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Holy shit, that looks like an arena.

Why are you so pissy because people aren't just agreeing with you christ, calm down.

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They have to do that though, they are a a lower company in the reality of the wrestling world, so saying someone is a former WWE, ECW, NJPW, etc.. champion brings credibility to them being in TNA because those titles probably have more prestige then the TNA world title (something TNA needs, credibility). WWE doesn't need to do that as much as a guy just being there kinda gives him a bit of credibility and no titles in North America are as prestigious as the WWE titles in the eyes of the Casual Fans

I'm not using this against TNA, because it IS generic, but lol at that lightning being similar to Rock's return.

Note: This is not a bash towards TNA, just something I found funny.

That was probably the best thing they could have done for TNA since it finally put the focus more on Fortune than the reborn MEM.

As for the video, I thought it was funny. No need to look into it any more than that.

You're right. Still doesn't make it any less funny to me, because I never saw it before.

No, I'm pissy because I gave Xero more credit for that. The factors involved with TNA running an ECW PPV and a 30 second promo are so different it's not funny.

Like I said before, I don't expect anybody to agree with me. My point the whole time has been why all the TNA hate over the promo? I mean some of the posts have been pretty fucking hateful.

A lot of posters around here are fucking awful

A. I was pointing out more "One Last Stand" vs. "One Night Stand"

B. As I said, it's not really the promo but more of the fact that it's just added to a pile of angles/incidents/references to WWE that make TNA look second rate and pathetic.

I don't think anyone whose opinion is of worth is :mad: more just apathetic, :-\ and :roll: oh and :rofl::lol::rofl::lol: cause of how bush league it is.

Pretty sure, wherever that is, bingo is just very popular.

I agree, and WWE would never put an other promotions title on par with their titles even if they did, but i dont think it hurts to acknowledge a wrestlers accomplishments before they got there, especially if its a foriegn promotion. Its one of the few things i like about TNA, but unless they trace their belt back to the NWA title, they dont have any real lineage of their own anyways.

woo Sting

Sting Woooo

I have no hate over the promo. have no hate over the angle. nothing against putting the title on Sting. nothing against the wrestlers on TNA.

I just can't stand some of the people calling the shots. I feel like they keep trying whatever they can to see if it will stick.

I don't know the answer to this, but can anybody really tell me if business has improved since Hogan/Bichoff, Flair, ECW, RVD, Kennedy, "They" "They" Part II, Fortune?

This is the most accurate post I have ever read on anything.

LOL no it isn't

I already explained my position here. I don't need to repeat it and it certainly isn't in line with your analysis.

You're kidding, right? They might as well have put flashing neon "The Undertaker is coming!" across the screen. There was nothing Sting-like about it until somebody's wishful thinking caught on and became "fact."

:rant::rant::mad::mad::foc::foc::rant::rant::mad::mad::foc::foc:

Ok forget all that for a second. Why the fuck was there some chicks interview playing up on the tna screen when sting was coming down the isle? Are they even gonna be able to edit that out? This is one of the things I agree with most people on. They need to step up production value. Also the new yellow and red sting symbol is ugly as shit. But the entrance was still cool. And it was still a good idea. Six pages now....Steadily proving my point about how this worked on the smarks.

woo Sting!

People talking does not equal people watching, or excited or caring about it in the grand scheme.

Go back a few pages,check the video from starcade,and honestly tell me they didn't steal it. Bollocks.

You certainly had a strong opinion about it. Woo Sting!!

prolly just pan the crowd during that video screen fuck up BTWay

My opinion is that it's not enough for me to give a shit to watch it. That the video was lame and that I'm still apathetic about TNA and their ability to be a entertaining promotion

Well you could always become the 27th fan of ROH.

There are some really strong similarities, but 2-21-11 was also very similar to any number of UT hype videos they've done over two decades.

WWE stole the hype video from Sting just like Bret Hart stole the scorpion death lock. Neither was really Sting's to begin with and only a couple of people noticed.

But they're both rip offs. No doubt about it.

The bottom line is that people look cooler in black leather,standing in the rain. Even though I'm sure both men's jackets were ruined.

