Hogan agrees Impact Zone is "killing the product"

[Crayo]

Out of curiosity, do they completely own the IZ yeah? The building itself? I think Solidus' idea of extending it is a great idea, if you keep doing that over time when you can afford it then it will drastically help the product. I still think going on the road is the best idea and going to actual decent cities, but for the short-term extending the IZ could help. It really does ruin things when one fan in the IZ chants something Blue which you can hear completely fine because it's so small.

I'm also a strong believer that the arena/design gives out an aura. If you watch RAW you realise "Okay this is quite a big thing" because they're in 16,000 seater arenas and the stage/set up is relatively big. It becomes more about WWE and what's going on inside the ring than the individual crowd members. However I understand WWE's wallet is obviously a LOT bigger than TNA's, and although I don't know if TNA could afford to go on the road, I still think it would help the product, and evidently double H does too.

Last input though, where would you guys suggest TNA goes and markets hard? The one good thing about PG is you have a LOT of options for exposure, though I don't expect the TV-14 guideline is stopping TNA so obviously something is going wrong.

 

[Wacokid27]

I think they should work some kind of split schedule, where they do about half of the shows, maybe 2/3 in the IZ, and the other 1/3 to 1/2 on the road. They need to stick in the mid-South/Florida/Georgia/Carolinas area for the most part, maybe the odd trip to Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas, or an odd one to Philly, Chicago, someplace like that, especially at first. Also, they should do about 1/2 of their PPV's on the road, same type of set-up.

They've got to start small to build up that excitement. I don't know that TNA will be able to afford to go completely away from the Impact Zone, at least not in the next 5 - 10 years, but, if this is done right and deliberately, it could become a profitable venture for them. I do agree with what several people here have said (and :hogan: tweeted) in that staying pretty exclusively in the IZ is going to kill the company in the long run.

wk

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Out of curiosity, do they completely own the IZ yeah? The building itself? I think Solidus' idea of extending it is a great idea, if you keep doing that over time when you can afford it then it will drastically help the product. I still think going on the road is the best idea and going to actual decent cities, but for the short-term extending the IZ could help. It really does ruin things when one fan in the IZ chants something Blue which you can hear completely fine because it's so small.

I'm also a strong believer that the arena/design gives out an aura. If you watch RAW you realise "Okay this is quite a big thing" because they're in 16,000 seater arenas and the stage/set up is relatively big. It becomes more about WWE and what's going on inside the ring than the individual crowd members. However I understand WWE's wallet is obviously a LOT bigger than TNA's, and although I don't know if TNA could afford to go on the road, I still think it would help the product, and evidently double H does too.

Last input though, where would you guys suggest TNA goes and markets hard? The one good thing about PG is you have a LOT of options for exposure, though I don't expect the TV-14 guideline is stopping TNA so obviously something is going wrong.

It's H Double, not Double H.

 

[Wacokid27]

It's H Double, not Double H.

H Double, Double H, Triple H.

Whatever it takes. :dawg:

wk

 

[Testify]

Out of curiosity, do they completely own the IZ yeah? The building itself? I think Solidus' idea of extending it is a great idea, if you keep doing that over time when you can afford it then it will drastically help the product.

No, they don't. Impact Zone is just the big part of the Universal Studios in Orlando.

Going on the road 8 times last year didn't show any ratings improvement, as the ratings were even lower than they were in Impact Wrestling Zone. Just saying that ratings wise. Maybe if they go constantly on the road, or one full month, then the second month stay in the IZ, and so on, that'd show what the truth is. You make the iron stronger by putting it in the fire, so why not?

 

[Swift]

I'd go to their shows as often as possible if it was at the Hollywood Universals Studios... but it's not : :why: