TNA Impact moving to Monday Nights Jan 4th

Paulegend · 06-12-2009 8:53pm

ok im not saying this to annoy anyone and tell me if you disagree(without just childish insults)

but what if Hogan coming in is a good thing. listen Hogan the wrestler may not be around for long as we can all agree he aint the fittest these days but what about Hogan the boss. why cant he be around for the next 15 years or so??? he could play the "Vince McMahon" role.

TNA being a success on the 4th would be to just make any kind of dent in WWE figures while creating a base to grow stories from. even if they only take 1.5 from WWE if they put on a better show than WWE they can take more veiwers the next time they are head-to-head

i cant see ESPN taking up TNA especially until they get more established. hopefully sky dont have an exclusive clause with WWE

hopefully Bravo will move TNA live aswell

flahavaj · 06-12-2009 9:05pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMUKpBjFEKs

LOL at Rogan needing the prompt card for TNA and Dixie Carter.

Paulegend · 06-12-2009 9:08pm

so cring worthy:D

Rjd2 · 06-12-2009 11:49pm

Will that night have NFL as well which will eat into BOTH'S shows ratings? but heh if it does not draw Hogan will have that as an excuse I imagine. :pac:

Shaneomac · 07-12-2009 4:54am

Think a record number for tna would be a major success either way. Whats that 1.3?

D2D · 07-12-2009 10:45am

I think TNA might bring in some new talent like RVD that night seeing as it's live and against WWE.

Actually, Shane McMahon's contract will be up in the New Year, do ye think he will ever go to TNA or, more possibly, UFC????

Mr.Nice Guy · 07-12-2009 10:47am

Will there be a way for us over here to watch the TNA show live? Will it be on Bravo or whatever?

waltersobchak · 07-12-2009 10:57am

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Will there be a way for us over here to watch the TNA show live? Will it be on Bravo or whatever?

TNA would be stupid not to have it on live.. especially since impact actually doesnt do that much less than raw in the uk tv ratings..

chordtype · 07-12-2009 12:10pm

What are the chances that Vince has lifted the phone to Stone Cold already to get him to come in to guest host?

D2D · 07-12-2009 12:15pm

chordtype wrote: »

What are the chances that Vince has lifted the phone to Stone Cold already to get him to come in to guest host?

Well there's rumours going round that The Rock or Stone Cold will be guest GM and Raw will be a 3 hour event

waltersobchak · 07-12-2009 12:27pm

Dare_2_defy wrote: »

Well there's rumours going round that The Rock or Stone Cold will be guest GM and Raw will be a 3 hour event

yeah the rumour for The Rock was the 4th or 11th january, hes not free until march otherwise.. id say Stone Cold will be the 2nd option for sure

Paulegend · 07-12-2009 3:23pm

Dare_2_defy wrote: »

I think TNA might bring in some new talent like RVD that night seeing as it's live and against WWE.

Actually, Shane McMahon's contract will be up in the New Year, do ye think he will ever go to TNA or, more possibly, UFC????

isnt shane already gone from wwe??

and isnt he already in talks with buying some of ufc??

D2D · 07-12-2009 3:28pm

Paulegend wrote: »

isnt shane already gone from wwe??

and isnt he already in talks with buying some of ufc??

I think he's still under contract until Jan 1, 2010.

I think the UFC thing is only rumours but I could be wrong on this

I know this is my 700th post. Yay!!!

:D

digital pimp · 07-12-2009 4:57pm

I think it will be a disaster
people are talking like this is guna ne the start of a new Monday night war.
like TNA are comparable to WCW circa 1995
but TNA isn't WCW, WCW at any stage of its life. TNA is ECW circa 95
they're in no position to make a challenge like this

I hope Hogan is smarter than we think and has the common sense that beefcake and the nasty boys don't belong in the ring
and jimmy hart doesn't belong in the recording studio

Hogan has been around the business for 30 years
he's seen Gagne run AWA, Vince run WWE and Bisch run WCW
hopefully he's picked up a thing or two.

TheCandystripes · 07-12-2009 9:48pm

digital pimp wrote: »

I think it will be a disaster
people are talking like this is guna ne the start of a new Monday night war.
like TNA are comparable to WCW circa 1995
but TNA isn't WCW, WCW at any stage of its life. TNA is ECW circa 95
they're in no position to make a challenge like this

I hope Hogan is smarter than we think and has the common sense that beefcake and the nasty boys don't belong in the ring
and jimmy hart doesn't belong in the recording studio

Hogan has been around the business for 30 years
he's seen Gagne run AWA, Vince run WWE and Bisch run WCW
hopefully he's picked up a thing or two.

facepalm

tna is ecw 1995 u are joking surely. vince wont be having tna wrestlers on his show anytime and rumours that they might actually bother their hole that night proves vince fears hulkamania

DM_7 · 07-12-2009 10:22pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

facepalm

tna is ecw 1995 u are joking surely. vince wont be having tna wrestlers on his show anytime and rumours that they might actually bother their hole that night proves vince fears hulkamania

Rumours on the internet that WWE might be bothered about TNA prove nothing about what Vince McMahon thinks.

