y4j1981
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Post by y4j1981 on Sept 25, 2013 14:13:32 GMT -5
we all know who we really want running our company!: {Spoiler}{Click for the right man}Ian Rotten
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 25, 2013 14:22:35 GMT -5
The only likely buyer would be some sort of doomed consortium, or a foreign lunatic like a Roman Abramovich with unlimited resources.
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metylerca
King Koopa
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Post by metylerca on Sept 25, 2013 15:13:41 GMT -5
Fusient media ventures
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Reflecto
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Reflecto on Sept 25, 2013 16:12:30 GMT -5
Viacom, but with a "slight" twist: If they're going to book MMA already, bill TNA storylines to hype it up anyway, and give very sparse hype for TNA right now, why not have Viacom do the ballsy move: Buy TNA, but have the specific section of the company buy it to rebrand TNA under the Bellator label? It's a risky move, but it seems like one of those risky moves that'll either be a big failure or a massive success [an MMA company with a worked pro wrestling wing of the group could either make fans turn on Bellator immediately, or be the move that immediately puts TNA back in the game as a genuine contender with WWE, countries like Japan's MMA experience has shown there can be a lot of fans who are willing to accept worked fights on the same card as shoot fights if given the chance].
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Post by JTG Fan on Sept 25, 2013 16:20:15 GMT -5
Someone who has a clue how to run a wrestling company. They don't even need that. They need somebody or multiple persons to support it financially, but after that, the bigger issue is putting the right people in place to make it a success financially and from the wrestling standpoint. Hire a respected business executive to handle the budget and hire a smart wrestling guy like Scott D'Amore to run the wrestling side.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 25, 2013 16:41:05 GMT -5
The only man with enough money to not care about investing in a money pit.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2013 16:43:31 GMT -5
Viacom, but with a "slight" twist: If they're going to book MMA already, bill TNA storylines to hype it up anyway, and give very sparse hype for TNA right now, why not have Viacom do the ballsy move: Buy TNA, but have the specific section of the company buy it to rebrand TNA under the Bellator label? It's a risky move, but it seems like one of those risky moves that'll either be a big failure or a massive success [an MMA company with a worked pro wrestling wing of the group could either make fans turn on Bellator immediately, or be the move that immediately puts TNA back in the game as a genuine contender with WWE, countries like Japan's MMA experience has shown there can be a lot of fans who are willing to accept worked fights on the same card as shoot fights if given the chance]. Didn't that do horrible business long term and lead to Inoki getting booted out of NJPW?
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suave
Dennis Stamp
"I only got on my knees for God and maybe to lick a girl's pussy" -Teddy Hart
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Post by suave on Sept 25, 2013 16:44:47 GMT -5
The only man with enough money to not care about investing in a money pit. This. When he's retired, tell me that Floyd Mayweather buying TNA wouldn't be the most entertaining shit ever. I want to see this happen now.
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Post by Andy Martin on Sept 25, 2013 19:11:23 GMT -5
It won't happen, but Mark Cuban.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Sept 25, 2013 19:18:39 GMT -5
It won't happen, but Mark Cuban. Dixie should go on Shark Tank and pitch it.
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Reflecto
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Reflecto on Sept 25, 2013 19:20:56 GMT -5
Viacom, but with a "slight" twist: If they're going to book MMA already, bill TNA storylines to hype it up anyway, and give very sparse hype for TNA right now, why not have Viacom do the ballsy move: Buy TNA, but have the specific section of the company buy it to rebrand TNA under the Bellator label? It's a risky move, but it seems like one of those risky moves that'll either be a big failure or a massive success [an MMA company with a worked pro wrestling wing of the group could either make fans turn on Bellator immediately, or be the move that immediately puts TNA back in the game as a genuine contender with WWE, countries like Japan's MMA experience has shown there can be a lot of fans who are willing to accept worked fights on the same card as shoot fights if given the chance]. Didn't that do horrible business long term and lead to Inoki getting booted out of NJPW? Well, a big reason it did lead to Inoki getting the boot was because he went too far with it, having New Japan wrestlers fight in MMA matches they weren't trained in, where they invariably ended up getting clobbered by trained MMA performers- in the process, destroying the credibility of the New Japan performers who did lose. However, worked fights and shoot fights on the same card had not been the bigger issue itself. It's a line, but it's a relatively thick enough line: It's 'possible' (and again, high-risk) that you could get away with "Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy- Worked" on the undercard of a Bellator show, and mentioned as worked beforehand, but if they had Jeff Hardy fight Tito Ortiz in a Bellator match, TNA would be doomed.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2013 19:29:31 GMT -5
We can either have the IWA:MS Pizza Oven or TNA but not both, where should we funnel our resources?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2013 20:04:09 GMT -5
We can either have the IWA:MS Pizza Oven or TNA but not both, where should we funnel our resources? I love me some pizza.
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Sephiroth
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Post by Sephiroth on Sept 25, 2013 21:17:54 GMT -5
Just a thought: If TNA were to go out of business say, next year, could anyone perhaps envision Spike offering ROH their timeslot?
