What Would Get You to Watch Impact Wrestling?

[Chrome]

Okay so out of the "Current" roster TNA has:
What would you do "DIFFERENTLY" to get you interested in the product?

Consistant Storylines - Russo is gone now and since his demotion this has pretty much took place the last 2-3 months.

Note:This isn't a post about complaining what TNA has done in the past this is a post about what can we do with the current roster to improve the future?

Hogan/Flair and most of the old timers are no longer much TV time so thats a good sign. Even though in truth I don't mind Hogan and Flair too much when used correctly.

TV Title, means nothing right now.. how about give it to a guy that is on TV regularly so it makes sense? The best person to me that fits this bill is Bully Ray.. he has earned the right to be a singles champion.

The TV title should be on someone that is on TV a lot, not someone that isn't.. if Robbie E isn't in your long term plan. then get it off him and on to someone that can elevate it. Bully Ray can make this title mean something with the heat he gets.

I would say throw some people together that make sense to elevate.

Example: Throw Gunner in with the Motor City Machine Guns.. give him a bit more character.. give him a valet named Pistol or something.. if he is to keep the name Gunner than DO SOMETHING WITH IT ( I mean diamonds are a dumb gimmick, but DDP made it work for him, Gunner needs to take note). Him being with Bischoff and Flair I don't think is doing much for him.

When ever Storm/Roode feud is over have Storm feud with new people Like Anderson, Pope, Bully etc People on the mic that can talk and be heel.

The Against All Odds PPV we had JB and Tenay on as commentators.. this was a great improvement to me.. I would approve if this was a full time move.

Xdivision - I love Austin Aries, but he needs some more people to feud with, how about Daniels? have him compete with him to stop him from breaking his record? It would be both real and have meaning for both people and the audiance should be able to follow it through. (However they are both heels and I believe are both better heels than faces) I would love to see an Aries vs Doug Williams feud as well.

Tag Teams - I think once MCMG return TNA would be on the right track they are building new teams now, I don't see anything wrong with this approach. However I would like more TEAM NAMES instead of two individual names.. like Crimson/Morgan or Joe/Magnus.. if you're going to be a team long term than make a team name and attire. I would imagine that Robbie E and Robbie T could go after the tag titles as well, but give me traditional Tag Team names not individual names.. Motor City Machine Guns, Beer Money, Ink Inc, Hardy Boyz, Midnite Express, Road Warriors, British Invasion, British Bulldogs, Hart Foundation, New Age Outlaws, Rock n Roll express, Team 3D, The Rockers, The Outsiders, etc were all good individual wrestlers.. but when they teamed up you knew that they were a force to be wreckond with in the tag team ranks.

Most importantly....
GET OUT OF THE IMPACT ZONE if you have to take steps to get there then I would suggest the following..

Stay in the Impact Zone and go live once or twice a month...

then build towards getting out of the Impact Zone.(even though I believe they are slowly building towards this)

Using these stipulations what ideas would you bring in to get you to watch Impact? Do you want more sports entertainment or more wrestling? what else?

 

[SFC]

It being in the WWE archives available on WWE Network.

In all honesty, I think it needs to find away to step away from its reputation of poor booking and "living in the shadow" of WWE.

Development will be a huge process in this. OVW is big. I hope it can be done, because both shows will be better if there ever comes a time when both are acknowledged as legitimate programs.

Will it ever compete with WWE? Likely not. Doesn't mean it can't increase the product of wrestling as a whole.

 

[backwardsrko]

I would begin to actually show interest and actually watch it, ............. if................. WWE bought them . Straight up ! You asked a question and I responded back with an answer. Now to explain the reason behind my answer. Its simple WWE has alot of entertainment in it. The character have been around forever and continue to evolve year after year.

 

[dman1373]

i don't know, i have been wanting to watch it but i just keep on forgetting to. I heard it is supposed to be getting good, and i wanted to see how they did at the london show, but i keep just passing it off. I think its cause i have missed about 6 straight monthes and its hard to get back into and cause i have been fooled before with hogan coming and with this and that and the other happening, so i am a little weary of if i will like it.

 

[Str8Edge]

I would begin to actually show interest and actually watch it, ............. if................. WWE bought them . Straight up ! You asked a question and I responded back with an answer. Now to explain the reason behind my answer. Its simple WWE has alot of entertainment in it. The character have been around forever and continue to evolve year after year.