TheCandystripes · 07-12-2009 10:27pm

DM-ICE wrote: »

Rumours on the internet that WWE might be bothered about TNA prove nothing about what Vince McMahon thinks.

fact is tna has marketability unlike extremely crappy wrestling. tna gets over 1 million viewers a week at a time that wwe has dominated the american consciousness for so long. also wrestling isnt popular there anymore

flahavaj · 07-12-2009 10:31pm

TheCandystripes is some buachaill.

DM_7 · 07-12-2009 10:33pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

fact is tna has marketability unlike extremely crappy wrestling. tna gets over 1 million viewers a week at a time that wwe has dominated the american consciousness for so long. also wrestling isnt popular there anymore

What has that got to do with my post, the one you hit quote under?

I said rumours on the net prove nothing about what Vince thinks.

TheCandystripes · 07-12-2009 10:59pm

DM-ICE wrote: »

What has that got to do with my post, the one you hit quote under?

I said rumours on the net prove nothing about what Vince thinks.

it was a continuation from my previous point about tna being in another league to ecw

waltersobchak · 07-12-2009 11:04pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

facepalm

tna is ecw 1995 u are joking surely. vince wont be having tna wrestlers on his show anytime and rumours that they might actually bother their hole that night proves vince fears hulkamania

yeah the funny thing is ECW could actually sellout the arenas they ran shows in..

flahavaj · 07-12-2009 11:13pm

waltersobchak wrote: »

yeah the funny thing is ECW could actually sellout the arenas they ran shows in..

Not to mention had average PPV buyrates 3-4 times that of TNA's average.

waltersobchak · 07-12-2009 11:22pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Not to mention had average PPV buyrates 3-4 times that of TNA's average.

and was the highest rated show on TNN(which is now spike tv) i doubt TNA can say the same thing

TheCandystripes · 07-12-2009 11:23pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Not to mention had average PPV buyrates 3-4 times that of TNA's average.

ah yes the 90s a time of high speed broadband. the 00 changed the way world operates. if ecw was here today people would stream it

DM_7 · 07-12-2009 11:25pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

it was a continuation from my previous point about tna being in another league to ecw

So it had nothing to do with my post.

Thanks for clearing that up.

waltersobchak · 07-12-2009 11:25pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

ah yes the 90s a time of high speed broadband. the 00 changed the way world operates. if ecw was here today people would stream it

yeah but they'd watch the shows and buy the PPVs, so thats a BS excuse

flahavaj · 07-12-2009 11:33pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

ah yes the 90s a time of high speed broadband. the 00 changed the way world operates. if ecw was here today people would stream it

ECW aired PPV's up till 2001. People had internet then you know. In fact ECW itself was the darling of internet smarks.

You're saying that if downloads weren't available, TNA would be drawimng 3-4 times more? Why then aren't WWE's PPV buyrates down by a similar factor over the same time period?

davrho · 07-12-2009 11:35pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

ah yes the 90s a time of high speed broadband. the 00 changed the way world operates. if ecw was here today people would stream it

I reckon more people would stream ecw in Ireland than would attend a live TNA show. About 2000......:pac:

Sorry

TheCandystripes · 07-12-2009 11:36pm

flahavaj wrote: »

ECW aired PPV's up till 2001. People had internet then you know. In fact ECW itself was the darling of internet smarks.

You're saying that if downloads weren't available, TNA would be drawimng 3-4 times more? Why then aren't WWE's PPV buyrates down by a similar factor over the same time period?

because wwe has reached a stage where it is a machine. pro wrestling =wwe for millions. wwe ppvs are down too

TheCandystripes · 07-12-2009 11:40pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

because wwe has reached a stage where it is a machine. pro wrestling =wwe for millions. wwe ppvs are down too

2000 is very good for a country wit no wrestling culture and for a promotion which has never had an austin or a rock

waltersobchak · 07-12-2009 11:41pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

because wwe has reached a stage where it is a machine. pro wrestling =wwe for millions. wwe ppvs are down too

that statement doesnt make much sense dude

flahavaj · 07-12-2009 11:42pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

because wwe has reached a stage where it is a machine. pro wrestling =wwe for millions. wwe ppvs are down too

They're not down to a quarter of what they were in the late nineties, early 2000's.

You're fudging the issue.

You stated that TNA was in a different league to ECW, when live attendances at their events AND PPV buyrates tell a totally different story.

Your preposterous excuse that people downloading the PPV's from the internet explains the vast gap between the two is laughable, especially when theres no evidence that this is the case in any other promotion.

You're making a show of yourself bai.

flahavaj · 07-12-2009 11:43pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

2000 is very good for a country wit no wrestling culture and for a promotion which has never had an austin or a rock

Surely its their own fault they can't create money drawing stars.

DM_7 · 07-12-2009 11:45pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Surely its their own fault they can't create money drawing stars.

