Change in TNA Creative?

[PeepShow]

Since when does Stone Cold say anything? He's prolly sitting on his ass laughing it up on the inside. While I laugh at Sharkboy's stuff, I cant help but think that I'm laughing b/c it's so stupid.

 

[HHHforever]

I think part of the reason TNA is doing this is to get advertising in the form of WWE mocking them. Think about it, WWE goes out of their way not to ever mention TNA. But this way, Austin gets all "Wow, TNA is full of fuckwads and shittards to pull a stunt like this." The people stalking Austin get all "Omg I have to see what our leader told me to hate!" Boom, new viewers.

Wow just wow. First of all when has Austin ever come out and said anything about TNA? He probably doesn't even know about this angle because I highly doubt he even watches TNA. You know why the WWE doesn't ever metion TNA? Because they don't see them as a threat. If they did then they might take Blue cheap shots at them, but they don't. Your logic is just so Blue on this that I can't even believe it.

As Peep said I really don't understand the point of this. It's not like Austin was in TNA and then left for the WWE so they want to make fun of him cuz they're pissed he left. Overall it's just so stupid and dumb stuff like that makes me not watch TNA.

 

[Tsaalyo Phoenix]

What are you, nine? Don't bother responding to my posts if you're just going to say "you're Blue."

 

[HHHforever]

No actually I'm not 9, although you seem to think that everyone on this web site is at least 10 years younger than they actually are, lol. Anyway if you could read I did not call you Blue, I said your logic was Blue. If you yourself were Blue you probably wouldn't be able to type out complete thoughts on any subject.

 

[Kaedon]

No, actually thats not how it works. Just because someone says a name, reguardless of how big a star they are, doesnt necessarily equal ratings. And the lack of those ratings since Austin said what he said proves I'm right. Try again.

 

[Adampro123]

^As you watch the segments, you do tend to laugh, but after I keep thinking about it more and more, why do we? I mean seriously, in context, it isn't funny at all. Why poke fun at Austin? I mean seriously, what is the point? What did he do so wrong? Just doesn't make much sense to me. I sure hope that serious approach starts really soon.

Why break down why you laugh? why not just try to enjoy something instead of nit picking it? you laugh why do you really need to know why you laugh?

 

[PeepShow]

^So when you watch something, you just laugh for no reason? I laugh b/c I see something funny. You have to think about something before you laugh obviously. I guess I don't understand what you are getting at.

 

[This Guy]

The Sharkboy gimmick serves no purpose if anything its going to boost the sales of Austin's 3 Disc DVD that just came out. So if anything TNA is advertising for the WWE again. Thats the problem. While I agree it can be funny at times, if all it makes you do is think Damn I miss Austin, and then you realize, Hey the WWE has a 3 Disc Legacy of Stone Cold DVD coming out, suddenly your buying a WWE Product. What TNA Product is Shark Boy acting like Austin selling? Nothing.

 

[HHHforever]

^Very, very good point there, I hadn't thought of it like that. I guess if you look at it like that, this would probably be the absolute worst time for TNA to do a gimmick like that.

 

[This Guy]

My point exactly. Everything you do in wrestling should server the purpose of putting money in your pocket. The Jay Lethal getting over as Savage, is not bad. They've made some money on it. Its not like WWE is releasing a 3 disc Macho Man set. (though I'm sure they will, give them time)

But when you know the WWE is set to release a DVD on the Legacy of Stone Cold....a man who is no doubt the most popular wrestler of all time, (at least the best merchandise seller of all time), why as TNA would you have one of your wrestlers mimick him? I guarentee that DVD was going to be a sucsess anyways, the question is now, how much of that sucsess was because of TNA and Sharkboy? And if even the smallest amount was, it still means TNA put money in there compititions pocket. Which is bad buisness.

 

[HHHforever]

^Which is exactly why the WWE doesn't talk about or make fun of TNA. I still think the main reason that the WWE doesn't take shots at TNA because they don't see them as a threat, however mentioning or taking shots at TNA might make people tune in to see what they're making fun of. I dunno I still think it's stupid for TNA to take shots at the WWE because I can't really understand how it helps them. As you said the whole point of doing anything is to put money in your pocket and I highly doubt anyone is tuning in to watch Sharkboy, buying tickets to see Sharkboy, or buyin Sharkboy t-shirts(if such a shirt exists), so what is the point?

 

[This Guy]

^^right, and history has proven what you said. WWE usually only took shots at WCW when they were feeling threatened by them. It never really worked. Oh sure it was funny as hell, but at the end of the day it just made everyone keep watching WCW. And same as WCW. They would take shots at the WWE when they were feeling threatened. Prime example, Bischoff said that the reason they used to reveal the results of the taped Raw's was because he was trying to cut down the chances of people flipping channels. It worked for the most part. But everyone knew there was a big title match coming up on Raw. Foley vs. The Rock for the WWE Title. They decided to reveal that Foley was going to win the title, thinking that this would cause people to forget about the big advertised Title match on Raw. Instead a record number tuned into Raw as soon as they heard Foley was going to win the belt to watch Foley do just that. Why? Because Foley was a beloved legend. WCW never revealed results again after that.

Now obviously this isn't quite the same, but history has proven that taking shots at your compition usually helps them instead of you. The only reason the WWE has done it was desperation. They were losing to WCW pretty bad to the point they feared closing up operations. Nothing seemed to be working so why not take a shot. But it never works. TNA may be feeling the same way, that nothing seems to really work, and maybe thats why they do it as a "what else do we have to lose" mentality. The problem is, TNA ignores what the fans want and continue to allow Russo to give us whatever he wants...which to date is more comedy. McMahon can be just as guilty. The difference is, McMahon may give us something we don't really want (take the propsed Insest angle), but its a small portion of the program in which for the majority of which especially the main event, he's giving the fans what they actually want. Russo gives us humor in everything, weather we want it or not.

 

[HHHforever]

^Yea true. I think it would be absolutely awesome if TNA could actually challenge the WWE and created a rivalry like the WCW/WWE rivalries of old. I think we as fans would all benefit from that because we'd probably get some entertaining TV. However, I don't see that happening anytime in the forseeable future. Like you said TNA is just desperate and is trying to do whatever they can to get an edge over the WWE. However this sharkboy thing is not going to get them there. Like I said that dumbass gimick is one of the reasons I don't watch TNA.

Now if they go to this more serious approach they might be able to attrack viewers away from the WWE. Right now I would say 95% of TNA's fans watch WWE, I don't know for sure that's just my guess. Some of the biggest supporters of TNA on this forum still tune into Raw every Monday. Now I'd say maybe 30% of WWE, if that, watch TNA on a regular basis. If TNA wants to draw viewers away they need to be very original and very different from the WWE, not take dumb shots at them. Now by original I don't mean just having a 6 sided ring, they'll need to have more wrestling or do something totally different from the WWE. Until they do something like that, they'll never be able to pass the WWE imo.