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Post by lildude8218 on May 21, 2010 20:08:25 GMT -5
Officials want 15-20 people to be cut from TNA I don't think it's any of their business who is and isn't circumcised on the roster.
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Post by poontangler on May 21, 2010 20:32:35 GMT -5
These are who I'd cut: 1-Abyss 2-Amazing Red 3-Doug Williams (not into him) 4-Hamada 5-Earl Hebner 6-Homicide 7-Jeff Jarrett (like him, but it's time to go) 8-Jesse Neal 9-Kiyoshi 10-Kurt Angle (I'm with you, Ariados) 11-Lacey Von Erich 12-Brutus Magnus 13-Orlando Jordan 14-Ric Flair (LOVE him, but he really brings nothing) 15-Scott Hall 16-Kevin Nash 17-Sean Waltman 18-Shannon Moore 19-SoCal Val 20-Taylor Wilde 21-Tomko 22-Rob Terry 23/24-Generation ME 25-Don West (do they really need someone to hawk merchandise?) I wouldn't be opposed to Sabin & Shelley getting axed either, but it's not a must for me. Now...why I wouldn't release: Jimmy Hart: his musical talent is actually important to TNA. Entrance music helps define a wrestler, and Hart is responsible for some of the most memorable themes in wrestling history. Team 3D: Both of these guys are highly respected, and, more importantly, they're great at helping in the training of younger talent (as they were in ECW). Raven: A great mind for wrestling. Similar to 3D, except leaning toward the psychological aspects of the business. He'd also be great in creative if he ever chose to go in that direction. Stevie Richards: Great worker, great attitude, crappy gimmick. Repackage him. He can't cost too much either. Christy Hemme: Because she's frigging hot as hell (hey, I'm allowed to be greedy on a few, right?) Plus, she has a different look than the squad of blondes they have. Taz: I always found his commentary fun to listen to. I think he's underrated. Finally, they should cut ties with Hogan, Bischoff, Russo & Ferrara, but we all know they won't. Not yet, at least. By the way, they still have Todd "Thank god Stern allowed me to keep some form of radio job" Clem is still on the TNA roster page: www.tnawrestling.com/roster/superstar-roster/item/1745-additional-rosterBetcha Joey Styles wouldn't have forgotten to remove him.
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Post by Michael Coello on May 21, 2010 21:14:04 GMT -5
Well, if most of the roster is working per appearance, then they wouldn't need to release anyone who they won't use, since it won't cost them anything to not have them there.
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Post by manicuno on May 21, 2010 21:46:24 GMT -5
If TNA releases Hogan, they would probably have enough money hire 15-20 people. Problem Solved.
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on May 21, 2010 22:34:05 GMT -5
Fire the Knockouts (even though they draw ratings and cost little)! There, saved that Fanboy fella the trouble. Tell 'em, Steve-Perpetual Nirvana!
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Post by wcw on May 21, 2010 22:45:01 GMT -5
If I had to cut people that actually make money plus others I think that they should cut
Scott Hall (2000 per appearance not worth it) Orlando Jordan (Free up room in the mid card) Rhino Raven - All 4 aren't being used. Dr.Stevie Tomko Shannon Moore (Would cut Neal also but he doesn't make much) Shark Boy (They just aren't doing anything with him) Sean Waltman (Not worth the head ache) Hernandez (Free up some room in the upper mid card) Brutus Magnus Kiyoshi - All 3 aren't being used Jimmy Hart
That's 13 all in all I think that if you cut them the only guys TNA is using on a consistent basis is Moore, Hall, Hernandez and OJ and I am pretty sure you won't loose many fans if those guys are gone. The other 9 are pretty much not on screen anymore.
I would also make a few rehires to bulk up the X-Division re-hiring Daniels and Petey Williams. I think that TNA should also try and get more indy superstars rather then ex-WCW ex-WWF/E guys. Although I would make three ex-WWE guys in Benjamin and Hoss as a tag team and Mickie James to add to the tag team and KO division.
All in all TNA needs a roster adjustment badly. A lot of the Hogan hires aren't working out (Although Anderson is big time working) and a lot of guys are just hanging around from the past TNA era.
