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Old 03-12-2010, 07:26 PM   #1
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What rating (or possibly a type of action) do you think TNA would need to achieve for WWE to look at TNA and say "oh shit, we're in trouble"?

I'm thinking if TNA started doing a 2 and WWE's rating started to slump into the high 2s they'd really get their ass in gear.

Obviously completely hypothetical.
It's tough to say. To be honest, I don't think TNA has much of a chance against the WWE.....unless they signed someone like The Rock even if The Rock didn't wrestle (not going to happen by the way). If TNA pushed new stars, got rid of most of the old guard, and targetted a different demographic than the WWE (i.e. a mature audience for instance), then perhaps they can do something.

In terms of actual RATINGS? I think once TNA is exactly 2/3's between NXT and Smackdown in terms of ratings (not sure what the exact # will be), the WWE can start taking TNA more seriously.
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Old 03-12-2010, 09:42 PM   #2
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They are doing what they need to do right now.

And also, WWE is legitimately concerned and interested in what TNA is doing.
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:18 PM   #3
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The overall booking of Impact needs to have Russo's stench removed from it.

Moving to an 8 o'clock start time would make sense for obvious reasons.

Properly promoting the content of episodes of Impact on television in the 6 days and 22 hours between programs would be a huge step in the right direction.

More wrestling, less talk. They've got an extremely capable roster, this 15-20 minutes of wrestling per week is an inexplicable flaw.

The "Knockout Division" is and has been their biggest ratings draw for several reasons. Promote it as such, and enhance the image of TNA as "THE destination for women's wrestling on Monday nights" or what have you.

Thei tag team division trumps the WWE's. Granted, that's got quite a bit to do with the WWE just not caring to develop a legit tag division, but it couldn't hurt TNA to somehow hammer home this advantage.

Don't forget about the X Division. Dance with who brought you.

Use the elder statesmen to truly develop and put over new talent.

Less Bischoff, Hogan, Foley, Jarrett and Bubba The Love Sponge skits.

No more Brooke Hogan in an acting role. EVER.
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Old 03-16-2010, 02:07 PM   #5
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Am I the only one who thinks that TNA would benefit from a second show? Like a SmackDown! to iMPACT!'s RAW? The characters and such we get on TNA are actually pretty interesting, but everything feels rushed, and proper wrestling is neglected. If you space things out between two shows, then you can theoretically increase the length of the matches and such.

Just avoid the WWE's whole "certain stars only appear here" thing. Don't make wrestlers exclusive to one show. Have a talent floating around like Raven moved back to do commentary, and that frees up a roster space. This would also increase the chance people have of turning onto a piece of TNA programming. From there, you can actually implement a lot of the creative changes -- which do need to happen.

TNA's best chance of getting the WWE's attention, is not to put forward the same product with older names, but to see where their weaknesses are counteract those. The Knockouts, for example, do really well in TNA. In the WWE, Diva segments are low-rated and are buffers between bigger matches on PPV. The WWE works a safer style, so naturally the X-Division is a good counter to that. The WWE have seven championships to focus on, whereas TNA have five -- so actually build them up to mean something.

Instead of bringing in these big names for the main event scene, maybe let Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy help out in the X-Division? It suits their styles, and Angle has actually gone on the record saying he would love to work in that division. Having these credible main event guys lower on the card also rises the stock of your guys actually in the main event, like AJ Styles and The Pope.
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Old 03-16-2010, 03:24 PM   #6
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Yes. You are the only one who thinks that.

I mean, shit, TNA can't even make IMPACT! a coherent show. What do you think having two shows will change?

I'm usually with you on stuff, Noidster, but not here.
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Old 03-17-2010, 12:13 AM   #7
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Yes. You are the only one who thinks that.

I mean, shit, TNA can't even make IMPACT! a coherent show. What do you think having two shows will change?

I'm usually with you on stuff, Noidster, but not here.
Well, that's exactly it. I feel that having two shows would lead to a more coherent product. Instead of six hours of programming poured into two hours, you can have six crammed into four.
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Old 03-17-2010, 01:15 AM   #8
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No, they'd try to cram 18 hours into 4.
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Old 03-17-2010, 01:58 AM   #9
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Well, I would hope not.
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They should get Cornette and Jim Mitchell back.

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Old 03-17-2010, 05:20 AM   #12
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To be honest there was not a lot I disliked about Impact. The main problem at the moment is that they seem to be at the begining of a reboot so it feels like they are having to establish a lot of people. I think the ratings will improve as they gain continuity and a clear sense of what is happening. If they concentrate on what they want to achieve from the top down, the ratings will look after themselves.

Of what I didn't really like;

Why are the Nasty Boys taking up air time? Against the Dudleys? What's the point? Does Brother Runt really bring much to the table? There's only room for one old looking, not bothered about ageing Outsider and at this point I would take Nash over Hall. Not really bothered about Hall and Syxx Pac. Shannon Moore and the X title, damn, just damn. They have so many X division wrestlers who have busted a gut with the company and they elevate an ex-WWE jobber. I know he has a look but think it's a waste of what they already have. Hardy, wasted time?

I think Destination X will be a good PPV. I'm interested to see how they build on the aftermath of it because it seems like they have set it up for a lot to happen.
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To be honest there was not a lot I disliked about Impact. The main problem at the moment is that they seem to be at the begining of a reboot so it feels like they are having to establish a lot of people. I think the ratings will improve as they gain continuity and a clear sense of what is happening. If they concentrate on what they want to achieve from the top down, the ratings will look after themselves.

Of what I didn't really like;

Why are the Nasty Boys taking up air time? Against the Dudleys? What's the point? Does Brother Runt really bring much to the table? There's only room for one old looking, not bothered about ageing Outsider and at this point I would take Nash over Hall. Not really bothered about Hall and Syxx Pac. Shannon Moore and the X title, damn, just damn. They have so many X division wrestlers who have busted a gut with the company and they elevate an ex-WWE jobber. I know he has a look but think it's a waste of what they already have. Hardy, wasted time?

I think Destination X will be a good PPV. I'm interested to see how they build on the aftermath of it because it seems like they have set it up for a lot to happen.
You make a lot of good points that i agree with. I'm actually watching the west coast replay of Monday's Impact and I disagree with people who've said AJ Styles is in the wrong role. Sure, it's the Impact Zone, but at the same time, he's drawing heat in said venue, and he's only going to get more and more comfortable with the new role.

The Nasties v. Team 3D is on now, and honestly, neither team needs to be taking up payroll. They're dead weight. 3D is no longer relevant and has hung on way too long, and the Nasties...well...enough said.

I'll have a better opinion in a few hours.
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Old 03-17-2010, 08:27 AM   #14
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Shannon Moore is a steady hand that could help the X-Division, or the tag division if they signed Gregory Helms; but I don't like the way they are pushing him as a "star." In all his years in the business, he hasn't really held a major singles championship at all. He and Kazarian should never have swapped places. Moore would be fine in the Ladder Match with Brian Kendrick, Daniels and Amazing Red.
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Old 03-17-2010, 10:36 AM   #15
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Yeah it would at least make it feel like he had earned a shot. Also what has happened to TNA's other title (the new one), did it get mentioned on Impact?
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They need to realize that Hogan is not a booker... Bischoff had one good idea, and it centered around Hogan... Not even gonna get into the whole Russo thing, just get rid of him... I can dig on some of the older guys on the roster like Foley, Angle, and Booker, but any older than that and they're just wasting time... if we wanted WCW they'd still be around.
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