Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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I like how if you asked for a list of the best tag team matches from the wwes "golden era" of tag team wrestling with the hardys, e&c, etc none of the matches would actually have tagging
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Spike TV Cancels TNA Impact Wrestling
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Russo's involvement being the straw that broke the camel's back for Spike TV would be hilarious if true. But I stopped having even the thought of TNA entering my brain months ago because it was pretty obvious it was dying. My expectations are low but lets see what Double J can do the second time around with a #2 promotion.
crimzonflame
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So is Kurt Angle returning to WWE?
Wuthering_Heights
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So how much does WWE buy TNA's video library for?
$100?
$100?
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
If that ever happens he wouldn't return to wrestle
This is why TNA failed, for me.
At its best, WCW was a brilliant promotion. At its worst, they had Scott Steiner walk out with a tiger for NO REASON WHATSOEVER. And said tiger tried to bite Rey Mysterio backstage.
TNA never hit that high or that low.
The Culture Vulture
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Kurt was hoping for a WWE return regardless. The question is if they would take him.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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People really miss Kurt Angle.
PartTimeWarrior
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I'm in for tree fiddy.
Though given WWE's financial results this week
shite
Kurt Angle really misses people.
HeisenbergLannister
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WGN, maybe? I can't see many networks picking up a wrestling show that barely gets 1.0 ratings in an era where wrestling isn't at it's most popular.
Possibly Netflix.
I mean they're on the lookout for new programming. Course the budget would drop a fair bit. But they wouldn't have to worry about ratings.
PartTimeWarrior
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TNA this fall on the CW network!
PepsimanVsJoe
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There are some options but even if TNA doesn't make it, someone else will fill the niche.
SousedLouse
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This is obviously a setback for the wrestlers and staff who work on the aired show, and out of respect for them I'm not gonna laugh - but this is a pretty dull shock. Honestly, I'm more surprised that Power Uti's somehow spun this into 5 fleeting minutes of Twitter fame than how TNA might be going out. After all the stuff TNA's gotten away with over the years, I always thought it would be something colossally stupid that would bet the tipping point for Spike TV, rather than something that was just dumb and disrespectful. It might not even be that; story's still pretty new, there might be more to it. Either way, Spike's better people than me - if I heard that they were even considering bringing Russo back, I'd tell them that I'd cancel the show then and there. I wonder what they'd replace it with, though.
The newer guys can definitely find somewhere else to go, whether TNA hooks up with another channel or not. And in spite of the long drag that TNA's had for the past 5 years, the wrestlers that came into the company before that might be able to do the same - TNA gave them TV exposure, and for some of them it was their first steady bit of exposure on TV, so that counts for something. It's the ones who came into the company near the start and stayed with them that will be hurt by this the most, since they're practically tied to the hip with them. And TNA's management has a history of hurting those people anyway, so this is just par for the course.
The newer guys can definitely find somewhere else to go, whether TNA hooks up with another channel or not. And in spite of the long drag that TNA's had for the past 5 years, the wrestlers that came into the company before that might be able to do the same - TNA gave them TV exposure, and for some of them it was their first steady bit of exposure on TV, so that counts for something. It's the ones who came into the company near the start and stayed with them that will be hurt by this the most, since they're practically tied to the hip with them. And TNA's management has a history of hurting those people anyway, so this is just par for the course.
I wonder if Spike will look into a replacement wrestling show.
Like Jeff Jarrett's show or something
crimzonflame
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Buy why?
HeisenbergLannister
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I'm still laughing at Dixie trying to act like it was her decision not to stay on Spike, lol.
Russo is terrible, but Dixie is equally as terrible.
Russo is terrible, but Dixie is equally as terrible.
She is? hahahaha.
He probably couldn't pass the physical.
Plus last time they fired him for pain pill abuse. Probably afraid he'll OD while on the payroll.
Macho Madness
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Not established, so probably not. I don't think they'll get anyone else.
Wait..., is it true that TNA was Spike's highest rated show?! Whaaaaaaaa?
I think it's also worth remembering that when TNT/TBS cancelled their WCW shows the networks primarily did so to make the channels a bit more 'prestigious' as pro wrestling was seen as a little cheap.
Given how Spike is getting into the 'event mini series' business it's entirely possible that they want to do the same and need to get rid of TNA to do it.
