TNA Rebrand Discussion Thread

[Leon TrotSky]

I've always been too cheap to buy PPVs but the WWE Network is too convenient

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Some true TNA original Hall of Famers

 

[Comrade Khan]

Mike Tenay Wouldn't Rule Out A Commentary Comeback, But It Would Have To Be His Terms | Fightful News

Mike Tenay talks potential return to commentary.

www.fightful.com

 

[Leon TrotSky]

That's certainly unexpected... but Schiavone showing up in AEW was unexpected too

 

[Comrade Khan]

That's certainly unexpected... but Schiavone showing up in AEW was unexpected too

even a one off for one match would be great

 

[Leon TrotSky]

I've just had an idea for a good one-off that could never happen unless something big changes in WWE

AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels, End of an Era Career vs. Career, special guest commentator Tenay

 

[Geese]

I prefer Impact. For years, the company wanted to move away from the initials TNA because it was the butt of jokes in the wrestling business.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

I prefer Impact. For years, the company wanted to move away from the initials TNA because it was the butt of jokes in the wrestling business.

That's how nostalgia works. People trash things that are current but then realise they were better back then

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Like, I've seen nostalgia for early era Ke$ha but I was around in 2010 and remember hating all that lol

 

[Chris]

Most things weren't even better people were just happier so they romanticize the things from that period

 

[Butters]

Most things weren't even better people were just happier so they romanticize the things from that period

Getting even deeper is they weren't even happier. They just assume they couldn't feel as bad as they do now.

 

[Hoss]

I also think people just constantly hate what's in front of them, so when enough time has passed, they can look back at stuff and be like "this actually isn't that bad"

 

[Smart Marx]

It’s the phrase time heals all wounds.

Time and perspective changes. Especially when faced with stuff you find is worse today, but I don’t believe it’s as straightforward as hate everything today and love everything from before. I don’t think the average person misses late WCW, nor would I ever claim to miss late 2000s PG era WWE and I can certainly tell you I’d never miss late 2010s WWE. I also don’t think anyone hated on black and gold NXT so in a few years when people are clamoring for that era it would be erroneous to suggest that they were romanizing it in hindsight. I will agree that most things when you had at least liked them a little bit from the past you’ll then look at them through rose covered glasses.

Like if AEW falls off people will debate if people loving this era of AEW is nostalgia because they will remember how people hated current day AEW, but will forget how many love AEW right now. So that’s the other issue is it’s not always the same people either. Most of the people who will say I loved AEW won’t be the same ones who shit on it at the time.

I think the main issue for TNA isn’t necessarily whether or not people enjoyed the product more back then it’s just that the Impact Wrestling branding just never struck with anyone. If the Impact Wrestling brand had any positive marketable change for the company business wise, they would never consider going back, but it didn’t. It also didn’t help with the perception of the company at all. At least not for like five or six years and even then it wasn’t because they changed the name it was because the booking got better and despite that people still made Impact jokes as it’s still the same company. People don’t forget you’re TNA because you removed TNA from TNA Impact and added Wrestling at the end.

It’s just easier to let people remember the good, the bad and the ugly of TNA Impact Wrestling. As one whole branding without being fragmented by history. We’ll just have to forget about GFW.

 

[Smart Marx]

In before someone makes me watch a 2009 WWE show and I say this isn’t that bad, actually.

 

[Chris]

Its like a meme on Twitter now to talk about how stacked the 2009 WWE roster was bc people were constantly making posts about it every few weeks like they were the only ones that remembered even though we all remember