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Former WWE writer rips TNAs big announcement

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#1 ·
In the latest episode of WrestlingINC Weekly, myself (@RajGiri_303) and former WWE Creative writer Court Bauer (@courtbauer) discussed TNA announcing that they would take Impact tapings on the road. While Bauer felt that it was a good move for TNA, he ripped the company for announcing it publicly.

"To announce it on a TV show... I think it just speaks to how in the bubble they are, and how they are desperate to look like they're something. They way they're doing it makes them look so super bush league. To shine the spotlight on the fact that they don't do s--t [and] that they've been in the same place for a million years. To the average fan, they're going to shrug like, 'Who gives a damn? Great, you're going to be in Alabama next week, who cares?' To them [the average fan], a big announcement is that you signed Steve Austin, you signed the Rock, or you're bringing in this, or you're bringing in WarGames... it's preposterous, it makes them look like the fools they are."
http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/201
 
#36 ·
First of all, who is a former WWE writer and the guy responsible for Khali to say how any company does business. Second, so what if WWE did do it in 1993? By that logic, they should have done most of the stuff they've been doing in the last 20 years. Most fans wanted them to go on the road,so to those fans, this is a big deal.
 
#49 · (Edited)
Holding events in other cities, meaning people paying for these shows. And gives TNA more exposure for taking place in other cities.


Do you really think a company like WWE would be as big as it is today if all they did was hold Raw in that manhattan center for every single episode, and just held WMs in 20,000 seat places? Look at how much bigger Raw/SD are now with WWE traveling all over to hold these shows, and look at how much bigger WM has seemed with WWE expanding to bigger places.


TNA isn't on that level yet, but moving out of Impact Zone and traveling all over would be great for them.

Look at it in sports terms. Do you think people in Russia care more about the AHL(the NHLs minor league system) or the KHL(Russias hockey league). Obviously Russias league, cause the teams are from there, so people can actually watch those games in person. TNA would be similar too. By having events in other cities, it allows for fans from those cities to attend TNA events are care about it more since they know that TNA isn't just a show that takes place in a TV studio in Orlando anymore, it's now a show that takes place all over, including their hometowns.
 
#44 ·
"To announce it on a TV show... I think it just speaks to how in the bubble they are, and how they are desperate to look like they're something.
LOL how ironic
 
#45 ·
This is the most idiotic rip on TNA I've seen in a while. They've had their shows at the impact zone for 10 years now and this isn't a big fucking announcement? They're finally noticing they've become big enough to take the show on the road, which a lot of the fans have wanted and an announcement that was less than a minute long on TV is being shit on by this guy? Give me a fucking break. What did he want, for them to keep quiet about it and possibly draw a bit less of an audience? I bet this guy praised wwe announcing it was going HD...
 
#47 ·
He's right honestly. Act like you've been there before. Going on the road should just be expected, all this does is draw attention to the fact that they weren't and makes them look second rate.

They aren't announcing something great, they are announcing that something shitty about them has finally met the industry standard.
 
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#55 ·
At the end of the day, it wasn't as if half a million people tuned out because they didn't want to hear a huge announcement so what difference does it make announcing that Impact is going on the road? All it would do was excite the die hard fan or make the causal wonder what it is and stick around
 
#57 ·
It makes a big difference, if they didn't announce it on impact they might as well stay in the impact zone because tickets won't sell themselves. If the company doesn't make it look like a big deal, why the fuck should anyone else care.
 
#64 ·
For anyone to defend that idiot is just fuckin stupid. If you were a business owner (and im talking any type of business) and you had a major announcement about your company taking a major step into the future, why wouldn't you advertise that to the largest audience you have? This jinder khali guy is a dumbass.


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#68 ·
the wwe is talking it down so i think that in its self shows its a big announcement.
 
#71 ·
His worse than Piers Morgan ripping off conservatives. 'Nuff said.
 
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#74 ·
In fairness to the writer, majority of the BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS have been utter duds and this one isn't really any different. A move to taping shows ont he road was a necessary component of moving forward, and should have been done 1-2 years earlier.
 
#75 ·
Promote the shows by all means but don't do a vince style vignette to announce them. Just run adverts or a ticker on screen during the show to promote the shows.

Thats what he means and he's right. Not sure sure why some are struggling to comprehend that. I am happy they're going on the road tho.
 
#76 ·
Vince owns the rights of announcements, we're fucked.
 
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