EN090 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Honestly, has there ever been anyone who was as much of a legit worker and as good of a comedy actor as Angle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I am shocked that Angle never appeared in a Hollywood comedy as a sidekick. He would be the perfect dumb jock in any college comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Give him an expanded role in Sharknado 3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I want Kurt Angle to have a role as a dad in a sitcom. Imagine it: Hyper athlete who has to deal with having a non-athletic son. Hijinx ensue! This fall on FOX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgi86 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Apparently, Josh Mathews is joining TNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 And just in time too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Cibernetico Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Bringing in people like Havok, Melendez, and Matthews means TNA is still going to be around post 2014? I know we are talking about TNA, but surely the company isn't going out of business while still hiring people just to work the sheets? Either everyone has signed a big fat non-disclosure agreement or TNA is giving one last middle finger to the IWC in the worse-worked shoot in the company's entire existence. Also, why is TNA making a big deal about Matthews? I can't think of one person who is exciting about this. If/When Josh joins TNA it will just be another episode of Impact and there isn't going to be much fanfare unless he replaces Mike Tenay (Tenay and Taz are a package deal in my book- if one goes- both go) and the commentary gets better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Bringing in people like Havok, Melendez, and Matthews means TNA is still going to be around post 2014? I know we are talking about TNA, but surely the company isn't going out of business while still hiring people just to work the sheets? Either everyone has signed a big fat non-disclosure agreement or TNA is giving one last middle finger to the IWC in the worse-worked shoot in the company's entire existence. Also, why is TNA making a big deal about Matthews? I can't think of one person who is exciting about this. If/When Josh joins TNA it will just be another episode of Impact and there isn't going to be much fanfare unless he replaces Mike Tenay (Tenay and Taz are a package deal in my book- if one goes- both go) and the commentary gets better. Probably gamesmanship towards TV Networks that TNA is an ongoing enterprise. Probably sending a message to Janice and Bob too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EN090 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 If that means mike Tenay is out, I'm all for it. Only at TNA can someone so bad at what he does keep his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 If that means mike Tenay is out, I'm all for it. Borash does too much on the Operations side and Tazz is one of his Gaburick's guys. So yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Bringing in people like Havok, Melendez, and Matthews means TNA is still going to be around post 2014? I know we are talking about TNA, but surely the company isn't going out of business while still hiring people just to work the sheets? Either everyone has signed a big fat non-disclosure agreement or TNA is giving one last middle finger to the IWC in the worse-worked shoot in the company's entire existence. Also, why is TNA making a big deal about Matthews? I can't think of one person who is exciting about this. If/When Josh joins TNA it will just be another episode of Impact and there isn't going to be much fanfare unless he replaces Mike Tenay (Tenay and Taz are a package deal in my book- if one goes- both go) and the commentary gets better. 1. Not necessarily. 2. Josh Matthews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I really liked Matthews on Tough Enough and used to think they should have run an Al Snow led TE stable against Evolution, obviously with Chris Harvard turning during the feud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.J. Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I'm assuming anyone coming in is on a pay-per-appearance deal, so it probably means nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Bringing in people like Havok, Melendez, and Matthews means TNA is still going to be around post 2014? They do have interest from other networks. WGN & Velocity have been the ones mentioned so far. I assume Matthews replaces Borash backstage while Borash replaces Hemme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 WGN America (not local) is an interesting one. They've done the syndication thing multiple times in the past with WWE programming and they always drop them. They're also in search on an identity; however, they just dropped all sports programming (even the Cubs), so I can't see them airing TNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 They dropped all sports programming because they'd been getting a sweetheart deal from the Cubs' (and their) owner forever, and finally Tribune decided to see if there were greener pastures elsewhere. In return, they've sunk more money into original programming, and as with all fledgling net-lets, wrestling seems like a pretty good deal for the short term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 TNA deleted the Matthews story from their site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Future endeavored so soon? That was over quicker than Benoit's WCW World title reign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Maybe smarter people there (I know, hold your LOLs) came to their senses and realized a press release about hiring a WWE D-level announcer was amateur hour even by TNA standards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 They dropped all sports programming because they'd been getting a sweetheart deal from the Cubs' (and their) owner forever, and finally Tribune decided to see if there were greener pastures elsewhere. In return, they've sunk more money into original programming, and as with all fledgling net-lets, wrestling seems like a pretty good deal for the short term. From the stuff I read about the dropping of sports programming, it seems that WGN wants to be seen as a respected network. Why pickup TNA if that's the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 To line their coffers, like Sinclair, Spike, TNT, ESPN, Sportschannel America, USA, TBS and the Dumont network before them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 You guys almost scared the shit out of me. WGN America dropped the chicago sports, not the local station. I was going to cry if the Bulls were not on my TV this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 You guys almost scared the shit out of me. WGN America dropped the chicago sports, not the local station. I was going to cry if the Bulls were not on my TV this year. Imagine when that news first broke and those of us who watch the Cubs and Bulls started scrambling to figure out if it was WGN America or local. Thankfully just America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EN090 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 52 weeks of original programming that, if they can get it to where it was a few years ago, can draw 1.5 million viewers. Not a bad play for a network looking to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 I don't see how it hurts their station. It's not like TNA draws shit relative to everything else on cable. There's a built in fanbase. But I really don't know what the company can do at this point to really grow short of a complete reboot rebranding overhaul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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