View Full Version : how did TNA explain getting rid of the 6 sided ring to the fans?
SOCCER LEGS
03-24-2010, 09:23 PM
after they hyped that retarded shit up for years in the past and then Hogan comes in and wants it gone and it's immediately gone.
did they address it on the show and give some sort of kayfabe reason for going back to the normal ring?
screech
03-24-2010, 09:24 PM
First pay per view under Hogan/Bischoff. They came out and said the six-sided ring wasn't cutting it so they were going with four sides.
kareru
03-24-2010, 09:25 PM
tna: hey we got rid of the six sides
fans: we dont like it
tna: tough
fans: ok we'll get used to it
and that's what happened
The Franchise
03-24-2010, 09:25 PM
I am glad Hogan did that. The 6-rided ring was so fucking shitty.
SOCCER LEGS
03-24-2010, 09:25 PM
did they do it kayfabe wise? how did the fans react?
screech
03-24-2010, 09:26 PM
Fans booed the shit out of them and chanted "We want six sides" all night.
SOCCER LEGS
03-24-2010, 09:27 PM
Fans booed the shit out of them and chanted "We want six sides" all night.
lol
The Franchise
03-24-2010, 09:27 PM
Yeah. Impact Zone fans are pretty terrible
screech
03-24-2010, 09:28 PM
That led to TNA telling their fans how to behave, referring to them as "cast members."
kareru
03-24-2010, 09:28 PM
its one of the pitfalls when you have a smark fanbase
screech
03-24-2010, 09:30 PM
Running out of the same building with that same fanbase isn't helping.
The Franchise
03-24-2010, 09:31 PM
I have seen like four episodes of Impact since 2006 (all being the Monday Night War ones) but I remember the Impact Zone fans being so retarded. They would cheer everyone. Faces and heels. They were hurting the product with their nonsense, people couldn't get over as a good guy or a bad guy and it just hurt storylines. I bet a new fan (especially one who was solely a WWE watcher) would be like this is ridiculous.
SOCCER LEGS
03-24-2010, 09:31 PM
That led to TNA telling their fans how to behave, referring to them as "cast members."
:rofl::rofl:
SOCCER LEGS
03-24-2010, 09:32 PM
i'd love to go to a show at their warehouse think and boo the shit out of all the smark favorites and try to start chants for WWE wrestlers. :rofl:
screech
03-24-2010, 09:32 PM
I have seen like four episodes of Impact since 2006 (all being the Monday Night War ones) but I remember the Impact Zone fans being so retarded. They would cheer everyone. Faces and heels. They were hurting the product with their nonsense, people couldn't get over as a good guy or a bad guy and it just hurt storylines. I bet a new fan (especially one who was solely a WWE watcher) would be like this is ridiculous.
It really is. The line between face and heel is very blurred, if it's there at all.
If AJ wasn't with Flair, they'd be cheering him for setting cats on fire and throwing them at senior citizens.
The Franchise
03-24-2010, 09:34 PM
Yeah, probably. A smarky or rebellious crowd is fun every now and then but they are literally killing the very foundation of a professional wrestling storyline -- heel vs face.
kareru
03-24-2010, 09:36 PM
i'd love to go to a show at their warehouse think and boo the shit out of all the smark favorites and try to start chants for WWE wrestlers. :rofl:
i would love for you to do that also
Volare
03-24-2010, 09:40 PM
Yeah. Impact Zone fans are pretty terrible
Tenay: OMG Abyss just shot AJ Styles and Ric Flair!
Crowd: Holy shit! Holy shit!
Tenay: Now Abyss is opening fire on the crowd!
Crowd: This is awesome! (clap clap clapclapclap) This is awesome!
Lock Jaw
03-24-2010, 09:41 PM
Yeah. Taz is always like "The crowd here firmly behind ____" while the crowd is having the dueling chants going.
screech
03-24-2010, 09:43 PM
The crowd always has dueling chants.
kareru
03-24-2010, 09:44 PM
dueling chants were a thing of beauty back in the day
Swiss Ultimate
03-25-2010, 09:04 PM
I have seen like four episodes of Impact since 2006 (all being the Monday Night War ones) but I remember the Impact Zone fans being so retarded. They would cheer everyone. Faces and heels. They were hurting the product with their nonsense, people couldn't get over as a good guy or a bad guy and it just hurt storylines. I bet a new fan (especially one who was solely a WWE watcher) would be like this is ridiculous.
They were just happy to be there I guess.
You never go wrong with picking fights with individual crowd members. Humiliating someone on national television goes a long way towards making you a believable heel.
DAMN iNATOR
03-26-2010, 12:38 AM
dueling chants were a thing of beauty back in the day
Indeed. Dueling chants such as the ones that ocurred during Rock v. Hogan at Mania X8 were epic. I also enjoyed the strange mix of heavy heat and pops that Cena would draw at once, probably around what, '06 or '07?
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