Impact Wrestling building to Bound for Glory 2023: Eric Young is not dead

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SamuraiFoochs: Jan 16, 2007; Grimey Drawer

I check the Impact YouTube channel to try to generally keep up with the product and stuff and the comments are wild. They're convinced Impact would be doing better business for WBD than AEW.

Like I fully accept they do their thing these days but drat. Fervor never dies I guess.

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SamuraiFoochs: Jan 16, 2007; Grimey Drawer

Chris James 2 posted:

oh god no don't you dare loving do it

https://twitter.com/WrestlingCovers/status/1715556976829092245

Lol PLEASE YES

# ¿ Oct 21, 2023 04:28

SamuraiFoochs: Jan 16, 2007; Grimey Drawer

I think even though it has really stupid history, TNA is a much better "roll off the tongue" thing and I always thought the majority of their logos/branding looked better than the Impact era. Also at least in the US, promotions having 3-letter acronyms feels so much better.

This is gonna be a hot take but I don't think this is a bad move at all.

Also yes, it was TNA when they were the #2 promotion in the States.

Bonk posted:

Ehh, I'm not mad at it unless they try to bring back Dixie or something. They weren't losing fans, but they weren't gaining them either, except when people tuned in for the 20th anniversary stuff with a bunch of TNA callbacks. There are also several US indies that are approaching Impact's attendance and production values, so they had to do something to keep the #3 spot.

TNA is if nothing else brand recognition, and most fans who might check it out based on name alone probably haven't seen them at their worst, which nowadays you can just handwave as "every promotion had Wrestlecrap and bad creative at some point."

Also now that Steiner Math has become a widespread meme, they can own that part of their history.

Bonk posted:

Ehh, I'm not mad at it unless they try to bring back Dixie or something. They weren't losing fans, but they weren't gaining them either, except when people tuned in for the 20th anniversary stuff with a bunch of TNA callbacks. There are also several US indies that are approaching Impact's attendance and production values, so they had to do something to keep the #3 spot.

TNA is if nothing else brand recognition, and most fans who might check it out based on name alone probably haven't seen them at their worst, which nowadays you can just handwave as "every promotion had Wrestlecrap and bad creative at some point."

Also now that Steiner Math has become a widespread meme, they can own that part of their history.

Also this

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