lol. TNA show in CT got cancelled 45 minz before it started

[Mad Metal]

Breaking: TNA CT. Show Cancelled, Fans Upset, Police Arrive
Report by TNA Wrestling News Staff on 11/11/2006 at 05:30 PM

Tonight's TNA show in Connecticut has been cancelled after building inspectors showed up and refused to allow the show to take place. Several police cars were also dispatched to the show. Fans outside the building are chanting "F*** Vince McMahon".

TNA is filming fan reaction outside the building.

This follows the move yesterday from the original building after a similar problem with building inspectors.

It's not clear who made the phone calls to building inspectors, but one of the police officers told one of the TNA officials on site, "You know you have a competitor up here who isn't making your life easy".

Tonight's show was scheduled to be the first show run by TNA in Connecticut.

WWE is based in Stamford CT.


Credit: TNAwrestlingnews.com

 

[daveamania]

that sucks for the folks up in CT. It wouldn't suprise me at all if Vince or some small, local promotion called it in.

 

[Mad Metal]

that sucks for the folks up in CT. It wouldn't suprise me at all if Vince or some small, local promotion called it in.

If the fans were actually chanting "Fuck Vince McMahon", all of them couldn've gotten arressted. Why? It was outside where anybody could walk around with kids or people driving..... so could've been shut down due to disorderly conduct. If so, the fans screwed the show lol.

 

[Kasey]

This all stems from the whole Worcester incident at a WCW PPV years back. Bischoff made McMahon look like a deluxe horse's ass when he called him out, ON PPV no less. I still remember the shots of Doug Dillinger waiting at the Centrum entrance doors with a sheet having pictures of the DX members. I seriously doubt Vince wants anyone else fooling around and stealing hometown fans in his own backyard and I wouldn't put a little bit of telephone espionage past the ruthless bastard. This really is getting interesting. You can't script angles like this. Maybe Russo can, though?

 

[Dj Martyn]

I was thinking that is could pottentially be a great 'work' into a storyline, and who better to shape it into than arr man Vince (either russo or mcmahon) will probably capitalise on this.

 

[attila]

TNA will definately capitalise on it. But to suggest that TNA did this on purpose is stupid. No promotion would dare piss off fans the way that this did. You don't cancel a show at the last second, after evryone has rolled up, after everyone has paid money and is pissed that their money may be lost, all for the purpose of an angle. TNA, especially as a growing company in a new town for the first time, would never dare cancel a show for an angle.

 

[mr. krinkle]

is this even legit? how often does TNA do house shows? is there a chance that this is a lie and a fabricated news story to be used as a publicity stunt to further the notion that TNA is a legit competitor to the WWE

 

[Aeksis8745]

Trust me this is legit, there is no way in hell that TNA would schedule a house show then have the police come at the last second to stop anyone from coming in. I mean not only did they lose exposure to the Northeast but they lost alot of money.

 

[Mad Metal]

World Wrestling Entertainment's Vice President of Corporate Communications Gary Davis, issued an email statement to Bob Ryder of 1wrestling.com last night regarding the cancellation of last night's TNA show in Connecticut.

Davis wrote, "Please make clear to your readers that there is no truth to the assertion that WWE had anything to do with the cancellation of the TNA event in Bloomfield. I don't know why the event was cancelled, but, whatever the reason, it had nothing to do with us."

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There's the answear! Plus, the WWE HQ is in Stamford, not in the town that the house show was to take place. Some pissed off WWE fan could've called the police and report a disorderly conduct on the TNA fans. I mean.... when somebody in the Stamford Titan Towers calls the police, you think the Stamford police would do something about some poor excuse of the event happening in a different town with police having no association with the WWE's hometown? Damn internet was almost happy to have a real technical excuse to hate on the WWE, but I guess they don't now & the antagonizing will continue.

 

[Kasey]

There's the answear! Plus, the WWE HQ is in Stamford, not in the town that the house show was to take place. Some pissed off WWE fan could've called the police and report a disorderly conduct on the TNA fans. I mean.... when somebody in the Stamford Titan Towers calls the police, you think the Stamford police would do something about some poor excuse of the event happening in a different town with police having no association with the WWE's hometown? Damn internet was almost happy to have a real technical excuse to hate on the WWE, but I guess they don't now & the antagonizing will continue.

