How can TNA Beat WWE?

[PureHatred]

Originally Posted by Kane Knight Right now, the only one with the power to beat WWE is Vince.

I don't even think that would work. Even if you subscribe to the idea that Vince is one of these nutjobs that enjoys the struggle to succeed so much that he actually sabotages himself once he gets to the top just so that he can fight his way back up again, the WWE is a public corporation with a board of directors whose only purpose is to maintain the company's profit margin. Vince couldn't tank his position in the industry if he tried.

TNA's best hope is for one of its characters to catch fire and to get to the point where they are a money-making national company.

But it would take an extinction level event to knock the WWE off its perch at this point.

[Arnold HamNegger]

Originally Posted by PureHatred But it would take an extinction level event to knock the WWE off its perch at this point.

Are you foreshadowing a particular Wrestlemania swerve~ PH????

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by PureHatred I don't even think that would work. Even if you subscribe to the idea that Vince is one of these nutjobs that enjoys the struggle to succeed so much that he actually sabotages himself once he gets to the top just so that he can fight his way back up again, the WWE is a public corporation with a board of directors whose only purpose is to maintain the company's profit margin. Vince couldn't tank his position in the industry if he tried. TNA's best hope is for one of its characters to catch fire and to get to the point where they are a money-making national company. But it would take an extinction level event to knock the WWE off its perch at this point.

Who said anything about sboataging himself to fight his way back up? The programming is flailing for some reason, but the concept of sabotage with the intent of rebuilding is a bit of a stretch PH. Besides, they've had to cut tons of corners over the last couple of years, where were the board on that? Right.

[PureHatred]

Originally Posted by Kane Knight Who said anything about sboataging himself to fight his way back up? The programming is flailing for some reason, but the concept of sabotage with the intent of rebuilding is a bit of a stretch PH. Besides, they've had to cut tons of corners over the last couple of years, where were the board on that? Right.

I think I didn't explain what I was trying to say there very well: basically I was saying that the WWE is so far ahead of the game right now that even if Vince was out of his mind and tried to tank his comapny, it wouldn't work.

But I do like your rocket ship analogy and I agree that the WWe has cut a lot of corners to remain fiscally solvent, but TNA is so far behind that we could be discussing what they 'could do' for years before TNA is ever considered competition.

Even without a monooly, the WWE has a large grip on the business during a down period. So all the other feds are left to scrape for the crumbs of a very small pie. TNA right now is just getting the biggest crumbs.

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by PureHatred I think I didn't explain what I was trying to say there very well: basically I was saying that the WWE is so far ahead of the game right now that even if Vince was out of his mind and tried to tank his comapny, it wouldn't work.

Really. So you think that all the cutbacks in terms of personel, expenses, and so on will sort themselves out, even though they haven't already? WWE have made HUGE cutbacks to stop themselves from hemmoraging money.

But I do like your rocket ship analogy and I agree that the WWe has cut a lot of corners to remain fiscally solvent, but TNA is so far behind that we could be discussing what they 'could do' for years before TNA is ever considered competition.

This is where the ball's in WWE's court. Smackdown's been clocking in at about a 3.0 of late according to online sources, and since I've caught those online sources overestimating the Raw ratings like three times in two months, I'm not even sure it's doing THAT well.


This is pretty far down from Smackdown actually beating Raw in ratings, and it doens't look like it's getting much better.

Raw's been lackluster, and it doesn't strike me that they can keep up as-is right now. Their ratings finally saw a legit increase, but they're a far cry from what they were. And consider they're competing with fucking Spongebob for ratings, where once they dominated. This is bad for sponsorship.

Even without a monooly, the WWE has a large grip on the business during a down period. So all the other feds are left to scrape for the crumbs of a very small pie. TNA right now is just getting the biggest crumbs.

Consider, for a moment, the fact that there are now two other "promotions" coming to the scene. Would these companies be doing it if they didn't see something viable, feasible, in doing so?

TNA's got pretty damn good ratings for a show with no real time slot. I'm not saying that translates immediately into "it'll be a success," but they're already doing good for themselves in their current scenario. Now, ot expand, they need to do a lot--Which they're already doing. Meanwhile, WWE is stagnating, and the ONLY reason they're not losing money is the continuous cutbacks.

Other companies smell blood in the water, and think that they can make some money out of this too. Maybe they're right, or maybe they're wrong. That's not the point. The point is that the monopoly and the grip is crumbling.