Did TNA iMPACT! Have a Different Feel to it?

[Baximus]

I'm going to agree with everyone else, in that the set looked great last night. I thought the way the wrestlers entered, with the screen lifting up, looked pretty cool too. I don't think there's any doubting there's a market out there for TNA. It looked to me aswell as if most of the audience were adult men. Most probably guys that have 'grown out' of WWE's product.

And to back up the great looking set and hit crowd, we also got a very good show to go with it. I see a lot of criticism regarding the Jarrett/Angle feud, but I find it pretty damn funny. You cannot say you did not burst out laughing when Karen got pushed face first into the cake. And the way Jarrett is such a pompous twat is hillarious to me. Personal feuds are usually serious but this one seems to be more about comedy to me. My one gripe from last night, was that I was hoping Gunner and Murphy would be made to look like credible challengers for Beer Moneys Tag Titles. But clearly they weren't. IMO, these guys could become credible in an instance, if allowed.

The Jarrett-Angle feud would be a hell of a lot better if it didn't get more TV time than any other feud on the entire program. I mean, TNA devoted a good 1/5 of the show to that crap last night and that bothers a lot of people.

The crowd was about 3,500 because of the half arena but it was still three times the size of the Impact Zone (Max capacity: 1,200).

If TNA goes on the road more like this then a lot more people will take them seriously: A real crowd made a world of difference.

 

[dwith]

I just watch TNA IMPACT today, from 3-3-11, and I have to admit that it was as good as any show I have seen recently from WWE RAW. The camera pan's of the full arena definately gave it a huge difference in it's appeal on tv. The loud cheers and boo's from the thousands of people made it feel like you were watching RAW. The only thing I think TNA could have done more with the show is put some bigger matches together, the ones they had were okay, but ANDERSON should have been wrestling, KURT ANGLE should have been wrestling, SAMOA JOE, and especially AJ STYLES..

On another topic...Could DIXIE CARTER be the ONE behind the NETWORK scenerio?
Since she has been off tv, "THE NETWORK" had been dictating the matches over anything BISCHOFF and HOGAN "IMMORTAL" have tried to do.. is this DIXIE'S way of having the control over her company still??

What do you you guy's think of the IMPACT from 3-3-11, and THE NETWORK'S control?

Please no basher's.

 

[playisanadjective]

im an avid TNA hater, but the last episode of Impact made me feel it was legit. they NEED to take it on the road, this is what is going to make them be believable in the long run. i was actually entertained, it goes to show you how much fans make a difference. the impact zone is callused and tacky, plus the fans do not respond well... i mean how can they?! its a free rasslin' show at universal studios!

 

[BigDaddyKewl]

Solid show overall, definitely a better atmosphere than the Impact Zone. The crowed was into it. Sting looked great in the main event, it was short and sweet. This has been long over due.

 

[WZMember####]

Ive watched TNA since the days of the weekly PPVs and for me last night was just like any other TNA Impact! Take with that what you will but its not like TNA hasnt done PPVs in other places before.

I guess if its crowd shots you want they could edit that stuff in. The only nice addition I really enjoyed was the entrance however, if that was used each and every week of TNA that would get very annoying. Watching that door raise each and everytime a superstar walks out is...I dont know but I always been a fan of the curtain.

But to me the cheers, chants and finishing of catch pharses were the same as in the impact zone...didnt sound any louder or lower to me. Another Impact like watching another episode of Raw just with a different cast of charcters. Something that always bothered me is in WCW, WWF, WWE, TNA anywhere you always have those times where it sounds like the whole arena is going nuts...but the camera is focused on a line of people that just looks like they could careless. It happens everywhere though.

We will have to watch this coming weeks TNA, I believe it was also taped in North Carolina and see if the same vibe is there. Because think about it ...its going to be the same crowd sitting through another episode of Impact! See how their reactions are if they are different or better or whatever.

