The TNA Doomsday Clock Thread: 1 Minute to Midnight?

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Sept 27, 2016 14:21:12 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Sept 27, 2016 13:47:38 GMT -5 @jdogindy said:

By the way; it's illegal to sell or trade food stamps, and it's punishable by fines or jail time.

Not that TNA wouldn't read into that.

It's (allegedly) how Jerry Jarrett paid some workers when the Memphis promotion wasn't doing well.

I always found interesting that both Jerry and Jeff paid next to nothing to their wrestlers, it must run in the family.

[Push R Truth]

Dixie, take this belt off of me
I can't use it anymore
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on Vince's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on Vince's door...

Mama, put my drugs in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That signed paycheck is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on Vince's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on Vince's door...

[ayumidah]

I remember TNA's first brush with death back in 2014. They'd just been canceled from Spike. "This is it," people claimed. "The end is nigh." All of the talk and speculation bummed me out so I took a long walk and ended up at the nearby Kmart, where I bought myself a cheap pair of jeans.

In the last couple of months, that Kmart closed, and those jeans fell apart at the seams. And TNA still outlasted both of them by a few weeks, somehow.

[J Lee O'Brien]

So...in what feels like under three months, TNA is back at the "Continue?" screen.

This. Company.

[Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃]

Over/under on Dixie working at the Sunglass Hut with Taylor Wilde as her supervisor?

[Ringmaster]

I want them to survive but have to adopt local indy tactics to stay afloat.

Booking events in armories and high school gyms,Josh with a Boombox connected to the PA with 3 CD's for all the themes and having random out of shape local wrestlers to fill in the roster.

[Deleted]

Honest to god I don't understand why the Carters don't just sell to Vince and be done with the whole thing. Just pack that shit up and go home. TNA is never going to be able to make enough money to justify the costs.

Plus I really just want WWE to get the tape library and some of the more interesting talents to fill out the roster. There's enough people on the roster that are good enough to really help out on Raw, Smackdown, and NXT.

Like nothing against TNA... It was really good once upon a time. But it's just not viable anymore.

[Heinz Doofenschmirtz]

At least with WCW you were interested in see how the end happened and who ended up on WWE tv. We're not getting a Shane on Nitro moment. We're gonna get AJ out front putting up a closed sign saying 'Good riddance' and walking away while Abyss, James Storm, and EC3 weep while holding signs that say 'Will wrestle for food'.

[lionheart21]

Sept 27, 2016 15:33:18 GMT -5 @notoriousnd22 said:

Honest to god I don't understand why the Carters don't just sell to Vince and be done with the whole thing. Just pack that shit up and go home. TNA is never going to be able to make enough money to justify the costs.

Plus I really just want WWE to get the tape library and some of the more interesting talents to fill out the roster. There's enough people on the roster that are good enough to really help out on Raw, Smackdown, and NXT.

Like nothing against TNA... It was really good once upon a time. But it's just not viable anymore.

Pride, I imagine. Stubborn, stubborn pride.

[chrom]

Sept 27, 2016 15:33:18 GMT -5 @notoriousnd22 said:

Honest to god I don't understand why the Carters don't just sell to Vince and be done with the whole thing. Just pack that shit up and go home. TNA is never going to be able to make enough money to justify the costs.

Plus I really just want WWE to get the tape library and some of the more interesting talents to fill out the roster. There's enough people on the roster that are good enough to really help out on Raw, Smackdown, and NXT.

Like nothing against TNA... It was really good once upon a time. But it's just not viable anymore.

Because Bob gives into whatever outlandish desire his worthless 50 year old princess has.

He's the only reason they've been alive the past three years, and she's lucky he didn't croak during that time period. Because once he does Janice and Todd are kicking her out.

[J Lee O'Brien]

Sept 27, 2016 15:33:18 GMT -5 @notoriousnd22 said:

Honest to god I don't understand why the Carters don't just sell to Vince and be done with the whole thing. Just pack that shit up and go home. TNA is never going to be able to make enough money to justify the costs.

Plus I really just want WWE to get the tape library and some of the more interesting talents to fill out the roster. There's enough people on the roster that are good enough to really help out on Raw, Smackdown, and NXT.

Like nothing against TNA... It was really good once upon a time. But it's just not viable anymore.

Bob and Janice have already washed their hands of TNA, if I'm remembering right.

So it's - Dixie, Billy, Aroluxe, Fight Network (library?), Zoidberg, and homeless dude out front the Warehouse.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Sept 27, 2016 15:33:18 GMT -5 @notoriousnd22 said:

Honest to god I don't understand why the Carters don't just sell to Vince and be done with the whole thing. Just pack that shit up and go home. TNA is never going to be able to make enough money to justify the costs.

Plus I really just want WWE to get the tape library and some of the more interesting talents to fill out the roster. There's enough people on the roster that are good enough to really help out on Raw, Smackdown, and NXT.

Like nothing against TNA... It was really good once upon a time. But it's just not viable anymore.

Because Dixie wants to still have a role in something and I'm sure WWE is like f*** off, we will pay you but you not coming here. For Dixie it's either she's keeping the show in failed hopes of a reality dream or she wants to have a significant role in the company after someone buys it.

[Talent Name]

Sept 27, 2016 15:52:34 GMT -5 J Lee O'Brien said:

Sept 27, 2016 15:33:18 GMT -5 @notoriousnd22 said:

Honest to god I don't understand why the Carters don't just sell to Vince and be done with the whole thing. Just pack that shit up and go home. TNA is never going to be able to make enough money to justify the costs.

Plus I really just want WWE to get the tape library and some of the more interesting talents to fill out the roster. There's enough people on the roster that are good enough to really help out on Raw, Smackdown, and NXT.

Like nothing against TNA... It was really good once upon a time. But it's just not viable anymore.

Bob and Janice have already washed their hands of TNA, if I'm remembering right.

So it's - Dixie, Billy, Aroluxe, Fight Network (library?), Zoidberg, and homeless dude out front the Warehouse.

But Dean Ambrose is in WWE

[________ has left the building]

Sept 27, 2016 14:52:53 GMT -5 J Lee O'Brien said:

So...in what feels like under three months, TNA is back at the "Continue?" screen.

This. Company.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Sept 27, 2016 16:07:08 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Sept 27, 2016 14:52:53 GMT -5 J Lee O'Brien said:

So...in what feels like under three months, TNA is back at the "Continue?" screen.

This. Company.

Is that Bob Ryder's chat room avatar?

[________ has left the building]

Sept 27, 2016 15:28:07 GMT -5 Ringmaster said:

I want them to survive but have to adopt local indy tactics to stay afloat.

Booking events in armories and high school gyms,Josh with a Boombox connected to the PA with 3 CD's for all the themes and having random out of shape local wrestlers to fill in the roster.

With shows headlined by TNA World Champion and 3rd rate Nature Boy, Paul Lee. 

[Johnny D]

Damn it they'll find a way out of this somehow, the always do. :-(

[StuntGranny®]

So are they actually f***ed this time or will they likely weasel out of impending doom yet again?

[JTG]

I think that Vince could be a class act at times. So if he buys TNA this week, I think he will give necessary funds to make Bound For GLory possible as the last TNA event ever.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

I can't see Vince getting involved when there's a pending lawsuit and problems with the ownership. Wouldn't he also have to pay Aroluxe and Fight Network?