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Post by BearDogg-X on May 21, 2010 23:41:43 GMT -5
Here's who I'd release:
-Scott Hall -Sean Waltman -Christy Hemme(she makes at least twice to three times as much as the other Knockouts just to do interviews now that she's retired from in-ring competition) -Orlando Gaga, uh, I mean Orlando Jordan -Team 3D -Tomko -Don West(why keep him since they replaced him with Taz?)
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 23:49:24 GMT -5
Fire the Knockouts (even though they draw ratings and cost little)! There, saved that Fanboy fella the trouble. So when two to four Knockouts work a program in fifteen minutes of a 120-minute show that is on par with the other top rated segments, even considering that these few Knockouts (and the other 15+ women on the roster who didn't work that month) move relatively little merch, anyone who suggests that the vast majority of the Knockouts division is dead weight is worthy of your derision? How many actual wrestlers could be hired with Christy Hemme's salary?
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Post by wcw on May 22, 2010 0:22:32 GMT -5
Fire the Knockouts (even though they draw ratings and cost little)! There, saved that Fanboy fella the trouble. So when two to four Knockouts work a program in fifteen minutes of a 120-minute show that is on par with the other top rated segments, even considering that these few Knockouts (and the other 15+ women on the roster who didn't work that month) move relatively little merch, anyone who suggests that the vast majority of the Knockouts division is dead weight is worthy of your derision? How many actual wrestlers could be hired with Christy Hemme's salary? I think if you canned Hemme and just gave So Cal Val the interview role then you could just use half of Hemme's salary to give the current KO's a raise and use the other half to cut down the budget. Two problems solved 1- The current KO's make a few extra bucks per appearance without using an extra funds. 2- You trim the budget.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2010 7:26:31 GMT -5
I'd personally get rid of Hall, X-Pac, Tomko, Neal, Stevie (love him, but doing nothing), Raven (ditto), Magnus, Hemme, Rhyno (see Stevie and Raven), ODB, Moore, Kendrick, Shark Boy, Amazing Red, and Generation Me.
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Post by rommie30 on May 22, 2010 9:17:33 GMT -5
all right heres my first post and heres my 15 id cut and why.1.tomko2.scott hall[same as tomko and hes 50]3.earl hebner4.roxy[not a great worker unattractive]5.rhino[last seen on a milk carton]6.sarita[expensive and not over with fans]7.kevin nash[finally in good shape still cant wrestle]8.dr stevie[never used]9.sharkboy[hes shark boy]1o.homicide[great talent good worker but wants to go]11.lacey von erich[cant westle and upcoming custody issues]12.taz[mediocre play by play don west was better]13jeremy borash[you already have christy hemme how many backstage spots do u need]14.hamada[chubby and slow]15miss tessacher[does essentially the same thing as chelsy.
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Post by BigAl on May 22, 2010 14:52:27 GMT -5
Hamada is chubby and slow??
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Post by Krimzon on May 22, 2010 15:26:30 GMT -5
Cutting guys that earn no money from the company is pointless. They need to cut the ones that do. Unless Rhino, Raven, Stevie, & Tomko are all working house shows and being paid for that, then firing them would be a waste. Guys that are used/have downside guarantees are the ones that need to go.
1. Hogan 2. Bischoff 3. Abyss 4. Shannon Moore 5. Jesse Neal (Why use him when his roster spot can go to somebody that's worth it?) 6. Orlando Jordan (But keep his music) 7. Abyss again (Rehire him just to fire him again) 8. Rob Terry (Global Champion isn't important. He's simply wasted money) 9. Taz (Put West back on commentary. At least he does that AND office work for TNA) 10. Jeff Hardy (Show hasn't picked up any additional ratings and he has a high cost. No pun.) 11. Hall 12. Nash (Unless they put him in charge of the X Division. There, he = gold.) 13. Hermie Sadler (No f***ing use for him whatsoever) 14. Kaz (Yeah he's talented, but he'll never be more than what he is now. He's expendable.) 15. Team 3D (They have run their course 10 times over. No reason for them to be around.)
