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Post by Mayonnaise on Dec 12, 2009 2:17:26 GMT -5
For the love of...the ring is fine. It has become part of TNA's identity, leave it be. Losing has become a part of the NY Mets identity... don't you think they'd like to change it? We've exhausted every option why TNA isn't latching on with new viewers over the last few years... maybe the non-traditional ring is the reason the casual fan will not get interested in their product? This would be more like the Mets making a change in logo and colors than, losing. The Six Sided Ring is one of their biggest visual identifiers. WWE has the huge sets and arena, TNA has the Lucha inspired ring. On top of that, the ring gives them better options in the cage and UX matches. If the ring is what is keeping people away, well, they wouldn't stick around long if it changed I would wager.
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Post by jerishow on Dec 12, 2009 2:36:10 GMT -5
Losing has become a part of the NY Mets identity... don't you think they'd like to change it? We've exhausted every option why TNA isn't latching on with new viewers over the last few years... maybe the non-traditional ring is the reason the casual fan will not get interested in their product? This would be more like the Mets making a change in logo and colors than, losing. The Six Sided Ring is one of their biggest visual identifiers. WWE has the huge sets and arena, TNA has the Lucha inspired ring. On top of that, the ring gives them better options in the cage and UX matches. If the ring is what is keeping people away, well, they wouldn't stick around long if it changed I would wager. Let me state for the record that I really really don't think it matters at all whether TNA has a 2 sided, 4 sided 6 sided or 8 sided ringring. It just does not matter. But anyways, I really don't think it's that big of an identifier. Mainly because the announcers don't EVER put it over anymore. I remember Don West and Mike Tenay screaming about how awesome it was years and years ago ..... But since that initial buzz and the whole WE HAVE 6 SIDES BUT ONLY ONE ANGLE (Which was completely stupid) the ring hasn't been put over
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Post by GaTechGrad on Dec 12, 2009 2:59:51 GMT -5
Yeah, this all sounds like a work, which will play into the storyline of Jeff Jarrett fighting to get his company back.
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Post by Threadkiller [Classic] on Dec 12, 2009 3:48:15 GMT -5
Can someone please post the "Our ring has six sides -- Just the way your mother likes it, Trebek!" gif? HA! I MADE THAT! And I have no idea what I did with it...sorry. But I too feel they should go back to four-sides. It was one of the things that turned me off to TNA a few years ago. It just felt too gimmicky. Then, when they signed Angle, I felt compelled to watch, and the six-sides just became something I sort of dealt with. I think four sides (as long as they don't make it a mini-ring so that it fits in the same space as the old ring) would be optimal. I also think it's that Hogan wouldn't know how to work in a six-sided ring, and being somewhat of a traditionalist, I could imagine him thinking that it's hard for everyone else too, even if it's not. But yeah, I'd switch them back to a four-sided ring and bust out the six-sided ring for Lockdown. It makes the "six sides of steel" match more important, since they only happen once a year (as opposed to every other month on iMPACT!). Plus, the dimensions of the six-sides make it different than the standard cage match, so you could do regular cage matches in the four-sided ring the other 11 months of the year and not feel like you're watering down the six-sides of steel concept.
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Post by BitterAF on Dec 12, 2009 8:46:07 GMT -5
I agree with a few other people in that I don't like it but I have gotten used to it. It really just seems awkward to wrestle in. Maybe if it was a little bit bigger it could help but to me there is something about it that just doesn't make it work.
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Post by casualobserver on Dec 12, 2009 9:00:09 GMT -5
Assuming this is not NEWZ!, I think Hogan got this one right. The six-sided ring does nothing but making matches look awkward, particularly tag-team matches. You can still do Ultimate X with a four-sided ring, so I don't see what makes a six-sided ring any better than four.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Dec 12, 2009 9:49:29 GMT -5
I'm beginning to think that this is the makings of a huge work/angle. At this point, the 6 sided ring *is* TNA. And Hogan wants to get rid of it? What next, does he want a blurred WWF logo at the head of the entrance ramp? I have to agree. There is just no way this isn't a work. If it isn't then TNA is in huge huge trouble.
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Post by TheDarkestKnight on Dec 12, 2009 10:38:49 GMT -5
Keep the ring dammit, it gives us some interesting mechanics for matches.
