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Post by "Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly on Jul 23, 2015 13:36:02 GMT -5
Because WCW was a bigger promotion. TNA has managed to fly under the radar while the person running the show in TNA has rich parents due to them running a real company.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jul 23, 2015 13:38:37 GMT -5
Because Dixie's parents don't want their moronic daughter on charge of anything important. If she was an important part of Panda Energy and tweeted out stuff like SHIT or Quit Hating, they'd look like a bunch of chucklef***s. One has to ask why do Bob and Janice feel like they'd be obligated to give her a job at Panda Energy if TNA ceased to exist? She had her own job and made her own money. That's how she met Jarrett in the first place.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jul 23, 2015 13:40:43 GMT -5
It was never a threat to Vince. The WWE never cared.
Bryan Alvarez said it best: There's no war here.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Jul 23, 2015 13:58:18 GMT -5
It was never a threat to Vince. The WWE never cared. Bryan Alvarez said it best: There's no war here. Lol I wonder what's gonna be Vince's expression when TNA dies. He barely knows about their existence, like even when Kurt left in 06, Todd Grisham asked him on Byte This, and Vince just wished him well so that he would be able to make a living, not even when one of his top guys left he seemed to care. Vince won again this time without doing anything. Like with the Monday night massacre, he beat TNA at the ratings by putting Zack Ryder on TV. On the last head to head Monday. Hell even Jerry Jarrett admitted defeat back in the day and went with Vladimir Kozlov to get him signed, he also took a picture in Stanford.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 23, 2015 14:03:33 GMT -5
It was never a threat to Vince. The WWE never cared. Bryan Alvarez said it best: There's no war here. Lol I wonder what's gonna be Vince's expression when TNA dies. He barely knows about their existence, like even when Kurt left in 06, Todd Grisham asked him on Byte This, and Vince just wished him well so that he would be able to make a living, not even when one of his top guys left he seemed to care. Vince won again this time without doing anything. Like with the Monday night massacre, he beat TNA at the ratings by putting Zack Ryder on TV. On the last head to head Monday. Hell even Jerry Jarrett admitted defeat back in the day and went with Vladimir Kozlov to get him signed, he also took a picture in Stanford. my understanding was that the Jerry Jarett and the McMahons were on friendly terms for years. ... also the Kozlov thing was in 2005 the same year that he had a falling out with TNA Management that was probably not a coincidence
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jul 23, 2015 14:03:42 GMT -5
It was never a threat to Vince. The WWE never cared. Bryan Alvarez said it best: There's no war here. Lol I wonder what's gonna be Vince's expression when TNA dies. I assume he'll say "Oh." and move on. Likely he'll eventually try to get the tapes, but I doubt they'll pay that much for them
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Jul 23, 2015 15:33:01 GMT -5
Lol I wonder what's gonna be Vince's expression when TNA dies. He barely knows about their existence, like even when Kurt left in 06, Todd Grisham asked him on Byte This, and Vince just wished him well so that he would be able to make a living, not even when one of his top guys left he seemed to care. Vince won again this time without doing anything. Like with the Monday night massacre, he beat TNA at the ratings by putting Zack Ryder on TV. On the last head to head Monday. Hell even Jerry Jarrett admitted defeat back in the day and went with Vladimir Kozlov to get him signed, he also took a picture in Stanford. my understanding was that the Jerry Jarett and the McMahons were on friendly terms for years. ... also the Kozlov thing was in 2005 the same year that he had a falling out with TNA Management that was probably not a coincidence No he was still working with TNA, the fallout came after the Kozlov thing. Apparently they were trying to sell TNA to a Russian millionaire, and while the negotiations were ongoing, the millionaire asked Jerry if they could train Kozlov. Jerry told Jeff that they needed to keep the Russian happy so they needed to sign Kozlov to a developmental deal, Jeff told him that they could only sign guys that could carry their weight, then Jerry asked him if he could take him to Vince, Jeff told him to go ahead but he didn't think it was gonna happen... Of course just like you said Jerry and Vince had a great relationship, and they signed Kozlov just based on Jerry's recommendation. Jeff got really mad and they never spoke since. Who knows if they would've just signed Kozlov to TNA and sold it to the Russians, Dixie wouldn't be in charge today. So we can all blame this on Vladimir Kozlov, damn him! Lol
