Tons of TNA Fans Disappointed By "3/3/11" Angle

[mr_dna]

I must admit i am shocked on the comment people made on twitter towards dixie and TNA about the 3/3/11 i know people seem pisses who it probably is but to verbally bash Dixie & TNA on twitter about it has shocked me

Do you see this as TNA Fans finally speaking out on the Crap TNA has been delivering lately?

Or do you think it is Just WWE Marks bashing TNA more publicly ?

I Check wrestlezone daily and have done for the last few years and can never remember people actually complaining at the company directly about a show/promo. This maybe be a sign of things to come with fans voicing there approval / disappointment to both TNA/WWE Via twitter .

My Last point is do you think fans voicing there opinions on Dixie & TNAs twitter could effect the decisions TNA make in the future?
( I wont bother asking the same for WWE as we all know VKM listens to no one )

 

[MB1025]

First of all for Wrestlezone to put this out and say it is TNA fans is poor reporting IMO. They have no proof if this is TNA fans because if you visit her face book page WWE fans spam the hell out of it every week. I just think it is a bunch of butt hurt WWE fans trying to be relevant.

 

[AntiChristDeicide]

First of all for Wrestlezone to put this out and say it is TNA fans is poor reporting IMO. They have no proof if this is TNA fans because if you visit her face book page WWE fans spam the hell out of it every week. I just think it is a bunch of butt hurt WWE fans trying to be relevant.

Agreed, Wrestlezone doesn't have proof of if they are TNA fans or just morons being funny. I'm a TNA fan on facebook and all i see most of the time is people bashing TNA and saying WWE is good. I'm not saying i have proof either but to say that those are 100% TNA fans is a stretch.

 

[Rayne]

First of all for Wrestlezone to put this out and say it is TNA fans is poor reporting IMO.

I agree with this statement entirely. How is it that TNA fans being disappointed by this angle is newsworthy? TNA fans are disappointed every single Thursday.

The premise of the "is it WWE fans" is false, because there isn't this wandering trove of WWE fans who wander around taking shots at TNA. There are a lot of wrestling fans right know who are disenchanted by the tactics TNA is using to try to get their attention, and that's what you're seeing here. Someone who's only interested in the WWE isn't going to take time out to fire shots at TNA; they aren't interested in TNA's product.

What I see is that there are a lot of people who are paying attention to what TNA is doing, but they feel that the company is trying to deceive them into watching instead of relying on a solid, entertaining product. (That's a story for another thread.)

 

[Lucha-Libre is wrestling]

That is Dixie biggest problem, she listen to everyone, I wont be surprise if she on this website reading the threads TNA fans put up. Dixie needs to stop using twitter or facebook and voice herself on TV like VKM does. When was the 1st and last time you ever heard of Vince Twitter or facebook about his business. Dixie needs to stop being buddies with everyone in her company, she needs to make examples of people and show them the door and then and maybe then people will start taking her serious. The most important thing she needs to learn is you can't buy respect it has to be earn. And the only respect that matters in this business is the FANS.

 

[Blisken]

Absolutely shocking decision from TNA to run a rip off of the E's Taker return. Yeah sure everyone got caught up in the "OMG is Sting going to WWE?", "Will we see Sting vs Taker at Mania?", and TNA wanted to play off that, but TNA fans dont want a cheap rip off version of TNA, they want TNA they want the X-Division they want the Tag division.

I've been watching TNA since 2003 and the last couple of years its gotten harder and harder to defend what they are doing.

In terms of its poor for wrestlezone to put up it was 100% TNA fans, I agree, I see daily the abuse directed at Dixie and TNA by none TNA fans so I think they perhaps should have been a bit more diplomatic in the headline.

 

[marklouis]

Sometimes I wonder if Wrestlezone is actually owned by WWE, because the people on this site do nothing but kiss Vince McMahon's ass. Of course the people who tweeted those comments are TNA fans and watch every week, because it's not like anyone ever lies on the internet! Seriously, this "story" is extremely poor reporting, and it really isn't worth a spot on the front page. But, accoridng to this site, WWE can do no wrong, and TNA can do no right.

 

[Lionheart]

The only part of the article that I do not agree with is the fact that they labelled those voicing their opinions as "TNA" fans. These are WRESTLING fans. People who are fans of wrestling can like both TNA, like WWE, like ROH or any other wrestling organization you can name. Conversely, these fans can have intelligent opinions about TNA, WWE, ROH etc. that are valid and should be respected.

This is reinforcement of what has already been said in this forum. It seems that a majority of WRESTLING fans are unhappy with the fact that TNA mis-advertized and disappointed a lot of their viewers. It was a poor grab for ratings and is deporable business practice.

