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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on Oct 27, 2009 14:29:29 GMT -5
Wonder how much influence that gives Jason Hervey. fixed lol Well, I suppose that would mean Paul E. wouldn't be booking. |
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Post by Sid's Half A Brain on Oct 27, 2009 14:29:39 GMT -5
According to F4W, Hogan and Bischoff are not the only people coming, theres more
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Post by neal on Oct 27, 2009 14:30:30 GMT -5
According to F4W, Hogan and Bischoff are not the only people coming, theres more Yeah, Knobbs and Beefcake. That's to be expected. |
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Oct 27, 2009 14:30:45 GMT -5
An your NEW Knockout's Champion BROOKE HOOOGAN!
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Post by Welfare Willis on Oct 27, 2009 14:31:23 GMT -5
According to F4W, Hogan and Bischoff are not the only people coming, theres more Yeah, Knobbs and Beefcake. That's to be expected. The Horace Hogan fan is getting pumped up brother. |
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Post by Sid's Half A Brain on Oct 27, 2009 14:31:48 GMT -5
According to F4W, Hogan and Bischoff are not the only people coming, theres more Yeah, Knobbs and Beefcake. That's to be expected. Oh come eon you love a bit of THE BOOTY MAN~! |
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Post by rrm15 on Oct 27, 2009 14:32:07 GMT -5
The 80's fans are gone, the Monday Night War fans are gone, and the current WWE fan base doesn't care about Hulk Hogan. Didn't Hogan get some pretty good reactions with his WWE runs in the middle parts of this decade? Of course hes over, I'm not denying that, but he didn't exactly draw back fans either. |
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Post by hollywood on Oct 27, 2009 14:32:19 GMT -5
I'll reserve judgment on this till after TNA blo--
Okay, okay. I'm kidding. I'm actually interested in seeing this. When's his debut?
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Post by psychokiller on Oct 27, 2009 14:32:32 GMT -5
This is awesome news for me. Now im excited about TNA again after like 2 years.
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Oct 27, 2009 14:33:02 GMT -5
PWinsider.com
Eric Bischoff will be partnering with TNA via Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment, according to a TNA source.
Bischoff was instrumental in Hulk Hogan signing with TNA and will be working with TNA going forward in creating new TNA television product and in securing television deals for those entities.
TNA has been looking at expanding their television product as their newest SpikeTV deal allows them to shop new series outside of Spike, should Spike pass on them. In the past, TNA has looked at launching series for the Knockouts, The X-Division and the Jeremy Borash-hosted Spin Cycle.
I am told that while we may see Eric Bischoff at some point appearing on TNA programming, he's more going to be partnering with TNA behind the scenes, as opposed to working day to day creatively.
Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment have produced a number of reality series, most notably the excellent VH-1 Scott Baio series and CMT's Celebrity Championship Wrestling.
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Post by Jimmy on Oct 27, 2009 14:33:37 GMT -5
By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor
The following is a timeline of quotes from Hulk Hogan and his business partner, Eric Bischoff, this year directly addressing the possibility of working for TNA. Both men have questioned TNA's direction, management, and use of top stars. However, key changes have been made to TNA's creative direction that appear to be directly related to appealing to Hulk Hogan to work for the company.
-- February 2009: Eric Bischoff tells the U.K. Sun: "Neither one of us (Hogan and himself) were interested in TNA. It's a small organization that doesn't have very much vision."
Bischoff added they didn't want to work with people in the creative process "that couldn't get a job in WWE or shouldn't have had a job in WCW." The quote appeared to be a direct attack on current head writer Vince Russo, whose job status will be in question with Hogan signing with TNA.
Bischoff continued: "There's no vision for that company. They are people who have never been to the dance. They've never been a part, really, of any of the decision-making processes that led to the success of the industry. Some of them happen to have been working there while other people did it, but have never really done it for themselves. They just don't have the feel for it. So that's the reason we wouldn't want to be there."
-- February 2009: Hulk Hogan said the TNA program looked like the "dying days" of WCW with the Main Event Mafia standing around talking to each other rather than wrestling.
