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Post by mrbananagrabber on Nov 10, 2013 15:57:52 GMT -5
Say TNA enjoys an overnight ratings surge. They're now, for whatever reason, equalling, sometime beating Raw in the ratings and are crushing Smackdown.
How do Vince and Co react? Back when WCW were the competition we were "treated" to the Billionaire Ted skits and the New Generation campaign.
Say this happens. What's 2013 tactics?
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Post by Citizen Grimm on Nov 10, 2013 16:05:52 GMT -5
I'm honest to God not even sure if Vince knows that TNA exists. Unless this started to happen for several weeks in a row, I don't think WWE would really care.
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Nov 10, 2013 17:10:31 GMT -5
I love hypotheticals but on this one I'd need a bit more detail. Like how the hell did we get here? Did WWE tank on a worse than Benoit controversy, or did TNA start mattering? If the latter what made that happen? We were "treated" to the Billionaire Ted skits because Vince was being outspent and he's a petty man.
I mean this is on the levels of saying, "Let's say you woke up to find out the United States is now a colony of Jamaica, what would change in your life?"
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Post by sybaku on Nov 10, 2013 17:18:12 GMT -5
Vince buys out most of the TNA big names like Bully, Sting, AJ, Joe, and EGO
Maybe a few "Dumbass Dixie" skits
Bryan or Punk get elevated to Cena levels
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Nov 10, 2013 17:23:18 GMT -5
I love hypotheticals but on this one I'd need a bit more detail. Like how the hell did we get here? Did WWE tank on a worse than Benoit controversy, or did TNA start mattering? If the latter what made that happen? We were "treated" to the Billionaire Ted skits because Vince was being outspent and he's a petty man. I mean this is on the levels of saying, "Let's say you woke up to find out the United States is now a colony of Jamaica, what would change in your life?" Fair enough. OK, say the next big aces and 8's style angle really hits home. Gets people buzzing, its SO smart and so well done it draws attention from mainstream media. TNA get on a major roll and suddenly watching TNA is like watching Breaking Bad. That sort of thing. |
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Nov 10, 2013 17:26:47 GMT -5
Squeal in delight and celebrate that someone in the pro wrestling business had finally found something fresh and profitable to do that was successfully bringing in viewers.
Then flagrantly copy it, execute it a lot more competently than TNA/WCW ever could, and drive them into oblivion.
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Post by austinariesfan88 on Nov 10, 2013 17:31:44 GMT -5
I could see Vince offering pretty big contracts to all of TNA's top stars as soon as TNA made it big.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2013 17:33:03 GMT -5
Bring back the six-sided ring.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Nov 10, 2013 17:50:08 GMT -5
Buy up all their worthwhile talent and mire them in developmental to make them worthless.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Nov 10, 2013 17:51:12 GMT -5
Just let TNA do its thing - the ratings will slip back down in a matter of no time.
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Post by Urfarkendarf on Nov 10, 2013 18:00:43 GMT -5
Call me crazy here, but I think if TNA's game stepped up and they became an actual threat to WWE's bottom line, that we could see the two companies working together in some manner. Be it a crossover invasion angle or something of that sort, basically give the rub to one another.
The thing is, WWE's bottom line is so much more diversified today. They make money hand over fist from the film studio, merchandise, and the live tours are literally all over the world. TNA cutting into the WWE's ratings really would not hurt them because of how diverse the WWE as a corporate conglomerate is. In a few months WWE's rights are going to get a major boost when they're sold. That's why the time to buy WWE stock is now lol.
I don't think it would be a WCW-like situation where the goal was to put the other out of business. There is really no situation bar a Turner-like individual buying TNA and dumping tons of money into it with the goal of taking on the massive conglomerate of WWE. The big difference between WCW then and WWE now is that WWE is its own entity, once Time Warner owned WCW the clock was ticking b/c wrestling wasn't their #1 product. TNA would not be able to sign WWE guys away offering them massive guaranteed contracts and the new way of doing business with no compete clauses and such, take the wind out of those type of signings. WWE could afford to even wait TNA's surge out b/c of how much money they make and how much of a foothold they have. Think about it. It's been over a DECADE since the WWE had anyone even sniffing their panties. Think of all the kids who have known nothing but WWE.
It'd be interesting to see, but I have a feeling that if TNA actually started to threaten WWE in respect to ratings and wrestling interest, that WWE would reach out to them in an effort to work together in some fashion, rather than try and kill them. There's so little chance of TNA (even with a Turner-like guy behind them) being able to compete with them on other levels and a new TNA owner that had this sort of capital likely doesnt have 6 hours+ of TV each week to offer the product right off the bat. Just different times now.
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Post by JCBaggee on Nov 10, 2013 18:30:19 GMT -5
"Gillberg just broke The Undertaker's streak. Yeah...that'll put butts in seats!"
#newboomperiod
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 10, 2013 18:37:34 GMT -5
Say TNA enjoys an overnight ratings surge. They're now, for whatever reason, equalling, sometime beating Raw in the ratings and are crushing Smackdown. How do Vince and Co react? They wake up. :rimshot: |
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Nov 10, 2013 19:12:27 GMT -5
If history has anything to say about it, ramp up the stale direction of his company into overdrive out of ignorant spite until someone with a fresh, better vision suggests a completely opposite way that Vince only adopts out of desperation. Then, when TNA is eventually dead, he'll slowly revert back to his stale, dated, preferred vision, while having it seem successful despite it in actuality living entirely off the fumes of that other direction that made him win in the first place.
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 10, 2013 19:14:05 GMT -5
"Millionaire Dixie's Wrasslin War Room"
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Post by They Killed the Giggler on Nov 10, 2013 19:46:34 GMT -5
Bring in Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff and give them control of the product.
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Post by Sparkybob on Nov 10, 2013 19:48:43 GMT -5
Nothing since TNA will screw it up on their own. As the sun sets from east to west, TNA ruins what they do best.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2013 20:32:04 GMT -5
Just laugh until RVD's pot stops working. Then laugh at the reality.
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Post by Chip on Nov 10, 2013 20:44:23 GMT -5
Nothing, in the end TNA would probably end up driving away any new fans the surge brought in and doing anything to fight TNA would just give TNA more exposure.
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Post by Ryushinku on Nov 11, 2013 6:46:00 GMT -5
Really tough to say because, for something so unlikely to happen, you'd have to figure some very major stuff would have to go down in WWE as well (stars leaving, scandals, financial mismanagement etc). I can't wrap my head around the WWE of right now being one that could be beaten out by TNA, something would have to happen on both sides for that.
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