Impact Support Club House

[Papa Pillman]

To save their asses Dixie said it was "on purpose", but if it was on purpose then why did they fix it for the second and third nights of tapings?

John Gaburick actually took sole responsibility himself for the call to focus all of the lighting on the ring. His explanation was that it was a purposeful move designed to focus the viewers entirely on the ring action, and not the surroundings. He admitted that the look didn't work as well as they would have hoped on the live broadcast so they tweaked the lighting set-up the next night to try and find a better balance.

 

[ABMorales787]

It was an adjustment thing because they had to use the Manhattan Center equipment themselves and had malfunctions mid-taping on the first night.

 

[Dirk]

Nothing worse than seeing empty seats. I say, take one candle and hang it over the ring and two for PPV's.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

@JohnGaburick: Proud to announce that Jeff Hardy will be staying with @IMPACTWRESTLING.

Watch Impact tonight 9/8c on DA!

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Another crucial signing.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Gaburick just announced Kenny King and Manik have also re-signed.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

@JohnGaburick: Gail Kim is the cornerstone of the Knockouts division and proud she will continue to build her legacy with us. http://t.co/fnl1AAZIWG

...and now Gail Kim. Another critical signing for the Knockouts Division.

They're coming in waves, it seems.

 

[Papa Pillman]

Jeff Hardy and Gail Kim today?

Bravo Mr. "Big". Its inarguable that these are the types of talents that TNA absolutely cannot afford to lose.

Also love King and TJP getting re-upped, both are still young, but elite talents that could have easily made good livings returning to the indy circuit. Maybe now they'll be featured more consistently in the ring, instead of merely as background dressing in their stables.

 

[Joe's Gonna Kill You]

Also just added Andrews and Kong

 

[Dirk]

So, who do they still need to sign?

If Jon Gaburick keeps this up, I might just stop leaving superglue on his toilet-seat.

 

[FitFinlay4Life]

So, who do they still need to sign?

If Jon Gaburick keeps this up, I might just stop leaving superglue on his toilet-seat.

Why do you think it's taken so long to make the signings? Not easy to function (or to get people to take you seriously) when you've a bog seat stuck to your arse!

 

[Hard Hit Prince]

I though last night's show was good, in the middle really. The first hour was really easy to follow and see Kurt Angle tap out to Samoa Joe was something I was not expecting at all. Also, The Hardys and The Wolves had such a good match that nobody after could follow them. And so they didn't. Young/Roode was an okay match, but I am not down with the booking. The Aries/Low Ki rematch was very rushed and the trade title after 1 week isn't my thing and I hated it. The Lashley face turn was alright.

 

[Starkist]

Yeah, I agree about the Roode, Ey match. It didn't make sense that Roode lost so easily to Ey. I did like that the piledriver remains a true finisher that people don't kick out of.

 

[Hard Hit Prince]

I like Manik

http://ask.fm/MegaTJP/answer/123077009913

 

[Starkist]

Nope, none of what Manik speaks of is true. Well, according to people who don't know nothing about TNA besides bashing it. Morons.

Good for Manik, he's a very talented wrestler who has potential to succeeded even further in TNA.

 

[klunderbunker]

For someone like TJ Perkins, TNA was an upgrade. For someone like Punk or Edge, it would be a major step down. Those are two very different cases to look at.

 

[ABMorales787]

For someone like TJ Perkins, TNA was an upgrade. For someone like Punk or Edge, it would be a major step down. Those are two very different cases to look at.

Pretty much. Though it does say more about the midcard guys. They're not going down the gutter for sticking around.

 

[The Dragon Saga]

I think it should be pointed out that TJ Perkins was never really a top guy outside TNA or even a big regular on the indies either. He made very sporadic appearances for PWG, ROH signed him and used him as a jobber, he wrestled in Japan but got nowhere over there and I couldn't even tell you what his "home" indie promotion was if you asked me. A very good high flier, but someone I've also heard had a lot of attitude problems. In fact Kevin Steen has said quite bluntly that he doesn't like him because of his attitude.

 

[Thriller Ant]

I think it should be pointed out that TJ Perkins was never really a top guy outside TNA or even a big regular on the indies either. He made very sporadic appearances for PWG, ROH signed him and used him as a jobber, he wrestled in Japan but got nowhere over there and I couldn't even tell you what his "home" indie promotion was if you asked me. A very good high flier, but someone I've also heard had a lot of attitude problems. In fact Kevin Steen has said quite bluntly that he doesn't like him because of his attitude.

For what it's worth, he was such a douche on Twitter I had to stop following him. He's constantly post about how awful indy wrestling is, even though indy style is all he can do.

 

[The Dragon Saga]

For what it's worth, he was such a douche on Twitter I had to stop following him. He's constantly post about how awful indy wrestling is, even though indy style is all he can do.

I can't remember the exact story but in a Kevin Steen Show, I think the one with Davey Richards, Steen says that he and TJ had a match in ROH and when they went to call out the match, TJ tried to "big man" Steen and layout the match for him like he was a veteran or something. This is when Steen is the top guy in the company. And just to show how much Steen doesn't like him, he said TJ's attitude was one of the few things he and Cornette agreed on. I say this but again the guy is a good high flier, if he resents indie wrestling than that's weird considering when you think of that stereotypical "indie vanilla midget", TJ's not far off being one.

