ABOUT TIME!!! VINCE RUSSO OUT AS TNA HEAD WRITER!

[EmpireWF]

Dave Lagana is apparently in.

It still won't make TNA watchable but it's a start.

Fuck You Vince Russo, Fuck You.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Not a single fuck is given.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Unless Hogan & Bischoff are gone too, it won't matter.

 

[SHOGUN]

Unless Hogan & Bischoff are gone too, it won't matter.

Basically. Regardless of Russo leaving, they still have Garrett Bischoff being pushed as the future start of the company.

And Russo had a few gems when he was reeled in.

 

[Derrville]

You dumbass marks are too up in Vinces Ass to watch TNA no matter who was writing or what talent they have.

 

[Bigpapa42]

I was under the impression that Russo has been below Bruce Pritchard for the past few months at least...? Its easy to hang a lot of TNA's woes on Russo. But the last time he was reportedly in charge of creative without anyone directly interfering was late 2009, which was easily the best period that I've watched of their product.

Honestly, TNA management is a fuck-mess and that translates directly into creative being an even-worse fuck mess. They have too many cooks the kitchen. The problems that I have with the product right now are pretty much the same ones that I've had since i first started watching in mid-08. Changing the writers changes nothing.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

You dumbass marks are too up in Vinces Ass to watch TNA no matter who was writing or what talent they have.

LOL you are so lost, its hilarious.

 

[Derrville]

LOL you are so lost, its hilarious.

Lol oh you're so right! I forgot that boring bingo hall promotion ROH and all the rest of the promotions with guys who only do spot after spot! My bad.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Lol oh you're so right! I forgot that boring bingo hall promotion ROH and all the rest of the promotions with guys who only do spot after spot! My bad.

WWE, TNA, ROH, are all shit.

In more breaking news, you are a moron.

 

[SHOGUN]

I was under the impression that Russo has been below Bruce Pritchard for the past few months at least...? Its easy to hang a lot of TNA's woes on Russo. But the last time he was reportedly in charge of creative without anyone directly interfering was late 2009, which was easily the best period that I've watched of their product.

Honestly, TNA management is a fuck-mess and that translates directly into creative being an even-worse fuck mess. They have too many cooks the kitchen. The problems that I have with the product right now are pretty much the same ones that I've had since i first started watching in mid-08. Changing the writers changes nothing.

Russo was just fine under Pritchard. The biggest problems are Hogan and Bischoff, but TNA still has a couple of bright spots despite the mess.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

TNA is unwatchable trash.

 

[SHOGUN]

Lol oh you're so right! I forgot that boring bingo hall promotion ROH and all the rest of the promotions with guys who only do spot after spot! My bad.

:stonecold:

No one badmouths ROH on my watch.

 

[EmpireWF]

I haven't paid attention to ROH in a couple years, but any promotion with the Briscoes kicks your ass.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Lol oh you're so right! I forgot that boring bingo hall promotion ROH and all the rest of the promotions with guys who only do spot after spot! My bad.

1.) The Impact Zone is about the same size as "the bingo hall"

2.) People actually pay to go see wrestling at "the bingo hall", TNA has to let people in for free in order for people to show up

3.) "The Bingo Hall" wasn't even the regular ROH Philly venue for most of its run, the Philadelphia Armory was

 

[BigBiss]

they need to bring back Dutch

 

[Bigpapa42]

So what I could find:

In regard to rumors that began making their way around the Internet today, here is the deal: Dave Lagana is not replacing Vince Russo on the TNA Creative Team. Lagana is at tonight's Against All Odds PPV and is "helping out", according to one top placed source in the company. Lagana was hired by the company last year specifically to work on Ring Ka King and other potential new series, not the Impact brand. He is at the PPV helping to produce backstage segments.


Vince Russo is not at the PPV and while there are some in the company that believe he is gone, nothing has been announced to the TNA roster or staff. Sources I spoke to either declined to comment or weren't aware of what Russo's situation was. "Nothing has been said officially to anyone," according to one person who was in today's production meetings.


As of late, the creative team of Russo and Matt Conway had been writing scripts for Impact. The scripts then went to Bruce Prichard for tinkering and then Eric Bischoff would put his own feedback in during production meetings at the Impact Wrestling tapings and PPVs.