I think it's also worth remembering that when TNT/TBS cancelled their WCW shows the networks primarily did so to make the channels a bit more 'prestigious' as pro wrestling was seen as a little cheap.
Given how Spike is getting into the 'event mini series' business it's entirely possible that they want to do the same and need to get rid of TNA to do it.
The Culture Vulture
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Impact Wrestling to debut on TruTV right after Lizard Lick Towing.
I never like seeing people lose their jobs, but I don't know how that garbage stayed on the air past its first year anyways. They had PLENTY of years to step their shit up. I really could not believe that people willingly watched TNA.
Say what you want about WWE, if you didn't like the direction they carried certain wrestlers in, they at least had high quality standards.
And shit, I'm still almost a year behind the WWE with no spoilers and I still have to catch up.
Say what you want about WWE, if you didn't like the direction they carried certain wrestlers in, they at least had high quality standards.
And shit, I'm still almost a year behind the WWE with no spoilers and I still have to catch up.
That's actually a great shout. I think those two 'brands' would totally match up and I think TruTV would love a show which brings a million viewers with it.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Bellator's 3rd PPV will be headlined by Tito Ortiz vs. Kurt Angle. Believe.
Taiwanese dollars? Too expensive.
funkystudent
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Ring Ka King was pretty amazing so I have some hope for Jerretts next thing once he doesnt go all Triple H again and start burying everyone like he did in the early TNA days.
Also has anyone post the TNA monday night war recap yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH1xm2fOXD4
Also has anyone post the TNA monday night war recap yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH1xm2fOXD4
Because of his neck. Edge retired because of his neck and Angle keeps wrestling.
Triple Da G.O.D!
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If The CW had a place to actually put wrestling on their schedule in the 1st place that would be mutually beneficial.
This could work. Gets Billionaire Ted back in the wrasslin business and they stay on TV & on a channel that understands them.
Syndication would be an option which TNA is no stranger to but I don't know how that would even work out in their favor. Coupling it with putting episodes online maybe but even then.
BobTheFork
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I never really watched TNA during it's years on the air. I only heard about it. What has been/is Russo's role recently? The last I really paid attention was when he cried to Dixxie to get Cornette removed because he was just getting in Russo's way.
What does Spike show these days, anyway? I haven't watched it in years because it's not in my cable package anymore.
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Bar Rescue, great show
When I think of Trish, I definitely think of her wrestling in bikinis all the time. Not the pants that she wore pretty much her entire in ring career except for a few big matches.
You're so wrong about so many things.
Kano on the Phone
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Sure he will, just not as a wrestler.
He's a wrecked drug addict who's one bad bump away from paralysis/death/Benoit.
You are very welcome to correct or debate with me if you wish. If I agree then I agree but if I disagree then I disagree with reason. Please, go ahead.
manfestival
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I clicked on the link for tmz and it had some pictures of kelly brook. I thought to myself, that is some amazing TNA
Bar Rescue and Cops.
I forgot when I got into TNA and when I stopped watching but I enjoyed it at the time. Angle, Styles, Taz, Kazarian, Joe, Hardy, Beer Money, Jay Lethal, Motor City Machine Guns, Austin Aries, and the KO division...they had the talent when I was into it, but the plotlines were mostly dumb or forgettable, and it went downhill after.
Loving all the gifs in here btw.
Loving all the gifs in here btw.
TNA's imminent death is a tangent to this because I don't think it would have had a bearing on any decision, but Kurt Angle returning to WWE in any capacity would be huge. Can you imagine that music hitting and the resulting pop?
Dream scenario. Rusev and Lana continue to trash talk America, fit and healthy Angle marches out and slaps on the ankle lock.
Oh it's true. It's damn true.
Dream scenario. Rusev and Lana continue to trash talk America, fit and healthy Angle marches out and slaps on the ankle lock.
Oh it's true. It's damn true.
Ninja Scooter
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Less believable gimmick than the Undertaker.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
From their paygrades that forced their mid-tier to get second jobs or foodstamps, to their seemingly suicidal mission of recreating the worst aspects of WCW with big cheques for over-the-hill "legends" and consistently awful in-ring product: TNA has always been godamn fucking awful, but this is an incredible read.
But...
...this would have been the greatest thing to happen in pro wrestling since the death of WCW.
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