 

[ABMorales787]

He's got a clear hard on for Mahabali Shera though.

 

[Papa Pillman]

The sad thing about this whole Shera/Koya thing is that I'm really afraid that they're gonna try to push him at least to a point where he's gonna get a regular shot at ringtime to try and get over, while TJ and Sanada are nothing more than background players who NEVER get to wrestle a match. If Koya hasn't improved tenfold from his work in Ring Ka King, then its gonna be really hard to stomach watching him work. I mean green and talentless doesn't even begin describe how much of a useless waste of space and liability that the guy was during that project.

I don't get how they can feature guys on national television like Koya or Chris Melendez, who's ring work no more qualifies to warrant them a spot in TNA than the average teenage kid working matches in his backyard down the street from you, as some kind of publicity stunt, while letting highly talented in-ring workers like TJ, Sanada, Extreme Tiger, or Kenny King for example, sit on the sidelines as window dressing for weeks at a time with no more than maybe one quick appearance or two, and that's usually to do a job to further feature a less talented worker(see King having to lower himself to trying to garner cheap heat and work first day of wrestling school caliber matches trying to get Chris Melendez's weak act over).

 

[Papa Pillman]

For someone like TJ Perkins, TNA was an upgrade. For someone like Punk or Edge, it would be a major step down. Those are two very different cases to look at.

The problem is all of this "career killer" talk is just pointless buzzword shit for a guy like Meltzer to throw around to try and degrade TNA, because for some reason he has a clear agenda against them.

There's lots of evidence of cases like TJ where being a part of TNA has upgraded their career, but no cases of TNA being a career killer.

Former big time WWE stars who have taken jobs working for TNA have had no problem getting cushy gigs back with WWE after they left TNA; look at Hogan, Foley, Booker, Nash, RVD, etc.

Former upper echelon TNA homegrown guys and/or high level indy talents who joined and later left TNA have had no problems re-entering the indie/International scene and doing well for themselves; look at Styles, Daniels, Kaz, The Bucks, Jay Lethal, Joey Ryan, Alex Shelley, etc.

The only guys who have really completely failed to do anything notable after having been pushed out the door by Impact, and appear to now have "dead" careers, are the guys who offer no value to anyone because they just aren't good and they never were any good whether they were with WWE or TNA, TNA is not responsible for the post-National wrestling scene failures of hacks like Morgan or The Pope. Hell, even plenty of former guys that the WWE gave up on and who had joined and had lackluster runs in TNA have still managed to continue on successfully after leaving both companies; look at Gallows or Chavo for example.

So, outside of Meltzer's head, where does this "Career Killer" narrative have any basis in reality?

 

[Rayne]

So, outside of Meltzer's head, where does this "Career Killer" narrative have any basis in reality?

Because if you go to work for TNA, and you don't have a solid body of previous work in the WWE, the WWE won't hire you. And the WWE is The Show in professional wrestling. People are welcome to argue that point and be wrong, but if you want to be famous and make money, that's where you do it in professional wrestling.

Now while I'm sure that's not an absolute, and I'm sure there's no blanket personnel order refusing all TNA veterans who drive up to Stamford, I'm hard pressed to think of a TNA performer who put in a longer WWE run than Braden Walker. This isn't necessarily because the WWE "just doesn't want TNA guys"- for instance, TNA has a lot of guys that the WWE has already said no to. (The WWE saying they aren't interested in a performer doesn't mean that they aren't a good performer- professional wrestling is talent-rich and promotion-poor these days. Look at EC3.)

It ultimately comes down to the personal notion of what 'career' means. For a great deal of the professional wrestling world, 'career success' means longevity in the WWE. Historically speaking, a run in TNA seems to prevent that. It's not necessarily an accurate definition of a professional wrestling career, but it's where Meltzer is coming from on this one.

 

[The Dragon Saga]

The problem is all of this "career killer" talk is just pointless buzzword shit for a guy like Meltzer to throw around to try and degrade TNA, because for some reason he has a clear agenda against them.
So, outside of Meltzer's head, where does this "Career Killer" narrative have any basis in reality?

Hes never said they're a "career killer", hes actually defended them a lot since the Destination America show while Bryan Alvarez has talked about how it's the, "same old shit, different channel". Dave's job is to tell people what he is told by others or what info he can source from people directly and the fact is that whenever hes said things have been happening in TNA, like guys getting paid late, issues with contracts, etc, hes been right and guys who then leave TNA confirm everything he originally said.

Unless you have an Observer subscription and listen to read the stuff he says, don't comment. Whatever he has to say is a hell of a lot more valuable than you talking about "buzzwords" or trying to live in a world where criticism with explanations and rational doesn't apply, simply so TNA or any other promotion for that fact can be seen in a light you want them to.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Anyone listen to Lisa Marie Varon (Victoria/Tara) interview on JR's podcast? Man, she tore into Dixie Carter big time.