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How has TNA been since the financial crisis in June?

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#1 ·
So have things gotten any better for TNA 2 months later? And how has the shows creative direction been, I've heard good things?
 
#7 ·
I think after recent backlash from tna talent, wrestlers and fans, Meltzer afraid to post his usual BS. And apparently there is no real news.

Hopefully fans will get over with Meltzers shit with time, they simply dont deserve negativity they receive.
Doing great product, a lot of free agents are ok to work with them and even those who left are being positive, well, atleast until joining wwe.
 
#2 ·
Well Moose has come in and building up momentum and been a great new addition to the show. Damien Sandow aka Aron Rex has also joined so be interesting to see if he sinks or swims with the creative freedom talent seem to have in TNA. There are a few really interesting feuds going on too involving Bobby Lashley, Broken Matt Hardy, Decay and EC3/Drew.

The only negative id say about the show is Billy Corgen becoming a on screen character which ill suits him and the knockout division isn't great at the moment imo and desperately needs shaking up, particularly stopping the Super Gail Kim shit.
 
#9 ·
Not defending tna past record for mistreating talent but dude come on, all wrestling company have fucked their employers in he past and will in the future as it won't change sadly.

The product has been great, the tna booking and creative has really got there shit together since the move to pop.
 
#10 ·
The X-division is non-existent, to the point the yearly ONO Xtravaganza has been renamed "ONO August 2016" for some reason ; the KO division is all about Gail (and Maria), and everyone else is booked like crap ; the tag division is limited to the Hardys doing their cheesy Final Deletion schtick, and going for the gold over the Decay ; and 70% of the show is A+ talkers/B workers heavyweight guys feuding with one another & having good, albeit unmemorable tv matches & promos (the remaining 30% are 20% Hardys, 10% the rest). If you're into the main event scene & Hardy cheesiness, then the product is awesome. Otherwise.... eh.
 
#11 ·
In the runup to the move to Destination America (during the Manhattan Center tapings) it appeared that TNA was recording their programming in an underground cavern. Simarily after the move. You could not tell if there were 20 people there, are 20,000. It was a horrible look, reminiscent to really, really bad Ring of Honor production values from a couple of years ago. That, combined with general lack of storylines and an evaporating roster made me tune out.

That said, I began watching a bit after hearing about the "Broken" Matt Hardy angle and listening to his podcast with Jericho. So they are back at a normal tv studio again (although in some respects the color scheme strongly, strongly resembles the waning days of WCW Saturday Night and Worldwide, where everything was gray and black within the tiny arena).

So a few questions:

1) I've read about their financial crisis in June - has it been solved or are they still barely existing?

2) Are they running house shows at all any more?

3) Do they have the resources to take advantage of the some of the roster cuts made (or potentially to come) by WWE? Adding Ryback, Cody Rhodes, and possibly Alberto Del Rio would serve to stabilize viewership rates and perhaps lead others to give the product a renewed viewing.
 
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