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[Aids Johnson]

Pacman is the big pull? Shit.

 

[Testify]

So it was indeed Pacman, eh....

That's what I deserve when I get hyped over a 30 second youtube clip lawls.

 

[Testify]

But Pacman and his pal did alright on Daniels & Frankie, tbh. Nice little segment, the crowd loved it.

 

[Stopspot]

That sadly will not amount to anything. I don't see how Pacman being in TNA for what two weeks of airtime will benefit them in the long run.

 

[Testify]

That sadly will not amount to anything. I don't see how Pacman being in TNA for what two weeks of airtime will benefit them in the long run.

They brought him for one night only, and he has a history in TNA. Don't see a big deal in doing it. Body slams arenn't gonna hurt Daniels & Kaz, ratings will always be the same.....

You don't every damn thing to benefit you in a long term, you do short term stuff too because of variety reasons.

 

[Stopspot]

Still so no benefit to bring Pacman in even in short term, since he wasn't advertised other than in youtube vids. If he had been actually marketed he could have drawn some extra crowd, it being his hometown and all.

And on the Daniels and Kaz thing, yeah its hard to hurt something that has almost negative momentum either way. Bad Influence went from kings of the tag division to Roode's stooges to the scooby doo squad hunting for Abyss. They are two of the most misused guys on the roster right now.

 

[Testify]

Still so no benefit to bring Pacman in even in short term, since he wasn't advertised other than in youtube vids. If he had been actually marketed he could have drawn some extra crowd, it being his hometown and all.

And on the Daniels and Kaz thing, yeah its hard to hurt something that has almost negative momentum either way. Bad Influence went from kings of the tag division to Roode's stooges to the scooby doo squad hunting for Abyss. They are two of the most misused guys on the roster right now.

I really doubt Pacman would draw more than 20 more people to the show, but whatever.

Daniels and Kaz most misused guys? Well lol @ that statement. Like you don't know they can be jobbing on one show today, and be most hated heels and pricks tomorrow; and the third day they win the gold again. It's like Robbie E, but 100x better.
Simply nothing can hurt nor is hurting Daniels & Kaz because they're an amazing talent.

 

[Stopspot]

I really doubt Pacman would draw more than 20 more people to the show, but whatever.

Daniels and Kaz most misused guys? Well lol @ that statement. Like you don't know they can be jobbing on one show today, and be most hated heels and pricks tomorrow; and the third day they win the gold again. It's like Robbie E, but 100x better.
Simply nothing can hurt nor is hurting Daniels & Kaz because they're an amazing talent.

I have a hard time believing that. Because credibility doesn't come back that fast. The thing that made Bad influence work in the first place was the storyline that birthed it. The fact that they were allowed to be given TV time weekly where they established serious personas that latched on to the fans so that they could get emotionally invested in what these two slimy heels where doing to poor old AJ styles. And once that was done they were let loose on the tag division. That was cred built over time. Cred and believability which has taken serious bumps since. If you compare Bad influence 2012's reactions to Bad influence now's you can see that the crowd cares less about these two guys goofing about and eating random moves from random people.

They can regain their cred, but not as quickly as you stated. It will need work, because cred doesn't just come from ring work, it comes from having a persona that the fans cares to watch as well. Look at Jericho, one of the best running in the WWE, multi time world champ, yet if his character is silch, his cred is near silch and he puts over young bucks like Fandango or other lower card talents. But with a good character hook and some build up over time he's feuding for the WWE title.

A MMA fighter on a 18 match losing streak isn't challenging for a belt after one win. Same logic applise here, the more you lose and get beaten down, the longer the road back to prominence is. Especially if they remove the edge which made you big in the first place. Which has happened with BA, they've gone from interesting despicable heels into the world of cartoon villany.

Bad influence are misused.

 

[Testify]

I have a hard time believing that. Because credibility doesn't come back that fast. The thing that made Bad influence work in the first place was the storyline that birthed it. The fact that they were allowed to be given TV time weekly where they established serious personas that latched on to the fans so that they could get emotionally invested in what these two slimy heels where doing to poor old AJ styles. And once that was done they were let loose on the tag division. That was cred built over time. Cred and believability which has taken serious bumps since. If you compare Bad influence 2012's reactions to Bad influence now's you can see that the crowd cares less about these two guys goofing about and eating random moves from random people.

They can regain their cred, but not as quickly as you stated. It will need work, because cred doesn't just come from ring work, it comes from having a persona that the fans cares to watch as well. Look at Jericho, one of the best running in the WWE, multi time world champ, yet if his character is silch, his cred is near silch and he puts over young bucks like Fandango or other lower card talents. But with a good character hook and some build up over time he's feuding for the WWE title.

A MMA fighter on a 18 match losing streak isn't challenging for a belt after one win. Same logic applise here, the more you lose and get beaten down, the longer the road back to prominence is. Especially if they remove the edge which made you big in the first place. Which has happened with BA, they've gone from interesting despicable heels into the world of cartoon villany.

Bad influence are misused.

You can't compare their 2012 and 2013 crowd reactions, becuase it was IZ in 2012 and this year it's on the road.

You pointed out some ok arguments, but I stand by my opinion that Bad Influence has been amusing me for well over a year, every week - no matter what they do, and how many wins or losses they have; or whether they feud with Chavo or Eric Young.

You can always be used better, ofc.