And just to reiterate, before anyone jumps up and down and points the finger at me yelling "WWE MARK!!", I would blast the WWE if they puuled the exact same crap.

 

[MachoMadness1988]

Yeah, I wouldn't read into this at all. It's hardly news worthy. I would say most of those people WERE NOT TNA fans. People bash everything TNA does on Twitter. It just goes along with the territory of the internet wrestling "fans" these days.

 

[roethlisberger78]

I just can't believe that "WWE Marks" follow Dixie or TNA on Twitter for any reason. Be it to get a heads up or to bash them. I gotta believe ppl have more of a life then to do that. If you ask me its true diehard fans speaking out about the company they love. They are telling TNA big guys to fix their shit before the lose the viewers that they have. Look I'm a TNA fan because I love wrestling but nine out of ten times what they do sucks or is stupid. I honestly think this is TNA fans asking for a better product. And on to sting he is old and I would have loved to see sting vs taker just for the name value but that's it then it would be over. So I sure as hell don't want to see him on weekly tv.

 

[onewayleeway69]

Really hope this wakes Mrs Carter up. One fan said you need a new writing team and i couldnt argee more. Even though the writing team has nothing to do with the sting promo they are still bringing tna down. I love tna but every other episode at least one thing happens that makes me go wtf was that and i find myself making ecuses for tna to myself to explain what happend which i shouldnt have to do ever! Mabey she reads this backlash on twitter and says holy shit and makes change straight away. Just think tna could hire a group of writers who want a break in the biz and who are extreamly talented for half the price they pay russo and company. DIXIE LET THEM GO! I heard a former smackdown writer is with them now(dunno if its true or not) keep him and make him head writer coz he most likey knows what hes doing and has got to sit threw loads crap of the current tna writers. Also she needs to end the team 3d fued i turn it off or mute my tv and go on my laptop everytime it comes on. There boring in the ring the storyline between them stinks and i dont care about devons skinny kids and his bad acting. Also jarrett vs angle weve seen 1million times end that. I'm not bashing tna these are just changes that need to be made along with a bigger arena. Even if they knock the current one down and double the size of it. Anyways all them comments on twitter i've noticed all are bad comments i dont own twitter coz face book kicks its ass but i bet theres gd comments on her account aswell and some media dick has just picked the bad comments.

 

[Shakin' Abe]

TNA haters. That's all it is. As a fan of both TNA and WWE, I thought it was a great answer to what WWE put out with the Undertaker / Sting vignette. If you've read the spoiler pages and know what's coming up in the next couple of weeks with the TV tapings, then it's all good. I've said it all before but this business NEEDS competition to push the writers to give us fans a better product. Receipts are a part of the wrestling world. GOOD STUFF TNA!

 

[ilapierre]

First of all yes i am a disappointed TNA fan. I became very disappointed upon watching the spoof of 2/21/11. It made me angry at first, but when i started thinking about it some more later on i began to cry uncontrolably cause i wanted Sting in WWE and the screwed us ALL out of a Taker/Sting matchup. I was really upset with TNA's decision to take a shot at WWE and my PG mind just couldn't understand what purpose
such a low blow could serve. Anyway, i've been having emotional outbursts lately about Dixie and all her tweets. Every time i read a Dixie Carter tweet i puke, lose my temper and beat up my little sister. It's all TNA's fault cause they're not PG ENOUGH!

TNA has gotta stop copying WWE and then turning around and making fun of it. If it wasn't for WWE, TNA wouldn't even be existence so they owe Vince some gratitude and they owe it to their fans who will always love WWE better. I think Dixie has gotta stop tweeting altogether or at least start tweeting about WWE. I don't want to hear anymore of this 'changing the landscape of wrestling' ever again. I'm sick of it, my poor little sister's is sick of it, and i think WZ smarks should come together and protest it. If you're not gonna do it for the benefit of TNA then do it for my little sister, she's starting to look like Ric Flair after he hits the turnbuckle and blades himself.

One last request: Fire Russo, Bischoff, and Hogan and replace them with Stephanie McMahon's writing team consisting of Freddie Prinze Jr....please and thank you. No one writes wrestling or movies better than this former teen heartthrob and comedic genius..

 

[Cookie14]

It doesn't matter if the comments were made by TNA fans, WWE marks, of general wrestling fans, because the majority of the comments were spot on.
TNA was blatantly ripping off WWE. To have such obvious similarities to such a recent WWE angle just reeks of lazy writing and a lack of imagination.
I think even the most stubborn TNA marks are starting to tire of their current direction.