 

[Rckstrtmmy]

Why do you CAPITALIZE pointless WORDS? It's FUCKING annoying. Of course it had a different feel BECAUSE it was out of the PIECE of SHIT IMPACT Zone where the same 600 fans SHOW up and be ******ed. I think TNA could HAVE a good product if they have more consistency with their angles, start traveling and have live TV all the time. Until THEN I'll stick with THE WWE.

 

[user2011]

NO DOUBT!
It seemed like legit company with all the thoughts of people, Camera work was excelent. Only small complaint I have is that hogan phone call with it lighting in the middle, seemed to fake like he was holding the phone up talking to no one.
And
They could use better writers, that Anderson Hogan segment, was Trash, Anderson acting like a MEGA DRAMA QUEEEN. Anderson cant cut a promo, if he dont improve soon im convicned, he sucks a cutting promos.

 

[HoganKnowsBest]

Anderson is pretty much terrible - he got a pass for his mic work so long, but outside of the Kennedy...Kennedy schtick, he has nothing of importance to say.

Definitely gave the show a legitimate feel.

The production and everything could come along later - but they need to start with at least booking all ppvs outside of the zone. And yeah, an upgrade in quality of their product would be nice too.

 

[TNA cross the line]

I thought it was great it definitely had a different feel and it looked like the big leagues to me if TNA would just start out slow just touring the south build up thier fan base even more draw bigger and bigger crowds for live on the road IMPACT! tapings then maybe we can start compeating with wwe within a few years

 

[yoshi_doce2006]

Outside of Morgan/Hernandez and Jarrett/Angle the crowd seemed really into the entire show. I thought the Morgan match was great too but the crowd seemed dead for some reason. The Jarrett Wedding was stupid as was the other crap in that entire angle.

Overall the set looked better, the fans were into it, and TNA most likely actually made some money off of an event rather than having a bunch of people getting in for free and half the crowd chanting the opposite of the other half. 100% better show this week.

 

[mdj2010]

Yes, the larger crowd who were genuinely pumped to see some wrestling added some much needed legitimacy. Beyond that, it's just more non-sensical booking from the TNA team.
Twenty plus minutes before we see any wrestling. When we do, we get to see another horror show by Hernandez and Matt Morgan. Then the usual over televised women's wrestling, followed by a piant drying bit with Jeff Jarrett (seriously, has this guy ever drawn a dime?)
That is then proceeded by a world title match, where Hardy is made to look like a chump who gets his ass kicked, tries to walk away and then returns to get his ass kicked more,l and we once again have a new TNA world champion.
Taking the show on the road was a good move, but it is just tyhe beginning if they truly want to get TNA on a roll.

 

[dizzle1119]

TNA constantly lets me down, but this week's episode of Impact gave me a reason to look forward to the future. If nothing else, TNA proved they can take their show on the road and fill up a relatively big venue. If they'd only find a direction to follow, TNA could become relevant.

TNA pulls the "stable" card too often. You don't need warring factions to make your show interesting. Frequent title wins/losses don't help much either. The TNA world title is on pace with the old WWF hardcore title at this point....and it looks just as bad too.

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

OK guys I'm not hating on TNA but I have to say how I see it:
1. 3-3-11 show was taped 8 days before.
2. They only had about 3,500 in attendance, which half left during the wedding angle.
3. The set did look way better than the Impactzone. ( Due to Jimmy Hart )
4. Dixie needs to stay off the mic, she can't act, but she did look sexy for 46.
5. Hogan & Flair are still the best at cutting promos.
6. The wedding should had been edited out of the show twice, it was horrible, it could had been funny if they did a gay wedding instead ( Mr. Young & Ms. Jordan ).
7. TNA still hasn't learn its lesson of copying or making ( which ever they want to call it )fun of the WWE. The limo arriving near the end of the show and just showing the person boots looked familiar and also the entrance for Sting looked familiar also ( The Rock & Taker ). And what about the justice of the peace saying " may I have your attention please.'' wow that really sound familiar.
8. Was that Sting or the Matador facing Jeff Hardy.
9. Doesn't the Network gimmick similar to the Raw GM gimmick. No one knows who both are they both making matches, one hides behind a phone the other a PC.
10. Their 1st impact away from Orlando, which is a great 1st move for TNA, but what happen to Samoa Joe, Pope, AJ Styles, Mr. Anderson, Crimson, RVD, Abyss, Madison Rayne & Mickie James, none of their better wrestlers wrestle. Showing us Bart Scott all night then the ugly Jersey Shore girl was more important.
So if we break down the 3-3-11 Impact it didn't make much of a Impact.