So, ignoring rumors, that is where everything stands.

pwinsider

By Wade Keller, PWTorch editor

-The latest information is that Eric Bischoff would have been part of the decision to shift Vince Russo out of a position of power within the TNA Creative Structure. Our sources are guessing he's out, but details are being worked out. Nothing is confirmed, but the latest feeling is that he won't be retained in any capacity with TNA and details are being worked out.

-A Russo exit would mean more power and influence from Eric Bischoff, who has had an up and down relationship with Russo over the years, but consistently disagreed with him philosophically on how to approach booking and storytelling.

-Bruce Prichard remains the head of creative, with an official title as Senior V.P. of Programming and Talent Relations. Whereever Dave Lagana lands within the structure, he'd be working under Prichard and answering to Prichard and Bischoff.

-As of now, Lagana's role doesn't appear to be taking over the scope of duties that Russo had, and he is at this point only doing pre-tapes. He may end up helping write the actual Impact scripts, but creative direction would still be decided by Bischoff and Prichard.

-Nothing official is being said regarding Russo. If Russo were in good standing, by now someone in the know would have stepped up to quell rumors.

-Dave Lagana is downplaying his role, indicating he has not been promoted to Russo's old position. Another source says firmly that Lagana is helping with pre-tapes and may be in line for promotions, but along with Matt Conway, he is simply part of the creative structure and not in a position of power like Russo had (although diminished lately compared to recent years

 

[EmpireWF]

Isn't it funny how these same guys were fucking each other over to some degree under Time Warner about 11-12 years ago?

Dixie Carter isn't the brightest bulb...

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Isn't it funny how these same guys were fucking each other over to some degree under Time Warner about 11-12 years ago?

Dixie Carter isn't the brightest bulb...

Hogan & Bischoff are very charasmatic and convincing people. Plus Carter is a mark for the big stars.

Spike pulls the plug, they cease to exist. If Spike is happy with the same 1.2 every week for eternity, then good for them and good for TNA.

 

[BigBiss]

Hogan & Bischoff are very charasmatic and convincing people. Plus Carter is a RAT for the big stars.

Spike pulls the plug, they cease to exist. If Spike is happy with the same 1.2 every week for eternity, then good for them and good for TNA.

fixed your typo

 

[s@ppisgod]

I was under the impression that Russo has been below Bruce Pritchard for the past few months at least...? Its easy to hang a lot of TNA's woes on Russo. But the last time he was reportedly in charge of creative without anyone directly interfering was late 2009, which was easily the best period that I've watched of their product.

Honestly, TNA management is a fuck-mess and that translates directly into creative being an even-worse fuck mess. They have too many cooks the kitchen. The problems that I have with the product right now are pretty much the same ones that I've had since i first started watching in mid-08. Changing the writers changes nothing.

The problem is that all the cooks were hired by the state and the boss had a lobotomy. There's no one really in TNA that has good ideas. Bischoff is the closest thing to that, and he's not the young, ambitious Bischoff anymore. I've got no big problem with Prichard, but I doubt he has the ideas to push TNA over any semblance of a hump be it small or large.

The old TNA was great, IMO. D'Amore would run a great show, across the board. Then Jarrett would make a power play and have some awful finish where he retained and everybody left feeling like it was a waste of time. And the production would suck. Now, the production is great, and the product is awful.

Dixie is a moron, and she's not self-aware enough to now that she's a moron. She's going to guide that ship right to the bottom of the ocean. Bischoff was a good hire as it pertains to someone with experience trying to run a promotion that competes with the top dog. He had the Hervey production team come in and make the shows look like they're actually run in a building and not a dimly-lit refrigerator box, like the FSN days. They run the camera shots less like an ecstasy addict at a rave. Still spastic jumps sometimes, but not as bad. But Hulk Hogan is heavily involved, and he only knows how to get pre-50 year old Hulk Hogan over. Anything else in his wrestling input is like asking a 4-year old how to drive. Dixie is going to keep bringing in guys like Russo and Hogan and Flair and nail the doors shut there the old fashioned way; just one person getting their hands dirty and doing it right.