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Did TNA rip people off on PPV?

With a name of "TNA", how much credibility did you really have to start with?
 
From what I read on the internet it was one of those deals where the local people were "somewhat" happy in that Booker T got a "moral" victory.

While at the same time they continue to promote Sting's return to the company for about 3 or 4 months then disappear again like the last time he showed

up. What I'm dissapointed in is that they have a LOT MORE TALENT in the company than letting on. It's the same old people which results in the same

old crap (Like WWE 2002-03) ;D! Spike may have wanted them to have big names, but all they can do is draw. You're taking a risk in ex-big names, especially

if they are older than half of the talent on the roster. I miss when TNA use to promote young talent to top billing on a regular basis. Now it looks like

a glorified WCW. Next thing you know is that Mike Adamle would want an announcing job up there ;D!
 
RicoGregg said:
People are pissed:

http://www.rajah.com/base/node/12993

Already, some internet wrestling observers are calling this the worst-performed main event in the history of wrestling PPVs.

TNA's already shaky credibility has taken a major hit.
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Beer money (not James Storm and Robert Roode) says that Jim Cornette screams, yells, and vacates the title for some sort of gimmick match for the next event...AGAIN. Never mind that they just crapped on the ones who paid for live show duckets and pay-per-view views at home.

As I've said before, TNA often does the near impossible feat of insulting the intelligence of professional wrestling fans (of which I admittedly am). Just one more example of their inability to create a memorable identity for themselves, other than crap in a new shade of brown.
 
SirFreebie1975 said:
RicoGregg said:
People are pissed:

http://www.rajah.com/base/node/12993

Already, some internet wrestling observers are calling this the worst-performed main event in the history of wrestling PPVs.

TNA's already shaky credibility has taken a major hit.
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must be the second catastrophe Houston has seen since Hurricane Alicia :p
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That wasn't so bad. There was always the Astros in the World Series a few years back. :p
 
dhett said:
With a name of "TNA", how much credibility did you really have to start with?
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Exactly. It's wrestling. Hello? Look up "wrestling" in the dictionary and the entry says "see: fake".
 
kyscott said:
Exactly. It's wrestling. Hello? Look up "wrestling" in the dictionary and the entry says "see: fake".
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Shows what you know:

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) -
wres·tling /ˈrɛslɪŋ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[res-ling] Pronunciation Key -
–noun
1. a sport in which two opponents struggle hand to hand in order to pin or press each other's shoulders to the mat or ground, with the style, rules, and regulations differing widely in amateur and professional matches. Compare catch-as-catch-can (def. 3), Greco-Roman (def. 3).
2. the act of a person who wrestles.

wres·tle Audio Help /ˈrɛsəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[res-uhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -tled, -tling, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to engage in wrestling.
2. to contend, as in a struggle for mastery; grapple: to wrestle with one's conscience.
–verb (used with object)
3. to contend with in wrestling.
4. to force by or as if by wrestling.
5. to throw (a calf or other animal) for branding.
–noun
6. an act of or a bout at wrestling.
7. a struggle.
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:D
 
Exactly. It's wrestling. Hello? Look up "wrestling" in the dictionary and the entry says "see: fake".
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Yes, son, we're well aware of what really takes place. Thats why they call it, "Sports Entertainment"

I have to ask. You don't believe for a moment that anyone on this board takes it as true sport, do you?

I mean much of what passes for entertainment on radio is just as "fake"..and sometimes not nearly as clever..

So sit back, check your meds, and relax. We alllll know what pro wrestling is....and some of us enjoy it off and on

for the fun of it...but not when you pay a boat load of money to see tripe like that.

Ok Steve Borden..Time to get in..or out...youve had more comebacks than Evander Holyfield...and I wouldnt say

they were successful either.

By the way, is Vince Russo still booking this gig? If so THAT would explain what you say....
 
Studio20 said:
Exactly. It's wrestling. Hello? Look up "wrestling" in the dictionary and the entry says "see: fake".
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We alllll know what pro wrestling is....and some of us enjoy it off and on

for the fun of it...
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And some of us are scared poopless when standing on the top rope.
 
The fact TNA is on PPV is a ripoff to begin with, and also...when you tape in a high-school gym...
 
...Agree with you on the first part, but the event was staged at Reliant Arena, formerly known as Astrohall, with a permanent seating capacity of about 6,000. I can't think of any high school gyms that seat that many spectators.

According to The Wrestling Observer, there was a paid crowd of appx. 3,500. That's not counting nationwide PPV buys @ $29.95 each. This, I imagine, is one reason the wrestling business keeps going: From kingpin Vince McMahon, down to the smallest promotion that does stage shows in high school gyms or community centers, wrestling draws money.
 
I don't think that P.T. Barnum in his fondest dreams could have imagined professional wrestling on PPV. So much for bad economy.
 
dhett said:
I don't think that P.T. Barnum in his fondest dreams could have imagined professional wrestling on PPV. So much for bad economy.
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As a matter of fact, P.T. Barnum promoted early professional wrestling matches as part of his shows. He employed what became known as "shooters", guys who stood in the crowds to be picked out as "random" opponents for wrestlers who issued "open" challenges.

In other words, he helped develop the staging of the sport of wrestling.

FYI: Mr. Barnum never said anything about a sucker being born every minute. Huge myth that never died.
 
DToTheJ said:
Random thought...

What's Al Snow up to these days?
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He was recently released by the WWE after working as an instructor/trainer at Florida Championship Wrestling, one of several "minor leagues" the WWE uses as developmental training for newer wrestlers.

He is now taking independent bookings.
 
Actually, the WWE is down to just one developmental territory, FCW (Florida Championship Wrestling) based in South Tampa. They just had their first TV taping July 17th. Flair, Rhodes, Cena, etc were all there. Supposedly the local CW station and several others will pick up the show later this summer.

Eventually, their TV tapings will have more of an in house crowd than the act up the road in Orlando....
 
Studio20 said:
Actually, the WWE is down to just one developmental territory, FCW (Florida Championship Wrestling) based in South Tampa. They just had their first TV taping July 17th. Flair, Rhodes, Cena, etc were all there. Supposedly the local CW station and several others will pick up the show later this summer.
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"The local CW station" you're referring to is none other than WTOG TV 44, the original flagship station for the now-defunct Championship Wrestling from Florida, hosted by the late Gordon Solie.

I remember many a Saturday night as a kid tuning in at 7:00 p.m. to watch one of the great regional wrestling promotions of its day.
 
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