Can any TNA fan/mark tell me, WWE are pulling their lowest ratings in years, how can TNA expect to compete/succeed if they're nothing but a poor imitation, with limited brand awareness and much lower financial backing?

Also, in the modern world that we now live in, how could TNA ever expect a promo promising a surprise on any given date not to be an EPIC FAIL, given that the reveal would take place on a TAPED SHOW?

 

[WrestlingIsReal]

i dont think that they are all tna fans but i do think that tna copying wwe's promo sucked. if tna cant come up with their own ideas then they will always be in the wwe's rearview.

 

[Chess]

Dixie wont listen to this and why should she. Dixie will look at the viewership numbers and make her decision appropriately, in this case TNA numbers were up this week with 1.5million viewers and I expect 03.03.11 to have another increase.

I do not see this as news and while some of the fans may legitimately be loyal TNA viewers I expect most are WWE fanboys taking pot shots. We all know this happens on nearly every wrestling site out there so why would it be any different on Dixie's twitter.

Someone who's only interested in the WWE isn't going to take time out to fire shots at TNA; they aren't interested in TNA's product.

I beg to differ as I see many WWE marks bashing TNA just for the sake of it. In fact I see you taking shots at TNA on nearly every TNA thread when you clearly are a WWE mark and do not like TNA at all.

My main problem is TNA bashing is not just a hobby for WWE marks on forums but some of these marks work for legitimate websites (Nick Paglino).

I for one liked the vignette, feel it has garnered interest in TNA and believe we will se an increase in numbers next week.

 

[RendarSelin]

In my eyes, I think it's a little irresponsible to post the tweets as "TNA fans" simply because they're on Dixie Carter's Twitter page. However, the fans have a point.

I myself was just shaking my head at the promo. This was done simply to try to cash in off the buzz made by the "2/21/11" promos and taking a shot at WWE. However, many fans didn't like TNA blatantly ripping off WWE. Many fans are also tired of Dixie Carter's extreme hyping up every single incident TNA seems to bring up. Can TNA ever really cash in on "single greatest moment of the year" type hype when it's said every 3 months? Short of Goldberg coming to the ring or John Cena defecting to TNA, no. Dixie needs to just back off the hype and let the surprises come, instead of saying "Tune in for the greatest surprise of the year!" and delivering someone like, say, Carlito. It just lets down fans, and makes them shiver with dread every time Dixie spews more hype.

 

[Rayne]

I beg to differ as I see many WWE marks bashing TNA just for the sake of it. In fact I see you taking shots at TNA on nearly every TNA thread when you clearly are a WWE mark and do not like TNA at all.

Just because you don't like TNA doesn't mean you're a WWE mark.

How many times do I have to say this? How many different ways can I make this clear to people? I can't afford the advertising costs on Impact for this!

Go read the "do you think TNA is successful" thread if you want a detailed rundown of my opinion; I just wrote it yesterday, so I'm not rewriting it here. But there are more reasons not to like TNA besides being a brainwashed WWE zombie.

 

[jobesukulele]

I'm a regular viewer of TNA and I sent Dixie a tweet after that impact.
It wasn't on that list though. I suppose because I was polite in the message.

I did echo pretty much the same opinions as the rest of them.

I get that it was TNA just having a having a jab at the WWE's expense but I still have a problem with TNA creative never really doing very much creating. Especially because Sting in TNA is Not a big deal, where Sting in WWE would have been a pretty big deal.

 

[ilapierre]

Rayne, anyone who sits around here all day criticizing something is a brainwashed zombie whether they love WWE or not. Either a brainwashed zombie, or a brainwasher paid by WWE to work the threads and brainwash wrestling fans, WWE or TNA, into negatively connoting TNA.

The most annoying thing and obvious lie anyone can say on these threads is that they don't like WWE but they are upset with the direction of TNA. It's a cover, it's a facade, it's a lie. I've seen Mark Madden write it, i've read all the other dipshit guys with columns write it here, but you can read in between the lines with these smarks. You can say you're little line 'just because you don't like TNA doesn't mean you're a WWE mark' but it makes no licking difference. You come on here, you bash something to the moon for months on end, you're a brainwashed zombie who can't think any other way. The proof's in the pudding no matter what you say. End of story.

 

[RendarSelin]

Dixie wont listen to this and why should she. Dixie will look at the viewership numbers and make her decision appropriately, in this case TNA numbers were up this week with 1.5million viewers and I expect 03.03.11 to have another increase.

Dixie shouldn't pay any attention to all the marks who try to tell her how to run a wrestling company. She should look at one thing: ratings. TNA's ratings may be climbing up slowly, but anyone who creates a TV show and doesn't look at the ratings is just a complete moron who should be fired.