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jul 23, 2015 15:34:44 GMT -5
I'm getting tired of the notion that TNA has lasted longer than WCW. Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions, which had been around since at least the 1950's. He RENAMED it WCW, it wasn't a new company in 1988. WCW as a corporate entity lasted exactly as long as what I posted. It was an absolutely new company, just taking over the assets of a previous one (no different from Vince buying WCW's assets). I'm sorry you don't quite get that, but facts are facts.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2015 15:39:30 GMT -5
Because Ted Turner wasn't around. WCW would have probably still be here today if Turner's station hadn't pulled it. It was just starting to turn stuff around too.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 23, 2015 15:42:42 GMT -5
my understanding was that the Jerry Jarett and the McMahons were on friendly terms for years. ... also the Kozlov thing was in 2005 the same year that he had a falling out with TNA Management that was probably not a coincidence No he was still working with TNA, the fallout came after the Kozlov thing. Apparently they were trying to sell TNA to a Russian millionaire, and while the negotiations were ongoing, the millionaire asked Jerry if they could train Kozlov. Jerry told Jeff that they needed to keep the Russian happy so they needed to sign Kozlov to a developmental deal, Jeff told him that they could only sign guys that could carry their weight, then Jerry asked him if he could take him to Vince, Jeff told him to go ahead but he didn't think it was gonna happen... Of course just like you said Jerry and Vince had a great relationship, and they signed Kozlov just based on Jerry's recommendation. Jeff got really mad and they never spoke since. Who knows if they would've just signed Kozlov to TNA and sold it to the Russians, Dixie wouldn't be in charge today. So we can all blame this on Vladimir Kozlov, damn him! Lol I mean but how can Jeff be mad when your father gave you the first opportunity to try and keep him and then at that "asked for your blessing" to send him off to Vince and I guess in a place of blissful ignorance you thought nothing was going to happen. If Kozlov was a recommendation and you can get the guy to say he's 65% sure he will take the company off your hands if you oblige him why not do it. His dad and Russo must be like we gave this fool every opportunity to get over and this how we are treated lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2015 23:33:32 GMT -5
Because
1. Turner execs decided they didn't want wrestling on their networks
2. Most importantly, Vince actually cared enough to buy WCW.
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Post by Ruthless Pessimism on Jul 23, 2015 23:35:42 GMT -5
Because wcw ruins everything.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jul 24, 2015 0:35:49 GMT -5
It was never a threat to Vince. The WWE never cared. Bryan Alvarez said it best: There's no war here. I'd imagine the news will be broken like this. Guy who watches Impact for WWE: "TNA is no more." Vince: "Why you telling me about porn?" Triple H: "No, it's a wrestling company that tried to start a fight with us." Steph: "Yeah, and we've been paying this guy to watch it." Vince: "Okay." Guy who watches Impact: "Wait, does this mean I'm fired?" Trips: "Nope, we're still going to pay you for the trauma of you having to watch every TNA show." Guy who watches Impact: "I'm haunted by Abyss running to the ring."
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Post by Glitch on Jul 24, 2015 4:30:27 GMT -5
It was never a threat to Vince. The WWE never cared. Bryan Alvarez said it best: There's no war here. I doubt that tna managed to stay in business just because Vince didn't see them as a threat, and therefore didn't intentionally try to put them out of business. I'm sure he learned from wcw that trying to put the other guy out of business(that weren't territory feds) would be extremely expensive, and bloat up the roster with guys being paid way more than their worth. Vince would have to sign up a mega-ton shit load of guys in order for tna not to have any credible talent. And pay many times more just to make sure they don't think twice about their contracts. It'd be a huge waste of resources. I always hated the myth that any fed can cease to exist by vince just snapping his fingers. Tna certainly was never a threat, but lets not give vince this god like power.
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