WeaponX posted:

but you see spike never promoted tna

WeaponX posted:

but you see spike never promoted tna. that 360k viewers on DA is better than the 1mil viewers spike would get cause destination america is gonna make tna a household name. just wait and see.

Grendels Dad posted:

"Household" as in "TNA holds shows in Dixie Carter's house".

UltimoDragonQuest posted:

Rude!



SpikeTV truthers are always fun

The_Rob posted:

I like the analogy of dropping a bowl of Brussel sprouts because it implies that the person is either 10 or a fat slob who refuses to eat vegetables.

Sanguinia posted:

You can enjoy the health benefits of vegetables without forcing yourself to eat disgusting vegetables.

epitasis posted:

Brussels sprouts king of veggies

Beef Jerky Robot posted:

Sauerkraut only good cabbage dish

Memento posted:

A Good Post.

So with DA being available in about half as many homes as Spike, am I looking at it correctly when it actually looks like they lost around two thirds if their viewers? How do you spin that?

Bobtista posted:

People don't realise it's moved yet and obviously viewership will skyrocket once it starts airing on the discovery channel proper.

A Dapper Man posted:

This is even more of a long shot now that the head of DC has said that they are going to move back towards actual nature documentaries and the like. I wonder if TNAMecca has heard that yet.

MassRafTer posted:

TNA is ahead of the curve with the documentary aspects of Impact. This is how close TNA is to Discovery!

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Will1225 Moderator • 22 minutes ago

Fun fact: two full length uploads of the 1/7/15 episode of Impact had a combined 200K views in two days. #ProofTVRatingsAreNotAccurate

MassRafTer posted:

Clearly this means the ratings are inaccurate rather than the channel is impossible to get or TNA fans love rewatching Impact.

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That's funny. Nielsen's ratings jumped the shark in the late 80's/early 90's when everyone was starting to get cable yet it's still around today for some reason when we know it's faulty and doesn't quite represent this country's viewing habits.

Big Coffin Hunter posted:

yeah vegetables are great and brussel sprouts are goddamn disgusting

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PWI

I'm sure by now you've seen the PWI Top 500. A friend of mine and I were goofing on it pretty hard. "Hey, you know, Bart Gunn's way better than Dory Funk Jr. It must be true, they wrote it." Dean Malenko is a tremendous talent, but No. 1? I was shocked that they actually placed Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada and Kenta Kobashi in the top 15 but that same top 15 included Diamond Dallas Page, Lex Luger, The Giant and The Undertaker. Okay, Page has improved to the point where I could see him being in maybe the top 50. Undertaker is probably the most over gimmick performer ever. The Giant? Let's see in five years. But Lex Luger as the No. 5 wrestler in the world was way too funny to the point of being sick. Think about it. Year in and year out he's always been pushed and only the densest marks buy it.

As much as I mark out for ECW, in their employ is absolutely the worst wrestler I've ever seen. Big Dick Dudley blows up picking his nose. Crush and Jim Duggan can now look in the mirror and say, "Hey, at least I'm not the worst wrestler in the world." Mercifully they placed Taka Michinoku ahead of this tie-die wearing refrigerator.

Pat Crocker

Newport, Rhode Island

rovert posted:

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PANCRASE

Here are a few things about Pancrase to think about.

1. Why are the fighters allowed to kick each other with shoes? You can't do that in the UFC. The shin pads didn't cover the hardest part of the shoe, the bottom. Front and side kicks, which use the bottom of the shoe, were thrown.

2. Why are punches not allowed and brutal leg kicks rarely used? Could it be because punches are impossible to fake convincingly and leg kicks, while not as difficult to fake as punches, are hard to make look full power and the fighters tend to overact when hit by them (like in UWFI)? I don't think you'll see too many people outside of shootfighting get knocked out cold by a palm heel slap.

3. Why do none of the fighters seem terribly worried when they are obviously in a position to be choked out and the fighter in the position to do the choking rarely tries very hard to do so? You rarely see anybody who knows chokes in the UFC not take advantage of the opportunity.

4. With points scored so infrequently, doesn't it seem silly that Ken Shamrock would have said that one fighter, in a dominant position, would just let his opponent up when the opponent would lose a point if he locked on a submission hold because of a rope break, would decide against working for the submission because he didn't want to give away any of his submissions. Doesn't he know at least a few?

5. I've never heard of a boxing, kick boxing or judo organization that only consists of about 20 fighters, most of whom are trained by the same people, who just rotate fighting one another. The UFC is actually fairly easy to get into and anyone can compete. From what I understand, Pancrase is a very exclusive organization and difficult to get into. I wonder why? Also, why are the fighters paid salary like pro wrestlers instead of given purses for each match based on the result?

6. Finally, doesn't it seem strange that even SEG won't come out and state officially that Pancrase is 100% real?

Pro wrestling is great, but in no way should it be confused with something real like UFC. I loved the Rocky movies, but Sylvester Stallone was never the legitimate heavyweight boxing championship of the world. Let's not blur fantasy and reality. Pancrase may occasionally have some legitimate shoots but so did the UWFI. It is not terribly hard to tell the difference between real matches and not-so-real matches. Pancrase is simply a better worked, though less entertaining, version of UWFI. As much as I like and respect Ken Shamrock, I have to say that if he wants to claim any glory from his victories in Pancrase, he is also going to have to acknowledge his losses in pro wrestling matches, such as his loss to Bart Vale, which was an obvious work. You can't have it both ways.

Joe Silva

Richmond, Virginia

Optimist with doubt posted:

You know I was just thinking that TNA was exactly like Brian Wilson because that is a rational thought for a human being to have.

MassRafTer posted:

Oldie but a goodie, what a toolbag this guy is!

Solomonic posted:

Lmao that's amazing. Was that written before he got his position in the UFC?

Solomonic posted:

Lmao that's amazing. Was that written before he got his position in the UFC?

Memento posted:

I don't think I'll ever get tired of this trope.

Daniel Bryan posted:

Abrasive Obelisk posted:

Who's BoD?

flashy_mcflash posted:

Scott Keith's Blog of Doom