Dixie Carter Is In Business; Good Or Bad?

[ABMorales787]

Over the past few weeks, Dixie Carter has become a lot more active in the programming. Going so far as to personally confront Ric Flair. She has a theme song. The EV2 guys are backing her up. Seems like this time, she's here to stay. But is that a good thing? Should the "inept" president of TNA Wrestling become this active with the TV programing?

In my eyes... Yes. No better way to learn about the business than to be a part of it. For years we've mocked her for being "inept", "ignorant" and a "mark". now she gets a first hand taste of how it works. Maybe it will affect the program a bit seeing how now we have yet another authority figure, but I believe it's a good way to go that will pay off in the long run.

Funny enough, since the moment she backsashed Ric Flair, she screamed heel. Just imagine her mocking the fans over the fact that she owns TNA and its thanks to her that we have Kurt Angle , Fortune, EV2 and all of that. Then saying they have to deal with her. That would be great.

But enough wrestling fetishes, what do you think of Dixie's involvement on iMPACT! and ReAction? Good or bad?

 

[Zeven_Zion]

I don't think it's bad. I don't think it's good. I think it's great.

However, if she's going to appear on TV more and more and be involved in storylines and whatever, that means that she should muster up a "character" of her own. A boss-like figure, good or bad, fair or unfair. Give that woman an identity, make her seem like a powerfull figure in TNA and the wrestling world. Either dress her up in formal wear or give her an Ode to the Spring-like dress, I don't care. Give her some personality.

I like that she's getting more into the whole deal ( if she is, that is). I just don't like the way she comes off. Last time she interfered AJ I thought some soccer mom broke into the arena to shit talk on poor AJ.

I'll give her time to build a gimmick of her own. I gave TNA time and I fell inlove with it.

I never agreed with the "she's a mark" crap. Just because someone's passionate about a certain product doesn't mean he/she/Orlando Jordan is a mark. If Dixie was a "mark" and if she was a total failure in every aspect of the word, TNA would've been dead 'till 2005. But, as you can see, it's still going in 2010, she managed to sign some huge names and puts out a product which does some stupid shit ( who doesn't ) but when it does some good stuff they're REALLY good. I commend Dixie for what she's doing currently.

 

[Nikeo]

Anything that involves Carter and serves to even slightly improve her knowledge of the wrestling world will do nothing but benefit TNA. Vince McMahon didn't become Mr. McMahon (on screen at least) over night, it takes a while to develop mic skills, understand facial expressions, etc, etc. I sincerely doubt Carter will amount to much of an on-screen character as most of the segments involving her just involve people kissing her ass for being the bestest head of a wrestling promotion, praising her for revolutionizing the wrestling world and other ridiculous bullshit.

Dixie Carter isn't a mark but 'nor is she a wrestling encyclopedia, she has admitted to purchasing TNA as she saw a gap in the market, not because she understood enough about wrestling to make it work. She's a businesswoman with a rich daddy, she's no McMahon and she is no Ted Turner. The woman has made some horrendous mistakes, hired some ridiculous people and seems to be getting worked or has been worked by many, many workers who have her ear. Thus, anything that builds the woman's understanding also serves to lessen the hold these voices in Carter's head's influence. Being directly involved with the product is nothing but a good thing for both Carter and TNA in the long run.....but definitely not the short run.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

It was inevitable that Dixie Carter would eventually become a regular feature on TNA television, so now is as good a time as any. I'm far more interested in Dixie Carter, particularly her potential interactions with Ric Flair, than I am regarding the Fortune/EV2.0 feud at this point.

I thought her little back and forth with Ric Flair was one of the highlights of last week's show, though I do believe much of the credit still lies with Flair at this point. I do think that she and Flair could have a dynamic on screen chemistry and feud.

As for Fortune vs. EV2.0, I don't know if I could care less at this point.

 

[TellMeWhy]

I don't know. I really am tired of owners becoming onscreen characters. The McMahons overdid it and I really don't care to see it anymore. TNA since 2008 has had too many authority figures as it is anyway. At one time, you had Cornett, Foley, Jarrett, and Traci Brooks all being authority figures at once. And now you've got Hogan, Bischoff, and now Dixie added to the mix to being authority figures. Whatever happened to just 1 person calling the shots onscreen? It's just too much. While this may help Dixie in the long run and expand her knowledge as she's up close and personal with the product, I just think it would be best if she stayed behind the scenes and only getting a few camera shots in the crowd.

 

[damonjets]

I prefer not to see the owner involved in angles but the way Dixie has been running things lately with one bad decision after another this doesn't suprise me.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

I have always been a fan of authority-types becoming a part of the program, always. It adds a fantastic level of instant heat to either the heels working the promos with them, or the faces working the promos with them as heels, because it adds a bit of a god complex to the show, which makes the eventual face win all the sweeter and all the more glorious when they finally take down Goliath, against all the odds.

