TNA Wrestling General Discussion Thread

[Alexa]

Also, it hit me that Masha v Jordynne was Rocky IV but backwards

 

[Comrade Khan]

Also, it hit me that Masha v Jordynne was Rocky IV but backwards

Jordynne:

 

[Alexa]

Jordynne:

Glad you caught the reference, lol.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Now I'm just thinking about Jordynne punching a baby on TV

Bully Ray-approved HEAT

 

[Chris]

 

[Leon TrotSky]

That was only like one of 3 appearances for Sandman too

 

[Chris]

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/impact-wrestling/pco-my-impact-persona-will-be-greatest-character-in-professional-wrestling-ever

Transcript in the link if you don't wanna watch, dude is nuts

 

[Leon TrotSky]

I remember doing a show with New Japan where I wanted to get power bombed on the floor. The officials at New Japan came up to me like maybe ten times, ‘No, PCO. We catch, we catch.’ No, if you catch, I’m human. If you don’t catch, I’m not human. That was going on for maybe ten times, maybe for an hour, an hour and a half, and I had to really fight over (it).

 

[Leon TrotSky]

RIP to Impact co-founder Jerry Jarrett

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Jeff Jarrett Reflects On Paul Heyman Loathing TNA In 2008, Motor City Machine Guns Blading Fiasco

In 2008, Jeff Jarrett, then co-owner of Impact Wrestling (TNA), threatened to fine the Motor City Machine Guns for not wanting to blade.

www.ewrestlingnews.com

Some interesting 2008 stories from JJJ

On TNA threatening fines to Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin for refusing to blade: “I can remember a couple of instances and one that — I can remember this, and when they brought it to me and I’m like I almost said, ‘Are you serious?’ I got a lot more clarity in 2023 than I did then, but I thought, ‘What do you mean, they don’t want to? Like are they afraid, or they don’t think it’s right for the angle or the storyline? They don’t think it’s right for their character? They don’t think it’s going to be believable? Give me some context why you don’t want to do this.’ Same thing, Andy Douglas was asked to cut his hair and he refused. And I’m thinking, ‘Why? What is the reasoning? Is it afraid it’s not going to grow back? It’s not good for the character?’

“‘Look, if you don’t want to do it I understand, but you know we run a business here and if you’re telling us what you do and don’t want to do, I totally get that. We’re just going to move on from you as a talent. Make sure you understand that.’ I kind of had this in my mind thinking, ‘Why are they so vehemently opposed?’ Again born and raised in this business, it was it just kind of part of the trade. I now know that people don’t exactly view it that way in so many ways. Some do, some don’t. So, now it’s a mixed bag but I didn’t understand why they didn’t want to do it. Then when you got into kind of the fine situation, again I was never big on fines. Not just for this, but across the board. There’s other ways like if you’re going to show up for work, great, pay them. If you’re not just don’t book them. That is much more effective than a fine. Just you’re off.”

On Paul Heyman criticizing TNA in 2008: “So, no. I never had any conversation. I didn’t have a conversation. Me and Paul reacquainted ourselves four or five years ago and we just, we text often and he’s one of the funniest guys. He’s great. He’s a character, man. But, so I never had a conversation. The luxury of doing this podcast Conrad, is kind of want to look back. Bob Carter talked to Jim Ross, Eric Bischoff before he came in, he was very outspoken. ‘I don’t even know who AJ Styles is,’ you know, different things like that. Paul made those comments, they’re all fair enough. They were obviously — I don’t even want to call them casual watchers maybe, just we were so under the radar in so many ways.

“And if you would have asked Paul, because you know he commented on, ‘It’s a vanity project,’ and I know exactly it’s the connotation of Dixie Carter. The analogy of he’s tying it to Dixie Carter vanity, but I believe if you would have asked Paul during this time ‘Hey Paul, do you think TNA’s making any money?’ He probably would have said not a penny losing. I think the perception because of our first, two, three, four years is that we were that vanity thing that just continued to just show up. I think if he would have got under the hood he would have still said ‘You know what, we need to brand TNA more. We need to make AJ Styles the centerpiece.’ All of his points there’s some validity to all of them. I think he wasn’t completely in engaged or knew all the pieces of the puzzle. Because, I believe if he did have I think he would have said things maybe, maybe not with a different twist.”

 

[Chris]

Gisele in some good company

 

[Hoss]

I like the concept of this Select A Fighter series

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Gisele in some good company

If Ospreay likes her you know she's good

 

[Comrade Khan]

I like the concept of this Select A Fighter series

makes me pround

 

[Comrade Khan]

@Sky