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Motor City Machine Guns: Is Another Push in Order? (And Other Shellbin Stuff)

Do the Guns deserve another push?

  • Yes.

  • No. And they should bring David Arquette back too.


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Uncle Sam

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I don't actually expect anyone to embarrass themselves by voting no, I just want to be able to point to this thread in future when someones bigging up the Shark Boy side of TNA as a big statement of "fuck you."

Quite obviously, another push is in order. Anybody who doesn't think so is probably Marty2Hotty. Not that he'd ever actually post in the TNA forum. The Guns are living proof that cruiserweights are popular, that there's still demand for tag team wrestling without goofy gimmicks. Their T-shirts are the best selling in TNA, and they're damn over with the crowd. Yes, Shark Boy over, they're that incredibly popular. They get jobbed out to everyone and their dog because they refuse to open themselves up to health risks by blading? That's a fucking joke. The next time I see these guys lose a match which they wouldn't have during their first push, so, yeah, the next time I see these guys lose a match, I'm going to change the channel and not come back for the rest of the broadcast.

Yeah, that's probably stupid, and I'll probably have some slycastic responses and have my hypocrisly pointed out, but I'm just so pissed off at this point. I'm pissed off that two people who have got over by sheer talent alone, two guys who are living proof that sheer athleticism still sells shirts and puts butts in seats, two people who I think make up the best tag team in TNA right now by a country mile, are being jobbed out because they dared to have integrity.

Do they deserve the tag titles? Well, I wouldn't dare to go as far to dream but, fuck yes they do. Team Pacman get the titles but Shelley and Sabin are left out in the cold? Mr. Bland and Captain WTF? get the titles (almost) and Shelley and Sabin are left out in the cold? I'm not that big on Tomko and Styles either.

Show your support, not your idiocy. Vote yes.

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Yeah, it's a public poll.
 
I dont quite know what the MCMG have done recently but my word they musta pissed some people of backstage, because they went from being hot to not. And thing is they have the talent and the crowd love them and they were only half way through thier push. Infact I wouldnt be surprised now if TNA dont split them up! Come on TNA get your act together, I cant belive they would rather put the tag belts on Eric Young and Kaz than LAX better still MCMG. I mean the tag match that would make money is LAX vs MCMG for the tag belts, face v face creates money so why doesnt TNA do it and start pushing MCMG and forgive them for whatever they have done and do us all a favour!
 
Yes, they deserve another push, these guys are two of the most entertianing guys to watch in TNA, and if they pushed guys like this instead of the stupid crappy cartoony gimmicks we see shoved into our faces on a weekly bases then i might, just might start paying attention to TNA again

I was glad to see that these guys are going to be having more matches in ROH though, just this past Friday they took on th eAOTF, and last night they had a rematch with the Briscoes, and anyone who has seen the first match between these two teams, knows just how good that match was, I'd say it's personally one of my top 3 favorite tag team matches of all time, so I'm glad there is at least one place these guys can go to show what they can do
 
i think the problem with the push was that they refused to blade as part of an angle and got heat backstage for it. personally i find it quite insulting when TNA would rather give their tag belts to 'superhero' or cartoon gimmicks. i know, they sell t-shirts, but the fact is that so do MCMGs, and they do it without being 'jobbers given a push', or a cheapening of christopher daniels.

they deserve a push for being the best, not because they refuse to blade on tv or sell t-shirts to 7 year old kids. if they don't deserve it for a while, at least give LAX a run with the belt that they've been hovering around for ages
 
I totally agree with what you are all saying here. I cant believe they would consider kaz and EY. Not that they actually won the titles, and I hope they never do. I just hate the super hero gimmick, it just pisses me off every week when I see it. MCMG need another push for sure.

The best thing TNA can do right now is a tag title tournament on impact starting this week leading up to sacrifice where the two finalists are MCMG and LAX, then have MCMG win. Now that would be shit hot my friends :)
 
They need to give them more backstage camara time and show their charisma more (Alex Shelly specially). I was thinking they could do backstage segments like Shelly used to do with Kevin Nash back in the Paparazzi Production days.

