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Shimmer Zion is not a good promo.

 

[dream]

Stop acting like you're somebody you Zach Gowan looking motherfucker. You wrestle in a t-shirt!

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Power Slam Magazine in the UK is reporting some very interesting salary figures for the TNA Knockouts.

According to their sources, Christy Hemme and Mickie James are the only ones under guaranteed contracts. Not only that, but get ready for this: both Hemme and James are making over $100,000 yearly.

There was no information on what exactly James' figures are, but Hemme recently signed a 3-year deal with TNA that will pay her an unbelievable $175,000 a year. This is surreal considering the most she does these days is ring announce. It's believed that Eric Bischoff helped her get the deal, as Bischoff is a big fan of Hemme's.

Hemme's reported salary has drawn criticism from colleagues as they feel it's exorbitant for a non-wrestling female personality. The Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer could not confirm the exact figures, but did say that her deal definitely made her the highest-paid female in the company's 9-year history, even moreso than James, who actually wrestles. It's believed James makes somewhere around $125-$150,000 a year.

The salary for every other TNA Knockout is a stark contrast to the bank Hemme and James are making. None of the other women are under guaranteed deals and only get paid when they work. Velvet Sky is making the most of all the other Knockouts, and she's only getting paid $600 per appearance. Most of the women are only making $300 per appearance, barely more than the referees, who make $250 an appearance.

TNA recently honored Sky's request to bump her fee up from $300 to $600, but she seems to be an exception to the rule. Gail Kim, Shelly Martinez, and Awesome Kong all left the company because TNA refused to pay them more than $300 an appearance.

What makes the low pay for the Knockouts even more damning is that TNA only covers plane tickets. The talent have to pay for their own transportation, lodging, wardrobe, and medical expenses.

Former TNA Knockout Taylor Wilde told a famous story a few years ago where she had to still work a normal day-job because her TNA money was so little despite her being the Knockouts Champion. A fan walked into the Pacific Sunwear where she worked and recognized her. The customer/fan asked her, "Aren't you the TNA Knockouts Champion? What are you doing working here?" Wilde immediately quit the job out of shame. Wilde was released from TNA in December 2010 and retired from wrestling shortly after to return to college.

Daffney is also in the middle of suing the company because they wouldn't cover her medical expenses after she was severely injured by a very green wrestler from Team 3D's wrestling camp in Florida.

TNA wrestler Jesse Neal also recently revealed on Twitter that he and his fiancee are on food stamps because his TNA pay is so little, it doesn't help him with monthly expenses.

Meanwhile, TNA is paying their ring announcer $175,000 a year.

Fuck TNA.

 

[Professor Beef]

the hardy's vs edge and christian ladder match from no mercy 99 is starting on the nostalgia stream

The first Ladder Match DVD set has this, and I love how the crowd is dead at the beginning but slowly gets louder and louder as it goes on.

 

[EraldoCoil]

new Z! True Long Island Story is up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2o2Z1pVA3o&feature=feedu

love Ryder.....haha.

Edit: the only reason im not on the wall of shame is becuase of my 1 week FE......angry.

 

[Kccitystar]

Can we start combing Youtube and try the most incoherent Flair promo of all time? Is there one that is the gold standard of insanity, or is it a hard fought battle?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Chk7uQbHbs

comedy gold

 

[dream]

The Hemme must s a mean d.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Chk7uQbHbs

comedy gold

AMAZING. The best thing TNA produced in the last 5 years.

6:24 I'M CRYING rofllllllllllll

8:35 oh my damn this is the greatest promo ever.

 

[Shadowlink]

I still don't see why TNA gave Meth Hardy his job back. I'm hoping no stupid accidents happen because of him.

new Z! True Long Island Story is up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2o2Z1pVA3o&feature=feedu

love Ryder.....haha.

Edit: the only reason im not on the wall of shame is becuase of my 1 week FE......angry.

You should be celebrating! The only good person in that Wall of Shame that is awesome is me. I don't deserve to be in that damn Wall!

 

[MetalFearSolid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Chk7uQbHbs

comedy gold

See why Flair has money problems look at him throw his suit into the crowd...

 

[rvd2kewl]

Money in the Bank Buyrate:

WWE MONEY IN THE BANK BUYRATE UP BIGTIME THANKS TO CM PUNK VS. JOHN CENA
by Mike Johnson @ 6:25 PM on 8/25/2011

The 2011 WWE Money in the Bank PPV garnered over 265,000 worldwide buys, according to WWE's latest performance indicators released to stockholders.

This buyrate would be up over 100,000 buys from the debut Money in the Bank PPV, which drew 165,00 buys worldwide.

