Foley to TNA all but confirmed
 

I know there was a thread on this before, but I'm too lazy to go back and find it.


The torch is usually pretty accurate and this sounds legitimate. I might actually have to turn into TNA for this. If Foley gets some kind of creative control it will hopefully be great. Also, Kurt Angle vs. Cactus Jack would be amazing.

TNA is about to get WHORE'D!

Lulz.

He will able to debut in TNA as soon he is contractually permitted to.

:rofl:

I don't understand why that's so funny...

Anyways, what's with all of the hate towards Foley? He's one of the best speakers in the business, has a great mind, and he can still put on an incredible match. His little spot with Edge on Smackdown a few weeks ago was the best thing I've seen on SD since like 2002.

The sun will set this evening when it goes down.

foley is my favorite of all time but i just can't get excited about this.

Agreed.

This will do nothing but tarnish Foley's legacy imo

Pfft. And I suppose you're gunna say goint to TNA tarnished Angles legacy too :roll:





Oh, wait :$

angle screwed angle

Why is Foley doing this, i will turn off my tv when he is on now :nono: he dropped the ball

I'm pretty sure that TNA could get the Rock, Steve Austin, HBK, and the Undertaker, and still get a lukewarm response from anyone who's not already a TNA fan (And half of the people who are).

Instead of paying someone like Foley what I assume would be at least $500k, TNA could, you know, build up their own guys. They have the roster, they just need to not book like morons.

TNA has to realize that if Kurt Fucking Angle didn't do anything for them, NO ONE is going to. They could get get an exclusive contract with Jesus (and no, not Hey-Zues) but they'd book him to the point where no one will care.

Or "at the point." I mean, we're not talking Foley at the top of his game, physically or on the stick.

Replace Don West with Foley and I'm all for it.

yea thats what will help tna, i don't know why tna keeps west so long.

How did Kurt tarnish his legacy? I have not been watching.

This is great news for TNA.
Can't wait to see what Foley gets up to :D

TNA acquires another WWE guy who's best years are way behind him. Yeah I won't be watching.

Cool, so they signed Hacksaw as well???

For anyone questioning this move on Foley's part.

Less stress and more money per night, seems like an easy thing for me.

Why are TNA doing it?

Because it will make people like some of you, who don't watch impact, to watch it, at least once to see what happens, some of you may then stick with it.

It's not really that hard to see.

Will Foley at a point to the ratings? No, no one will IMO, it needs to be a slow build based on good TV, that's where they are failing, but if they sort their own shit out it could work.

I don't see Foley wrestling all that much to be honest, with this whole Vets Vs new guys thing going on, I can see him getting involved in all that jazz

I read the statement as meaning that Foley will debut in TNA at the earliest possible date, and that they won't fuck around and bring him in sometime next year after months and months of negotiations and teasing.

For the life of me, I can't understand the backlash against this signing. So the WWE hires Foley, and everything is peachy in the world, but TNA brings in one of the best talkers and best special occasional workers in the business, and they're fucking idiots? The idea here is to not necessarily boost ratings like it were the Attitude era. It's to get a legitimate legend like Mick Foley working with their talent, and helping to create a more credible looking environment.

Foley doing commentary with Mike Tenay in TNA would be fucking epic. I guess there is some sort of loyalty to Don West, but if the company is going to grow, and I mean really going to grow, they need a professional sounding commentary team. Mike Tenay is there, but Don West most definitely is not.

No BDC, you see, TNA's first and only thought was to bring him in to improve the talent. It has NOTHING to do with name value and they WON'T be putting him on TV.

:roll:

-OR-, if Noid meant it another way...

No BDC, you see, TNA's first and only thought was to bring him in to put on awesome matches.

:rofl:

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.

I agree with what Xero and Kane Knight and the lot are saying. Yes, Foley is an established guy and a great "name" to have. He adds value to the product not just in a TV show, but in marketing as well.

The problem is TNA does not put on a good TV show. Good wrestling? maybe. but good TV? not a prayer. So Foley's value does nothing. TNA had tried countless times to bring in made guys, but it's never panned out. WCW did the same thing 12 years ago and they started killing in the ratings. The difference is WCW had excellent TV back then. They had a ton of big names that they brought in, but they used them correctly

Foley will probably have a great debut just like Angle, just like Christian, just like Sting...but he'll eventually just fizzle out

Okay, first, yes. I understand why Foley would want it.

The problem is with the rest of it. It's "not that hard to see" that similar moves like this in the past have had a tendency to do sweet fuck all for TNA. Sure, it's probably what they're thinking, but that doesn't mean it will happen. In fact, I'd put heavy odds against it. That's the problem. It may entice a few people, but not enough to justify his price tag, unless he's working for peanuts.

See, reverse engineering it to make sense, or merely taking the time to interpret something doesn't diminish the face value of the diction used. This is a common device in comedy, from vaudeville to modern comedy. Another example: While it's not hard to understand what George Bush meant when he said "most of our imports come from overseas," It's still a funnily worded statement.


Duh?

Foley doing commentary with Mike Tenay in TNA would be fucking epic. I guess there is some sort of loyalty to Don West, but if the company is going to grow, and I mean really going to grow, they need a professional sounding commentary team. Mike Tenay is there, but Don West most definitely is not.[/QUOTE]

i wonder if they will make it a 3 man crew

You can bring in all the talent and names you like. As long as the promotion is called TNA and they have a six-sided ring, it will never sell. The only way Foley will make a difference is if he debuts and forcibly removes two of the ring sides. The next week they can sign somebody else to change the name.

The name and ring are the least of their worries.

I seriously don't get why people think the ring is an issue anyway. I mean, it's a bit of a gimmick, but really, who gives a shit how many sides it has at the end of the day. The ring doesn't make them any more or less entertaining, the wrestling any better or worse, or the booking any more or less sensible.

Plus, TNA sounds like T&A, which is probably the best marketing they have going.

There's one guy who summed up TNA perfectly a few years ago. On an interview with Between the Ropes, AJ Styles was asked what was it that made TNA so different from the other wrestling companies out there today?

AJ's Response: Well...I'll tell you what it is....our ring has six sides!!!!

:rofl::rofl: I remember that.

Still, Styles is a worthless spotmonkey, so I think that speaks more to his lack of depth than TNA's.

TNA--Where legends go to die...