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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 18:45:07 GMT -5
I'd love to see him go there and get treated like a big deal. I'm not saying he'd be some huge draw and make them compete with WWE or any nonsense, but to me he's in a similar position to Christian in 2005, where he's got a fanbase and a lot of talent but WWE doesn't seem him as a viable money maker. He'd get to have actual feuds, cut promos, have big matches (and WIN them once in a while!), they could push him as their show stealer in the vein of Shawn Michaels. I'd rather see him main event in TNA than be in WWE's midcard. Money-wise, it's probably much more lucrative to be a WWE midcarder, but he seems like a guy who's in it for more than the money, he wants to be an important piece of the puzzle.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Sept 26, 2013 19:43:04 GMT -5
He'd be used well for a month and then become a non-entity.
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Post by JTG Fan on Sept 26, 2013 19:44:36 GMT -5
I want to disagree...but you're right. Ziggy would kill it in TNA.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 19:55:56 GMT -5
Ziggler would mesh well with a lot of TNA's current roster. He is a guy that has a fanbase and would instantly be over in TNA because of his WWE run. Obviously he would have to change his name and all that, but that's not really a big deal when your wrestler name is Dolph Ziggler (I can't believe anyone given that name could end up being popular).
I'm not sure Ziggler would want to leave the WWE even if he is being "buried" there, since the WWE usually does not take kindly to wrestlers working in TNA for some reason (outside of big names), but who knows. He'd be a main eventer in TNA, especially now with the roster cutting and less talent to showcase.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 22:09:09 GMT -5
You know, after tonight....
Nope. Jobbing to Bray Wyatt is way better than Dixie Carter hijaking your storyline.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 26, 2013 22:12:34 GMT -5
I wouldn't even wish my most disliked wrestler to be in current TNA.
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Post by cabbageboy on Sept 26, 2013 22:20:56 GMT -5
It doesn't matter anyway. Given TNA's current pathetic status there's no way they could afford to sign him and I doubt he'd want to anger Vince in the long run by screwing around in TNA. TNA is in the ultimate Catch 22 right now. No elite indy guys want to go there since they have eyes for WWE and WWE hasn't wanted any part of TNA talent. Second, fading WWE guys aren't even looking at TNA anymore since they are in cost cutter mode, so what is the point?
The reality is that no one goes to TNA to be awesome. TNA renders everyone that goes there irrelevant. What was it Meltzer said a while back about RVD's time in TNA? Something like "He was over for a while there but after a while not so much...he had just been in TNA too long."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 22:24:50 GMT -5
Ziggler reminds me of Stone Cold...when he was fired from WCW and ended up in ECW.
I watched Austins documentry "the bottom line" and Ziggler reminds of Austin with having that chip on his shoulder and you could see the frustration and all this talent being wasted and I feel he could follow that same path because WWE doesn't wanna do anything with him except waste his talents...I would love to see him jump ship to ROH or TNA and just cut scathing truthful promos on the WWE similar to what Austin did when he went to ECW.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2013 10:37:44 GMT -5
He's too good for TNA and I have no doubt that he'll rise the card again. He's constantly going up and down the card. He could be feuding for the WHC for a couple months and then spend a couple in US/IC scene and then rise again. That seems to be a pattern for him, and even being at low points of the cycle, that's a lot better than to be in TNA.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 28, 2013 10:47:06 GMT -5
Ziggler reminds me of Stone Cold...when he was fired from WCW and ended up in ECW. I watched Austins documentry "the bottom line" and Ziggler reminds of Austin with having that chip on his shoulder and you could see the frustration and all this talent being wasted and I feel he could follow that same path because WWE doesn't wanna do anything with him except waste his talents...I would love to see him jump ship to ROH or TNA and just cut scathing truthful promos on the WWE similar to what Austin did when he went to ECW. I'm not sure if it would work for Ziggler. Austin was a straight up midcarder in WCW and thus had a more legitimate and believable axe to grind when he went to ECW. WWE for the most part have been passing Ziggler off as a "main eventer" for quite some time now, so it would just come off as him whining because he didn't get the belt X amount of times.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Sept 28, 2013 11:01:48 GMT -5
He'd be used well for a month and then become a non-entity. That's the thing that you have to keep in mind. Christian was the exception, not the rule.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Sept 28, 2013 11:35:44 GMT -5
It'd be a huge step down for him in just about every way at this point.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Sept 28, 2013 11:46:52 GMT -5
As much as I'd love to see AJ/Ziggler (and Roode/Ziggler sounds interesting to me too of the other potential fresh matches) I don't think it would really be better for Dolph's career.
