TNA Gets 2 Hours...With A Catch

[Highway61Revisited]

bigeasy said:

See, you guys are ripping on Nash for doing things that I love. He tells TNA, "No seriously, I will ELEVATE the X-Division" and then he single-handedly kills it. Kevin Nash is on a crusade against Vanilla Midgets, and I predict he will win the ROH Title in a 30-man battle royal by the year 2009.

Did you start playing COTG when you were writing under a pseudonym for a very prominent wrestling company's magazine?

[bigeasy]

highway61revisited said:

Did you start playing COTG when you were writing under a pseudonym for a very prominent wrestling company's magazine?

Actually no, but I did give Exo-King an upgraded card for reminding me of Kevin Nash.

[Vidtek]

Exo-King blew his knee out getting into the ring and spent half a year doing nothing but getting fat and telling bad jokes?

[mwjergs]

I can never understand the contempt that the X division wrestlers get shown from TNA and WWE. They are never booked with any purpose and are made time and again to look weak and pointless.

As much as I don't like Kevin Nash I give him credit. He still is able to get himself air time, when he is a second rate hack as a comic and has no athletic or wrestling ability. When was the last time the guy was in the ring? Yet, he still gets face time and has helped bury the one strong point that separated them from WWE.

[Highway61Revisited]

Well I think the popular conception, with the exception of a few but there are always exceptions to the rule, is that cruiserweights don't draw money in the US. You have to have a good heavyweight (headliner) division and the X Division/Cruisers can be a suitable undercard.

I agree with you that, especially on SD! and TNA, the division could add some substance to shows that are lacking. Overall though those things are far from WWE or TNA's biggest problems.

[shemp]

stf said:

konish50 said:

They still have Roddy Piper, Slaughter and Ron Simmons in WWE who don't wrestle or do much of anything really besides Ron's "DAMN!" which isn't funny any more after the 304th time. Things aren't as bad as some of these TNA negatives claim things to be. Just watch it, geez.

This isn't about the WWE or the great Ron Simmoms. This is about TNA sucking balls. They are just as bad as people claim them to be and we have watched. It sucks.

Wel lto me TNA is a lot better teh nanything i've seen out there latley( which isnt ,much),. I can watch the whole hour with out FFWD. The Steiners, Sting, Abyss, LAX. that reminds me of the old NWA WCCW style of wresting.

[Knapik]

shemp said:

The Steiners, Sting, Abyss, LAX. that reminds me of the old NWA WCCW style of wresting.

wait what?

[dukedave]

knapik said:

shemp said:

The Steiners, Sting, Abyss, LAX. that reminds me of the old NWA WCCW style of wresting.

wait what?

Yeah, I too see the good old days in the comparisons of the Steiners vs the Freebirds, Sting vs Kerry Von Erich, Abyss vs Ice Man King Parsons, and LAX vs Gino Hernandez and Chris Adams. Well, maybe not.

[shemp]

I just realized i typed WCCW. Imeant to say those guys remind me of the WCW days. Abyss a Mankind type, LAX , Steiners, well because they wrestled in WCW.

[dukedave]

shemp said:

I just realized i typed WCCW. Imeant to say those guys remind me of the WCW days. Abyss a Mankind type, LAX , Steiners, well because they wrestled in WCW.

We figured as much but can't let a good opportunity slip by to make fun.

[shemp]

Yeah my typing skills suck. But glad i could give some humor for a few days

[Shon Maxx]

I'll give Nash credit. He must be doing something right if hes getting paid big money to tell bad jokes. I wish it were that easy for me.

Also remember, Russo's still in charge, and Russo doesn't believe in wrestling on a wrestling show. So you shouldn't really be too surprised to tune into a 60 minute wrestling show and see about 40 minutes of talking and promos, 15 minutes of commercials, and about 5 minutes of wrestling.

But, hey, he's saving TNA, just like he saved WCW. If you don't believe me, ask him yourself and he'll tell you so.



Take care,

Jay

[BDS]

So I saw they got the second hour. Does this mean that someone actually shelled out for the HD cameras?

[JamieOD]

I just found out they did.

Source: TVWeek.com

Television industry news site TVWeek.com reports that SpikeTV has posted quotes from Spike TV spokesman David Schwartz discussing the cable network's plans to begin broadcasting in high-definition in the first quarter of 2008.

The high-definition Spike TV channel, which will be carried by DirecTV, will not feature any original programming. In the first quarter of 2008 (January-March), some of the channel’s programs, such as the reality game show “Pros vs. Joes” and the pro wrestling series “TNA Impact!,” will be shot in high-def, with the remainder upconverted to HD. By the second quarter, Spike expects nearly all of its original programs (including UFC shows "The Ultimate Fighter" and "UFC Fight Night" live events) to be shot in HD.

“We know that our demographic—men 18 to 49—are guys who are interested in technology and would love to see UFC fights in high definition,” Mr. Schwarz said. “We want to bring that to them.”