Don't buy everything that's sold to you. The fact that a WWE rep was hot on the wire to dispel rumors is pretty fishy to me. Usually, WWE has a modus operandi of ignoring what TNA does. However, I still remember the incident at Universal when TNA wrestlers came bearing gifts and food for the neighboring WWE workers, and were promptly booted from the area by orders of WWE officials. It's not that hard to call up some other county mounty and have them go to the arena. And who says the call came from Titan Towers? Cell phones are also used by people these days. I'm not saying that the call did take place, but I damn sure wouldn't be surprised if it did. Vince killed many territories, what's to say he wouldn't protect his own? Especially if all it took was a phone call.

 

[INFERNO]

I must say I feel sorry for the fans, many of who would have spent a long time travelling to the show only for it to be cancelled upon their arrival

 

[Kasey]

Damn straight. I can definitely see why some would be pissed off enough to riot because if I had to drive as far as I usually do for a wrestling show and it was cancelled, I'd probably blow a gasket (and that's putting it mildly). Especially if I'd heard any rumblings about WWE behind it. I can't imagine what the mood was like. Wrestling fans get nuts anyway. Make the heat completely legit and we're a wild bunch, to say the least.

 

[cmiller9291]

i personally don't think wwe was behind it. vince has said that his motto in buisness is to help yourself not hurt others. he said he despised bischoff for doing the opposite, so i highly doubt wwe did it. i dont think theres a big conspiracy by vince to get worked up about.

 

[Mad Metal]

Don't buy everything that's sold to you. The fact that a WWE rep was hot on the wire to dispel rumors is pretty fishy to me. Usually, WWE has a modus operandi of ignoring what TNA does. However, I still remember the incident at Universal when TNA wrestlers came bearing gifts and food for the neighboring WWE workers, and were promptly booted from the area by orders of WWE officials. It's not that hard to call up some other county mounty and have them go to the arena. And who says the call came from Titan Towers? Cell phones are also used by people these days. I'm not saying that the call did take place, but I damn sure wouldn't be surprised if it did. Vince killed many territories, what's to say he wouldn't protect his own? Especially if all it took was a phone call.

Well, beleive what you want to beleive. The only way you would be correct on this story of the WWE denying their involvement is if 1wrestling made a false report on being contacted by the WWE. It's very obvious who you're marking for here. If they said they didn't do it, then they did not do anything until you can prove they did anything. You said WWE usually ignores what TNA does.... does it sound like them to call on them to get booted out because they wanted TNA out of a city that was in their state? Of course WWE booted the TNA wrestlers when they walked backstage of the WWE's filming of the Royal Rumble commercial. They were able to. Why? Those guys had no reasoning to be there. It simply was tresspassing, despite if they work in a different building that their business pays rent for. Obviously WWE rented a different area to film a commercial. I mean be for real.... you think anybody could walk backstage during a WWE production? I think not. Don't you know anything about tresspassing? No invitation was made. So if you told me not to buy everything that's sold to me, I guess I should beleive the report on the CT show being canceled was probably fake, right? So it might not be true that the show was ever canceled, correct?

 

[wrestling247]

There was a report that the show had been moved from one building to another due to huge ticket sales. i think that maby some inspectors told tna that the setup was out of code and that they needed a biger building, so tna moved the event. when the inspectors showed up to inspect it pre bell it was still out of code so they shut it down. The cops were there to protect the inspectors so if the fans decided to turn the inspection into a hardcore match the situation could be in hand.

 

[Mad Metal]

Damn straight. I can definitely see why some would be pissed off enough to riot because if I had to drive as far as I usually do for a wrestling show and it was cancelled, I'd probably blow a gasket (and that's putting it mildly). Especially if I'd heard any rumblings about WWE behind it. I can't imagine what the mood was like. Wrestling fans get nuts anyway. Make the heat completely legit and we're a wild bunch, to say the least.

Was there a reason you just had to mention the WWE in there? Yet... you're speaking as if the WWE had something to do with it. According to what's said and told, the WWE had NOTHING to do with it. Until something is proven or mentioned otherwise by higher people that works with this or were involved, that's the only truth that's out right now.... unless you just liked to randomly pick on the WWE for a random reason or just simply marking out against it for some unknown reason you need to explain yourself for....