I wonder if signing Sting or Angle would help them out...... oh wait, sorry please ignore........

waltersobchak · 07-12-2009 11:46pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

2000 is very good for a country wit no wrestling culture and for a promotion which has never had an austin or a rock

Yeah but has Foley, Angle, Booker, Sting, all former WWE/WWF/WCW Champions so again what a BS excuse

Paulegend · 07-12-2009 11:47pm

waltersobchak wrote: »

Yeah but has Foley, Angle, Booker, Sting, all former WWE/WWF/WCW Champions so again what a BS excuse

plus they have the Motor city Machine Guns and Aj styles

actually isnt Booker suppose to be leaving(thank god:D)

davrho · 07-12-2009 11:50pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

2000 is very good for a country wit no wrestling culture and for a promotion which has never had an austin or a rock

No wrestling culture? Where do you think the McMahon clan comes from?

Paulegend · 07-12-2009 11:51pm

davrho wrote: »

No wrestling culture? Where do you think the McMahon clan comes from?

Ireland

what do i win??????

DM_7 · 07-12-2009 11:52pm

Paulegend wrote: »

plus they have the Motor city Machine Guns and Aj styles

actually isnt Booker suppose to be leaving(thank god:D)

I think Booker left already.

TheCandystripes · 07-12-2009 11:54pm

Paulegend wrote: »

Ireland

what do i win??????

mcmahon was a boxing promoter

Paulegend · 07-12-2009 11:55pm

DM-ICE wrote: »

I think Booker left already.

dont get me wrong he was class a long long time ago but WWE ruined him. they needed an afro-american main eventer and just destroyed him with their "creative" staff.

i always said leave the wrestlers have creative freedom. if what they do is crap get rid of them. thats what i like about what hogan is saying with TNA but i just hope he aint lying to get ratings

or ill be soooooooo kinda angry

TheCandystripes · 07-12-2009 11:57pm

Paulegend wrote: »

dont get me wrong he was class a long long time ago but WWE ruined him. they needed an afro-american main eventer and just destroyed him with their "creative" staff.

i always said leave the wrestlers have creative freedom. if what they do is crap get rid of them. thats what i like about what hogan is saying with TNA but i just hope he aint lying to get ratings

or ill be soooooooo kinda angry

if you guyz were american what would you be viewing on the 4th

waltersobchak · 07-12-2009 11:58pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

mcmahon was a boxing promoter

All 3 generations of McMahons were wrestling promoters, but Jess McMahon and Vince Snr also promoted Boxing,, but what has that got to do with anything??

Paulegend · 07-12-2009 11:59pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

mcmahon was a boxing promoter

yea but i was saying "culture" as in Ireland:D country lol

yea his dad was a boxing promoter wasnt he but vinnie just went into wrestling?? correct me if im wrong

Paulegend · 08-12-2009 12:00am

TheCandystripes wrote: »

if you guyz were american what would you be viewing on the 4th

the war from iraq:D

i wanna watch TNA that night to be honest. if i can doh ill obviously just tape Raw

davrho · 08-12-2009 12:00am

TheCandystripes wrote: »

if you guyz were american what would you be viewing on the 4th

American Football probably;)

I would probably channel jump the 2 of them with my bias towards TNA just to see what they produce.

flahavaj · 08-12-2009 6:05pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

if you guyz were american what would you be viewing on the 4th

ROH on HDNET. :pac:

D2D · 08-12-2009 8:28pm

TheCandystripes wrote: »

if you guyz were american what would you be viewing on the 4th

Raw for me but I'd be a bit interested to see what TNA do. If I wouldn't like it, straight back to Raw.

davrho wrote: »

American Football probably;)

I think there's no American Football on the 4th.

Credit: F4WOnline.com

From talking to people in WWE, there is said to be "pretty much no concern whatsoever" in regards to TNA's Impact going head-to-head with Monday Night RAW on January 4, 2010. There is such little concern about TNA that WWE is not even looking to move RAW to three hours, though there is talk of lining up a strong guest host for the first two weeks of the new year.

Among those in WWE, the general feeling is that TNA president Dixie Carter is "incredibly naive" and that TNA is in for a massive disappointment come January 5th when the ratings come in.

On another note, those on the WWE side were happy in the sense that Hulk Hogan mentioned them during last Saturday's Ultimate Fighter finale because they got free publicity out of it.

davrho · 08-12-2009 8:51pm

Dare_2_defy wrote: »

On another note, those on the WWE side were happy in the sense that Hulk Hogan mentioned them during last Saturday's Ultimate Fighter finale because they got free publicity out of it.

Strange, the wwe have the pic of Hogan in the background of the dx skit to advertise the new dvd set? I know the run up to christmas is perfect time to release merchandise like this but it makes me wonder.

Either wwe dont give a feck or there are shananigans going on here.

Paulegend · 08-12-2009 8:53pm

davrho wrote: »

Strange, the wwe have the pic of Hogan in the background of the dx skit to advertise the new dvd set? I know the run up to christmas is perfect time to release merchandise like this but it makes me wonder.

Either wwe dont give a feck or there are shananigans going on here.

o yea i meant to mention that...... plus the intro to RAW still has "hulkamania is running wild":D

TNA Impact moving to Monday Nights Jan 4th

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