Those were very funny segments and would fit along really good with the MCMG.
 
Alex(the great 1), Tim123, would you mind providing the reasoning behind your votes for no? You're either big David Arquette fans or, well, I don't really know how to carry on without flaming.

Personally, I'm much bigger on Alex Shelley than Sabin, but my two favourite things about TNA are (or were, as is the case): the tag division and the X division. I'm not going out to talk about ratings or anything, I'm merely stating my opinion. There's what's good for business and what I think. Luckily, with the Guns, like with Kurt Angle and The Undertaker, these two things actually work together, which is a big part of why I'm completely pissed off. I mean, they were on the Destination X poster for God's sake!
 
I vote no but I have a distinct reason, I want them to break up. There is a whole storyline to this though. Have an Ultimate X match at sacrifice with the winner getting a X title match. Have Shelly win and go on to beat Petey in a month or so, then have Sabin start getting annoyed that he feels that Alex is too focused on his belt and is not concerned on getting the tag belts. Then have them in a number 1 contenders match or something of the sort and Sabin just flip on Alex. The X division needs a rivalry for the fans to get excited about and i don't think petey v. Lethal is gonna cut it. When two people have in ring chemistry as a team they go on to have great matches as opponents and Sabin as a cocky heel champion was fun to watch, so switch him back to a heel role and let Alex play a face for awhile. With all the types of X matches they have made throughout the year this rivalry could go for months. The X division was at its prime when there was a rivalry, whether it be LowKi v Styles v Lynn, or Styles v Daniels and then add in Joe to the rivalry, this should be the rivalry.
 
I voted yes because these two are very talented but I also believe they should be single wrestlers they proved they can work as a team but would be alot better if were single wrestlers especially Chris Sabin

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Ok here is what I don't get. The machine guns are fucking KILLER!

so is LAX,and even with their shit-house of a gimmick, the Rock n Rave Infection is fun to watch.
but all three of them are always secondary to a tag team of independents,(solo-stars who don't need to be in a tag team)
That pisses me off about TNA, but i don't know whats worse, having great tag-teams in low-card spots, or not having any tag teams at all, like a certain other wresting promotions **cough**WWE**cough**
with that said I want to see the TAG TITLES back in the hands of TAG TEAMS but I don't care if its MMC or LAX, or R&RI
my ideal race for the titles: LAX as defending champs, against MMC with LAX turning heel
 
I agree with the two being good singles wrestlers, and even having a feud after breaking up. However, I disagree with it being so soon. All the great tag break ups, which have actually produced some big stars down the line, have been after that particular team has experienced massive success. So, I believe the Guns should be given the tag titles, have four or five shortish feuds, which they come out of victorious at the end of the day and then have the split. The Guns haven't done enough as a team, nor nearly as much as we know they are capable of, for a break up to be warranted yet. In a year or so, when they've experienced some real success? Sure.
 
no question a definate yes

they have

workrate
chrasmia
youth
chemistry as a team in the ring and out

and they are really liked by the fans unlike shark boy and eric young who will both fall to the eugene syndrome of getting a backlash soon because comedy chracters only have a very limited shelf life so for long term plans pushing comedy is just silly in my opinion
 
If TNA want to be different and try and bring more people back into wrestling, build a strong tag team division. With teams like LAX, MSMG and Rock and Rave, im sure they could build a loyal auidence that will buy more pay per views.

The WWE seems to have forgotton about its tag division, likewise with the cuirserweights. Build on those two factors and you will get a bigger audience.

Back on topic, I agree with a MSMG push. They have talent, charisma and are clearly over with the fans(Hardy Boys Mark 2 anyone?)
 
Jim, I hate to break this to you but you voted no. I take it that was a mistake.

The youth thing can go either way though. Either they'll be viewed well because of it, after developing such skills at a young age or...people will gladly wait a while for them to "mature" thinking there's no hurry. Is there a hurry? I don't really think so. Should they get the push regardless? Definitely, TNA's tag division while actually pretty good in comparison to 90% of others throughout history is little in comparison to the one that housed classics between LAX and Styles/Daniels, America's Most Wanted and Triple X.