THIS ^

Anyways, I know WWE isn't great too but at least if they were under the WWE their TNA originals would get more recognition. I don't watch TNA often and when I do it's hard to get into guys I've never heard of. Mostly if story lines consist only of a bunch of new people.
When they only dwell in the impact zone it's hard to really make household names like Punk, Randy, Cena, etc... Bobby is getting there but I don't think TNA has that stepping stone for him. Knowing this just repels me because I don't want to see a company that just keeps digging into their slumber. JUst my personal opinion tho. I'm sure a lot of people have something different for hating or loving TNA.

 

[Chrome]

i don't know, i have been wanting to watch it but i just keep on forgetting to.

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Thats a clip from Thursdays show, as you can see there has been a lot of improvement thus far.

Anyone know the over/under as to which is more expensive?

Impact zone + Live

or

Impact taped + on the road?

I think Impact on the road would greatly improve the product. But Impact Live would help with spoilers

 

[donnelllangs]

I would begin to actually show interest and actually watch it, ............. if................. WWE bought them . Straight up ! You asked a question and I responded back with an answer. Now to explain the reason behind my answer. Its simple WWE has alot of entertainment in it. The character have been around forever and continue to evolve year after year.

Check this out. Wwe bought Wcw when Vince was a billionaire. He is like a 500 millionaire now. His product is decreasing. Tna wrestling is just as good as the Wwe wrestling and alot of times better. Wwe's production, sound lighting etc is better. They also have a following that extends all the way back to the attitude era. If Wwe didn't have the following, they would be struggle too. Both promotions need to improve because I like wrestling no matter what company. If they loose that contract for tv time all hope is lost. So let's stop hating and just like wrestling.

 

[Miakisaki]

Oh, this is easy.

1. Live Shows: This is a no-brainer, most wrestling fans enjoy the "anything can happen" atmosphere of a show done live. Impact attempted this, but did it in the most incorrect way possible going head to head with WWE.

2. Move to Monday: I know what you're thinking. They tried this and failed. Yes, they tried to go head to head with a competing brand and you cannot do that. What they CAN do however, is take a timeslot two hours BEFORE Monday Night Raw begins in order to piggyback off the viewership rather than make them have to choose. Not to mention most wrestling fans both young and old see Monday as the main show day for wrestling. When WWE schedules a three hour Raw, you start Impact an hour earlier to accommodate. Would you sit down for four to five hours of live wrestling every night? I definitely would, and it can do nothing but benefit Impact's ratings.

3. No Impact Zone: The fans in the crowd have arguably the biggest sway on the momentum and feeling of a show. Just that when you have a mostly uninterested crowd there because they found their way in from Universal Studios and have no idea what is going on or what to do, it reflects poorly on TV and can damage backstage morale. Even one Impact on the road a month would benefit them with a revitalized crowd and limited exposure.

These are the big three when it comes to really taking Impact seriously. They don't need to compete directly with the WWE, but they can use the Raw viewership lead in to their advantage. If Vince decides to shift things around with Raw he is indirectly telling people that TNA is a threat, which his pride won't let him do. I think a Monday night timeslot just before Raw starts is a genius move.

 

[GameOver]

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Thats a clip from Thursdays show, as you can see there has been a lot of improvement thus far.

Anyone know the over/under as to which is more expensive?

Impact zone + Live

or

Impact taped + on the road?

I think Impact on the road would greatly improve the product. But Impact Live would help with spoilers

Thats not a lot of improvement. 2 guys have stepped out of the shadows and it's just played out each week, not really going anywhere, Ill give Roode and Storm some credit though, they've stepped up and though i'm losing interest in some of how Storm is being presented atleast it's a step in the right direction

The rest of the show is still the same clusterfark, wasting time on stupid backstage video's that are just fillers, boring commentry thats only marginally better then Raw and yet the show still runs 1-20mins short of 2hrs each week including ads. They could easily throw in another 2 matches, like i dunno the Tag Titles or the TV Title and Garret has no talent whatsoever, neither does current Hogan/Bischoff just move on TNA.

Saying that i'll watch it anyway or atleast have it on in the background, it's something to watch on a Saturday night. I'll never Evvvvvvverrrra pay for a TNA PPV again, atleast til Impact improves vastly.

 

[bk555]

i love impact ive been watching for like a year now consistently and right now the show is at its best. Its storylines are great, the writing and booking is creative, and the in ring work is second to none.

