tripsgirl wrote:- The decision to put Vickie Guerrero on last night's Raw was a last minute one made this past Thursday. She was originally slated to appear one night only as the show's general manager, but company officials were pleased with the amount of heat she received and there is now talk of using her full-time for the role.
unfortunately its XPAC heat where people actually hate her not just the character she portrays
YES.
It's "leave the building, find a different job and get off my TV" heat.
TNA only released one bullet point from their market research report. PWTorch has obtained the entire report, the contents of which were meant to be kept secret for reasons which will become obvious as you read this report...
TO: TNA President Dixie Carter
FROM: Total Marketing Information Inc. (T.M.I. Inc.)
Ms. Carter,
Please find below the summary report from our market research report you ordered from us. The complete report is attached in PDF format, but the following summarizes the key points.
-Current, former, and potential pro wrestling fans prefer to watch TNA wrestling on Thursday nights rather than Monday nights. (Note: We actually didn't have to do any special research on this topic, so you won't be charged. We simply looked at the Nielsen Media Research ratings for the last ten weeks and saw how terribly you were getting spanked by the competition.)
-Current, former, and potential pro wrestling fans prefer to watch Desmond Wolfe, Matt Morgan, and Mr. Anderson in main events instead of Jeff Jarrett, Abyss, and Team 3D. (Note: We actually didn't have to do any special research on this topic, so you won't be charged. We simply referred to an online poll at your own website, TNAwrestling.com.)
-Current, former, and potential pro wrestling fans prefer to watch realistic portrayals of pro wrestling between high-caliber athletes such as Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe rather than what is commonly referred to as "garbage wrestling" between wrestlers who appear to be old, out of shape, or wearing odd costumes. (Note: We actually didn't have to do any special research on this topic, so you won't be charged. We simply referred to PPV buyrate trends provided by you, including the spike for that Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle MMA-style main event.)
-Current, former, and potential pro wrestling fans prefer to watch younger stars near their physical prime rather than older stars who show signs of physical wear and tear from age and years of hard ring bumps. (Note: We actually didn't have to do any special research on this topic, so you won't be charged. We simply, well, used common sense.)
-Current, former, and potential pro wrestling fans prefer to get behind a promotion that doesn't have an embarrassingly bad name that you really wouldn't want to repeat to anyone in mixed company or with any sense of "cool." (Note: We actually didn't have to do any special research on this topic, so you won't be charged. We are, quite frankly, embarrassed to have been hired by a company named TNA and would prefer if you not share with others that we have been hired by you. It could turn away other potential clients if they think we do business with a soft porn entertainment company.)
-Finally, our research team found that there is one individual in particular who tends to be associated with pro wrestling promotions losing money and turning off fans and creating a lot of negative energy and feedback among the most ardent followers. We're not familiar with where he's working now, but perhaps you are familiar with his name... Vince Russo. We just thought we should tell you that should you run across him, do not hire him. Our computer stats generator firmly indicated he is historically the least successful, most damaging "creative team member" or "booker" in national pro wrestling history. Plus, one member of our staff watched WCW back in 1999 and believes he wrote those shows which led to the demise of another competitor to WWE.
Thank you for letting us be of service to you. As noted above you will not charged for any of this market research because, quite frankly, we'd feel we were stealing from you since all of the above is pretty much common sense. Also, as we noted above, if you pay us, we'd put our reputation at risk for being seen as working with a porn company.
Monty610 wrote:Okay NXT totally threw me for a loop tonight...
That wasn't a loop as much as a swirlie, like they seemed to be flushing the whole thing. If they eliminated 3 tonight and another next week, what's left in 2 weeks? May as well just hand Barrett the grand prize!
They're might be trying and rush another season before Smackdown goes to SyFy in 4 months. Or perhaps they're going to use the TV time for a Smackdown B program since a lot of stations that carried MyNetwork TV are dropping the programming. Not to mention a lot of Smackdown stations are pre-empting the show in the regular time slot for various local sports.
radiobed wrote:The bottom line is Sleek is so far from credible when discussing Poison and their impact.
