TNA cuts ties with OVW

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--As expected based on writing in this week's issue, TNA has ceased ties with OVW as of today. The expectation is all TNA contracted talent will be asked to relocate to Orlando, but that is not official.

So all the TNA contracted wrestlers will now be training in the new Impact Zone. Bruce Pritchard was the person advocating OVW as the developmental organization for TNA. They never really used OVW to the fullest and OVW isn't the same promotion as it was over a decade ago.

[Talent Name]

So who from TNA will be going back to Orlando to train. Off the top of my head I can think of Rob Terry, Rockstar Spud, The Blossoms and that's about it

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Nov 1, 2013 17:30:06 GMT -5 Talent Name said:

So who from TNA will be going back to Orlando to train. Off the top of my head I can think of Rob Terry, Rockstar Spud, The Blossoms and that's about it

Jesse Godderz, Lei'd Tapa, and Jay Bradley are there also. How many of those make the move is up in the air.

[Lardlad]

If TNA stays in business, I imagine most guys will go through the WWE Performance Training Center and then when WWE releases them, they'll sign with TNA.

[JTG Fan]

So they hit an entire promotion with the budget cutter.

[kingoftheindies]

Nov 1, 2013 18:11:01 GMT -5 JTG Fan said:

So they hit an entire promotion with the budget cutter.

eh more just severing ties as OVW is its own promotion. Bad News Hitogoroshi has pointed out quite a bit that OVW hasn't done jack for TNA and they haven't really improved anybody TNA sent there

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

They're just going to send their guys to WWE Performance Center, right?

[Talent Name]

Nov 1, 2013 18:34:41 GMT -5 kingoftheindies said:

Nov 1, 2013 18:11:01 GMT -5 JTG Fan said:

So they hit an entire promotion with the budget cutter.

eh more just severing ties as OVW is its own promotion. Bad News Hitogoroshi has pointed out quite a bit that OVW hasn't done jack for TNA and they haven't really improved anybody TNA sent there

Krimson showed some improvement till he got cut, and most of OVW wasn't even TNA talent they really only had a handful of TNA people there. Like we mentioned earlier so it wasn't even really a cross promotion or training heck Rob Terry is still there

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Nov 1, 2013 18:51:03 GMT -5 Brandon Walsh is Insane. said:

They're just going to send their guys to WWE Performance Center, right?

TNA is going to have the ninjas who kidnapped Samoa Joe camped out in front of the Performance Center trying kidnap stragglers and replace them with their guys. WWE will catch on to this scheme when Rob Terry claims he's really Camacho.

[Gerard Gerard]

HHH: 'Who's the lanky guy?'

Rob Terry: 'Er, I'm Antonio Cesaro'

HHH: 'I like the new Australian gimmick'

Terry: 'I'm Engl.........'

HHH: 'Okay, you're cut.'

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Nov 1, 2013 20:07:30 GMT -5 Gerard Gerard said:

HHH: 'Who's the lanky guy?'

Rob Terry: 'Er, I'm Antonio Cesaro'

HHH: 'I like the new Australian gimmick'

Terry: 'I'm Engl.........'

HHH: 'Okay, you're cut.'

Rob Terry is welsh

[Juice]

Nov 1, 2013 20:42:13 GMT -5 Apricots And A Pear Tree said:

Nov 1, 2013 20:07:30 GMT -5 Gerard Gerard said:

HHH: 'Who's the lanky guy?'

Rob Terry: 'Er, I'm Antonio Cesaro'

HHH: 'I like the new Australian gimmick'

Terry: 'I'm Engl.........'

HHH: 'Okay, you're cut.'

Rob Terry is welsh

You'd be surprised how many of us 'Mericans don't know that there is a difference.

[Gerard Gerard]

Terry's Welsh? Seriously?

This is the most I've ever thought about Rob Terry.

[saintpat]

The first move a company makes when it's on the selling block is to cut as much expense as possible -- to make it more attractive when prospective buyers look over the books.

However much money TNA had tied up in OVW (and I doubt it was a lot, but a cuttable expense nonetheless), the bottom line looks better without it.

And whatever TNA has sunk into OVW, return on investment has been basically nil.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Good. There is absolutely no need for a promotion the size of TNA to have a developmental fed, none. The gulf between TNA and the indies isn't as great as they beleive and they shouldn't be hiring people so far from the finished product that they need a year or two in developmental in the first place because they can't afford it.

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Nov 1, 2013 20:51:59 GMT -5 Juice said:

Nov 1, 2013 20:42:13 GMT -5 Apricots And A Pear Tree said:

Rob Terry is welsh

You'd be surprised how many of us 'Mericans don't know that there is a difference.

It's not hard to tell the difference,the Welsh sound funnier.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Nov 1, 2013 21:12:29 GMT -5 The Dark Order Inferno said:

Good. There is absolutely no need for a promotion the size of TNA to have a developmental fed, none. The gulf between TNA and the indies isn't as great as they beleive and they shouldn't be hiring people so far from the finished product that they need a year or two in developmental in the first place because they can't afford it.

Maybe TNA doesn't need an actual developmental promotion where the primary goal is to make them "ready for prime time", but imo, they should still have a "B-Team" that works their own smaller scale shows. Guys who aren't green, but they aren't really what you'd call "elite" either.

[Toates Madhackrviper]

I was advocating for a developmental federation and was excited by the OVW thing back when it happened, but its clear to me now that OVW just doesn't help like it used to and so this is for the best. Just train the guys at your own arena which seems to be the plan.

[cabbageboy]

This is probably a good move. OVW is pretty lousy these days. I've watched some of it since TNA has been affiliated and it is certainly not thrilling. Probably better than the very late era WWE OVW shows and the initial independent post WWE stuff, but nowhere near the zenith of Heyman's run there circa 2005-06.

[Deleted]

It's really telling when EC3 shows up, looks like a star and is more TV ready than a high percentage of the TNA roster despite hardly getting a look on the main roster in the E.