Total Nonstop Deletion
 

Fuck it...this eventual episode needs its own thread.

I actually could see Total Nonstop Deletion being the way that they officially "kill" TNA and kill its continuity so that Corgan can then re-brand.

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JUST LOOK AT THAT LAST SENTENCE. HOLY SHIT.

Wonder if it will turn out that TNA's 14 and a half year existence was all a dream or a matrix, or it all took place in King Maxel's snow globe.

IT WAS MAXEL ALL ALONG!

Sounds great. I know they won't get the Young Bucks or New Day but this is actually what TNA needs to beef up their tag division a bit. Grado vs The Kangaroo might be the most entertaining match Grado has ever had.

donde esta Senor Benjamin?

I keep hearing about Matt Hardy's brilliant reinvention of himself but everything Ivery heard and seen of it is retarded.

they may be able to get the young bucks, after watching cody work tna and roh, I can see the 2 companys work something out.

It won't happen but it'd be funny if New Day appearing in the Tag Team Apocalypto match was somehow part of the agreement for WWE to purchase the tape library.

Me too, man. :p

Seriously though, this is horseshit. I'm glad you guys are having fun, but this is not the way to take wrestling.

I have tried to understand the "so bad it's good" reasoning, but it makes it all look faker than it needs to. I know I sound like a Cornette fanboy every time I say that (and I am), but it's fucking true. That trailer for the first thing they did was so fucking bad.

I didn't watch the first backyard match they did, but I caught bits of the second. It was badly filmed, too chaotic to follow, nonsense and the "so bad it's good" thing is pushed too hard. It's trying to be bad, and that gives it away. Not true camp.

But they clearly don't understand the concept of "too much of a good thing" either. Or is that "too much of a bad-good thing?" Or just "too much of a thing?" They're doing an ENTIRE episode of this? Remember when the nWo took over Nitro? Remember when everybody was in the nWo and it didn't matter anymore?

Jokes aren't funny if you keep repeating them. A few people have gotten giddy over this stuff because it's "different." Different doesn't always mean good, mind you. But when it stops being different and becomes the norm, are you really going to be able to invest in all this?

The Hardys are taking TNA for a ride. I bet you they get paid on time. They get to do all the drugs they want, work the schedule they want, and do the goofy backyard shit that people in the WWE back in the day were smart enough to say "Dude, that's fucking stupid." They were signed to the largest company in the world when they were basically teenagers, and in their crossovers with reality, time and again Matt Hardy proves that he might not be the most mature individual on the planet. Jeff for that matter either.

I feel guilty enabling their destructive tendencies. If they're not doing damage to their health, they're certainly doing damage to the viability of the product around them. I can't believe no one in that entire company has said to them "No. That is fucking stupid. You know how to make money -- you be a fucking Hardy boy."

The good thing is that it won't affect Jeff Hardy's long-term drawing ability because nobody watches TNA and the casual fan probably thinks that he's been inactive ever since CM Punk exiled him in 2009.

I mean, aren't you guys getting tired of it by now? "The Day of the New." Oh, it's funny because he means "New Day" but talks weird.

I mean, its wrestling. Eat up your booty-o's! They stop you from being booty. Drink it in you stupid idiot. #BeatUpJohnCena. At least he says new things in different ways.

It's very soon going to be old things in old ways.

So falling in lone with the rest of professional wrestling. He'll be even more over!

TNA looks like such a dumpster fire from the outside it wasnt until the last sentence I actually questioned it :/

How the fucking fuck does this sound great?

I read in Edge's book about "killing the town". This sounds like killing the entire viewing audience.

I just want to thank you all for reacting to this in the appropriate manner.

2 hours of Broken Matt Hardy is what's great about it. Also trying to get teams from other promotions to come in sounds cool. I dont imagine WWE let's New Day participate but I'm interested to see who all they get.

I wish I could have such low standards. Sounds blissful.

I really liked both deletions. I kinda cringe when Broken Matt does live promos or things like the Talk is Jericho podcast though. I look forward to this impact.

That's exactly it. I don't watch Impact expecting it to be anything near WWE. I don't want it to be either. I have high standards when it comes to WWE and they hardly reach them. Broken Matt Hardy has been the best gimmick of 2016 to me though no matter what standards I hold them to.

So do you always have to wear the same helmet? Or do you have multiple?

You really need help if someone enjoying something pisses you off to the point you have call them retarded. I never said you had to like it. Its pro wrestling dude which has always been gimmicky and campy. If want super serious shit go watch UFC or something but don't call someone retarded simply because I enjoy something. I simply told you that I watched TNA and WWE with different standards and your responded with calling me retarded?

