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Kano On The Phone said:
I am blown away by your Mike Tenay-eqsue level of insight.
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I do what I can bro.
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Jeff Hardy will not be appearing at the TNA TV tapings tonight or tomorrow night stemming from whatever it was that happened at last night's PPV.

Hardy and Sting's main event lasted 1:28 with Sting pinning Hardy. Hardy, very subtly, acted as if he was surprised by the finish and attempted to kick out but Sting held him down and the ref counted three. Given the people involved in TNA creative, a worked shoot to get attention has to always be considered a possibility, particularly since the last time this situation legitimately occurred, the plan at first was to change the main event. In fact, both Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo have long track records of this type of thing.

Reports from the show were that Hardy was in no condition to wrestle and that they decided to cut the match short.

If that is the case, the onus should be on TNA because it is not like the show a few months back when Hardy was nearly stripped of the title and they had planned to change the main event, only to have the decision changed back, wasn't a warning sign. One has to seriously question management for not calling an audible on the main event, particularly since the show was already in the toilet by that point.

If it is an attempt at an elaborately worked angle, thinking the fan outrage leads to more attention to the promotion, it is what it is, a creative decision. In fact, either way, what happened at the end was a creative decision by management, because there are plenty of alternative things that could have been done what would have made it at least a slightly better show.

Hardy's next court date is Wednesday. Both his lawyer and Moore County prosecutors said a plea bargain deal had been reached months ago, but one side or both pulled out and the case was continued for about the dozenth time until Wednesday.
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So what I'm wondering is why they didn't send someone else out to have an actual match after Sting pinned Meth. I mean yeah, it still would've been shitacular to those who paid to see Sting/Meth, but it would've been better than a 1-minute match and then nothing.
 
Lost Fragment said:
So what I'm wondering is why they didn't send someone else out to have an actual match after Sting pinned Meth. I mean yeah, it still would've been shitacular to those who paid to see Sting/Meth, but it would've been better than a 1-minute match and then nothing.
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You would think it would be an easy thing to come up with, but they were probably in such a panic, they just wanted to get off the air.
 
Lost Fragment said:
So what I'm wondering is why they didn't send someone else out to have an actual match after Sting pinned Meth. I mean yeah, it still would've been shitacular to those who paid to see Sting/Meth, but it would've been better than a 1-minute match and then nothing.
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I'm guessing they just wanted to cut their losses and get the fuck off the air. The whole show was one huge clusterfuck. Not even WWE on its worse day could do that bad.
 
So A: It is legit, and Hardy is in the poo house.

B: It is a work and Hardy will not make a series of tweets and videos talking about Bischoff and whatnot and rambling on ala Charlie Sheen in the coming weeks while TNA plays it off.(called it!)

C: Or it is somewhere in the middle, but TNA will not make a move to clean itself up and will instead try and play it off.
 
lol @ TNA

They could have just had the No. 1 contender try to cash in after the match ended to at least give the people who paid to watch that shit a proper main event.

And if this is some work to get more attention, thats even worse.

And lol @ Jeff leaving WWE for this shit.

Edit: NVM, the No. 1 contender's match was a double coutout. LOL. FAIL.
 
Hex said:
So A: It is legit, and Hardy is in the poo house.

B: It is a work and Hardy will not make a series of tweets and videos talking about Bischoff and whatnot and rambling on ala Charlie Sheen in the coming weeks while TNA plays it off.(called it!)

C: Or it is somewhere in the middle, but TNA will not make a move to clean itself up and will instead try and play it off.
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is that supposed to increase ratings? interest? makes no sense.
 
Hex said:
So A: It is legit, and Hardy is in the poo house.

B: It is a work and Hardy will not make a series of tweets and videos talking about Bischoff and whatnot and rambling on ala Charlie Sheen in the coming weeks while TNA plays it off.(called it!)

C: Or it is somewhere in the middle, but TNA will not make a move to clean itself up and will instead try and play it off.
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You know what..I would not put it past them to try a Charlie Sheen angle with this. I think you just nailed it. I choose B, cause that's what's op.
 
dskillzhtown said:
You would think it would be an easy thing to come up with, but they were probably in such a panic, they just wanted to get off the air.
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Makes sense kinda. But if it was me I would've sent out whoever was the most prepared to wrestle and I wouldn't have worried about trying to tie it into a storyline until afterwards.

Hex said:
B: It is a work and Hardy will not make a series of tweets and videos talking about Bischoff and whatnot and rambling on ala Charlie Sheen in the coming weeks while TNA plays it off.(called it!)
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The fact that I'm not dismissing this possibility outright says a lot about TNA.
 
Lost Fragment said:
The fact that I'm not dismissing this possibility outright says a lot about TNA.
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It might be the only way to try and save face... pretend it was a work and blame Charlie Sheen. Then forget about it and book a proper wrestling card for Lockdown.
 
Here's a classic joshi show, some great wrestling on this one - the first three matches are kind of skipable (especially the midget match), but after that the whole card is great, especially Aja Kong & Nakano vs Manami Toyota & Yamada and the AJW vs LLPW main event tag match. Debbie Malenko from the 5th match isn't related to the family, but trained at the Malenko wrestling school - they gave her the Malenko name after she showed a ton of promise and was very impressive in her two years wrestling, but her career was cut short after an accident in a match with Manami Toyota where her ankle snapped 180 degrees. Also, Terri Power is actually a young Tori from WWF!

