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As a TNA fan...it hurts me to say this

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#1 ·
TNA will never get much bigger or successful than they are now if they don't pony up some dough and sign a BIG name. As a fan of TNA i am not happy with where they are right now...i want them to get bigger and better and all of the above. I just can't see it happening wouthout them making a big splash or a couple of large splashes. I just wish they would really really really try to push this thing to the next level and go after a Punk/Cena...or Miz/Orton/Sheamus/Ziggler/Bryan...some TNA fans might not want this but TNA hasn't made a big splash since Angle...some might count Hardy simply because of his fans but i don't. I would just like to see what would happen if they pulled something like this off. I love AJ/Joe/Roode/Aries...but the painful truth is those guys will never pull like WWE guys do. I'm tired of the bobby lashleys and seeing them horribly mismanage guys with potential like the elijah burke...i dont give a crap about king mo and rampage jackson...now theres rumors of goldberg being the leader of aces and eights...give me the miz and dolph ziggler or orton and sheamus...quit shoving hogan and sting down our throats...let them retire and go hang out at their country clubs...we need some new blood...tna is going to be stuck here for decades(if they last that long) if they dont try to really go for it at some point...just some thoughts...please everybody pitch in and let me know what you think...
 
#2 ·
push this thing to the next level and go after a Punk/Cena...or Miz/Orton/Sheamus/Ziggler/Bryan...
really? Not likely considering the long term contracts they are in and the fact they all have direction in the wwe, apart from orton but his time will come soon.. Maybe they can go for someone like ryder or jtg or joe hennig ect.. but not the big guns.
 
#32 ·
They can hire the entire WWE roster and still get 1.2's. Be a wrestling fan, not a ratings fan.
 
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#3 ·
what big name

Batista is doing MMA, and he's the only guy out there who would bring any interest to the product. TNA could never sign anyone on your list, either. They all have contracts worth a fuck ton compared to what TNA would give them. Also, going to TNA means a drop in popularity and awareness in the wrestling business as it stands. John Cena and CM Punk would retire before going to TNA.
 
#4 ·
Im sorry but when you state they need to sign a big name.Shows you dont undersatnd whats happening in the wrestling world today and are in fact holding wrestling back.Any wrestling fan taht can not allow a company to grow from amazing new talent shouldnt watch anymore. People cant be satisfied with out holding onto the past.Dont expect anything to move forward.

This is an amazing period in wrestling.With the fact we could have a huge boom period over the next 5 years and into the future.5 years from now i see wrestling being hot again.Not like it was but a entire new line of wrestlers.Look at all the great Talent Impact wrestling is trying to find from the indies.

NOone and i mean NO one in the wwe will help impact wrestling. How do you expect a wrestler from the wwe that is not even helping the wwe get bigger help impact wrestling ? hell the wwe is declining. I believe thats becuase they are to anal about producing stars. Instead of finding stars or letting people grow.

In fact people need to realize that Impact wrestling is doing exactly what they need and should be.This is going to be one amazing interesting year.We have a lot of changes coming.We all ready know about a drastic change in ppv ect.
 
#7 ·
:kobe

Literally everyone on the upper card of WWE would be a great signing for TNA if they managed to get them through some kind of miracle. Getting Sheamus or CM Punk would do wonders for them, ratings and business wise. Of course, it will never happen, but in theory it would be perfect.
 
#5 ·
and also just to add, TNA recently came to the UK, the guys you mentioned, are a big draw here, the pops were huge.. the impact zone doesn't do any of the competitors any justice.. TNA is growing, slowly but surely.
 
#11 ·
I'm not asking for an all out WWE takeover...just that getting ONE OR TWO of their big names would dramatically help TNA get more exposure...and then they could introduce the world and more people to all these indy guys and tna legends like styles/joe/roode/aries
 
#12 · (Edited)
What you dont understand is noone is important from the wwe. You could put any single one of those wrestlers in this company.Nothing would happen other then a week of ratings going up a little bit.Maybe the only talent that would do that is john cena.If that does anything after a few weeks.Its not about talent anymore.WWE is not the super power of wrestlers it was.All the super power wrestlers have retired.

Hell Impact wrestling has been bringing in guys that are still bigger stars then anyone on the current wwe roster.Yet it has not made the company any bigger other then natural growth.

What makes this point true is the fact the wwe has re called all of its ex star talent back for minimum dates of work.Just to get the ratings going. Its a fact that the wwe is trying to live off its old stars right now as well.So its time for Impact to focus on the future.I just find it funny that all those stars were in impact wrestling at some point.Yet everyone wwe fan said they was rejects.Second they appear on wwe tv they mean something again ?
 
