3.3.11 Vignette; Is Sting Is Coming Back to TNA?

[SinCityBlitz]

Dude you don't want to get into Religion cause The Catholic 1 is the biggest joke and if you read the Bible like your Hero Sting does, When the Bible speaks of the great ****e or prostitute its speaking of the catholic church ( revelations 17) Stick to the wrestling

I couldn't agree more. Plus Sting has said in interview after interview that he didn't like the WWE product because it was too raunchy and against his religious values morals. Even though both TNA and WCW both were doing things just as bad if not worse.

TNA showed tonight why it will always be far behind the WWE. They never learned from WCW. As a matter of fact they put the same guys in charge.

 

[A Mod's Best Friend (aka Bitch)]

Yeah...can't wait for ANOTHER AJ-Sting feud. Haven't seen that yet.
They should build this feud for a while cuz it never gets old.
Hey...why not have STing take on Immortal all by himself again. How long's it been since he's been the sole voice of reason against an invading group?
Great times for TNA all right. Original matches and storylines. Vince Russo is a genius!

It may just happen! hahaha i dont care though because Sting is back and im looking forward to what TNA has to offer. The bus is outside leaving for the WWE forums, go under it.

 

[SinCityBlitz]

Well it's never going to happen ay? Can't wait for another AJ and Sting feud. Think they have to build this towards the end of the year to gain a huge increase in viewers. Great times for TNA.

So viewership will go from 10 to 12? They might be able to sell five PPV's if they keep this up! TNAers UNITE...

 

[adamc25]

that is complete horse poo!! what are TNA trying to do! i say wwe should sue TNA and take all there talent! and then make a promo for a bunch of people called THEY?!

 

[PinkFloydFixation]

I'm sorry to say this, but the production crew for TNA is lackluster at best. Nothing TNA did last night screamed THIS IS IMPORTANT! To the two TNA marks who keep spewing their crap at us, I want you to know that. Nothing in TNA is better than WWE. The reffing isn't, the theme songs aren't, the cameramen aren't, the backstage segments feel like you're watching Cloverfield, the commentary is second rate to anything Michael Cole says, and the production all in itself isn't. I'm a big fan of Sting, but not big enough to watch another episode of TNA. I would rather watch old matches of his in WCW.

 

[Gman35]

LMAOOOOOO!

I'd just like to say this to every single WWE fan that thought Sting was going to WWE: eat shit.

That being said, this promo was SUCH a slap in the face of the WWE fans more than anything. And as you'd expect, I loved every second of it.

I bet it's Sting. Who else could it be.

OMG IT'Z UNDERTAKER HE'S COMING TO TNA! <--- Ridiculious? That's how WWE fans sounded when they said Sting is coming to WWE. Enjoy your night.

To tell WWE fans to eat shit is stupid on your part. For me, I always would have liked Sting to show up in WWE, but knew it wouldn't happen. He stays in Total Nonstop Asses for what? Money, NO. The schedule?? Obviously. Sting is unable to wrestle a full schedule. For the people who think it is Jericho, NO WAY. I am sure it is Sting and I am sure this is going to be his last horrah!! Ruso+Hogan+Bishoff= SHIT RATINGS. TNA will ALWAYS, and I MEAN ALWAYS, carry Bags and stay a B-show!! ROH puts on better shows than this shit

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

I couldn't agree more. Plus Sting has said in interview after interview that he didn't like the WWE product because it was too raunchy and against his religious values morals. Even though both TNA and WCW both were doing things just as bad if not worse.

TNA showed tonight why it will always be far behind the WWE. They never learned from WCW. As a matter of fact they put the same guys in charge.

If Sting was a smart business man like Hogan, Bischoff and Flair, he would had done wrestle-mania got paid then gone back to TNA. Hate or Love them Bischoff, Hogan and Flair are the smartest business men in wrestling they milk AWA, WCW, WWE, WWC,NWA, & TNA , and if the original ECW would had lasted they would had milked them also. Sting drop the ball big times.

 

[Long Island Iced D]

You people are all ******ed. Am I the only one that knows who it is? Its clearly sid vicious because if you freeze frame and count all the rain drops and calculate the amount of drops per second, its 50. Sid is 50 years old. ITS GOT TO BE HIM!!!!!!!

