TNA news on Alex Kozlov, Vince Russo, and more

[chessarmy]

TNA is heavily re-evaluating the outside booking of their talents. They had talent booked for outside and international groups in the past as a way to create revenue, but the company is doing much better financially and doesn't need to do that as they once did. Another reason for the re-evaluation is the incident with Mickie Knuckles, where she broke her leg wrestling in front of 60-people.

-- There has been an internal vote of confidence in regards to Vince Russo in recent weeks.

-- Alex Kozlov impressed TNA officials with his World X-Cup performances. Due to the relationship they are trying to build with CMLL, it's considered off limits to sign anyone from that company right now.

-- Ric Moore sent word that Kaz's profile has been removed from the "Roster" section of TNAwrestling.com.

Source: 24wrestling.com

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My confidence in the Kaz thing just being Kayfabe is slowly diminishing, and if it actually is real I'm going to get pissed. Kaz is awesome (his theme is great too) and he could have a bright future in TNA. Other than that though, the rest of the news is kind of...meh. Vince Russo getting more confidence is fine I guess, as long as he doesn't go on a rampage of stupid angles and 100 gimmick matches then I'm fine with him. And Kozlov was very impressive in the X Cup, he could make a solid heel for the X-Division

thoughts?

 

[Axis]

They're diminishing because they removed his profile from the webpage? Don't be naive. That fact should not change your opinion at all.

As for Kozlov, I find that funny. He was my least favorite of any team; I found him quite choppy and pretty green.

 

[chessarmy]

^ I'm a mark, what do you expect? lol

 

[xtremebadass]

I agree with you on one thing, he has a badass theme, I am listening to it right now lol

 

[This Guy]

THey took Abyss off there roster page as well though, so its not that big of a deal. WWE took Undertaker off theres, its really kinda smart from a story line stand point.

 

[O-Blaze]

^^^I was gonna say the same thing...


they done the whole taking someones profile off before...on both..Its just to make it look more real...but who knows he might really be gone from TNA...I am hoping he is not because I wanted him to turn heel and all that and win the X-Division Title..

 

[Travis40]

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Vince Russo getting more confidence is fine I guess, as long as he doesn't go on a rampage of stupid angles and 100 gimmick matches then I'm fine with him.

thoughts?

uh...hasn't he already?


Kozlov?...meh, I really didn't like him in the X Cup, and I really don't think he's a very good wrestler.

 

[gashface]

I thought Kozlov was cool to be honest, he drew great heat and I felt genuinly entertained by him. He is a natural performer, to the point where if he did wrestle badly (I didn't see any bad wrestling personally) he was entertaining enough to make up for it.

As for Russo, god knows why he's had a vote of confidence.. I don't think he's been doing anything particularly good... but ah well.

The roster page will be kayfabe.

 

[-TJ-]

Just because Kozlov didn't get much offense in the X-cup doesn't mean he would impress the staff. Half of wrestling for WWE/TNA/ect..... is wrestling other half are mic skills, selling moves, ect......... So i would understand their interest in Kozlov.

 

[This Guy]

Okay I just noticed what people are saying about the Russo part and obviously none of you know what an internal vote of confidence is.

An internal vote of confidence is NOT everyone saying "Vince Russo is Great"

An internal vote of confidence is a secret vote between the internal members of TNA management on weather or not to fire Vince Russo. The fact that he is still with the company means 1 of 3 things.

1. The voting majority was to keep him
2. The voting majority was to fire him, but they are holding off till a specific period for some unknown reason
3. The voting majority was to fire him, but the person who makes the final decission decided to ignore the vote results and keep him anyways.

The vote is not the final deciding factor of Russo's fate.