That pretty much tells the tale that the CM Punk angle leading into the PPV and his challenge of John Cena certainly turned heads and made people part with their money.

 

[RBH]

WWE Superstars 8/25/11

http://vids.wwe.com/13038/wwe-superstars-august-25-2011


Daniel Bryan vs. Drew McIntyre
Sheamus vs. Heath Slater
Justin Gabriel vs. JTG
Brodus Clay vs. Pete Gibson

 

[Plywood]

Fuck TNA.

Most of the women are only making $300 per appearance, barely more than the referees, who make $250 an appearance.

What. the. fuck.

TNA wrestler Jesse Neal also recently revealed on Twitter that he and his fiancee are on food stamps because his TNA pay is so little, it doesn't help him with monthly expenses.

Double What. the. fuck.

 

[Liquidsnake]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Chk7uQbHbs

comedy gold

So amazing!!!!! Flair looks like he was really enjoying it.

I bust out so hard over thats my line. xD

 

[NoRéN]

Money in the Bank Buyrate:

And now that he's being phased out of the Title race, let's see how the PPV buys do.

 

[Buckethead]

Hemme is a good ring announcer but good God that is a ridiculous amount of money.

 

[Liquidsnake]

And now that he's being phased out of the Title race, let's see how the PPV buys do.

I didn't even buy SS because I knew CM was going to lose, so they lost my money.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Money in the Bank Buyrate:

D. Brine = $$$

 

[Shadowlink]

What. the. fuck.

Double What. the. fuck.

Damn! Might as well try to get a job at ROH. Bet they pay way better than TNA.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Hemme is a good ring announcer but good God that is a ridiculous amount of money.

*screams*

RIC FLAIR-AH
ROB VAN DAM-AH
AJ STYLES-AH
MADISON RAYNE-AH
etc.etc.etc.

Yeah, good ring announcer. 125K good.

 

[NoRéN]

Hemme is a good ring announcer but good God that is a ridiculous amount of money.

She is one deliciously good looking woman but her making around 3k a week while most of the female wrestlers make $300 per appearance is ridiculous.

I didn't even buy SS because I knew CM was going to lose, so they lost my money.

Same. MitB was the first PPV I bought in years. I had a strong feeling ADR would cash in and win at SS so i didn't buy. Cena v. Mexican JBL? No thanks. I'm good.

I'm really hoping CM Punk makes another appearance on Art of Wrestling. I would love to hear his take on how all of this has turned out.

 

[DMczaf]

Money in the Bank Buyrate:

CM Punk is bringing ratings during his segments and PPV buys.

That sound you hear is Triple H's teeth grinding.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Trying to watch Superstars on WWE.com, and holy hell the video quality is ATROCIOUS. Fix that shit, WWE.

 

[Kccitystar]

Money in the Bank Buyrate:

 

[RBH]

Trying to watch Superstars on WWE.com, and holy hell the video quality is ATROCIOUS. Fix that shit, WWE.

Yeah. :/ If I just put it in full screen and wait for a few minutes, the quality gets a little better though.

I'd rather wait for the WWE to post Superstars on their Youtube account, but they take so long to do that for some reason.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

I just read that entire story on Flair. My head hurts.

I knew he was stupid with finances, but holy shit, how can you be THAT irresponsible with money? Flair should have made enough money to cover his kids, his grandkids, and his great-grandkids for their entire lives. But instead, he's not going to have shit when he dies. Unreal.

 

[Buckethead]

*screams*

RIC FLAIR-AH
ROB VAN DAM-AH
AJ STYLES-AH
MADISON RAYNE-AH
etc.etc.etc.

Yeah, good ring announcer. 125K good.

Better than Borash.

 

[Guzim]

Money in the Bank Buyrate:

 

[bean breath]

http://i.imgur.com/fcPzt.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
Look at that skinny fat ass' gut spilling over his trunks.
Disgusting.

Hey Punk, go hit the weights.

 

[Guzim]

CM Punk is bringing ratings during his segments and PPV buys.

That sound you hear is Triple H's teeth grinding.

Is there a ratings breakdown of this week's Raw?

 

[Uno Venova]

Is there a ratings breakdown of this week's Raw?

Yeah here.

 

[RBH]

Is there a ratings breakdown of this week's Raw?

Raw on 8/22 did a 2.97 rating and 4.64 million viewers, the second lowest non-holiday mark of the year.