 

[sfury2005]

OK guys I'm not hating on TNA but I have to say how I see it:
7. TNA still hasn't learn its lesson of copying or making ( which ever they want to call it )fun of the WWE. The limo arriving near the end of the show and just showing the person boots looked familiar and also the entrance for Sting looked familiar also ( The Rock & Taker ). And what about the justice of the peace saying " may I have your attention please.'' wow that really sound familiar.

Do you really think WWE was the first to have a limo scene like that? No that has been done over and over for years in wrestling. As for comparing the Network to RAW's GM I guess than we need tell WWE be original and stop copying because there was WCW Powers that Be and I believe ECW used a Network angle as well. As for The Rock and Taker entrances I have no clue what you mean because I don't watch WWE so I wont comment on that.

Most wrestling angles and ideas have already been done somewhere before there really isn't much original in wrestling today.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Absolutely it had a different feeling — it had a feeling like they were filmed in front of a crowd and not a high school gym collection of spoiled fuckin' marks who's sole intention of being there is to shout as loudly as possible so as to get themselves heard on television.

I said back at BFG that the tri-tron thing they were using with the middle screen that rises was fuckin' awesome, but combine that with the enthusiasm of a live crowd (I don't give a fuck if it was 3,500 or 9,000 — it was more than the 12 people who show up to fill the iMPACT! Zone) and the depth of the arena and it just made for an incredible feeling all night. Hell, even the backstage segments where you could actually see concrete brick instead of stage-set walls and rooms with no ceiling added to it.

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

Do you really think WWE was the first to have a limo scene like that? No that has been done over and over for years in wrestling. As for comparing the Network to RAW's GM I guess than we need tell WWE be original and stop copying because there was WCW Powers that Be and I believe ECW used a Network angle as well. As for The Rock and Taker entrances I have no clue what you mean because I don't watch WWE so I wont comment on that.

Most wrestling angles and ideas have already been done somewhere before there really isn't much original in wrestling today.

The WWE just recycle what they own. When Vince bought WCW & ECW it came with every storyline and video ever made by does promotions. SO how can someone copy something they own. P.S. Vince also owns the video library for WCCW and AWA.

 

[SpecialFNK]

The WWE just recycle what they own. When Vince bought WCW & ECW it came with every storyline and video ever made by does promotions. SO how can someone copy something they own. P.S. Vince also owns the video library for WCCW and AWA.

no offence, but this is garbage!
so because WWE ended up buying WCW/ECW, anything that had ever been done in WCW/ECW would no longer be copying? you can't seriously believe that.
just because WWE NOW owns everything that had been done in WCW/ECW, WWE did not own them THEN, so IMO yes it would be copying.
regardless, there have been plenty more wrestling promotions through the years. the reason A LOT of people say everything is copied from the WWE is because WWE has had such a larger viewing audience through the years which means more people remember what they did.

the crowd for this Impact was awesome! a lot better than being in the Impact Zone.

can TNA tape(or live) every Impact somewhere other than Impact Zone? going back to the Impact Zone after having a crowd like this is just depressing. is it a money issue where TNA can't ALWAYS tape somewhere else?

 

[Zeven_Zion]

The WWE just recycle what they own. When Vince bought WCW & ECW it came with every storyline and video ever made by does promotions. SO how can someone copy something they own. P.S. Vince also owns the video library for WCCW and AWA.

