TNA and WWE.
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The only current person I could think of is Jeff Hardy,and I honestly haven't seen him in action in a long time.
>Jeff Hardy
>Chavo
>Bully Ray
>Knux
>Mr Anderson
Those are all the "older" WWE stars that I know of in TNA.
Just me or are these new members getting dumber and dumber?
Professional wrestling is entertainment. In the entertainment business, there are several keys to success. Yes, talent definitely matters, but so do marketing, production values, mainstream access, and...um...writing.
TNA has had some mild success for what they are, which is basically what used to be called a regional promotion. The fact that they have a national television contract matters little because the brand of wrestling they produce is generally popular in the Southeastern United States. Elsewhere in the U.S., pro wrestling is not seen as a serious form of entertainment (by the way, I am a proud Southerner from East Texas, so this is in no way a knock on either my Texan or Southern heritage; I probably had more ancestors who fought for the Confederacy than any of you....I'm just sayin'). WWE, on the other hand, is a global entertainment juggernaut mainly because the wrestling they produce is more cartoony and their characters are more over-the-top (again, not a knock on the WWE product; it simply is what it is).
By the way, for those of you who characterize TNA as simply some sort of Home for Aged Wrestlers.....please, get a life. If you don't enjoy the product, don't watch the product. And, quite frankly, it's obvious that some of you don't, as you pay no attention to the fact that the grand majority of top names in TNA today either never appeared in WWE (Austin Aries, Bobby Roode, James Storm, AJ Styles, Magnus) or had very different characters in WWE than they do in TNA (Bully Ray, Knux). Only Hardy, Angle, and Anderson have similar characters and it's probably most effectively argued that their characters in both TNA and WWE are/were reflections of their actual personalities (note: I'm discounting Knockouts and midcard to lower-card performers that worked in both promotions due to their less-than-instantly-recognizable statuses).
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TNA has had some mild success for what they are, which is basically what used to be called a regional promotion. The fact that they have a national television contract matters little because the brand of wrestling they produce is generally popular in the Southeastern United States. Elsewhere in the U.S., pro wrestling is not seen as a serious form of entertainment (by the way, I am a proud Southerner from East Texas, so this is in no way a knock on either my Texan or Southern heritage; I probably had more ancestors who fought for the Confederacy than any of you....I'm just sayin'). WWE, on the other hand, is a global entertainment juggernaut mainly because the wrestling they produce is more cartoony and their characters are more over-the-top (again, not a knock on the WWE product; it simply is what it is).
By the way, for those of you who characterize TNA as simply some sort of Home for Aged Wrestlers.....please, get a life. If you don't enjoy the product, don't watch the product. And, quite frankly, it's obvious that some of you don't, as you pay no attention to the fact that the grand majority of top names in TNA today either never appeared in WWE (Austin Aries, Bobby Roode, James Storm, AJ Styles, Magnus) or had very different characters in WWE than they do in TNA (Bully Ray, Knux). Only Hardy, Angle, and Anderson have similar characters and it's probably most effectively argued that their characters in both TNA and WWE are/were reflections of their actual personalities (note: I'm discounting Knockouts and midcard to lower-card performers that worked in both promotions due to their less-than-instantly-recognizable statuses).
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I have no idea what's going on here so I'll agree with WK,he's usually right.
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yea, it started around the time you signed up and is getting completely out of hand these days.
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TNA isn't publicly traded, so there is no way to really tell how successful or unsuccessful they are(ppv buy rates) I think they make good money from house show circuits, but who knows. You can't compare the two directly because WWE is just way more powerful than TNA. The only way you could really compare is if you could see the % profit of the two side by side, and i'd venture to guess that WWE wins it in a landslide.
Words cant describe how jelly i am of Deth getting the hate.
Hey, whats up, Austin Aries got denied off his shit. Congrats on showing who has already worked for WWE, Did Sting ever really go there?TNA has took all these superstars from WWE, I mean don't you think TNA is making more success, WWE copied Bully Ray as Ryback. Also sorry for going off-topic isn't that Bully Ray on the sites logo?
I care about all of 5 of the in question, because they werent used like absolute shit in wwe. Could you imagine ODB or Kazarian being utilized in WWE? Come on. What the asshole who made this should do, is show how many people were made in RoH or other promotions before signing to WWE. Who gives a shit?
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