 

[itsme123]

I want to start of by giving a big fuck you to the people that are talking I mean typing shit about WWE fans well because it included me because I'm one of those fans but I'm also a TNA fan . I really wanted to see Sting in the WWE I wil be honest but fuck it life goes on ha. But since I'm a TNA fan I guess its also good since I'm a fan of stings. Cleary TNA wasn't stealing any ideas or giving a fuck I to the E since the internet was the only source for those rumors. But I don't agree with people saying that it was great that TNA was making fun of the stupid fans. The reason I don't agree is because TNA is business that's not the way u should go about things, they should try and gain new fans instead of pushing them away. A business is about making money and the people in TNA seem to be acting imature reminds me of rival high schools taking shots at eachother(but tna is the only one taking shots since Wwe ignores them). TNA should worry about themselfs and not worry about the WwE. they have a very talented roster and I would love to see them grow and really become a threat to the WWE. But wrestlers constantly bringing up the competition and TNA taking shot at the E makes them look weak. TNA should say fuck WWE we are going to do our own thing. Well that's all good night.

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

Why'd you waste our time with this post?

Guess you either didn't watch Impact at all or didn't catch the vignette that ended the show. TNA mocked the WWE's "2-21-11" promos with their own version that alluded to Sting returning next week.

Word to the wise; snark is only cool when you're well-informed.

You must be a impactzone fan. They teased a big shocker for tonight and 3-3-11 tape was it. Why didn't they do it after WWE ran its first 2-21-11 video? I tell you why because they drop the ball, they could had really kick wwe good by exposing 2-21-11, but they only know how to write story lines about they. And did you realize your the only TNA fan that was offended from what I wrote. But "THEY" already know that

 

[Kitten Cutter]

What gets me is that a lot of you are saying that TNA took shots at the "idiots" who thought Sting was coming to the WWE. I'm part of that clique (I even had a whole thread based on it) so technically TNA is calling me an idiot for thinking Sting signed based on the NY Daily News (which I read because I live in NYC) and some of the random rumors that followed and were eventually refuted. So why should I continue to watch TNA when they, according to certain people, are blatantly ripping on me and slapping me in the face for hoping and assuming?

Actually, truth be told, I don't think TNA is calling anyone an idiot, and if they are they are making a huge mistake. Most wrestling fans watch both WWE and TNA, and there's a very, VERY small number that only watch TNA, so why would anyone want to spit in WWE fans' faces? If the video was meant to sell a wrestler debuting or returning that wears a trenchcoat, then it's a ripoff. They're using a promo video and a style that got a lot of buzz and copying it for their means. It's not illegal, but problem is isn't there OTHER ways to portray a new guy? Other videos? Other styles? Other formats? I just don't see how sticking it to the WWE's fans is good for TNA, or anyone, unless Russo really just likes spending TNA's money on making videos that copy other formats.

I rolled my eyes at a lot of Impact and the end made me just look oddly at the screen as if they were smoking something. It's not a good thing when so many TNA marks want their beloved company to rise up and pound away the PG format of the WWE, but, seriously, this video is a sign that they can't right now. If Vince Russo or anyone on the creative staff really tried, they could have done a better video, enhance it, re-format it, lengthen it, SOMETHING to really set it apart from the WWE's video. Plus, they should have done it WEEKS ago. Isn't a new guy\returning guy worth hyping? If it is Sting, wouldn't they want to get the word out and hype 3\3\11 with that news starting last week?

And for the record, there are quite a few wrestlers it could be besides Sting due to the trenchcoat:

Trish Stratus (she could join her old stalker Mickie James)
Edge (imagine if he brought the World Heavyweight Title and threw it in a trash can!)
Scotty Riggs
The Gambler
Sean O'Haire
Billy or Bart Gunn (in their Smoking Gunns days)
Seven

I'm sure any of them would be a credible alternative to surprise the crowd.

 

[25andIstillpeethebed!!!]

LOL....thats TNA for you! Not an original bone in there body. Why are there production values so low rent?

