Dixie Carter: Good or Bad for TNA?

[My$terio_Fan]

From reading pretty much every TNA post, the last few weeks I often see Dixie being criticized by TNA fans and haters alike. While not everyone seems to be anti-Dixie, there is a strong IWC pack that don't seem to like her.

They don't like the direction she's putting TNA in, they don't like her business style, the don't like her lack of knowledge/experience in the wrestling business, ect ect ect. But do you think Dixie Carter is good or bad for TNA?

Do you love her, and think she is a wrestling genius? Do you have mixed feelings towards her, or do you think she's a complete idiot, who needs to quit TNA forever and leave the wrestling biz?

Personally I think Dixie is TNA. She has really played a huge part in making TNA as successful as it is. While her wrestling smarts may not be the best, the woman to me is the perfect person to lead TNA.

She comes from a marketing background, and know's how to promote things and create publicity. Her marketing background also helps her be able to create outside oppurtunities for TNA through sponsorship deals, cross over appearances, ect.

She comes off smart, polite, and down to earth in all her interviews and she seems like someone who want's TNA to be as big as it comes. She helped revive TNA when it was at it's lowest. And if it wasn't for her getting Panda Energy International(her parents company)to be the major sponsor/backing for TNA, who know's what would have happen.

So to me this women is a great leader and owner, but what do you think? Would TNA be better without her? But if she wasn't there would TNA still be as popular?

 

[SavageTaker]

As much as I don’t like some of the decisions Dixie has made, I can’t say she is a bad think for TNA. If you look at it from a different perspective she is a very good think for TNA. What is the one thing TNA does not have as much of without Dixie? The answer would be money. What is the thing that Dixie has a lot of? The answer would also be money.

Her parents own Panda Energy who owns the majority shares of TNA. If it wasn’t for Dixie TNA could have died a long time ago because she wouldn’t have asked her parents to buy into TNA. So I think Dixie is good for TNA because she has money, which they need in order to do some of the things they do (have merchandise made, rent out buildings for pay per views and house shows, being able to stay on TV, e.t.c.) and to stay alive.

Now if we look at it from a different perspective it's hard to tell if TNA is better with her or without her. I want to see more of what she will do before I form a full opinion. But so far she has done a pretty good job in charge. Before she had Jarrett also making decision so now that she is the one running everything (or at least for the time being) I want to see what she has in store. Like I said, I want to see more before I form a full opinion on how she is doing since it hasn't been that long that she is fully in charge.

 

[johnnyblaze3:16]

i think shes done a great job so far jj was boring and needed to go angle should 've droped the strap for the incident hope fully its not sting and angle the champ all the time let someone new crack at it like hernandez or morgan, styles abyss plenty of young talent use it

 

[2012isbs]

She is good I don't think wrestlers should own companies now if Jarret didn't wrestle for TNA then yes in my mind he could own it without me feeling most of his wins are wins because he wants to inflate his ego. Where as Dixie Carter doesn't want to even be onscreen and TNA has been doing a lot better under her control imo adn plus as said before she has/can get money for TNA to live and do what it does.

 

[The Gribbler]

If she brings money to the table then she cant be a bad person to have around the company.

Money means you can hire new talent, increase production quality, get increased product exposure, give your company the time it needs to establish itself etc.

I think as long as she is bringing money to the table then she is doing her job. She has subordinates to worry about the product. So far as I am concerned her only job is the get them the money to realize their vision (as misguided and often confusing as it may be).

Just My Opinion

 

[TellMeWhy]

Besides her creative decision of getting rid of West on commentary, I think she's made some good creative decisions. Dixie is TNA. Jarrett never had the money for production or bring in new talent.

Without Dixie Carter & her money, TNA would be dead! Point blank! She is to TNA, what Vince is to WWE. She's the perfect investor to have. Even though she may not be "wrestling smart", you can see that she's getting there and has the passion to see TNA succeed. She's at every PPV, about every house show, and Impact show greeting and thanking the fans who have come in attendance. Really, what wrestling promoter does that or has ever done that? According to reports, she's a nice, warmhearted person, and is very welcoming. Without those qualities, it helps lure in more talent which is great.

Also back to the money because without her money, TNA wouldn't even be able to have some of the big stars that lots of casuals love to see and get people to pay attention to the product. She's done a great job. Always, it's better to have a woman in charge. Woman are just more passionate in succeeding and overcoming the odds! A man would just easily give up if things start to go wrong but with Dixie Carter doing that to TNA is not something I see!

 

[attila]

OK I'm going against the tirade of Dixie loving with this one. She is a f*kng hack. The woman knows nothing about the business, is totally unprofessional in her approach to business, has zero vision and doesn't understand the industry in which her business operates to begin with.

All of her decisions are made on the solicitation of those around her, and the people around her are the exact same people - person for person, role for role - that put WCW out of fkn business. Russo, Terry, Jarrett (who was Russo's left nut in the dying days of AOL's bastard child) and so on. Even worse on the solicitation of people with NO EXPERIENCE AT ALL in the wrestling business. People like Conway and Andy Barton who think wrestling is a shitty circus sideshow that is only watched by slack jawed yokels with an IQ of 1.4 (funnily enough higher than than the peak Impact rating) who all reside in the confederate states.

Furthermore, her unprofessionalism is beyond the condemnation I so badly want to give it. This is a fkn national wrestling promotion on national TV. You are competing with the fkn WWE. And say what you want about Vince (I personally think he is a fkn snake, a bully and a downright prick) and regardless of how shitty his product may be - the WWE is a proper and well run, smoothly operated multinational conglomerate. They are the epitome of professional. They are responsible, they are accountable and they handle their business like a FKN BUSINESS should handle its business. Kurt gets arrested for the second time in just a few short months - with charges on domestic violence, violating an intervention order, stalking and possession of illegal substances. Dixie testified to congress that this shit will not be accepted in TNA and then she turns a cheek and fires Don West instead. Why Don West?... he has become the only fkn reason I watch Impact! In the space of no shit one week, he had transformed himself from being the crappiest commentator in wrestling history to the best color guy since Bobby the Brain.

