TNA for March: Who will survive, and what will be left of them? (and fuck that owl!)

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rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Martian Buddy posted:

So what are the odds that TNA has to make new tag title belts because they hosed up with the Hardys so badly

I haven't heard if they had hired a script writer to replace Dave Lagana so anything is possible.

They could use the GFW Tag titles.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 07:35

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 11:26

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

I don't want to be accused ignoring mod warnings or posting cryptically for the sake of it. I'll just say the more that comes out about the situation between Jade and TNA the more we will understand why she left. Please trust me.

DoctorGonzo posted:

Jade is great. Hopefully the WWE signs her.

AGREED

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 15:49

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

RealFoxy posted:

Well there's a difference between cryptic and misleading information based on your personal speculation without stating it was such and knowing some behind the scenes drama that's going to be coming out soon

It is a personal situation involving someone I really like in Jade too. It will probably be apparent by the end of the tapings. I am not saying anything more. The dsriggs's are free to have a field day.

Ex-TNA people told me there's more departures to come - which should be rather obvious obviously.

rovert fucked around with this message at 16:07 on Mar 1, 2017

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 16:05

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Re: the higher end deals - Lashley, EC3, Wolves etc.

They are guaranteed deals.

There are outs on those deals (3 months). But those contracts gives them core talents they can work to death. Meaning they don't have a per match.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 16:14

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Lumbermouth posted:

...did TNA book Jade's abuser again?

Remains to be seen. But he is cheap and local.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 16:32

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/thecubsfan/status/836972624676794372

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 17:17

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Not a rib.
https://twitter.com/WrestlingSheet/status/837024882756096012

You know

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 20:45

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/RealBrookeAdams/status/837107580006715392

# ¿ Mar 2, 2017 02:59

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/PrichardShow/status/837137934759440390

# ¿ Mar 2, 2017 04:14

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Kongo Kong and Mario Bokara. Low Ki turned them down: https://twitter.com/PWInsidercom/status/837185975377854464

# ¿ Mar 2, 2017 07:26

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Ghidzilla posted:

At this point who is even on the roster? I am so confused.

New Jersey guys from Pro Wrestling Syndicate and their breakaway promotion WrestlePro. WrestlePro ran a WrestlePro vs GFW feud and one of the few promotions who paid for a dopey Jeff Jarrett/GFW talent seminar.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2017 07:56

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Chris James 2 posted:

Blue Pants is getting used in future tapings. Congrats Leva

I think that's just for Knockouts Knockdown taping Saturday only.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 06:27

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCttMyENOLs

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 07:51

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Mike Tenay turned IMPACT down recently. He is retired retired from everything Wrestling.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 14:41

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/RealJeffJarrett/status/39329736333332480

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 15:01

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Meltzer thinks Jim Ross may show up at the tapings today. TNA is promising a big surprise.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 17:36

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

We just need an owl: https://twitter.com/KevinSullyTV/status/837683671540846593

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 18:15

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/MLW/status/838154929269325825

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 01:29

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/FightfulWrestle/status/838086921620332545

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 02:16

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

flashy_mcflash posted:

The rats thing is the second stupidest thing in this interview behind "wrestling should have credits I.e Shawn Spears as Eli Drake" and this will somehow make this whole thing more legit.

Drake further elaborated: https://twitter.com/TheEliDrake/status/838197960571764736 https://twitter.com/TheEliDrake/status/838198222724136960 https://twitter.com/TheEliDrake/status/838198591814533123 https://twitter.com/TheEliDrake/status/838199273737109504

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 05:56

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

I am in a tight spot with IMPACT objectivity wise. Have friends there. No matter what you think of the Dixie/Corgan regime the talent largely worked hard and where patient in situations of scare resources and uncertainty. You can criticise the booking the GFW side of IMPACT getting put over the "TNA" side. To me that's fine as that's a creative/business decision. What's not on is how some of the TNA people were refused flights, talked to or treated by management and on top of that how they've been talked to by backstage incident prone and a possibly drunk Karen Jarrett. The fallout from the tapings or what what recent departures will say will be interesting.

I don't want to bring politics or even religious outlook into a Pro Wrestling forum. But you've already got Jarrett's use of MAGA/MIGA but the difference in how women have been treated under this regime has been a big talking point or point of frustration this week.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 06:28

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Chris James 2 posted:

Yeah, in the spoilers thread I'm glad there's been such a negative reaction towards the MAGA/MIGA stuff

The Laurel Van Ness stuff today was pretty gross and stood out among other poo poo stuff, at least from today's taping

It and the ODB push are very pre-"Women's Revolution" in tenor.

But Karen was too wild for the IWA Mid South locker room! Made a holy show of herself at Wrestlecon last night (backstage fights & spitting at the audience). Slurred her words on TV during the TNA vs GFW feud.

rovert fucked around with this message at 07:02 on Mar 5, 2017

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 06:45

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Luigi Thirty posted:

I thought ODB was old and retir--oh, TNA.

