I don't care about being back in the impact zone but do they really need to Tape 4 or 6 weeks of impact ? Why can't they go live from there ? This time of yr with tape crap people won't watch they will just read the spoilers
Then simply stay away from the spoilers, brah. There, I made your life a lot easier. Aside from that, why do
you care if people read spoilers or not. It won't affect your viewing experience whatsoever.
Oh wait! We're playing businessmen again, constructively criticizing business models, tactics and so forth. Because we're all that fucking smart. That's why we're on message boards and they're doing it for a living. Because we're better.
Yeah, it sucks. Yeah, people will read spoilers. Yeah, some won't watch because of it. Don't you think TNA has a reason to do that? SOME reason. I mean, I know, I know, people like Rayne and you and other geniuses of the same status (think Stephen Hawking and Steve Jobs' ghost) will chime in with your extensive business knowledge and say TNA is completely stupid, they don't know what they're doing and then I'll fall asleep because big egos, small penises and underachieving just do that to me. I mean, they are pretty dumb but they can't just snap their fingers and make all their wishes come true. It's not like they forgot they can do live shows or tape one or two shows at a time. Or maybe they did. Maybe the rumors a true. A monkey is running TNA. How's that for "different"?
Now, TNA returning to the Impact Zone? Fine, they can do what they want and whatever saves them money or saves their ass. Is it a horrible blow to their already bad image? Oh yes, baby. Is it going to be a bitch to explain why you go from live shows to a sound stage again? Oh yes, baby. I mean, we know WHY but I remember TNA trying to spin going back to Thursday as a positive thing. That'd have to be a golden PR team to successfully do that with this bowl of joy.
It's bad all around. No question. You show everyone that you can't hang on the road. It's a kick in the nuts they'll just have to take with a smile on their face and make it up with some pretty good fucking shows.
And I think this should be TNA's strategy from now on. They're so damn OBSESSED with material achievements. You know, road tapings, going live all the time, broadcasting on Monday, better set, this and that. It's like they're trying to force success with moves like these.
"Oh, we'll go on the road and people will come." - no they won't. Not when you don't do jack shit to improve the shows. You go on the road when there are a thousand people in the Impact Zone and three thousand more outside, waiting to get in but can't because the Impact Zone can't fit them. 'The fuck made them think people were dying to go to TNA shows? It's like an average musician leaving his basement, performing at a big stadium and wondering why no one's coming. Lots of reasons. You go when there's a DEMAND. You don't
demand a demand.
They forget what matters.
The fucking
show. Honestly, I remember better shows in the Impact Zone. I also remember how I didn't give two flying turds if the show was in the IZ, someone's basement or a full arena. A good show is a good show.
That's the problem with TNA I think (and some fans). They think they need an arena to produce good shows. You
don't. If your shows suck (as the last 30 have), I don't care where you hold it, it'll be bad and the arena will only take you so much.
This kind of thing only kind of works for the WWE. They have hyper crisp production values, nice arenas, moderately hot crowds who are just in awe from all the damn pyro and lights and famous people, so even when the show completely bombs, the set up, the arena and all the bells and whistles soften the blow.
Unfortunately, as we've seen recently, even THEIR production values and arenas ain't worth a damn with tremendous ratings like a 2.8, a 2.9 and stuff hovering over there.
Anyway, my point is that TNA needs to invest in writers, not arenas to big for them. Get more people, fire some people, change your strategy, do whatever you need but revamp your writing team. TNA already has a very solid roster. They have talkers, they have athletic guys, they have technical guys, a couple of powerhouses, few good women wrestlers which they can remedy with hiring a couple of indy girls, a tag-team division that CAN be rebuilt, it just isn't because apparently the TNA writing and booking teams' brains go haywire if they take care of more than 4 storylines.
Just focus on making those shows the best that you can. Not saying that they're not, but c'mon - when a viewer sits there and thinks "I could've written this better", chances are - they could! We all saw how Dexter ended, right?
What's great about current shows and even wrestling way back when it was good, was that when I was watching it I tried to think of a way to make a segment or a match better but couldn't because they already schooled me.
TNA forgets that today's viewers (ESPECIALLY wrestling fans) are almost trained to be wrestling writers. Well, that's too much, but we've seen a lot of storylines, a lot of alternate twists, turns and endings to them, we've seen where they go, we've seen them rehashed, we've seen them freshened up and we've very used to how wrestling writers think. That's why we can predict what's going to happen or how good it would be (with some accuracy), because we've seen this shit a million times.
If TNA spends more time trying to school wrestling fans when it comes to the writing of a show as a WHOLE than they do trying to compare dicks with the WWE, they'd be a much better and richer company. If this teaches them anything is that you'll NEVER be bigger than you currently are. Maybe a little bit.
But, you have a shot at breaking that glass ceiling if you make your shows much, much better. TNA can't have WWE's money and it won't. They have no control over that. What they have control over is what goes on the air and what the wrestlers do.
In my opinion, TNA has a more talented roster than the WWE which gives them an edge (that they rarely employ). You have writers, you have talented wrestlers, you have SOME money and you are on TV. If you have that, you should be able to produce a product that is CLEARLY better than what the WWE shits out every Monday. If you're not, you're failing and it's your fault. THAT'S the problem, not your damn arenas.