I do not see this as news and while some of the fans may legitimately be loyal TNA viewers I expect most are WWE fanboys taking pot shots. We all know this happens on nearly every wrestling site out there so why would it be any different on Dixie's twitter.

I'd have to agree with you for sure. Just like on TNA's facebook page, or WWE's facebook page, the fanboy smarks come out and try to show how much of the business they know, and talk badly about the opposing program while being fiercely, blindly loyal to their favorite. But, in my opinion, to flatly say "TNA fans" in the article is biased reporting, and poor reporting at that. I am a TNA fan and a WWE fan, however I do agree with the fans who are upset over the promo. It was made just to take a shot at WWE, and as a fan of both, I'm tired of watching TNA bash WWE every chance they get. TNA should focus on making a completely separate quality program without needing to bash their competition. I'm a fan of both TNA and WWE, and want both to succeed. But in my opinion, TNA's continued potshots at WWE just seem petty and shows that they are just second rate.

 

[THEPUNKB4 CM PUNK]

If u ask me this was a blatant rip off from WWE they wanted 2 ride off there back 2 show they still had sting i am gettin so pissed off with storylines that go nowhere and the angle and jarret one what where they thinkin i think that dixie and the writers need 2 sit down and sort things out sting comein back 2 tna wasnt a shocker i thought that maybe 3/3/11 would be a new star but tryin 2 railroad off WWE are we now seein what hogan did 2 WCW happen 2 TNA ??


THE PUNK HAS SPOKEN

 

[Ghost 99]

I just saw the promo and I think the intention did more harm than good. I don't think it was a ripoff more than poking fun at the WWE, saying that their promo is about Sting while your's disappointed fans in being more hype than substance.

However, the fact that we all know it's Sting defeats the purpose. If this was to poke fun at the "letdown" the WWE experienced by not having Sting, then TNA should've ran it as a commercial after having Sting appear.

If this was a ripoff then wow.

 

[Dark Horse]

I thought the idea behind the 3-3-11 promo was actually kind of clever. I don't think it was such a bad idea, they saw that people were freaking out thinking Sting was going to the WWE, and tried to capitalize on that buzz saying "No, here is Sting, we've got him, here's when you can expect him back". The idea itself was probably better than the execution of it, but I thought it was pretty slick. I don't really care if it's "Copying" WWE, what better brand to copy? And what better way to take a shot at the WWE? If they could have got Sting they probably would have but they didn't. TNA has him, and with all the rumor around his WWE return, they struck while the iron was hot.

If you've ever watched TNA consistently for any period of time, you already knew what to expect, so I don't get the outrage. This is their shtick all the way. What I am more surprised by is that there hasn't been a big stink made about their investment in the "Jersey Shore" storyline, bringing in yet another member of the cast. I think that is the real disgrace and the misfire on their behalf. People who are watching Jersey Shore, aren't going to tune into TNA. Forget about trying to catch that group, they aren't interested in wrestling, they are interested in who Snookie is going to bang this week, what "The Situation" actually is on the show, how Juiced Pauly D is, on and on.

Also, for everyone crying about "WWE Marks" bashing TNA. So far in this thread all that I have seen is people bashing "WWE Marks" without them coming here and saying anything about TNA. Sure, there has been heavy criticism of this latest move by TNA, but can anyone who made any of the statements here be identified as "WWE Marks" NO. So I'd shut that shit up right away. It sounds ridiculous when you're claims have no legs to stand on, and makes you the accusers look even more ridiculous. That's a cheap scapegoat and it doesn't work. People are criticizing TNA because this was a lame move on their behalf, in the eyes of most of the viewers. This has become a commonplace trend in TNA now and people are starting to get tired of it. That doesn't make anyone WWE Marks who are just bashing TNA. Odds are most of those people were TNA fans, a number of them said as much.

 

[He's Phenomenal]

Hi. I've read this site for a while now but haven't posted until now. This "Headline" is certainly not the first one I've read on WrestleZone that has no real substance to it and puts TNA in a bad light. One example would be when I read a report of when TNA were in Japan. And the report read that Rob Van Dam received little to no reaction, yet when I watched the match the guy only had to point to his shoulders and the whole arena shouted his name. It seems to me that a lot of the wrestling media don't want TNA to grow and I just can't understand this.
Now onto the actual promo. I didn't know at the time of seeing it that TNA had 'copied' the WWEs promos (as I hadn't seen the WWE promos). So after reading about all the hooray, I watched the Undertaker promos on youtube. And I must say, I couldn't help but laugh. And I don't for a minute think TNA were copying WWE, I think they were taking the piss?