Here's how I would book TNA right now

[Guest RVDmark]

Ok, I'll try to put myself in Dutch Mantel's shoes for a day, here's how I would dream for TNA to look at the end of January:

 

Main Eventers

 

Jeff Jarrett

A.J. Styles

Abyss

X (Take the mask off and rename him though. Always considered him underrated)

The Truth (Let Big Gut James and Konnan be the tag team of 3LK, stop holding this guy back!)

Raven

The Sandman (Sucks as a wrestler but wildly over)

Shane Douglas (See Sandman)

Dustin Runnels/Rhodes (Can let him get away to ZERO-ONE, pounce on him when his deal is up)

 

Mid-card

 

Glenn Gilberti

David Young

C.M. Punk

AMW

Johnny Swinger

Simon Diamond

B.G. James/Konnan

Red, purple, blue, whatever shirt security

Fat D

 

Tag Teams

 

James and Konnan

Storm and Harris

Swinger and Diamond

Gilberi and Young

Backseat Boyz (BRING THEM IN!)

Homicide and New Jack (THE NEW GANGSTAS)

Julio and EZ Money or Chris Hamrick (Hamrick and Money crack me up and can wrestle too)

Doring and Roadkill

 

 

X-division

 

Kid Kash

Chris Daniels

Low-Ki

Michael Shane

Frankie Kazarian (Bring him back)

Shark Boy

Sonjay Dutt

Chris Sabin

Juventud Guerrera (Get his VISA problems cleared up and get him back)

Red (Injured right now)

 

BTW, I saw Chad Collyer on WWE Velocity yesterday and his ring movement looked bland and he had the look of a jobber. Hopefully TNA doesn't decide to bring this guy back.

[Guest Coffey]

WTF does this have to do w/ booking? You just listed random wrestlers. Even if it was about how you would run NWA, who wants to read fantasy booking?

 

???

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Coffey, dude, calm down.

 

But yeah, this isn't booking. This is just a roster. Now make something of this roster, skippy.

[Guest RVDmark]

Hell no! I'm not booking any matches unless the Jarrett's paid me to. I could turn around this sorry promotion in a heartbeat. I don't feel like wasting my time... When I posted the rosters, you get my point...

 

Oh by the way....SAMOA JOE IS FAT. I just spotted another photo of the schmuck on another website.

[bob_barron 0]

Teaming Homicide and New Jack has got to be one of the dumbest ideas I've ever seen.

 

And how does Joe's weight take away from the fact that he's an awesome wrestler?

 

And fantasy booking is a couple folders down

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Good luck running a successful promotion with has beens and never was like Sandman and Shane Douglas in the main event. X is not a main event calibur guy

 

Your mid-card is fairly forgettable. Your tag division is even worse if you think wasting Homicide with utter crap like New Jack is going to work. And you're kidding yourself if you think David Young is anything over than a jobber.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

And you're also proving you have NO idea what to do by saying you could turn TNA around, and yet not sharing how.

[Nevermortal 0]

Oh by the way....SAMOA JOE IS FAT. I just spotted another photo of the schmuck on another website.

Vader is fat too. He's still considered one of the best workers of all time.

 

Until you've seen Samoa Joe wrestle, kindly shut the fuck up.

[Guest RVDmark]

Like you f*cktards can think of anything better?

 

Ok here's some ideas and remember that I'm Dutch Mantel so David Young will be rated higher than other people would have him:

 

New Triple Threat - Douglas, Shane and Abyss

 

New (Improved) Church - Kobain (Slash Venom), Slash, Devon Storm

 

OR

 

Dutch Mantel can turn heel and start an IWA invasion type angle into TNA bringing in Apolo, Ricky Banderas, having Abyss side with him, etc. Now THAT'S a good idea.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Ummm........ why don't you just stop now?

[bob_barron 0]

Here is my idea that is better then your idea:

 

Homicide does not team with New Jack

New Jack is not in TNA at all.

 

Hey! I just booked better then you

[Nevermortal 0]

Here is my idea that is better then your idea:

 

Homicide does not team with New Jack

New Jack is not in TNA at all.

 

Hey! I just booked better then you

I agree.

 

Oh, and yeah, because an IWA invasion just SCREAMS money, right?

 

Nobody knows who the IWA are outside of Puerto Rico.

[Michrome 0]

Ironic how Samoa Joe is fat, yet he's better than pretty much every "skinny" guy on the TNA roster with the exception of Chris Daniels. How can it be!

[Guest RVDmark]

Yeah but Vader was at least entertaining and had a pretty cool look. He was also sturdy fat not blob fat, there's a difference. From what I've seen of Samoa Joe he always has faces that make it look like he's in the middle of taking a sh*t. Maybe they can bring in a guy and call him Panama Jack and team him with Joe to face Shark Boy and another partner in comedy matches.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Here is my idea that is better then your idea:

 

Homicide does not team with New Jack

New Jack is not in TNA at all.