Feel sorry for Sting if this is actually for his return...He could of made his grand WWE enterance wrestling in front of 60,000 plus fans on wrestling biggest stage,Wrestlemania! But he's gonna end his career wrestling in front of 300 tourists in an amusement park and the 50 morons who watch it every week on TV

How inbred do you have to be to be a TNA fan?

 

[Dzone]

Seriously this promo will just make WWE stress to an even lesser extent. TNA has now just told WWE that they have no ideas and are blatantly copying WWE. my view of TNA has quite literally hit "rock bottom" the only thing keeping me watching now is actually just Fortune...

On a similar note I've realised i don't even watch iMPACT anymore, I just flick through the highlights or watch it on youtube so I can skip any part not involving Fortune and probably MCMG (and the XDivision when it doesnt involve Robbie E...

 

[Kidd]

LMAO!!

First of all I'm a huge fan of both brands, WWE and TNA. So this post is not from a TNA mark bashing WWE.

Both brands have done thing that I disagree with. WWE put a 60 year old announcer in a WWE Championship match and their last PPV was predictable as hell. TNA put all their eggs in one basket teasing the return of the MEM before they even made sure they had all the players for it. Then they scrambled to turn fortune into faces and had the man who formed the group (Flair) turn on them.

I'm stating this to say that both brands make their share of mistakes but tonight's TNA vignette wasn't one of the said mistakes.

It was awesome!

Of course they're not "ripping off" WWE! They're cashing in on the hype and false hope WWE inadvertently gave to the fans about Sting's return. They're basically saying, "Hey, the WWE let you down with the hope of Sting. We're here to deliver! Sting will be here on 3/3/11!"

Anyone who can't see this...well... I dunno what to say to ya.

What I find funny is how butt hurt some of the WWE marks are being right now. I only read through the first 4 pages of this thread and I find people who only a week or two ago were screaming "OMGZ!! STING IS COMIN TO WWEEEE TO JOB TO TEH UNDERRRTAKERRR!!11!!" Now they're like, "Meh. Sting in old! I'm not gonna watch!"

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

What gets me is that a lot of you are saying that TNA took shots at the "idiots" who thought Sting was coming to the WWE. I'm part of that clique (I even had a whole thread based on it) so technically TNA is calling me an idiot for thinking Sting signed based on the NY Daily News (which I read because I live in NYC) and some of the random rumors that followed and were eventually refuted. So why should I continue to watch TNA when they, according to certain people, are blatantly ripping on me and slapping me in the face for hoping and assuming?

Actually, truth be told, I don't think TNA is calling anyone an idiot, and if they are they are making a huge mistake. Most wrestling fans watch both WWE and TNA, and there's a very, VERY small number that only watch TNA, so why would anyone want to spit in WWE fans' faces? If the video was meant to sell a wrestler debuting or returning that wears a trenchcoat, then it's a ripoff. They're using a promo video and a style that got a lot of buzz and copying it for their means. It's not illegal, but problem is isn't there OTHER ways to portray a new guy? Other videos? Other styles? Other formats? I just don't see how sticking it to the WWE's fans is good for TNA, or anyone, unless Russo really just likes spending TNA's money on making videos that copy other formats.

I rolled my eyes at a lot of Impact and the end made me just look oddly at the screen as if they were smoking something. It's not a good thing when so many TNA marks want their beloved company to rise up and pound away the PG format of the WWE, but, seriously, this video is a sign that they can't right now. If Vince Russo or anyone on the creative staff really tried, they could have done a better video, enhance it, re-format it, lengthen it, SOMETHING to really set it apart from the WWE's video. Plus, they should have done it WEEKS ago. Isn't a new guy\returning guy worth hyping? If it is Sting, wouldn't they want to get the word out and hype 3\3\11 with that news starting last week?

And for the record, there are quite a few wrestlers it could be besides Sting due to the trenchcoat:

Trish Stratus (she could join her old stalker Mickie James)
Edge (imagine if he brought the World Heavyweight Title and threw it in a trash can!)
Scotty Riggs
The Gambler
Sean O'Haire
Billy or Bart Gunn (in their Smoking Gunns days)
Seven

I'm sure any of them would be a credible alternative to surprise the crowd.