The Guns are wanted ASAP, before they go from hot to lukewarm. Honestly though, I don't think they'll cool down too much. A good thing considering the wait they might be in for a wait. I still stand by my "channel changing" threat though.
 
I honestly don't see how TNA can't push them. They are one of the few legitimate teams left in the company, they are phenomenal talent, and they are super over with the crowd. The once deep tag team division in TNA is pale in comparison to what it was just 2 years ago. It needs a revival and giving the Guns a well deserved push is a step in the right direction.
 
god me bad thanks for bringing that to my attention uncle sam

they had a chance with triple x again last year when got back togeather 8 months on we have elix of tv senshi gone and daniels who has been probably the most messed around by russo and mantel appearing every two weeks as the curry man

imigine if we had a mcmg versus triple x series last year after there feud with 3d that would have been sweet
 
Well I'm not a major Arquette fan; and I love the Guns; so my vote should be easy to guess.

WRONG!

The guns are getting plenty of TV time at the moment; I get to see more than enough in ring action, and I don't see how changing the final 3 seconds of every MCMG match is going to change that. The Guns going over Rock&Rave is going to be just as good a match as it's bizaroworld counterpart... in short the important thing is that the Guns are put in matches, not that they win them.

Infact, putting the tag titles on Saben and Shelly would be a positively bad move; the tag champs generally get less ring time (especially against other qualified teams) that challengers, and are pushed closer to the roll of out of ring character outside of PPVs. That being the case, I'd actually rather see the belts on someone with better charisma (such as Tomko and AJ... except not Tomko and AJ) who can entertain me more when there outside the ring and generate more interesting title feuds (My optimum choice for the role would be 3D, since we now have a face world champion).

Other reasons not to push the Guns; for a start, they don't need pushing. There already over with damn near every smark in the world, and smarks aren’t going to stop watching them or buying T-shirts because they loose a handful of matches. Additionally, unless they get jobbed out Tommy Dreamer style, the MCMG are always going to be treated as legitimate contenders by the crowd, so a loss does more to help build the ranks of the company than a win.

More so, TNAs notoriously smarky crowd, as I mentioned on the Booby Rude thread, are very hard to word from the heel perspective, and jobbing the guns out to guys like Rock&Rave (who we all seem to hate for no good reason) or Rain&ReliK (look at me not making the joke everyone else does when they type his name), generates instant heat for the bad guys.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, right now it will get in the way. LAX, Steiner and Son and Kaz and Super Eric all seem to be getting pushed right now. Generally TNA doesn't afford too much mic time to its tag division, and uses the old trick of simply pushing people, then jobbing them, then pushing them again, in an attractive wave pattern, which works quite well for them. A guns push is inevitable, and will probably come as soon as the LAX push ends, so I don't think there's any need to go manning the barricades for now.

I'm perhaps being overly pedantic in the sake of generating controversy/attention, but I couldn't pass up such a golden opportunity to openly disagree with everybody. Basically to summarize what I think...

Should the guns be pushed?
Yes.

Is it necessary for the guns to be pushed now?
Not at all.

EDIT: Come to think of it, if TNA are going to do a celeberaty apperance, they would have to work hard to find a batter choise than Arquette; just think how much heat he would get from the crowd.
 
The guns are getting plenty of TV time at the moment; I get to see more than enough in ring action, and I don't see how changing the final 3 seconds of every MCMG match is going to change that. The Guns going over Rock&Rave is going to be just as good a match as it's bizaroworld counterpart... in short the important thing is that the Guns are put in matches, not that they win them.

So it's fine that they're just jobbers and that as long as they lose every match, which they are doing, they won't get higher on the card, get belts, better opportunities in the future and have longer matches as well as adding to their resume? Okey dokey. Besides, if the last three seconds don't matter to you, why do you want them to lose?

Infact, putting the tag titles on Saben and Shelly would be a positively bad move; the tag champs generally get less ring time (especially against other qualified teams) that challengers, and are pushed closer to the roll of out of ring character outside of PPVs. That being the case, I'd actually rather see the belts on someone with better charisma (such as Tomko and AJ... except not Tomko and AJ) who can entertain me more when there outside the ring and generate more interesting title feuds (My optimum choice for the role would be 3D, since we now have a face world champion).

