Dolfan in NYC Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Quote "A lot of people say it was money, but it wasn't. It was a family thing," "Hunter told me they'd run 100-125 shows over the next two years. My wife wanted to have another kid, but she had to do shots, and I had to be at home a lot more. It was a decision: do I go and live this crazy of wrestling in the WWE or do I stay home and help my wife have another child that she wants? I decided that my family was what is really important to me." - James Storm, from the GFW conference call. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Along those lines, every time I see Matt Hardy, I wonder why he's at a house show in Tupelo or wherever tonight, his gimmick is tied up in court, and his wife is at home with two infants. Hardys were supposedly making good money on the indys, selling their own merch. Do they need the extra cash that badly? I'd want to be home with my kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 37 minutes ago, Horton Hears a Wooo!!! said: Along those lines, every time I see Matt Hardy, I wonder why he's at a house show in Tupelo or wherever tonight, his gimmick is tied up in court, and his wife is at home with two infants. Hardys were supposedly making good money on the indys, selling their own merch. Do they need the extra cash that badly? I'd want to be home with my kids. A decade ago I thought Christian was going to be the blueprint for the future of TNA. TNA would be a perfect place for WWE guys who still had it but desired a more relaxed schedule for whatever reason (health, family, etc.) They finally had a place where you could still make a living and at the same time pull off a healthy work/life balance. The Storm stuff sounds like bs. When Storm showed up for his cup of coffee in nxt it was a different era. Guys were being brought in for low money deals with no expectation of getting moved up to the main roster. There was no template for what WWE would do with ex-talents on the wrong side of 35. Storm was 38 and didn't show up in great shape. He probably felt his trajectory was limited and opted to go home for some sweet sweet guaranteed money. I would've done the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 2 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: "A lot of people say it was money, but it wasn't. It was a family thing," "Hunter told me they'd run 100-125 shows over the next two years. My wife wanted to have another kid, but she had to do shots, and I had to be at home a lot more. It was a decision: do I go and live this crazy of wrestling in the WWE or do I stay home and help my wife have another child that she wants? I decided that my family was what is really important to me." - James Storm, from the GFW conference call. Something about the whole quote just doesn't sit well with me. "Its not about the money, it was about family," but then he doesn't pony up to sharing the wife's enthusiasm for another child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 4 hours ago, Horton Hears a Wooo!!! said: Rat lifespans are only a year or two, depending on the type of rat. So those rats are at least the great-great-great-great grandsons of the rats that originally tried to get out of TNA during the weekly PPV era. That should be the company slogan: "Impact Wrestling. We've been making even rats miserable for generations." I almost spat my drink all over my keyboard reading this. Well-played, sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN! Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Storm was still under contract to TNA but he got an unconditional release cause Big was legit terrible at being shoot GM and had probably just given Bram two new contracts that week so he needed to free up some funds. Storm kept appearing on TNA TV at the time cause they taped that World Title Series mess ahead of time. He did a couple of NXT shots and got a big crowd reaction so WWE offered him a deal. At the same time TNA was trying to re-sign AJ Styles. They of course failed to re-sign AJ Styles so Storm won out and got a better deal than he had prior cause TNA was desperate to have a big surprise for the new year which ended up being the Beer Money reunion. And then Big let Roode go a couple of months later. The company's not exactly growing but they're as financially stable as they've been since Panda days. Everybody's gotten paid on time but Taylor Wilde used to work at the Sunglass Hut so never stop tolling the death knell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 On 10/6/2017 at 6:38 AM, RIPPA said: Per Meltzer - the company claims that TV tapings will be in major cities now, citing Toronto, NY and Chicago He did say most of the workers are skeptical of that and figure all the tapings are going to be in Canada now since they are getting the tax breaks to film there. All those Canuck Pro shows fell through, TNA needs to slide in and take them. Easier to fill 200-seat venues than tarp off 3400-seat venues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 My takeaway from the above is that tarps are outrageously expensive in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 34 minutes ago, Horton Hears a Wooo!!! said: My takeaway from the above is that tarps are outrageously expensive in Canada. My takeaway is that you're suggesting TNA/GFWhatever can sell more than 200 tickets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 18 hours ago, Thibs said: Those rats must be pretty tired, running for 15 yrs and all. They're descendants of these