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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jun 12, 2020 9:45:09 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm going to say this is Impact's fault. They knew her reputation, they knew the bad press around her, yet they trusted her in that position. Not that that forgives Tessa in her own right but they should've known better. Yea, they are not without guilt They kept her push when the shit storm came her way and even let her cut a promo (dark promo) basically saying the haters were wrong etc etc They played with fire with her and is starting to get burned
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 12, 2020 10:05:16 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm going to say this is Impact's fault. They knew her reputation, they knew the bad press around her, yet they trusted her in that position. Not that that forgives Tessa in her own right but they should've known better. Yea, they are not without guilt They kept her push when the shit storm came her way and even let her cut a promo (dark promo) basically saying the haters were wrong etc etc They played with fire with her and is starting to get burned With the match itself, it came right before her title match and all the build it had so I can’t blame them for doing it and even looking back, as I said at the time, nobody was really there to take that place or do a Seth Rollins. The promo afterwards, though? Yeah, all on them, could have used that WAY better than it did.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jun 12, 2020 10:11:23 GMT -5
Yea, they are not without guilt They kept her push when the shit storm came her way and even let her cut a promo (dark promo) basically saying the haters were wrong etc etc They played with fire with her and is starting to get burned With the match itself, it came right before her title match and all the build it had so I can’t blame them for doing it and even looking back, as I said at the time, nobody was really there to take that place or do a Seth Rollins. The promo afterwards, though? Yeah, all on them, could have used that WAY better than it did. Yea, they were all in so it was do or die with her but yeah that promo was in bad taste and did not help her at all. In the end, they got to take the good with the bad They have treated her like royalty since she stepped in the door so the min they don't it will be interesting to see how her attitude changes
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Jun 12, 2020 10:20:26 GMT -5
If Russo is back(a big IF), I don't see him as any more than a consultant. Callis & D'Amore(even though they like him) ain't gonna give him that much power.
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Post by Viking Hall on Jun 12, 2020 10:28:35 GMT -5
I told one of my mates about this and he made an interesting point, he basically said that he thought Tessa was a numpty, but he also said that "In fairness to her, how is she going to know when she returns, which could make it hard to cut a promo if you don't know when you'll be back?" She can come back whenever she likes/is told to, she's a U.S. citizen.
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Post by warden on Jun 12, 2020 14:27:54 GMT -5
Maybe it's a work. Trying to make Tessa seem like a rebel when she comes back if they go on and do the match without her. She can say I am the real champ and the evil authority of impact screwed during a world wide crisis. They're trying to keep this woman down and etc.
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Post by chrom on Jun 12, 2020 14:39:34 GMT -5
Maybe it's a work. Trying to make Tessa seem like a rebel when she comes back if they go on and do the match without her. She can say I am the real champ and the evil authority of impact screwed during a world wide crisis. They're trying to keep this woman down and etc. That would be a stupid idea to have.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jun 12, 2020 15:57:00 GMT -5
See, at the time, we were thinking 'Impact it is really dumb to put your title on a racist' but it's also just dumb to put your title on Tessa because she's an asshole.
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Post by XIII on Jun 12, 2020 16:33:52 GMT -5
Maybe it's a work. Trying to make Tessa seem like a rebel when she comes back if they go on and do the match without her. She can say I am the real champ and the evil authority of impact screwed during a world wide crisis. They're trying to keep this woman down and etc. That would be a stupid idea to have. You just don’t understand what they’re going for, bro.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2020 17:46:35 GMT -5
I told one of my mates about this and he made an interesting point, he basically said that he thought Tessa was a numpty, but he also said that "In fairness to her, how is she going to know when she returns, which could make it hard to cut a promo if you don't know when you'll be back?" They did have a number one contender tournament. She could’ve cut a promo on some of the participants, who she would like to face the most and why. Or she could comment in on Moose claiming to be a world champion. I don’t blame for not wanting to work during a pandemic, but looking at other cases with WWE they took the title off Sami quickly, he might have not been happy about it, but at least WWE made the decision quickly. Roman was replaced by Braun and they went on like he wasn’t there to begin with. Tessa and Impact seem to fighting like a divorced couple, things shouldn’t have been in limbo this long.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jun 12, 2020 20:04:20 GMT -5
Tessa's a real dumbass if she's really messing with the only notable company that has the patience for her. But this is also the deal that TNA made; they seem to want to pick people up who have problems making them unsavory to other, bigger places, and this is the baggage that comes with that. That said if the Russo rumours are true then there are many, deeper-running problems that make this company beyond help so who knows.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Jun 12, 2020 20:15:50 GMT -5
Are we sure any of this is legit? Consider the source.
