WWE Shareholders Meeting: Vince McMahon "Maybe" Interested In Buying TNA

[Jack-Hammer]

I was just surfing the net and seeing what I could see when I ran across this at pwtorch.com. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_49684.shtml

Maybe this brief exchange with this shareholder was just Vince's way of shutting the person up regarding the question so they could move onto other business. Maybe it's something that Vince is actually thinking about.

At any rate, diiscuss, rant, rave, cry foul, drop to your knees and thank God or curse his name.

 

[blockanWo]

I dont really see why he would even consider it. They arent a threat, they dont have much that much of a back catalog as far as videos etc go. Sure they have some talent that they could use, but why wouldnt he just offer them deals when their contracts run their course...

I would think its just a way to shut him up and move the questions along.

 

[Zeven_Zion]

I loved the picture painting in that report. I could almost feel the smell of old people.

Anyway, as far as the report goes, I doubt he was serious about any of it, it was pretty humorous. Even if he was, I once again doubt they'd sell themselves to McMahon. It's a two way deal.

Not that TNA is absolute shit, but even if he did ... 'the fuck is he gonna do with it aside from basically getting the talent he likes and trashing everyone else? TNA is not a big company, it has little to no history and is not popular with the casual fan aside from that 1.5 million audience. Buying TNA, mentioning it on RAW or Smackdown and showcasing its talent and history to the casual WWE fan will do more bad than good for WWE.

Still, if I were McMahon I'd only buy it so I'd force Velvet Sky to do porn

 

[deforty]

I hope Vince never acquires TNA personally. I like competition. Do I like the way Dixie is running the company, not at all. If they changed their creative Team (Russo) and put in a big creative team with writers and had compelling storylines all will work out with TNA. They have the talent, they have some big names to help get them recognized, just better direction from the owners and creative along with more shows on the road. That is all they need.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

If this does happen, then Vince McMahon will receive even more hate from the IWC(if that's even possible) and I'm sure TNA loyalists wouldn't follow WWE. They would rather watch other various Indy Wrestling promotions or they would stop watching pro wrestling all together, because a lot of the TNA die hards despise WWE to no end.

Could this actually happen? It's hard to tell as of right now. I don't think it'll happen, because Vince really doesn't have anything to gain from taking out TNA, but I guess there's a slim chance Vince could do the unthinkable, and he could buy TNA. Who's contracts would he decide to pick up? Would TNA's brighter stars want to work for Vince? I think some of TNA's talent would move on to the WWE, but I wouldn't be surprised if others decided to go elsewhere. The fear of being buried or misused might be enough to keep them away from WWE.

 

[Zeven_Zion]

If this does happen, then Vince McMahon will receive even more hate from the IWC(if that's even possible) and I'm sure TNA loyalists wouldn't follow WWE. They would rather watch other various Indy Wrestling promotions or they would stop watching pro wrestling all together, because a lot of the TNA die hards despise WWE to no end.

Could this actually happen? It's hard to tell as of right now. I don't think it'll happen, because Vince really doesn't have anything to gain from taking out TNA, but I guess there's a slim chance Vince could do the unthinkable, and he could buy TNA. Who's contracts would he decide to pick up? Would TNA's brighter stars want to work for Vince? I think some of TNA's talent would move on to the WWE, but I wouldn't be surprised if others decided to go elsewhere. The fear of being buried or misused might be enough to keep them away from WWE.

I could picture what TNA would be under Vince's control.

Knowing McMahon, Rob Terry would be TNA Heavyweight Champion in about a week, because that's how you build people up. You give them a title and shove the fact that they're the champion down everybody's throat. Why waste time gradually building someone up until he's hot as fuck and finally wins the belt? Waste of time.

AJ Styles would immediately turn into a weekly jobber. Anyone who has great offense and is amazing in the ring can also sell his motherfucking ass off, thus becoming a great jobber.

Robert Roode and James Storm will be renamed to Bobby Crash and James Bash, Crash'N'Bash. Vince wouldn't want another person named "Roode", and Storm's alchoholism is unacceptable for the WWE Universe. Necrophilia however - all good.

The Tag Team Division will be headed by Orlando Jordan and Eric Young, because that's how Vinnie rolls. It's a WWE production, therefore tag team wrestling must die.

The X-Division will be even less than it is now. Mainly a land of destruction for Hornswoggle.

Matt Morgan will be a jolly giant forced to smile at everybody. Everyone else will have to do that too, by the way. Every face. Every ... single ... face. Completely ravage any spark of emotion, personality or character. It is forbidden! You shall all look the same, act the same, talk the same and even wrestle the same. Heels are that way too. Cloning time!

He'll have a bunch of them dance, sing and generally do things that men above 230 lbs shouldn't do even if they were getting paid for it.