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Oh give me a break. That's a sorry ass excuse to feed unoriginal product to your fans. What does he own? WCW does not exist as a brand. He owns the copyrighted stuff so he can sell DVDs and merchandise, not every single idea they ever had.

Vince has been using other people's ideas since he took the WWE under his wing. NEWSLFASH: WWE's crown jewel - The Attitude Era - was a recycled idea. The nWo - recycled idea, WCW had their own twist on it. Yet it was those ideas who made wrestling what it is today.

Has the limo stuff been done before? Absolutely, and not only by WWE. TNA has done it before, and following your ridiculious logic - they can recycle their own ideas, so what's the problem? Is it really a problem, or are you just trying desperately to grab on to something hateful to say about TNA, because that's trendy. I swear, TNA could pull off the best show in the world and idiots like you would rush in and nit-pick their ass off. It's "fans" like you who give the entire IWC a bad name. Maybe if it wasn't for fucktards like ya, we'd actually matter.

 

[shitsngiggles]

The Arena and set-up was great!

I wish TNA could go live atleast once a month or every thursday. knowing it isn't live really takes an edge off the show. And go on the road with it!

Also think it's time Kurt and Jeff actually retired, they really have nothing else to offer tna. They are not icons like Sting, Hogan, Flair, AJ Styles, Abyss etc.

They have no character anymore.

And bringing back Steiner is a waste of time. he used to look like a monster now he looks worn out / f$&%ed

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

no offence, but this is garbage!
so because WWE ended up buying WCW/ECW, anything that had ever been done in WCW/ECW would no longer be copying? you can't seriously believe that.
just because WWE NOW owns everything that had been done in WCW/ECW, WWE did not own them THEN, so IMO yes it would be copying.
regardless, there have been plenty more wrestling promotions through the years. the reason A LOT of people say everything is copied from the WWE is because WWE has had such a larger viewing audience through the years which means more people remember what they did.

the crowd for this Impact was awesome! a lot better than being in the Impact Zone.

can TNA tape(or live) every Impact somewhere other than Impact Zone? going back to the Impact Zone after having a crowd like this is just depressing. is it a money issue where TNA can't ALWAYS tape somewhere else?

Its not copying if you own the copyright. I"m a wrestling fan not just wwe, but I have to be honest TNA is no better than WWC, CMLL, ROH & AAA. I been to live events for both WWE & TNA and to be honest nothing beats Madison Square Garden. If TNA can ever get inside the Garden and do a Impact even if they only have 10,000 fans it would make them a player. People think that WWE owns the Garden and thats not true. The true is that WWE can afford the Gardens rent and they can sell it out.

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

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Oh give me a break. That's a sorry ass excuse to feed unoriginal product to your fans. What does he own? WCW does not exist as a brand. He owns the copyrighted stuff so he can sell DVDs and merchandise, not every single idea they ever had.

Vince has been using other people's ideas since he took the WWE under his wing. NEWSLFASH: WWE's crown jewel - The Attitude Era - was a recycled idea. The nWo - recycled idea, WCW had their own twist on it. Yet it was those ideas who made wrestling what it is today.

Has the limo stuff been done before? Absolutely, and not only by WWE. TNA has done it before, and following your ridiculious logic - they can recycle their own ideas, so what's the problem? Is it really a problem, or are you just trying desperately to grab on to something hateful to say about TNA, because that's trendy. I swear, TNA could pull off the best show in the world and idiots like you would rush in and nit-pick their ass off. It's "fans" like you who give the entire IWC a bad name. Maybe if it wasn't for fucktards like ya, we'd actually matter






I spoke the truth and my point of view of the show and product that was shown. Did I criticize it yes but I also gave it some Kudos. The problem on here is that both TNA and WWE fans can't handle criticism when someone says this week show was lacking. And why when someone gives a honest opinion on either promotion people have to curse. I don't need to curse to say someone is uneducated, stupid, dumb, or un perro bruto, un sarvaje, and classless. Have a nice day

 

[playisanadjective]

