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    TMZ report that TNA Wrestling is cancelled.

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

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    Meltzer makes it sound like TNA won't continue without a tv deal that pays more than their deal with Spike. Which makes me wonder how long they could go on even if Spike agreed to a new deal. Spike supposedly told TNA upfront that they were only wanting to re-sign TNA if TNA took a substantial cut in the rights fee. Honestly, considering how little return the network got for the move to Mondays, the third hour, Hulk Hogan, paying the salaries of the WWE guys, etc., I think the network backed them as far as they could. I have trouble imagining they can get a better deal from anyone else.

    What would TNA's version of Sting-Flair be? They need to do something fitting for their last show. Problem is, a fitting "last match" for the promotion is probably an episode of ECW, or maybe a Christian-Jeff Hardy match from the WWE.

    That's TNA in a nutshell. So few new ideas and stars that their signature match was probably in someone else's promotion.

    It would have to be Styles/Daniels. Maybe add Joe to the mix.

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    TMZ report that TNA Wrestling is cancelled.

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

    Posted

    I still think that judging by their history, they somehow get out of this.

     

    Ideally they take the low ball offer from Spike and then sell a stake, or the whole thing, to an investor(s) that can finance the company with money other than what they get from Spike. And hopefully Dixie gets canned in the process.

     

    If they didn't want to sell before, they may have no choice but to do it now.

    TMZ report that TNA Wrestling is cancelled.

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

    Posted

    TNA ventured into 'Network' waters before and we all know that TNA loves copying the WWE. Is there any 'hope' that TNA decides to just say 'fuck it' and become a 100% streamed product. This would require TNA buying all 500 plus episodes of Impact off of Spike TV in order to include it with the 'TNA Vault' content that was used previously. I can see TNA doing something silly like 5.99 a month and still not even break even. I'm guessing TNA's Youtube deal prevents something like this?

     

    I'm looking toward the future. If I was TNA, I would try and see if I could sit down with Myspace and work out a live streaming deal. Myspace restructed the company, mission statement, etc. years ago. Having Impact at Myspace.com every Thursday Night will promise at least 1 million unique Ips world wide between the hours of 9pm-11pm EST. Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu are always lookg for orginal programming...any of them even remotely interested in wrestling? It's best is TNA just says 'fuck TV', as its not going to work out for them, and take a risk in moving to a digital platform that is trying to re-establish itself (Myspace) and/or grow into new markets (Hulu, Amazon, etc.).

     

    Why would TNA need to buy episodes of Impact from Spike?

    SON OF A~!

    in LAND OF CONFUSION

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    Hope is the worst thing in a situation like this. People don't change, especially women and how they act towards men. Pay attention to actions rather than words.

    I say this because i went through a similar experience recently and got screwed over so bad, that it shook me to my core and months later, I'm still trying to recover from it. I wish I would have heeded my own advice.

    Be the one that ends things first...you'll eventually feel better about yourself and she will have more respect for you.

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    TMZ report that TNA Wrestling is cancelled.

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

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    Apparently Rampage Jackson was non to pleased with his TNA experience. The pile on continues--

     

    "There's a reason you haven't seen me on TNA in awhile. I went over there and saw how they were running things, I was like 'fuck this.' These guys don't have one clue what they're doing. I was disappointed because I really like pro wrestling. There were a lot of creative things they could have done with me. A lot of stuff could have been so much fun. I don't know what their thought process is over there or what they were thinking about. I left and said 'you know what, I ain't coming back.' I just kept it quiet though, I didn't say nothing bad in the press. I'm still not gonna say anything bad in the press -- except what I just said right now."

     

    As for the rumors that TNA will soon be abandoned by Spike TV, the Memphis native simply shrugged his shoulders and told us he "wasn't surprised."

     

    TMZ report that TNA Wrestling is cancelled.

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

    Posted

    I will say: I don't get the whole "Well, he's a shit booker but seems like a nice guy" talking point people have thrown out there on occasion.

     

    No; he's a pretty awful person. Aside from his bitterness and hatred towards women, the man has an almost pathological unwillingness to take responsibility for, well, anything. It will always be someone's else's fault. Oh, and he's a liar as shown by the email debacle.

     

    What should he "take responsibility" for in this situation, exactly? Besides being bad at e-mailing. Should he have turned out an easy paycheck to "critique" a show? Dixie Carter is the moron that hired him.

    TMZ report that TNA Wrestling is cancelled.

    in FEDS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK

    Posted

     

    Reading that, and not really caring about TNA, what I see in there is the demographic/revenue reasons for Spike dumping TNA are the same as the reasons that WWE really has two choices in its future:

     

    1) Make this network work and have some kind of shot at continuing to grow by self-distributing and somehow extracting $$$$ from your audience based on their numbers rather than their image among advertisers

     

    2) stay on t.v. and essentially decide that what you are from 2003-2012 is what you're going to be forever.

     

    That 2nd option, though, 0% growth, isn't really something you can go to stockholders with...and not something Vince McMahon's mind can accept.

     

    So as tenuous as the network is, some form of self-carriage is essential.

     

    3) Start another boom period and reap short-term growth leading to another round of serious spending on pro wrestling from the networks, which doesn't solve the problem in the long term, but which buys you some time and the ability to point to short-term explosive quarterly growth at each stockholders' meeting.

     

    I don't know how likely that third one is based on how WWE tends to have hot-and-cold booking for most of its potential breakout stars.

     

    Really, this is why they can't really give up on the Network. If advertisers haven't gotten over their stereotyped view of WWE viewers at this point, they are never going to get over it. The Network is the only way they can create growth other than lucking into the next Stone Cold. 

     

     

    Yeah, option 3 ain't happening. There's no catalyst for a boom period like there was in the 80's (WWE going national, cable TV expansion) or 90's (Monday Night Wars). I don't think lucking into another Stone Cold would even do the trick.

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