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Post by BDS on Sept 29, 2006 15:07:37 GMT -5
I agree! I think everyone should do two months of a TNA fed using knapik's bootlegs, best booker gets the job! Wildfire wins. We're done here. |
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Post by Splattercat on Sept 29, 2006 15:23:49 GMT -5
Yep...Ah, glad all that hard work went to a good cause...Enjoy Wildfire, let us know how it turns out...
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Post by Knapik on Sept 29, 2006 20:42:17 GMT -5
Bruiser, I have to disagree with most of what you said about Kurt Angle. 1. No one is saying this will put TNA on par with the WWE. I hope they're not anyhow... 2. I think an argument could be made that Angle WAS the greatest wrestler of all time. In ring, on the mic, overall entertainment... very few can compare to him in my opinion. 3. Angle and Steve Young's situation don't compare. Angle is going froma dangerous work everyday schedule to having months off before debuting in ring, and most likely wrestling a maximum of 2 matches a month. He has time to rest, conquer any demons he may have, spend time with his family, and STILL earn a living and provide for his family doing the thing he loves. Angle and TNA both win as TNA gets a great superstar and Angle can rest, recouperate, and draw a paycheck. 4. Angle still entertains at a very high level. I suppose these are just my opinions, but they're awfully solid  |
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Post by Knapik on Sept 29, 2006 20:42:36 GMT -5
And yeah, Wildfire rocks.
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Post by Splattercat on Sept 29, 2006 21:10:27 GMT -5
Kinda like your avatar...Where'd you get it again..?
hehe...
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Post by offspring515 on Sept 29, 2006 22:27:39 GMT -5
If he was healthy enough to wrestle 2 matches a month, don't you think the WWE would have made that happen? They did it for the Undertaker, and Angle was seemingly well liked and well respected by WWE brass.
Sorry to take this off topic but...I really think Angle in the ring is a bad idea.
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Post by gwffantrav on Sept 29, 2006 22:38:38 GMT -5
Bruiser, I have to disagree with most of what you said about Kurt Angle. 1. No one is saying this will put TNA on par with the WWE. I hope they're not anyhow... 2. I think an argument could be made that Angle WAS the greatest wrestler of all time. In ring, on the mic, overall entertainment... very few can compare to him in my opinion. 3. Angle and Steve Young's situation don't compare. Angle is going froma dangerous work everyday schedule to having months off before debuting in ring, and most likely wrestling a maximum of 2 matches a month. He has time to rest, conquer any demons he may have, spend time with his family, and STILL earn a living and provide for his family doing the thing he loves. Angle and TNA both win as TNA gets a great superstar and Angle can rest, recouperate, and draw a paycheck. 4. Angle still entertains at a very high level. I suppose these are just my opinions, but they're awfully solid Nice post Jon |
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Post by BDS on Sept 30, 2006 7:50:42 GMT -5
If he was healthy enough to wrestle 2 matches a month, don't you think the WWE would have made that happen? They did it for the Undertaker, and Angle was seemingly well liked and well respected by WWE brass. Sorry to take this off topic but...I really think Angle in the ring is a bad idea. Angle was becoming a problem backstage in the E, too. His behavior was erratic, and they allegedly had to hire handlers for him to make sure he made it to his events. I'm not so sure that they would have given him that sort of a schedule given the other problems he was causing. |
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Post by Joe on Sept 30, 2006 9:43:01 GMT -5
If he was healthy enough to wrestle 2 matches a month, don't you think the WWE would have made that happen? They did it for the Undertaker, and Angle was seemingly well liked and well respected by WWE brass. Sorry to take this off topic but...I really think Angle in the ring is a bad idea. Angle was becoming a problem backstage in the E, too. His behavior was erratic, and they allegedly had to hire handlers for him to make sure he made it to his events. I'm not so sure that they would have given him that sort of a schedule given the other problems he was causing. Doesn't this sort of go in line with the idea that Kurt Angle had become a drug addict? His erratic behavior and need to be babysat are common qualities of drug addicts. |
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Post by Pete on Sept 30, 2006 16:02:57 GMT -5