 

[Kasey]

Of course WWE booted the TNA wrestlers when they walked backstage of the WWE's filming of the Royal Rumble commercial. They were able to. Why? Those guys had no reasoning to be there. It simply was tresspassing, despite if they work in a different building that their business pays rent for. Obviously WWE rented a different area to film a commercial. I mean be for real.... you think anybody could walk backstage during a WWE production? I think not. Don't you know anything about tresspassing? No invitation was made. So if you told me not to buy everything that's sold to me, I guess I should beleive the report on the CT show being canceled was probably fake, right? So it might not be true that the show was ever canceled, correct?

So it's good hospitality to boot out guys who come back stage bearing food and flowers? Regardless of who works in what end of the damn Universal lot, that's bad taste. Some of the guys were there to chill out with their former friends and whatnot, but alas they were 86'ed from the joint because of who they were (more specifically who they worked for)...not why they were there. Don't I know anything about trespassing? A lot of people get backstage for WWE events, typically other wrestlers. This was a commercial shoot, not Wrestlemania. The report could be fake. Notice in one of my earlier posts I exclaimed that Russo could behind the whole thing? He loves worked shoot angles and this would be no exception. In this business, you never know.

 

[Kasey]

Was there a reason you just had to mention the WWE in there? Yet... you're speaking as if the WWE had something to do with it. According to what's said and told, the WWE had NOTHING to do with it. Until something is proven or mentioned otherwise by higher people that works with this or were involved, that's the only truth that's out right now.... unless you just liked to randomly pick on the WWE for a random reason or just simply marking out against it for some unknown reason you need to explain yourself for....

From the most logical angle, WWE is notorious for this kind of thing. Hell, this is a walk in the park compared to what Vince did to numerous territories in the eighties. Hey, I didn't automatically condemn them and pronounce them completely guilty. You could be right and it could just be a big misunderstanding, but from my end, where's there's smoke, there's bullshit. In this case, the turd would have a WWE stamp on the front of it. I stated that IF it were apparent WWE had something to do with it, I'd be beyond upset, which is from my point of view, the honest truth, because I'd be pissed off beyond belief. I also stated that Russo could behind the whole thing as well, which is a distinct possibillity considering he loves angles that mess with internet jockeys. If I'm marking out against the WWE as you would consider it, it's because for all intents and purposes I understand the nature of how the company was built after McMahon Sr. passed away. I also understood what kept it going...namely steroids, talent theft, and mass marketing to name a few things. I'll give WWE credit where it's due, but when it comes to ethics, especially where business practices are concerned, I'll never stand up in defense of Vince McMahon.

 

[Kasey]

Well, beleive what you want to beleive. The only way you would be correct on this story of the WWE denying their involvement is if 1wrestling made a false report on being contacted by the WWE.

I wouldn't put anything past them as a WWE employee was in bed with 'em.

It's very obvious who you're marking for here.

And the initial thread title says leagues about who you're marking for. It also screams of you coming in here just to stir up shit. LOL. That surely reeks of a non-neutral, smart-assed remark considering the nature of your thread contents. I'll tell you who I mark out for, and it sure as hell isn't a company based out of Stamford, Connecticut. I'm beyond proud to say which company I like. You came in here and posted it because you thought it was funny.

If they said they didn't do it, then they did not do anything until you can prove they did anything. You said WWE usually ignores what TNA does.... does it sound like them to call on them to get booted out because they wanted TNA out of a city that was in their state?

Maybe so. But when it comes down to whose word to take in a case of TNA vs. WWE, who do you think the logical individual would choose? A fresh company without the history of running competitors out of business, pillaging territories and other companies for talent, and juicing it's wrestlers to the gills...or...the other company which has been known to do so in the past. Past precedent sets a lot when it comes to the character of an individual or a company.

 

[cmiller9291]

i have a question for kasey not to prove him wrong, but just a question cause i dont know the answer. did tna themselves say that wwe had something to do with the show being cancelled.

 

[wrestling247]

no but they hinted to it in their press releases.

 

[Mad Metal]

I wouldn't put anything past them as a WWE employee was in bed with 'em.