Also makes them look different from the WWE and that can only be a good thing.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Dec 12, 2009 11:22:43 GMT -5
I actually like the 6 sided ring. Sure it's mainly just aesthetic, but still -- I like it.
I do wish the wrestlers would innovate with the 6 sides a bit more though. The last move that I felt truly made use of the 6 sides was Monty Brown's pounce. He and his opponent each ran off into ring sides that were not parallel. Then when they collided, it really seemed like a better collision due to the angle. I know he did it in WWE too, but it never looked quite right to me. Anyway my point is that the current TNA guys should try to come up with more moves that have the 6-sided ring in mind.
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Post by renzino on Dec 12, 2009 11:35:25 GMT -5
The six sided ring gives TNA their identity and makes them stand out.
Why would they want to change it?
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan on Dec 12, 2009 12:12:29 GMT -5
Yeah, this all sounds like a work, which will play into the storyline of Jeff Jarrett fighting to get his company back. Agreed.
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Post by jimfear on Dec 12, 2009 12:38:11 GMT -5
I remember a three way match with I think Sabin, Daniels, and Jerry Lynn where they all ran a different set of ropes for a bit. It was kinda stupid but neat at the same time. I think that was during Sabin's "no respect" angle which led to Lynn getting back in the ring.
Anyways, this whole thing just seems like a work to me. Hogan gets signed and starts talking about "cleaning house" and showing the "young guys in the locker room how to develop" and this and that. Now, he's talking about changing the ring too?
-Russo has been employed by TNA on, I believe, two different occasions and has to have saved some grace in Dixie's book by keeping ratings consistent and delivering with storylines on a regular basis. Love him or hate him, I've gotta give the man respect for keeping TNA entertaining for the most of the year.
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Post by Lionheart on Dec 12, 2009 12:45:22 GMT -5
Yep, because having a marketable difference from your competitor is always a bad thing, isn't it? Marketable how? They haven't even tried to make a big deal out of the six-sided ring in ages, thankfully. It's just there. It doesn't make any difference one way or the other. Worrying about the ring either way is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
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Post by Arthur Digby Stamp on Dec 12, 2009 13:02:46 GMT -5
I've never been a fan of the 6 sides. The minuses far outweigh the pluses, in my opinion, and the sooner they go to a 4 sided ring, the better.
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Post by invaderdave on Dec 12, 2009 13:11:52 GMT -5
THIS JUST IN:
HOGAN TO FILL IMPACT TIME SLOT WITH TWO HOURS OF HIM EATING SPAGHETTI DINNER
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Post by GaTechGrad on Dec 12, 2009 13:23:29 GMT -5
THIS JUST IN: HOGAN TO FILL IMPACT TIME SLOT WITH TWO HOURS OF HIM EATING SPAGHETTI DINNER I'd watch.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Dec 12, 2009 13:25:07 GMT -5
The six-sided ring works best for TNA's fast-paced style of matches. The ring is smaller than a WWE ring, and the extra angles mean the ropes are shorter and therefore tighter, allowing wrestlers who frequently use springboard moves (of which there are many in TNA) to perform the moves better and more safely.
And as has already been mentioned, it makes TNA stand out.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2009 13:28:46 GMT -5
Let me state for the record that I really really don't think it matters at all whether TNA has a 2 sided, 4 sided 6 sided or 8 sided ringring. It just does not matter. I'm gonna have to stop you there, sir, as I think the product would be extremely different in a two-sided ring. Two grown men hugging and wedged inbetween two giant rubber bands connected at two corners? Even the early UFCs weren't that bad.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Dec 12, 2009 13:34:07 GMT -5
Let me state for the record that I really really don't think it matters at all whether TNA has a 2 sided, 4 sided 6 sided or 8 sided ringring. It just does not matter. I'm gonna have to stop you there, sir, as I think the product would be extremely different in a two-sided ring. Two grown men hugging and wedged inbetween two giant rubber bands connected at two corners? Even the early UFCs weren't that bad. They manage to pull it off in Madagascar, so why not in TNA? Besides, only in a two-sided ring can one pull off the spaceman tornesio armdrag.
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 12, 2009 13:35:55 GMT -5
Hogan said the six-sided ring was racist, so it has to go ;D
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