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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2010 18:44:05 GMT -5
so tonight Sting wakes up and everything for the past 6 months was all a dream? It would be hilarious if this is why Sting was mad these past few months - he disagreed with TNA being on Monday. Now with them moving back to Thursday - he'll turn face again. But then turn heel directly after until Hogan is gone. Then turn face again. Then turn heel until the 6-sided ring is back. Then turn face when he gets that back. You know, the more I think about it - Sting's a big baby.
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Post by Error on May 3, 2010 18:44:19 GMT -5
www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/TNA/article10011712.shtmlThe return to Thursdays was a TNA decision, not Spike. With the move back, and the new Reaction show, Spike intends to rebrand/remarket Thursdays as TNA Thursdays. The reason given for the move, is that Bischoff and Hervey's company did some market research and most TNA fans preferred having the show on Thursdays apparently That is the complete opposite of what others are running with.
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Post by slickster on May 3, 2010 18:44:52 GMT -5
Wow, shades of WCW 2000 scaling back Nitro and moving Thunder to avoid direct competition with a juggernaut.
Smart move on TNA's part to get out of the line of fire. The question now is who will take the blame for this blunder.
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on May 3, 2010 18:45:44 GMT -5
So out of all the market research data they collected, they picked this tidbit to focus on.
Sorry about our damn luck....
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2010 18:47:46 GMT -5
www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/TNA/article10011712.shtmlThe return to Thursdays was a TNA decision, not Spike. With the move back, and the new Reaction show, Spike intends to rebrand/remarket Thursdays as TNA Thursdays. The reason given for the move, is that Bischoff and Hervey's company did some market research and most TNA fans preferred having the show on Thursdays apparently IDIOTS!! Market research is supposed to be done BEFORE you make a company-changing decision - not AFTER. That is just mind-boggingly stupid. At least they figured it out months later.... seriously though - what kind of marketing guys are these two if they did the market research AFTER the fact. After the company wasted ad revenue promoting a change in the day of the week. That's just bush league stuff. Bischoff & Hervey should just go back to doing crappy reality TV shows since they obviously have the business acumen of a turnip on crack.
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Post by GaTechGrad on May 3, 2010 18:47:56 GMT -5
As they say hindsight is 20/20. At the time, they got their biggest rating ever on Monday night, so it was at least worth a shot. Sounds like we have a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks on here.
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Post by Error on May 3, 2010 18:49:41 GMT -5
As they say hindsight is 20/20. At the time, they got their biggest rating ever on Monday night, so it was at least worth a shot. Sounds like we have a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks on here. Considering 90% of the board called it a stupid idea when announced, I'd hardly say it "we have a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks on here".
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on May 3, 2010 18:49:57 GMT -5
As they say hindsight is 20/20. At the time, they got their biggest rating ever on Monday night, so it was at least worth a shot. Sounds like we have a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks on here. Have we not learned the damage doing things to pop a rating does to a company in the long term?
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2010 18:56:58 GMT -5
As they say hindsight is 20/20. At the time, they got their biggest rating ever on Monday night, so it was at least worth a shot. Sounds like we have a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks on here. Wow. People were saying moving to Monday was a bad idea BEFORE they moved. "Hindsight" only applies to the people who said it was a good idea at first. Geez..... Anyway - if they would have played the same "live" card for Thursday that they did on Monday, they woudl have gotten an even higher rating. Lack of audience confusion would have boosted them quite a bit. But I guess the 3 month late market research would have told them that along with common sense.
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Post by sjones on May 3, 2010 19:00:26 GMT -5
so tonight Sting wakes up and everything for the past 6 months was all a dream? This.
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Post by andrewgilkison on May 3, 2010 19:02:40 GMT -5
Going on Monday wasn't a mistake. The mistake was trying to do it with the current product and creative direction.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on May 3, 2010 19:07:12 GMT -5
Impact on Thursdays? It'll never work!
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Post by Michael Coello on May 3, 2010 19:07:34 GMT -5
As they say hindsight is 20/20. At the time, they got their biggest rating ever on Monday night, so it was at least worth a shot. Sounds like we have a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks on here. Considering 90% of the board called it a stupid idea when announced, I'd hardly say it "we have a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks on here". To be fair, everything TNA does is considered a bad move by 90% of the board.
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan on May 3, 2010 19:10:30 GMT -5
Cool. Honestly, I like having wrestling on numerous times a week. Being able to watch Raw on Monday and TNA on Thursday is fine with me.
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Post by CJ Denton is Egon on May 3, 2010 19:21:14 GMT -5
Considering 90% of the board called it a stupid idea when announced, I'd hardly say it "we have a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks on here". To be fair, everything TNA does is considered a bad move by 90% of the board. Have they yet to be proven wrong?
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on May 3, 2010 19:23:07 GMT -5
Considering 90% of the board called it a stupid idea when announced, I'd hardly say it "we have a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks on here". To be fair, everything TNA does is considered a bad move by 90% of the board. Dude, it really isn't. Generalisations like this, both pro and anti-TNA, are way it ain't really much fun posting in this secton anymore. RVD winning the title was praised by a whole lotta people, for one. In the WWE section, its the same.
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Post by Michael Coello on May 3, 2010 19:28:02 GMT -5
To be fair, everything TNA does is considered a bad move by 90% of the board. Dude, it really isn't. Generalisations like this, both pro and anti-TNA, are way it ain't really much fun posting in this secton anymore. RVD winning the title was praised by a whole lotta people, for one. In the WWE section, its the same. I didn't mention WWE, though. And really, don't tell me that it's just a generalization. Pretty much every week has some kind of mention of something that TNA did wrong. From some of the new talent to the angles to any news or any rumors, and you can't tell me there's not something for everyone in that regard.
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Post by casualobserver on May 3, 2010 19:30:31 GMT -5
A 3 way? Ewwwwwww!
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Post by diegorivera on May 3, 2010 19:33:24 GMT -5
I had hoped that Monday Night Impact would force Raw to get better. Instead Raw stayed at about the same level of semi-competent mediocrity while Impact got worse. There's a part of me that had hoped that when I said the Monday move was a bad idea that I'd eating my words with a side of crow and some humble pie for dessert by now. Instead, the novelty of surprise appearances and nostalgia has worn off, if it was ever there to begin with. Seriously, I don't want an "alternative" that's as bad, if not worse, that what I'm supposed to be alternating from in the first place. The ratings tell the story. Let TNA go back to Thursdays until they fix their sorry ass product. Let the WWE figure out how to make Raw a compelling, interesting show without direct competition forcing the issue. People are tired of trying to pretend these shows are good because they're bumping heads. It's time for something really fresh.
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Post by Red Impact on May 3, 2010 19:35:09 GMT -5
Dude, it really isn't. Generalisations like this, both pro and anti-TNA, are way it ain't really much fun posting in this secton anymore. RVD winning the title was praised by a whole lotta people, for one. In the WWE section, its the same. I didn't mention WWE, though. And really, don't tell me that it's just a generalization. Pretty much every week has some kind of mention of something that TNA did wrong. From some of the new talent to the angles to any news or any rumors, and you can't tell me there's not something for everyone in that regard. That there's always someone complaining about something? Not a generalization, same way as WWE. Every promotion will have a lot of complaints about things on a regular basis. That it encompasses and extremely vast majority of the board? That's the generalization.
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