Dude your wrong its none of those you mention its Goldust wearing black because Orlando Jordan stoled his Gold suit. Didn't you see how 3-3-11 smoked away in Gold like Dust. But you did hit the nail on the head TNA dropped the ball, they could had expose WWE after the first showing of the 2-21-11 video, then and maybe then the smart wrestling fan would had said wow TNA ( the little guy ) kicked WWE ( the big guy) up the AHOLE.

 

[JJYanks121]

Ok, so here's the real issue at play here:

WWE releases a video about a month ago that is ambiguous enough to get people to believe in something it never was. Hell, I'm sure the biggest TNA marks were shitting their pants in thinking that Steve Borden actually did the unthinkable in their minds. At no point was this actually the case, and the word was that the speculation that the video WAS Sting actually led WWE to contact the guy given the hype.

The date in the video comes and Undertaker returns as planned. By video 3, you had seen Taker's face so while there was still ambiguity, any idiot could see that the video was about Taker. What wasn't so obvious was the return of Triple H. Don't give me stuff you read on here, because remember that of the 5 million fans that watch WWE on a weekly basis, maybe 10 percent as a VERY high estimate would be aware of internet rumors.

Three days later, TNA airs and adds in a new piece, conceivably because Steve Borden signed within the last few days. This is obviously to hype his return next week, which is a much better way to go about things than last week when RVD vs. Jeff Hardy 6 months in the making was thrown away with no build and made more about Anderson than anything else. So let's give credit there.

However, let's remember that not all wrestling fans are internet marks. Let's assume that at least part of TNA's audience watches WWE. Of that part, a small part are internet marks. Thus, the rest who are not internet marks are seeing this video and going "didn't WWE just do this?" Within seconds, many will figure out that it is Sting and realize WHY they did it, but it doesn't make it any better. A lot of those people probably didn't realize the internet hype about 2/21 being Sting. Thus, they'll think it's weird and petty.

The only people who will "get" and "like" this turn of events are internet marks who are TNA marks. They think it's TNA really taking it to WWE and that it's a major slap to them. The problem is that it's in the low hundreds of people that actually care about this turn of events. The bigger problem is that it's "vintage Russo". Remember the shoot at the beach 2000? That was Russo shooting to the audience when like 10 percent at best knew what the hell he was talking about. Russo thinks that all wrestling fans are internet marks so that doing these things appeases them. The problem in the TNA realm is that many of their fans ARE internet marks, but due to pandering to those marks, the product hasn't expanded in like 5 years. TV ratings have been in the low 1's since I started watching in about 2006. Thus, catering to that crowd is fine if you are content with it, but at some point if you want to make MORE money, you need to get new fans. Doing a stunt like this is more likely to turn off potentially new fans than turn them on to TNA. That's the major issue as a I see it.

As for Sting, good for him. Quite honestly, he had a chance to become bigger than Austin in 1997 with a dominating win but didn't get that chance. It wasn't long until he was in an nWo and essentially irrelevant. That character he created didn't get a chance to grow and he's still dressing that way years later. It's a nostalgia act and while I'm sure WWE fans would have enjoyed some sort of hurrah in WWE, I don't think it's as a big a deal as TNA fans are trying to make it. The WWE just brought back Rock after 7 long years. TNA brought back Sting after 4 long months. It's good for them, but not groundbreaking.

It also adds ANOTHER face to the endless line of faces against Immortal. The numbers are incredibly unbalanced and no stories are really open to a logical heel turn. We'll see how it plays out, but this isn't nearly the earth shattering turn of events TNA marks want you to believe. It's a guy coming back after 4 months and his return hype is a similar video to the one he is often compared to in WWE. Take it at that and realize it means nothing more.

 

[Kidd]

Dude your wrong its none of those you mention its Goldust wearing black because Orlando Jordan stoled his Gold suit. Didn't you see how 3-3-11 smoked away in Gold like Dust. But you did hit the nail on the head TNA dropped the ball, they could had expose WWE after the first showing of the 2-21-11 video, then and maybe then the smart wrestling fan would had said wow TNA ( the little guy ) kicked WWE ( the big guy) up the AHOLE.

Why would they do that?