AJW Arashi no Kaisen!
Zenjo vs LLPW
01/24/93
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

01. Chikako Hasegawa (aka Chikako Shiratori) & Masami Watanabi (aka Chappraita ASARI) vs Rie Tamada & Sachiko Nakamura

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg7hO3T6HcA

02. Mr. Buddhaman vs Tomezo Tsunokake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNFNp4gv934

03. Bat Yoshinaga vs Saemi Numata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8dHnylkGFg

04. Yumiko Hotta vs Suzuka Minami

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_HTpW3vrIo

05. Debbie Malenko & Sakie Hasegawa vs Terri Power & Kaoru Ito

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K1psePVWI4

06. Kyoko Inoue vs Takako Inoue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jb9qjGd3Ec

07. Aja Kong & Bull Nakano vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntz2CmveIso

08. Team AJW (Akira Hokuto, Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda) vs Team LLPW (Harley Saito, Eagle Sawai & Miki Handa)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNglPutn1Ak

Plus, some random Hansen vs Kobashi brutality, awesome as always and easily one of Hansen's greatest matches in Japan;

Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi - (AJPW 07/29/93)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJv_a4DOpA
 
sf2fanatic said:
He host The Price is Right now
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I mean physically, he looks weird. He looks far older than I expected... maybe it is because he got super thin too?

BTW, I am judging this solely of a Google Image search. Maybe it is just the images.
 
Two years ago, the main event of Turning Point was AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe for the world title.

What the fuck, TNA? Things were looking so good for a little patch back there.
 
krae_man said:
Drew Carey Yes, Goldberg No. This makes total sense.
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Goldberg was a joke.
A terrible terrible period in the sport, and he has done nothing since leaving the business (and leaving Bret Hart brain scrambled) other than bad talk the WWE and the business itself.
 
Lost Fragment said:
So what I'm wondering is why they didn't send someone else out to have an actual match after Sting pinned Meth. I mean yeah, it still would've been shitacular to those who paid to see Sting/Meth, but it would've been better than a 1-minute match and then nothing.
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I guess from a storyline Point of view, who would you get? There's really no one left in Immortal that is worth a damn. Gunner and Murphy? Matt Hardy? Hogan? Abyss?
 
I'll always have this mental image of Drew Carey as a cheerful and somewhat awkward fat dude in thick-rimmed glasses. So whenever I see him now on The Price Is Right or whatever, I know that I'm looking at Drew Carey, but there's like this subconscious thing in the back of my head that makes me think he doesn't look right because he's skinny now. Like the real Drew Carey got bodysnatched by Evil Alternate Dimension Drew Carey or something.
 
Mr. Sam said:
Two years ago, the main event of Turning Point was AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe for the world title.

What the fuck, TNA? Things were looking so good for a little patch back there.
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I could only wish they could go back to that era. And bring back the 6 sided ring, damnit!
 
Kyoufu said:
Hurrrrr durrrr I'm goldberg I can't be beaten durrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Goldberg, yes .. the product of WCW that needed a hybrid of the Hulk Hogan and Steve Austin. Stiff in the ring. Hurt wrestlers. Wasn't willing to work with other stars on the rise (See Chris Jericho's Code Breaker DVD) and ultra protective of his spot. How many 20 minute Goldberg matches can you name? How many memorable Goldberg matches can you name?
 
Hex said:
Goldberg was a joke.
A terrible terrible period in the sport, and he has done nothing since leaving the business (and leaving Bret Hart brain scrambled) other than bad talk the WWE and the business itself.
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Former world champion who was the top draw for a year or two > many people already in the HOF and I'm not just talking about the Celebrity wing.

And that doesn't mean I disagree with what you wrote.
 
Who would induct Bill Goldberg? I don't think he has any close friends in the pro wrestling business and I can't think of any wrestler he was really linked with throughout his career.
 
dream said:
Who would induct Bill Goldberg? I don't think he has any close friends in the pro wrestling business and I can't think of any wrestler he was really linked with throughout his career.
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Kevin Nash :p
 
Meh, fuck Goldberg tbh. Taking two titles in one night (one of them from Sting) just because he has to go on some big undefeated streak is just straight up lame. I'm glad Kevin Nash ended his streak.
 
Doesn't HHH want Goldberg not in? Perhaps that has ties to it. I remember they were negotiating something to get Goldberg back in and work out a deal, but it fell apart.

Oh, and I saw this:

Sheamus declared at this weekend's OKC live event that his "King" persona is dead and long lives The Celtic Warrior. Sheamus cut a promo before his match with Yoshi Tatsu and said ever since he won King of the Ring, he has been on the biggest losing streak of his career.
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Vince has killed another long-lived WWE theme. What's next?
 
Lunchbox said:
Goldberg goes in, hall of fame loses all credibility
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If guys like Koko B. Ware can be inducted in the Hall of Fame, I think it's safe to say that adding Goldberg will not hurt credibility all that much. ;)
 
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