Re: Wrestling Thread: Bravo axed; TNA iMPACT! future in doubt
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:46 pm
Holy gooseberry fool, a $100k battle royal being given away on free TV. Ace.
Rog wrote:Why put on a free three hour show 4 days before a PPV
Mafro wrote:How long do deliveries from Silvervision usually take? I just bought WMX7
Wrestling Observer wrote:Hulk Hogan teased a heel turn in a conversation with Bubba the Love Sponge. Actually, he hinted at it when he was lying on his back in the hospital vowing to turn TNA around and talked about the black beard maybe coming back. While hospitalized, Hogan called Bubba three times on his 9/8 show, and at one point Bubba told Hogan that he should bring back Macho Man to join his new heel group. Hogan played dumb and then Bubba awkwardly tried to cover.
Lucien wrote:I think X-7 was too overhyped for me when I bought it. I just can't seem to like it at all, I've actually thought about selling it.
F4Wonline.com wrote:The crowd was the lowest I have seen at the Joe at some time. Things were off to a bad start when I went to purchase tunnel bus tickets in Windsor and was told that she "expected more people would be going". My friend and I were the only two people on the bus heading to Detroit for wrestling purposes at the time - there's normally several more families with signs. At the arena, I overheard an usher telling someone they "sold more than they expected" with walk-up sales and had to move some of the tarp to make room, but when I entered the seating area I actually saw them pulling the tarp over more seats near the hard camera. The entire upperdeck was blocked off and I believe some scattered floor seats were available, but for the most part the un-blocked seats in the lower bowl were filled. I saw this one coming when the Over The Edge PPV had the stage moved up and people given seat upgrades to move them around, and SmackDown isn't exactly the hot show to go to right now. Lots of kids, which is to be expected, but a lot of kids in floor seats too. Just a quick comment to the parents out there if I may: Don't buy floor seats for your little kids. They're expensive and they won't see anything because people are always picking random times to stand up. Row 1 or 2 (and maybe 3), ok. You're looking at wasted money after that though. Sometimes I didn't want to stand up when the rows in front of me stood up because, hey, at 6'5" I'm a tall guy and the kids are already having a problem seeing, but then I couldn't see sitting down.
- With all that said, the crowd that DID show up was really into everything... except NXT. You would be amazed (or maybe not) at the amount of pure venom coming from some of these people, yelling things like "NXT ruined Raw" (ok?) people doing light "Waste of time!" chants, and as I'm sure was evident on TV, no one really wanted to give the Joke-Off much of a chance until Jamie. Cole calling NXT got some people to applaud him, but since it was Cole, people just loudly booed him anyway (even if they had previously agreed on his "NXT is a waste of time" stance).
- Just before NXT started and the pros came out, a mild "Goldust" chant broke out in my area. That was nice. The only other off-air NXT is (and I don't remember what the original announcement was) after the opening match everyone left, then everyone came back out and Chimmel re-announced Ziggler and Kaitlin was the winners of the match. Kaitlin and AJ stuck around for the Joke-Off.
- Because it was the opening match, people cared about Tyler Reks vs. Dudebuster. Tyler won with sort of an inverted F5 (basically an F5 but from a Torture Rack position).
- Videos to keep the audience occupied: WrestleMania XXVI video package, a video package with several Mania moments with the song "Ladies and Gentlemen" (people around me recognized this at the Mania 23 theme, which was in Detroit), a clip of the Kid Rock concert from Mania 25, and twice they aired a 2009 Tribute to the Troops recap video.
- MVP vs. Luke Gallows: Before the match, Gallows (whose entrance video wall still included the SES logo) said he was going to make it on his own. His tights had no SES logo, just "LG". MVP said he should come up with a new name, like "Big LG", because it's better than what they call him in the back - "Big Dummy" (said like Dumb-E). I think the idea was for us to chant "Big Dumb E" at Luke, but it didn't really take though some kids did try. MVP won with his old Playmaker finisher, then hit Luke with the Paydirt when he pulled the double cross on a handshake attempt. Match was about 11 minutes, longer with the pre-match Big Dummy talk.
Lucien wrote:I think X-7 was too overhyped for me when I bought it. I just can't seem to like it at all, I've actually thought about selling it.
- Videos to keep the audience occupied: WrestleMania XXVI video package, a video package with several Mania moments with the song "Ladies and Gentlemen" (people around me recognized this at the Mania 23 theme, which was in Detroit), a clip of the Kid Rock concert from Mania 25, and twice they aired a 2009 Tribute to the Troops recap video.
PsychicSykes wrote:http://www.silvervision.co.uk/products/WrestleMania-17-DVD-2-Discs.html
£8.99 tommorow. Posting this today because I'd probably forget otherwise.
KKLEIN wrote:Night of Champions is on Sky Sports 3.
Mafro wrote:Is that this Sunday?
KKLEIN wrote:Night of Champions is on Sky Sports 3.
WWE Hell in a Cell is on Sky Box Office (After last year, I refuse to purchase this).
And WWE Bragging Rights on October 4th has been relegated to Sky Sports 4.
I wonder how many screwy finishes are going to occur at NOC what with Hell in a Cell two weeks later?
Lucien wrote:The X-7 under-love isn't my fault. I was told over and over how great it was and... it just felt flat as a result, and always has. I do however realise it has to be good... I just can't seem to be enthused by it like some of my other old DVD's.
Oddly, I think I'd rather watch an older, shitter Wrestlemania nobody talked about and I think I might fall in love with it. Hmmm.
In time, I'm sure I'll lose my non-caring for X-7 which undoubtedly had a great card.
F4Wonline.com wrote:Coming out of issues over the weekend, World Wrestling Entertainment has confirmed that the drug Carisprodol (somas) have been banned as part of a new amendment to the current drug testing policy. Use of the drug by performers has been banned even with a doctor's prescription.
It is one of a few changes made to the policy. The policy changes made have yet to be updated on the company's corporate web site.
Somas, a muscle relaxer, have been a major party drug in pro wrestling dating back decades. But numerous embarrassing incidents where talent has passed out in public have been linked to taking too many of the drug.
Due to the popularity of the drug with a certain segment of the talent base, this is probably the single most significant change to the policy since its inception.
Deadpool wrote:Is Hunter a big fan?