Fro 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 "Jeff Jarrett told the wrestlers backstage today that the "Bound for Glory" PPV that was originally scheduled for February will be moved to May or June. Hulk Hogan once again would not commit to any dates, and his knee legitimately is in bad shape right now. While nobody said anything about this publicly, TNA officials had been expecting this to happen for at least a week. On the television show tonight, Mike Tenay announced that Hogan's knee has not responded to treatment and that he is not taking any foreign or domestic dates. He is also off the 1/4 show at the Tokyo Dome." Well, looks like Hogan wants the WM XX payday, reading between the lines. WrestlingObserver.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michrome 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 Ok, fuck this, it's NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. When it does, link me to this thread and I'll admit to being wrong. Anyways, let's assume it IS going to happen in may or June. Can we really stand to sit around for SIX OR SEVEN more months of Jimmy Hart talking about Hulk Hogan and Jeff Jarrett beating everyone in a buildup to Hogan's return? Mantell has been handicapped since day 1 with the task of building a show around a Hogan-Jarrett feud, which didn't draw shit in WCW in the first place. Nobody on earth wants to see this match. Even TNA fans who support the Hogan move support it because they want Hogan to bring in more fans who would then see the TNA product, they don't actually want to see Hogan. Because of this whole ordeal, AJ has been sent packing (as of tonight) back to the X Division, the undercard has no direction, storylines like Raven/Gathering are being dealth with in half-assed style, and basically everyone on the show outside of Jarrett is being treated like second-class. Over the past month and a half, TNA has done more to devalue itself than it did at any point in the first year. It's time to abandon the Hogan thing for now, and build around Styles as the champ again for a while. Do a ladder match or something in 2 weeks because Styles got screwed. Hell, just stop centering the entire damn show around Jarrett....if you took Jarrett off the show tomorrow, the show would not lose any buys. The guy just sucks the good out of TNA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eirejmcmahon 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 Why ? Why ? Why ? Why couldn't you do this ONE thing right NWATNA ? All you had to do was keep Hogan away from Wrestlemania, fucktards. Oh and building your show around someone who was always likely to fuck you over for a bigger paycheque was FUCKING BUSHLEAGUE, muppets. Where do you go now ? What really gets me, is that they knew this BEFORE the title match last night and STILL put JJ over! What the fuck ? You going to leave the belt on him for six months and have Jimmy Fucking Hart, the very definition of hasbeen, running around like something out of the eighties, blithering on about an angle from WCW that NO-ONE gives two fucks about ? Idiots. NWATNA have assembled a roster capable of delivering an hour and a half a week of good to fucking great in-ring action, they need to get their act to-fucking-gether. Right now, it's Thunder-lite and there's simply no excuse for that, especially now that they have to come to terms that Hogan isn't coming anywhere near the Fairground. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dave O'Neill, Journalist Report post Posted December 4, 2003 So, this promotion is fucked, again????? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Dave O'Neill Eagerly Awaits Hogan vs Stone Cold at Wrestlemania. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TDinDC1112 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 What really gets me, is that they knew this BEFORE the title match last night and STILL put JJ over! What the fuck ? Exactly. Also, during the Jarrett-Styles match the crowd was chanting "Hogan" at Jarrett. Way to build it up and not deliver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dave O'Neill, Journalist Report post Posted December 4, 2003 I have a horrible feeling either Horace Hogan or Mike Awesome will be working in the next few weeks in this "promotion" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 ROH needs a TV/PPV deal more than ever now because WWE and TNA are almost equal in terms of product quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 ROH needs a TV/PPV deal more than ever now because WWE and TNA are almost equal in terms of product quality. Meh Raw's been pretty good lately and Cena/Benoit/Brock make SD entertaining. WWE >>>>>>> TNA. And Hogan, Jarrett whatever, Mantell is terrible. Period. Jarrett isn't helping though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted December 4, 2003 I put the blame on TNA for this one. I totally understand if your main selling point (Hogan) can't make the PPV, so then you postpone it. But the fact that Hogan looks like he's doing his usual politics shit. So in other words, either find another way to do this ppv without Hogan, or cancel it all together. They are starting to look real bad now because of this and the only reason is because of a fucking guy that doesn't even work for their company. HOGAN is a fucking jackoff...