What can TNA do to generate some buzz?

[Senhor Perfect]

Live sex of Hulk and Brooke.

That'll get us to 1.5 for sure brother :hogan:

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I'm not sure what Paul Heyman's WWE contract is like, but if they wanted to create a firestorm amongst the IWC they would find a way to make him head of creative like the rumor was in 2011 before they went with Fat Pritchard. He wants a lot of control over creative and even wanted input on hirings/firings, but what do they have to lose by giving him the keys to see what he can do?

 

[T.R.I.C]

1) Fire Hogan, Brooke Hogan, Eric Bischoff and release talent like Sting, Angle, Bully Ray, D-Von, Knocks. Build around AJ Styles, James Storm, Bobby Rhoode, A Double, Abyss, Gunner, Kenny King.

2) Get off the road.

3) Hire someone to directly oppose the current team of writers and find holes in the major story lines so that we dont have Bully Ray getting his ass handed to him by Aces & 8's only to be the leader. As well as Sting creating MEM to protect him, despite not being able to every get a world championship match and him filling the stable with people who didn't protect him in the past.

4) Raid the indies for high flying talent to rebuild the tag team division and the X division. Both non-existent in WWE.

5) Bring back talent sharing, even if it is with a company like ROH and try to relive moments like the World X-Cup.

6) Market on the internet. I dont know how much it costs to have banners on websites, but I'd have to assume its cheaper than a television advert.

7) Stop fucking up and releasing prime talent like Joey Ryan, Matt Morgan, and Crimson.

8) Make Gut Check relevant. Have someone win the contest and don't shove them in OVW until fans forget they even won. Air an hour show of OVW on the TNA website each week.

 

[Crayo]

Going to be rather controversial here, but all I see when I read these "What can TNA do?" threads is Knockout wrestling. I don't think Knockout wrestling is a big enough franchise to ever create "buzz"; or big buzz - enough to generate a lot of new fans. You're new fans and stuff come from big signings and great stories, and I do not think that is the division to put the money & time on at first. I do not believe people (or many people) tune in to TNA because of knockout wrestling, it's simply an add-on, in my opinion.

Dolph's had it right; look at someone like Heyman to come and drastically change things BACKSTAGE for the better. There has been far too many absolute failures backstage in TNA to take the company seriously. This year alone they've fired fantastic talents and potential talents like Morgan, Ryan, and Crimson, but keep paying Hogan far too much and keeping Chavo employed. Their philosophy of ex-WWE guys being the difference and pulling the company forward is wrong. Unless those guys are big names like Cena & Punk, keep dreaming. Put your companies faith into talents like Roode & Aries, as well as having a strong midcard, x-division and knockout division. If the whole show is great, more fans will come.

Backstage in general is where everything sucks. Their decision making is so Blue sometimes, and their marketing is absolutely non-existent. If you want to cut talents to save moneythen sure, but if you're going to cut talents but still pay Hogan & Brooke ridiculous amounts of money, then fuck off. Use their salaries to invest in lots of commercial time.

 

[Stopspot]

I'm not sure what Paul Heyman's WWE contract is like, but if they wanted to create a firestorm amongst the IWC they would find a way to make him head of creative like the rumor was in 2011 before they went with Fat Pritchard. He wants a lot of control over creative and even wanted input on hirings/firings, but what do they have to lose by giving him the keys to see what he can do?

Wasn't that all the responsibilities they gave Prichard? They refused to give it to Paul but not to Bruce?

 

[Leo C]

I remember Heyman saying something like firing everyone over 40. I think that didn't appeal to a few people who had power.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I remember Heyman saying something like firing everyone over 40. I think that didn't appeal to a few people who had power.

Yea, that as well. He wanted Sting, Hogan, RVD, Bully, D-Von, ect out. The one older dude he wanted to keep was Angle.

 

[Aids Johnson]

resign matt morgan, and have him go over sting and hogan, before going over bully for genesis 14. Let the aces and 8s angle run down, and have a badass x division champ. I say Sanjay fucking dutt, but put him in the MEM and keep their matches simple, Aries roode vs BI real feud, Anderson vs Magnus, and AJ vs bully. Imagine that fucking card.

 

[JC4Life37]

The one constant since 2003 has been Dixie Carter. Dixie is a fine human being and I'm sure she's everyone's favorite boss.... but WTF that has do with successfully running a financially wrestling company is beyond my scope.

The one thing that's made VInce successful over his father, over NWA over WCW was that he's not a wrestling mark... I don't Vince even cares about the word 'wrestling'... Vince cares about making money... Dixie wants to make lifelong friends


Dixie can't be fired outright but until she understands profit over liability she will never ever get it

 

[Stopspot]

The one constant since 2003 has been Dixie Carter. Dixie is a fine human being and I'm sure she's everyone's favorite boss.... but WTF that has do with successfully running a financially wrestling company is beyond my scope.

The one thing that's made VInce successful over his father, over NWA over WCW was that he's not a wrestling mark... I don't Vince even cares about the word 'wrestling'... Vince cares about making money... Dixie wants to make lifelong friends


Dixie can't be fired outright but until she understands profit over liability she will never ever get it

Or at least Vince can put business ahead of his love for the business.

 

[JC4Life37]

Or at least Vince can put business ahead of his love for the business.

Two perfect examples I vividly remember:

Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan debut for WWE and TNA, respectively, on the exact same night. TNA was going head to head live with WWE for the first time in its history

Hogan was the bigger star by mile but WWE made more profit from Bret Hart in a 3-4 month span for one reason..... they gave him an angle with a beginning... a middle ... and an end

Another example was John Cena in 2006

Vince almost pulled the trigger on a heel turn because had been booed mercilessly. He stuck to his guns and silenced the mark inside of him saying he needed to turn John Cena heel.

 

[Crayo]

Yea, that as well. He wanted Sting, Hogan, RVD, Bully, D-Von, ect out. The one older dude he wanted to keep was Angle.

Apart from Bully, I am so fine with this.

 

[Senhor Perfect]

HLA! HLA! HLA!

 

[Snowman1]

Yea, that as well. He wanted Sting, Hogan, RVD, Bully, D-Von, ect out. The one older dude he wanted to keep was Angle.

Ooooh, I remember that shitstorm. That was back when Hall and Nash were around, random old guys were popping up every week like pimples, Ric Flair was wrestling...
"You mean you could have had the creative genius of Paul Heyman just by kicking all these other assholes out? FUCK YOU DIXIE! That was absolutely perfect!"

Ahh, memories.

 

[Stopspot]

Petey Williams for head of creative. His vines are lulz.