And the initial thread title says leagues about who you're marking for. It also screams of you coming in here just to stir up shit. LOL. That surely reeks of a non-neutral, smart-assed remark considering the nature of your thread contents. I'll tell you who I mark out for, and it sure as hell isn't a company based out of Stamford, Connecticut. I'm beyond proud to say which company I like. You came in here and posted it because you thought it was funny.

Maybe so. But when it comes down to whose word to take in a case of TNA vs. WWE, who do you think the logical individual would choose? A fresh company without the history of running competitors out of business, pillaging territories and other companies for talent, and juicing it's wrestlers to the gills...or...the other company which has been known to do so in the past. Past precedent sets a lot when it comes to the character of an individual or a company.

lol your triple thread posts.... you sure take off much time just to type as if you're typing an article for the Chicago Sun and yet, nothing makes much scense to me. So you're blaming the WWE for WCW's failure as well as the old ECW? Oppertunity was open, and they had the money so the question is... why not? Why not purchase the rights of WCW & ECW if they had the money? Yes they bought many other indy promotions, but never killed them. You were speaking as if team TNA was trying to be nice to the WWE people by offering balloons. Obviously, unless you're under 5 years old or something else, you know they were antagonizing the WWE. What was the point in bringing the camera with them? What was the point in airing the video? What was the point of airing a promo with a man wearing a Vince McMahon mask mocking him on iMPACT? In the same video, what was the point in Shane Douglas talking down on the WWE before tresspassing backstage of an area the WWE rented? Sure many wrestlers are backstage at WWE events, but they were invited in. You hear how many people tries to walk backstage of WWE shows & are often rejected. What rights did they have to barge in without permission? None. Just because a company is fresh doesn't mean they're saints. I mean if they're so great and respectable in the wrestling world, why do they have their writters continuously use their past WWE wrestlers reffer to the WWE in nasty ways? I mean.... why does the TNA writters care? You think that's the proper way of drawing ratings? It's not. It's just disrespectful. I mean they just randomly show up hating on the WWE with never a good reason other than the little kid want to feal like a big guy by playing with the big kids. WCW didn't do that. The NWA was famous for decades. They were on television for awhile. They had their PPV's and their World Championship Wrestling show. Turner purchased NWA's PPV's, shows & stars. They were using the title that looks like the current SmackDown! title, but was traced from the early 1900's then labeled as the WCW/NWA title. What happened? The NWA parted ways with WCW and decided to no longer label the title WCW used on TV as the NWA title, but the physical belt and legacy lived in the WCW title, but the NWA made a replica of their older version of the title. While Vince McMahon was purchasing territories throughout the US and expanded the WWE greatly, obviously Turner didn't like that Vince did not want to work with Turner and rejected his offer. So there's a history that leaded to a WWE vs WCW. According to what I know, Turner thought his big bucks always talk. Sure, dumb reason to battle WWE, but the WWE ignored WCW until they expanded larger than WWE. They didn't care about WCW at all. While history ended, some mini promotion just randomly pops in trying to pull somewhat of the same games but never gave a reason why when the WWE never did a single thing to them. If the WWE or a fan was behind this CT cancel, don't you think people's smartass words would receive them back down their throats? Another thing, don't speak as if the WWE stole other promotions, they only purchased them. Get your words straight son. Seeing you love to read and write, well here's your game kid.

 

[Kasey]

lol your triple thread posts.... you sure take off much time just to type as if you're typing an article for the Chicago Sun and yet, nothing makes much scense to me.

I wouldn't expect logic to make sense to you, but I try anyway.

So you're blaming the WWE for WCW's failure as well as the old ECW?

I'm not talking about the other two. How much you assume, how little you know. I'm talking about the territories and promotions Vince raided talent from in the 1980's to build his empire. I never considered ECW or WCW a territory because they were both national companies by the time of their demise. I was making reference to McMahon's initial proceedings, not the shit that happened within the last five years. If you don't like that I can type as fast as I can talk, then give up.

TNA was trying to be nice to the WWE people by offering balloons. Obviously, unless you're under 5 years old or something else, you know they were antagonizing the WWE. What was the point in bringing the camera with them? What was the point in airing the video?

Yes, and there were numerous wrestlers there who had friends that were at the taping, so I'm sure it was some sort of industrial espionage by them to really topple the McMahon empire. They brought cookies and party favors, not a bomb or some shit like that.