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eirejmcmahon 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 I put the blame on TNA for this one. Why not ? How is this in any way out of character for Hogan ? Did anyone really thing that he wasn't using NWATNA to get his Wrestlemania payoff ? I bet they still haven't gotten his name on a cast iron contract. Been a while, but.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 Meh Raw's been pretty good lately and Cena/Benoit/Brock make SD entertaining. WWE >>>>>>> TNA. What about the bullshit Jericho/Christian "Bet" angle that killed the Jericho/Trish relationship (even though I agree with most that it was getting a little too sappy and Jericho's better off on his own as a heel anyway), Mick Foley being a shitty co-GM, the WWE style still in effect, hosses like Mark Henry, Nathan Jones, etc. being pushed? If anything, all of this shows that WWE and TNA are both still doing shitty booking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldSchoolWrestling 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 A blessing in disguise. If they were still on the Feb/March timetable, JJJ would not drop the belt. With it put off until May/June, there is no way they can hold the fans' interest with him going over everybody. Jeff will let Raven or AJ win the title and keep it warm until they have a set ppv date at which point he'll win it back and be ready to defend against Hogan. As for Dutch Mantel, I think he sucks. I watched IWA-PR from about August until he left and thought it was crap. They were doing the tired old authority figure vs top wrestler nonsense like everyone else. The authority figure in this case was Savio Vega. The crowd loved it. This must be something new in Puerto Rico because the crowd loved it. So basically, he made his name by turning around an organization that wasn't doing good by using an idea used here a few years ago. It worked in PR. It won't work here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TDinDC1112 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 1. Raw has been very, very good for at least the past 4 weeks. To pick out what they did with Jericho and Christian just shows you're looking for reasons to attack it. 2. A ppv deal would put ROH out of business. Do you people who say those kind of things have any clue whatsoever about the business side of things? Do you know how much it costs to put on a live ppv show? Do you know how long until the company gets paid for the buys? Do you think they'd get anything more than a few thousand buys? Companies (and this just doesn't apply to wrestling) that grow too fast die fast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 I have a horrible feeling either Horace Hogan or Mike Awesome will be working in the next few weeks in this "promotion" Ed. Leslie. Those are the only two words you need to hear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 Whoever thought Hogan was actually going to go through with this is dumber then they look. The only way he will is if Vince doesn't want him back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eirejmcmahon 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 It's worth pointing out that the NWATNA business model FAILED and the company was dead till Panda came along with truckloads of cash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TDinDC1112 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 It's worth pointing out that the NWATNA business model FAILED and the company was dead till Panda came along with truckloads of cash. You're exactly right. Everyone knew this business plan wouldn't work, because here's the fundamental problem: You can't build things for future shows, and still deliver a great can't miss show every week, because you have to get people to buy every show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dids Report post Posted December 4, 2003 Or maybe the guy's knee is just hurt and that's that. You're all idiots. Not everything is a conspiracy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michrome 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 You can, TNA Just doesn't do it. If you have about 5 major storylines on the show, you can have something *important* to each one happen on each show, while doing a classic build to the other four. In addition, like I've said before, they have the talent to be putting on **** matches weekly, but they don't. I don't order shows with good lineups because I'm afraid of getting fucked over. There should be at least one 15-20 minute match with good workers weekly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eirejmcmahon 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 Or maybe the guy's knee is just hurt and that's that. You're all idiots. Not everything is a conspiracy. We'll see where Hogan is on the night of Wrestlemania 20. