Little Jerry Lawler
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So you're saying a Roode heel turn can't be as effective in two or three months as you think it can in six?
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So you're saying a Roode heel turn can't be as effective in two or three months as you think it can in six?
The problem, to me, is this crash booking that's happening in TNA (WWE is equally guilty of it). There's just no need to advance storylines so quickly. They could have given Roode the title at BFG, had him spend a few months feuding with the various heels, then start building up a one on one, face vs face match between Storm and Roode. Storm wins that match, then Roode spends the next couple of months slowly turning heel, exploding a few months before BFG, leading to an epic showdown for the title at BFG 2012.
Instead, we'll be done with this storyline in three months tops and they've already advanced it so ridiculously much in so little time that it won't even be a good three months.
klunderbunker
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No. I'm saying 2-3 months is rushing it when it could be stretched out for a major show.
And that you're an idiot.
Thriller Ant
Beep Bop Boop
It would have to be slow burn. These two were a part of one of the biggest tag teams in TNA history, and Roode came out to celebrate with Storm last week. You slowly build the jealousy, and it explodes in a few months at Lockdown, the 2nd biggest PPV.
If you're going to turn him heel to win the belt, "just to swerve the marks, brother," then turn him face after two months -- Why bother? They could have put the belt on him as a face, instead. Let it go for 6, build him up as a heel, let this program with Storm progress. Make it seem like the focus, make it seem important. There's no need to rush it.
The Man They Call WMD
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I guess he was to Southern....
Hyorinmaru
Sit Upon The Frozen Heavens
this is NOT the right course of action.
They should have at least waited til the next PPV
Little Jerry Lawler
Sigmund Freud On Ritalin And Roids
They're sort of doing it. Christian won the title in an emotional moment and lost it after five days and turned heel after a month I believe. Really, the only difference is Roode is turning heel without winning the title. I'm sure Roode will come out and say that he was jealous of Storm and that what did he do to deserve a title shot and all that stuff.
Big Nick Dudley
Nick
Some of you are still missing the point - we were swerved. The IWC didn't see it coming. We were had. Fucking mission accomplished, Jack.
Hyorinmaru
Sit Upon The Frozen Heavens
Yes no one saw it coming, congratulations to them
Still doesn't change the fact it was a stupid fucking choice to make.
Why? If TNA's working a business model that relies more heavily on television success than pay per view buys, this is a GREAT move and a fantastic few weeks of television that's making a ho-hum feud between two overachieving midcarders look legit.
Wait, I'm justifying myself to Milenko? Lawl. No. Fuck off, troll.
It's Damn Real!
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Can't wait to hand out a dozen infractions over this when this gets posted over-and-over in the TNA section. 
klunderbunker
Welcome to My (And Not Sly's) House
Good for TNA. They swerved the fans (as in the ones that read the internet and listen to Hogan talk) and all it cost them was a long running feud between arguably the biggest tag team in company history and a match that could have drawn a good deal on PPV. But hey, the internet fans got swerved so TNA wins right?
Little Jerry Lawler
Sigmund Freud On Ritalin And Roids
Ratings, ratings, ratings. Wouldn't people be more inclined to buy PPV's if they see the unpredictability happening on television?
Can't wait to hand out a dozen infractions over this when this gets posted over-and-over in the TNA section.
Swerve the marks -- Post the spoilers yourself, brother.
klunderbunker
Welcome to My (And Not Sly's) House
That'll just bring up another infraction.
Joe's Gonna Kill You
The Hunt is On
Can't wait to hand out a dozen infractions over this when this gets posted over-and-over in the TNA section.
IDR how do you feel about this move?
The Man They Call WMD
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Leave the spoilers to the Heels
That's actually a great point.
It just shocks me how much closed-mindedness we have to endure from a group that fancy themselves "smart marks." When did dismissing something as pointless stunt-booking just because it's done quickly and in the face of common IWC logic become "smart"? This place is flooding with more mindless zealotry than a Tea Party demonstration.
It's Damn Real!
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No comment. Need to see it in context when it's live to really judge.
Viola Moonlight
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This is why I only follow WZCW.
Sweet Jesus, I cannot believe they actually pulled this swerve and took the title off of Storm and put in on Roode. Especially when it's already been determined by the brightest minds on here that Roode is "not ready". At least he wasn't two weeks ago 