rats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Marty Sugar said: All those Canuck Pro shows fell through, TNA needs to slide in and take them. Easier to fill 200-seat venues than tarp off 3400-seat venues. That wouldn't actually be a bad idea. Wonder if they could book some of the same wrestlers who were booked for the shows that haven't gotten replacement bookings yet. I know Live Events aren't a top priority for them but what the hell just do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Just now, Web Conn said: That wouldn't actually be a bad idea. Wonder if they could book some of the same wrestlers who were booked for the shows that haven't gotten replacement bookings yet. I know Live Events aren't a top priority for them but what the hell just do it. Several of the guys are ROH or decidedly non-Global guys, so it would be tough. Ironically, Eddie Kingston was to be featured and he just left Global. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Just now, Marty Sugar said: Several of the guys are ROH or decidedly non-Global guys, so it would be tough. Ironically, Eddie Kingston was to be featured and he just left Global. Touche. I also think the October shows (21st, 28th and 29th) might be too close to get book em. But the November and December shows yeah go for it. I'd try to make a go for the October shows too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 In reality, the October shows should've been the biggest red flag because after months of hyping their BIG DEBUT! shows as being November 17/18, they added this October 21 show and then out of nowhere the October 28/29 weekend with less fanfare and less time to prepare. Obviously they didn't need to prepare anything but cute graphics, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 The Streaming Service is up - ironically being called Global Wrestling Network https://www.fightful.com/impact-streaming-service-gwn-now-live-content-independent-promotions?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Quote Reddit user achtungbaby8 posted on r/SquaredCircle that Global Wrestling Network, home of the TNA/GFW library, now has shows from Border City Wrestling, SMASH Wrestling, and classic wrestling such as Wrestling at the Chase as part of their library. SMASH followed up to say that their stuff is still on their on on-demand service, Highspots and PROGRESS and that Impact's service just has "Some of their best matches" It is $7.99 a month - which they fucking bury. I had to go into their FAQ to find that. None of their promotional material mentions it just SIGN UP FOR 30 DAYS FREE!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I'd be tempted to get the service just to check out the Asylum weekly PPVs. I enjoyed those much more than I had any right to and wonder if they still hold up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Careful subscribing to GWN. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Only TNA would be fucking dumb enough to set up a non--HTTPS connection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Many thanks to @nofuture for letting us know about that. I was going to sign up until I saw that. I can't help but feel bad for those who signed up already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thibs Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 10 hours ago, RIPPA said: Why is it a bad thing that they’re promoting Hogan as part of their archived footage? Especially since they were drawing almost the numbers Raw is doing today when he was there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 30 minutes ago, Thibs said: Why is it a bad thing that they’re promoting Hogan as part of their archived footage? Especially since they were drawing almost the numbers Raw is doing today when he was there. I may just be guessing here but it could have something to do with Hulk's brand being slightly tainted in recent years. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 I think Fight Network had the newest episode of XPlosion and most of it was an old match for the TNA World Title between Magnus and Eric Young...instead of people that actually work there or whatever. Then the "Unfinished Business" program (which for those of you unaware is old TNA highlights that usually focus on a feud/angle/random TNA garbage posing as angles), and it had a 5-way ladder match for the X-Division Title with Sabin, Joe, Suicide, Jeff Hardy and Aries. Sounds good on paper, but the match had some horrendously sloppy botches by Jeff (who just wasn't able to keep up with the rest of the guys), so guys like Sabin just started roughly botching the simplest of moves and grossly dumping Jeff on his head. It was gnarly...and who RE-airs this shit on TV? I have lots of local footage that when it comes time to air, I take one look and say NOPE...and it's got way less botches then Jeff on one of his bad days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Yeah, Jeff's first TNA run was dog shit. When you're working in a tag match against Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in 2005, and you are clearly the worst performer in the match, you need to think about some of your life choices. Though some of Jeff's matches against Abyss were pretty fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 8 hours ago, sabremike said: I may just be guessing here but it could have something to do with Hulk's brand being slightly tainted in recent years. I chuckle at the use of slightly ; ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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