Sabin needs work, but Shelley is so underrated when it comes to the mic. The wrestling fans of the "internet generation" as I call them also seem to relate to him. I know I do. The guy's hilarious and his promos flow so much better than most other guys out there. Heck, to both of them, really. Besides, everyone in TNA performs on and off, and champions are often seen wrestling regularly. The Guns get those belts around their waists, their value instantly increases. And significantly too. And what are you talking about they can't generate interesting title feuds? Of course they can, they've just never been given the chance. Those belts are a legitimate chance, and they'll capitalize on it.

Other reasons not to push the Guns; for a start, they don't need pushing. There already over with damn near every smark in the world, and smarks aren’t going to stop watching them or buying T-shirts because they loose a handful of matches. Additionally, unless they get jobbed out Tommy Dreamer style, the MCMG are always going to be treated as legitimate contenders by the crowd, so a loss does more to help build the ranks of the company than a win.

You seem to have not noticed they've been losing to everyone and their dog for the past few months, with no sign of a change on the horizon. Is that Tommy Dreamer enough for you? Because people are over with smarks, they don't need pushing? What the fuck then, put Kurt Angle and The Undertaker at the bottom of the card and let everyone go over them. it's good business, right? Fuck it, why they gave Joe the title is beyond me. Why do they even have a women's division, most the girls in there are over with the smark crowd.

More so, TNAs notoriously smarky crowd, as I mentioned on the Booby Rude thread, are very hard to word from the heel perspective, and jobbing the guns out to guys like Rock&Rave (who we all seem to hate for no good reason)

We hate them because they're shit heels, pretty much just a Christy Hemme vehicle.

or Rain&ReliK (look at me not making the joke everyone else does when they type his name),

Good for you? You misspelled both names anyway.

generates instant heat for the bad guys.

No, it generates genuine dislike and desire to not actually watch the show any more. Heels are meant to use proper heel tactics to win, especially over immensely popular faces. There's a reason Randy Orton doesn't fuck up John Cena every time they meet.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, right now it will get in the way. LAX, Steiner and Son and Kaz and Super Eric all seem to be getting pushed right now.

Yeah, they're the ones who are taking the Guns' push. Before their push went to nothing due to a refusal to blade, I firmly believe the Guns were on the path to the tag titles.

Generally TNA doesn't afford too much mic time to its tag division, and uses the old trick of simply pushing people, then jobbing them, then pushing them again, in an attractive wave pattern, which works quite well for them.

When have LAX, Team 3D, AMW, Styles/Daniels or anyone like them jobbed? Never, that's when, especially not continuously for months.

A guns push is inevitable, and will probably come as soon as the LAX push ends, so I don't think there's any need to go manning the barricades for now.

It's not. They got pushed, they showed integrity, they got de-pushed. They might get a mini-push again. Like, out of complete and utter jobber status, a proper push is far from a certain thing.

I'm perhaps being overly pedantic in the sake of generating controversy/attention, but I couldn't pass up such a golden opportunity to openly disagree with everybody. Basically to summarize what I think...

Whatever, Slyfox.

Should the guns be pushed?
Yes.

Those past few paragraphs seem to contradict that.

Is it necessary for the guns to be pushed now?
Not at all.

Nor is it necessary for many people to be pushed now. The Guns would be tag champions now if it weren't for refusing to blade. Their spots been taken and handed to LAX, by the looks of things.

EDIT: Come to think of it, if TNA are going to do a celeberaty apperance, they would have to work hard to find a batter choise than Arquette; just think how much heat he would get from the crowd.

