"what the problem is"

[Montana]

Time for a Tna Rant

Why doesnt TNA tour?????

They sucked their talent which they pay very little money, away from the indys, and for what? There midwest tour is to Kansas and lowa. What the hell. HOw do they expect the company or the wrestlers to make any money? If they did a small 10 city tour, i'd be happy. But no. They are still running PPVS outta Orlando too. Touring is how you attractive new fans. I dont care what happens on impact anymore. I have nothing to look forward on tna television.


2 hours = Greatness????


No, No it doesnt. It will feature longer matches, but more of the junk they dont show us on a regular basis. I'd perfer to watch two hours rather than 1, but 2 hours will not change TNA luck. What they need to do, is have 1 live hour. Put the best of the best in that hour and try and attractive as many new fans as possible. Im talking about great matches, title changes, and good storylines with promos. It can be done, Tna has the talent.


Everyone is signing with TNA

No they arent. Check Tna's bank book. They lose like 700,000 a month. If you dont believe me, how many TNA wrestlers have they signed in the past 16-18 months? 2! Angle and Tomko. And i seriously doubt Tomko is making any money. They are probably goin to sign Sabu, but he won't be paid much either. They dont have any money ot sign Jericho, Goldberg, Orton, RVD, Hogan, Big Show, or any other Big Names not signed to wwe.

 

[phantomgerald]

I completely agree, nothing else needs to be said

 

[Viva La Luke]

Exactly there's alot more wrong with TNA then people seem to think i also feel they tend to book themselves into corners alot.

Anyways before people start saying "It's Russo's fault when he goes TNA will be great"

First of all the problems started before Russo was there and lastly Russo has absolutely jack all creative control most of it lies with Jarrett.

Russo actually has some good ideas (he also does have bad ones) he just has poor execution i think they should take his ideas and give them to someone else to run with.

 

[ROHisWrestling]

You make some great points, but I disagree with what you said about 2 hours...

while Impact! going 2 hours may not be "greatness", it will be alot better than how they are doing now. Lets take a look at TNA's roster right now, they have like 50 wrestlers but 5 or more of them are managers/inactive talent. That just leaves the main eventers, Tag Teams, and X-Division guys. Basically what I am saying is if TNA Impact! goes 2 hours then TNA will have no choice but to start pushing all the young X-Division stars, which is exactly what they need. 2 hours will also allow for better matches and more time for storylines to develop. 2 hours is exactly what Impact! needs to get more people interested in the PPV and to improve their quality of shows.

about the money issue, I cant tell you how dissapointed I am of the way TNA has handled the talent that they signed. People like Kurt Angle and Sting should be making new stars, not taking the top spots away from the people that deserve it! Kurt Angle should be fueding with AJ Styles, imagine how over that would make Styles! He could easily slide right back into the main event scene if they booked him in a fued with Angle. And as for Sting, he had something going with Daniels, he could have molded Chris and made him ready for the main event scene, but instead they drop it and Daniels is right back in the mid-card. Jeeze, and TNA wonders why their talent is asking for releases....

one can only hope TNA fixes these problems in the near future, they are in a major slump right now but Im sure they'll find a way out of it. I can say the bright side is that at least the PPVs gave gotten alot better, and that Joe is X-Division champ

 

[03mnm]

Ok most of that statement that Montana made maybe true but I cant help but notice that people are once again comparing TNA to the WWE. Most of the stuff you mention the WWE has tours, over three hours of TV footage and TNA only have 45 minutes. One of the reasons TNA aint been touring is because they are still trying to estabish their base area in Orlando, I am sure that once they get all their PPvs on the road TNA will start doing more tours.As for the TWO hrs it going to be interesting to see it pans out

 

[03mnm]

Plus TNA doesnt need to sign new talent. Ok WWE has over about 70 wrestler under contract and they end up cutting half so what was the point in paying them in the first place ? anyway TNA doesnt new talent they have too much talent they aint using guys like AJ, Petey Williams, Lance Hoyt & others. My final statement is WWE has been around for over three decades &TNA have been around for half decade. What TNA have done is quite outstanding over 5 years a primetime Tv deal, a 12 ppvs a year deal &more

 

[Montana]

Plus TNA doesnt need to sign new talent. Ok WWE has over about 70 wrestler under contract and they end up cutting half so what was the point in paying them in the first place ? anyway TNA doesnt new talent they have too much talent they aint using guys like AJ, Petey Williams, Lance Hoyt & others. My final statement is WWE has been around for over three decades &TNA have been around for half decade. What TNA have done is quite outstanding over 5 years a primetime Tv deal, a 12 ppvs a year deal &more

Thats part of the problem too though. TNA has grown too fast for themselves. I also think fresh faces are a must in wrestling. Me personally, if i ran the wwe or tna, I'd introduce 1 new wrestler each month.


I actually agree with TNa is wrestling. I do think 2 hours will help, i just think 1 hour live will help even more.

 

[Flair for The Gold]

Agree on many on points. But I think what TNA is trying to with the whole not touring thing, is to build a fanbase before they tour so that they won't be selling only half the seats in the arena. I recall that WCW did the same thing when Bischoff took over (in the Disney MGM Studios), and when Nitro hit they sold out everywhere they went (until 1999 of course when everything went to hell).

 

[Montana]

Agree on many on points. But I think what TNA is trying to with the whole not touring thing, is to build a fanbase before they tour so that they won't be selling only half the seats in the arena. I recall that WCW did the same thing when Bischoff took over (in the Disney MGM Studios), and when Nitro hit they sold out everywhere they went (until 1999 of course when everything went to hell).

Wcw always toured, they just taped their show at MGM studios. I can understand, wanting the fanbase to grow, but they've had a tv deal long enough now. They gotta get out of orlando, if they want to survive. Visit towns like st. Louis, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta 2-3 per year. This way they grow their audience in those particular towns. ROH is doing the smart thing. They started in Philly and every year branched out farther and farther. I believe it went from philly to NY, to NJ to CHI, to Det, and a few others. ROH is big in Europe and Japan, so their traveling over there too. Bottomline is that they have to make money to afford their wrestlers.

 

[Flair for The Gold]

Well in that regard I agree. They can't stay in Orlando forvever. And yes, they do need to turn a bigger profit.

 

[xtremebadass]

I totally agree Montana, they don't do enough live events, l

ive events=ticket sales=dollah dollah bills=more money to pay superstars=more big namers=higer ratings=the royal ass whooping of WWE=Victory!

 

[Flair for The Gold]

Well bringing in big names is fine, but TNA has to be, at the same time, pushing original talent. Big names only get you so far, I think the demise of WCW proved that. But yeah, they really do need to expand out of Orlando, it just became really clear to me all of a sudden.

 

[That Irish Kid]

I read a news bulletin on another forum saying that TNA is planning on running all 12 pay-per-views outside of Florida in 2008.
WOOHOO!

 

[Montana]

Yeah, thats a good step in the right direction, but that should been the case for 07. It almost seems like TNA is afraid to fail, or be considered a failure, for doing a house show that only features a few hundred people. They should have start low and expand, now they they contracted their wrestlers.

I hate to bring up roh, as an example of "how to do things" but when i went to their show in april, they handed out flyers with upcoming tours dates saying Hey, we will be back in sept. We will be back in 4 months. You can bet those same fans with return to the next show, with maybe 100 or 200 more. When Bound for Glory came to det, they were like Ok, just stayed TNA will be back. I don't doubt they will will return, its just how long is it going to take.