But i know what you are getting at and i am sorry to say that impact will never ever unfortunately become the rival to WWE that WCW was in the mid 90's. It wont even compete with WWE. Look at the ratings. They speak for themselves. WWE draws 3x more on Raw than Impact does each week. There are some ways to give impact a fighting chance but they likely wont happen

Make Impact Live
It worked for WCW and it will work for impact if they ever do it. Live TV adds this sort of intrigue that is unparalleled in the wrestling business. Take WWE, everyone watches Raw because they dont know what will happen but a good percentage of those people come to sites like wrestlezone and read the spoilers for smackdown to keep up with storylines. Im not gonna lie, i used to do that for TNA but not anymore.

Star Power
Sting is really the only big star that TNA is utilizing on a weekly basis right now. Honorable mentions go to Jeff Hardy and Kurt Angle. Sorry they just dont have the namestay and the power YET. This is the hardest part of it all for impact because no matter how good their storylines and wrestling matches are, they will only draw the 10 percenters while the 90 percenters tune in to USA network to watch John Cena.

Take advantage of International Marketability
TNA is HUGE in the UK and India etc. It might be even bigger than WWE in those areas.
And i know TNA has tried to take advantage of this with King Ka Ring etc. but they need to find a way to grab a hold of this foreign appeal and bring it with them to the states. Because no matter what, the main demographics are here in the USA. So, hold impact in England, India and other countries like WWE does but put more emphasis on the area. Hire new stars, build them, and mold them so that everyone is pleased with them.

 

[HBKistheHOF]

Firing Russo was a HUGE step!

1.)Finish cleaning up writing staff(I'd switch atleast a third)

2.)AND MOST IMPORTANT!!! FIRE HULK HOGAN!!!!!!!!!! He single handedly killed TNA.

3.)Fire anyone with the last name Bischoff.

4.)Go back to six-sided ring!!! THIS IS HUGE TOO!

5.)Stop wasting so much time on old wrestlers and build good young talent(Note:I said good so NO GUNNER or CRIMSON!)

6.)Take Dixie Carter away as a on screen figure. She owns TNA great, just cause she is almost a milf doesn't mean she is entertaining or intelligent.

7.)I'd think of updating commentators and graffics, etc.

If they did all of thee above I would happily be a paying customer again.

 

[GameOver]

TNA was already in the shit b4 Hogan/Bischoff came along, stop blaming them cause they/Dixie don't seem to care about bettering themselves if anything TNA gained more exposure in the time they've been there. Ratings may not have changed but that's cause the product is half assed 90% of the time and has been for years and the PPV's are dismall not because Hogan and Bischoff are figureheads.

agree on the six sided ring, that was special atleast in the non Sth American demographic and certainly was a boon to the xdivision matches, but i wonder if it was a pain in the ass to work running on angles all the time and not straight.

 

[Johnny McFly]

If anyone here feels like TNA hasn't improved, then I highly recommend you watch at least one full episode. The London tapings and this past Thursday demonstrate how TNA is improving. You can't judge it properly off one 15 min clip. The matches are given more time, and different talent is actually getting camera time.

I'm not a TNA fan boy by any means (I'll call them out if they do any ridiculous booking) but I can honestly say that I've been enjoying the product much more now than a few months ago. Besides Roode and Storm, Austin Aries has really stepped up his game. His match with Shelly at Against All Odds was everything I used to love about the X-Division. Now they're building a new X-Division heel in Xema Ion while Shelly and Shannon Moore (who I'm not the biggest fan but still) are back. As long as there's competition in the X-Division I'm happy. Which brings me to my first recommendation to bringing back people:

1. Have AJ, Kazarian, and Christopher Daniels wrestle X-Division wrestlers again.

While I love seeing these 3 compete against each other, this rivalry needs to be laid to rest for a good while. And while I'm not saying a complete full-time reintroduction back into the X-Division is necessary, we are missing out on so many great matches by not having these 3 compete against the likes of Aries, Shelly, and Ion. I think if people saw what these guys could do in the ring, they wouldn't be able to not take notice. And it would help build TNA's reputation of having a lower/mid-card matches that can deliver as good as ROH or DGUSA and other indie promotion.

And while were on the subject of the X-Division...

2. Bring in outside talent once in awhile.

When Jack Evans and Low-Ki came in for Destination X, the crowd was ecstatic. I see nothing wrong in bringing in established indie talent to put over this division. I think, at least those in the IWC, who have turned their backs on the product would now be curious to see matches we wouldn't normally see. WCW would bring in so much different talent for the cruiserweight division. A one-off here and there wouldn't cost so much, and it gives an excellent opportunity to help establish those currently on the main roster. Do what WWE doesn't do and acknowledge that these guys are very well known on the indie circuit and maybe talk about their accomplishments without saying the competition's name. You can do this for the other divisions as well but since the roster is already so crowded it, I don't believe it would be as beneficial.

