goc Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 I suspect this will just be a case of TNA fans being delusional until the end about how Impact is really a great show and it's just a big "smark" conspiracy to hate on TNA and Spike would never cancel THE ONLY SHOW THEY HAVE NOW THAT UFC IS GONE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhindsight Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 My favorite from the tnamecca thread was the thought that this just meant they had a big announcement about their new TV home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Hardcore TNA fans are the people advertisers are imagining when they think about working with the WWE and go "nah". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Wiz Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 I have a hard time computing the concept of a hardcore TNA fan. I mean....how?......why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrainfollower Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 So I'm going away for a while and in the meantime Vince Russo has finally killed another promotion ? Fuck me, that's glorious. Â This wins greatest post in PWO history IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eduardo James Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 It's not even the best in the topic, mang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Just when I started to watch regularly, again! Â But, seriously, they deserve it if they do go out of business. They just never got it and if the story about refusing to sell because Dixie wanted to stay on TV is true then they absolutely deserve to go down in flames. Â I've told this story a lot on this board but I'll tell it again: I saw a TNA house show in 2011 and it drew about 200 people. I talked with and heard from several people there who had no idea what TNA was or who almost anyone on the card was and just came because there was wrestling in town for twenty bucks a seat. I have no idea how that promotion could be going for almost a decade at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Newest theory floating around is that Court Bauer made up and/or inflated this entire story. I love it. Â Meltzer shot this down quickly on the Observer board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Â Newest theory floating around is that Court Bauer made up and/or inflated this entire story. I love it. Â Meltzer shot this down quickly on the Observer board. Bummer. Â Seemed like such a Court thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I can just see Dixie and Russo somewhere ranting and raving about how dare Spike tell Dixie Carter how to run HER company! She's a wrestling veteran of 12 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross Face Chicken Wing Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Anybody wanna buy a nearly-out-of-business wrestling company on Craigslist? Â http://orlando.craigslist.org/bfs/4593447619.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Anyone wanna buy a six sided ring? Â http://orlando.craigslist.org/spo/4591854820.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Holy hell that was hilarious. I didn't expect to laugh so hard at the description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 So who is going to be the one to put down $3 and share all of THIS with us?  Exclusive, in-depth VIDEO interviews with wrestling’s biggest stars, conducted by Vince Russo! Vince Russo’s Raw review every Monday Vince Russo’s Smackdown review every Tuesday Wrestling 101 w/ Professor Russo Member access only blog posts, news, and analysis from Vince Russo and his team. Behind-the-scenes, personal footage of Vince Russo as you’ve never seen him before. Much, much more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidebottom Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 You couldn't pay me $3 to sit through any of that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Even the much, much more?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I would love to see the numbers on this. In 2014 does Vince Russo still have a fan following? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidebottom Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Even the much, much more?? Â Especially Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I can't imagine any more than a hundred people signing up for this. If THAT many. He might get some people out of morbid curiosity or people looking to rip it on message boards for laughs but I can't see too many people being THAT interested in him to pay even $3 a month for that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014  So who is going to be the one to put down $3 and share all of THIS with us?  Vince Russo’s Smackdown review every Tuesday Wrestling 101 w/ Professor Russo These two are the funniest.  First, he is doing reviews based on spoilers not on the actually viewing. WTF?  Second, Professor Russo and wrestling 101??? That guy? Vince Russo??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 In the Rock's book he said he sort of vetoed the idea of the guest referee during his match with Steve Austin at WrestleMania XV. I kinda think that's how things went during the years Russo booked the WWF, especially during the horrible year of 1999: the undercard guys were just happy to be doing anything and went along with Russo's plans while the top tier guys usually had to reign in his stupidity. Â That said, didn't Russo say he wished he didn't have to have the in-ring stuff on TV or was that just something attributed to him? Â And I've been known to be pretty goddamn foolish with money but I'd rather spend that three bucks on a cup of coffee I'm not going to finish than read or listen to any of Russo's opinions. Â He probably cites the fact that WWE is still booking Kane in main events as proof they can't innovate like he used to do. I know he was saying that stuff in 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Russo doing this will answer the question of how much work someone is willing to do for the chance to earn $18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 I won't even listen to him on podcasts I like (Austin, MLW), and those are free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 I was such a huge WWF fan when I was 11/12 back in 1999 but man, that stuff has not aged well at all. I know that's not breaking news or anything, but I was shocked when I was re-watching a lot of the Raws from Classics on Demand last year. I know the 1999 PPV's were largely garbage because even as a kid I regretted all the ones I ordered, but the Raws are just terrible aside from Austin/Rock/Foley. I can actually pinpoint the jump the shark point... the episode before WrestleMania 15 when they decided to switch the IC and Hardcore Champions just to swerve everyone which in turn killed the feuds for each of those title pictures at WM 15. From that point on, the booking just got more and more illogical and things occurred at an increasingly breakneck pace. By the summer it was just horrendous with nothing being able settle and just one thing leading into another and blowing a month's+ worth of storylines into one show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 He left and was brought back as a secret employee  Basically, it was a "swerve". It was HIM all along. Only this time, the TV executives really didn't like the unveiling, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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