07-18-2014, 01:15 PM | #1 |
Cranky Kong
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Is there any real benefit to a six-sided ring?
I guess it differentiates from WWE, but I'm not so sure that's a good thing. It looks like child's play to me. Completely distracting from the in-ring action. It adds nothing of value to any match. Almost everyone is trained in a traditional four-sided ring, I would imagine. You can't even call it a "squared circle". You can call it a "hexagoned circle", but that would make you an idiotic asshole.
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07-18-2014, 01:19 PM | #2 |
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I guess it kind of helps them relate more to ultimate fighting because people will associate different polygons with that sport (people are also really stupid). It seems just to be a huge risk for talent because they aren't used to it and could possibly take spots that would otherwise leave them unscathed, but leave them hideously injured and unable to perform. |
07-18-2014, 01:28 PM | #3 |
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Listening to Taz and Tenay try and put it over is even making me angry (wactching Impact from yesterday right now, for the record).
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07-18-2014, 01:31 PM | #4 |
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It is one step closer to my dream of an icosahedran ring for wrasslin' & dragons battles
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07-18-2014, 01:32 PM | #5 |
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From what I've heard on podcasts and such, the 6 sided ring is more rigid and is therefore worse for bumping. Think this is why Aries was against the move back.
It's also harder to perform top rope moves as your feet are positioned at different, less sturdy angles. Also, they changed to a 4, going backwards is not progression. I'd have used the 6 sided ring exclusively at Slammiversary. Maybe have the Main Event be as Six Sides of Steel cage match, as much as I'm against having gimmick matches shooed-in to feuds because PPV concept. |
07-18-2014, 01:32 PM | #6 |
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Can't stop progress, I guess.
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07-18-2014, 01:33 PM | #7 |
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More of a gimmick to attract attention I think. Quite a few talents have SPOKE OUT on the issue of safety, as the angles of the ropes coming from the turnbuckles are different, making it more difficult to balance. Double A TGMTEL was not happy about it, nor was Roode, if I remember.
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07-18-2014, 01:34 PM | #8 |
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Is it really progress, though? (I know you were being facetious)
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07-18-2014, 01:36 PM | #9 |
Cranky Kong
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It's not progress, as XL pointed out while I was facetiously replying to your response.
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07-18-2014, 01:57 PM | #10 |
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it's a gimmick, nothing more. And a pointless one at that
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07-18-2014, 02:27 PM | #11 |
You can't teach that
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They use to push the extra angles and shit as a way to allow so much more action...
Seems like they should have just made a 30x30 ring. |
07-18-2014, 02:42 PM | #12 |
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The one thing that they mentioned about the ring on Impact that kinda almost sorta maybe made a little bit of sense was that the smaller distance between the turnbuckles made for a more taught rope, meaning more spring would be provided when hitting said ropes...but even still, so the fuck what.
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07-18-2014, 03:48 PM | #13 |
You can't teach that
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I used to like it as a way to be different from the WWE....then TNA just went full retard
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07-18-2014, 03:50 PM | #14 |
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next they will be installing random turnbuckle posts in the middle of the ring
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07-18-2014, 03:53 PM | #15 |
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someone should figure out how to do a round ring.
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07-18-2014, 03:57 PM | #16 |
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more carnage
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07-18-2014, 03:57 PM | #17 |
Cranky Kong
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A circled circle. Brilliant.
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07-18-2014, 04:02 PM | #18 |
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the biggest issue I have, at least with the tapings in NY is that they can't fit the whole ring in a wide screen HD picture.
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07-18-2014, 04:05 PM | #19 |
Cranky Kong
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Yeah, that did look pretty odd.
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07-18-2014, 04:21 PM | #20 |
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07-18-2014, 04:22 PM | #21 |
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Even can be played on an octagonal table, so they just have to add 2 more sides to their ring.
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07-18-2014, 04:25 PM | #22 |
Cranky Kong
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I think UFC has a trademark on the "octagon".
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07-18-2014, 04:33 PM | #23 |
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Call it the six sided and some ring or six+ ring, maybe Mike and Tazz plus 6. Something catchy and hip like that.
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07-18-2014, 04:40 PM | #24 |
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Lol Mike and Tazz plus 6
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07-18-2014, 04:57 PM | #25 |
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It was good for those X type matches and maybe helping out the lucha-style of the X Division but other than those, not really.
Ended up being a big time waster for new wrestlers since it took a lot longer for them to adjust and retrain themselves because of the 6 sides. |
07-18-2014, 06:36 PM | #26 |
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4 sides are good, 5 sides are ok, 6 sides are toooo muchhhh
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07-18-2014, 07:20 PM | #27 |
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From what I can tell, from working in both (yea, I've done some lucha matches) that there's more room in the ring, so you have more room to bump and throw yourself on rolls. You can say the ropes are "technically" tighter, but I like them super tawt either way. The only major difference is the amount of steps you have to take and the timing when hitting the ropes. That's why when Hogan, Flair, Natsy Boys, etc came and have been working in the same style ring for 20+ years, instead of getting use to a new ring...... they changed the ring
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07-18-2014, 07:24 PM | #28 |
Fire up Chips!
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I want to see a 3 sided ring. Some of you may call that a triangle.
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07-18-2014, 09:51 PM | #29 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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Hulk Hogan DID, however, have experience in an 8-sided ring.
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07-18-2014, 10:00 PM | #30 |
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It's an attempt to be different. Some traditions are still around for a reason though. A 4 sided ring is one of them.
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07-18-2014, 11:03 PM | #31 |
Flame on, Motherfokkas!
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I'm in the minority here who thinks 6 sided ring is better.. Cos well, isn't that how TNA started in pre-2005-06 era of it?
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07-18-2014, 11:15 PM | #32 |
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Six sides isn't better. It did make TNA unique but it wasn't better. They fire all the TNA originals except for EY and they expect people to fall back love with tna just because of the ring.
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07-18-2014, 11:49 PM | #33 |
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Do any schools actually train/teach on a six-sided ring? If they want guys to succeed without getting injured all the fucking time, I would think that they'd comply with certain industry standards.
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07-19-2014, 12:48 AM | #34 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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07-19-2014, 06:30 AM | #35 |
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07-19-2014, 01:12 PM | #36 |
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07-19-2014, 03:39 PM | #37 |
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Has TNA gone back to the 6 sided ring?
The 6 sided ring was really good for the X-Division. The X-Divison were really able to utilize all the angles on the ring especially TNA. TNA had a lot of problems before Hogan and Bischoff took over, but the 6 sided ring wasn't one of them. Especially since the ring they use is so fuckin small. The 4 sided ring made TNA look even more like a joke. Obviously bigger picture it wouldn't have made a difference for TNA if they stayed with the 6 sided ring, but still. |
07-19-2014, 03:57 PM | #38 |
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Maybe they could rework my idea of having it be a one night thing for Slammiversary and tie it into the Destination X PPV. Sell it that the X Divison guys benefit from the bigger ring, giving them the advantage when they cash in Option C.
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07-20-2014, 12:44 PM | #39 | |
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07-21-2014, 02:25 AM | #40 |
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Is the change to a 6-sided ring permanent, or is it just a thing they're doing through Destination X?
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