The number was down because the New York Giants vs. Chicago Bears preseason game on ESPN did a 4.45 rating and 5.85 million viewers. That number doesn’t include over-the-air viewership of the game in both the New York and Chicago markets, which would increase that number significantly. Raw was No. 4 for the night on cable. Another example of why it was down being football is that the female viewers were strong, but male viewers were the lowest of any Raw except the 7/4 show this year with a 64-36% skew, which doesn’t bode well for male viewership when the regular season begins and football attracts double that audience.

In the segment-by-segment, the opening segment with Alberto Del Rio, John Cena, C.M. Punk and HHH did a 3.29 first quarter. A disaster is that Del Rio vs. John Morrison lost 777,000 viewers. Nikki Bella vs. Eve Torres stayed even. Jack Swagger vs. Alex Riley lost 105,000 viewers and did a 2.72 quarter, one of the lowest of the year not including the 7/4 show. The in-ring with HHH, Kevin Nash and C.M. Punk gained 597,000 viewers, which is slightly better than average for the slot. But the tag title win by Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne over David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty lost 494,000 viewers. The Miz & R-Truth promo gained 148,000 viewers. Cena vs. Punk was a big success, gaining 1,186,000 viewers to a 3.65 overrun. Essentially what has happened is they’ve buried the mid-card, and the fans see Del Rio and Morrison as mid-card, so you’ve got Cena, Punk, HHH and Nash (and as far as Nash goes, given he’s been in with the big guns in every segment, there is no evidence he is or isn’t a big gun) are all the swing viewers care about right now.

Bellator on 8/20 did an 0.2 rating and 226,000 viewers for the live airing and an 0.1 and 114,000 viewers for the replay. It was the fifth highest rated of the 14 Bellator events that have aired on MTV 2.

Smackdown on 8/19 did a 1.86 rating and 2.92 million viewers, ranking it fourth for the night on cable. That didn’t stop them on “Did You Know” for claiming they were No. 1 on cable for the second straight week.

MMA Live on 8/19 did an 0.18 rating on ESPN 2 at 11:45 p.m., coming right after live boxing that did a 0.31.

Impact on 8/18 did a 1.05 rating and 1.46 million viewers, placing 16th for the night. The show did a 0.60 in Males 18-34 and 1.04 in Males 35-49. In the segment-by-segment, Devon vs. Scott Steiner and the X Division gauntlet intros gained 56,000 viewers. The X Division Gauntlet match itself lost 83,000 viewers. Traci Brooks’ cleavage in Eric Bischoff’s office lost 195,000 viewers. ODB’s cleavage vs. Mickie James gained 334,000 viewers, one of the biggest gains for TNA of the year, and a 1.18 quarter. Once again, that kills the “Jersey Shore” theory given that the most growth of any segment and highest rated segment of the show went against “Jersey Shore.” RVD vs. A.J. Styles lost 236,000 viewers. Crimson and Kurt Angle going nose-to-nose lost 42,000 viewers. And the Mexican America title win over Beer Money lost 14,000 viewers and did a 0.97 rating.

CMT aired two pro wrestling related shows on 8/17. The movie “To The Mat,” about a small Southern wrestling troupe starring Ricky Schroder did a 0.29 rating and 327,000 viewers. It was followed by the TV show “Made,” featuring Matt Morgan teaching someone to be a pro wrestler, which did a 0.07 rating and 83,000 viewers.

.

 

[billy beane]

Better than Borash.

I really like Borash as an interviewer and announcer.

And why the fuck is Hemme on a guaranteed contract with that much money? I see why James, as she's actually been a star in WWE, but Hemme's biggest moment in her career was being in Playboy.

 

[Professor Beef]

Austin v. HHH on Nostalgia stream. That build-up promo was awesome.

I wonder what Austin always says on his way down to the ring. Does he just randomly curse?

 

[BillRiccio]

The first Ladder Match DVD set has this, and I love how the crowd is dead at the beginning but slowly gets louder and louder as it goes on.

I was at the event live and in person. I knew going in it was going to be the match of the night but what i saw totally blew me away. They did things i had never seen let alone dreamed about. One of my top five live and in person wrestling experiences of all time. In fact here is my top 5.

1. Stone cold beats Kane for the WWF championship on raw.
http://youtu.be/8YeeCg97skM?t=9m55s
2. Bryan Danielson vs Johnny Gargano AIW Absolution 5 A 30 plus minute classic.
3. The Undertaker vs Mankind SummerSlam 96 Boiler Room Brawl
part 1
part 2
4.Hardys vs Edge and Christian Ladder Match
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuedq_no-mercy-1999-100-000-ladder-match_sport
5. SABBATH a old indie wrestler who looked like a cross between Hercules Hernandez and Micky Rourke from The Wrestler.

