TNA/Impact Wrestling

[darthjoker]

and even when they do travel...no one shows up

they came here to CT in January...and filled maybe half of the small arena they were doing the show in...I have a friend who works in sales for the radio station that was promoting the event and he said it was pretty bad and some people left during the show because they thought it was supposed to be a WWE show

ugh...that must hurt.
I guess as much as zero interest in germany for their tour. But I would understand more in germany. I mean (at least in latin america) only hardcore wrestling fans know what TNA is, for the rest: wrestling = WWE. (at most mexico's lucha libre). But in the states? it should be easier to draw attention I suppose, doesn't it?

[Alex]

and even when they do travel...no one shows up

they came here to CT in January...and filled maybe half of the small arena they were doing the show in...I have a friend who works in sales for the radio station that was promoting the event and he said it was pretty bad and some people left during the show because they thought it was supposed to be a WWE show

The thing people forget about tna travelling is that with WWE, you have steady viewership of around 5 million, and kids who aren't hugely into wrestling will still go, and their parents may be lapsed fans who will go to a tv taping if it's on.
But TNA has a steady audience of 1 million people, it's a much smaller pool of people to draw from.

[Vibranium]

ugh...that must hurt.
I guess as much as zero interest in germany for their tour. But I would understand more in germany. I mean (at least in latin america) only hardcore wrestling fans know what TNA is, for the rest: wrestling = WWE. (at most mexico's lucha libre). But in the states? it should be easier to draw attention I suppose, doesn't it?

it's about branding...the WWE (Vince) have done everything they can to ensure that people associate professional wrestling with WWE...WWE is even used as a term used to describe wrestling here in the states, and anything else kind of pales by comaprison because their footpring is so big in the states while TNA has only been around for a decade, the WWE has been at this since the late 70s, early 80s and they travel all over the country...TNA does some limited tours but won't get big arenas

[Gryphon]

it's about branding...the WWE (Vince) have done everything they can to ensure that people associate professional wrestling with WWE...WWE is even used as a term used to describe wrestling here in the states, and anything else kind of pales by comaprison because their footpring is so big in the states while TNA has only been around for a decade, the WWE has been at this since the late 70s, early 80s and they travel all over the country...TNA does some limited tours but won't get big arenas

WWE has been around in some form or another since the 50's or even earlier.

[Alex]

WWE has been around in some form or another since the 50's or even earlier.

WWWF was a regional promotion though, it didn't have national reach.

[Genki Sudo]

I like that on ROH tv Jim just said he doesn't care if someone outside teh company gets called in and beats Steen


Yet you can't go outside the company if you're a ROH wrestler

[Legato]

I like that on ROH tv Jim just said he doesn't care if someone outside teh company gets called in and beats Steen


Yet you can't go outside the company if you're a ROH wrestler

And the magic word of the evening kids is....Hypocrite!!!!

[lboinyamouf4sho]

He's talented but just not completly sold on him yet

watch NWA hollywood or PWG if you want to be.

Well otoh, this match makes up for the rather lackluster start of the ppv, and makes the ppv good.

you thought the start of the PPV was lackluster?? i thought it started off pretty hot.

I get the feeling this post sounds like you are bitching about people bitching. And bitching about streaming

and you're still doing the "people bitching about people bitching about people bitching about people bitching about bitching" thing??

I'm not bitching about streaming... Hell I haven't had cable for a year and have been watching Raw on a stream.

Look AJ was the main focal point of Raw last week, she has over-shadowed Punk and Bryan on tv and is getting great reactions. She has been killing her job and has gotten over with a female character that isn't A. Point and wave face B. Bitch heel. C. Well there is no C because those are the only two women that are in the WWE. People have complained for years about women not having character or getting screen time. And when one does, people complain. Stuff like that blows my mind.

people complain about AJ?? i thought everybody was wetting themselves and i was the only one bitching AKA saying i think the whole thing is lame.

With these injuries involving Ultimate X would it be that big of an issue to ban the gimmick match all together?

if you're talking about sonjay yes it would be dumb, sonjay has had that shoulder injury for years.

He's a new guy as champ, i think that's what it was for.

shima has been around the indy scene for a long time, i wouldn't be surprised if they're friends.

Roode will get the belt back with enough time to build him vs Storm at bound for glory.

that would be good, they have time and options that allow them to book both the main events and BFG series in the next couple of months in a way that isn't so predictable.

TNA always gives free seats because they don't sell out, Bound for Glory last year didn't have a full building, and they still gave away quite a few seats.
The crowd wasn't awesome at the ppv, but i didn't think they were one of the worst crowd TNa has had by a longshot.

they usually give away tickets because they film at universal and are NOT ALLOWED to sell them.

ahh.. still would it not make a lot more sense to let actual fans first, and tourist later?

how are they supposed to separate "real fans" from the tourists??

and even when they do travel...no one shows up

they came here to CT in January...and filled maybe half of the small arena they were doing the show in...I have a friend who works in sales for the radio station that was promoting the event and he said it was pretty bad and some people left during the show because they thought it was supposed to be a WWE show

what was that like one family?? how many people in CT could possibly be that stupid and still manage to find the venue.

i was actually surprised at how many people showed up to the TNA show where i live, and if they were giving away tickets for free i sure as shit couldn't find them.

anyways overall i really enjoyed the PPV, most of the x tourney stuff, joe/angle, AJ/daniels, and the main event was good shit.

[lboinyamouf4sho]

double post...........

[Genki Sudo]

And the magic word of the evening kids is....Hypocrite!!!!

Which made me laugh as I said, "jack ass you just vacated the tag belts because someone was on another wrestling show"

[Alex]

they usually give away tickets because they film at universal and are NOT ALLOWED to sell them.
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Bound for glory wasn't at the impact zone, they give away tickets every time they travel for a taping because they haven't legit sold a building out...um...ever.
They did great in england, their biggest numbers by far, but they didn't sell out there either.

[lboinyamouf4sho]

Bound for glory wasn't at the impact zone, they give away tickets every time they travel for a taping because they haven't legit sold a building out...um...ever.
They did great in england, their biggest numbers by far, but they didn't sell out there either.

i already knew all of this, and still they usually(every week) give free tickets because they film at universal and are NOT ALLOWED to sell them.

[Alex]

i already knew all of this, and still they usually(every week) give free tickets because they film at universal and are NOT ALLOWED to sell them.

Ok, so they give free tickets away everywhere because they can't sell out and aren't allowed to sell at the place they usualy go to.

[Jared]

TNA never sold out the asylum? Wasn't that the small venue they started in? As I recall it wasn't much bigger than Hammerstein ballroom, if that.

Madison has heard for years about how Earl screwed Brett. She wants a personal demonstration.

[Alex]

So they are doing the nexus angle i guess.