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Post by Andrew is Good on Sept 25, 2013 21:27:28 GMT -5
Just a thought: If TNA were to go out of business say, next year, could anyone perhaps envision Spike offering ROH their timeslot? It would be interesting. Say what you will about ROH, but they don't tend to rely on either established talent or their established roster. When WWE grabs people from them, they have more guys either waiting in the wings or already being looked at. One of the issues of releasing all those guys this year was their roster now doesn't really have any fresh faces. They have Jay Bradley, but they beat him into powder and I'm skeptical he'll be around. I guess Knux, Wes Brisco and Jesse Godderz are relatively fresh faces, which kinda drives that point home. People are generally in the same position every year, except for possibly Magnus being pushed into the Main Event. Hell, last year when they pushed Austin Aries, it seemed like TNA was on fire.
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Sephiroth
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Post by Sephiroth on Sept 25, 2013 21:37:17 GMT -5
Just a thought: If TNA were to go out of business say, next year, could anyone perhaps envision Spike offering ROH their timeslot? It would be interesting. Say what you will about ROH, but they don't tend to rely on either established talent or their established roster. When WWE grabs people from them, they have more guys either waiting in the wings or already being looked at. One of the issues of releasing all those guys this year was their roster now doesn't really have any fresh faces. They have Jay Bradley, but they beat him into powder and I'm skeptical he'll be around. I guess Knux, Wes Brisco and Jesse Godderz are relatively fresh faces, which kinda drives that point home. People are generally in the same position every year, except for possibly Magnus being pushed into the Main Event. Hell, last year when they pushed Austin Aries, it seemed like TNA was on fire. Its just a "what if" suggestion. It seems Spike has a soft spot for wrestling, considering how swiftly they gave WWE's old timeslot to TNA. If TNA went down, ROH would pretty much be the biggest show in wrestling outside of WWE. But they also currently have a deal with a company that runs a lot of localized networks, which could prevent any such arrangement. On that same note, if TNA went down I am pretty sure ROH would be happy to welcome back some of their vets like Samoa Joe, Daniels, and AJ, and might even welcome some new faces like Roode.
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Malcolm
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Post by Malcolm on Sept 25, 2013 21:40:07 GMT -5
Just a thought: If TNA were to go out of business say, next year, could anyone perhaps envision Spike offering ROH their timeslot? I dunno... Would Sinclair Broadcasting Groups be okay with something like that? Speaking of which, it would be kinda funny if SBG bought TNA.
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kidglov3s
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Post by kidglov3s on Sept 25, 2013 21:59:44 GMT -5
Hell, last year when they pushed Austin Aries, it seemed like TNA was on fire. Earlier today I was tossing around the thought of a world without TNA and that, if that's soon to be the case, I was incredibly lucky that the show I decided to go down to Orlando for was Destination X 2012. I've only been following TNA since early 2010, but from that point to now there's no other show I'd have rather seen from them, and I booked my trip in May, well before anything had been booked for the show. TNA had so much promise then, with all the shitty guys basically out of the picture, Aces and 8s hadn't really started yet, Roode, AJ, Daniels, Angle, Joe and Aries all being major key players. Xema Ion with all the potential to be the next great douchebag heel. So much promise that they did everything to extinguish because Eric and Hogan had to indulge their excesses.
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Post by cabbageboy on Sept 25, 2013 22:24:17 GMT -5
I think TNA is in big trouble right now to the point where only Viacom would buy in an effort to salvage the time slot, much like Turner in 1988. TNA's problems run so deep right now it isn't even funny. First, they are hemorrhaging money left and right to the point where they aren't renewing people and it looks like a case of "last wrestler to leave turn out the light." Second, and this is more of a nightmare, TNA can't even really bring anyone decent in to replace the departed, even at a low wage. By now it is well known in the industry that if you get entrenched in TNA, WWE will want nothing to do with you (unless you're some major star like RVD). Why would ROH guys venture to TNA when they might want a shot at WWE? Would indie guys want to go there or just keep plugging away and hope for the best? About all they could do is bring in a few mediocre OVW types.
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Reflecto
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Post by Reflecto on Sept 25, 2013 22:25:09 GMT -5
It would be interesting. Say what you will about ROH, but they don't tend to rely on either established talent or their established roster. When WWE grabs people from them, they have more guys either waiting in the wings or already being looked at. One of the issues of releasing all those guys this year was their roster now doesn't really have any fresh faces. They have Jay Bradley, but they beat him into powder and I'm skeptical he'll be around. I guess Knux, Wes Brisco and Jesse Godderz are relatively fresh faces, which kinda drives that point home. People are generally in the same position every year, except for possibly Magnus being pushed into the Main Event. Hell, last year when they pushed Austin Aries, it seemed like TNA was on fire. Its just a "what if" suggestion. It seems Spike has a soft spot for wrestling, considering how swiftly they gave WWE's old timeslot to TNA. If TNA went down, ROH would pretty much be the biggest show in wrestling outside of WWE. But they also currently have a deal with a company that runs a lot of localized networks, which could prevent any such arrangement. On that same note, if TNA went down I am pretty sure ROH would be happy to welcome back some of their vets like Samoa Joe, Daniels, and AJ, and might even welcome some new faces like Roode. Considering what Spike TV looks for, and what succeeded on Impact without the WWE name behind it, I'd actually be more likely to assume Spike TV gives the timeslot to SHIMMER (just because they knew women's wrestling usually got high ratings during Impact's heyday on Spike TV). I could even buy, if Impact went under, the endgame for whatever's going on in CHIKARA being "Spike TV gave them a timeslot". ROH, with Sinclair owning them- not so much.
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