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OSIcon Report post Posted December 4, 2003 You can, TNA Just doesn't do it. If you have about 5 major storylines on the show, you can have something *important* to each one happen on each show, while doing a classic build to the other four. In addition, like I've said before, they have the talent to be putting on **** matches weekly, but they don't. I don't order shows with good lineups because I'm afraid of getting fucked over. There should be at least one 15-20 minute match with good workers weekly. That pretty much sums up what TNA is doing wrong. ROH is in a similar boat as TNA. They make most of their profits off of video tape sales. People won't buy a tape if it is just a "building show". The solution to that is to have at least one blow off match or feature match per show that will draw people into purchasing the tape. As you long as you always have one or more big features per show, people will pay to see it, and the undercard can be used to continue feuds. ROH has that pattern down pretty well, but TNA hasn't seemed to pick up on it. Most weeks are just "building" shows with a "big show" every once in a while. They need to try to work it out so they have one blow off or special attraction match per show that will get people on line to buy. As for Hogan, I don't know weather or not his knee injury is as bad as he says, but I would be shocked if this Pay Per View ever happens. It really says something about TNA when they continually push back a big event and build the top feud around a guy who has yet to even appear on the show. You would think that if they are doing as good as they claim, that after a year and a half they would have built at least a couple wrestlers/matches that could carry a 3 Hour PPV without having to rely on an outsider. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TDinDC1112 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 TNA should have 3 X-Division matches a week, all around 10 or so minutes of quality wrestling. Every week - period. Also, every 3 or so weeks they should have a match go 20-25 minutes.....because they can. I remember when they were getting off the ground, Jarrett and Lynn (who's that?) were on all these radio shows and stuff saying - "we don't have commercials. We're not bound by schedules. We can have matches go long, deliver quality wrestling, etc." But if it's not a long built main event, their matches never go longer than 15. What would happen if one week Lo Ki and Daniels went 25 minutes? People on the net would be pissed they missed it. That's what they need to do. Instead, we have to watch people who are identified by the color shirt they're wearing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TDinDC1112 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 I don't think it's a "conspiracy," and frankly it doesn't matter. The point is TNA never should have talked about Hogan, built things up, and determined booking (Jarrett and Styles) when they never OFFICIALLY HAD HIM SIGNED. Maybe his knee is really bad. Meltzer says it is, so I'm inclined to believe it. Doesn't matter though. Hogan is the best politician in the history of wrestling. I just never understood why there were doing all this w/o signing him on the dotted line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted December 4, 2003 Not everything is a conspiracy. I agree. But everything with Hogan IS a conspiracy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 Maybe his knee is really bad. Meltzer says it is, so I'm inclined to believe it. Doesn't matter though. Hogan is the best politician in the history of wrestling. I just never understood why there were doing all this w/o signing him on the dotted line. When in the past 3 or 4 years has Hogan's knee NOT been hurt? The guy's old, and he's been working for what, 20 years? Of course his knees are shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack_Bauer 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 Hogan is fucking the promotion over pure and simple. TNA are fools for allowing him to do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamoaRowe 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2003 Hogan is fucking the promotion over pure and simple. TNA are fools for allowing him to do it. If I were in charge of TNA, I'd have Jarrett beat the shit out of Jimmy Hart and send him packing away. Then Jarrett would drop the title to Raven for a while. During this time, Hogan gets better and when he's good and ready, both Hogan and Hart come in to attack Jarrett. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Last Free Voice Report post Posted December 5, 2003 TNA needs to just cut the Hogan thing. It's not gonna help them. I agree with Ernie, have JJJ feud with Raven or something... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Midnight Rocking Warrior Report post Posted December 5, 2003 Hogan is fucking brilliant. He'll work one last date for wrestlemania. Then Tna will re-sign him and he'll win the belt. I've been a Hogan-mark since I was three, and while I don't agree with a lot of the things he says or does you have to admit.......... The man is fucking smart And I know I'll get killed for this comment, but hell, I'll be on vacation tomorrow, But I think he should go over who he's facing a wrestlemania, just because he's main-evented more of those things than anyone else Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2003 Hogan-Piper at Mania XX was a foregone conclusion...........to everyone except Vince. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