"I had to work hard for my yacht. I even played with Don Dokken." Bobby Blotzer
Kid-Wicked wrote:TNA only released one bullet point from their market research report. PWTorch has obtained the entire report, the contents of which were meant to be kept secret for reasons which will become obvious as you read this report...
TO: TNA President Dixie Carter
FROM: Total Marketing Information Inc. (T.M.I. Inc.)
Ms. Carter,
Please find below the summary report from our market research report you ordered from us. The complete report is attached in PDF format, but the following summarizes the key points.
-Current, former, and potential pro wrestling fans prefer to watch TNA wrestling on Thursday nights rather than Monday nights. (Note: We actually didn't have to do any special research on this topic, so you won't be charged. We simply looked at the Nielsen Media Research ratings for the last ten weeks and saw how terribly you were getting spanked by the competition.)
-Current, former, and potential pro wrestling fans prefer to watch Desmond Wolfe, Matt Morgan, and Mr. Anderson in main events instead of Jeff Jarrett, Abyss, and Team 3D. (Note: We actually didn't have to do any special research on this topic, so you won't be charged. We simply referred to an online poll at your own website, TNAwrestling.com.)
-Current, former, and potential pro wrestling fans prefer to watch realistic portrayals of pro wrestling between high-caliber athletes such as Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe rather than what is commonly referred to as "garbage wrestling" between wrestlers who appear to be old, out of shape, or wearing odd costumes. (Note: We actually didn't have to do any special research on this topic, so you won't be charged. We simply referred to PPV buyrate trends provided by you, including the spike for that Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle MMA-style main event.)
-Current, former, and potential pro wrestling fans prefer to watch younger stars near their physical prime rather than older stars who show signs of physical wear and tear from age and years of hard ring bumps. (Note: We actually didn't have to do any special research on this topic, so you won't be charged. We simply, well, used common sense.)
-Current, former, and potential pro wrestling fans prefer to get behind a promotion that doesn't have an embarrassingly bad name that you really wouldn't want to repeat to anyone in mixed company or with any sense of "cool." (Note: We actually didn't have to do any special research on this topic, so you won't be charged. We are, quite frankly, embarrassed to have been hired by a company named TNA and would prefer if you not share with others that we have been hired by you. It could turn away other potential clients if they think we do business with a soft porn entertainment company.)
-Finally, our research team found that there is one individual in particular who tends to be associated with pro wrestling promotions losing money and turning off fans and creating a lot of negative energy and feedback among the most ardent followers. We're not familiar with where he's working now, but perhaps you are familiar with his name... Vince Russo. We just thought we should tell you that should you run across him, do not hire him. Our computer stats generator firmly indicated he is historically the least successful, most damaging "creative team member" or "booker" in national pro wrestling history. Plus, one member of our staff watched WCW back in 1999 and believes he wrote those shows which led to the demise of another competitor to WWE.
Thank you for letting us be of service to you. As noted above you will not charged for any of this market research because, quite frankly, we'd feel we were stealing from you since all of the above is pretty much common sense. Also, as we noted above, if you pay us, we'd put our reputation at risk for being seen as working with a porn company.
The rush to move Smackdown seems to unfortunately be ruining NXT.
Not a really smart move as persons like myself who LOVE NXT but will no longer be watching Smackdown due to recent changes will end up.. well. watching NADA!
The fact that they are keeping "Shit List" Otunga and the boring Brit mades me worry about the future of WWE.
Remember when you WANTED to see the HEELS?
When as much as you hated them, you loved seeing them come to the ring?
I wouldn't miss the Fabulous Freebirds on WCCW... they were awesome HEELS.. remember when the Undertaker first came in? I couldn't wait to see him walk down the isle... The Valiant Brothers, Roddy Piper...(what? did you forget that Roddy was originally a HEEL? yeah.. that's playing it good!)
