TNA = Dead

[Baron Vo Mandor]

I have been TNA's staunchest defender, did anyone else have the misfortune of watching last nights eposide, I switched off after 20 mins.

Seriously they are f**ked what was the go with it, it was like some bad student film or youtube video, it was the most pathetic thing I've seen in years with the possible exception of the infamous katie vick storyline.

RIP TNA.

 

[mikkolos]

that wasnt tna impact. there was no impact episode this week,

what we saw was tna reaction, which is a precurser to impact each week in the us.
i quite enjoyed it.

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh okay thats acceptable then lol.

So I am missing out on 2 TNA shows then, Explosion and Reaction, ah well once Fox finally gets all the digital channels atleast I'll get Explosion because Reaction didnt appeal to me at all.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

When is Explosion on? Reaction is on Fuel TV on Thursdays.

I was a little confused when I turned on Impact as well but caught on quickly. I knew it had been taken off air for one week in the States due to the opening of the NFL season, but wasn't sure what they'd be airing in its place.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Why was there no Impact this week?

 

[DB]

NoDQ.com > TNA > THIS is why Impact wasn't on last night
Posted by Corbin Nordhoff on 09/10/2010 at 01:52 PM

Credit: F4WOnline.com

Last night's NFL season opener featuring Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints did a 17.7 rating and 28 share on the overnights.

If this number holds up, it will be the highest rated opening game of the season in NFL history.

 

[Ari Gold]

Reaction is awesome, sometimes I watch it over Impact.

Thread closed.

 

[Misanthrope]

What did Fox8 show instead?

 

[Sanchez]

Explosion doesnt air in the US. Its only aired overseas at this point

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

When is Explosion on? Reaction is on Fuel TV on Thursdays.

I was a little confused when I turned on Impact as well but caught on quickly. I knew it had been taken off air for one week in the States due to the opening of the NFL season, but wasn't sure what they'd be airing in its place.

Your a f'n legend man! What time

 

[Big Pete]

I only saw the first episode, but Reaction seemed like a decent concept. Rough around the edges, sure, but with the right trimming it could be brilliant.

As for the state of TNA, well...flogging dead horses isn't my thing.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Your a f'n legend man! What time

It's usually 8:30pm on Thursdays, but I just had a look and it's not listed for tomorrow. That's probably because there was no Impact, afterall, you can't have a Reaction to something that didn't happen.

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

Ahhhhhhhh its reaction and not impact........ Well I watch LAC cops at that time lol.

 

[Eelementary]

I just...I...I...You...It...I....I don't get it.

How can a company that can boast such talents as AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, MCMG, Desmond Wolfe, Kurt Angle, Sting, Eric Young, Matt Morgan, Homicide, Hernandez, The Pope, Jay Lethal, Douglas Williams and someof the Knockouts...how can the company be so sh*t? I DON'T GET IT!!!!!!!

:crazy:

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

Just piss poor booking at the moment and pretty much since Hogan arrived!

Simple as that.

Fortune has huge potential but will be sad to see how they f**k it up.

 

[Big Pete]

:lol: The way people talk about Hogan reminds me of how people talk about Russo and WCW. Sure, Russo took s**t to another level, but WCW had been in the s**tter for some time before he joined.

 

[DB]

More Various News: Heyman's TNA Plan, Miz Article, Angle Interview
Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 10.08.2010

The Friday news keeps coming...

- Paul Heyman has an interview up at MMAFighting.com, which you can read here. In it, he talks about how close he came to working with TNA:

"It came real close with TNA. To me, it was more of a deal with Spike TV and then a stock and ownership deal involving TNA. I had a five-year plan. I was going to spend 18 months building the roster, the next 18 months exploiting that built roster, that's three years in, go public in three, stay for two more running it and get out at 50 [years old]. That was my plan. I had an exit plan. I had a five-year plan and I clued everyone into it. I told TNA what my plan was and I told Spike TV what my plan was and how we would capitalize on it and how we would make this thing move and an acknowledgment that wrestling is a diminishing market and it's not perceived as cool and here's how you, if not change course, at least present it differently so that at least you have a chance in today's marketplace to at least compete.

"When that didn't happen, that was it. I didn't have any other interest in doing it. It was close. I would have done it for that particular deal and that's it. That time passed. Now I'm looking at taking my abilities elsewhere and the logical step for me is this entry point right now both into MMA and into also just the branding world."

Thats just sums up the problem with TNA for me..... They want it all now, not wait a few years while they build the product.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

TNA are f**ked. After last night I've had enough.

Thought I'd watch the go home show to BFG and the show was completely average from start to finish (aside from an entertaining, if not 15-20 years too late Foley V Flair match, and of course seeing the BP shake their arses.), but nothing was as bad as the main event.

A battle royal gauntlet match where they had almost 20 people in the ring without anyone getting eliminated. Abyss then comes out and eliminates 7-8 people (which fair enough did a nice job of making him look monstrous.) but then with 8 people still in the ring Mike Tenay says "I've just been told we've run out of time, but stick around beca....". And that's how they ended the show. That is one of the most f**ked things I've ever seen in a wrestling program, and highlights how amateur the company is.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

They have been doing that ending for a while now. It's bad, and it irritates the sh*t out of me. Once in a while I can understand, but this frequently is just bad television.

 

[MatthewA]

TNA are f**ked. After last night I've had enough.

Thought I'd watch the go home show to BFG and the show was completely average from start to finish (aside from an entertaining, if not 15-20 years too late Foley V Flair match, and of course seeing the BP shake their arses.), but nothing was as bad as the main event.

A battle royal gauntlet match where they had almost 20 people in the ring without anyone getting eliminated. Abyss then comes out and eliminates 7-8 people (which fair enough did a nice job of making him look monstrous.) but then with 8 people still in the ring Mike Tenay says "I've just been told we've run out of time, but stick around beca....". And that's how they ended the show. That is one of the most f**ked things I've ever seen in a wrestling program, and highlights how amateur the company is.

I agree that it was poor not to show the ending here in Australia. But in America the match ran into TNA Reaction so they showed it and then continued with the Reaction program, which actually rates well.

TNA are going places. They have a great roster and some great idea. They just tend to have more sh*tty shows than good ones. Once they iron out all of their problems they could be great.