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| They literally set fire to the ring by accident |
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2 | 2.22% |
| They literally set fire to the ring on purpose |
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6 | 6.67% |
| Film 6 months of content accidentally using WWE prop belts |
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6 | 6.67% |
| Rehire Jeff Jarrett |
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23 | 25.56% |
| Start splicing in archival footage of AJ Styles and pretending it's current |
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23 | 25.56% |
| Accidentally switch the live Pop TV feed to the WWE Network |
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6 | 6.67% |
| Lose the keys to the production truck, film 6 months of content in the parking lot with a Samsung |
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7 | 7.78% |
| Sue a fan who flips the bird on air, lose all company rights to said fan |
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13 | 14.44% |
| Somehow everything gets good and they start making money (Comedy Option) |
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4 | 4.44% |
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Strawberry Panda posted:Roque believes he's not. So he's definitely going there then
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SatoshiMiwa posted:New Japan/PWG/Indies probably pays way more than a NXT or 205 live deals does but I think 100% Ricochet wants to go to WWE cause it seems like his dream and the only thing stopping it is a low ball NXT or 205 live offer. Pwg payouts are $20 and a sweet whisper from super dragon
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Oct 29, 2017 06:03
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:Pwg payouts are $20 and a sweet whisper from super dragon I'd hold out for that sweat Pancrase shirt Dave wears to PWG
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Oct 29, 2017 06:05
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I honestly think some wrestlers approach Impact as some type of challenge booking. Its pretty obvious there's a ton of logistical obstacles keeping Impact from doing well but the lure of becoming the next Matt Hardy is there. That's how loving weird 2017 is.
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Oct 29, 2017 07:03
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For Booker T the challenge was how long he could be paid six figures to ride the attractions at Universal Studios.
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Oct 29, 2017 07:17
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Earlier in the thread watching the show and before reading the reviews I thought IMPACT's new format was a flop. The ratings and subsequent reviews back that up https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/10/28/impact-hits-misses-1026-company-jeff-jarrett-used-charge-proudly-presents-random-nonsense-two-hours/
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Oct 29, 2017 13:31
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rovert posted:Earlier in the thread watching the show and before reading the reviews I thought IMPACT's new format was a flop. The ratings and subsequent reviews back that up How bad were the ratings compared to normal?
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Oct 29, 2017 13:45
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rare Magic card l00k posted:How bad were the ratings compared to normal? Their second lowest rating of 2017. Viewership was 231K, down from 267K, a drop of 35K viewers. The rating number also saw a significant drop to 0.04 from 0.07. With supposedly no strong ratings competition that night.
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Oct 29, 2017 13:53
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rovert posted:Their second lowest rating of 2017. Viewership was 231K, down from 267K, a drop of 35K viewers. The rating number also saw a significant drop to 0.04 from 0.07. With supposedly no strong ratings competition that night. Anything on television is strong competition to Impact.
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Oct 29, 2017 14:25
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Strawberry Panda posted:Anything on television is strong competition to Impact. Test Patterns are strong competition
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Oct 29, 2017 14:53
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rovert posted:Their second lowest rating of 2017. Viewership was 231K, down from 267K, a drop of 35K viewers. The rating number also saw a significant drop to 0.04 from 0.07. With supposedly no strong ratings competition that night. The dropoff from the Y&R rerun that played right before it on POP was even more dramatic. Well over half that audience (500K) tuned out. Eli Drake as champion is buys
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Oct 29, 2017 15:11
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rare Magic card l00k posted:How bad were the ratings compared to normal? rovert posted:Their second lowest rating of 2017. So, pretty much like they normally are.
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Oct 29, 2017 15:37
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Bound for Glory is a week away, there's no Hall of Fame event, no tickets sold for it and they stopped promoting a HOF induction in July. It was set to be Awesome Kong until Jeff Jarrett fell out of favour. I heard about it in like June and kept quiet about it hoping it would happen. James Storm, Konnan, Kevin Nash and Jerry Jarrett were names bandied about too. But Kong was the perfect idea to me due to her rival Gail Kim retiring at Bound For Glory, Kong being in a good place with being in GLOW and with the zeitgeist focused on women's Wrestling with the Mae Young Classic also she's one of the few needle movers in company history.
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Oct 29, 2017 16:57
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Do TNA HOFers get some sort of Legends contract type deal or is it just "here's a plaque, thanks for coming"?
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Oct 29, 2017 23:16
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MysticalMachineGun posted:Do TNA HOFers get some sort of Legends contract type deal or is it just "here's a plaque, thanks for coming"? What do you think?
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Oct 29, 2017 23:36
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Davros1 posted:What do you think? 
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Oct 29, 2017 23:57
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Lol I just remembered how angry the Mecca got at AJ disrespecting TNA by wearing that ROH hat!!!
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Oct 30, 2017 00:15
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Not that it matters, because it's TNA, but how is Jerry Lynn not in their dumb HOF? Or is he? Dude was a huge cornerstone of the early days.
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Oct 30, 2017 00:22
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do you think AJ Styles ever sits back and realizes he wasted years of his career on a company that booked him as a Faulkerian Idiot Manchild who didn't know how marriage worked for two years
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Oct 30, 2017 00:25
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Look my crack team of scientists* and I have concluded the only way to save TNA...GFW...whatever, especially with Y&R reruns beating them, is to have Y&R invade them. Think of it. During sweeps weeks the residents of Genoa City go to the until-now unknown wrestling center to watch some Impact wrestling, and then get involved. Victor could be the new authority figure. Hell make him the new champion after getting into a tag match with E3 against *looks on wikipedia to see who champ is* Eli Drake and someone else. Someone email Jim Cornette with this please *A half bottle of Rum
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Oct 30, 2017 00:30
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Mel Mudkiper posted:do you think AJ Styles ever sits back and realizes he wasted years of his career on a company that booked him as a Faulkerian Idiot Manchild who didn't know how marriage worked for two years No because during those years he was making way more money than he could elsewhere.