 

Hey! I just booked better then you

Good one.

 

Here let me try..........

 

Sandman can go back to being the jobber than he is.

 

Wow I just made a better one too!!!

[Nevermortal 0]

Yeah but Vader was at least entertaining and had a pretty cool look. He was also sturdy fat not blob fat, there's a difference. From what I've seen of Samoa Joe he always has faces that make it look like he's in the middle of taking a sh*t. Maybe they can bring in a guy and call him Panama Jack and team him with Joe to face Shark Boy and another partner in comedy matches.

Vader's look was a mask. When they took it off he just looked goofy.

 

Once again, until you've seen Joe work, SHUT THE FUCK UP.

[bob_barron 0]

Here's another idea called I can book better then you:

 

Samoa Joe is brought in and does the OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY kick and instantly gets over

[Nevermortal 0]

Here's another idea called I can book better then you:

 

Samoa Joe is brought in and does the OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY kick and instantly gets over

Or Joe dumps Michael Shane on his head with his corner Uranage and gets over.

 

Better than you.

[Guest Devin]

Oh by the way....SAMOA JOE IS FAT. I just spotted another photo of the schmuck on another website.

What, do you need a sexual attraction to a wrestler for him to entertain you? Who cares what the guy looks like? He's Samoan, he'll never been Lex Luger. Truth is though, the man is conditioned better then most "in shape" wrestlers, and can outwrestle most of them too.

 

But let me guess, he's still fat right? You seen a picture! God, message board heels are pathetic.

[Guest RVDmark]

What is the "Olay, olay, olay..."? That just sounds gay. Is he a bullfighter? Maybe they should call him Bullfighter Joe.

[Nevermortal 0]

OMG BAN PLZ~!

[Guest RVDmark]

Alright I'll stop but I still think that Joe needs to shed a couple of pounds to improve his look...

[Guest Jimbo]

his look HELPS him....

 

Which looks better: beefy Samoa Joe kicking someone as hard as hell in the back and have the other guy selling it big time and fighitng through it during the rest of the match so both guys look pretty tough overall?

 

or...

 

Some thin, trim, kinda mean-looking pillock kicking someone in the back where if the move is oversold, the opponent comes off as a pansy, or if he undersells it, mr. not-so-tough looks even weaker?

 

I'll take Samoa Joe any day of the week...

[Silence 0]

Some thin, trim, kinda mean-looking pillock kicking someone in the back where if the move is oversold, the opponent comes off as a pansy, or if he undersells it, mr. not-so-tough looks even weaker?

Low-Ki? I think Daniels is better in the ring than him anyway, but Low-Ki's not terrible or anything even though he does overuse his kicks most of the time.

[bob_barron 0]

The OLAY OLAY OLAY kick-

 

Joe and opponent are on the outside. Joe has his opponent take a seat in a chair and then puts him up against the guard rail.

 

He then claps his hands and the crowd goes OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY (like at a soccer match) Then Joe runs at his opponent and kicks him in the face.

[Guest TonyJaymzV1]

Man, Samoa Joe would fuck RVD up...just saying

 

And if your dead set on a gangsta like team, forget New jack, and just bring in Homicide, Dan Maff, Steve Mack, and Boogalu. Good, cheap, young talent.

 

Oh wait...Mack and Maff over 220 pounds...damn, you wouldnt want them

[Guest Coffey]

So, you still think that I need to calm down? I knew this guy was a fuck head by reading his last posts. He's an idiot, and should jump into oncoming traffic.

 

Case closed.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

If Samoe Joe was brought in, I'd suggest putting a shirt on him. While I do think that his fat hanging over the front of his tights is kinda disgusting, I also know that he's a damn fine wrestler, and when let loose against somebody that can go anywhere near his level (read: AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, maybe Abyss, LowKi), then we'd get some damn fine matches.

 

Fuck, I'm surprised WWE hasn't signed him, considering Vince has always loved Samoans. Wait...stiff...good wrestler...decent look...decent mic skills...yep, no time soon.

[Nevermortal 0]

If Samoe Joe was brought in, I'd suggest putting a shirt on him. While I do think that his fat hanging over the front of his tights is kinda disgusting, I also know that he's a damn fine wrestler, and when let loose against somebody that can go anywhere near his level (read: AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, maybe Abyss, LowKi), then we'd get some damn fine matches.

 

Fuck, I'm surprised WWE hasn't signed him, considering Vince has always loved Samoans. Wait...stiff...good wrestler...decent look...decent mic skills...yep, no time soon.

Embrace the fat, CoreyLaz. Embrace it.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Hey, I got my own fat to deal with. Being 5'11" and weighing 230 ain't so cool when it's mostly thighs, shoulders, and you have a gut.

 

It's funny, though, because I've been eating healthier for the past 3 months than ever.