All the Knockouts will be jobbed to such amazing in-ring aces like Kelly Kelly.

The booking will consist of absolutely basic storylines that have no plot, no direction and no purpose. The people in them will fight "just because". No arguments, no motivation. Just pitch them against eachother.

Also, don't forge to fuck up every good idea you have. God forbid something worked.

Last but not least, have the GM be an iPad. That adds amazing entertainment value to any product out there. Beep! Beep!

 

[Jack-Hammer]

If this does happen, then Vince McMahon will receive even more hate from the IWC(if that's even possible) and I'm sure TNA loyalists wouldn't follow WWE. They would rather watch other various Indy Wrestling promotions or they would stop watching pro wrestling all together, because a lot of the TNA die hards despise WWE to no end.

Yeah, I'd say most of the die hard TNA fans would stop watching at some point. However, I don't think it would happen right from the start. Many of them would hang around to see exactly what happens, some to bitch about how WWE ruined TNA with some hoping against hope that WWE didn't wind up ruining TNA. But, generally speaking, it's not like Vince needs the TNA diehards. If WWE did buy TNA and they did keep it as a brand instead of making it a licensed property like they did with WCW, Vince would go all out. The internet would be buzzing like it hadn't been since Vince bought WCW, the WWE would hype the purchase of TNA in some way and would, at least in the beginning, generate tons of interest to see what'd happen. In terms of viewers, the first episode of TNA under WWE ownership would almost certainly eclipse the January 4th, 2010 episode of TNA iMPACT!.

But, like everyone else, I don't believe there's any real chance of this happening. If Vince was legitimately interested, he strikes me as the type that would pretty much come right out and announce his intentions. After all, this was a shareholders meeting and Vince does have a responsibility to those people that own stock in WWE. A decision to buy TNA could have an affect on what those people do with that stock.

 

[EastCoastFan]

I remember in Dixie Carter's YouShoot Live DVD, someone asked how much money she'd want if Vince made her an offer for TNA. She jokingly answered, "Maybe we should buy them. How much are they worth?"

 

[Azane]

TNA isn't worth its price tag right now.
This isn't to bash TNA's talent, product or fans, TNA just simply has too small an audience and too big a budget to be worth the cost.
The TNA originals, the ones truly worth their paychecks have said they don't want to work for WWE. so acquiring the company isn't going to change that, they'd most likely jump as soon as they legally could contractually leave, the ones left over have done nothing but burn bridges and downtalk WWE to the point that they aren't respectable.

Also, as a Wrestling fan, I respect what TNA's trying to do, and if it lights a fire under WWE eventually, more power to it, half of the attitude era was WCW pushing WWF to improve its entertainment value, and I'd rather see TNA grow and push WWF, or hell, If it surpasses it in entertainment, maybe they can coexist, and we can dump Smackdown.

 

[The Suplexer Perfecter]

I don't think Vince really cares or wonders if he want's to buy it quite frankly.

If it ever goes for sale and they ask him he'll probably do it. You know, control every wrestling related thing in the history of the US worth owning. Adding more footage to the library.

But in the mean time, I don't think it's an issue. Just more stuff for the internet to go crazy about.

 

[ugotpwned999]

Sounds like a very Mcmahon thing to do. Buy out a company that isn't really doing anything to harm you, get their good talent and bury them and make them job.

But really. Even in his current state of mind, I think Vince is smart enough to realise that buying TNA isn't going to do anything for him except maybe give him some much needed star power in Angle etc... He has no need for a show with a 1.5 rating average or an arena with 5 fans rolleyes. Remember he already has superstars for that...

Until TNA get bigger and start threatening WWE Vince wont do a thing,, let alone buying it. For people that think, 'Oh, But he bought WCW' It was only because WCW was threatening his company. TNA, with there 1 step forward, 3 steps back reutine isn't Worrying Vince in the least\, Thus, no point in buying it.

 

[CuddleBuns84]

Be nice if it was on sale. Be even nicer if it was cheaper then WCW was, sure we can get someone to buy it.

Overall, no, I don't think Vince needs anymore Wrestling Promotions to buy. I think he has enough on his plate. Plus, how would it benefit the WWE.

Yes, they have plenty of talent. But, where would they go. On top of that, a lot of released talent from the WWE is there. I doubt they would want to go back.

Let's dream Chris Jericho buys it. Like he teased us in the rise and fall of WCW. That's a guy I wouldn't mind running competition against the WWE.

 

[itssoeasy123]

I don't think Vince care's at all about TNA. Why should he, anyway? Hell, I don't care about it anymore.

Anyway, it's not competition, it's not a threat, it's just there. Every Thursday night with a 1.2 average rating for the last year. What's to even give an eye toward's if your a billionare who own's the biggest wrestling company in the world.

