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PWG Break Ties With TNA!
Another significant indy wrestling story. I think TNA may be shooting themselves in the foot with all the demands they place on the wrestlers...
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1/2 Optimist 1/2 Amazing
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Man, TNA guys are running out of places to work! This could lead to a revolt at this stage, as there's only a few other 'big' promotions who could afford the wages
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All Part Of The Plan
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Yeah this will hurt PWG et al more than TNA, but long-term, unless they start running a schedule similar to WWE (which a lot of guys don't actually want) they're not going to be working more than 4-5 dates a month.
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Angel Headed Hipster
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PWG had ties with TNA?
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Polyam cult member #420
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He's Here
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It looks like TNA is getting ready to make a large leap. I have a feeling that they're going to start touring for Impact if and when they get a two hour slot.
This might be Spike trying to see if they're serious enough to get the two hour slot too. |
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Polyam cult member #420
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I Hope for a lot of guys sake that they are touring. Otherwise it's pretty messed up how they're essentially taking money out of a lot of guys' pockets.
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Boss
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I gotta hand it to TNA, their show is pure crap, but on the business end, they're starting to make some smart moves. I think Spike is about ready to entrust them with another hour, and they are turning profits finally. They have signed enough name guys to put on the marquee, plus have done a very good job of making solid and strong homegrown talent (Styles, Joe, Abyss, etc.). I think 2008 is shaping up to be a very big year for TNA in terms of MAKE IT or BREAK IT.
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Angel Headed Hipster
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TNA better bump up there pay cheques or your going to be seeing the younger mid carder's opting to work the independent circuit instead of drawing a 300 or 400 dollar pay cheque a week. Why would you when you could work 3 or 4 dates a week instead of one or two for next to nothing really, other then a chance to be on TV and showcase your talent.
TNA isnt a major player or a big time promotion working 3 or 4 house shows a week, so they should stop pretending that they are. |
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All Part Of The Plan
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Abyss is one of the very few examples of guys who weren't known in the US before coming on board, he was known in Puerto Rico, so they just put him under a hood. Most of the other unknowns that they have put on tv are stuck in the X division and that's it |
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Boss
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Who made Styles and Joe???
AJ Styles was working in Air Raid in WCW's Cruiser Tag Division and had nobody give a shit about him. Joe was working in RoH. Sorry buddy, but in the chain of wrestling, if you pick up someone from a smaller company or a no name from a big company and make them into stars, they're considered your homegrown talent. Christian, Jarrett, Angle, and Sting were all about the same before they arrived, so TNA is simply capitalizing on their past success. The fact is before Samoa Joe walked through TNA's doors and had his long unbeaten streak, he was a nobody to the American market. Just like Brian Danielson is a nobody. You can be the savior of an indy company, but that doesn't mean you're worth shit until a national player says it does. As for AJ Styles being made in RoH...uh...are you fucking high? RoH and TNA came in the scene around the exact same time, the difference was TNA made Styles their X-Divison star right off the bat and made him a focal point since day one...RoH used him, but not that much. And by the by; WWE made CM Punk. Choke on it. |
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Ninja Mod, Esquire
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ROH did make Joe, there is no way around that. Joe had a STRONG following going into TNA because of ROH. That's a fact. It's also a fact that Joe is far more over in ROH than he is in TNA, because TNA is the suck.
Styles is a toss up. WWE may have "made" CM Punk, but without ROH, there would be no CM Punk to make. |
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Boss
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That's like saying without ECW there would be no Chris Benoit. It's idiotic.
But if your commitment to the idea that over glorified indy companies truly shape the landscape of the entire industry, I guess you're allowed to continue to believe that. |
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Ninja Mod, Esquire
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Not quite sure who said that an indy company shapes the landscape, but it sure as hell wasn't me
![]() Anyway, you can say without WCW there would probably be no Chris Benoit. ROH put CM Punk on the radar. If it wasn't for CM Punks work in ROH, more likely than not, WWE would have never signed him. CM Punk is good, but as you'll probably agree, in many people's eyes, including WWE's talent relations, he's probably a dime a dozen talen on the indy scene. ROH made him a standout. |
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Boss
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Actually, I'd go along with that. RoH put him on the radar, but WWE made him a star...just like RoH may have put Joe on the radar, but TNA made him a star. You could be a god to RoH ans (which Joe was) but they won't be worth shit in America until TNA or WWE says so. It's just a fact.
More to the point, ask a WWE (the most common wrestling) fan who Samoa Joe is to this day, they will probably stare at you blankly or guess Rikishi. I am always baffled how people are convinced their little fanboy mark outs for indy workers means they are worth anything more than a couple hundred die hard wrestling fans gate money. |
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Ninja Mod, Esquire
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Fair enough. Afterall, you never hear anyone talk about Joe's work in Zero-1. ROH definately put him on the radar.
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Boss
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A great compromise has been found here today. Mark it down, the road to uniting RoH fans and anti-fans began with this step.
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Boss
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Joe still sucks though.
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Pelvic Sorcerer
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Ninja Mod, Esquire
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NO! LIES! JoE IS THE AWESOMENESS WRESTLER IN ZE WORLDZ!!!!! .........
Okay, I won't go that far. I don't know, I like Joe. The Joe stuff that I've watched, I've liked. Joe's never really dissapointed me. Mind you, my favorite wrestler right now, outside of Shawn Micheals, is Jimmy Jacobs, so my opinion may not be valid ![]() |
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Polyam cult member #420
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