Glad to see we've found some common ground Ogerz...lol. Yes, Fatu/Rikishi must be full of himself. He has to be the least deserving of any of the talent for a raise consideration. I've read here on WZ before that one of the reasons for not wanting to go live is that they are afraid they just can't pull it off. On tape it seems to flow so smoothly from one segment to the next, but apparently with so many high-risk moves and specialty matches, there are quite a few botches. Yes I agree that the promos need improvement. An easy solution...get a damn boom mic. I would find Karen coming on to Nash a tad more believable if Borash wasn't there holding a microphone for them to say their lines.
I appreciate your working sometimes on Thursdays Ogerz and not wanting to miss anything so you read the spoilers. But as someone else said, stop reading them and the element of surprise returns. Go ahead and tivo.
On that issue of going live so that spoilers are eliminated, there will still be spoilers. Even WWE shows are for the most part recorded anymore. RAW is only live once or twice a month usually. ECW and Smackdown are always taped. I know that they always say "Coming to you Live from the ____ Center". It is live from there but not to your TV screen. They have been mis-leading in this respect for a number of years. I believe it may have been you Ogerz who suggested that TNA record their show earlier in the day on Thursdays and then edit before air time. Even that wouldn't eliminate the spoilers as on a few occasions when RAW was truly live that night there are reporters backstage and sure as hell they get on their cell phones and call in the "possible" spoilers for that nights show and even on PPV's we get them. I kind of wish that the net didn't serve that purpose. Vince has tried to shut up leaks and 2 months ahead of time weare 99% certain that Y2J is returning and a month ahead of time that Booker may well indeed be going to TNA.
Unless it is "late breaking on CNN" there are no surprises in the Electronic Age.
Yes, It WAS me that said that TNA should tape the day of. Look at itthisway, if you ape he day of, Most people work during the day with younger fans working the evenings. I know that after I get offline in the morning, I don't touch the computer for the rest of the day. I would say majority would agree with that statement. I don't really believe that WZ ruins anything for me. I see a post and if I really want to be surprised, I don't click it. It's ultimatly a CHOICE of the fans to ruin it for them selves. But it Hurts TNA as they are trying to get their ratings up and people won't watch when they can read it.
As for a few others on here, I have to comment about them saying the WWE is watering down their product while TNA does NOT. I got some news for you, WWE had NO NEED to put on the best show on earth with NO competition! All they had to do was put on a show worthy of getting people to still tune in. TNA MUST have BLOCKBUSTER show week in and week out to show the world they can compete. Don't think for one second that the WWE doesn't want TNA to "MAKE IT". They need TNA to survive as badly as TNA themselves want to survive. We ALL know the WWE performs at a MUCH HIGHER level against COMPETITION.
WWE is LETTING TNA grab some spotlight. The WWE could have CRUSHED TNA in a heartbeat if they truly wanted to(Look at ECW, Prime example). They could have opened thier pocketbook and offered ALL of TNA's Top Stars money they would not see if TNA does not "Make It". When WCW was beating them, then ECW got on the map, WWE wasted NO TIME in crushing them and buying them out. It's not by accident that TNA is getting bigger and bigger. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Vince LET Angle and Christian go over there to give them the boost they needed to get themselves in the spotlight. Or even helped Jarrett financially. Nothing in the wrestling world would surprise me.
Since the demise of WCW, The ONLY PPV I have ordered from WWE was Wrestlemania. NO OTHERS. I, like most, believe that the WWE is not giving their best and I will not toss my money on the ground to watch what I can see on RAW. Bottomline. This is a business and you need competition to get butts in the seats and to put on a better show. You may think I am nuts, but look at the Wrestling business since WCW was bought out. Has the WWE really did anything SPECTACULAR since then? I say NO. The WWE has done NOTHING to impress me. No surprise wrestlers making a debut or anything. Wrestlemania has even LOST that touch in my opinion. But its the only show worth paying money for.
Thats my 2 cents. Mean Gene, I noticed you left the "I told you so" comment alone. LOL It's alright brother, I would have too. LOL Glad to see we have finally met on some common ground none the less. LOL