Yeah, Rock 'N' Rave "what the fuck is this?" heat.
 
i can imigine if they dropped the guitar hero gimmick and gave rock and rave some mic time they could grow as a team and get over as heels properly not with indifferent heat but real heat there is a difference for example

khali/big daddy v/henry get booed because they are crap

orton/edge/mvp get booed by being good heels

the latter draws money and crowds the former does not

i think tna need to understand there is a place for comedy but they will never draw a dime of super eric, shark boy etc

look how the buyrate for lockdown is being reported well and how good the build up was with two serious chracters in beleivable and interesting feud with a simple story to it notice how that drew a lot more than the "who is friends with who" angle at the start of the year

sorry to get of the subject

WAR MCMG
 
I'm not a TNA fan or a TNA basher, but I watch iMPACT every time it's on purely for these two. In fact I can't think of a team (London and Kendrick aside) who i'd rather watch compete.
 
So it's fine that they're just jobbers and that as long as they lose every match, which they are doing, they won't get higher on the card, get belts, better opportunities in the future and have longer matches as well as adding to their resume? Okey dokey. Besides, if the last three seconds don't matter to you, why do you want them to lose?

I don’t recall saying I wanted them to loose at all. What I was saying is that, in the short term (which is all their jobbing status is going to be) it doesn’t matter in two shakes whether they win or loose at all. It wont stop people wanting to watch them, nor will it affect there ability to move merchandise, nor will it effect there standing with the fans.


Sabin needs work, but Shelley is so underrated when it comes to the mic. The wrestling fans of the "internet generation" as I call them also seem to relate to him. I know I do. The guy's hilarious and his promos flow so much better than most other guys out there. Heck, to both of them, really. Besides, everyone in TNA performs on and off, and champions are often seen wrestling regularly. The Guns get those belts around their waists, their value instantly increases. And significantly too. And what are you talking about they can't generate interesting title feuds? Of course they can, they've just never been given the chance. Those belts are a legitimate chance, and they'll capitalize on it.

Right now you ask TNA viewers who the most talented tag team in TNA is the chances are that most of the will name the Guns’. Give the Guns’ the belts, and this will stay exactly the same. Therefore, the Guns don’t gain that much from a title run. Don’t get me wrong, it will be good for them, and help elevate them up the ladder, but the top of the ladders pretty full right now, and the titles would be better served put on a team who either need the rub (which the guns don't), or will substantially and immediately draw as champions (which the guns wont).


You seem to have not noticed they've been losing to everyone and their dog for the past few months, with no sign of a change on the horizon. Is that Tommy Dreamer enough for you? Because people are over with smarks, they don't need pushing? What the fuck then, put Kurt Angle and The Undertaker at the bottom of the card and let everyone go over them. it's good business, right? Fuck it, why they gave Joe the title is beyond me. Why do they even have a women's division, most the girls in there are over with the smark crowd.

Well whilst drowning amongst a sea of petulance, I’ll point out that since refusing to blade (and I’m going to go on the record here and say that punishing them for that is stupid, but add that we don’t have a clue regarding the circumstances and leave it at that) the MCMG have lost something like three matches, which hardly constitutes ‘everyone and their dog’. That's excluding 20 man gauntlets where it really doesn’t matter if you don’t win. Furthermore, you really seem to be failing to make a distinction between jobbing someone out by having them loose a match, and jobbing someone by feeding them to Mark Henry in a two minute squash.

The guns have only been squashed in ONE match since whichever PPV it was they got into trouble at; and I hardly call that character burial.

As for the rest of your post, I really think you should distinguish between ‘not pushing’ and burying. The guns are not being pushed to the bottom of the roster as you seem to be trying to suggest. Like I said, a number of losses I can count on one hand is not character destruction, and for the record, the top stars in other divisions do suffer the same thing frequently enough. Since loosening the strap, Gail Kim has suffered noticeably more losses than wins, but that isn’t eliciting rage. Booker T has jobbed more often than not since his arrival, and it hasn’t hurt his legitimacy. Once he’s settled in to not having the belt, I rather expect Angle to move down the roster for a time to keep the title picture fresh, and I don’t expect people will get up in arms about that (actually from what I’ve seen some people probably will; but you can’t win ‘em all).


We hate them because they're shit heels, pretty much just a Christy Hemme vehicle.

