TNA General Discussion Thread

[Comrade Khan]

It's not really possible for most ppl. I'm tapped out at 4 hours

 

[Smart Marx]

Please don’t kill me if you personally liked watching rampage, but the thought of getting back into AEW not having to watch that show definitely helps my motivation.

 

[Brandon Blaze]

And speaking of AEW, I have the catch-up on that as well, but there’s only so much time in the day. I’m just trying to slowly dip my toes back into wrestling.

Right now is definitely a good time with Kenny back.

Spoiler

and he’s about to be teaming up with Ospreay.

 

[Chris]

Please don’t kill me if you personally liked watching rampage, but the thought of getting back into AEW not having to watch that show definitely helps my motivation.

I would always just tell people they didn't HAVE to watch Rampage lol WWE fans don't stress over missing Speed or Main Event

 

[Comrade Khan]

I think landscape only changes if he bought tna but he'd have a harder time repairing relations w njpw. Also don't think tna fans would vibe with the change in philosophy. If he buys roh I don't see tna changing much as they still get outbid n still just scratching to get whoever they can. Roh was way more obscure outside a few ppvs n never really made it mainstream so I think they die in the pandemic if tk buys tna. So I think ultimately it changes nothing other than name. Tna I think survives regardless n I think unless tk buys em roh still sells post pandemic. Neither could attract talent without capital the moment a new player scooping up the 2nd layer of top tier talent.

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Yeah, I rarely watched Rampage and I never was really loss on anything. Rampage definitely wasn’t needed to keep up with the ongoings of AEW

 

[Comrade Khan]

Rampage was great Saturday morning n coffee show

 

[Smart Marx]

I would always just tell people they didn't HAVE to watch Rampage lol WWE fans don't stress over missing Speed or Main Event

I totally feel you. I would guess the only difference though is Tony would occasionally do something important on rampage so you would miss it whereas I don’t think I will ever be confused if I don’t watch an episode of main event.

 

[Chris]

I totally feel you. I would guess the only difference though is Tony would occasionally do something important on rampage so you would miss it whereas I don’t think I will ever be confused if I don’t watch an episode of main event.

Very rarely tbh usually it was good matches. The worst one recently was actually on the last ever episode, they wrote off Darby in the final segment

 

[Comrade Khan]

Outside the first few it was always a bonus show. Remember that wbd wanted a 3rd hour n tk compromised w rampage. Wb also pressured them w collision.

Wb kinda forced aew to over extend imo

 

[Smart Marx]

Since I haven’t watched a whole Lotta rampage that sounds about right. I do think though like you’re saying with overextending though I think just focusing on dynamite collision will be better for AEW in 2025.

Should certainly be easier on the taping schedule.

I will say, though I did love the undisputed kingdom main event I got to watch on my rampage taping at the Boston show.

 

[Smart Marx]

I will say, though I was a huge fan of the dynamite rampage or collision rampage three hour double ups so I still wouldn’t mind it if dynamite became a three hour show. Just like with SmackDown now if I’m enjoying the show, I don’t care if it’s three hours.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

What a world where we're suddenly fine with 3hr TV shows

 

[Smart Marx]

What a world where we're suddenly fine with 3hr TV shows

Like on most things, I probably stand alone on this, but I’ve never hated a three-hour show if the booking is good. The reason for me three-hour raws sucked was because the show sucked. It would’ve still sucked as a two-hour show.

 

[Smart Marx]

I think how much talent you have should also be a factor. I don’t think TNA for instance should be a three-hour show. They don’t have the roster to support a good entertaining three-hour show but when you have to factor in the size of an AEW roster an extra hour would get more talent featured on your programming.