I'm agreeing with the posters who say to keep the TNA boards. I'd also say that I'm a bit curious as to why certain people from either of the two apparent "camps" continue to post there. As for Angle... 1. No one is saying this will put TNA on par with the WWE. I hope they're not anyhow... Not even the most cockeyed TNA optimist could make this claim. Angle will probably help, at least in the short term--which I think even the most cockeyed pessimist would have trouble denying. Gotta say I like Angle and completely disagree with this in the strongest possible terms. "Best of all-time" is a major statement to make. You'll have hard time convincing me that Angle is better than Barry Windham in any area besides mic skills. Don't think he's better at Windham at anything else--working ability, mat ability, pacing, charisma, execution, or longevity. In some of those categories he's worse. And I don't see many people proclaiming Barry Windham to be the best worker ever, or even the best worker of his decade. We're not even starting to compare Angle to the top guys in All-Japan, or to Nobuhiko Takada, or El Hijo del Santo, or a bunch of guys outside the U.S. Angle is at the point where it's going to take a lot more than a couple-weeks break to "conquer his demons." He hasn't conquered them in years, even during forced "vacations" and a particularly long stretch where he was only an on-camera GM. Now we're going to have him recuperate, but still go out and wrestle every few weeks. Steve Young only had 16 days of contact per year. Angle will likely have twice that many. But not nearly as high as his physical prime in the early part of the decade. |
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Post by Pete on Sept 30, 2006 18:02:18 GMT -5
Pete, got a bit of a revelation for you...You referred to two "camps" in such a way as to suggest you're not a part of either of them...If such is the case you don't have any "issues" to dance around... As a TNA agnostic (though one who for the most part doesn't care for the product) I think I have a right to that opinion. I only recently posted there a few times in regards to Angle and Russo, with little to no opinion given on the quality of any of their TV shows or any of their PPVs. I did express dislike for the booking of two matches at the last show (the laxative match and whatever the other problem I had was, I forget); I don't think either of those statements were that controversial. OK, except I wasn't talking about this thread--I was talking about the TNA board. I don't go into the TNA boards all that often. It doesn't make any difference to me either way who posts there or not or what is being posted. I'm just not entirely sure what some of the arguments are supposed to accomplish. |
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Post by Splattercat on Sept 30, 2006 18:03:26 GMT -5
Noticed and withdrawn...It was literally the difference between here and there...My sincere apologies...That was inexcusable...
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Post by Splattercat on Sept 30, 2006 18:05:16 GMT -5
I'm agreeing with the posters who say to keep the TNA boards. I'd also say that I'm a bit curious as to why certain people from either of the two apparent "camps" continue to post there. Okay...You can wonder why the people that DON'T like TNA would post there, that's a valid question...But to wonder why people who DO like TNA post there is quite a bit ridiculous is it not...? This is the more valid post that I had intended... |
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Post by Knapik on Sept 30, 2006 18:43:49 GMT -5
I prefer Angle to Windham.... but I don't think Angle is the best of all time. I would not, however, scoff at soemone saying he was.. he has some amazing qualities.
Steve Young had far more than 16 days of contact a year (unless he never practiced.)
And no he's not where he was, but he's still above most in my opinion, which is how what I said was to be taken.
Love ya, Pete!
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Post by ewt on Oct 3, 2006 16:50:47 GMT -5
I have been reading the posts on all the boards for a long while. I hate to admit it but sometimes I just laugh. We need to take one big step back and say hey this is just Pro Wrestling not real life. I love wrestling as well as the COTG universe as much as the next guy. BUT it is not real. I sometimes just read the post and laugh. After all is said and done I think both the WWE and TNA have there good points, but wrestling has fallen greatly since WCW went into the trash. No competition for VKM has made wrestling kinda boring for me. However I have the GWF, LWF and my own creations so I have an outlet. Finally like I tell my daughters if you don't like what someone says IGNORE them and they will go away.
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Post by Splattercat on Oct 3, 2006 17:14:58 GMT -5
Funny or not, there've been complaints about the negativity on the boards, to the point of people leaving...Regardless of their personal preference, or whether that can "take it" or not, it's not a cool way to maintain interest in a product, which by the way, is what brought us to this message board: A product...
Personally, I don't like making a post in a thread, only to have it drowned out by TNA hate...Again, regardless of the humour, or whether I can "take it" or not, why should I mention TNA if I'm instantly going to attract negativity...I don't see how asking discretion from some is such a big deal...
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