Dixie was nonexistent on television for the first few years of the companys life, while she had guys like Jim Cornette, Larry Zbyszko, and Dusty Rhodes be the on-air authority figure, making the decisions of the show. And that was all fine and well.
And exactly how were TNA's numbers doing back then? They were horrible, to answer that question.
Also, it's not fair to compare Dixie to those guys, because Dixie's role on television isn't nearly as big as those were.
Nobody was complaining that Carter wasn't coming on.
Who's complaining about it now besides a couple of fans on the IWC?
However, since she began to start appearing more on TV, she's believe that she can do almost anything that she wants, and there won't be reprocussions.
Could you please provide examples to this?
Case in point, a few days ago, Dixie decided that she would go out, in a complete shoot interview, and answer any questions about how TNA was going. Now, I haven't personally seen the shoot, but you never saw Vince, Verne Gagne, Jim Cornette, or other owners of a wrestling company go out and let a bunch of smarks ask her questions about how her company is doing. What if someone asked how TNA was doing financially and she said they were in a slump, that would definately scare workers away. Why would they even bother to go to a sinking ship like TNA when they'd get more money and be secure, career wise, with the WWE. While it's only speculations, it's obvious that TNA isn't making records in the ratings and they don't seem to be going anywhere - they've been stuck where they're at in the ratings for almost 2 years now.
Wait a second... what does any of this have to do with her appearing on television, first of all?
Secondly, Jim Cornette has given NUMEROUS shoot interviews, while still being head of booking in companies such as OVW, TNA, and Ring of Honor.
Moreover, Vince himself has given shoot interviews, don't kid yourself. Was it available for DVD? No, but he still gave them on various television programs and in press conferences. Case in point, here's part one of Vince McMahon on "On the Record with Bob Costas," a television show that was seen by millions and millions of more people than Dixie Carter's little DVD with Kayfabe Commentaries.
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While she, like jmt said, only makes a few small appearances to announce something, what is it's worth? Why doesn't she let Eric Bischoff make that move and she can stay off camera? What is the point for her coming out to make a few announcements while Bischoff makes others? Why even have a guy like Bischoff employed if you aren't going to let him make all of the announcements?
Because people know by now she's the true head honcho of the company. It only makes sense for her to be the one to announce the big decisions, since she's the one who makes them.
I mean, think about it.. just because there's a GM of Raw, does that mean Vince McMahon could never then come out and announce something to his audience?
She is taking time away by having these little skits/segments of hers. It may only be 2 minutes at once, but she will show up at least 3-4 times a show, which could take away match/interview/build up time for someone who needs it.
That's an exaggeration, man.
First of all, if she shows up on the program more around 3-4 times, on 3 of those occasions they're just panning to her reacting to a match or segment, which only last a couple of seconds. Never, and I mean NEVER, has she had full length, multiple segments on the show.
Dixie has built an ego that she's an important part to iMPACT, when the stuff that she does could be passed off to Bischoff.
Where's your proof of this "ego?" Just because she gave a shoot interview, man, that doesn't she all of the sudden has a large ego. You have to give more examples than that.
Sometimes, it's better to stay in the background, and in Dixie's case, this applies.
How so? What harm is she causing exactly? You still have yet to address this.
Because they (the boss) might be taking away time that the worker could use to make a better match. Especially in Dixie's case, where she's doing nothing that Bischoff couldn't do.
Dude, if Dixie didn't have that screen time, then Bischoff would anyway... so what worker is she taking away time from?
But what does that show gain with them on? It's not like the fans were chanting for Dixie to come out and address them. She felt the need to make announcements that, for the most part, are unnecessary and an authority figure that is constantly featured on TNA (Bischoff) could make it.
TNA fans like Dixie Carter, bottom line. She's fan friendly and a pretty face.. what's not to like? And having her on to announce the big signings and surprises, Impact! gains realism, since everyone watching already knows that she is the one really running the company.
