ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 About this mid-card singles title: How hard would it be to have them get the current NWA North American Champion to make an appearance, and either be the champion, or drop the title to someone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carnival 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 current NWA North American champion is Tommy Marr, who is also the current NWA:Florida TV champion. So I assume he wouldn't have far to travel. But the question is, who owns the rights to that belt? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BUTT 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 I really think they should have guys like Styles, Daniels, and Joe competing over the world title. Then that would free up the X title for guys like Aries and Bentley who are never going to get a chance with the likes of AJ and Daniels overshadowing them in the X division. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 current NWA North American champion is Tommy Marr, who is also the current NWA:Florida TV champion. So I assume he wouldn't have far to travel. But the question is, who owns the rights to that belt? The National Wrestling Alliance, duh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carnival 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 lolz, i mean could TNA get their hands on it and make it exclusive, like the world title, who owns that? the jarrett's i don't even know...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
claydude14 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2006 I think TNA just has the rights to the NWA World and Tag Titles til like 2012 or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2006 Here's a comment that may warrant it's own thread: I really can't stand Shannon Moore. I really hope his stay in TNA is a short one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2006 I think TNA should have a "midcard" singles belt as well. There's too many guys like Abyss and Sabu who aren't X guys who won't have a chance at the World Title anytime soon. Aside from feuding with each other, there's really nothing else for them to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted January 6, 2006 The problem is that when they're feuding over said midcard belt, it'll make them look like non-threats and midcarders even more. No midcard belt will ever be like the IC title back when Rude, Warrior, etc. were going after it. The ROH Pure title comes close. That's TNA's best bet, to do something like that. A TV title where it has to be defended every show or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hyperchord24 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2006 Yeah, they need a mid carder belt so that when JJ takes care and buries all comers, they don't look all that bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2006 According to the latest WON, Jarrett curbed the rumors of the X-Tag Titles, stating that when you keep adding title belts, you just dilute the value of all the belts you have, which is true. Look no further than WWE for proof of that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2006 According to the latest WON, Jarrett curbed the rumors of the X-Tag Titles, stating that when you keep adding title belts, you just dilute the value of all the belts you have, which is true. Look no further than WWE for proof of that. There should still be a mid-card belt because it's not like every major non X-Division-style wrestler is ever going to win the World Heavyweight title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted January 6, 2006 It's not like every major non X-Division style wrestler needs a title reign either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2006 It's not like every major non X-Division style wrestler needs a title reign either. Especially Sting, who won't be worth the money TNA's paying him in the long run. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted January 6, 2006 I think Sting is an improvement over Jeff Jarrett. I don't think someone like Sabu would be. Sabu doesn't need a title reign nor does he need a midcard belt so that he "has something to do." That was my point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Buzz 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2006 I think Sting is a huge improvement over DDP and Nash as the old big name wrestler of TNA. I stress HUGE. However, I think TNA needed to cut more fat rather from the roster rather than go and sign more guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Epic Reine 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2006 Is Johnny Devine gonna return anytime soon? Also, where's Nigel McGuiness been latley? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2006 Christian Cage NEEDS to win the NWA World Title VERY soon. So he and his "brother" can both be World Champions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2006 Maybe this has been mentioned before - Hell I might have mentioned it before, but I can never remember half the shit that get's posted here. Either way, it's worth noting again: Sonjay Dutt should really shave his head. The guy is going bald in all kinds of ways. It's like a trainwreck and I can't stop staring at it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TNABaddboi 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2006 By this point, I figure ratings don't warrant their own thread, so I'll stick them here: TNA kept up its recent string of good ratings by doing a 0.9 cable rating, with a 1.7 share, for the 1/7 edition of Impact. The Monday replay did a 0.4 cable rating, with a 1.4 share. Credit: PWI Thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2006 Good to see they're gaining SOME viewers. Imagine what possible increase the ratings will see once Impact is moved to Thursday nights and people with lives (ie. those who go out on the weekend) can watch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Prodigy Report post Posted January 12, 2006 If you ever miss an episode of Impact, they have all of them up at www.youtube.com. