From what I understand TNA is going to start doing live tv against Raw?
 

Its only a one off to see what happens.

Yeah, it's basically a trial. I'm sure if they do decent they'll move to Mondays after the Road to WrestleMania. If they were smart, anyway.

I wonder if they'll go 8-10 to at least catch people for the first hour or if they'll be stupid and go up against RAW directly 9-11.

Interesting enough, with DVRs now it might not be that bad as long as theres nothing else you want to watch on Mondays.

I could see them actually making it 3 hours for good like Nitro.

I think 3 hours would be a good idea, especially if they don't have another show other than TNA Epics.

This is make it or break it for TNA. If they fail here, they won't go down much (I don't think, unless Hogan fucks shit up backstage) but it will cement them as never being able to be on par with WWE.

again Raw

have you even watched recently? no, you haven't. shut it up.

Depends on the ratings. Let's not forget while football season is in play they'll have to go up against Monday Night Football.

TNA ratings on a non WWE night like Thursdays is only as good as the piddly ECW rating.

This is a bad idea.

honestly, i don't see the point in going head to head on monday night. broadcasting live and touring would be 2 things i would look at doing first.

TNA is a heavily producded show that relies a lot of pre-taped segments and re-filmings....Good luck going live on a whim.

my point still stands. you don't know what you're talking about.

The point is that even with their "star power" they are only drawing a rating the size of ECW which is considered a training ground..>Not full of icons like Foley,Sting & Steiner ect...

just seems like a a baaad idea. Now if TNA was pushing a 2/3 rating on a Thursday then sure try it out...But they are only doing a 1. something on a weekly basis which is scary.

if they're hoping to garner ratings based on "HEY MONDAY NIGHT WARS ALL OVER AGAIN" mentality from the fans, i think they're going to be disappointed. anybody who gives a fuck about that has already tuned into TNA and make their decision. hogan will bring in new viewers, but that will only last for so long. i don't see any of this bringing TNA into the "big time" and making them legit competition for WWE.

We have already had the Monday Night Wars...and as we know now...The WWE will always win.

i don't disagree with this. i didn't watch TNA for a long time because of this. but they've done a solid job of building up their own new stars recently, and that is what's making me tune in. none of this other garbage they're tossing around.

Many of you guys have to remember that most fans are not like us. They aren't thinking through whether or not the company has made 'good' decisions and then sort of basing their opinions on that. When wrestling was at its peak, I would say the majority of fans weren't all that tuned into the business, it was just entertaining for them. I hate to say this but it's going to come down to a lot of personality in order to bring in the television ratings. BDC's assessment of the TNA talent is a no-brainer...of course you won't make it big if no one is watching, so you bring in the so called 'has beens' so that people will have some recognizable faces to associate with. This is really the only reason they are there, and also one of the big reasons Hogan is there. He really isn't suppose to wrestle hardly at all.

That is BDC you're talking to, you should be used to his attitude by now.

do you care for Swagger?

Bit defensive there eh?

well typically when someone goes on the offensive the correct thing to do is get defensive....right?

It was hardly going on the 'offensive' though, just a truthful statement on BDC's normal attitude.

That's not what i mean, as weapon x said, you don't watch it, therefore you don't have the right to a proper opinion on it, and you always think you do.

Wrestling in general has been boring me lately....TNA just makes it worse. I like some of what they do and some of who they have but I just can't force myself to like the majority of their programming.

Your posts just prove to me what i was saying really.

TNA has done a live iMPACT! at least once. It was in October of last year when they did it from Vegas (first broadcast in HD I believe), and when MEM first became a faction.

Not drastically but recent raw and tna shows have been alot more enjoyable. Smackdowns still good.

I feel like TNA is doing well lately, but I don't think they are quite ready to try to go head-to-head with WWE. I do think they can get there, and I want to see it happen, but it will take a lot longer than four weeks.

If this fails miserably it won't kill them, but it will definitely be a chink in the armor, so to speak.

Exactly. They can work all of that out, but it should be done before going right up against the competition. Again, It can be done, but it will take a lot more time than they have given themselves.

If TNA were to tour or go on the road a lot for house shows, they would lose a key signing point with veterans. Most veterans and leftover WWE wrestlers end up going to TNA because of the guaranteed lack of traveling and touring compared to the WWE and past big promotions.

Sting, Foley, Booker T, and others went to TNA since they knew they would have a small work week and almost no traveling required which meant they could stay near their homes on the off days.

TNA, I do believe, will have to become a proper touring company eventually, but as it is, they're okay. They could use a bigger home arena, but that's about it.

Though every PPV should be on the road, barring maybe one a year in the Impact Zone.

Agreed.:yes:

They started to take PPVs on the road this year. I think they did half (maybe a few less) away from Orlando. Not perfect, but it is a start.

3 hours of Impact = a solid 22.875 minutes of actual wrestling :wtf:

Oh yeah I know they've started, just I'd like to see it more.

They have been getting better with that recently.

But so do the wwe, what's new?

No one has said they're.

No, i was just pointing out that all wrestling companies make bad decisions, not just TNA. Btw despite what you may think, i am not a huge tna fan or anything, just like casually watching their shows recently and feel they have something that's worth building on.

I like TNA. I don't think it is better than PWG or ROH or the japanese stuff. But it is wayyyy better than RAW, better than ECW, and as good as smackdown. They need their matches to last longer, and going three hours will allow them to do that. They will get fans because monday night is 'wrestling night' people will tune in to see what they try and do.

'as good as smackdown'? lets not get carried away now....