But they might see her as having an ego because she feels to come out only when there's an important announcement?
How is that an ego thing? Her having an ego would be her taking up more time than she needs, but she doesn't do that. She comes out, makes her announcement, and then gives all the glory to the announcement. For example, when they signed Bobby Lashley... in that interview, the only time Dixie opened her mouth was to praise Bobby Lashley and how great of thing that was for TNA. How is there an ego attached to that?
What about when there's a signing of a Brian Kendrick or Shannon Moore? You don't see her come out then.
Because those aren't necessarily big announcements. Those guys are mid-carders... why should Dixie make a big deal out of someone who's only going to be wrestling in mid-card matches?
So why doesn't she just have Bischoff make the important announcements like the ECW invasion they've had?
Because Bischoff is doing his own thing, and it wouldn't have made sense anyway for Eric Bischoff, a known ECW hater, to form an alliance with those guys and bring them on his program.
Besides, like I said, having Dixie announce something like that adds legitimacy to it since everyone knows she's the true president of the company.
While I agree with most of that, what about when a new X-Division star debuts? You don't see Dixie come out and announce their signing to TNA. Isn't that a sort of burial? She's making it known that the X-Division stars aren't as important as the big names.
Because they're not as important as the big names. The fact of the matter is the X-Division Title isn't as big as the TNA World Title. If it was, then X-Division matches would be headlining pay-per-views rather than TNA World Title matches.
Moreover, we've seen Vince plenty of times come out and make a big announcement, and never has it been about a mid-carder. Does that make the mid-carders look bad? Of course it doesn't.
But she doesn't just make one appearance when she has those announcements during the show. She'll constantly appear in little backstage segments 3 or 4 times a show doing nothing but walking backstage towards nothing or talking to a production worker. What does that gain for anyone? That could take away some small buildup or promo for a wrestler that otherwise won't get on the show.
Lol... dude, it's called hyping up the big announcement. Mike Tenay and Tazz are talking up a storm speculating what the announcement is, and there's no other choice than to put the camera on Dixie for a few seconds since it's relevant to the conversation. That's not her stealing screen time... that's TNA hyping up the big announcement.
Does a Dixie appearance really make an impact? Hell no.
Explain to me what impact it would have if Bischoff made these announcements instead of Dixie?
In fact, it takes away from the rest of the show because Tenay and Tazz are always focusing on what the announcement will be and not about the action that's in the ring.
Dude, commentators have done that since the beginning of wrestling. You watch Bobby Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon do commentary, and most of the match Heenan is bitching about something other than the current match that is taking place. King and Michael Cole today do that. NXT comes out and does something, and during the next match the situation gets brought back up and they discuss it for a bit. It's how professional wrestling has always been.
Why does she need to make the announcements? To build her ego.
But what evidence do you have that she even has a big ego to begin with? What has she done besides one little interview that makes you believe this? Are there any reports out there that state backstage she's shown herself as conceited and only looking out for herself? If so, please share them.
Whenever she comes on TNA puts on multiple segments of her doing absolutely NOTHING backstage, while you could have Bischoff come out and make those same announcements without all of the hoopla.
But professional wrestling is about the hoopla. You want things to BUILD in this business. You want your audience to anticipate and to keep watching the program. And that's exactly what TNA does whenever Dixie is there to announce something big. I see nothing wrong with it.
Except for those workers that she doesn't make the big announcement for. Obviously Kurt Angle and Hulk Hogan are bigger stars then Brian Kendrick and Shannon Moore, but what does it say to those guys that Dixie will only come out for an important announcement? It says that she knows you aren't as important to the show and that you're just lucky to be on the ride. Burial.
Then every president of every company is guilty of the exact same thing. Not just in professional wrestling, but in companies all over the World.
Dude, come on. Is that really your best argument here? That just because she doesn't announce a mid-carder has been signed that she's an egomaniac and doesn't care about her employees? Don't you see how ridiculous that sounds, man?