Ratings this and ratings that... not that TNA ratings are worth the propagation they receive, but TNA is not in the ratings business. It makes no difference whether they get a fkn 1.0 a 1.5 or a 10.2, TNA does not exist to get ratings. They do not get money from ratings. TNA is in the business of hyping, promoting and selling fights. They have 2 million people watching their program and only 20,000 buying PPVs. They have a 1% conversion rate and that's being generous on the average buy rate. Slammiversary did 7,000 fkn buys. That means only 0.5% of the people that watch their show actually gave enough of a shit about what they were watching that they cared to buy the PPV. You don't run a business like this. You don't become successful like this and you don't make any fkn money like this.

Dixie Carter has a marketing background. Dixie Carter is fkn lying!! You cannot be of a marketing background and be notorious for having the worst promoted promotion in North America. STILL, after 4 fkn years on national TV and spending millions and millions on WWE cast-offs who have yet to earn their keep - nobody knows who or what TNA is. Affliction ran TWO, that's TWO!! MMA pay per views and everybody knew what Affliction was. Without any national TV platform to hype their fights and their fighters and in an event that featured maybe 2 fighters that anyone had heard of before - they got 100,000 buys. Their first event. TBNA has been doing monthly PPVs for five motherf*cking years!! They have been on national TV for 4 years and they can't get anybody to give a shit about their product or their fighters.

I can't even be bothered going on, there is just so much wrong with that company and it all starts with Dixie. Dixie, you are definitely the most attractive promoter in the history of the business but you don't know shit about it. Do yourself a fkn favor and get someone who knows what they are doing to manage your business. And anyone that thinks TNA will take it to the WWE - I bet every one of you both of my nuts and every last cent in my bank account - for as long as Dixie is running TNA they will be nothing but a second rate WWE wannabe who are trying endlessly to emulate a product that itself is lost. But more importantly - past the pathetic content creation - the TNA office is full of people who don't know shit and can't run a promotion.

She has been in the business for 6 years!!!! She deserves no fkn excuses. She's not new, she's not inexperienced. She should have shown initiative, she should have been a sponge and she should have been able to absorb and learn enough in the last 6 years to have a fkn clue by now. She doesn't and she won't ever. If you don't get it in the first 6 years, you're not going to get it in the next sixty.

 

[gd]

I haven't actually seen any of her interviews or anything, but from everything I've heard she sounds awful. She is more or less trying to push Jarrett out of his own company while ignoring Angle's problems. She doesn't really have any knowledge or experience in the business either. If you are going to be one of the leaders of a wrestling promotion, you should have had at least some experience somewhere else.

She my have a marketing background, but that is the worst part about TNA. There is hardly any marketing for Impact or their PPVs. Some of this may be Spike's fault, but I think that most of the blame has to lie on TNA themselves, mainly Dixie Carter. I don't think she is good for the company and hopefully she doesn't receive complete control.

 

[psykohurricane]

Here's my thought on Dixie carter. She what i like to call a follower. Let me explain, she but TNA because of here friendship with Jeff Jarrett. Jeff Jarrett was pretty much doing what he wanted with the company and she wasn't in the way. Jeff was able to get a deal with Universal and then get the deal with Fox Sportsnet that lead to the deal with Spike TV. Dixie was only there for support during these time. If it wasn'T for Jarrett, guys like Sting, Booker T, Kevin Nash and Kurt Angle wouldn'T be in TNA because it was Jarrett who made those deal happen while dixie just understood that Jeff knew what he was doing so she let him do what was necessary to get TNA on the map. The problem is that Jeff had to leave in 2006 because of personnal problem that was well documented so will that was happenning Kurt Angle started for the company.

Jeff was never around for a long period of time and Kurt figured that without Jeff he could start taking over Jeff's spot as the guy in Dixie's ear. The thing is Jeff came back and brought Mick Foley with him and the rating started to go up again so Angle was starting to panic because he even though he is consider the biggest star in TNA and could pretty much get what ever he wanted, he could have to power to booked TNA the way he want it until last month when Jeff decided to help Kurt'S ex wife and Kurt took advantage of the situation by making a power move and trying to take Jarrett's place.

Dixie carter will follow whoever is on top of the company, right now, the most important talent on the roster is Kurt Angle and she will do everything in here power to make him happy just like she did we Jarrett when she bought a part of the company. Dixie might be a huge fan of wrestling but like each and everyone of us, she doesn'T know how to book a wrestling company. She's trusting to wrong people to take care of the booking and that what will be her downfall. Has a business woman, she great because she's found a way to make money by having other company pay some of the big expenses. But until she realise that TNA should be book like WCW or WWE, TNA won't work and that why i say that Dixie Carter is Bad for TNA.

 

[Marty2Hotty]

I heard Dixie Carter spends a lot of time reading about the Internet. I think she's great. She admires Vince Russo for her work, understands that Jeff Jarrett can be a negative. She has learned a lot about the wrestling business over the recent years and is really cool, supportive of her fans, and has given me an exciting wrestling promotion to follow every single week.

I haven't been able to watch WWE. I'm grateful that she invested in TNA and has gotten TNA on Spike TV every Thursday Night! The huge amount of stars they have and up and coming young guys are really cool. I hope she lets Russo write though because he can create a new era that makes wrestling cool and exciting again.

I hope TNA's rating increases because their show (with the exception of teh amount of fans in their arenas) is better than WWE's in my opinion

 

[FromTheSouth]

I think that Dixie Carter is great for TNA. The company is turning a profit. That alone clinches that she is taking the company in the right direction.


Her reaching out to Hollywood writers is a good idea. I think TNA's biggest problem is that it seems to take one week too long, or one PPV cycle too long to pull the trigger on storylines. I think that Hollywood writers can condense the stories into tighter packages that will peak at the moment of highest suspense. This can do nothing but good for the company.

 

[SavageTaker]

I haven't actually seen any of her interviews or anything, but from everything I've heard she sounds awful.

Well, shouldn’t you actually read or hear some of her interviews and form an opinion on her instead of just going by what others have said about her? You can’t say someone is awful unless you have actually seen them do their job.

She is more or less trying to push Jarrett out of his own company

Jarrett is not the owner of the company; he is the founder of it. There’s a huge difference between being the founder and owner of a company. She owns the majority shares in TNA therefore most of the company is hers, not Jarrett’s.

while ignoring Angle's problems.

How do you know this? Have you been backstage and seen her just ignore everything currently happening to Angle. Just because she didn’t do something immediately it does not mean she is ignoring it. Angle hasn’t been proven guilty so she has nothing to worry about until he is proven guilty (if he is guilty).

She doesn't really have any knowledge or experience in the business either.

