Storm on TNA: "why are there so many stupid people?"

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TNA Questions

December 12, 2008

To avoid this turning into a long rant I am simply going to ask a few of the questions that ran threw my mind this week while I watched Impact.

- Am I the only one that noticed that TNA Impact this week had less than 18 minutes of actual wrestling on the program. Official match times totaled, I believe, 17 minutes and 55 second. ECW has had more wrestling minutes than that on their show and ECW is but half the length. If we break down the entire 120 minutes of the program we have 18 minutes of wrestling (I rounded up), 32 minutes of commercials, and 70 minutes of skits, promos, and general stupidity. Keep in mind the name of this company is Total Nonstop Action, yet only 15% of this show was action. This leaves 27% of the show for commercials, and 58% of the show skits, comedy, and talking. There was even one stretch where they went 37 minutes with out a wrestling match. Can this even be called a wrestling show anymore?

- Why would any sane person book Jay Lethal vs. Alex Shelley and Christy Hemme vs. Sejourner Bolt on the same show and decide to give the latter match more than twice the time as the former? We had the opportunity to see Jay Lethal and Alex Shelly wrestling in TNA (Total Nonstop Action) and they were given less than 2 minutes for their match. What a wasted opportunity to entertain fans! I guess the thought process must be that the big Sejourner Bolt heel turn will draw ratings and PPV buys. I know I’m on the edge of my seat waiting to find out where that angle goes. Are there not already more heels than faces in the Knockouts division?

- Why are backstage segments not reshot when guys screw up and call Brother Rey, “Bubba”? Bubba isn’t his name on this show nor has it even been!

- What does it mean if Samoa Joe is the last LEGIT old school bad ass? Does it mean the rest of the guys on the roster are all just a bunch of FAKE tough guys? I guess that is at least consistent with the current booking trend, as damn near everyone in the Front Line is booked like dumb pussies.

- I know it’s his gimmick but why the hell was James Storm allowed to come to the ring with a beer bottle in his hand, in a beer bottle on a pole match? Why bother climbing the F—king pole, when he is allowed to bring a beer bottle to ring side with him? Have you ever seen a weapon on a pole match where one of the guys in the match just comes out with the weapon to start the match?

- Is TNA trying to appeal to the mentally challenged by booking so many unbelievably stupid people on the program? I’m not saying this is a bad idea; it might be a good target market for them because I don’t see how or why any sane people could follow this show. The Beautiful people are so incredibly stupid that they not only think this fake Sarah Pallin is the real person (and no one in TNA has pointed out to them that she is not) but they also think she and John McCain won the election. Abyss is also now apparently retarded, not knowing the difference between cartoons and real life, and I know Curry man is “Japanese” but how does that translate into him being so stupid that he actually thinks there is a Fired Championship in TNA. Perhaps he thought Booker was inventing another pointless Title.

- Who is TNA creative has the testicular fixation? Samoa Joe lost 2 PPV main events in a row because of Ball shots. Jay Lethal lost this week due to a ball shot. Matt Morgan got laid out with a Ball shot to set up the finish on the pole match. Kong should be World Champ based solely on the fat that she isn’t susceptible to ball shots.

- WTF happened between the MEM and Mick Foley? Kurt all but threatened to kill Foley at the PPV and somehow after a 2-minute conversation they are all laughing and joking like old friends. This may have been intended to create curiosity but it just came off contradictory and unbelievable to me. This may be the fastest I’ve quit caring about a new “Superstar” addition to the company.

- Who thought having the guy from Iran wear a towel on his head would be a good idea? Are they trying to alienate every segment of the population? Foreigners are stupid, Muslims wearing towels on their heads, this is so unbelievably offensive to me and I am neither Muslim nor Foreign.

I could likely go on but I think that covers the most of it for this week. I do want to close with one WWE questions.

- Did anyone else upon first seeing the new John Cena T-shirt think the initials on the front logo were H L A? I swear I thought he was wearing a new Hot Lesbian Action shirt when I first saw it.

Lance


Lance is the man, once again.

[El Fangel]

Awesome, pure Mike Awesome.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Honestly, he sounds like any normal fan just ranting about stuff. What's so awesome about any of that?

[El Fangel]

Its true.
Its funny.

[Hanso Amore]

He says he isnt foreign.....Ummm, yeah he is....Canada is a different country.


Also look at the Freudian slip when he was talking about Kong not having balls.

[Kane Knight]

He's gone from "insightful" to "nerd rage." Or, as it's known around here, to "Noid Post."

[Funky Fly]

Yeah, that didn't sound particularly insightful at all. It's like anything you might read in the wrestling forum. It's also full of grammatical mistakes, which made it seem like it was written by a teenager.

[Juan]

He's been complaining about TNA for years now, he's probably fed up with their shit.

Anywho, great read. Lance is a great man whose opinion I hold in great regard, grammatical errors not withstanding,

[thedamndest]

The obvious answer is he's angling for a job.

[BigDaddyCool]

Storm is just saying what everyone is saying. While I haven't said the exact same things about TNA, it is the same general arguments of bad booking, and too much retardedness going around instead of focusing on their strengths.

[Kane Knight]

He's been complaining about TNA for years now, he's probably fed up with their shit.

Anywho, great read. Lance is a great man whose opinion I hold in great regard, grammatical errors not withstanding,

Grammatical errors notwithstanding, he's still making a far more nitpicky, fanboy argument than his usual reasoned posts. I don't blame him for being fed up, but this is kinda...Lame.

