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[MR B]

According to PWInsider, some people within TNA are said to be frustrated by Hogan's comments on Twitter saying that making Impact Wrestling a live show would solve 75% of the promotion's problems. Those who are frustrated see it as another ridiculous comment by Hulk, who they think is out of touch with what TNA needs but has a lot of say in its direction.

Those frustrated think that live shows would be a great idea, but that TNA has much bigger problems such as an overreliance on Hulk Hogan, the same old booking problems and friends and family getting pushed over more deserving talent.

[TrOLOLuke]

This translates to another >1.0 rating next week.

[MR B]

TrOLOLuke, on 22 April 2012 - 05:23 PM, said:

This translates to another >1.0 rating next week.

Do you work for spike Tv?

[wifiaero]

PWinsider must be mad because since when is TNA staff in Orlando on a Saturday you should change the rumor stamp to Rant. Rant:"Pwinsider's REACTION TO HULK HOGANS COMMENTS."

[Jackanape]

"It's PWinsider... always lying... yadda yadda yadda."
Every post on this story.

Edited by Jackanape, 22 April 2012 - 07:56 PM.

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MR B, on 22 April 2012 - 05:10 PM, said:

According to pwinsider.com, a few people in TNA that were really frustrated by Hulk Hogan's statement yesterday that taking Impact live would solve 75% of the company's issues. They see it as yet another ridiculous statement made by someone who is out of touch with what the company needs to do, yet has a lot of say in the direction of the company.

The feeling is that while live shows would be great, the company has much bigger issues to deal with (such as reliance on Hogan himself, the inability to book things properly and the pushing of friends and family over actual talented wrestlers). Given how numbers have dropped since Hulk Hogan replaced Sting and Garett and Eric Bischoff have become a focal point of the show, it's hard to argue with them. And that doesn't take into account the cost involved with going live weekly, which TNA has shown at this time they can't recoup.

1. Hogan has a maximum of two appearances which last less than 10 minutes on a 2 hour show. How is that relying on him?

2. "Inability to book things properly" - since when is there a "proper" way to book things? You know, one which satisfies everyone? Every booking decision has its supporters and people who hate it.

3. Hogan is pushing his friends and family over actual talented wrestlers? Garett aside, who else is there? Roode? Storm? The Guns? Hardy? Anderson? Bully? Joe and Magnus? Aries?


This has loads of shit written all over it. But hey - it sets it all up nicely for the "locker room morale is down" story!

[TrOLOLuke]

MR B, on 22 April 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:

Do you work for spike Tv?

if i did worked for spike, i would be too embarrassed to be here.

[jay02]

bishoff has not been on tv. they just hateing on hogan. no one knows whats going on backstage so. nfl draft might hurt tna for this week.

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TrOLOLuke, on 22 April 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

if i did worked for spike, i would be too embarrassed to be here.

Did your brain just shut off for that post?

[TrOLOLuke]

Beelzedude, on 22 April 2012 - 06:31 PM, said:

Did your brain just shut off for that post?

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[Stung]

Man, those writers don't even try to make it sound professional anymore. I've seen toddlers write better articles than that (regardless of this being true or false).

[Will]

Beel beat me to it but I'll post my variation of the BS that PWinsider posted:

"reliance on Hogan himself"

Hogan disappeared from Impact for months, dont think they were relying on him then? Hell I could swear Hogan has had minimial TV time the last few weeks.

"the inability to book things properly"

Says who? I think TNA's booking of the main event program has been quite good and nothing has been booked terribly in recent months.

"the pushing of friends and family over actual talented wrestlers"

K that is bad. Pretty sure that is something every wrestling company since the beginning of time has done that, why dont you say this when wwe does it as well or when ROH does it or when ECW did it etc.

[Incognito]

Its not as if the Nasty Boys are still around, or he brought in Beefcake. I think what makes it seem like they have a point, is that Garrett not being ready for prime time is so GLARING to everyone but them, yet they insist on keeping him around and pushing him. What is the point of their deal with OVW if they are going to have unseasoned performers regularly stinking up their nationally televised show?

There are little things they can do now to mildly improve ratings while they build up their new stars. Return to things that have always been reliable ratings grabbers for them (on a small scale.) Turn Gail Kim face, reunite the Beautiful People, keep Hogan's segments brief but with more energy. None of those sorts of changes will light the world on fire or bring in a ton of new viewers, but Gail's segments as a face always got high ratings in the quarter hour breakdowns, as did any appearance by TBP. Squeeze what remaining star power they can out of Hogan in small doses, get rid of Garrett, and just concentrate on putting on a solid, entertaining show and eventually, they'll get where they need to be.

[Frieza]

Guys, pwinsider is one, if not THE most reliable wrestling news site on the net.

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AmazingRedOwns, on 22 April 2012 - 08:53 PM, said:

Guys, pwinsider is one, if not THE most reliable wrestling news site on the net.

Please be sarcastic like that one time you said you like Amazng Red.

[Frieza]

Beelzedude, on 22 April 2012 - 09:14 PM, said:

Please be sarcastic like that one time you said you like Amazng Red.

You don't think pwi is reliable? In the words of Antoine Dodson, you are so dumb.

[Zeppelin4]

AmazingRedOwns, on 22 April 2012 - 10:37 PM, said:

You don't think pwi is reliable? In the words of Antoine Dodson, you are so dumb.

None of the dirtsheets are actually reliable, just some have a better track record over one another

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AmazingRedOwns, on 22 April 2012 - 10:37 PM, said:

You don't think pwi is reliable? In the words of Antoine Dodson, you are so dumb.

None of these people are professional journalists. They have no credentials, they have no professional background worth a fuck. The majority of their stories have been proven to be absolutely wrong and they rely heavily on sensationalism, spin, playing favorites and following up on a story with a "logical" development, fed to them by an "anonymous source", which in the journalism world is another word for "I made this up". Most of them are simply fans like you and I, the difference being that they are useless Lit grads OR don't even have that. So no, I don't think it's reliable. Why would I?

Edited by Beelzedude, 22 April 2012 - 11:24 PM.

[Frieza]

Beelzedude, on 22 April 2012 - 11:21 PM, said:

None of these people are professional journalists. They have no credentials, they have no professional background worth a fuck. The majority of their stories have been proven to be absolutely wrong and they rely heavily on sensationalism, spin, playing favorites and following up on a story with a "logical" development, fed to them by an "anonymous source", which in the journalism world is another word for "I made this up". Most of them are simply fans like you and I, the difference being that they are useless Lit grads OR don't even have that. So no, I don't think it's reliable. Why would I?

Honestly, I'm not trying to argue with you but when you say the majority of there stories are wrong, imo my opinion this isn't the case with pwi. I can't actually remember a time they reported something that turned out to be false.

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AmazingRedOwns, on 22 April 2012 - 11:36 PM, said:

Honestly, I'm not trying to argue with you but when you say the majority of there stories are wrong, imo my opinion this isn't the case with pwi. I can't actually remember a time they reported something that turned out to be false.

All dirt sheets report pretty much the same stories and they're all false (for the most part). They pass them around like doobies.