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter's Torn Quad 0 Report post Posted January 13, 2006 The original idea for Styles at the PPV was a match against Shannon Moore. However, the belief was that they wouldn't be able to have the match that fans expect Styles to have on PPV, so they went with a match against Tanahashi. And even that wasn't the first idea, because TNA asked for Kanemoto and Tiger Mask before New Japan offered Tanahashi instead. Styles and Moore will have a match, but will likely be on television where they won't have so much pressure to have a PPV level match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted January 13, 2006 The Prince of Punk'd should be having comedy matches with Sharkboy or Sonjay Dutt and should stay far away from AJ Styles. AJ is and will always be a contender for the championship belts in TNA....what Shannon Moore brings to the table is well I don't know what he brings other than a Lenny & Lodi type gimmick which is nothing more than low/mid card opening match material. Shannon Moore should be jobber fodder for Gen Next as part of a tag team with Jeff Hardy if he ever shows up again. I really don't want to see a solo push for Moore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo Effect 0 Report post Posted January 13, 2006 The Prince of Punk'd should be having comedy matches with Sharkboy or Sonjay Dutt and should stay far away from AJ Styles. AJ is and will always be a contender for the championship belts in TNA....what Shannon Moore brings to the table is well I don't know what he brings other than a Lenny & Lodi type gimmick which is nothing more than low/mid card opening match material. Shannon Moore should be jobber fodder for Gen Next as part of a tag team with Jeff Hardy if he ever shows up again. I really don't want to see a solo push for Moore. Debuting Moore against a main event level X-guy isn't a bad idea, as once he gets shuffled back down to the low-card (which he will) he'll be looked at as more legitimate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TNABaddboi 0 Report post Posted January 13, 2006 Meltz said that these matches will be added to Final Resolution: Ron Killings vs. Bobby Roode and the James Boys vs. Diamonds in the Rough. He also said the pre-show matches with The Naturals vs. Apolo & Homicide and Team Canada vs. Lance Hoyt & Kenny King & Jay Lethal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jebus 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2006 I was bored so I went browsing on the roster page on tnawrestling.com. Along with the usual bios, some of the talent have a "getting to know..." section as well. They were all good reads but I loved Raven's (especially the last part) so here you go: GETTING TO KNOW … RAVEN Hometown: Atlanta, Ga. Years wrestling: Will celebrate his 18th year full-time in February. Best-dressed wrestler out of the ring: Monty Brown. "He's straight-up pimp-style." Honorable mention goes to Shannon Moore and Sean Waltman. "If you took all of the boys to a trendy, happening club, Monty, Sean, Shannon and myself would be the only ones who'd fit in. Everyone else (on the TNA roster) has no idea what style is." Worst-dressed wrestler out of the ring: Samoa Joe and Abyss, "unless you view sweats and t-shirts as formal wear. Then again, Frankenstein had no sense of style either." Pop-Tarts ... Do you eat them cold or hot: "Hot, but who really gives a crap." Favorite pizza ingredient: "Thin crust, but pizza is pizza." The quote: "My favorite place to eat is actually wherever is open at 5 a.m., when I'm going to bed." Airplanes ... Aisle or window seats: "Aisle . in first-class." Most Under-rated wrestler: Eric Young and Abyss, who is the best big-man in the business." Favorite holiday: Groundhog's Day Four people (living or dead) who you'd like to invite to dinner: Robert Plant, Jim Morrison, Curly and Albert Einstein. Would you do it all over again: "I'd do so many things differently. I'd change so many things, not where I ended up, but would have found a much easier way to get here." Last time you cried: "Last week, at my shrink's office." What wrestler, on appearance, is most-opposite from you, but someone who you consider a very good friend: Lance Storm and A.J. Styles. On Konnan: "Extremely fun . extremely intelligent . never afraid to get himself heat." On James Mitchell: "The devil . A big, fat incubus has grown in his belly and, because he believes that chiropractic doctors are a work, he has been suffering through tremendous back pain for the past six months, which I find highlight amusing. Every time he groans about how his back hurts, my day is brightened." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hyperchord24 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2006 About Samoa Joe -- why do they call his finisher a muscle buster? It's just a glorified suplex. I don't see it as being a muscle-busting type manuver. I have seen variations of the muscle buster where the attacker jumps up and sits down with his opponent still cradled in the muscle buster position. That variation seems more like something that would hurt the muscles of the neck, leg and back. I'm not insulting Joe's in-ring ability at all. It's just a question. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Buzz 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2006 Well he took it from a japanese cartoon, which I believe is called Ultimate Muscle here in the US. So maybe he took the name as well for all I know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2006 Well he took it from a japanese cartoon, which I believe is called Ultimate Muscle here in the US. So maybe he took the name as well for all I know. The move (along with the name) is from the cartoon/manga as well. The manga/cartoon is called Kinnikuman in Japan, and over here it's M.U.S.C.L.E or Ultimate M.U.S.C.L.E. - these are best known as those little plastic, single-coloured figures that made a North American invasion in the 80's. More info here: http://www.kinnikuman.com/akia/index.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
