Fifth Horseman
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| posted on 5-15-2011 at 10:47 PM |
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Anyone want to reboot TNA?
The WWE thread didn't get much response, so I figured I'd throw this out there. Assume the roster is locked so that you can't add
talent, but you can cut it. How would you re-organize TNA - face, heel, etc?
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DevilSoprano
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| posted on 5-15-2011 at 11:03 PM |
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Without adding talent, I'm not sure it's worth it. TNA needs to cut a lot and bring in a ton of new names.
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Matte
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| posted on 5-16-2011 at 12:02 AM |
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For starters, I would send Hogan, Bischoff, and Russo packing. I might keep Flair around for the occasional lunatic promo, but one more fuck up and
he's gone, too. Foley can stay around to maybe do some backstage work. He has a good mind.
That right there should already make the shows ten times better.
"I'm a professional. I know exactly what I'm doing." - Jeff Hardy
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Chris Is Good517
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| posted on 5-16-2011 at 01:18 AM |
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I agree with Dev. It's really going to handcuff people to not allow them to bring in new people because what TNA has to work with right now
isn't exactly ideal. But playing by your rules...
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Matte
Foley can stay around to maybe do some backstage work. He has a good mind.
I'd do one better and ditch Tenay on the announce table and replace him with Foley. There's no reason he can't be on the booking
team and call the action, too, and I feel like he and Tazz would mesh pretty well together.
Hogan, Bischoff, and Russo would be gone yesterday. I'm pretty sure I'd cut ties with Jarrett and Steiner, too. Sorry, Rob Terry, but
you're useless, here's your pink slip. Both of the Hardys are insane liabilites, so they can take a hike, too.
Abyss can stay, but his whole gimmick is being rebuilt from the ground up because he's really boring.
Sting loses the title immediately and will never sniff at it again. From now on, he's used similar to the way WWE uses Undertaker- good for 2 or
3 big money matches a year, and that's it.
The Dudleys get reunited and we pretend Buh Buh's big push never happened. Not that he hasn't been doing a respectable job as a singles
heel (and I actually enjoyed his singles run in WWE as a face), but come on.
Any factions larger than 3 members are broken up and we go... I dunno, at least 2 years without any stables. It's really become a crutch for TNA
and it isn't working.
The focus of the company, effective immediately, would be AJ and Joe in the sort of roles that Cena and Orton play in WWE, with Mr. Anderson and
Hernandez as my top two heels. Angle and RVD are always in the main event mix as well. Then we build Kendrick, both Beer Money guys, both of the Guns,
Daniels, Desmond Wolfe, and the Pope as credible threats who can rotate in and out of the ME mix as needed. A level below them would be Matt Morgan,
Doug Williams, Jesse Neal, and Crimson, all of whom are guys who I think need more polish to varying degrees. Everyone else can work the midcard or
tag team scene.
Gee, I wish I was still alive- LuckyLopez R.I.P.
Bachmann: "I haven't had a gaffe... when it comes to the best Republican who take
on Barack Obama and not have any clunker in my record to be able to take him on, it's me."
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Fifth Horseman
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| posted on 5-16-2011 at 04:05 AM |
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If it stimulates conversation, then by all means, break the "No additions" rule. Have at it.
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DevilSoprano
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| posted on 5-16-2011 at 04:50 AM |
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Before I get to my own stuff, just wanna comment on a few things already posted.
I'm not 100% sure I get rid of Bischoff as an on-screen character. I think he works in that role but if he has to go, I wouldn't be
opposed to that. Secondly, I would never put the Dudleys back together again. Get rid of Devon if you have to, but Ray is really shining in this upper
midcard heel role. I would never push him harder than that, but use him as a so-called gatekeeper and he's fine. I'd also keep Jarrett in
a similar role. Just never mention him and Angle in the same sentence again. Use Sting and RVD in similar roles on the face side. Not in the title
picture, but upper midcarders. I'm torn on the Hardys actually. Jeff was working pretty well as a heel but he is a huge liability that you
can't trust. Matt on the other hand is another perfectly acceptable midcarder that I'm okay with. Keeping him would truly depend on just
how many new people I bring in. At worst, I definitely keep him around for 6 months-1 year and use him as a JTTS to build up the new guys I bring in.
He's in shape, he seems motivated and I'd milk that cow for all its worth right now. The first sign of FATT coming back and he'd be
gone.
I agree with most of the rest of the names being let go with Steiner, Terry, Hogan, Bischoff, but I'd add quite a few. Robbie E, not the TV
champ but the other one of Gunner & Murphy, Anaquia, Dreamer, Red, Okada, Crimson, and I wouldn't even bother repackaging Abyss right now. Get
rid of him for a year or 2 and then if you have a good story for him I suppose you can bring him back, but I'd be totally okay with him never
stepping foot in the ring again.
With regards to bringing people in, let's start with 1 name and I'll come back with more later. I don't care what he wants and what
I have to offer him but I'm giving Paul Heyman total creative control. Let him be the one to pick and choose who comes in while suggesting
talents from the indies to him.
Then you have to build from the top down. Decide your main eventers and those in the world title picture for the next year plus. It should be names
like Joe, AJ, Dinero, Morgan, Angle, Daniels, Hernandez, and maybe 1 or 2 new names if they're out there.
After that you build down the card and you go back to focusing on the specific divisions. Guns, Beer Money, Gen Me, and then look to the indies for
some big tag team names...Briscoes, Kings of Wrestling, Ronin.
Then the women...build around Madison, Mickie, and Sarita. Use Winter, Angelina, Velvet, and Rosita to boost everyone else and then just make it an
indy fan's wet dream. Bring back Melissa and Roxxi. Bring in MsChif, Haze, Eagles, Portia. Make it what it used to be.
Then build the X-Division around Kendrick and the indies. Names like Generico, Edwards, Steen, Gargano, Taylor, Ricochet, Delirious and there's
a ton more.
And then after that, you should have enough names to handle the midcard/TV title division. Make that belt mean something. It HAS to be defended every
week. Nothing major really, just a stepping stone belt to keep midcarders occupied.
Also, with everything they need to do, they'll NEED another hour or 2 of television of week. Because they'll have the roster size for it
AND they will not be wrestling 4 minute tv matches only. I want some solid 10-15 minute matches on every show and hopefully more than 1 per show. If
you really feel the need to keep Impact as your story/angle advancement show, limit that to 1 10-15 minute match and another 8-10 minute match, but
then the other show needs to be founded on WRESTLING. Very little in long story-length promos, more of a combined Wrestling/Reaction type show. Full
complete good matches with backstage reactions and follow ups. No 20 minute opening promos. No 20 minute closing segments. No 20 minute middle of the
show story advancements. I don't want to say Crash TV, but if you can say the same thing in 5 minutes instead of 20, do it.
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