The General Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

I still don't think TNA ever had a PR or marketing department, but if they did, those guys were living on borrowed time anyway...

They've been slowly firing everybody, it started long before the talent cuts last week.

And yes, they have a PR department. We dealt with the infamous Lindsey quite a bit.

 

[EmpireWF]

TNA's PR department has been in a constant state of upheaval for a long ass time.

Doesn't seem like any aspect of the company is stable.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

New Japan is on TV in Japan right now:

http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/tv/380789_1361121939507-6p01pp6p.htm

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

New Japan is on TV in Japan right now:

http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/tv/380789_1361121939507-6p01pp6p.htm

eh, nevermind, looks like a gameshow of some sort is on now.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

According to Lindsey's LinkedIn...she was just promoted to Manager of PR in May.

TNA just has no structure...anywhere. I have no idea how you can be a national brand of wrestling and be such a clusterfuck in 2013.

I feel like the company at least ran much smoother when Jeff Jarrett was running things. It seems that ever since they sold to Panda and Dixie got in charge, the whole thing is a clusterfuck. It wasn't much better under Jarrett, but at least they stayed in their wheelhouse.

 

[BigBiss]

Chuck Taylor is in Austin ...

 

[SuperKevin]

I'm having an argument with some people about what talent TNA has that WWE would be interested in should TNA fold. Personally I think Magnus would be the only person on the roster that would even garner moderate interest from WWE.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I have a hard time believing that if Vince actually saw Rob Terry he wouldn't immediately tell somebody to sign'em.

 

[SuperKevin]

I have a hard time believing that if Vince actually saw Rob Terry he wouldn't immediately tell somebody to sign'em.

I'd be worried about Wellness Policy. If they told Big O to lay off the juice, what are they gonna tell Rob Terry who has traps coming out of his traps

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I'd be worried about Wellness Policy. If they told Big O to lay off the juice, what are they gonna tell Rob Terry who has traps coming out of his traps

"You need more traps"

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

WWE very rarely signs anybody who spends time with TNA. Draw your own conclusions.

I think with Triple H in charge of personnel now, they would find a spot for Samoa Joe.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

WWE very rarely signs anybody who spends time with TNA. Draw your own conclusions.

I think with Triple H in charge of personnel now, they would find a spot for Samoa Joe.

They signed Chris Harris and wanted to push him...any conclusion I otherwise would have drawn is now faulty.

 

[s@ppisgod]

They were going to sign Alex Shelley before the lawsuit, so I find it hard to believe they wouldn't have similar interest in Styles.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

They were going to sign Alex Shelley before the lawsuit, so I find it hard to believe they wouldn't have similar interest in Styles.

Five years ago maybe, ten years ago for sure.

He's pushing 40, and they have a bunch of Justin Gabriels on the roster already.

I think Styles is great, but that's the way they would probably see it.

 

[EmpireWF]

@sempervive says the Briscoes and their family are front row at the WWE house show in Maryland.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

One of our new initiatives is to allow the "inmates to run TNAsylum." Our site has always been reader-driven and we hope it will be even moreso as we head into the future. These changes will allow our readers to participate more in how the site is run...

4) The biggest change to the site is one that will bring on controversy. We are strongly toning down the rumors on the site. Due to the conflicting nature of Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer and the arguments his stories bring to this site, we won't be running any more Wrestling Observer stories. We are focusing on clear-cut news instead of focusing on unclear rumors that may or may not be true. We will focus on stories that we can confirm (one way or another).

When they say "conflicting nature" of Observer reports, they are talking about when Meltzer calls arenas to get paid attendance numbers, reports the real figures, which then conflict with the ridiculous estimates the fans report. This leads to the dumbest arguments ever in nearly every comment section, with of course the allegations that Meltzer is a "WWE puppet" spreading propaganda.

I was in the building for Lockdown, and they had a nice crowd of about 6,000 people. Asylum was claiming 8,000-10,000. LOL.

Same for Impact in Corpus. Somewhere between 3-4,000 tops. Asylum geeks claiming 6,000. I even posted pictures of the half empty, half curtained arena on the VOW twitter feed. Those people are nuts.

Dixie Carter goes on twitter and announces worked attendance, which is fine because that's what promoters do, but the goofs at Asylum use that to counter the real figures that real journalists report.

Two weeks ago Meltzer reported big financial problems in TNA, which caused a giant stir at Asylum, and low & behold two weeks later they lay off a half dozen wrestlers and the PR boss. LOL.

Those mouth breathers have no hope.

 

[s@ppisgod]

Yeah, but he's in good shape and the WWE wouldn't allow him many high spots anyway. He's in line with the guys they've had interest in. Professional, great wrestler, well-built Indy rep.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Yeah, but he's in good shape and the WWE wouldn't allow him many high spots anyway. He's in line with the guys they've had interest in. Professional, great wrestler, well-built Indy rep.

I think like a lot of people, he'd have a better shot with Triple H than he would with Laurinaitis, that's for sure.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Actually I do remember reading a story many years ago that somebody convinced Vince to sign Shannon Moore because he had pinned Styles on TV the week before and his contract had run out. Which was ridiculous, because most of the WWE fanbase has no clue TNA exists, and even the ones who do don't care about AJ Styles because they don't watch. So there is that.

 

[SuperKevin]

The big question with a lot of these guys is whether or not WWE would force them into developmental first. I can't imagine some of these guys being willing to spend a lengthy time in NXT