"I watched Sting in the business suit without his make-up and it's kind of like the NWO not when the NWO was hot, but when the NWO started losing steam when these guys didn't want to wrestle anymore and all they wanted to do was talk," Hogan said in February.
"TNA is lacking that one momentum-shifting move, that one big name that would even the playing field ... TNA's lacking the big piece of the puzzle," he said.
Now, the Main Event Mafia has been disbanded, Sting is off the TV show, and Hogan appears to be the "one piece of the puzzle."
-- June 2009: Hogan completely changed his opinion of the TNA product from February when he dogged the product for being stale. "They gain momentum every week. They seem to be real fresh," Hogan told Jessi Virtusio of the SouthtownStar (Ill.). "When a lot of guys go over to that side of the fence, they seem to get a spring in their step."
-- September 2009: Hulk Hogan told TNA World Hvt. Champion Kurt Angle in a radio appearance on Bubba the Love Sponge that they should work a program together with Angle putting the "red, white, and blue" back on and turning babyface. Angle agreed and said he could make it happen.
After Hogan and Angle tossed around the idea of Hogan coming to TNA to "turn this thing around," Bubba called TNA president Dixie Carter, but only got her voice-mail. Bubba then laid out his elaborate plan approved by Hogan and Angle to work a program in TNA.
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Post by playoldgames on Oct 27, 2009 14:34:04 GMT -5
An your NEW Knockout's Champion BROOKE HOOOGAN! That's just stupid enough to be true. Also, wasn't Hulk's son supposed to be training in the hopes of working on the Australian tour thing? In the words of the great philosopher Scooby Doo... Ruh Roh. |
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Oct 27, 2009 14:35:31 GMT -5
Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment have produced a number of reality series, most notably the excellent VH-1 Scott Baio series and CMT's Celebrity Championship Wrestling. .......HAHAHAHA! |
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Post by glorydays on Oct 27, 2009 14:36:27 GMT -5
Didn't Hogan get some pretty good reactions with his WWE runs in the middle parts of this decade? Of course hes over, I'm not denying that, but he didn't exactly draw back fans either. Again, see my post a few pages back. I don't know about ratings, but PPV buys increased in 2005 and 2006 with Hogan appearances. Whether that translates to 2010 numbers remains to be seen, but again, I doubt he will be wrestling that much, if at all. I see this more as a business move by Hogan and Bischoff as they always talked about doing projects together. |
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Post by Welfare Willis on Oct 27, 2009 14:37:22 GMT -5
Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment have produced a number of reality series, most notably the excellent VH-1 Scott Baio series and CMT's Celebrity Championship Wrestling. .......HAHAHAHA! I read that and thought the reporter was trying to come off as sarcastic.  |
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Post by bob on Oct 27, 2009 14:37:56 GMT -5
RIP TNA May 10, 2002- October 27, 2009
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Post by parder on Oct 27, 2009 14:38:54 GMT -5
So Russo, Ferrara, Bischoff, and Hogan will now all be working in the same company again after 9 years.
Proof positive to never rule out ANYTHING in professional wrestling.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Oct 27, 2009 14:39:04 GMT -5
I read that and thought the reporter was trying to come off as sarcastic. That has to be either sarcasm, or serious brain damage on the part of the reporter. |
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Post by Ryushinku on Oct 27, 2009 14:39:19 GMT -5
"I'M HERE FOR THAT PUNK JEFF JARRETT, BROTHER!"
"Uh, he's not here, Hulk."
"Oh, right, I'll be off then. Cheerio, c'mon Brother Bruti."
Well, it's definitely a shock to me.
When it comes to Russo it's not just Hogan, but also Bischoff's problems with him.
There's a lot of water being put under the bridge, and you have to think for very convincing reasons as far as Hogan is concerned.
Certainly interesting, certainly should provide a boost, but it's very diffcult to shake the nagging feeling this could upset some promising applecarts.
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Post by Jay Carroll on Oct 27, 2009 14:40:05 GMT -5
If TNA doesn't have a segment where Jay Lethal runs into Hogan backstage I'll lose all faith in humanity. Wait, did you find some good in this? That's amazing. |
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