Its not copying if you own the copyright. I"m a wrestling fan not just wwe, but I have to be honest TNA is no better than WWC, CMLL, ROH & AAA. I been to live events for both WWE & TNA and to be honest nothing beats Madison Square Garden. If TNA can ever get inside the Garden and do a Impact even if they only have 10,000 fans it would make them a player. People think that WWE owns the Garden and thats not true. The true is that WWE can afford the Gardens rent and they can sell it out.

dude are you ******ed? thats a serious question...

you think that just because someone can get into the garden it can make them a player??? you think that if tna brought 10,000 fans to the garden THAT would make them a player?? holy shit! just typing that i feel like i lost some IQ points.

i finally saw the potential again in TNA last night, this company can do it, all they have to do is stop being lazy, and YOU have to stop being a fucking ******.

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

I can go back and forward with you with the cursing and the blah blah, but I have decided to take the civilize and educated way to try to explain to you the concept of big league and bush league.
1. MSG is known as " The Worlds Most Famous Arena.
2. It's were wrestling was born. ( 1920's )
3. It's were VKM & Hulk Hogan Unleash Hulk-a-Mania on the world. ( 8,000 to 10,000 in attendance).
4. It's were WrestleMania was born ( 20,789 + 5,600 at the theater in the Garden )
5. WCW was suppose to do their 1st Starcade PPV at MSG but backed out. Imagine how wrestling history would had been if they would had done it.
6. ECW had 2 ppv across the street from MSG which put them on the map ( 3,900 in attendance and people were turn away outside I know this for a fact because I was trying to get in ) Imagine if they would had try the theater at MSG or the arena.
7. TNA held its 1st ever Dixie Carter Mega surprise at the lobby of MSG on 10/27/2009. ( Hulk Hogan ) and yes I was in attendance with thousands of Hulk-a-maniacs and most people in the crowd was asking if he resign with WWE because 80% of the crowd never heard of TNA .
8. I have experience wrestling at MSG over 10 times and TNA Impact at Orlando 4 times and was in attendance for 10/10/10 in Daytona and seen 3-3-11 2 times and I don't see how people can see TNA is on the way up holding events in broken down arenas which are located in the middle of nowhere ( for the exception of the Impactzone which is inside universal studios in a hidden corner ).
9. Before you try to disrespect people that have witness many live sporting events around the country, why don't you do a little bit of research or go out and experience a live MSG event any ( WWE, NBA, NHL, Circus or Boxing ) then try to experience the same event at any arena ( TNA or ROH ) has used in the last 9yrs. Then come back with a honest opinion on your experience. I do want TNA to do good but I be a Hypocrite if I say I have enjoy watching or attending their product.

 

[SpecialFNK]

I still don't see how something that was done in WCW and now in WWE is not copying regardless of who owns the rights.
let's say something happened in WCW during the 90's. WWE does that same thing now. it doesn't matter that WWE has the rights to own everything WCW related, at the time when it was first done it was done while part of WCW.

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

I still don't see how something that was done in WCW and now in WWE is not copying regardless of who owns the rights.
let's say something happened in WCW during the 90's. WWE does that same thing now. it doesn't matter that WWE has the rights to own everything WCW related, at the time when it was first done it was done while part of WCW.

I understand what your trying to say and point out, but in the entertainment & business world owning the copyright on footage, music, .com, names and even gadgets can be worth millions if you use it or not. A good example is Hulk Hogan lawsuit against POST cereal. He settle the case out of court , but he was going to win because he own the copyright to the name and words the character use during the commercial. The only reason you won't see VKM file a lawsuit against TNA is because its bad for his business and he don't want to look like a big bully corporation picking on the smaller guy. Trust me if TNA was a serious threat VKM would had made a big thing of the 3-3-11 video and other little stuff. At the end of the day its about the money not the fans or the wrestlers thats the attitude that has made Vince a billionaire. And I'm not defending Vince and the WWE and I'm not saying its right but, we have to respect the fact that the guy plays dirty by the book.