So all of the years she has been in TNA and running the company mean absolutely nothing? You haven’t read any of her interviews or heard them so you don’t know what she knows about the wrestling business and what she doesn’t.

If you are going to be one of the leaders of a wrestling promotion, you should have had at least some experience somewhere else.

How do you know she doesn’t since you don’t read or hear any of her interviews?

She my have a marketing background, but that is the worst part about TNA.

I have to agree that marketing is one of the main things TNA needs help with.

There is hardly any marketing for Impact or their PPVs. Some of this may be Spike's fault, but I think that most of the blame has to lie on TNA themselves, mainly Dixie Carter.

Why? She’s tried different several things she can do for marketing but she is the only doing something. Spike TV has treated TNA as the red-headed child in the family and hasn’t really marketed the much. It’s not most of TNA’s fault if Spike TV isn’t doing much for them.

I don't think she is good for the company

So all of those millions she and her parents have backing TNA aren’t good for TNA. That’s some really great logic.

and hopefully she doesn't receive complete control.

Like I said, she is the majority shareholder; she already has most control in TNA.

 

[psykohurricane]

This is a article by Jon Waldman that i found on the Slam Wrestling website about the Kurt Angle situation. This might explain alot more why Dixie Carter isn't good for TNA more than i can.

Before I get into this column full-on, let me preface my topic by saying I'm a huge Kurt Angle fan. The American Olympic hero is definitely one of my favourites to watch and re-watch, and I'd argue with anyone that he's been the greatest wrestler this decade.

Having said that though, it's becoming increasingly evident that Kurt Angle should not be wrestling or for that matter be on TV right now; not from a work standpoint, because he can definitely still get it done in the ring and on the stick, but from the standpoint of a fan who, thanks to recent very public occurrences, now sees a different side of the wrestling expert and only wants what's best for him -- a much needed break from the ring and television.

As most, if not all of you are well aware by now, Angle was arrested this past weekend on a variety of charges, including allegations of stalking former girlfriend Rhaka Kahn, driving under suspension and possessing human growth hormones (HGH).

All of this made for a dramatic weekend, where fans really questioned whether or not Kurt would appear at this past Sunday's TNA pay-per-view, Hard Justice, retain his Heavyweight title, or be be suspended or not-so-subtly removed from TNA TV.

As we all know now, all three came to fruition. Kurt appeared in Orlando, kept his belt and, as you'll see later tonight, was at the Impact tapings Monday.


All of this is disconcerting to say the least. Kurt is in rough shape and desperately needs help, and it's really feeling like TNA isn't giving him what he truly needs -- time. Time to regroup. Time to set his life on a better path. Time to get himself emotionally set for what will undoubtedly be a very consuming trial.

Unfortunately, Kurt either isn't being afforded this opportunity or is insisting on continuing to work. Regardless of who is pushing who, the bottom line is that a man is showing all the signs of needing serious help is not getting the assistance he needs. In any other setting, an employee with such problems would be given a leave of absence so that they can deal with these matters.

The other effect that Angle's current situation must have would be in the locker room. What does anyone think it does for morale when a major incident like this occurs and there's no punishment, especially in light of the recent situation with Jeff Jarrett after the reported situation involving his relationship with Karen Angle? Additionally, how difficult must it be for the boys and girls backstage when not only is this incident putting two talents on opposite sides of the backstage area, but is also causing a major distraction?

At this point, TNA should not be continuing on, business as usual. There comes a certain point where you can't just say that any publicity is good publicity and have to take action before a problem gets out of control and serious damage is done. The safety of Kurt Angle has to be at the forefront, and while it may cause booking plans to be altered for a few weeks, the well-being of a wrestler who many fans are scared will end up being a front page story for the worst of reasons must come first.

A lot can happen, sadly, between now and Angle's court date in September, and TNA should be doing all it can to best ensure Angle's safety. If it doesn't, I and am sure many other fans fear what could happen. Though the law will determine Kurt's fate a few weeks, maybe even months from now, his employers can go a long way to ensuring that what happens in the interim, and keep one of wrestling's true greats from doing any harm to himself, his coworkers or the industry as a whole.

So after reading this, i think that on the business side, she did a really good job, she was able to convince spike tv and universal to paid half of the expense for getting the TNA product but as a decision maker, she not doing a good job at all. The fact is, they need some sort of wellness program anything that would say that they care about their wrestler and right now they don't. If Kurt Angle can get away with all of the drama he cause last weekend, what does it say to the other wrestler in the back, especially if something like this happens to them and they get fired over it. Dixie and the rest of TNA management need to take better care of their performers and right now they don't, all they want is getting publicity to get more viewers and they hope that everything will blow over. At some point, something major will happen and Dixie will get in a lot of trouble for it. So yes she might be a good business woman, yes she might care about the fans but she not good for TNA because she doesn'T cared about the wrestlers health and that'S the most important thing.

 

[gd]

Well, shouldn’t you actually read or hear some of her interviews and form an opinion on her instead of just going by what others have said about her? You can’t say someone is awful unless you have actually seen them do their job.

You're probably right, but aren't these forums all about speculation. No one has actually "seen" Dixie to her job, so all we can do is speculate.

Jarrett is not the owner of the company; he is the founder of it. There’s a huge difference between being the founder and owner of a company. She owns the majority shares in TNA therefore most of the company is hers, not Jarrett’s.

Just because she owns it that doesn't mean she should be pushing Jarrett out. Like I've said before, I'm not a big fan of Jeff Jarrett, but without him there would be no TNA.

How do you know this? Have you been backstage and seen her just ignore everything currently happening to Angle. Just because she didn’t do something immediately it does not mean she is ignoring it. Angle hasn’t been proven guilty so she has nothing to worry about until he is proven guilty (if he is guilty).

For someone with a track record like Angle has, you can only assume that he is guilty. He did have illegal drugs in his car, even if he wasn't stalking anyone. If she sent Jarrett home for not really doing anything, it would have at least made sense for her to take the title off of Angle.

So all of the years she has been in TNA and running the company mean absolutely nothing? You haven’t read any of her interviews or heard them so you don’t know what she knows about the wrestling business and what she doesn’t.

You can't learn everything about someone from interviews, but from what I've heard she doens't have much experience with the business. Grant it these reports could be wrong, but that's just what I've heard.

How do you know she doesn’t since you don’t read or hear any of her interviews?