3. Don't force feed the "stars" to us.

I think a big problem a lot of people I've spoken to about is that TNA pushes former WWE talent much more than their homegrown talent thus making them appear as the WWE-reject company. Why obviously guys like RVD, Anderson, and so on have name/recognition value, when you have them simply leap frog everyone else in the company to become champ, it definitely makes the homegrown guys look inferior. However, taking Bully Ray into consideration, I feel like the company has done an amazing job in pushing him to be a credible main eventer. And it was done slowly and steadily. The fact that Jeff Hardy hasn't won the title back yet either is wonderful because he's already so over with the crowd that holding the title right now would nothing extra for him, and would only devalue others. If he were to win it, say at BFG, that's great because it would have been a year since he made his comeback and is a nice bookend to his very real retribution.

4. Use the talent you have.

I'm loving that Joe and Magnus are tag champions and finally have a storyline again. These guys were practically doing nothing for so long. But where is Abyss, Pope, Hernandez, Kendrick, Douglas Williams, and all the other unused talent? Pope and Kendrick can help establish the X-Division more while the others could easily be competitors for the TV title or can be thrown together as a Tag Team.

5. Make the TV Title relevant or get rid of it completely

Robbie E, the TV champion and someone with an actual gimmick, isn't on TV! And when he was, he jobbed. Help establish the TV title as something worth attaining. RVD made the ECW TV Title a championship I thought was worthy. It could easily be done in TNA. Let Crimson have a run with it. Or Gunner. Or maybe have RVD bring it back up. It could easily be TNA's version of the intercontinental championship. The man who thought titles are just "props" is gone. Please bring back the prestige of being a champion.

6. Give mic time to those who still need to get over.

Angle and the other main eventers don't need it. If it pushes a story that's fine, but the other less well known talent needs mic time to get over. For Sting it's fine because he's the authority figure. But Bischoff doesn't need mic time every week. Storm and Roode have definitely benefited from getting more mic time. They are more well-rounded characters we can get behind or boo. Same goes for Bully. Aries should continue to get mic time so the audience at home can continue to get to know him since he isn't as established as others and yet he's a champ. Give Robbie E. some mic time before Jersey Shore is still somewhat relevant. Now give it to others that you want to develop. The X-Division guys, the mid-carders you're not using. If they don't have a match at least have them cut a promo, just something so the audience still knows they exist and can get their character developed.

My main point in all of this is that TNA just needs to keep doing what they're doing. However, they still have a lot of areas they need to improve in. I believe if they continue on their path in making logical storylines and utilizing all of their talent (and I do mean ALL of their talent), people's perception of TNA will change and it will be a company that we all want to get behind.

 

[kor420]

Some of you are just fucking ******ed. Wishing a company to be bought out and put into VKM back pocket.... WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU??? Wishing a company would fail and all those people out of jobs, you people know who you are and you can go to hell.

The only major thing i would change about impact is to get them out of the impact zone, other than that, TNA is already 100% better than WWE.

 

[wcwnwoforlife]

tna needs to move to mondays to see if they can compete with wwe or they put wwe in the shithole like it is ,they released all the wrestlers that wrestle for tna now, remake wcw nitro and raw, bishoff run wcw, austin vs goldberg, sting vs undertaker, have aj rep tna and cena rep wwe, bring back everone and merge tna into wcw monday nitro

 

[Pedigree1]

Very simple!!

Move out of the impact zone those ******s in the audience have no idea what the hell is going on!! Hell its in disneyworld so they got in for free TNA needs desperately to move out of the imact zone like right now!!

Go on the road! Believe it or not alot of people watch TNA and know who the players are if they actually went on the road they could get a major following!!! Develop your younger guys ala OVW or FCW someting like that

Who is your top draw your top guy right now? In order to run a succesful wrestling company you need your main man!! Its roode now yes but could be hardy, could be morgan, could be gunnar in any given month. Stick to your top guy he doesnt necessarily need the strap but everyone who watches your product needs to know thats the top guy!! Thursday night on spike is actually good!! WWE wont threaten your ratings and the only thing you have to really worry about is NBA playoff time! If you decide to go with roode as your top guy make him retire sting at BFG or something like that!! Make people talk about your product and dont bring in stupid celebrities make it a serious wrestling company

 

[ProWrestlingFan]

Another thread in which most posters are WWE fanboys and Vince's brainwashed sheeps.

These type of threads need to stop. TNA section needs a great amount of improvement.

This thread is probably a duplicate thread and isn't about Impact or TNA PPVs. Another BS thread.