Whay not let the hype for Sting build. Let the WWE do TNA's work and build up the hype machine for Sting.

Then when WWE didn't deliver, TNA swoops in and delivers Sting!

It was a great move IMO.

 

[UnBEARaBULLfan]

2/21/11 there was so much hype that it was going to be Sting, 3/3/11 they did the same style of promo cause they're saying this is Sting HAHA, THEY'RE mocking the promo saying they had Sting all along, I liked it.

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

Why would they do that?

Whay not let the hype for Sting build. Let the WWE do TNA's work and build up the hype machine for Sting.

Then when WWE didn't deliver, TNA swoops in and delivers Sting!

It was a great move IMO.

??? where else would he go? ROH, WWC, CMLL, AAA, NOAH, AJPW, NJPW. Sting only had 2 choices so once we didn't see him in WWE it was a no brainer he was staying in TNA, making the 3-3-11 video useless. The TNA TV Title will become the AARP Title at 3-3-11.

 

[Kidd]

??? where else would he go? ROH, WWC, CMLL, AAA, NOAH, AJPW, NJPW. Sting only had 2 choices so once we didn't see him in WWE it was a no brainer he was staying in TNA, making the 3-3-11 video useless. The TNA TV Title will become the AARP Title at 3-3-11.

Well of course he's staying in TNA!

The promo wasn't useless. did you not read my prior post?

Of course they're not "ripping off" WWE! They're cashing in on the hype and false hope WWE inadvertently gave to the fans about Sting's return. They're basically saying, "Hey, the WWE let you down with the hope of Sting. We're here to deliver! Sting will be here on 3/3/11!"

Anyone who can't see this...well... I dunno what to say to ya.

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

Well of course he's staying in TNA!

The promo wasn't useless. did you not read my prior post?

Do you really think they cashed in, Hogan Bischoff, Flair and Russo are cashing in but Dixie and TNA are looking worst every week as a product.

 

[Kidd]

Do you really think they cashed in, Hogan Bischoff, Flair and Russo are cashing in but Dixie and TNA are looking worst every week as a product.

Wait a minute, I thought we were talking about how people here think TNA "ripped off" WWE's 2/21/11 vignettes? Not the product TNA puts out. That's a debate for another thread.

Let's try to stay on topic.

And yes I think they cashed in on the hype that WWE inadvertently sat off.

 

[GameOver]

Yes, Yes i do think they blatantly ripped off WWE

I guess the other 2 OMG dates this year mean nothing, third one in the same year yup that's creativity

don't think WWE inadvertantly set it off either they knew damn well it would get rumours running ramapant.

Only people who give a shit are the hundreds <smells the air> and hundreds of the TNA's fans, if ya Smellllllllll What the crap is cooking.....

So who will be the first to have a 12-21-2012 vignette entitled Armageddon or the End of All Things

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

Wait a minute, I thought we were talking about how people here think TNA "ripped off" WWE's 2/21/11 vignettes? Not the product TNA puts out. That's a debate for another thread.

Let's try to stay on topic.

And yes I think they cashed in on the hype that WWE inadvertently sat off.[/

Dude your making me cry I'm laughing so hard at you and TNA. By putting up this 3-3-11 video TNA is looking like does people in the AT&T commercials when they received their text messages late. TNA was late with the punch line. TNA has good wrestlers but they just don't know how to be creative. And why would a promotion rubbed it in to wrestling fans just to poke fun of WWE. sorry but that is being clueless as a promotion. TNA needs to remember that WWE is not going to keep them in business but does fans they try to make fun of tonight may be the reason they go out of business.

 

[Kidd]

Yes, Yes i do think they blatantly ripped off WWE

I guess the other 2 OMG dates this year mean nothing, third one in the same year yup that's creativity

don't think WWE inadvertantly set it off either they knew damn well it would get rumours running ramapant.

Only people who give a shit are the hundreds <smells the air> and hundreds of the TNA's fans, if ya Smellllllllll What the crap is cooking.....

So who will be the first to have a 12-21-2012 vignette entitled Armageddon or the End of All Things

So you're saying the WWE got Rumors running rampant about the possibility of Sting coming to WWE only to give us HHH vs Undertaker?

That makes no sense.