She catered to a market of emo/goth kids that flood the arenas. One of the tapings I went to had a HUGE amount of them
That's a really untapped market TNA was positioned to work with when they had her and Raven together. One of TNA's weaknesses is trying to be old school in some ways (Mick Foley talked about in his last book) and then trying to be some new shit in others (acting like domestic syndication is dead).
Doug Williams is on Xplosion (which is not seen in the U.S. I aslo remember when A.J. was T.V. champ he said he'd defend the title on EVERY Impact. He then proceeded NOT to defend if for 4 months. The T.V. Title should be the used more than it is....and FUCK Jay Lethal. I watched him ignore some kids at an autograph signing.
I can't comment on Jay because I haven't seen him pull something like that but that's fucked up.
That's exactly the kind of stuff, with the TV title, I'm talking about with TNA. They have a lot of guys just sitting, so at least use them and having a TV title and the X-Division title is two segment right away that you don't have to do a lot of thinking a scripting for.
The FU was supposed to be the Death Valley Driver, but all Cena does is slam you from a fireman's carry. How does that hurt any more than a slam?
I know but you know they are not going to let him drop people on their heads and when he first started doing it, he was so uncoordinated that he would have killed someone doing the DVD properly.
I agree it's a shitty finish but Hogan beat people with his shitty legdrop and Rock has beaten people with the People's Elbow so I'm used to it. I don't like Wade Barrett's Wasteland but at least with him being 6'5, he puts a lot of umph in the slam from a good height.
It could be done but they are afraid of losing out of merch sales. Dude is popular with the kids and he gets a lot of request from sick kids in hospitals. I gues they don't want to fuck that up.
Which I completely understand. But they would sell more merch if they did a better job of booking him and killed SuperCena forever. Ricky Morton sold a lot of t-shirts before they were even doing merch and he got the shit kicked out of him every match.
That's one of the reasons Vince has issues with the Rock (and to a lesser extent Sting.) They feel as if you have to go through them to be a success. I hope Sting DOESN'T ever go there just to prove a point.
At this point, the only reason he'll go is to make that dvd WWE's been holding up for the last few years and get that HoF ring. No need to leave money on the table. When he turned down the opportunity to face Taker, which was on the table, that pretty much sealed the deal on him ever wrestling there.
Funny thing about Vince, guys that stand up to him and make their own way get way more respect than yes-men.
That match was awful and imo she wasn't at all interesting. The image of Daphne going through the barb wire table was sick but i give her props, too bad TNA started to fuck with her
Had they not fucked with her, she could be there now as a valet (since I think her injuries have ended her career). She was a special talent and they blew it.
He could be but one thing is for certain and that's the "Dr Of Thuganomics" gimmick is dead. It was fine when he was 25 and doing it, but at 35 he just looked like someones dad trying to be cool(oh and he was doing poetry because raps aren't that slow
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There is no going back to the Thuganomics schtick.
Corporate sellout would be a gimmick for Cena to go with, but my personal favorite was the one they stumbled on with Batista when he started acting like Kanye West.
That could work. A face that tries so hard to make people like him and they reject him so he turns. That shit is Heel Turn 101.
As far as Mickie goes, apparently that woman got that fire because a couple wrestlers that dated her speak VERY highly of her.
Not surprised. Country girls got it, bruh.
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but the good stuff is really consistently good with Roode, Storm, Ray, and Austin Aries (who's contract is coming up so I hope they're working on re-signing him) carrying the show every week.