The new brand of HEEL, ie The Miz, Swagger, Jericho just make me leave the room or turn off the T.V.
That's NOT what the position of HEEL is suppose to achieve.
I went to Smackdown last night. Here are some spoilers from the what I can remember.
Kofi beat Christian in a great 15 minute match. Drew came out and had a letter from Vince McMahon. Teddy made Kofi give the belt back and Drew is still your IC Champ.
Shad beat some jobber from Buffalo
JTG/MVP beat The Dudebusters
Layla is the new Women's Champ. WWE must have something against Beth Pheonix or she must be injured. The last few years she's been kept off TV when they tape in Buffalo (maybe they didn't want a heel getting a monster face pop) She got the pop of the night (she is from Buffalo,NY) and was slated to face Rosa. Vickie comes out and makes it a 2 on 1 match for the title with Laycool. Layla pins Beth to become new WWE Women's Champ.
Kane beat Chavo in about 3 minutes.
Segment of the night goes to Jack Swagger. I never thought I'd say that. He did a ten minute promo about his life's accomplishments complete with anout twenty trophies, pictures and he even said that he has "ten live water rescues" or something like that. Funny stuff though I don't know how much will make the broadcast. Show comes out and destroys the set. This is the first time I have seen Swagger show some personality.
CM Punk VS Rey was an awesome ten plus minute match and I think Rey gets the win after all of SES runs in and beats him down.
Show over Swagger by DQ in the dark match. I hope the PPV match is better than this.
Oh yeah, I met Vince McMahon before the show.
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you met GOD, you lucky dude, should be the high point of your life, it would be if it was me! You should of had the size of Vinces "grapefruits" and got your photo taken in a TNA shirt, the one with HULK Change,TNA Impact Zone or the TNA event you saw in St Louis.
NXT got raped, 3 gone!..i wonder does WWE tell them what to say? last week when asked who should go home the Red Rooster dude said he should because he didnt win any mathces. I got hooked on that little fuck. He made a great point by saying "he took Batista to the max but looses to rookies"
Jani Lane and Bret Michaels should form a band called "Nelson II"
Had you ever met him before? He posed for the picture, so I assume he was... friendly? Did you get the chance to talk with him for a little while?
I go to the shows with girls who know where the wrestlers are gonna be. In a city the size of Buffalo, they are usually at one of 2 hotels. Well, we picked the wrong hotel as most of the guys were at one the opposite side of town. We were going to leave when we heard a ref say Vince is coming. Sure enough ten minutes later, there he was.
I met Vince once before after a RAW taping here in Buffalo at the end of 2007. It was well after one AM and there were at least thirty marks outside of the hotel. It was freezing as it was late December but Vince stopped and took pics/signed autographs for everyone. The last time we "marked out" in October, Vince walked right to his limo before the show so fast that most people missed him because HBK was outside signing autographs.
Other than my friend and I there was only one other mark waiting outside of the hotel. The huge limo outside also gave away that someone important was coming (five minutes earlier another limo picked up Joey Styles and Michael Hayes) Vince was very nice on Tuesday. He signed autographs for myself and one other person. We didn't get to talk much as you could tell he was in a hurry but meeting Vince is still pretty cool. The only people really left on my mark out list are HHH/Taker.
the tna ppv last night was good as usual, i tried watching wwe tonight it sucked. but yeah wrestling definitely isnt as good as the 80's, and late 90's. all the old school workers still r so much better than the majority of the new people
RockSkar wrote:
Patton could sing anything that those other singers have ever sang. But none of them could sing Patton's catalog.
Itwalksamongus wrote:
Dude - did you, like, just get ass-fucked by Patton or something? You're really off the hook here.
Kamikaze_Russo wrote:Hahaha.... Bret Hart is the new US Champion.
He looked like Ozzy in the ring.
i'm a huge mark for bret. i wish he would just go home. falling over after jericho gives him one punch? please. maybe manage the harts(as a heel) but stay the fuck out of the ring.