‘s another issue; personally I don’t see why, in a company with a man pretending to be a shark pretending to be stone cold, and a man with curry on his head, and a superhero, and whatever the hell Dustin Rhodes is supposed to be; that, fairly solid gimmick which seems to draw reasonable heat from the crowd and is backed up by solid in ring skills, draws so much hate. But anyway, that's best saved for another day.

Good for you? You misspelled both names anyway.

Bah.

No, it generates genuine dislike and desire to not actually watch the show any more. Heels are meant to use proper heel tactics to win, especially over immensely popular faces. There's a reason Randy Orton doesn't fuck up John Cena every time they meet.

Personally I think the last thing TNA needs is less clean finishes. The Guns’ having a minor loosing streak (which incidentally they haven’t had, they won an eight man tag a few Impacts ago) wont do much to push me away from the show; but a further increase in DQs, count out finishes, chair shots and people throwing powder around (will they ever learn that that doesn’t work) will.

Yeah, they're the ones who are taking the Guns' push. Before their push went to nothing due to a refusal to blade, I firmly believe the Guns were on the path to the tag titles.

Possibly. It looked like they were going to get a shot at least. Who knows.

When have LAX, Team 3D, AMW, Styles/Daniels or anyone like them jobbed? Never, that's when, especially not continuously for months.

Well I’m going to discount to claim of ‘never’ as totally ridicules. Anyway; I’m not trawling through the archives to look up numbers, but prior to ‘taking the Guns’ push’, LAX where one something of a jobbing spree which a lot of people were complaining. Rock&Rave have done almost nothing but job since they were formed. I wasn’t around for AMW or Styles&Danials; but I’m going to assume that they also has spells where they lost more than they won; otherwise you’d have a fucking boring tag division.

It's not. They got pushed, they showed integrity, they got de-pushed. They might get a mini-push again. Like, out of complete and utter jobber status, a proper push is far from a certain thing.

We don’t know what they did. Perhaps it’s a typical example of the top brass responding badly to independent thought from the undercard, perhaps the Guns, or more specifically Sabin, repeatedly act like prats. Hell; possibly there push got ended because the small pixie of Jarrett’s shoulder doesn’t like them. We don’t, nor will we ever, know. All we have are fragmented internet reports which need to be taken with a small salt cellar.
Common sense suggests that there push probably didn’t end because of a single factor; it was probably a combination of things which we know nothing about, that's what happens in the business. It’s happened to every top name, it’s happened to every jobber. Those with the capability to earn the company money invariably overcome it swiftly enough.


Whatever, Slyfox.

I think it’s probably safest to take that as a compliment.

Those past few paragraphs seem to contradict that.

Which is rather the whole point of putting a clarification at the end of my post…

Nor is it necessary for many people to be pushed now. The Guns would be tag champions now if it weren't for refusing to blade. Their spots been taken and handed to LAX, by the looks of things.

Yes, it has. For the record, before the Guns’ rise to popularity, LAX where the top property in TNA. Then the MCMG started garnering support, LAX got moved down and the Guns’ went up. Now the Guns’ are moving down again to make space for the Latino Nation. In six months time the positions will have reversed again. Not everyone can be at the top at the same time, hence, people move up and down. That's how the division… hell, the industry works.


Yeah, Rock 'N' Rave "what the fuck is this?" heat.

Meh; I actually disagree here, but it’s totally irrelevant and unimportant, so I’ll leave it.
 
Yes they should be put over and win the tag belts. TNA is making the Tag Belts look like a joke now. "Super" Eric and Kaz winning it? Why not put it on a legit tag-team such as Sabin and Shelly. They are uber-over with the crowd and shouldn't be pushed down just because they refused to blade. Put the straps on them, have them feud with LAX and I'll be happy.
 
Yes the Motor City Machine Guns should get another big push. Its sad TNA is killing the momentum of Shelly and Sabin because they didnt want 2 blade. These guys are really over with the crowd despite jobbing over the past 2 months. It isnt like they are gettin buried cuz they are still having good matches but just losing them. Hopefully TNA will wake up and let the MCMG excel as a good tag team.
 
