The General Wrestling Thread

[EmpireWF]

Walking up those 8 flights or so to get to the grand ballroom is a bitch.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Walking up those 8 flights or so to get to the grand ballroom is a bitch.

Take the elevator.

Which is never working.

And when it is, they let like 4 people on at a time.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Did you guys catch the PPV quality ep of TNA last nigh!?

Yes, it was pretty good. Highlight of the card was the tag match.

Joe vs Magnus was good, but they rushed the ending and MVP chained to Abyss didn't make a difference until two minutes were left.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Someone care to explain how Impact has actually done well for themselves recently, but lost viewers this week by 18%? The only reasonable excuse is that 18% love watching dumpster fires.....and the WWE network showing NXT from 9-10 obviously.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Someone care to explain how Impact has actually done well for themselves recently, but lost viewers this week by 18%? The only reasonable excuse is that 18% love watching dumpster fires.....and the WWE network showing NXT from 9-10 obviously.

March Madness?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Kuzzy nailed it, it goes down every year against March Madness.

Real sports historically hurt TNA more than WWE by a percentage basis for whatever reason.

 

[s@ppisgod]

The normal TNA following is largely mouth-breathers. These people love the filth that TNA constantly produces. When they go on a usual solid run, their ratings aren't that good. Save the Joe/Angle feud that actually got some interest. But say when Styles finally got a run as a legit champ, or right before Hogan came in, or when Aries was given some run, or now. They put on these rock solid wrestling shows and people stop tuning in. It's never much of a bump up or down, but consistently the better quality of the show, the fewer people tune in.

 

[BigBiss]

Those three Manhattan Center shows for TNA are Grand Ballroom, not even Hammerstein Ballroom.

So they're paying $300,000 to run the smaller of the two rooms. Which means they'll lose even more money.

They can run my living room for $1000. It only has five seats but that may not be problem.

you have shot ... they don't mind empty seats ...

 

[ThomasTomasz]

March Madness?

Kuzzy nailed it, it goes down every year against March Madness.

Real sports historically hurt TNA more than WWE by a percentage basis for whatever reason.

Duh, I completely forgot about that since I'm not a big basketball person.

Interesting that it hurts TNA more, though. Vince is always trying to come up with gimmicks to try and compete with other sports, like the Edge Appreciation night during the Week 1 MNF games, and Old School Raw to compete with the NCAA national title game.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

This article flat out says WWE signed Prince Devitt: http://www.thejournal.ie/these-are-the-future-stars-of-irish-wrestling-1373419-Mar2014/

Taguchi is facing Devitt at Invasion Attack, and there is a quote attributed to him that if Devitt loses, he must leave New Japan.

 

[SuperKevin]

I wonder if they'll let him keep the Prince Devitt name

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I wonder if they'll let him keep the Prince Devitt name

His name is Fergal Devitt, so I would say the chances of allowing him to use his name are close to 0%.

New Japan calls him "Prince" because it's supposedly impossible for the Japanese to pronounce "Fergal".

 

[SuperKevin]

I will laugh if they debut him under his real name. Good luck to Vince trying to push a guy named Fergal

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I will laugh if they debut him under his real name. Good luck to Vince trying to push a guy named Fergal

He'll be an IRA terrorist coming in to kill Sheamus.

Actually, he'd look pretty cool in The Shield's gear.

 

[SuperKevin]

I think it'd be awesome to pair him with Sheamus as a heel tag team. Let Devitt ooze charisma and Sheamus just crush people

 

[SuperKevin]

With Scotland trying to gain independence again, Drew McIntyre needs a William Wallace gimmick BAD

 

[SuperKevin]

Also, how soon does Vince change Alexander Rusev to a Russian instead of a Bulgarian to play up on the building tensions between the US and Russia?

 

[PP]

So.. Undertaker Lesner casket match? I was thinking of this 2 weeks ago how Taker should go out with this classic match.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Also, how soon does Vince change Alexander Rusev to a Russian instead of a Bulgarian to play up on the building tensions between the US and Russia?

They already say his valet there is Russian and is speaking Russian, which makes little to no sense.