Discuss about Wrestlers,matches not this shit about why people hate it or not.

 

[MEGAFAN420]

I watch all wrestling that is on the cable TV I have at the moment... From Classic AWA Matches to Impact to RAW. I watched Lucha Libre USA and WSX when they were on TV.

I am a purist fan. Most "wrestling fans" are not purists. It's easy to be a WWE mark when that is all you know. How many TNA wrestlers have been in major films?

The WWE brand goes back to the mid 80's, so for TNA Impact to improve is a day to day struggle. No matter what they do, they have so far to go to even touch WWE and it's billion dollar bank account!

So many a**holes on here said back in 2006 that TNA would die off soon. Hey, they are still around. I hope they become HUGE in the not so far away future, but it remains to be seen.

WATCH BOTH AND ENJOY BOTH!!! WE NEED BOTH ON TV!!! IT'S OUR ESCAPE FROM REALITY!!!

 

[Xumer]

I watch pretty much every week and have been for over a year, maybe two. For a brief time (when bischoff first came in) I couldn't wait to watch it and I wanted to see it much more than WWE each week but honestly the shows they have been putting on lately just isn't getting it for me. I can't really tell what the problem is or how to fix it. Everyone raged about pushing the "new" guys instead of the "old" guys and now that they are doing that, it isn't getting any better. Roode, Storm, AJ are all awesome but it's just not working. I don't know what could be done to fix TNA but I wish like hell someone would figure it out because there are alot of people out there who want a serious alternative to the shit WWE is pumping out. WWE fans who HATE tna should want tna to succeed as well because the only time Vince ever gives us good tv is when he is forced too. I don't mean to offend anyone with this post but that's what I honestly believe.

 

[snoopy]

@Xumer

Hey look that's perfectly understandable , Y ou were excited when Hogan and Bischoff came in and now that Tna is focusing on new guys your not feeling it! perfectly understandable , But all companies go through this when they create new stars.It's the growing pains that is necessary to grow! But I will say this emphatically Tna doesn't need fixing ! This is the best Impact has probably ever been and it's way better and much more Interesting than Raw or Smackdown! Just my opinion .

I Think Tna is on the verge of being hot!

 

[snoopy]

@Xumer

Hey look that's perfectly understandable , Y ou were excited when Hogan and Bischoff came in and now that Tna is focusing on new guys your not feeling it! perfectly understandable , But all companies go through this when they create new stars.It's the growing pains that is necessary to grow! But I will say this emphatically Tna doesn't need fixing ! This is the best Impact has probably ever been and it's way better and much more Interesting than Raw or Smackdown! Just my opinion .

I Think Tna is on the verge of being hot!

 

[dudedudedude]

@Xumer

Hey look that's perfectly understandable , Y ou were excited when Hogan and Bischoff came in and now that Tna is focusing on new guys your not feeling it! perfectly understandable , But all companies go through this when they create new stars.It's the growing pains that is necessary to grow! But I will say this emphatically Tna doesn't need fixing ! This is the best Impact has probably ever been and it's way better and much more Interesting than Raw or Smackdown! Just my opinion .

I Think Tna is on the verge of being hot!

LOL

People said this when the X division was taking off, and sad truth is, TNA was hot when the X division was booming. It was what made it different, and awesome. To say that it is on the verge of being hot, when it pales to how it used to be, is laughable.

 

[snoopy]

Oh Really? Look just because the show has changed directions doesn't mean it can't be hot! The Pro Wrestling of today is sports entertainment and much a male soap opera .And Tna is a male alternative soap opera .Women have soap operas and they have choices! One llife to live or guiding light, Men have WWEor Tna! Get over it Tna has changed and it's doing it better than the WWE!

 

[dudedudedude]

Oh Really? Look just because the show has changed directions doesn't mean it can't be hot! The Pro Wrestling of today is sports entertainment and much a male soap opera .And Tna is a male alternative soap opera .Women have soap operas and they have choices! One llife to live or guiding light, Men have WWEor Tna! Get over it Tna has changed and it's doing it better than the WWE!

lol

No it isn't.

Wrestling is a business.

And ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLl business indicators suggest.....well you know.

As for perception of product. Go watch old TNA shows when the X division was awesome, and try and tell me today's product is better.

 

[kor420]

lol

No it isn't.

Wrestling is a business.

And ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLl business indicators suggest.....well you know.

As for perception of product. Go watch old TNA shows when the X division was awesome, and try and tell me today's product is better.

I Can honestly say that today's product is much better. I been watching nwa/tna since it was a ppv only show.