It's wrestling.
Think back to when WWE was super hot, they had all kinds of different advertising. Now they have a core group and that's about it.
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It's wrestling.
Think back to when WWE was super hot, they had all kinds of different advertising. Now they have a core group and that's about it.
kunonabi
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Agreed. The Truth's title run from back then is criminally underrated.
It became garbage when they shifted focus from X-division to washed ex-wwe guys.
The Joe/Styles/Daniels feud is the only thing I really remember about that horrid company. And Jeff Hardy's drug induced match with Sting. 99% of the shit they put out was exactly that. Utter shit. Glad they're finally closing shop. Not like they were making WWE any better via competition anyway.
Wrestling's advertising dollars run a little lower than ratings would normally dictate because advertisers have scads of data from companies like Nielsen that gives them a very good idea on the demographics of a show's viewers. For example, 30 Rock on NBC never had particularly strong ratings, but the population segment that watched it (highly educated, high income) made it attractive enough to advertisers for NBC to keep it on for seven seasons, even with blah overall ratings. Wrestling viewers as a whole, tend to be a little further down the socioeconomic food chain, making it less of a good bet for advertisers.
Aside from general reluctance for advertising during wrestling programs, TNA has the added reputation of being a pretty raunchy show in comparison to WWE. The TV-14 rating tends to limit the audience and make them even more unattractive to advertisers.
This gif violates me!
interesting that Destination America are not the ones denying it...
Future Foundation
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Didn't they just have a "core group" back then as well? Like I can remember it being mostly stuff like Stridex Pads and Lugz Boots.
dream
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Keep in mind that TNA also lied to their talent, their employees, and their broadcast partner about Vince Russo being on the payroll. That's what this company does: they lie.
Yup. Advertisers have always known that pro wrestling fans are poor and uneducated, making them a phenomenally unattractive demographic to target.
Yup. Advertisers have always known that pro wrestling fans are poor and uneducated, making them a phenomenally unattractive demographic to target.
Or you know, they planned that Raw for months for the build up to wrestlemania.
LiquidSolid
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Wrestling fans have a stigma of being super cheap. That's why the UFC can have lower ratings and similar demographics but get far better advertising rates. The stigma has been around for decades and WWE has done little to dispel it because while they try to pretend they're a normal, legitimate company, the carny always shines through their product and some of their stupid antics (false advertising for house shows, for instance).
Anyway, I feel bad for all the wrestlers and staff at TNA, hopefully they can find permanent spots at far better promotions. But honestly, it was about time. There were points when TNA were legitimately great but every time they hit a peak, they killed it off with lows that were so low, they made WCW 2000 look good. Dixie Carter is an absolute moron and has no business running a lemonade stand, let alone a wrestling promotion.
Jmanunknown
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The sad thing is Kurt Angle and Jeff Hardy would be the two most over faces on the roster immediately if they came back. Jeff Hardy was the most over face on the roster until he decided he wanted do drugs more than be WWE champion and decided not to resign.
ConfusingJazz
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LOL
TNA is trying to going to sue!
http://www.cagesideseats.com/tna-im...-against-internet-news-sources-for-defamation
Good luck with that, TNA.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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All this Kurt Angle talk...
Are there videos of his TNA antics or backstage videos that show what his abuse has let to? I wanna see how bad of a shape he is on right now.
Are there videos of his TNA antics or backstage videos that show what his abuse has let to? I wanna see how bad of a shape he is on right now.
He not in that bad of shape, he just put on a match of the year type match a few week ago.
Damn.
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sf2fanatic
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Only feud/matches were great this year was Lashley/Angle.
And Castrol GTX.
CaptainZombie
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I just listened to MLW Radio and then the Torch livecast with Jim Ross as the guest from last week. Even both shows hosts are backing up some of the things with Dave M as being true vs. many thought that this was done to sabotage TNA. The more I keep reading about this and how Dixie has handled certain negotiations in the past, it really shows how much she doesn't belong in this business. She sounds like a real idiot that should go back to just being a PR person instead of a President of a company.
CaptainZombie
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I should take that back, not sabotaging, but he can be so negative towards them that it does damage their perception. Now granted they have no one but themselves to blame for most of this mess. I hate to see this company go away since there are a lot of people that will lose their jobs. Hoping that GFW can be something to give people another place to work because even if TNA survives this round, how many of those 9 lives do they have left?
Roberto Duran
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I forgot about that website, so thank you for posting it.
Nemesis121
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Vince buys TNA soon..
HeisenbergLannister
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They might have to pay him to take it.
Only thing I could see is if they wanted the tape library for complete Sting, Flair, etc. DVDs.
If he can get it for cheap, I'm sure Vince will want the tape library for the Network and potential documentaries down the line.
The Elite
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The video library would be something to add to the network. TNA had some good years.
As said above, they can also fill in some gaps in the library of some existing superstars.
Bischoff had a group ready to buy AND it was TNT's highest rated program.
Buying TNA would mean recognizing that Stong wasn't actually purgatory for the past 15 years.
They already acknowledged his NWA TNA title
The rumour at the moment is Vince has a mental policy of never employing anyone who has recently been on TV during the past 3 months. So if he has any interest in anyone from TNA, I guess we won't see any of them until fall/autumn if not later. For now, everyone is really better off selling themselves hard on the independent scene to make ends-meet.
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Hahahaha! I should feel bad for TNA, but that's funny.
Hahahaha! I should feel bad for TNA, but that's funny.
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