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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Aug 17, 2013 21:34:11 GMT -5
Way to be condescending to the man's post. The reason she sold 130,000 was because she was a flop as an artist. Millions were squandered trying to obtain her a musical career and it failed. I'll bet out of those 130,000 who bought the cd, 129,498 probably forget they own it. And if they do, it gathers dust somewhere, because it's a cd. If they think that, why buy the CD in the first place? and why is everyone having another bitter argument in a thread like this? I have a whole bunch of CDs that are collecting dust. I really need to get rid of those CDs that I have.
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Post by Hurbster on Aug 17, 2013 21:38:07 GMT -5
Way to be condescending to the man's post. The reason she sold 130,000 was because she was a flop as an artist. Millions were squandered trying to obtain her a musical career and it failed. I'll bet out of those 130,000 who bought the cd, 129,498 probably forget they own it. And if they do, it gathers dust somewhere, because it's a cd. If they think that, why buy the CD in the first place? and why is everyone having another bitter argument in a thread like this? Because some posters just like to lash out at everyone else in every single positive or negative TNA thread ? Each thread is a war, a war they must win at all costs.
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Post by Michael Coello on Aug 17, 2013 21:42:34 GMT -5
If they think that, why buy the CD in the first place? and why is everyone having another bitter argument in a thread like this? I have a whole bunch of CDs that are collecting dust. I really need to get rid of those CDs that I have. but I'm guessing you bought them in the first place to actually listen to them. I mean, I got CDs I don't listen to, but I originally bought them cause I liked the band or some songs. I get that. I don't get, if it was so uneventful, why get it in the first place? If it is like a CD no one wanted to hear, why buy it in the first place, especially almost 2 million dollars worth of sales of said CD?
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Post by Sephiroth on Aug 17, 2013 21:44:42 GMT -5
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Aug 17, 2013 21:45:26 GMT -5
I have a whole bunch of CDs that are collecting dust. I really need to get rid of those CDs that I have. but I'm guessing you bought them in the first place to actually listen to them. I mean, I got CDs I don't listen to, but I originally bought them cause I liked the band or some songs. I get that. I don't get, if it was so uneventful, why get it in the first place? If it is like a CD no one wanted to hear, why buy it in the first place, especially almost 2 million dollars worth of sales of said CD? Yeah, a lot of the CDs I do regret.
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Post by FinalGwen on Aug 17, 2013 21:59:52 GMT -5
Maybe they should hire Neil Degrasse Tyson next. he's got a huge fan base in the scientific community - maybe they'll follow him to TNA. He's basically got the same credentials as Brooke: can't wrestle and never been on a wrestling show before. Except that Tyson has charisma. And yeah, I'd definitely be a lot more eager to tune into TNA regularly if he were featured.
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Post by Red Impact on Aug 17, 2013 22:00:42 GMT -5
I have a whole bunch of CDs that are collecting dust. I really need to get rid of those CDs that I have. but I'm guessing you bought them in the first place to actually listen to them. I mean, I got CDs I don't listen to, but I originally bought them cause I liked the band or some songs. I get that. I don't get, if it was so uneventful, why get it in the first place? If it is like a CD no one wanted to hear, why buy it in the first place, especially almost 2 million dollars worth of sales of said CD? There are other reasons people buy things. Some do buy it because they are fans and want to listen and enjoy it. Others have a feeling that it's going to be bad and buy it out of morbid curiosity. How many are in each? Who's to say, but just as I doubt all 100K or so of the people who bought Friday by Rebecca Black did so because they have a deep love of the song, I doubt that all the people who bought Brooke Hogan's CD are rabid Brookaholics. Of course, there's a lot of assumptions that the people who did buy because they were a fan of her are still fans of her years after she was last relevant (ie: her show got canned and her CD flopped), or that they were never just fans of the Hogans as a unit and already know and care/don't care about TNA, or that they ever would have had any interest in watching TNA just because Brooke appeared for 15 minutes a week. It's just bad decision making all around to bring her in for the slim chance that you could add a frankly minuscule number of people who might be interested in TNA.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 17, 2013 22:10:29 GMT -5
Maybe they should hire Neil Degrasse Tyson next. he's got a huge fan base in the scientific community - maybe they'll follow him to TNA. He's basically got the same credentials as Brooke: can't wrestle and never been on a wrestling show before. Except that Tyson has charisma. And yeah, I'd definitely be a lot more eager to tune into TNA regularly if he were featured. He could tell us if we had a badass.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 17, 2013 22:10:38 GMT -5
Next stop.....Total Divas!
