Random TNA Discussion thread

[Troy]

Maybe we will see him reunite with Paul London on the indy circuit now that he is definitely gone from TNA.

 

[Clydefrog]

tbh i dislike both paul london and brian kendrick, they were decent as a tag team but nothing much else, the gimmick he used in tna was god dam awfull and i can just seem him going back to roh or maybe dragons gate

 

[We Are Legion]

I watched TNA last night and I just don't get it, sorry. I can honestly say I am fucking clueless at what they are trying to accomplish. It doesn't even feel like they are trying to compete with WWE anymore. Maybe that's a good thing, maybe not, but when I watch Impact, it just doesn't seem to have any direction.

 

[Crippler]

it's been like that for years now.

 

[Troy]

Early numbers for TNA's Against All Odds estimate the buyrate at about 7,000.

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We talk about how bad WWE PPV buyrates are when they get around 150,000, TNA won't even get close to that when you add up all the buyrates for the entire year. 7,000 is a terrible number and PPVs are where you make the really big money in wrestling. For too long TNA have ignored building the PPVs on Impact and even though quite a few of their PPVs were filled with good wrestling the fans didn't buy it because from the build you couldn't realistically expect a good show. I also think that TNA's regular dusty finishes on PPV mainevents hurt the buyrates as well.

 

[The New F'n Show]

7K wow that's brutal.

 

[Deuce]

that's terrible but accurate.

 

[Ben]

TNA should really just scrap there PPV concept when the deal runs out. Speaking of PPV Slammiversary Date announced and looks like it will be out of the IZ.

"I am very, VERY excited about what market we will be in for the Slammiversary pay-per-view on 6/10 to celebrate our 10th anniversary! "

If there smart they'll go somewhere in NYC.

 

[Troy]

Smart move to have it outside of the Impact Zone as it would be bad to see them celebrate that big moment in front of 750 fans. If they book it right they should be able to get a few thousand people to the show which will create a much better atmosphere for the show.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Kinda has to be in Nashville doesn't it?

 

[Ben]

Lockdown is in Nashville this year so I doubt they go back so soon. New York has also been ruled out according to PWinsider.

Never even though of it until now, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them hold it in the UK

 

[Troy]

If they held it in the UK then they would be sure to get a massive crowd, close to 10k. I can't see them hosting such a big show outside of the US though, in the future they should do a PPV overseas just not this one.

 

[Dale]

Not that TNA does decent PPV numbers, but surely doing it in the UK would kill those PPV buys even more due to the time difference and subsequent spoilers? That's the main reason why the WWE will sadly never bring Mania or any PPV over here.

 

[Troy]

Well they could probably get close to 7k PPV buys in the UK alone if they did it there plus I am sure they would be able to get a few thousand buys in the US even if it was on delay.

 

[rcoot93]

PPV are free for UK so they only money they will get would be from tickets, plus their US buys would fall dramatically unless they slashed the price or do it for free