View Full Version : The TNA World Heavyweight Champion makes a shocking announcement [spoilers]
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I'm not gonna watch that. Is he already vacating the title?
He will be on next week's edition of Monday Night RAW to accept Cena's U.S. open challenge.
Rammsteinmad
10-07-2015, 04:28 AM
Wow, TNA.
The Destroyer
10-07-2015, 06:24 AM
aka "I won't appear on TV as we haven't taped any featuring me as champion"
DAMN iNATOR
10-07-2015, 06:42 AM
LOL, TNA.
FIXED.
Big Vic
10-07-2015, 09:12 AM
Whoa Matt hardy is world champ, congrats for him. Sorry for TNA.
Theo Dious
10-08-2015, 05:51 PM
Whoa Matt hardy is world champ, congrats for him. Sorry for TNA.
This begs the question of whether the TNA title is more important than the WWECW title was.
I say no.
He even looks like a right twat.
Evil Vito
10-08-2015, 06:43 PM
<font color=goldenrod>I've never seen a wrestling company this poorly run and horrendously booked, and I sat through WCW circa 2000.</font>
Droford
10-08-2015, 06:49 PM
aka "I won't appear on TV as we haven't taped any featuring me as champion"
TNA should splurge for some fancy cgi to superimpose the belt on his waist..er..shoukder
Ultra Mantis
10-08-2015, 07:01 PM
I'm going to predict that the months long single elimination tournament to crown a new champion ends up as a triple threat match between EC3, Matt Hardy and Drew Galloway. Then somehow Jeff Hardy wins it.
#1-norm-fan
10-08-2015, 07:28 PM
<font color=goldenrod>I've never seen a wrestling company this poorly run and horrendously booked, and I sat through WCW circa 2000.</font>
Poorly run, yeah. Horrendously booked, I don't know. They've had plenty of times I've seen where the writing actually seems like people were coming up with ideas and putting effort in. That's something.
Emperor Smeat
10-08-2015, 08:02 PM
<font color=goldenrod>I've never seen a wrestling company this poorly run and horrendously booked, and I sat through WCW circa 2000.</font>
TNA has a really bad problem of rarely thinking things through whenever they come up with storylines or plans. Its a big reason why they have soo many LOLTNA moments and momentum squashes happening when the majority could have easily been avoided.
They wanted to send the crowd "home happy" with BFG since it was in North Carolina but forgot about the aftermath and having nothing planned for the next few weeks. They gave Matt the belt knowing full well it was going to mess up the pool of matches they taped a while ago but didn't care.
owenbrown
10-08-2015, 09:05 PM
Vacant greatest world champion of all time
http://pm1.narvii.com/5815/0327c5e6d97ee56bc806d5e1665a5cd1550ed109_hq.jpg
Simple Fan
10-08-2015, 09:12 PM
This weeks episode wasn't bad. They got a Mathews and Pope in front of a green screen and the World Title Series could be pretty good. 8 groups of 4 go round robin and the top 2 from each group advance to a 16 person single elimination bracket. There is a group of Knockouts so Kong could win the World title.
#1-norm-fan
10-08-2015, 09:16 PM
Wait, what? There's a group of knockouts in the world title tournament?
Emperor Smeat
10-08-2015, 09:19 PM
Yeup was part of their special announcement regarding the title's status and probably not having enough guys needed to do the tournament size they wanted.
Damian Rey
10-08-2015, 09:31 PM
Kong should so win the title. Why the fuck not at this point. It'd be positive publicity at the very least.
Ruien
10-08-2015, 11:07 PM
Yeup was part of their special announcement regarding the title's status and probably not having enough guys needed to do the tournament size they wanted.
They only have 12 male wrestlers now? Lol
Tom Guycott
10-08-2015, 11:13 PM
But at least they re-signed Bram as one of the 12!
Also, Matt soooo wanted to say "best for business", but had to dance around it since WWE made it a catchphrase.
DAMN iNATOR
10-08-2015, 11:14 PM
Kong should so win the title. Why the fuck not at this point. It'd be positive publicity at the very least.
Are you fucking kidding me?! :wtf:
DAMN iNATOR
10-08-2015, 11:15 PM
But at least they re-signed Bram as one of the 12!
Next "cost-cutting" move: paper championships! WOO!
Tom Guycott
10-08-2015, 11:18 PM
Whoa Matt hardy is world champ, congrats for him. Sorry for TNA.
Wonder if they pull a HHH/Jericho and say it never happened?