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Oct 30, 2017 00:31
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CrcleSqreSanchz posted:Look my crack team of scientists* and I have concluded the only way to save TNA...GFW...whatever, especially with Y&R reruns beating them, is to have Y&R invade them. This would be what they would run with since their actual plan is reasonable and feasible.
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Oct 30, 2017 00:32
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MassRafTer posted:No because during those years he was making way more money than he could elsewhere. being a multi-time world champion and former face of the company pushed into being second fiddle to multiple former WWE guys while having to pretend to be an idiot has to sting no matter how much you get paid flashy_mcflash posted:The dropoff from the Y&R rerun that played right before it on POP was even more dramatic. Well over half that audience (500K) tuned out. Having Y&R be the lead-in to a wrestling show seems to be self-defeating in the first place
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Oct 30, 2017 00:35
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Mel Mudkiper posted:being a multi-time world champion and former face of the company pushed into being second fiddle to multiple former WWE guys while having to pretend to be an idiot has to sting no matter how much you get paid on the other hand you get to make eric bischoff sell for a bird
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Oct 30, 2017 00:37
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like, the most bizarre part of the whole christian coalition angle was that they kept saying Christian was taking AJ under his wing to help him reach his full potential and the top of the card even though he was a multi-time champ by then
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Oct 30, 2017 00:39
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Phenix Rising posted:Not that it matters, because it's TNA, but how is Jerry Lynn not in their dumb HOF? Or is he? Dude was a huge cornerstone of the early days. He's not. Their HOF is literally nothing but people who made their careers elsewhere. Sting, JJ, Earl Hebner, Angle, Gail Kim, and the Dudleys.
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Oct 30, 2017 00:42
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Mel Mudkiper posted:being a multi-time world champion and former face of the company pushed into being second fiddle to multiple former WWE guys while having to pretend to be an idiot has to sting no matter how much you get paid What should sting is that the company you are now a top star in wouldn't give you the time of day for all those years.
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Oct 30, 2017 00:45
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MassRafTer posted:What should sting is that the company you are now a top star in wouldn't give you the time of day for all those years. and then when you get ther eyou lose in a big schmozz and then someone retires you with a buckle bomb
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Oct 30, 2017 00:57
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Phenix Rising posted:Not that it matters, because it's TNA, but how is Jerry Lynn not in their dumb HOF? Or is he? Dude was a huge cornerstone of the early days. I think Jerry Lynn is a TNAsylum Pioneer award winner and has the same plaque as AJ
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Oct 30, 2017 01:07
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oatgan posted:I think Jerry Lynn is a TNAsylum Pioneer award winner and has the same plaque as AJ Not surprising, you really think they could afford to make more than one?
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Oct 30, 2017 02:02
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DJExile posted:He's not. Their HOF is literally nothing but people who made their careers elsewhere. I think you could probably make an argument that Gail will be remembered more for her TNA work - especially the Kong stuff - than anything she ever did in WWE. But yeah, its kind of absurd that people like Angle, Hebner, and the Dudleys are "in there" and not guys like AJ, Lynn, Storm, Roode, whoever.
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Oct 30, 2017 04:31
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STAC Goat posted:I think you could probably make an argument that Gail will be remembered more for her TNA work - especially the Kong stuff - than anything she ever did in WWE. Ultimately because of TNA's rep the point of their HOF is more about getting them publicity, and their feeling is honoring Sting is gonna get more attention than honoring Jerry Lynn. Which is unfortunate, I really like Jerry.
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Oct 30, 2017 04:45
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Jerry Lynn has always been the wrestler's wrestler. Hell, ROH tried to hook him up with a top babyface spot and the crowds went ugly on him.
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Oct 30, 2017 04:54
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MysticalMachineGun posted:Do TNA HOFers get some sort of Legends contract type deal or is it just "here's a plaque, thanks for coming"? Bare in mind this was when TNA still maintained the illusion of possibly making money https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/5esbgz/til_tna_gave_kurt_angle_a_used_rolex_for_his_hof/
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Oct 30, 2017 06:38
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All this HOF talk reminds me of the time Hulk Hogan gave Abyss super powers by giving him his WWE Hall of Fame ring.
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Oct 30, 2017 06:44
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Seriously though. did Gail ever do anything memorable in WWE? I've been trying to figure that out since I made that post and I got nothing besides the time she opted out of a BR, a bad romance angle with Daniel Bryan and the Bellas, and her really outdated Matrix gimmick upon debut.
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Oct 30, 2017 07:11
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STAC Goat posted:Seriously though. did Gail ever do anything memorable in WWE? I've been trying to figure that out since I made that post and I got nothing besides the time she opted out of a BR, a bad romance angle with Daniel Bryan and the Bellas, and her really outdated Matrix gimmick upon debut. Her lack of charisma and promo ability kind of hampered her being put into those situations. Also being a wrestler during the Diva Search era.
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Oct 30, 2017 07:14
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I remember Matt Striker calling her finisher the "Saigon Slam" or something (Gail Kim is not Vietnamese)
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Oct 30, 2017 07:56
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coconono posted:Jerry Lynn has always been the wrestler's wrestler. Hell, ROH tried to hook him up with a top babyface spot and the crowds went ugly on him. ROH crowds always go ugly on top babyfaces eventually.
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STAC Goat posted:Seriously though. did Gail ever do anything memorable in WWE? The time she eliminated herself from that diva’s battle royale then quit
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