Shawn411 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 He said the morale was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 To be fair, even Meltzer contradicts himself constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 Per Meltzer, TNA were really going to absurd lengths to keep people from finding out Russo was still on the booking team. Like, they'd fly him in for meeting with Matt Conway and Dave Lagana, but have to work hard to make sure no one ever saw him and word got out. I hope they gave him a disguise or something. Also, even once news of Johnson email got out, TNA still intended to lie and say all he was doing was giving the announcers advice (nothing in the email indicated he was involved in creative so they could claim to spike they hadn't lied to them about that.) But then Russo came out and said he was in a creative position. So that was that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Per Meltzer, TNA were really going to absurd lengths to keep people from finding out Russo was still on the booking team. Like, they'd fly him in for meeting with Matt Conway and Dave Lagana, but have to work hard to make sure no one ever saw him and word got out. I hope they gave him a disguise or something. I'm wagering it'd be a fake nose, mustache and glasses. Or he'd be in drag. Or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 Lagana: So, what's your plan for next week's Impact? Russo: Well---holy shit! *Russo sees Eric Young coming around the corner and proceeds to jump out a nearby window* Eric: Hey, was someone here? Lagana: No, of course not. *in the distance, Russo's very faint cries and howls of pain can be heard* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerjeRUN Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I think he walked into booking meetings dressed as a big banana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I'm thinking he goes in blackface, or dressed as a southern 'rasslin announcer with a cowboy hat and facial paralysis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EN090 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 He could revive the "masked heel" gimmick.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Per Meltzer, TNA were really going to absurd lengths to keep people from finding out Russo was still on the booking team. Like, they'd fly him in for meeting with Matt Conway and Dave Lagana, but have to work hard to make sure no one ever saw him and word got out. I hope they gave him a disguise or something. I'm wagering it'd be a fake nose, mustache and glasses. Or he'd be in drag. Or both. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Either TNA named Ezekiel Jackson "Big Ryklon" or someone from their graphics department didn't double check the spelling before they released a graphic for tonight's episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 This thread is wonderful, but you guys stop slut-shaming Velvs. Digging the fantasy booking about how to save TNA, but the question at the end of the day is...why? What's the point of TNA being around? It's not competition, it's barely providing a living for the majority of its employees (except for the tippy-top guys), and even the exposure the guys are getting is viewed as a negative since WWE doesn't want TNA guys. I mean, I mean EC III would be doing better anywhere in the world than TNA. I mean, we all want Grandma to live here, but she'll never be vibrant again. Let's remember TNA how it was for that like five minutes when Joe and AJ and Christopher Daniels were doing fun shit and leave the memories alone. Best case TNA sticks around and they cut costs even more. It's basically a glorified indy now. What will it look like when they only have indy discards that know they have no shot at WWE so TNA is their only option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EN090 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 mean, I mean EC III would be doing better anywhere in the world than TNA. Bad example. WWE dropped the ball with this guy and he's been pretty awesome as Dixie's smarmy, rich nephew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 It's true, ECIII would only have been given such a plum role in a company on the verge of bankruptcy. Anyone else wouldn't have taken the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I guess my clumsy point is that he's being used well, but so what? Success in TNA doesn't exactly indicate or promise future success, it might be a detriment, in fact. But yeah, clumsy point. I guess what I was trying to say is that it's far better to be a hot indy guy, or a guy with international experience, than to be a pushed star on the nominal #2 wrestling company in the country. Really...what was the last pushed TNA homegrown star that the WWE hired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Have WWE pushed anyone from TNA that didn't originally work for them? Have they hired any TNA "stars" that lasted longer than a month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 How long was Monty Brown in WWE before he retired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Have WWE pushed anyone from TNA that didn't originally work for them? Have they hired any TNA "stars" that lasted longer than a month? The only person I can think that had significant success in WWE after first appearing in TNA is Punk, and he was only in TNA for a few months. Kharma is the alternate-universe right answer to this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourdain Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 How long was Monty Brown in WWE before he retired? I think he was only around for a couple months in ECW.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourdain Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 MAH BOY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwRZz7heSxk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Marcus Cor Von would have been huge if he hadn't retired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EN090 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I guess my clumsy point is that he's being used well, but so what? Success in TNA doesn't exactly indicate or promise future success, it might be a detriment, in fact. But yeah, clumsy point. I guess what I was trying to say is that it's far better to be a hot indy guy, or a guy with international experience, than to be a pushed star on the nominal #2 wrestling company in the country. Really...what was the last pushed TNA homegrown star that the WWE hired? In EC3's case, hopefully it gets WWE to do a double take. Hunter's aware that guys can be repackaged and turn into amazing characters (Husky Harris to Bray Wyatt). EC3 is very similar in that regard. The guy's delivery is just awesome and it would be a shame if he didn't get another shot at WWE, if TNA does indeed go under. I'm envisioning an EC3/Tyler Breeze tag team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Have WWE pushed anyone from TNA that didn't originally work for them? Have they hired any TNA "stars" that lasted longer than a month? Consequences Creed/Xavier Woods, if you count his new group as a push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Ron Killings? I'm not sure if WWE remembers that they originally employed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Kazarian was undefeated in the WWE. That totally counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmellingtonofCascadia Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 MAH BOY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwRZz7heSxk The best thing about that stupid six-sided ring was that Monty Brown would hit the Pounce from all angles. It looked cooler in that smaller-looking six-sided ring than in the traditional four-sided ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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