Damian Rey
10-08-2015, 11:19 PM
Are you fucking kidding me?! :wtf:
Why not? What do they have to lose at this point? Nobody cares about them anyways.
Tom Guycott
10-08-2015, 11:21 PM
Next "cost-cutting" move: paper championships! WOO!
Someone should have that as a gimmick: a literal paper champion. Makes his own belt out of posterboard and Sharpie.
Tom Guycott
10-08-2015, 11:25 PM
Why not? What do they have to lose at this point? Nobody cares about them anyways.
It would be of "historical significance", but since they're a sinking ship, it would actually kinda hurt Kong. If only because they didn't really feel as if she was legit enough, but because of said publicity stunt. She could prob'ly be a legit HC, but the time for that was about when Chris Sabin was champ. Doing it now would just smack of desperation for attention.
DAMN iNATOR
10-08-2015, 11:25 PM
Why not? What do they have to lose at this point? Nobody cares about them anyways.
Probably their entire company. No channel, whether it be DA or any other channel is going to broadcast a wrestling company's shows when they're already barely keeping their heads above water and topping it off with nonsense like that.
If TNA really doesn't want to live to see it's 14th birthday, fine. Fuck 'em.
DAMN iNATOR
10-08-2015, 11:26 PM
Someone should have that as a gimmick: a literal paper champion. Makes his own belt out of posterboard and Sharpie.
Sounds like it would've been perfect for EY if he were even still around (IS he?)...
Tom Guycott
10-08-2015, 11:28 PM
Sounds like it would've been perfect for EY if he were even still around (IS he?)...
Does it matter? He's got fishing show money, he doesn't need their bullshit.
SlickyTrickyDamon
10-08-2015, 11:28 PM
Sorry about your damn luck, James Storm visited the WWE Performance Center.
Droford
10-08-2015, 11:29 PM
The TNA world paperweight champion
DAMN iNATOR
10-08-2015, 11:30 PM
Does it matter? He's got fishing show money, he doesn't need their bullshit.
I dunno, LOL. I just thought with what little I know of his gimmick as kind of a goofball that it might be a good fit for him. Sorry I don't watch a product that seems less appealing than dying of the black plague.
SlickyTrickyDamon
10-08-2015, 11:41 PM
Oh he wrestled for an NXT Taping too. Double sorry about your damn luck TNA.
Droford
10-08-2015, 11:50 PM
Bobby Roode needs to go to nxt too
DAMN iNATOR
10-09-2015, 01:22 AM
Oh he wrestled for an NXT Taping too. Double sorry about your damn luck TNA.
Guess he just needed more R-E-S, P-E-C-T.
#1-norm-fan
10-09-2015, 01:51 AM
Probably their entire company. No channel, whether it be DA or any other channel is going to broadcast a wrestling company's shows when they're already barely keeping their heads above water and topping it off with nonsense like that.
If TNA really doesn't want to live to see it's 14th birthday, fine. Fuck 'em.
Would Kong being champ really be the thing that makes networks not take them seriously though? Really? I tend to agree that at this point, the positive would outweigh the negative.
Besides, vagina or not, she'd be less of a joke as champion than Chris Sabin was. Much more appealing to networks.
Simple Fan
10-09-2015, 01:57 AM
They only have 12 male wrestlers now? Lol
28 its a 32 person tournament.
Rammsteinmad
10-09-2015, 02:21 AM
Fucking stupid tournament. Nobody likes keeping track of "points" and all this bollocks. Should have made it elimination from the start.
In fact, they shouldn't even have this mess in the first place.
Simple Fan
10-09-2015, 02:44 AM
Current standings so far, I guess the other 4 groups will be a announced next week.
UK Group:
* Rockstar Spud (3 points)
* Drew Galloway (3 points)
* Grado (0 points)
* Bram (0 points)
Champions Group:
* Bobby Lashley (3 points)
* Austin Aries (1 point)
* Ethan Carter III (1 point)
* Mr. Anderson (0 points)
Wildcard Group:
* Kenny King (0 points)
* Mahabali Shera (0 points)
* Crazzy Steve (0 points)
* Aiden O’Shea (0 points)
Knockouts Group:
* Brooke Tessmacher (3 points)
* Awesome Kong (3 points)
* Madison Rayne (0 points)
* Gail Kim (0 points)
Someone should have that as a gimmick: a literal paper champion. Makes his own belt out of posterboard and Sharpie.
