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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Aug 14, 2013 16:43:56 GMT -5
Can't believe I forgot about Douglas Williams. One of the more entertaining heels TNA has ever produced.
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Don Corleone
Michael Nesmith, inventor of all you hold dear!
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Post by 8.2.11/SAVIOR_NEZ on Aug 14, 2013 16:49:29 GMT -5
There has been a lot of things said I agree with here. The one thing I've been going back to was something that was said negatively about TNA (in the LOLTNA thread) that I think is a positive. It's been long said TNA has no "John Cena" to center the product around. I think it's a good thing that one guy isn't always the focus of the show. While this can lead to the dreaded "yo-yo pushes" we've seen time and time again, it also provides different guys on top every now and again. The reason John Cena is so stale is because he's always the focus of the show. That's not to say things in TNA can't get stale (Aces and 8s), but at least they change around the main-eventers once in a while.
I also have to say one of my favorite periods watching wrestling was TNA from late 2004 through early 2007. I have every ppv on DVD from this era, and even the least of those shows promised 2-3 good matches. I also really enjoyed mid-2008 through mid-2010 and 2012 almost wholly. I would even say that while it's fun to rag on TNA for some boneheaded business decisions recently, the show is still pretty solid on the whole at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2013 20:19:26 GMT -5
Since going on the road, the atmosphere of Impact has improved tremendously.
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Post by DASH 243✅ on Aug 14, 2013 20:35:16 GMT -5
Samoa joe
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Post by lildude8218 on Aug 14, 2013 20:37:15 GMT -5
Darryl Gibson, better known by his stage name Positive TNA (sometimes stylized as +TNA), is an American emcee from the Bronx, New York City, New York, and is one of the original artists of the First Priority Music camp. He is best known for his hits "I'm Not Havin' It" (a duet with MC Lyte) and his 1992 hit "I Got a Man", which borrows its male/female dialogue format from the aforementioned "I'm Not Havin' It".
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 15, 2013 6:02:07 GMT -5
- Internal plot consistency: One of TNA's early problems was having that "WCW-ish" tendency to just kind of let things happen "just because", but since the current writing team was put in place awhile back, there seems to be a big emphasis on stories having a beginning and end in mind, with developments that make sense for moving the narrative along. That's not to say things are flawless, of course - as mentioned before, TNA has an issue with not always having everything sketched in before the ending, ala the way they clearly want the Aces and Eights reckoning to be at BFG, but haven't really filled in the blanks since Lockdown strongly enough. However, looking back on it, things like the Bully Ray reveal as the President were just executed right. Did we all figure it would likely happen when it did? Sure. But the consistency that lead to the moment made it worthwhile, and boosted Bully's credibility as a dangerous heel. There were a lot of things that I really did not care for when it came to building up and presenting Bully Ray as the Aces and Eights leader. However, I must applaud TNA for at least trying to explain their inconsistencies instead of looking away and pretending their plot holes never happened. For example, I hated how Bully Ray could have accomplished his goals much sooner at No Surrender and was getting beaten up really badly by the stable he was supposedly leading. But, at least they bothered to address it with Bully saying he underestimated Hardy and how he took his licks to drive suspicion away from him being the mystery President. Contrast to the Nexus's bigger picture or the trainwreck that was Fall 2011 WWE main angle and you get the feeling at some one cares about maintaining continuity on the show.
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AdamAFL was sooooo wrong
Hank Scorpio
note to all: he's a pants-less heathen
I Survived The Impact Spoilers 7/22/15-7/30/15
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Aug 16, 2013 6:37:19 GMT -5
Hardcore Justice last night was an excellent, excellent show. The ladder match was great stuff, the tables match was good too. The KO's had a nice match and Sabin/Bully had a much better match than their DX one. The crowd was hot pretty much all night and even the MEM/A&8's stuff was actually interesting for once. It was a bit predictable to do the whole Tito/Rampage thing but hey in my opinion it worked. Also (next week's Impact spoilers ahead): {Spoiler}The AJ thing has finally come to fruition. I love the guy and his lone wolf theme music was awesome but the story was starting to drag. I'm glad they started to show signs in the past few weeks like him acting less heelish and using some of his old moveset (including the Stylesclash this week). Now I really hope they can fulfill this redemption angle by having AJ win the World Championship at Bound For Glory. Honestly I think it would be the perfect end to an overall great story being told by TNA. Love it!
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Doctor Of Style
King Koopa
Well, first they love me, and then they don't. Sometimes they do it, and sometimes they won't.
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Post by Doctor Of Style on Aug 17, 2013 10:02:35 GMT -5
Hostage Taking Bird was hilarious.
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Post by AJ Smudgico on Aug 21, 2013 7:32:21 GMT -5
Bad Influence - When two guys are given a storyline such as 'Clare Lynch' and come out of it with fresh personalities, you can appreciate that these two are gold.
Austin Aries as champion - Allowing someone get to the top just by talent is refreshing, and every main event match he was part of it was a very good to great match
Magnus' recent push - TNA have identified a young up and coming star. He has a good look, not too bad on the mic, and more than capable in the ring, this obviously appeals to the UK market too, which brings me on to.......
Their UK Presentations - As a wrestling company, they seem to put a lot of thought and effort into entertaining the UK, a lot more than the WWE. Though obviously advertising Hardy WAS wrong, the shows and backstage detail shown is both carefully thought through and incisive for the viewer.
Joseph Park - a cleverly thought through character. In my mind, it shouldn't work. Yet at his height (and we've still not reached resolution) he was unmissable viewing to all TNA fans. Hell, we even had threads on here asking if Sting had identified Joseph and Abyss as the same character. Brilliant and clever character development.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Aug 21, 2013 11:57:42 GMT -5
I do feel that Desmond was handled very well coming in. Also, I feel that had he not had all the problems with his health, that we could've very possibly seen a championship run.
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Post by kidtamagotchi on Aug 22, 2013 2:58:10 GMT -5
The AJ Styles vs. Abyss Lockdown match. That match was incredible! Both guys were on their game that night!
The Alyssa Flash/Sarita rivalry. It reminded me of the dynamic between Rey Misterio Jr. and Dean Malenko in WCW.
The X Division. Plus, the concept of Ultimate X.
The Knockouts Division. All the girls have different personalities and wrestling styles.
The classic AJ vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe match.
Monty Brown was awesome. He really should have beaten Jarrett for the title!
Undefeated Samoa Joe.
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Glitch
Grimlock
Not Going To Die; Childs, we're goin' out to give Blair the test. If he tries to make it back here and we're not with him... burn him.
Watching you.
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Post by Glitch on Aug 22, 2013 3:23:36 GMT -5
As bad as many things may get in TNA, I will watch them over wwe. I will likely only watch the E for Punk and Bryan(which is like 20 minutes out of the entire three hour show when I'm skipping it on my dvr). I'll sit through pretty much the entire Impact(especially when every part of the show ties together like it does for the BFG series).
It also has more of my favorite guys. Joe,Styles,Aries, Daniels, Kaz, just those guys right there get me to tune in.
Some good wrestling and not so much soap opera.
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Post by The Baltimore Staircase on Aug 22, 2013 9:11:05 GMT -5
TNA's pretty... it's always pretty.
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percymania
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Percymania will live forever! Oh yeah!
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Post by percymania on Aug 28, 2013 0:29:30 GMT -5
They still have a great roster of wrestlers.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Aug 28, 2013 0:47:04 GMT -5
They got rid of Broke Hogan.
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