Once again, from what I've heard about her she doesn't really know what she's doing when in comes to the buisness. These are just rumors could be complete lies, but maybe they aren't.

I have to agree that marketing is one of the main things TNA needs help with.

Why? She’s tried different several things she can do for marketing but she is the only doing something. Spike TV has treated TNA as the red-headed child in the family and hasn’t really marketed the much. It’s not most of TNA’s fault if Spike TV isn’t doing much for them.

What exactly has she done marketing wise? It can't be all on Spike's shoulders to market TNA, the company itself has to be able to market themselves.

So all of those millions she and her parents have backing TNA aren’t good for TNA. That’s some really great logic.

Obviousy the money she put in is a good thing, but I'm not sure about her actual involvement.

Like I said, she is the majority shareholder; she already has most control in TNA.

I guess that's fine on the business end of things, but when it comes to taking sides in the Jarrett/Angle saga or having anything to do with the creative part of the company, I'm against it.

 

[SavageTaker]

You're probably right, but aren't these forums all about speculation. No one has actually "seen" Dixie to her job, so all we can do is speculate.

You’re right, all we can do is speculating but don’t always believe everything you speculate because you really don’t know how she does her job. All of the people that report these types of things could be wrong and times say that they got their information from former workers. Meaning that someone who was fired could have given them wrong information because they were bitter.

Just because she owns it that doesn't mean she should be pushing Jarrett out.

Well it doesn’t really matter if she is pushing him out or not because like I already mentioned, she is the majority shareholder of the company and chairwoman. Jarrett is the vice-president and minority shareholder. So it doesn’t matter if he stays or leaves because either ways she will have more power than him.

Like I've said before, I'm not a big fan of Jeff Jarrett, but without him there would be no TNA.

This is where the whole founder/owner thing comes in. Without Jarrett, TNA wouldn’t have been started however without Dixie TNA would be dead because they wouldn’t have the money she provided for them.

For someone with a track record like Angle has, you can only assume that he is guilty. He did have illegal drugs in his car, even if he wasn't stalking anyone. If she sent Jarrett home for not really doing anything, it would have at least made sense for her to take the title off of Angle.

The keyword for this whole paragraph is assume. I don’t agree with Angle keeping the belt, however when you analyze things further you realize that Angle is innocent until proven guilty. She really can’t react immediately because maybe she doesn’t know the whole story or because he hasn’t been proven guilty yet so she has nothing to worry about for the time being. I wanted them to take the title off of him but it’s nothing something that was necessary for them to do until they find out what’s going to happen.

You can't learn everything about someone from interviews, but from what I've heard she doens't have much experience with the business. Grant it these reports could be wrong, but that's just what I've heard.

From what you’ve heard but not from what you know. You’re right, you can’t learn everything from interviews but you still can learn some things. Anyways, of course she isn’t as experienced as other people are. She came in as a financial backer for the company and bought most shares but I am sure that she has learned things the years she has been involved in the wrestling business and she will continue learning.

Once again, from what I've heard about her she doesn't really know what she's doing when in comes to the buisness. These are just rumors could be complete lies, but maybe they aren't.

But maybe they are. It doesn’t matter whether you or I think she is good or bad because we haven’t actually seen her do her job. And the same goes for all of those people that report all of that.

What exactly has she done marketing wise?

You know about the X division right? Well she has tried marketing them as a division with no limits. She markets them that way so that it gets people to see since they aren’t just going to be seeing cruiserweights. There are other things she has done but that’s the first thing that comes to mind.

It can't be all on Spike's shoulders to market TNA, the company itself has to be able to market themselves.

You’re right, it can’t be all on Spike’s shoulders however they haven’t done much marketing wise for TNA. They could do a lot more but like I mentioned earlier, they treat TNA as the red-headed child of the family. TNA has tried marketing themselves (with the X division, knockouts division, e.t.c.) but they cannot do it all by themselves.

Obviousy the money she put in is a good thing, but I'm not sure about her actual involvement.

No one was sure about her actual involvement before because Jarrett was also running the company, but now that he is in a leave absence we will probably see some more of her involvement.

I guess that's fine on the business end of things, but when it comes to taking sides in the Jarrett/Angle saga or having anything to do with the creative part of the company, I'm against it.

Jeff Jarrett didn’t really do anything wrong however it would have caused tension backstage and Dixie didn’t want to have to deal with that so she sent him home. It was the logical choice seeing as how Angle is the bigger draw of the two. She did what was good for business and the moral of the locker room.

 

[gd]

You’re right, all we can do is speculating but don’t always believe everything you speculate because you really don’t know how she does her job. All of the people that report these types of things could be wrong and times say that they got their information from former workers. Meaning that someone who was fired could have given them wrong information because they were bitter.

I agree, but for argument's sake let's say all of that stuff is true.

Well it doesn’t really matter if she is pushing him out or not because like I already mentioned, she is the majority shareholder of the company and chairwoman. Jarrett is the vice-president and minority shareholder. So it doesn’t matter if he stays or leaves because either ways she will have more power than him.

She may have more power than him, but Jarrett is still the founder of the company. Sure she could force him out, but I don't see how that would be the right things to do. Jarrett was the one who grew up with wrestling as a child and fufilled his dream by making his own promotion. He doesn't deserve to be kicked out by someone like Carter.

This is where the whole founder/owner thing comes in. Without Jarrett, TNA wouldn’t have been started however without Dixie TNA would be dead because they wouldn’t have the money she provided for them.

Which is why Carter shouldn't be pushing him out, they should learn to co-exist.

The keyword for this whole paragraph is assume. I don’t agree with Angle keeping the belt, however when you analyze things further you realize that Angle is innocent until proven guilty. She really can’t react immediately because maybe she doesn’t know the whole story or because he hasn’t been proven guilty yet so she has nothing to worry about for the time being.

Considering Agnle's history and ALL of the reports coming out, it's not looking good for him. I think it's a pretty safe assumption that he was in the wrong. The smart thing to do that was best for the business was to take the belt of Angle.

I wanted them to take the title off of him but it’s nothing something that was necessary for them to do until they find out what’s going to happen.

Umm, What?

From what you’ve heard but not from what you know. You’re right, you can’t learn everything from interviews but you still can learn some things. Anyways, of course she isn’t as experienced as other people are. She came in as a financial backer for the company and bought most shares but I am sure that she has learned things the years she has been involved in the wrestling business and she will continue learning.

