Dude you obviously are not watching the show so how can you say anything? If you were watching the show you would know that what I meant is that the smark chants died down, and they ended up going back to enjoying the show.
What I am saying is that there are smarks at shows, and sometimes the workers are afraid to address them. This is why some people sometimes say smarks ruin the show...that is because we are used to seeing the smarks rant and chant without the workers acknowledging them. Hogan acknowledged them, and basically told them that this is the direction the company is going in. You may not like it now, but it is good for the long run.
You have no idea what you're talking about and need to at some point watch the promo I'm talking about if it ever makes its way to the net, and you'll see it was a great way to introduce the 4 sided ring. TNA is now officially competition. That 6 sided ring was a joke.
Edit: Kurt Angle vs Aj Styles for the first time in the 4 sided ring is there best match ever. Wow it looks so damn good. They are doing things that couldn't be done in the 6 sided ring because of the angles they had to work with.
You stated what you saw, and you're interpretation of it. I've heard different from others who have watched the show. I already know that I disagree with your interpretation, because I disagree that there are 'smarks' out there; groups of people who pay money to attend wrestling shows for the sole purpose of disagreeing with whatever they are shown, just to piss off the talent and a few people in the IWC. There are no smarks, only fans. Not all fans agree on what they want to see, and not all express themselves in the same way. Sometimes fans boo things because they genuinely don't like them, or cheer things because they genuinely do. And other fans decide to call them 'smarks', because they want to convince themselves that those peoples opinions are somehow inferior to their own. The facts are, some TNA fans paid money to see the show, and expressed themselves at something they didn't like. Should they cheer something they don't like, just to play along? If the theory behind 'smarkdom' is that absolutely everything about pro wrestling should be scripted, including the audience, than I guess that makes me a smark. And a proud one.
You also have no idea of what the people in the audience were thinking or what their reaction was to the Bischoff/Hogan comments. By stopping chanting, did that mean they were thinking to themselves "wow, EB is completely right. I guess I'm a stupid smark and I'll shut up now"? Were they going to continue to chant throughout the entire show? Maybe they got the message that EB and Hogan were aware of how they felt, and didn't care. Maybe they got tired. It says absolutely nothing about them embracing the 4 sided ring. I'll give EB and Hogan credit for actually acknowleding the concerns of the paying customers, but I reject any notion that their comments somehow shamed or humiliated the crowd into silence. They stated the case for a four sided ring; good for them. But my original point - that the only customers that TNA has direct access to seemed to not be in favor of the change - stands. That may change in the future, but for now it is the case.
A ring is a ring. 4 sides, 6 sides, 32 sides, 3 sides, who seriously cares? It's a matter of asthetic preference and the performers familiarity with it, and nothing more. Yourself and Hogan and EB prefer 4, while a vocal live audience prefer 6. Yes, the word of Hogan and EB rules, and we will all have to get used to it or stop watching. Personally I won't stop watching over the sides in the ring, because it's irrelevant to me. That doesen't mean that everyone will prefer it, or that a 4 sided ring is by default 'better' or preferred by the majority. As I tried to say, we have NO evidence at all what the majority of wrestling fans actually think about the 6 sided vs 4 sided rings. There's never been an adequate experiment to determine how much the ring and the ring alone affects ratings. This whole thing reminds me of those idiotic 'square vs diamond' shreddies commercials, as in it's pointless.
Oh, and I suppose your account of AJ vs Angle "for the first time in the 4 sided ring is there best match ever" isn't a tad biased? It's a ring; one that neither man has worked in for quite some time. I doubt the match was as good as the one they pulled off on Jan 4, for that reason alone. And if it was, how do you know it's attributable to the ring, and not to their having had the extra practice from Jan 4th? Until theres some evidence to the contrary, I feel that the whole ring argument is a matter of preference. And that it was stupid and dangerous for TNA management to 'surprise' the performers with it and not give them adequate time to make the adjustment before doing a live taping.
Edit: I will say this, if the wrestlers really do work better in the 4 sided ring, than awesome. I'm fine with that. Just give me evidence that it's true. But if this move was done against the wishes of the fans that keep TNA afloat and for no actual physical reason, than it's a bad move. I like TNA, and I want TNA to succeed. That won't happen if they blatantly disregard the audience. Personally, I preferred the 6 sided ring asthetically, but if the wrestling is better with it gone, than good riddance. I am also pleased to hear that they updated the Impact zone somewhat, as I personally found that it looked cheap.
I have been waiting a long time for them to return to a 4-sided ring!
