RIPPA Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 This is what happens when you tape 3 months of TV at a time... Anyway - the tapings from India are this week They are taping 4 episodes so I fully expect Great Khali to win one of their now 19 belts on the first show and drop it on the last show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Nordholm is 5:00 shadow away from looking like Steve Bannon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN! Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 On 5/24/2017 at 5:03 PM, JonnyLaw said: Your honor, these selected and redacted excerpts of a contract with no evidence of a signature totally prove my case. Also, people seem to be sleeping on the part of the released contract that says TNA's license for the IP becomes "non-exclusive" upon termination of the contract. The similar language is confusing but I'm pretty sure that's in reference to the IP the wrestler brings into the company not new IP created while in the company. For example, take someone like Frankie Kazarian who worked in TNA as 'Frankie Kazarian' as well as 'Suicide' and was one-half of 'Bad Influence'. Upon expiration of his TNA contract, the exclusivity of 'Frankie Kazarian' reverts back to Kazarian. 'Suicide' remains TNA's IP as well as 'Bad Influence' even though Kazarian co-created it. However ill-advised, I imagine Nordholm just wanted to get something out there to get Matt's half-wit sycophants off his case a little. Guy probably went from getting a few dozen notifications a day to his phone constantly going off like a fire alarm. I like Matt and Reby's cries of unprofessionalism for Nordholm speaking publicly about this while pretty much everyday they rally the "loyal soldiers" against the evil owl men for holding Matt's creation hostage from the fans. There's got to be hours of podcasts and thousands of tweets where Matt contradicts all of his claims against TNA/Impact. I listened to him on some show promoting Total Nonstop Deletion where he thanked Anthem for funding it and also very professionally made sure to mention exactly when his TNA contract was expiring. If he re-files for 'Broken Matt Hardy' then WWE will probably contest it since they'll surely get 'Matt Hardy' trademarked for merchandise, etc. Impact should just make like block text shirts that say 'Delete Broken Matt' or 'Obsolete Broken Matt' or something. If it were me, I'd name the owl 'Queen Rebecca' and make 'Love That Owl' shirts too. And they should just give the "Broken Universe" to Scott Steiner. The Hardys in their pursuit of their wrestling careers have totally neglected their detective work and have left hundreds of mysteries unsolved. Enter Scott Steiner, one-half of the greatest tag team in all of space and time and that includes the Tokyo Dome where those inbred hillbilly Hardys ain't never wrestled before and the head of Seven Deities Investigation to pick up their slack. 'Seven Deities' of course referring to Scott Steiner's seven favorite freaks who he all calls "Deedee" cause they all happen to have double Ds. Follow along as Big Poppa Pump and his sidekick Vanguard-1 ride to the scene of the crime in Skarsgard the dilapidated boat and watch in amazement as he solves these Broken Case Files with his Back-Breaking Brilliance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 12 minutes ago, BEN! said: If he re-files for 'Broken Matt Hardy' then WWE will probably contest it since they'll surely get 'Matt Hardy' trademarked for merchandise, etc. Impact should just make like block text shirts that say 'Delete Broken Matt' or 'Obsolete Broken Matt' or something. If it were me, I'd name the owl 'Queen Rebecca' and make 'Love That Owl' shirts too. TNA doesn't need your help coming up with ways to lose money. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 On 5/27/2017 at 11:18 PM, Sammo~! said: Well I think we figured out Nice Guy Eddie is secretly Corey Graves If somebody compared me to Corey I'd be flattered, he seems like a top-quality guy who does wonders announcing. But it's no wonder Eddie took a shine to the Pantera references being dished out for a time. And if that is Ed Norholm in the after pic imagine how he'd look like in 6 months. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 On 5/29/2017 at 8:09 AM, RIPPA said: They are taping 4 episodes so I fully expect Great Khali to win one of their now 19 belts on the first show and drop it on the last show HA! God I was in the ballpark Spoiler Sonjay Dutt won the X-Division title 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, NikoBaltimore said: If somebody compared me to Corey I'd be flattered, he seems like a top-quality guy who does wonders announcing. But it's no wonder Eddie took a shine to the Pantera references being dished out for a time. And if that is Ed Norholm in the after pic imagine how he'd look like in 6 months. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 But to be fair considering they've been talking about him for a month or so it wasn't exactly something completely out of left field. And @JohnnyJ, you sir get a cookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 57 minutes ago, JohnnyJ said: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: HA! God I was in the ballpark Reveal hidden contents Sonjay Dutt won the X-Division title Will that sell more tickets on an India tour or a NoVa tour? