The General Wrestling Thread

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

They have a ton of talent that just suck and get paid to do it.

 

[EmpireWF]

ROH just took the belt off Briscoe.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Joey Ryan and Christian York cut too?

Both of them were very underutilized.

 

[SuperKevin]

Madison Rayne wasn't cut. Her contract ran out. She's like 6 months pregnant so there was obviously no renewal on the table at the moment

 

[SuperKevin]

Don't worry, Wes Brisco will keep the Gut Check banner alive

 

[JimLeavy59]

Impact is a month behind on payroll.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Impact is a month behind on payroll.

So then they should cut some of the bloated salaries and give the younger/cheaper guys a chance.

 

[SuperKevin]

Jay Briscoe stripped of his title. Tournament in place to crown a new champ at Death Before Dishonor in Philly in September

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

So then they should cut some of the bloated salaries and give the younger/cheaper guys a chance.

Stop making sense.

Christian York's $300 per night is what's killing them, obviously.

 

[EmpireWF]

They have a ton of talent that just suck and get paid to do it.

Then they cut the guys and girls who must make no money.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

The ongoing TNA releases are due to budget cuts within the company, something that has been ongoing.
The talents released were being paid a monthly guarantee with an additional fee when they were booked for TNA events. The feeling was that with the talents not being used regularly by the promotion, there was no need to keep them held under contract.

There's been a lot of talk of cost-cutting of late in the company with the added expenses of producing Impact on the road, including the departures of different executives, including execs in the marketing and public relations end of the company.

There has also been increased grumbling among some wrestlers about pay coming late, with one talent claiming he has heard stories of talents being two months behind and others confirming they are behind but not wanting to confirm how far behind they are.

 

[EmpireWF]

So TNA has been doing their best to be WWE-lite all these years and now they're looking at ECW's business practices.

Good job Dixie.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

The ongoing TNA releases are due to budget cuts within the company, something that has been ongoing.
The talents released were being paid a monthly guarantee with an additional fee when they were booked for TNA events. The feeling was that with the talents not being used regularly by the promotion, there was no need to keep them held under contract.

There's been a lot of talk of cost-cutting of late in the company with the added expenses of producing Impact on the road, including the departures of different executives, including execs in the marketing and public relations end of the company.

There has also been increased grumbling among some wrestlers about pay coming late, with one talent claiming he has heard stories of talents being two months behind and others confirming they are behind but not wanting to confirm how far behind they are.

This is why TNA is second rate.

They have a terrible, absolutely terrible plan of attack.

The money available goes to bloated contracts for guys that saw their last relevant work a decade ago and no longer draw a dime. This ends up applying for at least 85% of the money available, guaranteed over probably 10% of the talent. The rest of the roster makes shit and are generally locked in from taking real deal, solid paying Indy bookings.

Just a terrible model of business.

 

[s@ppisgod]

TNA needs to just die already. I was a big fan in the 05-09 era, but it's ran it's course and we all know that it doesn't have the business savvy or the wrestling common sense to get anywhere, much less over the hump. Quit losing money and close the fuckin doors.

 

[JimLeavy59]

TNA needs to just die already. I was a big fan in the 05-09 era, but it's ran it's course and we all know that it doesn't have the business savvy or the wrestling common sense to get anywhere, much less over the hump. Quit losing money and close the fuckin doors.

Or sell the thing to someone who has a plan at least.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Serious question, for a guy like Joey Ryan, I can't imagine whatever low downside he was getting was worth more than the multitude of indie bookings he could have been taking this whole time. He was barely used on TV or at house shows, at least to my recollection. But being locked into a TNA deal cuts you off from any indie that does iPPV or DVD..which is most of them.

Maybe biss or somebody who is privy to what these TNA downsides are compared to taking 8-10 indie shots per month has more insight. But I think this is why you see guys pass on TNA and stay on the indies. The upside is national TV, obviously. But if you aren't used, you probably lose money.

TNA pulled TJ Perkins from a St.Louis Anarchy show last week, for example. He didn't work for TNA that night to my knowledge.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

TNA needs to just die already. I was a big fan in the 05-09 era, but it's ran it's course and we all know that it doesn't have the business savvy or the wrestling common sense to get anywhere, much less over the hump. Quit losing money and close the fuckin doors.

Should have hired Heyman and gave him the piece of the pie when they approached him.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Serious question, for a guy like Joey Ryan, I can't imagine whatever low downside he was getting was worth more than the multitude of indie bookings he could have been taking this whole time. He was barely used on TV or at house shows, at least to my recollection. But being locked into a TNA deal cuts you off from any indie that does iPPV or DVD..which is most of them.

Maybe biss or somebody who is privy to what these TNA downsides are compared to taking 8-10 indie shots per month has more insight. But I think this is why you see guys pass on TNA and stay on the indies. The upside is national TV, obviously. But if you aren't used, you probably lose money.

TNA pulled TJ Perkins from a St.Louis Anarchy show last week, for example. He didn't work for TNA that night to my knowledge.

I imagine you make more money in the Indies than being a jobber in TNA.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

These ROH guys might have the right idea. 4-6 ROH shows per month, and they let you pretty much do whatever you want on your free dates.

ACH is on every fucking indie show on earth these days. If he were in TNA, there's a chance he'd be on Impact twice per month, and held hostage the rest of the time. It's a real risk.

 

[FedEx227]

I put this on Twitter but think about this.

A wrestling company is being handed money and a prime time television slot by a major cable network and THIS is what they've ended up with.

Amazing.