Dixie is a bit raw, and certainly green, but I've most certainly been enjoying her work on iMPACT!.

 

[SydTinDad]

DIXIE CARTER IS IN BUSINESS; GOOD OR BAD is the question huh?

Well, some people who are apparently in love with Dixie Carter's mere existance have always spammed me for my anti-Dixie remarks for absoluetly no reason, but I'll take my chances today.

I do not like Dixie Carter PERIOD. I think she is a brain dead dolt, has no sense of direction (as being exhibited currently with what TNA is doing now), no sense of business in any capacity, and she comes across as a boring old lady in her personality on screen. She reminds me of the 42 year old soccer mom of 3, back in 1986, who started dressing like Madonna to try and appear 'hip' in front of her kid's friends. Well, just like that experiment, Dixie's attempt to be 'hip' with her audience is also a pathetic display and tedious to look at and endure.

My answer is NO. Dixie Carter is bad for business and Dixie Carter is bad IN business.

Even if she dressed in ****ty outfits with her ass and boobs hanging out, became an evil bitch, and sided with a heel faction, she doesn't have the tools to pull that off. She needs to step back and remove herself from the equation because she is as useless as an elavator in an outhouse.

Sorry Dixie lovers. You want honesty don't you?

 

[King_of_Swing1520]

the only problem with this is....who has final say? who's the top dog? dixie? hulk? eric? dreamer? flair eventually?. ok maybe not the last two but tna needs a clear cut person in charge (on tv that is). i have no problem with dixie stepping into a tv role but she should not be seen as the bookin boss. that on air job should be eric's. and im sorry but the hulk/jj and sting/nash "feud" makes no sence.

 

[X]

Bad. Awful. Terrible. Atrocious. These are all words I'd use to describe seeing Dixie Carter on TNA TV so frequently. Wasn't it not even a year ago she was saying this is exactly what she wouldn't be doing? Sorry Dixie but NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU! Really, no one. Unless you're taking your top off, get the fuck off my television screen. She knows nothing about wrestling or the business itself, she has no experience in the business, really what point does she serve being on television? Does she actually think people will tune in to see her? Funny shit if so. Her role could be filled by one of the dozens of retired wrestlers TNA has employed who actually might draw a fan or two and actually has something to do with the business, and isn't just a rich daddy's girl looking for some money to play with.

Every time Dixie is on my television I want to change the channel, and usually I do. She's a clueless baffoon and the less I see of her the better.

 

[snoopy]

Honestly some of you people seriously need to grow the hell up! ASAP. Dixie is the only reason there is a TNA for you to enjoy and some to bash on a weekly basis,Without her TNA would have went out of business Two years into their existence! And as a TNA fan and as a wrestling fan I apperciate what she has done for that company an me by giving me, as a wrestling fan an alternative. Thank you Dixie!

And she didn't want to be a on screen character she was probaly talked into the role.So for all she's done, a little time to get used to the camera is ok by me. She has improved from her first T.V. appearance and you could definatly see her confidence growing each time she's on camera. So keep hating while she continues to prove some of you wrong!

 

[Rayne]

Good? Bad? Hilarious.

She can't act, and prime-time is not the place where you learn how to do it. This is why wrestlers spend all that time in ROH, Chikara, and all the other minor-league promotions; to learn how to work in a wrestling ring. It is not the sort of thing you decide "I want to be on TV!" and then just do. She brings absolutely nothing to the table; she's an unattractive, poor man's Stephanie McMahon, who at least had the good sense to disappear behind the curtain.

But hey- it's everyone's dream to be on TV, and Dixie's living hers. Good on her. Bad for the business, but TNA's becoming more of a vanity project every week.

 

[MrHashasheen]

Without her TNA would have went out of business Two years into their existence!

Not even that. She bought into the company late 2002, months after they started out. For every person saying Dixie is costing TNA, they forget it would be little more than a wrestling footnote without her. She is TNA, whether people like it or not, and for ever anti-WWE fan that's rabidly TNA, she's the only reason you have a notable alternative. That she's becoming the face of the company and partaking in angles on television shouldn't be criticized but is practically the norm. Bil Watts, Jim Crockett, the McMahons, Paul Heyman, the Von Erics all owned companies that they were a big part of. Heck, Watts held his company's belt 6 times! So unless she becomes the Knockout Champion, just wait and see what is my opinion.

 

[Rayne]

Not even that. She bought into the company late 2002, months after they started out. For every person saying Dixie is costing TNA, they forget it would be little more than a wrestling footnote without her. She is TNA, whether people like it or not, and for ever anti-WWE fan that's rabidly TNA, she's the only reason you have a notable alternative. That she's becoming the face of the company and partaking in angles on television shouldn't be criticized but is practically the norm. Bil Watts, Jim Crockett, the McMahons, Paul Heyman, the Von Erics all owned companies that they were a big part of. Heck, Watts held his company's belt 6 times! So unless she becomes the Knockout Champion, just wait and see what is my opinion.

