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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 31, 2022 0:57:57 GMT -5
Honestly, Max beating Kamille would have at least made this whole event feel a lot less like a a waste of time, though I guess with all the travel and work Max is doing, maybe they wouldn't have wanted to be tied down to NWA right now. Despite my speed at dunking on Corgan for his blatantly heinous decisions, I do wonder if this is how most of the wrestlers view the NWA and that some of the booking is warped by it. It feels like the NWA is a really good place for wrestlers to get their name out there, especially women, and to improve a little bit with some TV time, but that nobody wants to be tied down by it. Thunder Rosa and Ricky Starks got their big breaks largely thanks to the NWA, but Rosa especially was held back at a critical period because she was actually signed with the promotion. There's an element of that, I am sure. MLW occupies a similar space in that respect, but while NWA gets people drifting in and out, MLW usually catches people on their way up or their way down, sort of like a modern Memphis in that way, with people not making a lot in most cases, but taking it because of weighing their options.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Aug 31, 2022 5:33:51 GMT -5
Despite my speed at dunking on Corgan for his blatantly heinous decisions, I do wonder if this is how most of the wrestlers view the NWA and that some of the booking is warped by it. It feels like the NWA is a really good place for wrestlers to get their name out there, especially women, and to improve a little bit with some TV time, but that nobody wants to be tied down by it. Thunder Rosa and Ricky Starks got their big breaks largely thanks to the NWA, but Rosa especially was held back at a critical period because she was actually signed with the promotion. There's an element of that, I am sure. MLW occupies a similar space in that respect, but while NWA gets people drifting in and out, MLW usually catches people on their way up or their way down, sort of like a modern Memphis in that way, with people not making a lot in most cases, but taking it because of weighing their options. I mean the NWA has PPV and I guess you can count it as TV and the name means something to a lot of wrestlers. The thing about Corgan is from interviews and the Q and A's did over the weekend. The guy had a good mind about wrestling and what seems to be a good vison on what he wants to do with the NWA but his booking actions kind of is the opposite of it in a lot of ways. Tyrus MEing the biggest show of the year made no sense or holding the TV title for so long. Because when I think of the two belts in the history of the NWA back in the peak years. It was about work rate, and guys that can go 30 to an hour any given night. Thats what the World title does. Tyrus does not fit that bill. Workrate is not what he is or ever was. Which is crazy because with who else they have on the roster and who been there from pretty much the whole time. They had other choices as talked above. The TV title was about work rate as well only with the time limit. Again not Tyrus. I mean the shows overall was a lot of fun to be at. Night one was, the better IMO of the two nights.
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Post by robferatu on Aug 31, 2022 23:41:38 GMT -5
Admittedly, I don't follow the National Wrestling Alliance, but I do find it fascinating that the lead singer of one of my all-time favorite bands has become a prominent name in professional wrestling the past decade or so.
With that said, I did listen to his interview with Chris Van Fleet leading into "NWA 74" and it seemed a lot of his reasoning for pushing Tyrus was his notoriety outside of professional wrestling as Corgan seemed to place a particular emphasis on him being a Fox News Panelist and a best-selling author. However, despite both of those giving Tyrus mainstream recognition, I don't think it translates into ticket sales or general interest in the NWA.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 1, 2022 5:10:38 GMT -5
Admittedly, I don't follow the National Wrestling Alliance, but I do find it fascinating that the lead singer of one of my all-time favorite bands has become a prominent name in professional wrestling the past decade or so. With that said, I did listen to his interview with Chris Van Fleet leading into "NWA 74" and it seemed a lot of his reasoning for pushing Tyrus was his notoriety outside of professional wrestling as Corgan seemed to place a particular emphasis on him being a Fox News Panelist and a best-selling author. However, despite both of those giving Tyrus mainstream recognition, I don't think it translates into ticket sales or general interest in the NWA. It doesn't plan and simple. If NWA didn't do that 10 Dollar flash sale Thursday before the PPV. The crowd would likely been really bad. See the post a page or two back when someone screen shot the ticket sales a week out from the event. I get what he was trying to do but it doesn't transalate. Wrestling fans are not likely watching Fox News and people who are watching Fox News isn't going to start watching wrestling. The shaddy pass doesn't do them any favors. This isn't the same as a guy doing a TV show or a movie that wrestling fans would likely watch. At the event, most everyone around me, didn't care about that match. Some said they wanted Tyrus to win only because they hate Trevor but wish someone else was in the match.
