careful with what I said about TNA on social media because people were THAT fixated on defending it, and I didn't want to get caught in the middle of a wrestling fandom maelstrom lol.
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Post by malloc on Mar 4, 2023 5:38:00 GMT -5
Aren't there people still defending that spot? Weren't people bringing it up again with the Anna Jay powrbomb table spot and using it as some weird defence for both or something? (is that right? Don't watch a lot of AEW) It was more people defending Willow Nightingale for Anna Jay missing the table, as it was a dumb spot just to do with one table. I feel like they do too many big spots all the time for nothing matches on AEW. Maybe I am just to old for it, but everyone is trying to break their neck in a nothing match what you actually going to do in the BIG Match? Leave some toothpaste in the tube. I don't understand how people stay engaged. |
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Post by malloc on Mar 4, 2023 5:46:14 GMT -5
It's weird that despite Lita being so beloved many fans will still defend Snitsky at any opportunity. It was Kane's fault It was weird when WWE were trying to make us feel sorry for Kane. He was a rapist. Know anyone that wanted die on that hill? |
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Post by thirteen3 on Mar 4, 2023 6:40:07 GMT -5
Joey Ryan.
He sucked.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 4, 2023 7:53:12 GMT -5
The handful of TNA fans that defended the 10-14-10 Impact or Bully Ray putting an unprepared, untrained Dixie Carter through a table still baffles me to this day. Like most of even the diehards rightfully shat on both things. But I guess there's always a few that put their blinders on. Aren't there people still defending that spot? Weren't people bringing it up again with the Anna Jay powrbomb table spot and using it as some weird defence for both or something? (is that right? Don't watch a lot of AEW) Anna's at least a wrestler and it was more that the powerbomb wasn't lined up ideally. Dixie's spot happened as planned and she got seriously injured because it was a stupid idea in the first place. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 4, 2023 7:54:26 GMT -5
He has occasionally been in great matches. However, I don't think I've ever seen a match that was great because he was in it. |
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