If it is, burning this bridge is some next level dumbassery, and she's lucky she's still young enough to have a chance to dig out of it.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jun 12, 2020 20:44:03 GMT -5
A company butting heads with one of it's top superstars is so vanilla that it doesn't really hold much weight with me. What top superstar/wrestler hasn't butted heads with management? I thought that was a rite of passage.They have some savvy folks working at Impact Wrestling (Don Callis, Scott D'Amore). Don Callis seems savvy enough to handle most things that are thrown his way and make the most of the situation. Full disclosure, I know as much about Tessa that has been presented on TV since she wont the title in January. Not really That doesn't apply when you come into a company already with a bad rep. When you have a bad rep you don't have the luxury of rocking the boat. When you do so all the old shit about you before comes back as brand new and in people mind again which is the case now and even after Tessa said some racist shit and they stood by her Callis and the people in charge have not played this shit under their watch. They have been brought in a few troubled people and some have worked like Rich Swann while they have gotten ride of others like Alberto Del Rio and letting people like Aries and Low Ki walk when they start getting into their shit. Impact plays with fire and they are going to get burned sometimes with this being an example of something coming back to potentially haunt them
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Post by Shark on Jun 12, 2020 23:56:04 GMT -5
In a lot of ways, I don't really blame Impact for following through with Tessa's push or for hiring her in the first place. Up until the original story broke, we'd not heard one bad thing about Tessa in Impact. She legit seemed like she'd turned a corner so I can't blame Impact for wanting/hoping the story would go away. And really, the stories were all just skeletons from Tessa's past coming back to haunt her. It wasn't really anything new. Had she actually owned up to her actions and shown remorse for what she'd said, this story would have gone away. The way she reacted made it far far worse and showed us that she hadn't really changed at all.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jun 13, 2020 0:01:54 GMT -5
Are we sure any of this is legit? Consider the source. Fightful is legit as a source. The others are only parroting what they posted.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 13, 2020 0:42:39 GMT -5
This is equal parts Impact and Tessa imo
Tessa for the constant attitude and bridge burning, especially when Impact handed you the world at arguably your lowest career point in terms of reputation. To f***ing mess with that and possibly ruin any chance you have at a mainstay career again, is exactly the type of shit she deserves for being a consistantly horrible person to people.
But it's also on Impact for knowing the problem yet committing anyway. They knew it was risky, they bet on it, and the gamble might not be paying off if the reports are true. I understand wanting to have a great talent that can draw, but Tessa's baggage was already an issue, and it was always a very strong possibility she'd end up burning them too. It's probably come even quicker than people thought it would frankly, but the pandemic sped things up.
Impact needed strong rehab on their reputation and putting people like Tessa front and center was exactly counter-productive to that mentality and now they're paying for it. And no one is really surprised...
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Jun 13, 2020 2:08:02 GMT -5
Are we sure any of this is legit? Consider the source. If it is, burning this bridge is some next level dumbassery, and she's lucky she's still young enough to have a chance to dig out of it. I believe they're legit. Having said that, none of this has been confirmed, they're just rumors right now.
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Post by dpg on Jun 13, 2020 2:29:21 GMT -5
If Russo is back(a big IF), I don't see him as any more than a consultant. Callis & D'Amore(even though they like him) ain't gonna give him that much power. Russo says he isn't working for them. The show hasn't changed all that much so can't see it. He was supposed to turn up at the TNA special a few months ago so may be confusion. Stuff with Tessa is a mess.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jun 13, 2020 5:57:59 GMT -5
At this point Tessa's gonna wind up in WWE or AEW sometime in 2047.
She's got all the physical tools to succeed, but her attitude and ego has destroyed her. Tessa could be a major star if she just got out of her own damn way.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jun 13, 2020 6:49:13 GMT -5
Know what? At this point I don’t give a damn about how talented she is. Everything else about her is a liability, and were I running a company I wouldn’t touch her. If a wrestler is toxic and has that much of a shitty attitude but just so happens to have a ton of skill, it’s still not worth the risk.
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