I don’t recall saying I wanted them to loose at all. What I was saying is that, in the short term (which is all their jobbing status is going to be) it doesn’t matter in two shakes whether they win or loose at all. It wont stop people wanting to watch them, nor will it affect there ability to move merchandise, nor will it effect there standing with the fans.

The quicker TNA "recognise" them, so to speak, the quicker their popularity will increase and the faster their merchandise will shift. Jobbing can't be helping them, so I'd say it's likely hurting them, if only slightly.

Right now you ask TNA viewers who the most talented tag team in TNA is the chances are that most of the will name the Guns’. Give the Guns’ the belts, and this will stay exactly the same. Therefore, the Guns don’t gain that much from a title run. Don’t get me wrong, it will be good for them, and help elevate them up the ladder, but the top of the ladders pretty full right now, and the titles would be better served put on a team who either need the rub (which the guns don't), or will substantially and immediately draw as champions (which the guns wont).

The top of the ladder's full...with mediocre teams. Popularity needs to be capitalised on, which is why the most popular people are always at the top, not waiting at the bottom waiting for other people to be put at the top. The fact of the matter is the Guns didn't even get the rub. They got started but it was abruptly cut short. And the Guns won't draw as champions? Please.

Well whilst drowning amongst a sea of petulance, I’ll point out that since refusing to blade (and I’m going to go on the record here and say that punishing them for that is stupid, but add that we don’t have a clue regarding the circumstances and leave it at that) the MCMG have lost something like three matches, which hardly constitutes ‘everyone and their dog’. That's excluding 20 man gauntlets where it really doesn’t matter if you don’t win. Furthermore, you really seem to be failing to make a distinction between jobbing someone out by having them loose a match, and jobbing someone by feeding them to Mark Henry in a two minute squash.

They got fed to Black Reign and Rellik in a four minute match. Cleanly beaten by the worst heels in the business. It was a complete joke. What's clearly happened is that the rest of the tag division and X division just raced past them in the space of about two weeks. It's like John Cena being dethroned by Hornswoggle almost.

The guns have only been squashed in ONE match since whichever PPV it was they got into trouble at; and I hardly call that character burial.

The best tag team going that can't win any matches and are definitely, definitely, unquestionably worse than LAX? That totally works.

As for the rest of your post, I really think you should distinguish between ‘not pushing’ and burying. The guns are not being pushed to the bottom of the roster as you seem to be trying to suggest. Like I said, a number of losses I can count on one hand is not character destruction, and for the record, the top stars in other divisions do suffer the same thing frequently enough. Since loosening the strap, Gail Kim has suffered noticeably more losses than wins, but that isn’t eliciting rage. Booker T has jobbed more often than not since his arrival, and it hasn’t hurt his legitimacy. Once he’s settled in to not having the belt, I rather expect Angle to move down the roster for a time to keep the title picture fresh, and I don’t expect people will get up in arms about that (actually from what I’ve seen some people probably will; but you can’t win ‘em all).

Gail Kim wasn't beaten cleanly by Angelina Love or any of that ridiculous sort. She's also not been shown to be inferior to ODB, as th Guns have to LAX, on numerous occasions. This isn't moving down the roster, this is drooping them right to the bottom. How do I know? Well, Reign and Rellik used to be at the bottom and, as shitty, boring heels, cleanly defeated would-be title contenders in about four minutes.

‘s another issue; personally I don’t see why, in a company with a man pretending to be a shark pretending to be stone cold, and a man with curry on his head, and a superhero, and whatever the hell Dustin Rhodes is supposed to be; that, fairly solid gimmick which seems to draw reasonable heat from the crowd and is backed up by solid in ring skills, draws so much hate. But anyway, that's best saved for another day.

It's just as cartoony as the rest, and their in-ring skills are actually inferior to Jay Lethal, Chris Daniels and Eric Young. Not to mention it's clear they're just there to take up space.


Humbug.

Personally I think the last thing TNA needs is less clean finishes. The Guns’ having a minor loosing streak (which incidentally they haven’t had, they won an eight man tag a few Impacts ago) wont do much to push me away from the show; but a further increase in DQs, count out finishes, chair shots and people throwing powder around (will they ever learn that that doesn’t work) will.

