KidKash202 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Sam Roberts Roundtable w/ MVP, Low Ki, Samoa Joe, & Homicide - .MP3 Version : Two links just in case one dies https://www.sendspace.com/file/l0c8vn https://www.sendspace.com/file/4rduzv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATpr1RixTpw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 ODB is done with the company as her contract expired Of course - since I can't remember the last time she was used... many might have thought she was already done Damn it. Her awesome big fake boobs aside, ODB was actually my favorite of the knockouts to watch work. Kinda surprised, since she's storyline married to Eric Young, and he's become one of their top guys.I wanna say "ditto", cuz I worked with ODB a buncha times and I love that girl. But I don't know if she WANTS to stay with them or not, at this point. Jess has a bunch of side gigs, doing a little acting and a lot of celebrity bartending, which she genuinely enjoys. So she'll probably be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I read something about Velvet Sky "distancing herself" from TNA too. Don't remember where I saw it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 First AJ, then Bully, now ODB?!??! GODDAMN WHY CAN'T WE HAVE ANYTHING NICE???? I'm convinced it annoyed them that she was so over with the crowds. It's that old rasslin mentality where "well its great you're over...but we don't want you over". Of course it can be said that TNA always resented that the women out drew the men. ODB they always screwed around with (bad pun...I know). But they did it to her like they did to Eric Young for years. Star and stop pushes...gone for long periods of time. But she'd always come back and always be over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Cibernetico Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I don't accept it, but I can understand why corporate WWE would want to control the narrative. I don't understand why struggling TNA would want to control the narrative. That makes zero sense to me. If the company is not making money why would anyone in the company be pissed that ODB is more over than Magnus? I don't understanding wrestling logic and probably never will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 EN090: When TNA *is* cancelled, do me a favor ... two days after it happens, post a picture of your wrists. I'm working on a theory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EN090 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Two days after it happens, it'll probably be disproven once again. Anyway, how's about taking a hint from the other thread being locked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Two days after it happens, it'll probably be disproven once again. Anyway, how's about taking a hint from the other thread being locked... You mean the thread that was locked because it was ultimately superfluous? Eh, I'll just wait until the end of the year, when a new one opens up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I don't accept it, but I can understand why corporate WWE would want to control the narrative. I don't understand why struggling TNA would want to control the narrative. That makes zero sense to me. If the company is not making money why would anyone in the company be pissed that ODB is more over than Magnus? I don't understanding wrestling logic and probably never will. Wreslting logic is something that no one will quite understand. If it were any other business on earth, everyone in any position of power in TNA would have been shitcanned years ago. But since its wrasslin...its par for the course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I really wish TNA would die at the end of the year when their extension with Spike runs out. It'd give me a good 8 months of game time in TEW to write out a finish to my long TNA game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overly Critical Man Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I hope TNA stays alive because we'll always need an alternative wrestling company to complain about besides the WWE. Sure, complaining about RAW being terrible is okay, but TNA's foibles seems to make everyone laugh a lot more at the misery they bring to viewers than the rage that John Cena does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 The Velocity Channel could be their new home according to Dave. Was that another channel before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 oh, i just saw it was breing dicussed in the now locked thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Is it really for 25% of what they were getting from Spike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 25% is better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Velocity and Speed are two different networks. Speed Network was owned by Fox, but is now defunct, It became Fox Sports 1, not Velocity. Velocity has been around for about three years and was originally Discovery HD Theater/HD Theater before being rebranded. And, yeah, the Velocity deal is being reported as being 1/4 of the money Spike pays for the rights to the programming. It's probably not a viable option, if that's true. Most people thing Spike has no issue in keeping TNA long-term. The year-end extension may just be to give them time to find another solution. Edit: 25% isn't really better than nothing. TNA was barely paying the bills under the old deal (which included Fox helping with some salaries and other miscellaneous expenses). Meltzer doesn't even think Spike is a realistic option anymore because Spike would demand a steep cut in the rights fee to keep them. Basically, any deal which offers what they got from Spike or less probably = company shutting down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EN090 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Most people thing Spike has no issue in keeping TNA long-term. The year-end extension may just be to give them time to find another solution. What does that even mean? And who are these "most people"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 It means that Spike is willing to hold onto the show until they find a new home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 It was also mentioned earlier in the other thread that Spike would have extended the same courtesy to WWE, but WWE was clearly on it's way out, among other things, and Spike did nothing to help WWE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 The final RAW on Spike was hilarious because of all of the "USA" bleeping though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianChris Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 It means that Spike is willing to hold onto the show until they find a new home. But what if they don't find a new home? Spike would keep them forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Most people thing Spike has no issue in keeping TNA long-term. The year-end extension may just be to give them time to find another solution. What does that even mean? And who are these "most people"? Sorry, made a typo and worded it vaguely. I mean to say that the thinking is Spike has no intention (not issue) of working out a long-term deal. They're just trying not to hurt the company by giving it some time to find a new home. Most people = articles I've read on the extension. FWIW, the only other website I use besides this one is Metlzer's, so most of the coverage I've seen is articles in mainstream press//websites that cover cable ratings and such - not dirtsheets. Supposedly, the cable industry thinks Spike is going to get out of the wrasslin' business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Well, clearly the cable industry is colluding with Meltzer and TMZ to lie about the situation, because EN090 seems to know what's going on better than anyone else but remember he's not an apologist for TNA so don't you dare call him that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerjeRUN Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I read something about Velvet Sky "distancing herself" from TNA too. Hopefully onto the middle of a freeway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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