They had that failed Monady Night War's that saw Impact get slaughtered in the rating's for them to go cowaring back to Thursday's.

I like how Vince was normal and just sitting there listening to the guy talk about TNA, then his answer, "Well maybe." And that guy is right, Stephanie would do better than Dixie. Hell, anyone who has a history in the business and know's Vince Russo is not good for business would do better than Dixie Carter.

I don't think Vince has ever though of buying the company. I don't think the though has ever crossed his mind, IMO. He's a businessman, and unliky Bischoff and Hogan, he cares about his own company.

Watch this be mentioned to some extent on Impact. "Vince mentioned us, yes!"

 

[GameOver]

Rumour, been going around since TNA first got noticed. every year someone sais it's fact.

TNA is rassling, Vince seems to want nothing to do with rassling anymore. as it is he's screwing his own billion dollar empire by cutting out that which made WWE a household name.

TNA would not be making any substantial money, if anything at all beyond breaking even
Why would buy you into that when your own company's profits are declining in the main thing that outsells everything TNA does.

Sure if Dixie offered, Vince would consider it, but i think only for the purposes of using video archives, like ECW it would be killed off in short order.

 

[rowingisgood11]

The only reason I want Vince to acquire TNA is for the talent they have such as AJ Styles, Beer Money, and Kaz, essentially just Fortune. AJ Styles can become the face of the company due to his popularity, charisma, and in ring ability. Beer Money can be one step to improving the tag team division and use Kaz to reinstate the cruiserweight division and have crazy face offs with Daniel Bryan, Justin Gabriel, Evan Bourne, and Sin Cara.

If Vince does this he needs to lure that group in so they can establish those other divisions that have been shunned.

Even if he can manage to get Sting, that would be amazing, bring him in for a few high profile matches against Undertaker, Triple H, and those who we dreamed of him having matches against.

Buy TNA Vince, you have the money, just do it.

 

[Zeven_Zion]

The only reason I want Vince to acquire TNA is for the talent they have such as AJ Styles, Beer Money, and Kaz, essentially just Fortune. AJ Styles can become the face of the company due to his popularity, charisma, and in ring ability. Beer Money can be one step to improving the tag team division and use Kaz to reinstate the cruiserweight division and have crazy face offs with Daniel Bryan, Justin Gabriel, Evan Bourne, and Sin Cara.

If Vince does this he needs to lure that group in so they can establish those other divisions that have been shunned.

Even if he can manage to get Sting, that would be amazing, bring him in for a few high profile matches against Undertaker, Triple H, and those who we dreamed of him having matches against.

Buy TNA Vince, you have the money, just do it.

Your blind, foolish, childish and humorous optimism is cute. If Vince can't get things right in his own company, what in the hell makes you think he'll do it in another. Because he's a swell guy? Right, we all know that Vinnie loves non-WWE performers.

Forget about the dream matches, kiddo. That's wrestling, and Vinnie don't like that. A promo with Pee Wee Herman? Now that's more up his alley. He's perverted, dumb looking, cheesy, unfunny, totally has nothing to do with pro wrestling - he's perfect!

 

[neildittmar]

Reading the article in the link, I've come to the conclusion that this is much ado about nothing at best and a complete non-story at worst. It's something for the IWC to get all up in arms about when it is really, truly, absolutely meaningless. McMahon said it himself... they aren't for sale as far as he knows and even if they were, he is completely noncommital to the thought of purchasing them. Carter isn't interested in selling (as far as Vince knows) and Vince isn't interested in buying... simple as that.

As an aside, I find it amusing that the asker didn't even say "TNA" but referred to the company as (paraphrasing) "that company in Nashville." I'd like to imagine that some exec said TNA at a meeting one time and drew the complete ire of Vince, as if mentioning those three little letters was tantamount to sacrilege in the "WWE Universe."

Exec: Well, what about TNA and their...
(Vince gives exec the wide-eyed, drawn eyebrows stare)
Meeting concludes hastily... said exec is never seen or heard from again.

 

[hardcore4life_is-KoOl]

say what you wan,t about TNA they have 1 thing the WWE could use TALENT!!!! but i do not see it happening

 

[Vintage]

TNA isn't worth its price tag right now.
This isn't to bash TNA's talent, product or fans, TNA just simply has too small an audience and too big a budget to be worth the cost.
The TNA originals, the ones truly worth their paychecks have said they don't want to work for WWE. so acquiring the company isn't going to change that, they'd most likely jump as soon as they legally could contractually leave, the ones left over have done nothing but burn bridges and downtalk WWE to the point that they aren't respectable.