ODB is a star dawg. Allie is a nobody.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 06:49

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Read this on the DVDR no idea if it is true. But completely believe it because it is TNA:

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 07:01

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/prowrestlingnet/status/838484100465983491

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 21:28

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

IMPACT caused a lot of confusion/upset after posting this:

https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/839493932476149760 https://twitter.com/RachaelEllering/status/839526257272442881

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 19:32

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/839653522534723585

# ¿ Mar 9, 2017 03:02

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

quote:

As we discussed yesterday during the NXT & Beyond audio show in the Elite section of PWInsider.com, there will be some segments on tonight's Impact that knocks the previous regime. While there were a number of wrestlers backstage who felt it was a shot at the roster as much as previous members of management, Eli Drake became upset and confronted Jeff Jarrett about it and the two had a discussion. It was never described to me as getting ugly but Drake voiced some frustrations the existing roster was having with the changeover last week. There were talents who felt the shots at the previous regime were unfair because they didn't see them as a shot at management, but as everyone who had been working there. Since they had been perservering long before Anthem purchased the company, despite not knowing if and when it would fall apart and whether they would get the money they were owed - a number of talents felt there was nothing wrong with their work (and certainly, the product didn't suck) but the message the segments sent ruffled some feathers. So, Drake went right to Jarrett and voiced that. We are told he spoke with both Jarrett and Bruce Prichard.

The shots (which will be seen in at least two segments tonight) were meant to be specifically aimed at former members of management (read: Dixie Carter) with the idea of distancing the company going forward without an official reboot. More than one person described it as "awkward" since John Gaburick was heavily involved in creative and now was working backstage as his era was being kicked in the face verbally and there was some sympathy for him, even among talents who would usually dismiss him privately to me. With Jeff Jarrett laying out that it as his way (taking on an old school promoter approach) when it came to the new vision of the company, it was a culture shock to the talents that had been there under Gaburick as he was open enough, when laying out directives, to take feedback and let talents try to tweak it a litttle. I do believe there was a disconnect between the Impact roster and the new GFW talents coming in (and that was felt backstage) but over the course of the tapings, there were talents who opened up the eyes of the new management as to what their potential was. It's a weird situation in that a lot of talents that already had track records there were pretty much having to prove themselves again for the new bosses, even if that wasn't stated as such openly.

The belief among those I spoke with is that Bully Ray did not return because he was at odds with the creative plans for him and finally TNA washed their hands and moved on to Alberto de Patron. One source believed Velvet Sky would have been back if Bully returned.

Very interesting to note that Anthem Media, the parent company of Impact, began laying off a number of staffers at the Fight Network today. There have been a number of firings attributed to budget cuts. Whether any of that is a ripple effect of the Impact acquisition or not remains to be seen. There were employees who had been with the company 8-10 years who were let go today.

Meanwhile, Anthem plans to set up a poll for fans to name the Anthem owl. Seriously. I vote Dixie. There was an owl at the tapings last week used for production purposes. I want to know if it flew itself in.

Jeff Jarrett will be returning to the UK for additional media appearances in April.

The Impact website is currently down for maintenance. The previous incarnation of it was an utter mess, to say the least, so hopefully this means a reboot before tonight's new version of Impact Wrestling broadcasts.

Moose is advertised as defending the Impact Grand championship against Josh Alexander in a Steel Cage on March 26th in Missisauga, Ontario.

MJ Jenkins, who worked the tapings, took a 22 hour bus ride to get there. That's dedication.

Tyrus will be working as the emcee for the Jim Ross one man shows over Wrestlemania weekend in Orlando, Florida. Impact plugged those at their last tapings to the live crowd. Those shows are great. For details, visit https://www.jrsbarbq.com.

http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=108246

# ¿ Mar 10, 2017 00:30

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

flashy_mcflash posted:

To be clear, I'm no fan of Eli Drake, but the guy (and any active performer that didn't get TV time last night) has a point about being left off the show so they could have not one but two long-rear end promos about how poo poo the company used to be.

https://twitter.com/therealec3/status/840029088773492736 https://twitter.com/SiennaTNA/status/840050165369171968

# ¿ Mar 10, 2017 15:25

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/gailkimITSME/status/839130030810759168

# ¿ Mar 10, 2017 15:25

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/voiceswrestling/status/840219633114329090

# ¿ Mar 10, 2017 16:16

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/RebyHardy/status/840315276608565248

# ¿ Mar 10, 2017 22:36

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Skinty McEdger posted:

Hey Rovert, what's the scoop on TNA loving with the Hardy's, are they trying to screw with the ROH PPV as well?

"Today has been weird day in this story" - Some who is a friend. Is the best I have.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2017 22:38

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

https://twitter.com/BulletClubItal/status/840324325714587648

# ¿ Mar 10, 2017 23:15

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

lol https://twitter.com/garrettkidney/status/840338764606103552

# ¿ Mar 11, 2017 00:11

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Russo https://twitter.com/garrettkidney/status/840370213866655745

# ¿ Mar 11, 2017 02:18

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Can happily report Reby is at it again.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2017 17:06

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

A young female indie worker named MJ Jenkins had to do a 22 hour two day bus ride to get to the tapings: https://twitter.com/RebyHardy/status/840602269859082240

https://twitter.com/TheModern_Myth/status/839929515841314816

They flew ODB and Rebel in.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2017 17:41

rovert: Jun 10, 2013

Skinty McEdger posted:

I mean if your TNA and your big selling point to prospective talent can't be money or job security and thus by necessity must be the promise of exposure, going after talent that leaves the company like this is pretty much about as counter productive as you can get.

That's after they give you no backstory and while Josh bickers on commentary. Like what happened to Rachael Ellering and Reno Scum. I know people who are really upset at Ellering's treatment in particular as not only she's a prospect but she's this Molly Holly type nice person.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2017 19:49

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rovert: Jun 10, 2013

DoctorGonzo posted:

It she related to Paul?

She is.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2017 19:52

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