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Post by TK The Friendly Robot on Sept 28, 2013 11:58:38 GMT -5
Ziggler reminds me of Stone Cold...when he was fired from WCW and ended up in ECW. I watched Austins documentry "the bottom line" and Ziggler reminds of Austin with having that chip on his shoulder and you could see the frustration and all this talent being wasted and I feel he could follow that same path because WWE doesn't wanna do anything with him except waste his talents...I would love to see him jump ship to ROH or TNA and just cut scathing truthful promos on the WWE similar to what Austin did when he went to ECW. I'm not sure if it would work for Ziggler. Austin was a straight up midcarder in WCW and thus had a more legitimate and believable axe to grind when he went to ECW. WWE for the most part have been passing Ziggler off as a "main eventer" for quite some time now, so it would just come off as him whining because he didn't get the belt X amount of times. I agree with you however who would work in the role? It would have to be someone who coasted the main event but never made it, someone who is young, someone who isn't a straight up jobber and someone who does have the talent and ability so that when they "jumped ship" they could make that impact and slot right in to a main event slot and build towards a title win. Kofi Kingston? Drew McIntyre? Wade Barrett? Those are the only guys who could reasonably do it without it looking as if TNA are just pushing WWE's trash. They've got enough of a problem with that already that taking a JTG or an Alex Riley etc. would not work in this hypothetical situation.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Sept 28, 2013 15:58:26 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it would work for Ziggler. Austin was a straight up midcarder in WCW and thus had a more legitimate and believable axe to grind when he went to ECW. WWE for the most part have been passing Ziggler off as a "main eventer" for quite some time now, so it would just come off as him whining because he didn't get the belt X amount of times. I agree with you however who would work in the role? It would have to be someone who coasted the main event but never made it, someone who is young, someone who isn't a straight up jobber and someone who does have the talent and ability so that when they "jumped ship" they could make that impact and slot right in to a main event slot and build towards a title win. Kofi Kingston? Drew McIntyre? Wade Barrett? Those are the only guys who could reasonably do it without it looking as if TNA are just pushing WWE's trash. They've got enough of a problem with that already that taking a JTG or an Alex Riley etc. would not work in this hypothetical situation. Kofi, Drew, and Barrett would all be good choices. And I think that even lower level guys like would be decent choices. The thing about the "jobbers" is that they were put in that role because WWE neglected them and didn't recognize their talents. Someone like Santino Marella could claim that WWE stuck him with a joke gimmick and walk into TNA and be presented as a serious badass. Someone like Zack Ryder could talk about how he was forced to make an ass out of himself to get attention, and once he got it the company humiliated him even further. This person doesn't necessarily need to have a World Title push. You could revive the TV Title just for this person. Take away the weight limit and Alex Riley (although I don't like the idea of him being tainted by the LOLTNA stigma) would make a decent X-Division Champion. He'd still be getting an opportunity that he didn't get in the E.
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Post by starsky on Sept 28, 2013 16:00:55 GMT -5
I am a new member I would love to see him in TNA
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Post by percymania on Oct 5, 2013 15:08:53 GMT -5
He certainly has that "it factor" that could make him stand out in TNA, but I wouldn't want to see this. I don't think there are enough guys in TNA for him to have great matches with.
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Post by Celgress on Oct 5, 2013 16:41:40 GMT -5
OP = I agree
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Post by celticjobber on Oct 6, 2013 1:00:54 GMT -5
While it would be interesting, I get serious WCW 2000/2001 vibes from TNA right now. And I don't want Dolph to be on a sinking ship.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Oct 6, 2013 6:05:46 GMT -5
If I were a crazy bump machine like Ziggler, I'd really rather work for a company that can pay my medical bills.
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