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Post by dennish on Oct 25, 2005 18:42:40 GMT -5
1.) Since the debut of iMPACT on Spike TV, I've been very pleased with the TNA Product. The talent has been very solid, guys like A.J.Styles to Jeff Jarrett have entertained me from the out set. 2.) Six-Side Ring, this alone stands out in my mind as one the best new additions to wrestling today. 3.) NWA Championships, here is one of the greatest wrestling promotions ever... PERIOD! This may not be the NWA of the 80's, but it is a NWA thats got promise for years to come. 4.) Don West and Mike Tenay, I like these two as the broadcast team. They remind me of the old days of WCW, and they work well together. 5.) iMPACT continues to get better each week, and with the special coming this show will grow even further. 7.) It' not the WWE, thank god for that... it's about time I can watch something other then the WWE. I don't hate the WWE, but it has no draw for me to watch it anymore. While TNA has fresh daces from Alex Shelley to Abyss, plus Team 3D to Raven. 8.) Tag Team Wrestling lives on in TNA, and it's good wrestling. Teams like AMW, Team Canada, Diamond if the Rough and many others make the tag team division a division. 9.) I've watched each airing both iMPACT and BFG more then once and have enjoyed it even more the second time around. 10.) TNA stands below the WWE, but thats fine with me... we don't need a clone of the WWE, instead we get something FRESH and NEW. T... N... A... RULES!
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Post by swarm on Oct 25, 2005 18:52:12 GMT -5
I like the Tag Teams (except the Dudley's) but Jeff Jarrett couldn't "entertain" me if he were slicing his wrists upwards.
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Post by Scott Fire on Oct 25, 2005 23:03:35 GMT -5
Don West darn near makes me want to commit suicide and I wish someone would put Tenay through a stiff table.Sorry...they just irritate me...lol. But I do like TNA, especially the Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels.
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Post by thefamoustommyz on Oct 26, 2005 18:13:26 GMT -5
Jarrett may not be able to entertain me by doing that, but I'd be willing to let him try...
...oooooh, was that going too far?
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Post by tafkaga on Nov 3, 2005 2:10:46 GMT -5
I mostly agree with Dennis...not quite completely though. I don't think Don West is nearly as bad as I at first thought. I can think of plenty of guys that were more annoying. If I were to fault the Tenay/West team for anything it would just be that they're boring...but most commentary teams are these days for me. Cole and Tazz are decent... Ross was good... but I haven't really been entertained by a commentary team since the mid 90's.
Sadly, I used to really like Jarrett in his Double J gimmick. Sure it was stupid...that's why I liked it. Despite the fact I'll probably be laughed at for saying this...to me it's the highlight of his career. He was a credible WWF I-C champion. But I think it was when he started doing the whole Slapnuts thing and being pushed as THE MAN in WCW that I could no longer stomach him. He's a solid heel wrestler, but WAY too bland to generate any real interest. And his finisher is 2nd to the Canadian Destroyer as being the most retarded of all time.
If I were booking TNA I'd build the promotion around AJ Styles, Ron Killings, Chris Daniels, Samoa Joe, Sabu, Raven, Abyss, Monty Brown, and AMW. These are the guys that I enjoy watching every week who I think are the most entertaining. I'd also work on establishing them as characters and giving them some storylines other than just "I don't like you, I challenge you to a match at the PPV!" I realize they're there for the name value but I wouldn't be AT ALL bothered if I no longer got to see Jeff Hardy, Road Dog, or Konnan on a weekly basis.
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Post by thefamoustommyz on Nov 3, 2005 11:37:57 GMT -5
On one hand, Hardy's got a HUGE following in Orlando.
On the other, no one's buying any tickets to get in, so dumping Hardy could be a negligible loss (unless he's really amping buyrates and merchandise sales)...
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Post by Joe on Nov 3, 2005 12:24:48 GMT -5
I mostly agree with Dennis...not quite completely though. I don't think Don West is nearly as bad as I at first thought. I can think of plenty of guys that were more annoying. If I were to fault the Tenay/West team for anything it would just be that they're boring...but most commentary teams are these days for me. Cole and Tazz are decent... Ross was good... but I haven't really been entertained by a commentary team since the mid 90's. Sadly, I used to really like Jarrett in his Double J gimmick. Sure it was stupid...that's why I liked it. Despite the fact I'll probably be laughed at for saying this...to me it's the highlight of his career. He was a credible WWF I-C champion. But I think it was when he started doing the whole Slapnuts thing and being pushed as THE MAN in WCW that I could no longer stomach him. He's a solid heel wrestler, but WAY too bland to generate any real interest. And his finisher is 2nd to the Canadian Destroyer as being the most retarded of all time. If I were booking TNA I'd build the promotion around AJ Styles, Ron Killings, Chris Daniels, Samoa Joe, Sabu, Raven, Abyss, Monty Brown, and AMW. These are the guys that I enjoy watching every week who I think are the most entertaining. I'd also work on establishing them as characters and giving them some storylines other than just "I don't like you, I challenge you to a match at the PPV!" I realize they're there for the name value but I wouldn't be AT ALL bothered if I no longer got to see Jeff Hardy, Road Dog, or Konnan on a weekly basis. You think the stroke and the Canadian Destroyer are the "most retarded: finishers of all time? How long have you been watching professional wrestling? |
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Post by thefamoustommyz on Nov 3, 2005 12:33:14 GMT -5
There is a lot to be said for The Stroke being retarded, when you factor in that you can block it JUST BY STICKING YOUR HANDS UP...
But I refuse to bash The Canadian Destroyer because, in my reality, Petey Williams is a God who has the power to stand in a piledriver position and flip both he and his opponent clean over...=)
Its all about perception, baybee.
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Post by tafkaga on Nov 3, 2005 14:50:22 GMT -5
You think the stroke and the Canadian Destroyer are the "most retarded: finishers of all time? How long have you been watching professional wrestling? Been watching wrestling for 20 years now. The Stroke is retarded because as Tommy said... all you'd have to do is put your hands up to block it. Plus... even if you don't....the whole point of it is like falling down on your face? Doesn't even look like it would hurt. Yes the Canadian Destroyer is lame in my opinion. And I'm gonna repeat this again... this is the ONLY wrestling forum I participate in that likes the Canadian Destroyer... so it's not as if I'm the only one. On the Firepro Club forum, which is where I hang out most of the time, everyone hated the move so much that I was shocked to find there ARE people who actually like it. My reason for hating it is because it's so damn contrived and fake looking. Yes I know other moves are fake looking too... but this one crosses the line for me. It's supposed to be wrestling not figure skating. |
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