Now I know where Jay Lethal went after I thought he dropped off the face of the earth.
Time to jump ship Angle, Roode, and Austin Aries.
He's the best thing in ROH right now, as far as I'm concerned.
Now I know where Jay Lethal went after I thought he dropped off the face of the earth.
Time to jump ship Angle, Roode, and Austin Aries.
did DA only drop TNA because of ratings or costs?
The truth is it's the cost when paired with sponsors not wanting to touch professional wrestling, on a channel that gets along fine with "Mountain Monsters" and "Hillbilly Blood."
Even WWE wasn't able to get the mega television renewal they were looking for recently, in a television landscape that's paying huge money for live sports content, based heavily on the fact that sponsors don't want to touch this lowbrow entertainment.
The truth is it's the cost when paired with sponsors not wanting to touch professional wrestling, on a channel that gets along fine with "Mountain Monsters" and "Hillbilly Blood."
Even WWE wasn't able to get the mega television renewal they were looking for recently, in a television landscape that's paying huge money for live sports content, based heavily on the fact that sponsors don't want to touch this lowbrow entertainment.
let me guess TNA shut down immediately, they get paid up to September?
Is wrestling really that much more lowbrow than the deluge of crap reality TV that is featured on cable networks? Aren't the financials of the typical demographic the bigger issue?
Lowbrow entertainment, lowbrow demographic. There's a reason they're drawing some of the biggest numbers on cable, yet their featured advertiser is FRAM oil filters.
You can't watch it online after the fact but you can stream RAW live via xfinity live or on USANEtworks site if you have comcast. Don't know if other cable providers work.Yep, USA pays for Raw just so they can say they are the number 1 cable network, as Raw does big numbers for cable. That's why they don't put the full version on Hulu, or allow you to watch it online even if you sign in with cable credentials.
WWE advertises the hell out of Mtn Dew Kickstart and Pizza Rolls you trying to imply that these aren't well established class act advertisements that any other grade A program wouldn't air?...I can't believe some of the bullshit reasons people make up for Destination America wanting to get rid of TNA.
The ratings are fine. Wrestling is advertising repellant. Nobody wants to advertise on a wrestling promotion, especially one like TNA. DA likely thought they'd get a better ROI than they did, and when they didn't they said "fuck this". They knew TNA was getting decent ratings so they looked to another wrestling promotion that would be more friendly to advertisers and a lower cost for them, and there you go.
...I can't believe some of the bullshit reasons people make upfor Destination America wanting to get rid of TNA.
The ratings are fine. Wrestling is advertising repellant. Nobody wants to advertise on a wrestling promotion, especially one like TNA. DA likely thought they'd get a better ROI than they did, and when they didn't they said "fuck this". They knew TNA was getting decent ratings so they looked to another wrestling promotion that would be more friendly to advertisers and a lower cost for them, and there you go.
Is wrestling really that much more lowbrow than the deluge of crap reality TV that is featured on cable networks? Aren't the financials of the typical demographic the bigger issue?
or...I only feel bad for the female talent. Because ROH doesn't have a women's division, they're going to be stuck in the indies until god knows when.
Other than that, get rekt TNA.
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then they get moved to Raw for bullshit matches and a weaker move setor...
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then they get moved to Raw for bullshit matches and a weaker move set![]()
It wont happen but WWE should just retire the Divas division and put all of the women talent on NXT.
It's a real tragedy we won't get to see Billy Corgan's storylines in TNA.
It's a real tragedy we won't get to see Billy Corgan's storylines in TNA.
I wonder how much money he just saved.It's a real tragedy we won't get to see Billy Corgan's storylines in TNA.
ROH these days is genuinely really, really good. Trust me, I felt the same about original ROH, although I thought Gabe's later booking was pretty bad. Cornette and Pearce were dreadful but Delirious on his own knows what he's doing. There's some interesting storylines and a lot of great wrestling all over the card which wasn't the case when Cornette was trying to make it into OVW.2002-2007 was epic for RoH. Then, Sapolsky left, and everything fucked off with him. Some of the BEST rivalries I have EVER seen in wrestling were in those 5 years.
Who can forget CZW vs ROH, culminating in that crazy Cage of Death match, Joe vs Punk series, Joe vs Kobashi, Danielson vs KENTA/Nigel, Raven vs Punk and so much more. Loved RoH through and through back then. They haven't interested me in years and aren't booked right too nowadays.
Happy about the deal though.
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I feel bad for the talent of TNA, but LOL Dixie.
Niiiiiice!
Total upgrade
I am fairly safe saying that ROH has more and better followers than TNA and it has more potential.