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Post by Rave on Sept 10, 2022 0:39:52 GMT -5
Fun women's matches on Powerrr this week. Also, EC3's roid gut is outright terrifying.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Sept 10, 2022 2:26:55 GMT -5
Just imagine a main event feud where Jennacide defends her NWA World Championship against Dixie's nephew EC3, with his lumbering grouchy henchman Tyrus by his side. Its not what we want, Billy, its what we need.
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 10, 2022 11:30:23 GMT -5
Also, EC3's roid gut is outright terrifying. I seriously worry about his health now, as much as we've clowned on him in the past.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 10, 2022 13:53:20 GMT -5
The last Powerrr was good. The womens IMO are there strongest point of the shows.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 25, 2022 23:39:20 GMT -5
Just what the people wanted, Tyrus getting another World title match!
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Sept 26, 2022 0:01:42 GMT -5
Beavis & Butthead watching Tyrus vs. Trevor Murdoch - "This main event is slow and fat."
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 26, 2022 16:45:13 GMT -5
Just what the people wanted, Tyrus getting another World title match! Here I was like. Cardona vs. Trevor Murdoch should be decent. Than they decided lets add the guy nobody wants in the ME into the ME. As bad ticket sold at NWA 74 until they did the 10 dollar special. Why in the hell would they put him in another ME.
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Post by Rave on Oct 27, 2022 0:28:33 GMT -5
So this week's Powerrr is the return of Velvet After Dark, supposedly something back "by popular demand" which I highly doubt considering how cringe the first one was.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Oct 27, 2022 8:05:15 GMT -5
So fightful posted an article where Corgen said he's open to having NWA be a developmental for either WWE or AEW
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Post by CeilingFan on Oct 27, 2022 8:22:32 GMT -5
So fightful posted an article where Corgen said he's open to having NWA be a developmental for either WWE or AEW I could see WWE buying it, but it wouldn't replace NXT.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2022 21:03:00 GMT -5
So fightful posted an article where Corgen said he's open to having NWA be a developmental for either WWE or AEW Triple H dream of cosplaying as NWA champion is finally coming true.
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 28, 2022 4:33:51 GMT -5
If he's serious, that'd certainly be something. AEW's worked with them more recently, but given ROH, I do wonder if that'd be redundant. Though, maybe not, given NJPW, for example, sending their talents to develop at varied places, not just one. Khan also owns ROH, but would not own NWA, so that relationship would be different.
WWE would be an interesting pairing, though part of me wonders if the notoriously "I want things done my way" Billy Corgan would acquiesce to the amount of control WWE often wants to exert.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Oct 28, 2022 5:29:09 GMT -5
For that to even work. NWA would have to really change the roster. To a more younger group of talent they fit what either company is looking for in talent. The roster now doesn't have a ton of young blood they are needing reps before they are TV ready. They have a lot of guys who either already been on WWE TV or Impact or guys who been wrestling for a long time. I mean a couple vets is fine to teach in ring. One of the NWA talent was already used however in Sal Rinauro Who was one of the guys who went up against Omos.
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Post by Rave on Nov 6, 2022 23:57:05 GMT -5
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Nov 7, 2022 1:12:48 GMT -5
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Post by Facetious on Nov 7, 2022 9:22:39 GMT -5
Corgan is out there questioning if any women are good enough to main event in NWA all while he had Tyrus main eventing.
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