Impact With Mark Cuban on Board

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

With Mark Cuban being one of those charismatic billionaires and all I kind of get the feeling he was waiting for the company to get as low as possible so he could get on board cheap. It’s up to him how much he wants to invest in it, but with Impact now having even more with what seems like a bottomless pit of resources behind it, the company could absolutely be restored to a more prominent position. Of course even a distant place in wrestling’s top 10 promotions could be considered a more prominent position these days. Also, how much if at all NJPW benefitted from a connection with Mark Cuban is debatable.

[Natural Born Farmer]

The Cubes is a good guy to have in your corner, although I think Impact’s goal should be less “world domination” and more “lets have a year where we finish in the black” right now.

[Mozenrath]

Sept 11, 2019 15:46:22 GMT -5 Natural Born Farmer said:

The Cubes is a good guy to have in your corner, although I think their Impact’s goal should be less “world domination” and more “lets have a year where we finish in the black” right now.

They've supposedly been better at getting revenue, actually selling tickets to house shows, unlike even peak TNA relevance where their sales tended towards "humiliatingly bad". I do think that they need to remain realistic and not overextend themselves, but their prospects are definitely looking better than they once were.

[Cyno]

Compared to where they were when Dixie was in charge, Impact in 2019 is Attitude Era WWF.

[kingoftheindies]

Sept 11, 2019 23:47:21 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Sept 11, 2019 15:46:22 GMT -5 Natural Born Farmer said:

The Cubes is a good guy to have in your corner, although I think their Impact’s goal should be less “world domination” and more “lets have a year where we finish in the black” right now.

They've supposedly been better at getting revenue, actually selling tickets to house shows, unlike even peak TNA relevance where their sales tended towards "humiliatingly bad". I do think that they need to remain realistic and not overextend themselves, but their prospects are definitely looking better than they once were.

Helps that the house shows are joint productions with indies (which they also use to scout potential people to sign, and the twitch streams help.

But from everything I've heard the strides Callis/D'Amore have made has been enough where Anthem is willing to allow a bit more spending. Mostly they want to do presentation stuff right now to make the show look more professional, but they're getting there

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

It’s crazy, one week they’re in the incel network, the other week they’re being retweeted by Mark Cuban.

[Defrebel - White Pony]

He needs to be an on screen character and officially start calling himself Rich White Man Mark Cuban

[abjordans]

Sept 11, 2019 15:31:14 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

With Mark Cuban being one of those charismatic billionaires and all I kind of get the feeling he was waiting for the company to get as low as possible so he could get on board cheap. It’s up to him how much he wants to invest in it, but with Impact now having even more with what seems like a bottomless pit of resources behind it, the company could absolutely be restored to a more prominent position. Of course even a distant place in wrestling’s top 10 promotions could be considered a more prominent position these days. Also, how much if at all NJPW benefitted from a connection with Mark Cuban is debatable.

I think that the Cuban connection helped NJPW immensely. Their rise in popularity synchs perfectly with their show starting to air on his network.

[Sir Woodrow]

Expect more Dallas Mavericks content and a cage match called the "Shark Tank"

[bob]

I feel optimistic about the future of the company for the first time in eons

[Crappler El 0 M]

He retained a percentage of the ownership, but he basically walked away and the Dallas office is not being retained by Anthem.

[Deleted]

Is Don Callis still in TNA? I remember hearing or reading somewhere that his endgame was basically pulling a 93 Bischoff and tightening the belts and righting the ship before worrying about making big plays.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Sept 12, 2019 16:08:25 GMT -5 @hedm2005 said:

Is Don Callis still in TNA? I remember hearing or reading somewhere that his endgame was basically pulling a 93 Bischoff and tightening the belts and righting the ship before worrying about making big plays.

Yes, reportedly he was one of the main voices pushing for them to bring in Elgin.

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Sept 12, 2019 16:23:07 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

Sept 12, 2019 16:08:25 GMT -5 @hedm2005 said:

Is Don Callis still in TNA? I remember hearing or reading somewhere that his endgame was basically pulling a 93 Bischoff and tightening the belts and righting the ship before worrying about making big plays.

Yes, reportedly he was one of the main voices pushing for them to bring in Elgin.

I mean, that's not a bright move from a PR standpoint, but apparently he's been making good on fixing TNA finances.

[Mozenrath]

Sept 12, 2019 16:41:50 GMT -5 @hedm2005 said:

Sept 12, 2019 16:23:07 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

Yes, reportedly he was one of the main voices pushing for them to bring in Elgin.

I mean, that's not a bright move from a PR standpoint, but apparently he's been making good on fixing TNA finances.

Yeah, I certainly don't have any love for Elgin these days, but it makes sense in that he's got main event experience and probably at a good price, given how much he blew things elsewhere. Guessing Rich Swann wasn't too far off that in terms of reasoning, too.