That's how much the current TNA championships are worth anyway.
DAMN iNATOR
10-09-2015, 04:46 AM
That's how much the current TNA championships are worth anyway.
That's not true. Paper has actual VALUE.
Can't comprehend the fact that Matt Hardy is a 2-time World Heavyweight Champion on paper.
Rammsteinmad
10-09-2015, 05:18 AM
Using that logic, Christian is a 6-time champion! :D
DAMN iNATOR
10-09-2015, 06:19 AM
Can't comprehend the fact that Matt Hardy is a 2-time World Heavyweight Champion on paper.
Only 1× in reality. WWE made it clear long ago the ECW Championship wasn't a world heavyweight championship.
Ruien
10-09-2015, 08:10 AM
Is Kurt still with TNA?
Think he was supposed to wrestle his "last match".
Simple Fan
10-09-2015, 09:26 AM
Is Kurt still with TNA?
He's been injured, wrestled Eric Young at BFG. He's said after his contracts up in January he's going to take time off from wrestling since WWE doesn't want him.
Damian Rey
10-09-2015, 06:40 PM
Wtf, WWE. Angle still has a lot to give. Even as an occasional talent popping in for a feud or two a year. C'mon.
It's official they don't want him? Why?
Rammsteinmad
10-09-2015, 06:49 PM
Angle being a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble could potentially get the biggest pop of all time. Especially in front of the right crowd.
parkmania
10-09-2015, 06:56 PM
It's official they don't want him? Why?
He's a head case. Plus he's a serious concussion concern.
EDIT: Plus the drugs...
Disturbed316
10-09-2015, 07:23 PM
So what's the actual reason for this?
So what's the actual reason for this?
Best I can work out because Destination America is dropping them, they're cutting costs and production on TV so they're just using a ton of matches they taped a few months ago to fill out their TV time. And since they don't have any footage of Matt Hardy as Champ, he drops it and they edit all these matches together to look like a tournament?
It's official they don't want him? Why?
From reading dirt sheets and listening to the Wrestling Observer podcast, the stance is basically that Vince doesn't want to take the chance of a US Olympic Gold Medalist being paralysed in the ring or dying whilst under contract with the company.
Before he signed his last contract with TNA, he absolutely whored himself out to the WWE asking for a part-time deal and working a few matches. Story goes, so as to not appear completely dismissive, WWE offered him a full-time deal, knowing fine well he would turn it down.
From reading dirt sheets and listening to the Wrestling Observer podcast, the stance is basically that Vince doesn't want to take the chance of a US Olympic Gold Medalist being paralysed in the ring or dying whilst under contract with the company.
Before he signed his last contract with TNA, he absolutely whored himself out to the WWE asking for a part-time deal and working a few matches. Story goes, so as to not appear completely dismissive, WWE offered him a full-time deal, knowing fine well he would turn it down.
Ah. Cheers.
Can't comprehend the fact that Matt Hardy is a 2-time World Heavyweight Champion on paper.
Only 1× in reality. WWE made it clear long ago the ECW Championship wasn't a world heavyweight champion.
I am pretty sure that the ECW Championship isn't a world heavyweight champion. It's a championship belt.
DAMN iNATOR
10-09-2015, 11:46 PM
I am pretty sure that the ECW Championship isn't a world heavyweight champion. It's a championship belt.
A championship that Vacant has even held. Is there any title that guy HASN'T won?!
Surefire HoF'er for sure.
owenbrown
10-10-2015, 09:00 PM
like I said.... Vacant greatest world champ of all time
Current standings so far, I guess the other 4 groups will be a announced next week.
UK Group:
* Rockstar Spud (3 points)
* Drew Galloway (3 points)
* Grado (0 points)
* Bram (0 points)
Champions Group:
* Bobby Lashley (3 points)
* Austin Aries (1 point)
* Ethan Carter III (1 point)
* Mr. Anderson (0 points)
Wildcard Group:
* Kenny King (0 points)
* Mahabali Shera (0 points)
* Crazzy Steve (0 points)
* Aiden O’Shea (0 points)
Knockouts Group:
* Brooke Tessmacher (3 points)
* Awesome Kong (3 points)
* Madison Rayne (0 points)
* Gail Kim (0 points)
Ugh why are they so fucking obsessed with point systems? The last time they had one even they lost track of it.
Mr. Nerfect
10-11-2015, 08:31 PM
This whole thing looks like a fucking mess. I agree that it should be Awesome Kong for World Champion right now.
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