I'm not pissed off. Just befuddled. It's very easy to call someone retarded. Didn't have to go out of my way at all.

I'm just razzing you a bit. No need to get all defensive. Watch whatever you want.

Even if it makes you very retarded for enjoying it.

I'm a juggalo, for fuck sake. Calm down.

Personally I've enjoyed the Hardy stuff because it's intentionally bad as opposed to most of TNA which is just bad bad.

But whatevs. I'll actually go out of my way to watch this episode before TNA mercifully folds.

I know that, I just don't understand your reasoning. I havent called you any names or anything else. Was just trying to have a conversation. I usually don't call someone a name though unless I'm pissed off at them. Really though we are all a little retarded for watching pro wrestling as adults anyway.

I'm not. You for sure are, though.

Seriously though, you never call your friends fun little nicknames like Dick Smear or Tard Boy?

Have never spoken those words in my life.

You're just in denial.

Cum Trap? Dick Balls? Fart Lick? None of that?

Nope. You sound like a nice friend.

I'll get you into any party, bud.

Have never not been able to "get into" a party but most the parties around here are out in the open on farms. Just drive up find a spot to park and start partying.

Do you even own a button up shirt, my dude?

Yes, I only wear it to funerals though.

Maybe you can wear it during this Impact episode at the Compound, as it will be TNA's death knell. Full circle, baby.

Good one but like Matt Hardy for some reason this company will not die.

Wait... Hold on... I just saw the exact same news in the Dirtsheet thread. Is this actually legit news out of TNA and not satire???

Yeah man

I dont know how to respond to that tbh.

Thrilla's not an asshole, Simple Fan -- don't take it personality.

TNA is fucking garbage and needs to die though. Also, the Broken Matt stuff is objectively bad, and that people are on board with it is exactly what's wrong with professional wrestling.

"You like something I don't like, therefore you are what's wrong with wrestling for supporting it."

Nice #HOTTAKE

TNA is certainly about to die, but it will be DELETED in a fashion most glorious.

Robert Roooooooooooooooooo buys the company for WWE?

That would be most glorious.

Instead of indignant disgust, JR says it all cutsey because adorable baby:

"Awwwww. Son of a bitch."

Normally I'd agree with you, but this is seriously astronomical levels of bad.

If people started eating turds, I guess it would be their right to do so, but I for sure am going to wonder about them.

There is a lot more wrong with wrestling than this "Deletion" thing.

I can't think of anything. Seems pretty perfect otherwise.

Gonna pick a friend to call Cum Trap and make it his thing.

Good look, ABT.

You know I feel now. :love:

I'm coming at this from more than an opinion on taste. I honestly believe this is the sort of shit that makes people turn off their television sets. But there are enough hardcores that clap loud enough that the terrible shit keeps going instead of someone saying "Hey -- maybe we should smarten up?"

Sorry if I gave the impression it was all that is wrong -- it's just that attitude of "Oh, this is fine because the smallest audience ever likes it enough" that I think does a lot more harm than people realize.

Ya'll don't call your friends insulting names? Or was that a genuine "good look" observation? I can't tell, dickface. :kiss:

Every person I've sent the Hardy stuff to has found it entertaining entirely in how fucked up it is. And that's a group that includes WWE fans, transplanted fans, and people who have only heard about wrestling but never actually sat down and watched any of it.

I just don't buy this notion that only a tiny segment of the people watching the show actually like it. It's literally the only thing the company is doing that's getting any buzz. What they normally do sure wasn't working.

And I'm saying all of this as somebody who is ready for TNA to close and can't sit through a full episode of Impact. This is literally the only part of the show that has intrigued me.

Also...Chris Jericho liked it. So all of you stupid idiots who don't like it are going on The List.

Chris Jericho is a mark for the boys. He's good value like that. He stood toe-to-toe with Brock in order to go to bat for something Orton agreed to, remember?

Oh, sorry, I'm not saying that only a tiny portion of the Impact fans like it. I'm sure most of them do. There is just only a tiny portion of wrestling fan that watches Impact. I agree with you that Impact in general wasn't working.

Of course I do, you grundle-sniffer. Cum Trap was new to me.

I think you underestimate their international TV deals. They used to be in more homes than WWE in the UK, not sure if they still are but their UK tours are always their best as far as crowds go. They have deals in Brazil, Germany, Portugal, India, and many others. The company is run like shit and that has attributed to a lot of people in the US just tuning out all together. They are still number 2 because they have these international TV deals that company's like ROH or Lucha Underground just don't have.

