tofu_chipmunk Posted May 30, 2014 Report Posted May 30, 2014 Just noticed this but was this thread really started in February 2007? That's only because the board wasn't active in 2002. Quote
rovert Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 AJ STYLE'S FACE AND CAP ACCEPTING THE TNASYLUM PIONEER AWARD Can't breath Quote
rovert Posted June 6, 2014 Report Posted June 6, 2014 AJ Styles on Chris Jericho's podcast was real interesting listen. AJ has very much done the rounds interview wise but he seems to open up more to a fellow Wrestler about his disappointments about TNA as a business. Recommended. 20 minutes into the podcast the interview starts. Quote
Migs Posted June 7, 2014 Report Posted June 7, 2014 I am vaguely tempted to go to a TNA taping at the Hammerstein. Seems like it might be amusingly bad. Is that right? Or will it just be dull? Haven't been following TNA at all as of late. Quote
BigBadMick Posted June 7, 2014 Report Posted June 7, 2014 AJ Styles on Chris Jericho's podcast was real interesting listen. AJ has very much done the rounds interview wise but he seems to open up more to a fellow Wrestler about his disappointments about TNA as a business. Recommended. 20 minutes into the podcast the interview starts. You're not a fan of Jericho's pre-interview stuff either then? Quote
jackwebb Posted June 7, 2014 Report Posted June 7, 2014 I am vaguely tempted to go to a TNA taping at the Hammerstein. Seems like it might be amusingly bad. Is that right? Or will it just be dull? Haven't been following TNA at all as of late. It will be awful unless the right crowd shows up. If they do show up it could end up being the most entertaining train wreck in wrestling history. . Quote
rovert Posted June 7, 2014 Report Posted June 7, 2014 I am vaguely tempted to go to a TNA taping at the Hammerstein. Seems like it might be amusingly bad. Is that right? Or will it just be dull? Haven't been following TNA at all as of late. It will be awful unless the right crowd shows up. If they do show up it could end up being the most entertaining train wreck in wrestling history. . No interest in website plugs or hockey. Quote
goc Posted June 9, 2014 Report Posted June 9, 2014 Looking at awful pictures of TNA house show crowds, wouldn't it just make more sense for them to be running in high school gyms? I've seen pictures of Big Time Wrestling drawing completely packed high school gyms in The Carolinas and Virginia with The Hardys and Ric Flair autograph sessions. Quote
tigerpride Posted June 9, 2014 Report Posted June 9, 2014 http://taimapedia.org/index.php?title=LOLTNA_History Quote
Al Posted June 9, 2014 Report Posted June 9, 2014 TNA has a show coming up in Bethlehem. I looked up tickets out of curiosity and they're running $23-85 for the show. That's roughly the same I would pay for a WWE show, and they've established a standard of quality. I wouldn't watch a TNA show on a whim at that price. Quote
Cox Posted June 9, 2014 Report Posted June 9, 2014 The only time I went to a TNA show was a PPV show in Trenton a few years ago. So low was my desire to pay decent money to see TNA that I requested "worst seats available" at the ticket window. Quote
artDDP Posted June 9, 2014 Report Posted June 9, 2014 TNA has a show coming up in Bethlehem. I looked up tickets out of curiosity and they're running $23-85 for the show. That's roughly the same I would pay for a WWE show, and they've established a standard of quality. I wouldn't watch a TNA show on a whim at that price. I paid $20 for ringside here in Sacramento. The Memorial Auditorium here seats about 2,000 and that show probably drew about 200. Quote
shakla Posted June 9, 2014 Report Posted June 9, 2014 Looking at awful pictures of TNA house show crowds, wouldn't it just make more sense for them to be running in high school gyms? I've seen pictures of Big Time Wrestling drawing completely packed high school gyms in The Carolinas and Virginia with The Hardys and Ric Flair autograph sessions. I think a few of the 2014 house shows have taken place at high schools. Don't know the comparative costs, but some high school gyms can hold a decent crowd. They could pull some lame gimmick like "If Robbie E wins, the principal gets hit with a pie" or such. Quote
Lee Casebolt Posted June 16, 2014 Report Posted June 16, 2014 Serious question - are TNA ppvs profitable? 17,000 buys at $50 a pop is $850,000, half that goes to the carriers... I have no idea what TV production runs, but they can't be actually making money on these, can they? Quote
Blehschmidt Posted June 16, 2014 Report Posted June 16, 2014 Apparently earlier they tweeted that if they got 500 retweets they would reveal the first match for the PPV. A few hours later they had barely broken 200 and deleted the tweet. Quote
sek69 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Posted June 16, 2014 From photos I've seen from inside the building it looks like they have a pretty decent crowd tonight. Quote
Dylan Waco Posted June 16, 2014 Report Posted June 16, 2014 Crowd seemed decent and most important for the quality of the show was red hot by TNA standards. Amazingly the ppv tonight was actually very good. No bad matches, and while there were also no great matches, the show had more feel good moments than "fucking TNA" moments. Quote
cheapshot Posted June 16, 2014 Report Posted June 16, 2014 Crowd was a reported 3000, but TNA are good at making that look a lot more on TV, plus they were a hot crowd which helped. Quote
Indikator Posted June 16, 2014 Report Posted June 16, 2014 Could some older fans please compare TNA with Global? The more I think about it, the more I wonder if Global might have been the more "successful" company aka slightly less disastrous. Quote
cheapshot Posted June 16, 2014 Report Posted June 16, 2014 Could some older fans please compare TNA with Global? The more I think about it, the more I wonder if Global might have been the more "successful" company aka slightly less disastrous. It lost far less money, so if we're using that as a gauge for success, then yes. Quote
(BP) Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 So Dixie realized these northeast tapings could be disastrous, and her idea to preemptively fix it is to start a feud with Dreamer's House of Hardcore promotion where TNA is heel and encourage "fuck TNA" chants at the shows. And all of these shows will be televised through the summer up to their contract renewal talks with Spike. I haven't watched TNA in years but I'm all in to watch the wheels totally come off. Quote
shakla Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 So Dixie realized these northeast tapings could be disastrous, and her idea to preemptively fix it is to start a feud with Dreamer's House of Hardcore promotion where TNA is heel and encourage "fuck TNA" chants at the shows. And all of these shows will be televised through the summer up to their contract renewal talks with Spike. I haven't watched TNA in years but I'm all in to watch the wheels totally come off. Well, isn't one of Dixie's catch phrases, "It's good publicity"? Or "Publicity over profit"? Quote
artDDP Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 So Dixie realized these northeast tapings could be disastrous, and her idea to preemptively fix it is to start a feud with Dreamer's House of Hardcore promotion where TNA is heel and encourage "fuck TNA" chants at the shows. And all of these shows will be televised through the summer up to their contract renewal talks with Spike. I haven't watched TNA in years but I'm all in to watch the wheels totally come off. I might just find the free time to watch this. Quote
fakeplastictrees Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 On the TNA website there is a poll: 4 sided ring or 6 sided ring! YOU DECIDE~! TNA should be more concerned with improving the product they're putting out than how many sides their ring is. The Eric Young/MVP feud in a six-sided ring is just as unappealing to me as it is in a four-sided ring. Quote
cheapshot Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 I never really understood the appeal of the 6 sides ring personally. Quote
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