I doubt she has learned enough in just a few years to be the sole leader of the 2nd largest wrestling company in the world.

You know about the X division right? Well she has tried marketing them as a division with no limits. She markets them that way so that it gets people to see since they aren’t just going to be seeing cruiserweights. There are other things she has done but that’s the first thing that comes to mind.

What? The X Dvision is the worst that it has been in years. And what do you mean by "she markets them." There are hardly any TNA ads out there, most of them just air during episodes of Impact, which isn't going to help get new fans. She really hasn't done much marketing wise to bring in new viewers.

You’re right, it can’t be all on Spike’s shoulders however they haven’t done much marketing wise for TNA. They could do a lot more but like I mentioned earlier, they treat TNA as the red-headed child of the family. TNA has tried marketing themselves (with the X division, knockouts division, e.t.c.) but they cannot do it all by themselves.

TNA can't rely on Spike to make things happen for them.

No one was sure about her actual involvement before because Jarrett was also running the company, but now that he is in a leave absence we will probably see some more of her involvement.

Umm, I'm not sure about her involvement, but I bet she was involved. Jeff Jarrett was probably involved, too, but I don't know if his involvement was the same as her involvement. Either way, I'm not sure about their involvement in TNA and I'm not sure if how much they are involved is good or bad, but I think it's good, unless their involvement was bad.

I got nothing out of your sentence.

Jeff Jarrett didn’t really do anything wrong however it would have caused tension backstage and Dixie didn’t want to have to deal with that so she sent him home. It was the logical choice seeing as how Angle is the bigger draw of the two. She did what was good for business and the moral of the locker room.

You're trying to tell me that what Angle did isn't going to cause tension backstage? He was alledgedly stalking another employee of TNA and is likely hyped up on illegal drugs. I would much rather have Jarrett in the locker room than Angle.

 

[psykohurricane]

I don't necessarily want to debate with you about this but after reading your post, there was a couple of item that i wanted to make a comment on.

You know about the X division right? Well she has tried marketing them as a division with no limits. She markets them that way so that it gets people to see since they aren’t just going to be seeing cruiserweights. There are other things she has done but that’s the first thing that comes to mind.

First of all, the whole X-division been marketed as a division with no limits, that wasn't Dixie's idea it was Jeff Jarrett's idea. They've been marketing the X-division as no limits way before Dixie ever came on board. If you want a exemple of what Dixie did MArketing was maybe try the Knockout division and how she marketed the division as a division with no divas and how they were the knockout were there to wrestles or maybe how they tried to get celebrities to get notice like Pacman Jones. These are exemples that could be associated with Dixie.

You’re right, it can’t be all on Spike’s shoulders however they haven’t done much marketing wise for TNA. They could do a lot more but like I mentioned earlier, they treat TNA as the red-headed child of the family. TNA has tried marketing themselves (with the X division, knockouts division, e.t.c.) but they cannot do it all by themselves.

Yeah but the fact is, Spike TV is does have some interest in TNA success. If it wasn'T for them, All the big name stars that TNA has right now would be there. They are paying the salary of most the Big name stars. Sting contract is paid by them same thing goes with Angle, Booker T and Mick Foley and i wouldn'T be surprised if Nash's got the same deal as all the other guys. So Spike TV is doing so much for TNA right now all Dixie got to do is found a way to Promote the company and that's were she fail.

Jeff Jarrett didn’t really do anything wrong however it would have caused tension backstage and Dixie didn’t want to have to deal with that so she sent him home. It was the logical choice seeing as how Angle is the bigger draw of the two. She did what was good for business and the moral of the locker room.

Look at they ratings since Jeff left, they are starting to fall down. Ever since Jarrett came back, the ratings were going up, everytime he was on T.V. it was one of the highest rated segment of the show. How many time in three as Kurt Angle being able to get the rating to go up. Not many time, the fact is that Kurt is still under contract with TNA and Spike TV is paying him so Dixie doesn't want to pissed off Angle because if Angle is pissed off and decided to leave then it might hurt the deal she got with Spike TV, that the only reason why Angle is still in TNA and Jarrett is sitting at home right now.

 

[SavageTaker]

I agree, but for argument's sake let's say all of that stuff is true.

I’m not going to say it’s true or false for arguments sale because no one really knows.

She may have more power than him, but Jarrett is still the founder of the company. Sure she could force him out, but I don't see how that would be the right things to do. Jarrett was the one who grew up with wrestling as a child and fufilled his dream by making his own promotion. He doesn't deserve to be kicked out by someone like Carter.

So what if he is the founder? The company is still owned mostly by her. If it wasn’t for her then Jarrett’s dream would have been crushed.

As far as her trying to push Jarrett out, I’m all for it if he isn’t helping the company at all. But I think he could still help them as a wrestler, not an authority figure.

Which is why Carter shouldn't be pushing him out, they should learn to co-exist.

I agree with this to an extent. Jarrett has let guys who weren’t in his inner-circle go so if he’s going to do stuff like that then I don’t see why she should attempt to co-exist. But if he is willing to let anyone get pushed even if they aren’t his friend then yes, they should co-exist.

Considering Agnle's history and ALL of the reports coming out, it's not looking good for him. I think it's a pretty safe assumption that he was in the wrong. The smart thing to do that was best for the business was to take the belt of Angle.

Like I said, Angle is innocent until proven guilty. Yes, he does have a history but it doesn’t mean he should be punished immediately because they don’t actually know what is going to happen. Once they hear the judge’s decision then they should do something.

Umm, What?

I wanted them to take the title off of him however it’s something that doesn’t need to be done yet because they don’t know what the judge is going to say in his hearing.

I doubt she has learned enough in just a few years to be the sole leader of the 2nd largest wrestling company in the world.

I doubt she has learned enough yet too however she isn’t leading the company by herself. I thought you would have known that? She has many people helping her and some of them have been in the pro-wrestling industry for many years.

What? The X Dvision is the worst that it has been in years.

Did I say they are as good as they once were? No. I said they are marketed as a division where there are no limits, for example anyone can compete in it.

And what do you mean by "she markets them." There are hardly any TNA ads out there, most of them just air during episodes of Impact, which isn't going to help get new fans.

I’m not talking about ads; I’m talking about the way the X-Division is marketed when people see them. Anyways, I don’t know where you got the idea that there are no ads out there. Have you been to every place out there and seen that there are no ads? I doubt it. There have been many reports that TNA has put out flyers and such in arenas they are going to be at.