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Aug 17, 2013 22:17:59 GMT -5
Next stop.....Total Divas! Probably how the WWE found out so quickly.
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Post by jimmyjames on Aug 17, 2013 23:08:09 GMT -5
So, over 8 pages in, I'll ask again, Has there been any other confirmation or news regarding of this story?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 1:03:48 GMT -5
Crossover appeal means she got people to CROSSOVER to TNA.
She didn't do it.
She doesn't have it.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Aug 18, 2013 2:26:30 GMT -5
She doesn't have crossover appeal. Celebrity news websites might write about her when she gets engaged to an NFL player or takes questionable pictures with her famous father, but she's far from a being a big celebrity who could give TNA crossover appeal.
I didn't think she was horrible in TNA, but I don't think she was a very strong performer either. For a few weeks she was used to choose which Knock Out would challenge the champion on TV. The women would try to convince Brooke that they deserved the shot and then Brooke would choose the challenger. I didn't mind Brooke in this role. The Head of the Knock Outs was the on-screen justification for why she was there, but her main role seemed to serve as a means for the heels to get heat with Hulk Hogan, the on-screen GM. If I recall, first Austin Aries was in the role and of course Bully Ray ended up marrying her.
In this role she would presumably be used to help build to a feud between Hogan and Bully Ray. This would be a fair usage of Brooke if it could lead to a match between Hogan and Bully that TNA could put on a PPV. However, Hulk Hogan just shouldn't work matches any more. Even if Hogan was still capable of working matches physically, recent scary incidents with Ricky Steamboat and Jerry Lawler make me not want to see Hogan try to work any more matches. Since a Hogan match is so unlikely, this means that Brooke is even less needed in TNA. I don't blame Hogan for getting Brooke the work. I don't blame Brooke for wanting the work. However, she's just not that valuable to TNA and they should release her if they are having to tighten their wallet.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Aug 18, 2013 4:08:29 GMT -5
Crossover appeal means she got people to CROSSOVER to TNA. She didn't do it. She doesn't have it. So, what you're saying is she didn't get people to Cross the Line?
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Post by Glitch on Aug 18, 2013 5:04:02 GMT -5
I'm guessing those CDs were bought by either 2 types of people: 1.) Hulk Hogan fans who wanted everything Hogan related. So there wouldn't have been any new fans by adding Brooke because they were already watching Tna to begin with.
2.) Reality show fans who ate up Hogan Knows Best but now have probably long forgotten about Brooke at this point. If Brooke released a second CD, I doubt those numbers would even come close to the first CD sales.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Aug 18, 2013 5:36:40 GMT -5
To those using Brooke's album sales as "crossover appeal", Jillian Hall's joke album sold better than Brooke's legit one.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 18, 2013 5:42:47 GMT -5
I'm guessing those CDs were bought by either 2 types of people: 1.) Hulk Hogan fans who wanted everything Hogan related. So there wouldn't have been any new fans by adding Brooke because they were already watching Tna to begin with. 2.) Reality show fans who ate up Hogan Knows Best but now have probably long forgotten about Brooke at this point. If Brooke released a second CD, I doubt those numbers would even come close to the first CD sales. She did, it's called The Redemption and it's sold 15,000 copies to date. Not a great return, considering she, or more likely Hulk, shelled out for the likes of Flo Rida.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Aug 18, 2013 13:59:58 GMT -5
Maybe its like that episode of spongebob where mr krab's daughter Pearl got a job at the Krusty Krab to make her father happy, but was trying to get fired because she really didn't want to work there, so she and spongebob worked up a scheme where spongebob "fired" her so everyone would be happy....
Or maybe her football playing fiancée wants her to stay home and make babies...
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Post by Lazy peon on Aug 18, 2013 14:05:47 GMT -5
Crossover appeal means she got people to CROSSOVER to TNA. She didn't do it. She doesn't have it. So, what you're saying is she didn't get people to Cross the Line? Whenever I saw Brooke on screen, I thought "Wrestling matters here!"
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Post by Sam Punk on Aug 18, 2013 16:47:41 GMT -5
If they think that, why buy the CD in the first place? and why is everyone having another bitter argument in a thread like this? I have a whole bunch of CDs that are collecting dust. I really need to get rid of those CDs that I have. You should use them as coasters the next time you entertain guests. It would be an interesting conversation starter.
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