Also, as a Wrestling fan, I respect what TNA's trying to do, and if it lights a fire under WWE eventually, more power to it, half of the attitude era was WCW pushing WWF to improve its entertainment value, and I'd rather see TNA grow and push WWF, or hell, If it surpasses it in entertainment, maybe they can coexist, and we can dump Smackdown.

TNA is very worth the price tag actually, the brand has unlimited earning potential. They are the #1 rated show on their network by a landslide. While this doesn't translate into PPV buys and 70,000 seat arenas at this time being they are only about to turn 10 years old soon they do very well with merchandising and licensing. They have turned down buyout offers upwards of 30 mil for the property. The reason it's not realizing it's potential is Panda Energy is reluctant to infuse the necessary cash to upgrade the product to give it a more major league feel. Another thing hurting the product is producing shows mainly out of 1 arena but WWE started off the same way and it was like 30 years before it became cheaper for them to tour than stay in their backyard.

 

[wrestlemaniac]

I read the report...feel I got dumber as I did lol. Did that guy call steph smarter than dixie? Not saying dixie is smart...hell we should know she isn't the brightest marble in the bag..but c'mon...stephanie? seriously? I just had to laugh at that. that stock holder needs to get his head outta his ass. If it were under wwe...as a brand...it'd be another wwecw...same outcome...and no...still nothing good for tna. Oh and personally...when I'm paying for some shit..it's either because i'm there in person....or because I expect blood

 

[WZMember####]

I dont claimto know everything about business or about WCW or Wrestling but if I recall correctly and something a lot of WWE Fans seem to forget.

WCW was actually for sale.

Its not like Vince woke up one morning and goes um...you know...Ill buy WCW. No. I thought it was made pretty public that Ted Turner was ending his contract with WCW (thanks to the whole AOL thing and other reasons) and that MULITPLE buyers were interested in buying WCW including Eric. I believe even WrestleZone use to have the "fact of the day" about how Ted Turner was going to allow WCW to run on his network a few more months until the new owners found a different channel.

There was even a WCW PPV set to debut called Big Bang. It was in the WCW Mag and was suppose to basically restart WCW off with the new owers. But Vince offered more money ofcourse and to WWF, WCW went. But a lot of fans seem to think Vince just goes around buying wrestling companies left and right. I dont think Vince would buy TNA unless it was for sale. Is TNA for sale?

No, TNA is not for sale.

TNA Wrestling is different than WCW on sooo many levels when it comes to the actual business side. TNA could lose Spike sure...but TNA has been other networks...they were on PPV before they were on TV. TNA if they ever lost Spike would most likely try to find a new home before completey handing the keys over.

 

[Domamania]

If they would see TNA, then I would personally Purchase the company. I see so much potential in TNA thats not being used right not, thats is sad. The ways i would improve TNA are as follows

1) I would immediatly remove any wrestler thats above the age of 45 as an in wring performer.

2) I would send my self and a few trust worthy old times to go to every indy show and recruit every wrestler with huge potentials from the ages of 18 to 25.

3) I would then build the the recruits and build their character and star power for the next 3 years.

4) i and my staff would choose which ones are mega main event material, like say i would pick the face of the comapny and 7 people under him to make a good story lines.

5) during the couse of the show i would have every match not steal the show but, build up the show to the main event and get the fans interested so that they would watch the whole show while getting ready for the main event.

6) i would also build up some good tag team division, which they would be a huge supporting roles for the main event wrestlers and matches.

7) i would only accept the women wrestlers who actually CAN wrestle and give us a show to futher make the show work.

8) i would pay every single wrestling web site not to give off spoilers so that my company would be more interesting, cause its the not knowing that would build up interest in the brand like the business was back in the day.

 

[Macho_King]

It wont happen. I watched the entire hour long 2011 WWE shareholders meeting. The link is posted now on Wrestlezone. They are not for sale anyways.....now if they were would he consider? I'm sure Vince would but it was just a question that was shot out there and Vince didn't even want to answer it. It was just some crazy guy anyways that looked like he had two different color shoes on lol.

 

[Devlin Mathis]

I find it amusing that people are always so fast to complain about Vince, and how he doesn't get his own company right so how can he get TNA right. You obviously still watch, or follow, WWE otherwise you wouldn't be complaining. He's a smart business man and does what is best for his company. If not for Vince, there would be no TNA and I can pretty much say that none of us would even be on this forum if not for what Vince has created with professional wrestling.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

I won't comment on the possibility of this actually happening, because frankly it's impossible to really tell whether it has legs or not, but I can tell you one thing for certain: if it does, I'm out. Gone. I won't even give it a chance.

I saw what happened to my beloved WCW when Vinny Warbucks bought what was left of the company, and frankly I couldn't stand to watch that shit again. The last thing on earth I wanna see is AJ Styles going toe-to-toe with Cena in the middle of the ring, only for Cena to mouth "Who are you?".