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Post by radicalbuttercup on Sept 11, 2007 17:20:16 GMT -5
Matt Bentley pretty much only mentioned Dutch Mantell in his interview. "Get rid of Dutch" he said. Not Russo.
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Post by Adam Pacman Khan (akkilla) on Sept 11, 2007 17:23:04 GMT -5
Do we love russo?
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Post by hollywood on Sept 11, 2007 17:24:23 GMT -5
*ahem* I'll say it a... Nah, never mind. Hey, do you think he's Jarrett's friend? Cause you haven't said it enough yet.... And yet, it bears no point or relevance to this argument. Ok, buh buy now. You're the...one...without...the...the relevance! |
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Post by HMARK Center on Sept 11, 2007 18:13:47 GMT -5
Yeah, most accounts for the negative stuff in TNA in recent times have centered around Dutch Mantell, not Russo.
Not that Russo probably hasn't booked some dumb stuff...but all bookers do. Mantell's apparently been awful, though.
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Post by Ace Baretta on Sept 11, 2007 18:36:42 GMT -5
Yeah, most accounts for the negative stuff in TNA in recent times have centered around Dutch Mantell, not Russo. Not that Russo probably hasn't booked some dumb stuff...but all bookers do. Mantell's apparently been awful, though. I've worked with Dutch. He's a nice guy. Great guy. But completely out of touch with today's audience. |
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Post by teala on Sept 11, 2007 19:09:28 GMT -5
Dixie Carter has no f***ing clue how the wrestling business works.
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Post by HMARK Center on Sept 11, 2007 19:39:18 GMT -5
Dixie Carter has no smurfing clue how the wrestling business works. It's not really her job to, either. She's the wallet, not the mind. |
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Post by HMARK Center on Sept 11, 2007 19:41:25 GMT -5
Yeah, most accounts for the negative stuff in TNA in recent times have centered around Dutch Mantell, not Russo. Not that Russo probably hasn't booked some dumb stuff...but all bookers do. Mantell's apparently been awful, though. I've worked with Dutch. He's a nice guy. Great guy. But completely out of touch with today's audience. I believe it. There was a time when he was considered one of the sharper minds going around the business, but it's just not his era anymore. |
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Post by teala on Sept 11, 2007 19:42:37 GMT -5
Dixie Carter has no smurfing clue how the wrestling business works. It's not really her job to, either. She's the wallet, not the mind. Which is why she does the hiring and interviews. Yeah, good one. |
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Post by letigre on Sept 12, 2007 0:21:57 GMT -5
Does The Iron Sheik have any booking experience? I'd like to see him book a promotion anyway.
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Post by "Nature Boy" Ric Moranis on Sept 12, 2007 1:07:49 GMT -5
I've said it before, but to me, most of the bad/cheesy stuff in TNA seems like Memphis rasslin' at its worst (which is where Jeff and Mantell probably learned everything they know) more than Russo fingerprints. Not to say Memphis wrestling was bad, but there was some really cheesy stuff, and loads of run-ins, manager interference, swerves, and turns. But still, every time something sucks in TNA, it's somehow automatically Russo's fault. Tell me if this clip from 1988 Memphis doesn't feel like a 2007 TNA angle... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNVnlS6W_AEFrom the clip, just... 1. Replace young 1988 Scott Levy with "Showtime" Eric Young 2. Replace Hyatt/Gilbert with Kurt/Karen Angle 3. Replace Curt Hennig with Christian Cage 4. Replace Jerry Lawler with Samoa Joe ...and you've pretty much got a textbook TNA angle ready to book. Russo wasn't in 1988 Memphis, but Jeff Jarrett and Dutch Mantell were...hmm... They were chanting "Fire Russo" at the end of the PPV, yet most of the angles with Abyss are stuff Dutch Mantell's already booked with Abyss in Puerto Rico. And I could be wrong, but I think Mantell even originally conceived the Abyss character down in PR...which would kind of prove that Mantell's not with the times. Such a 1990s gimmick. I guess one positive of Mantell's stint on the creative team is that the Observer said Mantell booked Alex Shelley to start following people around with a video camera (Paparazzi Productions is an old gimmick from Mantell's booking in PR, too). Shelley ran with that. |
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Post by ddt on Sept 12, 2007 11:02:53 GMT -5
Russo's current employment status shows one thing: it's good to have friends in high places.
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Post by hollywood on Sept 12, 2007 11:04:31 GMT -5
Russo's current employment status shows one thing: it's good to have friends in high places. *ahem* He's good friends with... Oh. Finally, someone actually realizes this. |
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Post by chibidiablo on Sept 12, 2007 13:27:55 GMT -5
He's the Rob Schneider of the wrestling world
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Post by letigre on Sept 12, 2007 22:16:14 GMT -5
Well, if this TNA run doesn't work out, he could probably work at Target with Shane Douglas
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Post by -Lithium- on Sept 12, 2007 22:46:50 GMT -5
His job was to get more people watching Impact. He's been there 1 year and more people are watching Impact. Enough said. Naw, not really. They were getting 1.0s and 1.1s (even 1.2s a couple weeks) back in mid 06, and they didnt even have a primetime slot then. Now Russo is booking, and the shows ratings and still exactly the same like every week, even with a primetime slot. So now its the same old stuff, but the shows suck now. No real improvement has come with Russo, like I said, the shows are just worst, with the same ratings... |
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