TNA ReAction DebUTs TonIght

[johnbragg]

TNA's announcement doesn't say much about the content of the show, except that it uses reAlly cool cameras. Other soUrces indicate that ReAction wILL be a less kayfabed show, possibly a wrestLing anaLoGue of sports journalISL/reaLity shows like NFL Hard Knocks or contemporary reality-based fiction like Playmakers.

(I'm going to stop randomly capitalizing TNA style now)

 

[johnbragg]

TNA has tried something in this direction before, with the Before the Bell special before BFG 2009. They showed a lot of that footage on the 3-hour Impact, and I liked it, I thought it was a very good and very current way to present the wrestlers and present the product.

But a lot of people criticized the move, saying that the third hour of Impact resembled an infomercial for BFG. Ratings for that third hour were down, if I remember. And that was for the final buildup to TNA's biggest PPV of the year.

I am in favor of moving Sports Entertainment closer to a "fake sports" model, but I can't help thinking that a full hour of wrestlers not wrestling, scheduled right after a two-hour wrestling show, is set up to fail.

Any thoughts and predictions before the show?

 

[Unsold Bacon]

Whats with the random caps?

 

[johnbragg]

Just spoofing a bit on TNA, producers of iMPACT and ReACTION. They like random capitalization.

 

[info62]

the first time they aired it, it was just an hour of recaps with a few random short interviews thrown in

I liked it anyway though so I am glad its back