Faces beat heels cleanly. Heels use dirty tactics to win. It's an established system, and makes the Guns look like a joke.

Possibly. It looked like they were going to get a shot at least. Who knows.

I didn't watch Destination X because I heard LAX won. It was the lock of the night until TNA management decided a spanking was in order.
Well I’m going to discount to claim of ‘never’ as totally ridicules. Anyway; I’m not trawling through the archives to look up numbers, but prior to ‘taking the Guns’ push’, LAX where one something of a jobbing spree which a lot of people were complaining. Rock&Rave have done almost nothing but job since they were formed. I wasn’t around for AMW or Styles&Danials; but I’m going to assume that they also has spells where they lost more than they won; otherwise you’d have a fucking boring tag division.

Styles/Daniels and AMW would hardly ever lose outside of big match situations. If they did, it was in the proper situation. There's also a big difference between losing more than you win, and never ceasing to lose, especially when it's such an abrupt change.

We don’t know what they did. Perhaps it’s a typical example of the top brass responding badly to independent thought from the undercard, perhaps the Guns, or more specifically Sabin, repeatedly act like prats. Hell; possibly there push got ended because the small pixie of Jarrett’s shoulder doesn’t like them. We don’t, nor will we ever, know. All we have are fragmented internet reports which need to be taken with a small salt cellar.

The process doesn't effect the result, however.

Common sense suggests that there push probably didn’t end because of a single factor; it was probably a combination of things which we know nothing about, that's what happens in the business. It’s happened to every top name, it’s happened to every jobber. Those with the capability to earn the company money invariably overcome it swiftly enough.

Hopefully so.

I think it’s probably safest to take that as a compliment.

Depends what day it is.

Yes, it has. For the record, before the Guns’ rise to popularity, LAX where the top property in TNA. Then the MCMG started garnering support, LAX got moved down and the Guns’ went up. Now the Guns’ are moving down again to make space for the Latino Nation. In six months time the positions will have reversed again. Not everyone can be at the top at the same time, hence, people move up and down. That's how the division… hell, the industry works.

If you plotted the two on a line graph you'd see LAX's line at the top and a slight decrease as the Guns move up. The Guns would get half way up and, against all trends, they'd just abruptly drop down again, and LAX would hop back up, without the Gun's even reaching their spot.

Meh; I actually disagree here, but it’s totally irrelevant and unimportant, so I’ll leave it.

They don't even get good heat anyway, so it is irrelevant.
 
I've already expressed my veiws on the main topic of this, ill throw my original post in as a quote at the end, but......

Since when are they Jobbers?
admittedly I'm not the one to ask about technical or industry terms. but ill share with you what (in my mind) should Constitute a "Jobber"
Any 3 of the following criteria in one wrestler/tag-team
A) the Haas pop (no crowd reaction)
B) Lack of Entrance music
C) Lack of a finisher
D) the strict use of only generic moves, and/or taunts
E) TOTAL lack of character or storyline
You'll notice i didn't put "loses every match" (because I want to include Khali on my list of jobbers) and someone mentioned this earlier, the last 3 seconds of a match don't always decide who gets over with the fans

While im dishing out my opinions like a jackass:
1) the Guns should shut up and blade
2) That shouldnt be a criteria for title oppourtunity, it's just becoming so rare, 10 men in a cage with weapons at lockdown ONLY Brother Devon bladed, and i think he was the only one in that whole ppv.



The machine guns are fucking KILLER! so is LAX,and even with their shit-house of a gimmick, the Rock n Rave Infection is fun to watch.
but all three of them are always secondary to a tag team of independents,(solo-stars who don't need to be in a tag team)
That pisses me off about TNA, but i don't know whats worse, having great tag-teams in low-card spots, or not having any tag teams at all, like a certain other wresting promotions **cough**WWE**cough**
with that said I want to see the TAG TITLES back in the hands of TAG TEAMS but I don't care if its MMC or LAX, or R&RI
my ideal race for the titles: LAX as defending champs, against MMC with LAX turning heel
 
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