 

[Kaladin]

The TNA taping in Huntsville tonight starts in about an hour, hopefully we should get results quickly since they can't kick people out of a ticketed arena like they can from the Impact Zone. Right?

 

[Guzim]

Yeah here.

.

Thanks!

So Punk = ratings and A friend RVD made comment few week back..now I no why, i say a small tag team called the YB's did hay shake my hand no! Yes I said SMALL!!!

 

[bean breath]

Steve Austin and Zack Ryder have the best Twitter relationship. XD

There's more:

@ZackRyder why HELL NO you can't put a lime in the damn beer!!!

To make it not taste like piss. It's still poison.

@CMPunk you oughta mind your own business...stay focused on Nash and leave the beer drinking to me...Punk.

@steveaustinBSR focus is my middle name...Steven.

It's so cute reading @CMPunk and @steveaustinBSR 's lil cyber bitch-fights...

Yeah. Way more entertaining than you and Miz.

Apologies to JDFox187.

 

[TheNatural]

The TNA taping in Huntsville tonight starts in about an hour, hopefully we should get results quickly since they can't kick people out of a ticketed arena like they can from the Impact Zone. Right?

If they kick anyone else out, they may not have anyone there:

There was lots of frustration within TNA going into tonight's Impact Wrestling tapings from Huntsville, Alabama. At last word a few days ago, there were only 800 tickets sold. According to F4WOnline.com, company officials were only expecting around 2,000 fans in an arena that is set up for 10,000 or 12,000.

It's said that people in TNA are concerned about how Spike TV officials will react since Spike is covering some of the expenses of taking Impact Wrestling on the road.

LOL, TNA might be on its deathbed soon if they can't do anything more and Spike gets fed up.

 

[Liquidsnake]

Look at that skinny fat ass' gut spilling over his trunks.
Disgusting.

Hey Punk, go hit the weights.

Dude hes just REAL.

 

[Kaladin]

TNA is using the BFG road set again for the Huntsville tapings.

 

[NoRéN]

lil cyber bitch fights
lol

 

[CrunchinJelly]

TNA is using the BFG road set again for the Huntsville tapings.

Not a bad turnout for TNA.

 

[Ondore]

There's more:
Apologies to JDFox187.

I like Joey Styles's reply:

@CMPunk and @SteveAustinBSR, can we move this twitter war to a slightly larger stage? Perhaps WrestleMania?

 

[Kaladin]

Not a bad turnout for TNA.

I knew that was coming but I still laughed.

 

[bean breath]

I like Joey Styles's reply:

I'm imagining Austin spraying Punk with beer from a fire hose in the build up to the match.

*fantasy booking

*Then Punk cuts a promo the next week about how he's barring alcohol sales from all WWE live events.

 

[funkystudent]

YAY that Punk = ratings and PPV buys.


also Fuck TNA and there bullshit.


Hope after Hogan and Bishoff's contracts end that they could toss there talent a extra few hundred per appearance.

I feel bad that I can earn more then a TNA wrestler working in my local bar.

you just know Sting and Flair are on 500k + a year or something stupid.


They really need to rethink there WCW 2.0 strategy because they are currently on the road to being shut down with in 2 years.

 

[Kaladin]

YAY that Punk = ratings and PPV buys.


also Fuck TNA and there bullshit.


Hope after Hogan and Bishoff's contracts end that they could toss there talent a extra few hundred per appearance.

I feel bad that I can earn more then a TNA wrestler working in my local bar.

you just know Sting and Flair are on 500k + a year or something stupid.


They really need to rethink there WCW 2.0 strategy because they are currently on the road to being shut down with in 2 years.

People have been saying TNA is on the road to being shut down within 2 years for the last 5 years at least. If it means Russo is gone (which would likely be a condition for Bishoff/Hogan re-signing) I'd take Bishoff/Hogan.

 

[NoRéN]

I'm imagining Austin spraying Punk with beer from a fire hose in the build up to the match.

*fantasy booking

*Then Punk cuts a promo the next week about how he's barring alcohol sales from all WWE live events.

And then Austin comes out drinking a can of his brand new, very own brand of beer which is only sold at that show and sells out in minutes. Later that night, single cans of the beer are seen on eBay selling for hundreds.
A few days later, the beer is available on wwe.com for retail.

 

[bean breath]

And then Austin comes out drinking a can of his brand new, very own brand of beer which is only sold at that show and sells out in minutes. Later that night, single cans of the beer are seen on eBay selling for hundreds.
A few days later, the beer is available on wwe.com for retail.

Then Punk aligns himself with Linda McMahon and her campaign to bring back prohibition. The angle ends with both being stunnered on the steps on congress.