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I swear TNA will hire anyone that has stepped 3 feet from a WWE building.
 

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Taz was never a good color commentator anyway, and since he joined the Aces & Eights, in my opinion, his commentary has been atrocious and hard to listen to. Anyone can replace Taz, hell, Michael Cole could replace Taz.:cole:

His commentary has actually improved since he joined IMO and a lot of people's opinions. Now, improving dog shit is neither hard nor impressive, but it is something.
I wish they would release Aries,Roode,Samoa Joe, and AJ Styles because these guys deserve way more than this fucking company.
And they would go where? TNA sucks at running a business but all of those guys are better off in their current situation for the time being

Even if we hate TNA for the way they are you shouldn't want the company to fail. That would be terrible for the wrestling industry as a whole.
 

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His commentary has actually improved since he joined IMO and a lot of people's opinions. Now, improving dog shit is neither hard nor impressive, but it is something.
And they would go where? TNA sucks at running a business but all of those guys are better off in their current situation for the time being

Even if we hate TNA for the way they are you shouldn't want the company to fail. That would be terrible for the wrestling industry as a whole.
Yeah. But the points he makes when he is trying to back up Aces & Eights are pretty bad. But I'm not sure since I haven't watched TNA frequently in a while.
 

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Yeah. But the points he makes when he is trying to back up Aces & Eights are pretty bad. But I'm not sure since I haven't watched TNA frequently in a while.


Every point he has ever made is bad, but at least he is sort of funny as a heel, albeit mostly unintentionally I'm sure.
 
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Every point he has ever made is bad, but at least he is sort of funny as a heel, albeit mostly unintentionally I'm sure.
Yeah, lol. His lines are okay at times, but ultimately is hard to listen to.
 

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His commentary has actually improved since he joined IMO and a lot of people's opinions. Now, improving dog shit is neither hard nor impressive, but it is something.
And they would go where? TNA sucks at running a business but all of those guys are better off in their current situation for the time being

Even if we hate TNA for the way they are you shouldn't want the company to fail. That would be terrible for the wrestling industry as a whole.

I'm surprised Austin Aries didn't leave the company after getting charged a huge fine for putting his pelvis in Christy Hemme's face. I'm just mad at how TNA can utilize these guys and take them to the top, but instead they usually take the easy way out and throw Jeff Hardy or Sting in the mix of a title match. They're basically using rocks over diamonds.
 

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Yeah, but in the end it may have been for the best. I mean, they released like 141 2/3% of their Gutcheck guys.

It's just really hard to believe a wrestling company would turn down a man beast who wrestles like a cruiserweight.
 

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I'm surprised Austin Aries didn't leave the company after getting charged a huge fine for putting his pelvis in Christy Hemme's face. I'm just mad at how TNA can utilize these guys and take them to the top, but instead they usually take the easy way out and throw Jeff Hardy or Sting in the mix of a title match. They're basically using rocks over diamonds.


That is an incorrect generalization in my eyes. Guys like Roode, Aries, Storm, ect have been utilized very well at times by TNA. Styles is going to get another title run, Aries is booked well all the time, Bad Influence is allowed to shine in the tag division. TNA does a good job of booking a lot of talented guys. I'm not a fan of Hardy or Sting either, but they aren't here to attract guys like us, they are there for the casuals/WWE marks who watch TNA to see the big names.

TNA sucks at a lot of stuff and I'm as upset with the company as I've ever been with recent developments and the sort of stale product tbh, but we shouldn't just start burying the company and acting like they do nothing well. They've done PLENTY to earn the praise of the IWC in recent years, I'm not going to just forget it all because they are fucking up some now.
 

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That is an incorrect generalization in my eyes. Guys like Roode, Aries, Storm, ect have been utilized very well at times by TNA. Styles is going to get another title run, Aries is booked well all the time, Bad Influence is allowed to shine in the tag division. TNA does a good job of booking a lot of talented guys. I'm not a fan of Hardy or Sting either, but they aren't here to attract guys like us, they are there for the casuals/WWE marks who watch TNA to see the big names.

TNA sucks at a lot of stuff and I'm as upset with the company as I've ever been with recent developments and the sort of stale product tbh, but we shouldn't just start burying the company and acting like they do nothing well. They've done PLENTY to earn the praise of the IWC in recent years, I'm not going to just forget it all because they are fucking up some now.

It's just mind blowing how great TNA was in 2012 and how it's gotten now. I'm hoping soon they will get back on track, more than likely after this Aces&8's storyline ends.
 

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Don't forget they turned down Brian Cage and Adam Pearce.

They're probably working an angle with them. There's no way Gut Check can be THIS badly executed on purpose. Other than Bradley vs Cage, hasn't it been every time that they turned down the guy who wins the match first? And then and sometimes signs the other guy for no rhyme or reason?

Spoiler from the Knockouts One Night Only PPV in December:
Ivelisse Velez is joining the Aces and Eights then, maybe the rest of the Gut Check Participants can do the same. Or maybe TNA will change plans and take this stupid storyline behind the barn and shoot it by then, and maybe have a Gut Check faction or something?
 

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They're probably working an angle with them. There's no way Gut Check can be THIS badly executed on purpose. Other than Bradley vs Cage, hasn't it been every time that they turned down the guy who wins the match first? And then and sometimes signs the other guy for no rhyme or reason?

Spoiler from the Knockouts One Night Only PPV in December:
Ivelisse Velez is joining the Aces and Eights then, maybe the rest of the Gut Check Participants can do the same. Or maybe TNA will change plans and take this stupid storyline behind the barn and shoot it by then, and maybe have a Gut Check faction or something?


You mean like a Nexus 2.0? I just don't think they need yet another group. It'll be Fourtune vs Immortal all over again, no thank you.
 

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Despite all this bullshit surrounding the business side of TNA, I still enjoy the product and many right people are still getting pushed (Ray, Bad Influence, Aries, Sabin, Magnus, AJ, Joe, Mickie) and I mostly enjoy the product.

However, TNA needs to get their act together ASA freakin P before it's too late (and I know many internet tools that want it to be late).