What was the point of airing a promo with a man wearing a Vince McMahon mask mocking him on iMPACT? In the same video, what was the point in Shane Douglas talking down on the WWE before tresspassing backstage of an area the WWE rented?

All of the stuff is pre-taped, as I'm sure you're aware. All of the footage of the WWE staff was blurred and no names specifically were mentioned, but it was edited afterward. Why would you expect a company to take a positive spin from those happenings when they extended the olive branch and were shit on by someone? No matter what happens, Douglas hates WWE and always will. He refers to it as "cartoon-land." He just also happened to be one of TNA's backstage announcers at the time, and he's not the kind of guy to pull punches when it comes to his dislike of the company. I could also ask you to put two and two together regarding the recent cancellation of the TNA show, but then again, neither of us can really prove anything, eh?

Sure many wrestlers are backstage at WWE events, but they were invited in. You hear how many people tries to walk backstage of WWE shows & are often rejected. What rights did they have to barge in without permission? None. Just because a company is fresh doesn't mean they're saints. I mean if they're so great and respectable in the wrestling world, why do they have their writters continuously use their past WWE wrestlers reffer to the WWE in nasty ways? I mean.... why does the TNA writters care? You think that's the proper way of drawing ratings? It's not. It's just disrespectful. I mean they just randomly show up hating on the WWE with never a good reason other than the little kid want to feal like a big guy by playing with the big kids. WCW didn't do that.

BULLSHIT. If they had these kinds of intentions initially (rather than just playing off of the situation and getting nasty in return), McMahon and WCW were doing dirty stuff to each other back in 1995. Bischoff aired pre-taped results to Raw on the live Nitro telecasts. McMahon aired Huckster and Nacho Man segments poking fun at two of WCW's top guys (who worked for him before, no less). McMahon and DX invaded the parking lot of a Nitro taping in Virginia. Bischoff challenged McMahon to a fight in Worcester at a PPV and they talked smack about each other for years in numerous ways. Is it the proper way of generating ratings? Where have you been? Ever hear of the Monday Night Wars? Wrestling's most illustrious period since the mid-1980's. They let the talent do a lot of shooting on the mic, and I'm sorry to say but Vince has seen a boatload of pissed-off talent jump ship, and it's no different than when he let guys like Sean Waltman get on the mic and shoot directly at Bischoff himself.

The NWA was famous for decades. They were on television for awhile. They had their PPV's and their World Championship Wrestling show. Turner purchased NWA's PPV's, shows & stars...

I know. You don't have to instruct me on the history of it all. The nuts and bolts of it came down to a phone call right after Turner purchased the NWA. He was interested in doing a cross-promotional effort with the WWF and starting a relationship with McMahon. He called him at his home and in his Southern drawl explained that he was in the "wrasslin'" business, as many from the South call it. McMahon, being the nice guy that he is, told Ted that he was in the "sports-entertainment" business, and promptly hung up the phone on him. A prime example of someone else extending their hand to shake Vince's...and him spitting in theirs.

If the WWE or a fan was behind this CT cancel, don't you think people's smartass words would receive them back down their throats? Another thing, don't speak as if the WWE stole other promotions, they only purchased them. Get your words straight son. Seeing you love to read and write, well here's your game kid.

Yet again, you assume what I was speaking of and yet again crashed and burned. No. Here is my game.

 

[lapel8533]

This is so insane. Vince is a dangerous man, remember what happened to eddie,crash,bulldog,big boss man, mr. perfect etc. Hey you never know. I'd be careful if I were tna, and i would stop bashing the wwe becuase a broken exit sign might be the least of there worries if you
know what I mean.

 

[Moon Knight]

This is so insane. Vince is a dangerous man, remember what happened to eddie,crash,bulldog,big boss man, mr. perfect etc. Hey you never know. I'd be careful if I were tna, and i would stop bashing the wwe becuase a broken exit sign might be the least of there worries if you
know what I mean.

Wait a second. Are you in some way accusing McMahon of killing them? If so that is way over the line, Vince may do a lot of things, but killing a humanbeing is not one of them. If you mean something else I am not aware of, please say what you mean.


I mean, if Vince was behind this(WHich I am not 100% sure of), I am positive he wouldn't do anything that would bring harm to someone. Doing something that would destroy him and his company if caught. This could have been somebody else in WWE, maybe stephanie or Shane could tipped the police.