I barely consider it wrestling. If at all. It's a parody of wrestling if anything. And it's a "stupid fun" one. I know people who don't like wrestling who have seen some of the Matt Hardy stuff and found it funny.

You can't watch WWE over recent years and consider it compelling television and then knock someone else's standards though. Come on. lol

The Hardy stuff is a well made niche for people who don't take wrestling super seriously and like bizarre humor/entertainment. It's not gonna bring in a new boom or anything but it's got appeal.

WWE meanwhile is the most lazy, poorly written attempt to make legitimate entertainment on television. And there probably isn't a close second. You have to be a child who enjoys bright lights and fake violence or a hardcore fan who has lowered your standards to a ridiculous level for the sake of staying a fan in order to actually consider it compelling. Which is fine. I did it for a long time.

Hardcores are definitely not the target audience for this.

I'm not saying everything WWE does is compelling. There have been some absolute diamonds in the roughage, though. As for the rest of the stuff, at least it's presented in an appropriate and digestable package, showing respect to the business, it's lineage, and it's progression.

It doesn't always have to be THIS stupid for me to hate it. I hate The Young Bucks maybe more than the Deletion bullshit. But the deletion bullshit isn't even TRYING anymore, and it's fucking hot garbage.

The deletion stuff is definitely TRYING. About a billion times more than WWE tries with their interchangeable characters with no attempt whatsoever to develop distinct personalities or innovative stories. They're trying something different with this Hardy stuff and clearly putting effort into it. Even if you fucking despise it and think it's shit, they're clearly TRYING.

As far as the "showing respect to the business, it's lineage, and it's progression" thing, it goes back to what I said about this not being marketed toward people who take wrestling too seriously. They could (and do) do a more typical presentation but there isn't a big enough wrestling audience to take advantage of even if they were actually putting on a well-booked traditional wrestling show every week. They could attract more people appealing to absurd comedy/entertainment fans. If you hate that it shits on and disrespects the wrestling business, just don't think of it as wrestling. Like I said, it barely is anyway.

They're still in more homes than WWE but there's far fewer people watching TNA than there used to.

Sparkle crotch is much better :|

I won't think of it as wrestling when it's not presented on a wrestling program. If that's the kind of shit they're going to do, you have to go ALL the way with it...which I guess is what this episode would do. You can't present the rest of your show as one sort of thing and the Hardy thing as an entirely different universe. That's kinda why I've always hated The Undertaker.

Now I'm laughing imagining WWE running entire episodes of Raw from such locations WWE cameras have gained access to over the years such as the midget world under the ring, and Zack Ryder's brain.

Midget court was actually worse than the Deletion bullshit. I'll give you that.

Lucha Underground is ridiculous, but they are fluid in their ridiculousness, and everyone is effected the same way. I know what I'm getting into with it, and I can enjoy it. The deletion stuff is essentially making fun of the rest of the TNA program. It's dumb.

If people would have talked about Midget Court being the hottest thing in wrestling, I would react the exact same way. It has nothing to do with it being in TNA. I used to enjoy Impact a few years ago on a weekly basis.

Do you dislike the Wyatt Family because they evidently have the Undertaker's ability to magically teleport and turn off the electricity to the building at will?

I think that shit is super hokey, but I at least enjoy the ring work of Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt.

You guys keep putting it up against WWE stuff, but I told you, there's stuff I don't like in WWE too. And there's also stuff that I DO like in TNA. But the Deletion shit fucking sucks. And it's out of place.

*Used* to. Used to.

I think the comparison drawn between TNA and Asylum film projects is very appropriate. Ever since Eric Young did the knock-off Daniel Bryan thing it's come off as discount bin trash stuff.

I think we are getting into a debate about the semantics of what a "hardcore" is. I should have said "mutant."

errr, his son is like 2 or 3 year old, they want him to wrestle?

Not even a year old I don't think

i wonder when wwe will sign maxel that is the best behaved baby i have ever seen on tv

Still are according to Cool King.

Yeah not even a year old. Could see him being the third man for the Hardy's in a six man tag or something. Maybe they have another baby they're going to pit him against.

hope they just toss him into the ring him and make him fight the abyss

Maxel will morph into a masked wrestler wearing a crown.

Broken Matt Hardy already DELETED Abyss in the Great War.

Totally

...the...fuck...

lol I was thinking they might have him face some jobber and have Matt and/or Jeff just beat the shit out of the guy and then put Maxel on top for the 3. But I might be thinking too logically.

they'd sooner use him as a baby missile and just fucking throw him at someone