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Post by Alex on Mar 30, 2010 22:05:13 GMT -5
I know not everyone gets RAW and TNA on the same night, bu what are your thoughts? The ratings havent been all that good for TNA
I think they made the jump to mondy way, way too soon. I think going live thursdays would have been a better move, grow from there, then possibly move to mondays. I also dont think theres enough mainstream interest in wrestling these days that will pull in the same competition it did in the late 90's
Lastly, the product itself is really a mess. There's always too much going on, they're signing every WWE reject no matter how unpopular they were when they were there (cough*orlando jordan*cough) and reduce their homegrown talent to 2 minute matches or just forget about them completely, just barely giving them a chance so we can watch Ric Flair get rolled around in a wheelchair
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 30, 2010 22:06:33 GMT -5
No. They should either go from 8-10, or compete with Smackdown! which gets less ratings than Raw. I know they are trying to make a statement going after the A-Show, but it would be more impressive if they held their own against the B-Show, rather than barely make a dent against the primary.
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 30, 2010 22:12:06 GMT -5
Raw 3.7.
Impact 0.6.
This weeks ratings. LMAO.
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Post by Alex on Mar 30, 2010 22:17:58 GMT -5
I think they just got way too over-confident after the Hogan debut episode, which got like a 1.4 rating and was considered a success..
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 30, 2010 22:25:10 GMT -5
Yeah and since then theyve lost 60% of their audience.
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Post by AC on Mar 30, 2010 22:38:54 GMT -5
TNA's product is just inferior to WWE's. TNA has a better roster of talent but they use them shitty and no one cares about them...for instance look at RVD's debut, they could have done so much better than having him get a sneak attack win on Sting and then get his ass handed to him. He looked weak in two ways, one he had to sneak attack Sting to win and he's the FACE, and two he just get's his ass kicked like I previously mentioned. Even Jeff Hardy's debut sucked, he just popped in out of the crowd and beat up Homicide and no one really gave a damn...
And now Jeff Hardy and RVD are just two other guys in TNA...they could be drawing in huge fans by booking RVD vs. Styles or Styles vs. Hardy for the TNA World Title but instead they give Burke the spot. Don't get me wrong I like Burke but damn, if TNA really wants to make a profit put the most over guys in the main event and you can't say there are two more over guys in TNA than Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy.
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 31, 2010 0:07:27 GMT -5
Yeah, they are too obsessed with pushing new talent. While its a good thing, they go about it wrong. If they build up Hardy, Styles and RVD as the faces of the company and promote the hell out of them, make them staples of the show, then when new people like Pope, etc go over them, it means a hell of a lot more. Likewise, they spend too much time on The Band, Hogan and Flair.
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Post by AC on Mar 31, 2010 0:15:20 GMT -5
Exactly. Van Dam and Hardy shouldn't be in a tag team when they are probably TNA's most over guys...they shouldn't be facing The Band...they should be single's facing the other talent and each other. I just don't get how TNA can drop the ball with so many guys and people still call them the future of pro wrestling. They dropped the ball with Samoa Joe so bad that no one gives a damn about him anymore except for actual Samoa Joe fans who like him no matter what.
and don't even get me started on Abyss and how bad they have fucked him up to the point of no return
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 31, 2010 0:37:58 GMT -5
Hey, cmon.... Samoa Joe's storyline is realistic and is amazing! Kidnapped by ninjas is pure fucking genious.
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Post by AC on Mar 31, 2010 0:39:31 GMT -5
The ninjas will probably turn out to be The Band....
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Post by AC on Mar 31, 2010 0:49:58 GMT -5
after paying closer attention to the samoa joe abduction, I can confirm that the ninjas are none other than...are you ready for this
Big Van Vader-Hence why they abducted him in a van The Great Khali-Now being called The Magnificent Kawlee Gillberg-Yes. Don West-Because dammit he's Don fuckin' West!
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 31, 2010 4:33:57 GMT -5
And that group is lead by none other than Elvis fuckin' Presley. The real one. He's not been dead, but rather, TNA locked him up in a basement on the payroll for 25 years.
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