[JT]

Granted, if this statement was made by anyone here on the forums, it's business as usual. Why some fans (including me to an extent) take it more seriously is because he's Lance Storm. He's wrestled across the world, for the 3 major promotions of the late 90's, helped develop matches and storylines in ECW, and is one of the most technically sound wrestlers the industry had. So his opinion goes from the weight of a pissed off fan to that of a professional complaining about his dieing industry. On top of this, while he can act at times like an online wrestling nerd, most of the time he is fairly composed and gives a straight, honest answer for all questions he's asked. This is also refreshing to the bat-shit crazy rants of other wrestlers online.

Still, realizing him bitching doesn't change a damn thing, it's still nice to hear it from an industry professional. It's like Bill Clinton making comments of the problems of the Democratic Party, or Bill Gates discussion the wrongs of Window's Vista and OSX. It just means a little more when it comes from someone who knows what they're talking about.

[Juan]

Granted, if this statement was made by anyone here on the forums, it's business as usual. Why some fans (including me to an extent) take it more seriously is because he's Lance Storm. He's wrestled across the world, for the 3 major promotions of the late 90's, helped develop matches and storylines in ECW, and is one of the most technically sound wrestlers the industry had. So his opinion goes from the weight of a pissed off fan to that of a professional complaining about his dieing industry. On top of this, while he can act at times like an online wrestling nerd, most of the time he is fairly composed and gives a straight, honest answer for all questions he's asked. This is also refreshing to the bat-shit crazy rants of other wrestlers online.

Still, realizing him bitching doesn't change a damn thing, it's still nice to hear it from an industry professional. It's like Bill Clinton making comments of the problems of the Democratic Party, or Bill Gates discussion the wrongs of Window's Vista and OSX. It just means a little more when it comes from someone who knows what they're talking about.

:y:

[Kane Knight]

Granted, if this statement was made by anyone here on the forums, it's business as usual. Why some fans (including me to an extent) take it more seriously is because he's Lance Storm. He's wrestled across the world, for the 3 major promotions of the late 90's, helped develop matches and storylines in ECW, and is one of the most technically sound wrestlers the industry had. So his opinion goes from the weight of a pissed off fan to that of a professional complaining about his dieing industry. On top of this, while he can act at times like an online wrestling nerd, most of the time he is fairly composed and gives a straight, honest answer for all questions he's asked. This is also refreshing to the bat-shit crazy rants of other wrestlers online.

Still, realizing him bitching doesn't change a damn thing, it's still nice to hear it from an industry professional. It's like Bill Clinton making comments of the problems of the Democratic Party, or Bill Gates discussion the wrongs of Window's Vista and OSX. It just means a little more when it comes from someone who knows what they're talking about.

But Storm was making witty and insightful comments on the wrestling world, and now he's just to the point of "TNA is stupid."

Also, the majot difference between him and Gates or him and Clinton is that they are still relavent to their fields and can sway the outcome. They're still powerful men, movers and shakers. Storm is a blogger.

[KingofOldSchool]

The obvious answer is he's angling for a job.

Or spoilin' for a fight...

[Dorkchop]

I think Lance Storm is so hard on TNA because he wants them to succeed. TNA can't afford to do this shit all of the time.

If they don't change their booking, story lines, and continuity errors the company won't last.

[Kane Knight]

I think Lance Storm is so hard on TNA because he wants them to succeed. TNA can't afford to do this shit all of the time.

If they don't change their booking, story lines, and continuity errors the company won't last.

People have said that for years, now.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I don't think he's trying to say anything ground breaking, he's just trying to show that he's beating his head against his desk like everyone else.

I watch at most like 20 minutes of raw a week tho... I keep up with the results tho, just cuz it's always a fun read.... but I don't understand why it's so hard to make wrestling no embarassing. Making something edgey is not THAT hard. You just have to stop trying to make it so damned edgey and that's what TNA fails at so hard.

[BigDaddyCool]

TNA, for whatever reason refuses to look at its strength and rather book the worst crap possible.

[Kane Knight]

TNA, for whatever reason refuses to look at its strength and rather book the worst crap possible.

TNA, for whatever reason books to compete with WWE for their share of the deal. I mean, they don't have to go the ECW route and bankrupt themselves, or go the RoH route and book to smarktards. They just need to stop booking like they're WWE's little brother trying to get big bro's attention, approval, and maybe even to prove they're as good.

[Mr. Nerfect]

But Storm was making witty and insightful comments on the wrestling world, and now he's just to the point of "TNA is stupid."

Also, the majot difference between him and Gates or him and Clinton is that they are still relavent to their fields and can sway the outcome. They're still powerful men, movers and shakers. Storm is a blogger.

But, but, b-but!

Storm watched TNA, and posted his thoughts on it. They may not be anything groundbreaking, but what do you expect Lance Storm to do? Wave a magic wand and make everything better for them? What's especially funny is that you go on to post your thoughts on TNA a little later, which are exactly what people have been saying for years. :roll:

It seems to me that Storm posted his thoughts on TNA because a) he felt like it, and b) because he was just trying to entertain those who read his blogs. There's nothing wrong with that. Also, what Storm posted would pretty much sum up the problems with TNA's on-screen product. If you don't think that qualifies as "insightful," I don't know what would.

[Mr. Nerfect]

By the way, Lance. Yes, yes I did think of "HLA" when looking at Cena's shirt.