She really hasn't done much marketing wise to bring in new viewers.

She can’t do it all by herself, she needs Spike TV to get behind them and help them market their product to a larger audience. The reason Spike doesn’t do that with them is because they are doing it with UFC which is bigger than TNA.

TNA can't rely on Spike to make things happen for them.

Why? If Spike wants TNA to be big then they need to help them out, something they have clearly not done much of. They can’t completely rely on them but they do need their help.

Umm, I'm not sure about her involvement, but I bet she was involved. Jeff Jarrett was probably involved, too, but I don't know if his involvement was the same as her involvement. Either way, I'm not sure about their involvement in TNA and I'm not sure if how much they are involved is good or bad, but I think it's good, unless their involvement was bad.

I think they both were involved, just in different departments. Jarrett was more involved in the wrestling department and Dixie was probably more involved in the business aspect of TNA. At least that’s the way I would imagine things were.

I got nothing out of your sentence.

I got nothing out of yours.

You're trying to tell me that what Angle did isn't going to cause tension backstage?

I never said that.

He was alledgedly stalking another employee of TNA

He was allegedly doing it but there’s a possibility it was just a coincidence.

and is likely hyped up on illegal drugs. I would much rather have Jarrett in the locker room than Angle.

You act as though Angle is the only on drugs in the TNA locker room. They don’t have any type of Wellness Policy or anything like that and seeing as how things are here in Florida, I wouldn’t be surprised if Angle wasn’t the only using drugs.

As far as preferring Jarrett in the locker room, I won’t comment on that because I don’t know how he is backstage.

 

[gd]

I’m not going to say it’s true or false for arguments sale because no one really knows.

Whatever.

So what if he is the founder? The company is still owned mostly by her. If it wasn’t for her then Jarrett’s dream would have been crushed.

I'm not saying either one of them should leave, the company needs both of them.

As far as her trying to push Jarrett out, I’m all for it if he isn’t helping the company at all. But I think he could still help them as a wrestler, not an authority figure.

There is no reason to push Jarrett out, he has experience with the business and is one of the most knowledgeable guys they have. As a wrestler though, I hate him with a passion.

I agree with this to an extent. Jarrett has let guys who weren’t in his inner-circle go so if he’s going to do stuff like that then I don’t see why she should attempt to co-exist. But if he is willing to let anyone get pushed even if they aren’t his friend then yes, they should co-exist.

Since when does Jarrett only push his friends? Name me one person in TNA who only go a huge push because they were friends with Jarrett. Young is supposedly his closest friend, but he hasn't done anything worth shit ever.

Like I said, Angle is innocent until proven guilty. Yes, he does have a history but it doesn’t mean he should be punished immediately because they don’t actually know what is going to happen. Once they hear the judge’s decision then they should do something.

You know how the legal system works, it could be months before we hear anything again. From the sound of things, Angle needs help and he needs it immeadiately. I didn't say they should fire Angle, but he shouldn't have the belt.

I wanted them to take the title off of him however it’s something that doesn’t need to be done yet because they don’t know what the judge is going to say in his hearing.

See above.

I doubt she has learned enough yet too however she isn’t leading the company by herself. I thought you would have known that? She has many people helping her and some of them have been in the pro-wrestling industry for many years.

Yes, but she is the one with the final say on everything. She is the clear figurehead of the company. I understand that she is the majority owner, but just someone is the owner a pro sports team does that mean they make all of the decisions? Of course not. She shouldn't be the one making the final decisions, even if there are people helping her.

Did I say they are as good as they once were? No. I said they are marketed as a division where there are no limits, for example anyone can compete in it.

Obviously her marketing isn't working then. And like psykohurricane said, it's not like she even came up with that, TNA has been using that for years.

I’m not talking about ads; I’m talking about the way the X-Division is marketed when people see them.

There are a few ways to look at it.

Anyways, I don’t know where you got the idea that there are no ads out there. Have you been to every place out there and seen that there are no ads? I doubt it. There have been many reports that TNA has put out flyers and such in arenas they are going to be at.

Flyers?!?!? That is their genius marketing strategy? I'm sure flyers are going to give them a lot of extra viewers.

She can’t do it all by herself, she needs Spike TV to get behind them and help them market their product to a larger audience. The reason Spike doesn’t do that with them is because they are doing it with UFC which is bigger than TNA.

That's TNA's problem and they have to find a way for Spike to get behind them.

Why? If Spike wants TNA to be big then they need to help them out, something they have clearly not done much of. They can’t completely rely on them but they do need their help.

Sure Spike hasn't done much to help, but TNA could be doing more as well.

I think they both were involved, just in different departments. Jarrett was more involved in the wrestling department and Dixie was probably more involved in the business aspect of TNA. At least that’s the way I would imagine things were.

If you weren't there, you obviously don't know.

I got nothing out of yours.

It was a parody of your worthless sentence.

He was allegedly doing it but there’s a possibility it was just a coincidence.

Who are you, Angle's PR guy. He has done nothing that should lean anyone to believe he is anything but guilty.

You act as though Angle is the only on drugs in the TNA locker room. They don’t have any type of Wellness Policy or anything like that and seeing as how things are here in Florida, I wouldn’t be surprised if Angle wasn’t the only using drugs.

Angle is crazier than most.

As far as preferring Jarrett in the locker room, I won’t comment on that because I don’t know how he is backstage.

He likely isn't on drugs or a stalker, things that Angle may be.

 

[SavageTaker]

First of all, the whole X-division been marketed as a division with no limits, that wasn't Dixie's idea it was Jeff Jarrett's idea.

I never said it was her idea to do that. I said she was the one marketing them that way. There’s a difference between having an idea and marketing something.

They've been marketing the X-division as no limits way before Dixie ever came on board.

Do you know when TNA’s majority shares were bought out? October of 2002. Dixie became president of TNA in 2003. TNA started in May of 2002. What does this all mean? That the X-division wasn’t really marketed as having no limits way before Dixie joined, they were marketed that way for less than a year and many people didn’t even know about TNA.

If you want a exemple of what Dixie did MArketing was maybe try the Knockout division and how she marketed the division as a division with no divas and how they were the knockout were there to wrestles or maybe how they tried to get celebrities to get notice like Pacman Jones. These are exemples that could be associated with Dixie.

You are correct on the knockouts and I assume Pac Man was her idea. I’m not sure about that one though.

