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Preview Of New Shoot Interview With Frankie Kazarian Talking About TNA

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#30 ·
And even from 2002 to 2006, while they had more an identity, you watch some of their main event matchs involving Jarrett, and it turns into clausterfucks a la Attitude Era. I think there was too many of Jarrett dominating the main event scene. Not only that wasn't that well booked but while Jeff has some quality, he's not of Ric Flair-level that he could do that. He was never anything special. So for TNA to create a niche for themselves they had to have a new breed of performers as the face of TNA from 2002 onward. Not Jeff. The X Division put TNA on the map and logically it's the best X Division performers that should have transitioned to the main event. Maybe AJ did that, but he never got a sustained push at the top, esp. in the early years.

Even in 2006 there was hope yet cause the year started with the three-way matches between AJ, Daniles and Joe and then the three left the X Division after their feud. Then TNA had Daniels and AJ form a team and Joe doing a few nowhere feuds in that year. But to me, the three should have been promoted in the main event and take the torch at Bound for Glory 2006. Instead of JJ vs Sting for the title at BFG 06, maybe it should have been:

AJ vs JJ
Daniels vs Sting
Joe vs CC

The three winners face themselves for the title and all of AJ, Daniels and Joe are put over by the three legends and then go on repeating their X title three-way.
 
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I cannot for the life of me figure out what TNA had against Daniels and Kazarian.

They got over despite them being given nothing by creative, they were good on the mic, even better in the ring, and just chose to do nothing with them. It makes no sense.

Then again this is the company that would rather secretly pay Vince Russo than resign Styles, Daniels, or Kazarian.

And yet they have money for Bobby Lashley, MVP, then can double Matt Hardy's asking price, can bring in snitski and zeke for shots, can bring back Devon, and spend a bundle on NYC venue costs.

On The Daniels trailer my favorite part, was wrestlers beig owed back money and TNA giving away money to a charity and doofus big John missing the point of. Hey asshole pay your fucking talent before giving away fucking money.

It's shit like this that drives me crazy and prevents me from supporting this company. It's run by fucking clueless, inept, fucking people.
 
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It's shit like this that drives me crazy and prevents me from supporting this company. It's run by fucking clueless, inept, fucking people.
This is a little off topic but it fits what you've said here.

TNA is actually showing highlights of next weeks match in their advertisement this week. Whilst this is okay for Television Shows where you know the result is scripted and can't possibly get the spoilers or anything like that due to no live crowd it makes zero sense to show clips of next weeks matches this week because if you openly admit the show is taped it's going to take people about 20 seconds to Google "TNA results Destination X 2014"

How's that for clueless and inept people?
 
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The only reason to watch TNA in 2013 was Bad Influence.

With the Aces and 8s angle killing everything in sight, I literally only watched to hear the BI music kick in so I knew I was going to get a few minutes of quality entertainment.

Still, while not giving them the belts again was just insane considering how over they were, I always suspected they were in a primo position in the company. There were lots of times when they were given lots of TV time, like 10-15 min segments (or more!), and they always seemed able to do their own thing. Looks like what I considered respect for their talents from the company in letting them do what they wanted (and being "above needing a belt"), was actually more like they just didn't give a shit about them so as long as they didn't do anything embarrassing.

While there's that massive AJ thread going on, I still think the loss of BI has been one of the bigger losses out of all the recent cut-backs. And I still think Daniels deserved a WHC run. Nothing too lengthy and not booked strong, but he deserved it. Basically, he should have got Magnus' run (and booking - that booking killed Magnus but would have been brilliant for Daniels) - 4 or 5 months booked as a devious, cheating, conniving, cowardly champ.

BAH!!!!!
 
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In before he gets called a vanilla midget by a russo mark.
 
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I'll probably watch that. Watched AJ's shoot after he left TNA, but he didn't really say anything juicy. This looks far better.
 
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I forget that Kaz can talk. In BI Daniels overshadowed him a lot.
Will watch this, but Styleses one seemed more interesting by preview.

Damn, several times thoroughout the video I thought "who is this guy?" He's face is so weird, I cant focus on it, it's like every sentence is said by different person.
 
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He put over Angle, Christian and Team 3D as the only WWE guys that worked they buts for the company.
 
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Sometimes having a solid midcard guy that can put young talent over is better than having a huge star.
 
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It breaks my heart to see how TNA mistreated Daniels and Kaz.

I remember how baffled I was when they put Kaz in the Suicide costume. Here was someone that was a long TNA mainstay and he have had a good buzz after he had faced the World champion. Most thought he was ready for a push. Then they repackaged him with a costume and everybody on the net knew it was him. Whole thing was pointless. I'm not surprised that Kaz was as baffled as I was. How insulted he was by the whole thing at the beginning. It shows how a bunch of bozos Jarrett and Russo and Dixie are.

Also I'm not surprised that Daniels and Kaz were mad that they didn't get the belt in England and were passed over for Roode and Aries. I remember being happy for Roode and Aries that they won the belt but how unfortunate that was for Kaz and Daniels cause they got screwed again. How stupid the bookers and agents of TNA were that they thought that it was better for Chavo and Hernendez to win the belts at BFG cause they were in their "home town". Nobody gave a shit for Chavo and Hern at that place, people were cheering for BI.

That's a case of when a company does not like you, you can be the best and most entertaining act in there, they won't push you. Sort of like Ziggler in the WWE.
 
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I expect when the fan boys come here it will be very much a "Bad Influence are bitter and nobodies" but these guys were loyal to TNA and at one stage Daniels was huge for them.

I wasn't a huge fan of Bad Influence but they're right. They are better than the Bromans and they did deserve better. The ending of the Kazarian preview where someone says to him "Sorry, that would be too entertaining and it'd steal the show" really shows just how clueless TNA really are and really does explain why their TV show week to week is just bland, boring and very similar to what they did the week before.
 
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Yea everytime they were on TV the most entertaining part of the show yet whatever they did never move the niddle.

Another part of the Daniels vid where he talks about never getting responses by management and bookers, never getting direction. He said that it felt that even management never really knew what TNA was about. Hence the lack of identity. He talks about Hogan and EB wanting to put the company over when they came in and then a few months in, they don't know what to do and wondering themselves "What is TNA"? Cause you can't propetly push something when you don't know what you have.
 
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That's because TNA has no identity and hasn't had one for many years.

For their first years from like 2002-2006 they were known as the underdog, a company that could possibly compete with WWE if they signed a big name or two and wrestling fans at the time knew it was realistic that an older WWE guy could leave the WWE and come to TNA just for a change of scenery and a break to rest the body.

2006 onwards though it doesn't have it's own identity. WWE is sports entertainment. TNA has tried to get into that and have failed. ROH is pure wrestling and TNA has also tried that and it's failed. They've tried to copy the WWF Attitude Era, The WCW/nWo era, The ECW identity has been raped by TNA three or four times at this point.

TNA can't do anything itself and be unique on it's own and it's what has put the company on life support. These days they're mostly known as nostalgia style pro wrestling which can work for a small independent show but not a national company.
 
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"we are not going to go with that idea, because it's too entertaining. You'll steal the segment"

WTF!

I was a long time TNA fan but they are just frigging horrible. I'm so disappointed in them. I hadn't missed a show since 2004. When I moved to Istanbul for a year and then when backpacking for a year all over Europe, I still found their latest episode online and made sure I watched it.

6 weeks ago I stopped watching TNA. And this video shows the reasons why. They could be huge but they for some reason have no clue. They peaked in 2006 and then there was a glimpse in 2009 just before Hogan came in. They are now complete rubbish.
 
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