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 Reading the full spoilers and it is basically all India all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Yeah luckily India is one of those countries that still doesn't know the difference between good wrestling and bad wrestling. Trying to catch up on Impact and while having announcers burying the wrestlers and the fans to get themselves over is nothing new unfortunately, Josh Matthews has done this new thing by actually burying himself. At one point when Pope was desperately trying to focus on the action in the match Josh tells him that "this isn't radio they can see what is going on". Gee thanks for justifying me watching this product on mute for the last 2 or 3 months by proving that commentary means nothing and is probably bad anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 So TNA is going to run their first house show in two years by running a minor league baseball stadium in fucking Staten Island God Jarrett will never let the minor league stadium dream die 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 15 hours ago, hammerva said: Yeah luckily India is one of those countries that still doesn't know the difference between good wrestling and bad wrestling. There's a Tiger Jeet Singh joke in there somewhere... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 3 hours ago, RIPPA said: So TNA is going to run their first house show in two years by running a minor league baseball stadium in fucking Staten Island God Jarrett will never let the minor league stadium dream die Actually not a bad idea since ROH isn't running Field of Honor this year. I'm probably skipping it for the EVOLVE/Progress double-shot I can roll out of bed for the following Saturday, but they get full points for the attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 James Storm is this year's Hall of Fame inductee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 On 6/2/2017 at 9:50 AM, RIPPA said: So TNA is going to run their first house show in two years by running a minor league baseball stadium in fucking Staten Island God Jarrett will never let the minor league stadium dream die Unless you can fill the place and get a good deal of floor seating, too, baseball stadium shows always end up looking sparse and sad. I went to a few shows years ago when WWE would book the stadium in Frederick, MD, and that's probably the best I've seen a minor league park laid out for wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thibs Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Some people just can't stay away lol. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Quote While in India last week they taped in a TV studio that held 500 people. Everyone in the crowd was paid 250 to 400 rupee (between $3.80 and $7.60) to attend, so even in a small studio they not only didn’t charge for tickets but paid people to attend. That’s common for television shoots in India and wouldn’t have the same stigma if you did that in the U.S. Fans were instructed who to cheer and boo, and they were very good at doing so. They were told the villains would come from the left side of the stage and the heroes from the right side. The waves that may make the air were also instructed by the M.C. and not something the audience did spontaneously. However, EC 3 did have very legit heat when he came out as E Singh 3, and the crowd really loved Mahabali Shera and Sonjay Dutt. Jeff Jarrett was telling reporters that they are scouting more talent from India. Newest WON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 It is a very common practice in India for first run television shows to fill audiences with paid attendees. India even has "talent" agencies that specialize in guaranteed full houses. The dearth of labor laws allows production companies to shoot at any time of day they want, so they have to offer some sort of incentive to keep people in their seats and that means cash money. Impact will make back the investment and then some on ticket sales when they go on tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I'm contemplating watching tonight's show, because I think it will have a really different feel to it. I predict I will turn it off when E.Singh 3 is on because that just sounds AWFUL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 If Scotty runs into the crowd again, somebody make a gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 6/7/2017 at 0:09 AM, Thibs said: Some people just can't stay away lol. Sad. Your point? People see that you haven't posted and wonder if you're really gone or if you just posted in another folder. Seems like a complaint EN090 would make. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 One year ago today we got 90 mins of That 70's Show ads when Impact was suppose to be live. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 6 minutes ago, Hail Sabin said: One year ago today we got 90 mins of That 70's Show ads when Impact was suppose to be live. Ah, yes, what a weird night that was. Poor Rippa drove himself mad on that one, as did I for the <40 minutes I watched before playing WWE 2K17. Let's take a walk down memory lane, shall we? EDIT: Wait a sec, Rippa's recap isn't up anymore? Damn, that sucks, would have been fun to see the insanity again. The rest of the thread's there though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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