Yeah but the fact is, Spike TV is does have some interest in TNA success.

Did I say they didn’t? No. They aren’t interested in TNA’s success as much as they are in UFC’s, which is why they treat TNA as the red-headed child of the family.

If it wasn'T for them, All the big name stars that TNA has right now would be there.

The only name I remember them helping for was Sting since TNA didn’t want to pay for his asking price. I don’t know about others though.

They are paying the salary of most the Big name stars.

How do you know this? Have you talked to some of the Spike executive and they’ve told you this?

Sting contract is paid by them

I know that when he initially joined them they were helping but I don’t know if they still are since TNA has made a profit and can actually afford to pay their own wrestlers without anyone’s help.

same thing goes with Angle, Booker T and Mick Foley and i wouldn'T be surprised if Nash's got the same deal as all the other guys.

Can you prove this?

So Spike TV is doing so much for TNA right now all Dixie got to do is found a way to Promote the company and that's were she fail.

Dixie has tried promoting the company however it’s not suppose to be only her promoting the company. Spike should help them too.

Look at they ratings since Jeff left, they are starting to fall down.

What the hell are you talking about? We haven’t even seen the first episode of Impact since Jeff left. All of the episodes of Impact that aired the last few weeks were booked by Jarrett. The first episode that isn’t booked by Jarrett is tonight.

Ever since Jarrett came back, the ratings were going up, everytime he was on T.V.

No they weren’t. They were still getting the same ratings they got without Jarrett on TV, a 1.0-1.3.

it was one of the highest rated segment of the show. How many time in three as Kurt Angle being able to get the rating to go up. Not many time, the fact is that Kurt is still under contract with TNA and Spike TV is paying him so Dixie doesn't want to pissed off Angle because if Angle is pissed off and decided to leave then it might hurt the deal she got with Spike TV, that the only reason why Angle is still in TNA and Jarrett is sitting at home right now.

So what if Angle hasn’t been able to get the ratings up so much, it’s not like he was a huge ratings draw to begin with. Hells there are times where Sting couldn’t get the ratings up so high. There have actually been times where the knockouts have gotten higher ratings during the quarter hour they are in than the quarter hours that guys like Sting and Angle have been in.

And how do you know Angle is getting payed by Spike TV? And how is Angle leaving going to hurt the deal she got if she already has it for the next three years?

 

[SavageTaker]

I'm not saying either one of them should leave, the company needs both of them.

Like I said, if Jarrett is going to do what’s good for the company then yes they need both of them. However if Jarrett is going to release guys that could help the company then I don’t see why he should stay.

There is no reason to push Jarrett out, he has experience with the business and is one of the most knowledgeable guys they have. As a wrestler though, I hate him with a passion.

Experience means jack shit if you aren’t doing anything good with it, what you do is what matters. Jarrett has released guys that could help the company in different ways (for example Sonjay Dutt could have helped the X-Division but he was released) but their jobs were never secured because they weren’t in his inner-circle. The guys who Jarrett was friends with were always going to stay as long as he was around and they didn’t piss him off.

Since when does Jarrett only push his friends? Name me one person in TNA who only go a huge push because they were friends with Jarrett. Young is supposedly his closest friend, but he hasn't done anything worth shit ever.

Did you even read what I said? I never said he only pushes his friends. I said there were guys that he didn’t push and let go because they weren’t his friends. I bet of Sonjay Dutt was good friends with Jarrett, he would still be in TNA.

You know how the legal system works, it could be months before we hear anything again. From the sound of things, Angle needs help and he needs it immeadiately. I didn't say they should fire Angle, but he shouldn't have the belt.

I don’t know how the legal system works in Pennsylvania so I won’t comment on that. As far as Angle needing help, he probably does if he is still using drugs.

Yes, but she is the one with the final say on everything. She is the clear figurehead of the company. I understand that she is the majority owner, but just someone is the owner a pro sports team does that mean they make all of the decisions? Of course not. She shouldn't be the one making the final decisions, even if there are people helping her.

Yes she does make the final decision, but if there are people who are very experience and have been in pro-wrestling forever then she’ll probably do what they say because they are way more experience than her and know what’s good and what’s not.

Obviously her marketing isn't working then. And like psykohurricane said, it's not like she even came up with that, TNA has been using that for years.

I never said she came up with that.

Flyers?!?!? That is their genius marketing strategy? I'm sure flyers are going to give them a lot of extra viewers.

It’s not the best they could have done however it isn’t as bad as you think. If I remember correctly, they put them in arenas that the WWE were going to first (this was in other countries) and that they would be going to later on in the year. So it’s not bad because the WWE fills arenas meaning that there would be many people that saw those flyers. It’s not the best thing they could but at least it’s something.

That's TNA's problem and they have to find a way for Spike to get behind them.

What should they do for Spike to get behind them then?

Sure Spike hasn't done much to help, but TNA could be doing more as well.

Spike could also do a lot more than what they have done. Both of them can do a lot more.

If you weren't there, you obviously don't know.

I never said that was how it was, I said that’s how I imagine it was.

Who are you, Angle's PR guy. He has done nothing that should lean anyone to believe he is anything but guilty.

Like I’ve already told you, Angle is innocent until proven guilty.

Angle is crazier than most.

So, apparently you know him and know the way he is?

He likely isn't on drugs or a stalker, things that Angle may be.

Things that Angle may be on, not that he is on as far as we know.

 

[gd]

Like I said, if Jarrett is going to do what’s good for the company then yes they need both of them. However if Jarrett is going to release guys that could help the company then I don’t see why he should stay.

Who has Jarrett released that was so great?

Experience means jack shit if you aren’t doing anything good with it, what you do is what matters. Jarrett has released guys that could help the company in different ways (for example Sonjay Dutt could have helped the X-Division but he was released) but their jobs were never secured because they weren’t in his inner-circle. The guys who Jarrett was friends with were always going to stay as long as he was around and they didn’t piss him off.

Sonjay Dutt was nothing special. There are a million other guys out there who can fill his role. You can't blame him being released just because he's friends with Jarrett.

Did you even read what I said? I never said he only pushes his friends. I said there were guys that he didn’t push and let go because they weren’t his friends. I bet of Sonjay Dutt was good friends with Jarrett, he would still be in TNA

.

Maybe, but he wouldn't be doing anything. You have no proof that anyone has been pushed because they are friends with Jarrett, which is what you said earlier.