Can you please tell me what the most accurate post I have ever read on anything is then?

that sounds delightful

a fresh splashing of water on the testicles can make even the grumpiest man grin

For all the TNA haters out there....
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One thing's for sure, if Undertaker shows up at WrestleMania sporting a glittery red cod piece, then we'll all know who's ripping off whom.

I don't know but CSL's statement wasn't accurate.


People who don't like 3-3-11 aren't angry haters, like you guy are trying to argue.

I wonder how the cod piece does in the rain. There could be shrinkage.

Tazz Dan said hater, and you argued TPWW's reaction to this is :mad::mad::mad::foc::foc::mad: how is that not you implying anger.

Fuck off, my only reply to that video was lots of this smiley: :rofl:

Precisely.

i'd say he's a bit PHAT

YOUR MOM IS A BIT PHAT!

oh I missed what Lee Chandler was doing there

MY FAULT

LOL SUPREME BOTCH

I never said they were angry haters. I said there are some hateful people towards TNA here, you're just mixing two different conversations into one.

Also, ooTin surely must be off fapping over the fact his thread has gone 7 pages so far.

Unlike Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, I believe Sting is more willing to help out the younger talent in TNA, like he always tried to do in WCW. I believe it's the higher-ups (i.e. Jeff Jarrett and Dixie Carter, plus input from Hogan and Eric Jerkoff) that doesn't want that to happen.

Gonna go with the "Thanks for your take" posts.

It was probably that time in the Royal Rumble thread that I said people are going to bitch about anything and everything in wrestling. That was pretty accurate.

Most accurate post ever-CENA WINS

Chris Jericho weighs in on the 3-3-11 video:

'It drives me nuts and I'll tell you the reason why. I am the biggest fan of TNA as a concept. I want them to be huge, Vince wants them to be huge because the more competition there is, it's better for the business, it's better for the boys, it's better is for the fans. I don't understand their obsession with copying the WWE I think it's lame, I think its bush league and I don't get it, they have some of the best talent, some great idea men. Why do they do this? Why do their guys go out there and say 'When I was in the WWE I was left behind and I was held back'. If I was working for TNA I would project that it's the greatest wrestling company in the world because if you're not projecting it, why is anyone going to believe it? When we were in ECW it was small, I never made more than $250 a show but you would die for that company and when you came across that way, the fans came across that way and suddenly you have this underground revolution going on and it was real, it was a revolution, people believed it was the best. No one in TNA believes they are in the best company and if they don't believe it then why am I going to believe it as a fan? Why am I going to buy their product? It's just so bush league, they can do better than that and the guys on top there should know better and it really makes me mad because they're wasting money and they don't have to be wasting money but I'm not burying TNA I'm saying you should be ashamed of yourself because you can do better.'

I dunno man. ECW was something special. And even when they were putting on a product that was 50 times better than WWF and WCW on their best days, they still couldn't cut it.

I do get what he's saying though. Find your own identity and grow out of it. But at the same time, lots of promotions with their own identity never grow. Look at ROH. Fantastic identity. Rabid fans. But they're stuck. The only promotions with any sustained long term success were WWF and WCW, so it would make sense to imitate them.

Yes, but not so blatantly.

Imitate them in subtle ways.

But there's a fine line between imitation and duplication. And I'm not even talking about something like this video. When I look at the core of TNA, all I see is 90% of the mistakes in the 90s being made in one company today. I honestly see TNA as the shitty parts of the Attitude Era with a better overall roster. It's commendable that they've tried these things. I won't berate them for TRYING things to see if they would work, even bringing in Hogan and Bischoff. In fact, I was kind of defending the decision of bringing them in until they showed exactly what they brought to the table. But when they clearly don't work and/or outright bomb, they continue doing the same things. They don't learn from their mistakes, and Dixie is loyal to a fault.

I've always believed that Sports Entertainment is the only pro wrestling product that will sell to the mainstream today, but that doesn't mean they have to try to be something they're not, can't or shouldn't be. They can be sports entertainment without being a rip-off or even a second-rate WWE.

Yeah, you're definitely right. I dunno what the answer is. Obviously nobody does or else they would've figured it out.

Kind of hard for them to ignore or pretend WWE doesn't exist when every time the WWE releases a "big" name, TNA gets that person or persons and push them as their next big star.

They did have their chance to get rid of all those bad writers in the past but in the end managed to keep Russo and most of writers.