Reed Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Bischoff's IMDB resume includes such prestigious emmy-award winners as: Bear Swamp Recovery Big Easy Brides Billy Ray Cyrus: Home at Last I Want to Be a Hilton Scott Baio is 45...and Single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 If Vince bought TNA, he could just run NXT in the same slot and people wouldn't even blink. The quality of the shows would skyrocket too. I wonder if it would be hurt by expanding to 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 And I still stand by my suggestion that Tommy Wiseau should buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 If Vince bought TNA, he could just run NXT in the same slot and people wouldn't even blink. The quality of the shows would skyrocket too. I wonder if it would be hurt by expanding to 2 hours. I think it's tricky because it's on Viacom. Not sure about the no-compete thing, but I don't think WWE can just run programming on Spike with no problems. And Vince has a difficult relationship with Spike anyway. Most likely options, IMO: 1) Spike buy them (which seems likely, but while they like having impact, they aren't as keen on actually running an entire promotion) 2) Bischoff buys them 3) Vince buys them, shuts them down and keeps the video library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafkonia Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Scott Baio is 45...and Single. I saw part of that one. It was worse than the Lisa Loeb one, #1 Single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Oddly enough, TNA just announced tapings on the European tour next January/February, which seems awfully optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Truthfully, TNA isn't THAT bad a prospect: -Two hours on prime time in a widely watched channel -any wrestling there is guaranteed to get a 0.8 or 0.9 at least. -tons of international presence Only problem is how tainted the name is. But you could change that no bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 And since the TNA name is stupid to begin with, changing it makes a lot of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.J. Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Spike TV should buy them, change the name to Bellator Prime Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 If Bischoff buys it he'll probably call it Ring of Hogan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Question: If Curtis Axel is hurt and can't defend his title, why wasn't he forced to forfeit the title to Big E? The WWE title has been forfeited that way before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I have no idea what Bear Swamp Recovery is, but in my mind, it's a show where Jason Hervey and Eric Bischoff travel around Florida giving makeovers to chubby, hairy, backwaters gay men. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 DVRVR Kickstart to buy TNA 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Question: If Curtis Axel is hurt and can't defend his title, why wasn't he forced to forfeit the title to Big E? The WWE title has been forfeited that way before.Because that would not help Big E. get over as a face. It would probably set him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I'm all in on that bear show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Juliette Danielle (of The Room fame) is apparently a big wrestling fan. She spends about 20 minutes here bitching and tearing the booking team apart about how much of a state the division is in. As a huge of The Room and WWE, this is very surreal for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I saw this posted on Deadspin http://nypost.com/2013/10/27/true-stories-from-the-fake-world-of-pro-wrestling/ I love Harley fucking Race being referred to as merely a "local wrestler". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The sleaze list made Fark. This cannot end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The Biggest Boot of All Big Boots™ I never understood the big deal about Michaels in this match, its a Hogan match, if he played it straight we are not talking about that match today, much like how the Orton-Hogan match is regarded. HBK, to me, made the Hogan-schnick work for a bit with his goofy selling. I'll defend him on this one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The Biggest Boot of All Big Boots™ I never understood the big deal about Michaels in this match, its a Hogan match, if he played it straight we are not talking about that match today, much like how the Orton-Hogan match is regarded. HBK, to me, made the Hogan-schnick work for a bit with his goofy selling. I'll defend him on this one. The funny thing about that match is that the heat segment with Hogan down is actually pretty good, as Shawn was way better taking the heat segment than eating the offense (pretty much every match he had post-comeback that I liked had him working the heel role, more or less) and even old, broken down Hogan was still good at sympathetic babyface selling. It only gets absurd and either stupid or hilarious (depending on POV) when Hogan makes the comeback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 DVRVR Kickstart to buy TNA I would rather donate to the Veronica Mars movie, personally. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Bit late now, but certainly a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I think WWE would probably offer a lowball amount to get the TNA video library (be good for a four-disc Kurt Angle set if nothing else) then close it down. Or have another go at the invasion angle. Which could manage to be even more terrible than the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The Biggest Boot of All Big Boots™ I never understood the big deal about Michaels in this match, its a Hogan match, if he played it straight we are not talking about that match today, much like how the Orton-Hogan match is regarded. HBK, to me, made the Hogan-schnick work for a bit with his goofy selling. I'll defend him on this one. The funny thing about that match is that the heat segment with Hogan down is actually pretty good, as Shawn was way better taking the heat segment than eating the offense (pretty much every match he had post-comeback that I liked had him working the heel role, more or less) and even old, broken down Hogan was still good at sympathetic babyface selling. It only gets absurd and either stupid or hilarious (depending on POV) when Hogan makes the comeback. I'll have to rewatch now that you've said Shawn's heat section is good. Literally the only thing I remember from that match aside from the aforementioned big boot was Hogan in the Sharpshooter and Shawn very obviously walking him towards the ropes. At the time it completely killed the match for me. Took me right out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Yeah, that part was terrible, can't deny that. And, I mean, I'm not saying it was great, but it was perfectly acceptable pro wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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