I don’t know how the legal system works in Pennsylvania so I won’t comment on that

As far as I know, pretty shitty. It takes a long time to get things done up here.

As far as Angle needing help, he probably does if he is still using drugs.

Which is why he should've dropped the title.

It’s not the best they could have done however it isn’t as bad as you think. If I remember correctly, they put them in arenas that the WWE were going to first (this was in other countries) and that they would be going to later on in the year. So it’s not bad because the WWE fills arenas meaning that there would be many people that saw those flyers. It’s not the best thing they could but at least it’s something.

There are about a thousand things that TNA could do that are better than flyers.

What should they do for Spike to get behind them then?

Have a consistently good product that draws fans. Obviously this doesn't all fall on Dixie though.

Spike could also do a lot more than what they have done. Both of them can do a lot more.

Agreed.

I never said that was how it was, I said that’s how I imagine it was.

I imagine that I'm a pretty princess with a unicorn.

Like I’ve already told you, Angle is innocent until proven guilty.

That doesn't mean he should still have the title and that his problems should totally be ignored.

So, apparently you know him and know the way he is?

I've heard things.

Things that Angle may be on, not that he is on as far as we know.

More like things Angle has been on in the past that have already led him to be fired from another company. I'm putting my money on the fact that he's still on them.

 

[SavageTaker]

Who has Jarrett released that was so great?

I never said any of the people he released were great however some of them were good. Two examples would be Petey Williams and Sonjat Dutt.

Sonjay Dutt was nothing special. There are a million other guys out there who can fill his role. You can't blame him being released just because he's friends with Jarrett.

There are few wrestlers in wrestling right now that are special. Anyways, so what if there are people who could fill his role? The fact of the matter is that he could have helped the X-Division if they hadn’t let him go. I’m not blaming his release on Jarrett however if he was one of his friends then his job would have been secured.

Maybe, but he wouldn't be doing anything.

How do you know?

You have no proof that anyone has been pushed because they are friends with Jarrett, which is what you said earlier.

I never said people only get pushed because they are friends with him, if this were the case then AJ Styles would have held the top title in TNA already.

As far as I know, pretty shitty. It takes a long time to get things done up here.

Well then, we’ll just have to wait and see, I guess.

Which is why he should've dropped the title.

Because he is innocent until he is proven to be guilty?

There are about a thousand things that TNA could do that are better than flyers.

I know there are many things they could do better but at least they are doing some things.

Have a consistently good product that draws fans. Obviously this doesn't all fall on Dixie though.

Agreed, that’s mostly the booker’s job considering the fact that Dixie doesn’t have as much experience as some of them.

I imagine that I'm a pretty princess with a unicorn.

Good for you.

That doesn't mean he should still have the title and that his problems should totally be ignored.

But you don’t if it’s being ignored. They might be going about things differently just because they don’t know the truth yet. People disagree with it but that’s that what they are doing.

I've heard things.

I’ve heard things too; it doesn’t mean my neighbors are having sex.

More like things Angle has been on in the past that have already led him to be fired from another company. I'm putting my money on the fact that he's still on them.

I’m not going to say he is on any drugs because I don’t really know, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he and half the TNA locker room are on drugs. However, you do have to remember that he has neck problems so there could be a reason for the use of said drugs.

 

[gd]

I never said any of the people he released were great however some of them were good. Two examples would be Petey Williams and Sonjat Dutt.

I'm sure there were other reasons that Petey was realeased, it wasn't all because of Jarrett.

There are few wrestlers in wrestling right now that are special. Anyways, so what if there are people who could fill his role? The fact of the matter is that he could have helped the X-Division if they hadn’t let him go. I’m not blaming his release on Jarrett however if he was one of his friends then his job would have been secured.

I'd much rather see Red, Lethal, MCMG Creed, or Rhyno than Sonjay Dutt. Those guys don't get TV time now, they certainly don't need any being taken away from them by Dutt.

How do you know?

Becaus he sucked and had a shitty feud with Lethal. His was pretty much useless.

Because he is innocent until he is proven to be guilty?

I've adressed this 223 times already.

I know there are many things they could do better but at least they are doing some things.

If their main marketing tatic is using flyers, everyone in the marketing departement should be fired.

But you don’t if it’s being ignored. They might be going about things differently just because they don’t know the truth yet. People disagree with it but that’s that what they are doing.

I disagree with it. Angle still has the title and is the star of the show despite getting in trouble with the law while Jarrett was sent home for doing nothing.
I’ve heard things too; it doesn’t mean my neighbors are having sex.

I’m not going to say he is on any drugs because I don’t really know, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he and half the TNA locker room are on drugs. However, you do have to remember that he has neck problems so there could be a reason for the use of said drugs.

He had neck problems awhile ago. By the way, he's trying to say that he didn't know the drugs were in the bag and the syringes were from 2 years ago. Even if that's true, which I doubt it is, it was still an illegal drug that you can't get a prescription for.

 

[SavageTaker]

I'm sure there were other reasons that Petey was realeased, it wasn't all because of Jarrett.

I never said his release was Jarrett’s entire fault. However, I am willing to be that if he was good friends with him then he would still be with them.

I'd much rather see Red, Lethal, MCMG Creed, or Rhyno than Sonjay Dutt. Those guys don't get TV time now, they certainly don't need any being taken away from them by Dutt.

I would rather see some of those guys too but I also liked Dutt so I would want to see him too. And how is Dutt going to take time away from them? He could actually still be in the show and not take time away from anyone.

Becaus he sucked and had a shitty feud with Lethal. His was pretty much useless.

I don’t think he sucked but I do agree the feud was complete shit.

I've adressed this 223 times already.

And I still don’t think you know what it means.

If their main marketing tatic is using flyers, everyone in the marketing departement should be fired.

If it is their main tactic then I agree, they should fire whoever came up with that idea.

I disagree with it. Angle still has the title and is the star of the show despite getting in trouble with the law while Jarrett was sent home for doing nothing.

He got in trouble for something that might not even be true. They shouldn’t punish someone for something they don’t even know if it’s true.

He had neck problems awhile ago. By the way, he's trying to say that he didn't know the drugs were in the bag and the syringes were from 2 years ago. Even if that's true, which I doubt it is, it was still an illegal drug that you can't get a prescription for.

Yes it was illegal and he will probably be punished for it, but no one can prove if he was using them.