#14 ·
Even then, guys have shown up, but it dose nothing, pepole dont follow Wrestlers, they follow WWE
if Cena left most would be asking "where is cena did he retire?"
as they did with angle, hardy and anderson
The fact is, if your a smark enough to follow wrestlers you know of TNA alredy and most likely "watch it" or "dont" snd it wont chnage anything, and if you dont, then them going there wont matter
 
#20 ·
TNA could do the same thing to a degree...Its much easier to make someone a huge name when you already have 100's of millions of eyeballs watching your product...tna cant do the same thing to the same level as wwe if they dont have people watching their product, no matter how good it is...You could have 100% of tna fans thinking austin aries is the best thing since sliced bread...but if the other 90% of the wrestling fanbase pie doesnt care or know who he is...your company isnt going anywhere
 
#17 · (Edited)
Not going to happen. People clearly have not been watching this company for many years.If they had they would know its not going to make this company bigger. They are doing right now whats going to make them bigger.

People really need to stop focusing on what is happening in the wwe and how that should be part of Impact.Like the guy said above.This company is and needs to do the same.Thats why they are better then ever right now.

Roode/Aries/Daniels ect ect
 
#19 ·
I never said anything about WWE lossing stuff or not, I said that they would not care about the guy who left, most sitll dont know where angle hardy or any of them all, even on this forums, one of the most snark places of the erth you still have many who have NO clue angle is in TNA

also they dont watch WWe cause the names are there, most dont even know TNA exist, or anything but WWE
 
#23 ·
Hogan is the biggest name in wrestling history, it's not like Goldberg at 45 will change anything.

As long as WWE does Cena/Rock II, TNA has nowhere to go but up.
 
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#26 ·
I'm not so sure that is a correct assessment of Goldberg. I had an awesome opportunity to speak to him for about 5 minutes a week ago in Las Vegas. He was extremely nice and very open about the wrestling biz. I flat out asked if he was ever approached by TNA and said 'they know it's a waste of time because they can't pay me anything.' Now I am sure that 'anything' would be a substantial sum to most of us - but not enough to interest Goldberg. Makes me wonder what they would offer someone like Ryder, Tyson Kidd, etc.

I think Goldberg could spike ratings to a 2.6 within a week. He could (wouldn't) put someone like Roode or Matt Morgan over huge as well.

It would't change the world, but for the kind of money that TNA is willing to spend they should sign Colt Cabana.
 
#24 ·
if a non wrestling fan came up to you and asked you who the world champion of any wrestling catorgory is would you seriously put up or nominate any of the tna champs?
 
#25 ·
I was really stating to like TNA until they jumped the shark by challenging WWE live on Monday nights when they clearly weren't ready to do so. They were going to have Hogan? WWE trotted out the Hit Man. And so on. TNA was a growing promotion that got bad advice and decided to make a play for the big dog's yard. And as a result, got squashed. Why ditch the 6 sided ring? It made TNA unique and gave it something WWE definitely did not have. TNA had the X Division and a lot of great young talent. So why start pimping a bunch of old has beens all of a sudden? I ended up not being able to watch TNA anymore, since every week all it did was visually remind me of WCW as it was dying a slow death.

I am starting to watch again somewhat, and it looks potentially promising in spots. They are starting to focus a little on the young talent again, which is what they shoud do. WWE retreads are not going to help them. Even a big name will only give a big pop for a little while. The product needs to be regrown, which is the only way they are going to be able to get into a position to legitimately compete with WWE again. That and hire better writers. Fire anybody in creative associated with WCW or Attitude Era WWE. TNA needs to put their own product out and be original again. They seem to be heading that direction again, but its going to be a long bumpy road, if they can pull it off.
 
#36 ·
Miz-Said in a recent interview he's never thought about going to TNA

Orton-Has a 15-20 year contract with the E?

Cena- Buying out his contract & paying him more what the E offered would bankrupt TNA

Punk-The chance to have him was in 04 when he was still floating between TNA & ROH do you think he'd want to come back after that?

Sheamus-Isn't he close with uncle trips? why risk that just to start all over again

Danielson & Ziggler would be the only realistic targets IMO they don't seem like 'company guys' yet
 
#40 ·
That's different.

This is John Freakin Cena, top guy in the industry for the past 7/8 years. Him as top guy jumping to a rival company would cause massive ripples across the industry.

Whether TNA would capitalise on it however is a different story.
 
#42 ·
The company needs big names? They've had plenty.
DDP
Randy Savage
Kevin Nash
RVD
Kennedy/Anderson
Kurt Angle
Flair
Hogan
Sting
Dudleyz
Jeff Hardy shortly after he was arguably the most over guy in WWE

Flair, Hogan, Sting, Angle and Hardy isn't big enough for you?
 
#46 ·
Hardy was the 2nd top WWE babyface, it has nothing to do with big names.
This isn't the 90's anymore, just a few weeks ago RAW was getting 2.2's. TNA surprisingly hasn't drop much in viewership and the ppv buys are slowly improving.
 
#44 ·
you can hire anyone you want to. just look at big names they've brought in already.

names don't mean shit if you don't know how to use them.

wrestlers don't just 'jump ship' ether. tna don't have the wcw checkbook. to get a guy like cena, they would have to buy out his contract completely. this is the same company that has wrestlers with second jobs, or living on food stamps. it's just not plausible.
 
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