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Post by Rube on Dec 8, 2007 16:31:53 GMT -5
TNA. I gave up on WWE sometime after the Invasion debacle.
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Post by The OP on Dec 8, 2007 17:12:23 GMT -5
WWE. There's just too much about TNA that bugs me. I watch it sometimes, but I consider it a lower quality product.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2007 17:17:15 GMT -5
WWE.
Even though I'm not the biggest fan of the current product, they've given me countless hours of entertainment over the years.
As for TNA ... if they died tomorrow, it wouldn't bother me.
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Post by joeman on Dec 8, 2007 17:22:40 GMT -5
WWE. TNA backwards is ANT, which it is compared to the E.
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Post by The OP on Dec 8, 2007 17:26:37 GMT -5
On paper, there's a lot to like about TNA. It's hard for me to put into words what it is that I dislike about it.
I was watching the main event match from the last episode of Impact, and at one point during the tag match, AJ Styles broke up a pin with a moonsault. That moment was kind of symbolic of it for me. Does that make sense to anyone?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2007 17:32:22 GMT -5
On paper, there's a lot to like about TNA. It's hard for me to put into words what it is that I dislike about it. I was watching the main event match from the last episode of Impact, and at one point during the tag match, AJ Styles broke up a pin with a moonsault. That moment was kind of symbolic of it for me. Does that make sense to anyone? Yeah, it does to me. Breaking up a pin like that doesn't make any sense. It lacks logic. I mean, why do a moonsault when you can just throw them off your partner? I guess what you are trying to say is that TNA lacks any sort of logic. I can't disagree. Most of the product just doesn't make sense. For example, fighting for actual possession of a title, but not actually fighting to be the champion. WTF?
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Post by CrazySting on Dec 8, 2007 17:42:35 GMT -5
On paper, there's a lot to like about TNA. It's hard for me to put into words what it is that I dislike about it. I was watching the main event match from the last episode of Impact, and at one point during the tag match, AJ Styles broke up a pin with a moonsault. That moment was kind of symbolic of it for me. Does that make sense to anyone? Yeah, it does to me. Breaking up a pin like that doesn't make any sense. It lacks logic. I mean, why do a moonsault when you can just throw them off your partner? I guess what you are trying to say is that TNA lacks any sort of logic. I can't disagree. Most of the product just doesn't make sense. For example, fighting for actual possession of a title, but not actually fighting to be the champion. WTF? They did explain that on impact though. The dudleyz didn't want to just give them back the belt, they had to earn it. tna isn't as bad as some people make out: the abyss backstory is no worse than the Kane/Taker stuff that as a hit during the attitude era. Yeah,it's crazy but its supposed to be.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2007 17:51:07 GMT -5
Yeah, it does to me. Breaking up a pin like that doesn't make any sense. It lacks logic. I mean, why do a moonsault when you can just throw them off your partner? I guess what you are trying to say is that TNA lacks any sort of logic. I can't disagree. Most of the product just doesn't make sense. For example, fighting for actual possession of a title, but not actually fighting to be the champion. WTF? They did explain that on impact though. The dudleyz didn't want to just give them back the belt, they had to earn it. tna isn't as bad as some people make out: the abyss backstory is no worse than the Kane/Taker stuff that as a hit during the attitude era. Yeah,it's crazy but its supposed to be. Still, I think that it would've been better if Lethal took his belt back by force. It makes him look better. The main problem I have with TNA are the matches. Even though most of the roster are great wrestlers, the moves they do inside the ring are simply illogical. WWE is lightyears ahead of TNA in this regard, as they know when to pull out special moves and such, in a situation where it makes sense.
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Post by The OP on Dec 8, 2007 17:54:05 GMT -5
I don't have too much of a problem with the storylines in wrestling though, be it TNA or WWE or whatever else. They're hit and miss with me, but I can definitely forgive an illogical storyline that leads to good matches.
But like Rated pointed out, the in-ring product in TNA tends to lack logic. To me, a lot of the art of pro wrestling is making me get lost in the moment and not thinking of it as fake. In that sense, I just think WWE's matches are better on average.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Dec 8, 2007 17:57:20 GMT -5
ok, i'm gonna need a minute to stop laughing
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Post by "Nature Boy" Ric Moranis on Dec 8, 2007 18:05:50 GMT -5
I just think WWE's matches are better on average. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. But, no, they aren't.
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Post by The OP on Dec 8, 2007 18:18:58 GMT -5
Well...they are. And I actually had reasons to support my opinion.
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Post by plushtar on Dec 8, 2007 22:16:01 GMT -5
I was wrong all along. The two promotions are at war and have been at war. But the only people fighting this was are not the promotions themselves, but everyone who is on the internet.
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Post by Panda Bear on Dec 8, 2007 22:34:39 GMT -5
WWE hands mother F'n down.
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Post by Timmy8271 on Dec 8, 2007 22:38:12 GMT -5
I got to go with WWE here. I just like the style and characters there better than TNA. But the tag team situation is way better in TNA than WWE.
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Post by twiggy101 on Dec 8, 2007 23:02:25 GMT -5
In my opinion, Smackdown and TNA are even when it comes to quality matches. I feel that Raw only gets one good match a week and the rest are hard to get into. The WWE fans aren't very passionate about their shows as much as TNA fans are. And they pretty much do the same thing every week. Smackdown is pretty much my favorite show because my favorite wrestler, Edge, is back. TNA is a pretty good alternative to WWE. They have quite a few matches a week that makes me go "This is pretty entertaining". I can expect good matches from Smackdown and TNA but not Raw.
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Post by poi zen rana on Dec 8, 2007 23:03:49 GMT -5
Let's pick TNA, a company that in 5 years is yet to turn a profit......I'm sure that would do wonders for the wrestling business. you forget, if wwe weren't around tna would gain many new viewers. not all wwe fans would start watching but a very sizable chunk would. also reports have been lately that tna has begun to turn a profit. ok, i'm gonna need a minute to stop laughing why so? i say this because it seems like a wrestling show to me.
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Post by Josh DELUXE on Dec 8, 2007 23:05:10 GMT -5
TNA is basically a combination of a second rate WWE using their castoffs (Angle, Booker, Christian, crappy gimmicks)and a second rate indy promotion (Homocide, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, usually crappy matches.)
So either way you are better off watching WWE and picking up an Indy DVD here and there.
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Post by mysterydriver on Dec 9, 2007 0:54:15 GMT -5
I picked WWE.
Why? Simple math...
5 > 2
I'm a wrestling fan...I want to watch wrestling.
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Okay, even in a non-time selection, I'd probably pick WWE. I'm a huge ECW fan (shocking, I know), Smackdown is great, too and Raw is...sketches with an occasional surprising match.
TNA tends to try with its wrestling and has some darn good TV matches, but some of the things on their show just causes my eyes to roll into the back of my head.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Dec 9, 2007 1:06:08 GMT -5
I personally like more going on in TNA right now than I do WWE.
In WWE there are 3 things I like; CM Punk, Y2J, and Santino. (ANd I'll probably mark out for Kofi Kingston).
In TNA I like MCMG,Black Machismo,Samoa Joe,Christian,AJ,Redrum(refuse to call him Rellik),Abyss, and Kaz.
It's all a matter of personal taste. The only thing that bothers m whenever these threads come up is that there are some people who obviously just hate WWE, and then there are those that it's blatently obvious they would hate TNA even if they were booked by Paul E, Gabe, and Biscoff
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