Because if it wasn't for Dixie Carter, there are absolutely no other marks with money on the planet who'd buy into a professional wrestling program? If it wasn't her, it would have been someone else. She was just first at the bar.

 

[MrHashasheen]

Because if it wasn't for Dixie Carter, there are absolutely no other marks with money on the planet who'd buy into a professional wrestling program? If it wasn't her, it would have been someone else. She was just first at the bar.

Like who? Let's face facts, besides the WWE, running a US promotion full-time is neither profitable or enticing for someone with a lot of money. Heck, the reason she invested was because she learned someone else backed out. And TNA of 2002 was nothing like today. They had very few proven names and didn't even have a television show starting out. A big risk for anyone investing.

 

[harrythem]

I think the main problem I have with Dixie Carter on tv is that I would, quite happily, bone her.

Now, as a girl on a wrestling tv show that isn't a bad thing, that's the best thing you can say about a hot bird but, when that woman is meant to be the head honcho of the company, that leads to some problems. She could be out there giving the most impassioned speech about anything but, she doesn't look like the big boss.

So, yeah, it could be good but, with Hogan & Bischoff on-board, there's no need to add a third on-screen face boss character to the mix.

Although Dixie as a heel going all ****ty, I would then become a huge TNA mark!

 

[Rayne]

Like who? Let's face facts, besides the WWE, running a US promotion full-time is neither profitable or enticing for someone with a lot of money. Heck, the reason she invested was because she learned someone else backed out. And TNA of 2002 was nothing like today. They had very few proven names and didn't even have a television show starting out. A big risk for anyone investing.

Like who? Did you know who Dixie Carter was before she invested in TNA? Name recognition is not a prerequisite.

And those aren't facts; professional wrestling history is littered with people who walked up to the bar with a fistful of dollars because they wanted in on the dream. There's a whole cottage industry devoted to getting people to pay a few thousand dollars so that they can have an industry never-was come by and tell them they suck at what they do. (Professional wrestling schools, if the reference was missed by anyone.) Not profitable, definitely true, but enticing? Not to anyone with half a brain who is in it for the money, but professional wrestling is far from the first business someone got into because they wanted to live a dream.

 

[MrHashasheen]

Like who? Did you know who Dixie Carter was before she invested in TNA? Name recognition is not a prerequisite.

And those aren't facts; professional wrestling history is littered with people who walked up to the bar with a fistful of dollars because they wanted in on the dream. There's a whole cottage industry devoted to getting people to pay a few thousand dollars so that they can have an industry never-was come by and tell them they suck at what they do. (Professional wrestling schools, if the reference was missed by anyone.) Not profitable, definitely true, but enticing? Not to anyone with half a brain who is in it for the money, but professional wrestling is far from the first business someone got into because they wanted to live a dream.

A few thousand dollars that wrestling schools get is different than running a promotion. Wrestling schools are sedentary, and they're based on local wannabes and the name of the instructor in the wrestling world. That's it. Wrestling promotions need more than one big name to carry the company, there's the work involved in booking, road-agents, where the talent sleeps while on the road, where the matches are held, ticket sales, etc...

Being a professional wrestler and running a promotion are two different dreams. People want to main-event Bound For Glory, they don't want to be the guy behind the scenes running it. And those who do want to be the guys running it, aren't usually flush with cash to spend. TNA was lucky as hell that they had Dixie Carter doing the publicity for them when they ran out of cash.

 

[Rayne]

A few thousand dollars that wrestling schools get is different than running a promotion. :lmao

Right, I forgot. People only get conned out of small money in professional wrestling. Everyone knows that everyone who invests heavily in a wrestling organization must be a promotional genius.

Being a professional wrestler and running a promotion are two different dreams. People want to main-event Bound For Glory, they don't want to be the guy behind the scenes running it. And those who do want to be the guys running it, aren't usually flush with cash to spend. TNA was lucky as hell that they had Dixie Carter doing the publicity for them when they ran out of cash.

Mmmm, every 40-year oldish woman has dreams of main eventing a professional wrestling pay-per-view. No one ever has a dream of running their own business; everyone who gets involved in business does so reluctantly, after misering after each penny and realizing that shucks, they just don't have any other options in life. No one ever gets into television business with money that isn't theirs because they have a fantasy they want to live out. Maybe businesses like manufacturing or construction, but no one has EVER gotten into the TV business without already being a marketing genius. Not once. Ever. Television is a business with a strict grounding in reality, which absolutely does not rely on selling illusions of grandeur to people.

Wink, wink.

Get back to me when TNA announces they're turning a profit (don't hit me with those 2008 figures, that wad is long blown.) Maybe then we can talk about how lucky TNA is to have Dixie Carter, but right now, she isn't doing anything that some other sucker with a dream and money could do.