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Post by pink on May 22, 2010 16:33:33 GMT -5
That's really alot of people to cut for budgets. I mean, when wwe needed to cut people, they did it about 8 at a time, not getting rid of 25% of the friggin' roster!
I'd cut: Scott Hall Jimmy Hart (that's what Dale Oliver is for) Jesse Neal Shark Boy Raven Hermie Sadler Orlando Jordan Brooke Adams SoCal Val Brutus Magnus
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Post by Premier Blah on May 22, 2010 17:21:18 GMT -5
Hall's recent arrest could be a good excuse for the company to cut him, but I don't really know. I think the best thing for them is to stop everything and restart all over, give new life to the company.
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Post by littlenaitch on May 22, 2010 18:00:58 GMT -5
Rhino Raven Richards ODB Hamada
Those are the only ones that would make sense now. Daniels is still on the roster for crying out loud. So Cal Val is a ring girl/looks like a production assistant of some sorts so she isn't going anywhere. Borash is the new ring announcer so he's not going anywhere.
Spoiler Alert
Kiyoshi is probably going to be the new Suicide so they wont get rid of him.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on May 22, 2010 19:00:36 GMT -5
Fire the Knockouts (even though they draw ratings and cost little)! There, saved that Fanboy fella the trouble. So when two to four Knockouts work a program in fifteen minutes of a 120-minute show that is on par with the other top rated segments, even considering that these few Knockouts (and the other 15+ women on the roster who didn't work that month) move relatively little merch, anyone who suggests that the vast majority of the Knockouts division is dead weight is worthy of your derision? How many actual wrestlers could be hired with Christy Hemme's salary? No, I was specifically addressing the guy who posted this. I'm for keeping the females around only as on-screen personalities, not as actual wrestlers. So those who are, shall we say, "charismatically challenged" or who aren't real easy on the eyes can hit the road. Hamada is leaving anyway and I personally feel ODB has out stayed her welcome. But aside from that the Knockout roster is fine. And considering Christy is on a 6 figure contract, I'd say quite a few.
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Post by AriadosMan on May 22, 2010 19:05:44 GMT -5
Paying any backstage interviewer what Christy is getting is a luxury TNA can't afford.
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Post by Rorschach on May 22, 2010 19:12:49 GMT -5
You win for the smarkiest post I have ever seen in my life!!!! How so? It's a valid point. Firing Shark Boy, who's probably got one of the least expensive contracts on the roster, wouldn't do anything as a mony saving move. Getting rid of at least Scott Hall and Waltman(assuming Waltman's still on the payroll, anyways), who are both LONG past the point where they're any good to anyone, would save a ton of money, because those guys are probably making out like bandits. *Applause* I have been WAITING for someone to point out exactly that fact. Every single solitary post on here seems to be targeting what have to be the LEAST expensive talent (namely Shark Boy) and just gliding right by the MEGABUCK contracts of Hogan and his cronies. Just like you said, they could fire TWENTY Knockouts, Shark Boy five times, and Rhino, Neal, and the rest of the job squad and they probably STILL wouldn't be clear of the cost of Hogan/Bischoff/The Band combined. But for some reason, people are obsessed with the idea that getting rid of Shark Boy is this mind-blowingly awesome idea to save a billion dollars and get TNA back in the black. It seems to me that if a SMART person were cutting costs and reviewing these things, they'd keep him on (hell, he's probably on a "per appearance" deal as it is anyway, which is why he's never on TV anymore) and look at eliminating the pricier items on the list, like Hogan, the Band, Hemme, ect. As someone said earlier, if you can save six lower tier jobs by cutting just ONE top tier job, then you cut the top tier.
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Post by donners on May 22, 2010 19:16:34 GMT -5
Cutting guys that earn no money from the company is pointless. They need to cut the ones that do. Unless Rhino, Raven, Stevie, & Tomko are all working house shows and being paid for that, then firing them would be a waste. Guys that are used/have downside guarantees are the ones that need to go. The problem is that some of those people may well have guaranteed contracts, so TNA would have to pay them out. Since none of us know the nature of their contracts, it's really impossible to speculate on who should be cut from a financial perspective.
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