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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:09 am 
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Hulk Hogan, the storyline GM of TNA, went on his Twitter to talk about what would improve TNA's product.

A fan asked him about Impact Wrestling going live, and he said it "would solve 75% of the issues," but they need money to do it. He also says he has "been beating that drum for the last 2yrs."

He said: "Getting my head really wrapped around the fan business requests and how to transition Impact Wrestling beyond the Mania, Attitude era, nWo era. Not just grow in a black beard or just switch a title or just verbally say were changing, I'm talking about really changing [the] foundation to put wrestling in a whole new era. I know I came up with the idea, I'm gonna really flush it out before I drop the bomb on you Maniacs."

Credit: Prowrestling.net

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:38 pm 
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How would going live fix anything?


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:08 pm 
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I'd like it much better live. Live wrestling shows have a completely different feel. You also avoid fans reading spoilers.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:10 pm 
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I would watch the live shows over taped. I wpuld make sure to watch every week unlike now.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:18 pm 
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I wish TNA would stop with the whole introduction of changes are going to happen, it seems every few months they say they're going to implement changes, I wish they would just gradually happen rather than constant announcing.

Had you not known it was taped would it really make that big of a difference?

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Jack wrote:
I'd like it much better live. Live wrestling shows have a completely different feel. You also avoid fans reading spoilers.


Yeah, the spoiler thing IMO is an important one. I think it kills Smackdown too. I hear a lot of people say they don't watch and just read the spoilers for both shows. And I'm not taking a dig at XT, I've seen a lot of people say it in the chat and on this board.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:23 pm 
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Going live would make a big difference. For instance I turned this weeks Smackdown off after two minutes because of the crap editing of boos during Bryan's entrance. It was clear the crowd were cheering the shit out of him.

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Afro wrote:
Had you not known it was taped would it really make that big of a difference?

To me it does. I never enjoy the taped RAWs very much. Smackdown does not feel as important, even when it was really good, a lot of it because it was not live.

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Jack wrote:
I'd like it much better live. Live wrestling shows have a completely different feel. You also avoid fans reading spoilers.


Exactly...If live vs taped didnt make a difference, then Smackdown would be getting comparable ratings to Raw..

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Are you not able to watch the PPVs on DVD then?

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theultimatebeef wrote:
Jack wrote:
I'd like it much better live. Live wrestling shows have a completely different feel. You also avoid fans reading spoilers.


Exactly...If live vs taped didnt make a difference, then Smackdown would be getting comparable ratings to Raw..

Smackdown was always taped back in the day and got considerably better ratings than it does now.

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Afro wrote:
Are you not able to watch the PPVs on DVD then?

I never do. If I don't see em live I don't watch them. I never buy PPV DVDs besides Mania to see the HOF.

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Well I'll put it to you like this

Monday Night War TNA where half the shows were live they drew under a .9 a .89 to be on point.

Smackdown last week the taped show drew a 1.7 the live show? Drew a 1.5


Live and tape will not change anything. You still need a show worth watching and when you have no star power, storylines no one cares about, uninteresting feuds, and quiet frankly a product that is irrelevant no matter what time or how you air your still not going to get a foot hole.

If the Monday Night debacle for TNA proved anything you can change all the bells and whistles you want but unless you produce a show worth watching your wasting your time.


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Jack wrote:
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Are you not able to watch the PPVs on DVD then?

I never do. If I don't see em live I don't watch them. I never buy PPV DVDs besides Mania to see the HOF.

You've bought DVDs from Indy companies though, surely you weren't put off by the fact it was taped.

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Afro wrote:
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Jack wrote:
I'd like it much better live. Live wrestling shows have a completely different feel. You also avoid fans reading spoilers.


Exactly...If live vs taped didnt make a difference, then Smackdown would be getting comparable ratings to Raw..

Smackdown was always taped back in the day and got considerably better ratings than it does now.


Yea but Thats back when WWE overall was getting probably twice the ratings they are now, and Raw still did at least 1-2 points higher than SD

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theultimatebeef wrote:
Yea but Thats back when WWE overall was getting probably twice the ratings they are now, and Raw still did at least 1-2 points higher than SD

so you're saying I'm correct, had I been wrong SD would've gotten considerably lower.

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The fact I have to say this again is sad but ratings for Smackdown are different because they are on cable and not Boardcast television. Also ratings in general are different because there are more Television channels in 2012 than 1999 and when I say more I mean A LOT more


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xtremefalls43 wrote:
Well I'll put it to you like this

Monday Night War TNA where half the shows were live they drew under a .9 a .89 to be on point.

Smackdown last week the taped show drew a 1.7 the live show? Drew a 1.5


Live and tape will not change anything. You still need a show worth watching and when you have no star power, storylines no one cares about, uninteresting feuds, and quiet frankly a product that is irrelevant no matter what time or how you air your still not going to get a foot hole.

If the Monday Night debacle for TNA proved anything you can change all the bells and whistles you want but unless you produce a show worth watching your wasting your time.


Ratings for Wrestling overall, are stagnant, its not just TNA...Raw's ratings have been stuck right around a 3.0 for a long time ..Even the Rock coming back for the Mania build-up did not boost ratings...The wrestling fanbase has just shrunk, period.(maybe permnanently).. you can trace it back to ECW & WCW being bought by Vince, Rock & Austin leaving as full-time wrestlers, and the rise of UFC...And all these things happened within a space of about 3-4 yrs.. Its not a mystery.

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theultimatebeef wrote:
xtremefalls43 wrote:
Well I'll put it to you like this

Monday Night War TNA where half the shows were live they drew under a .9 a .89 to be on point.

Smackdown last week the taped show drew a 1.7 the live show? Drew a 1.5


Live and tape will not change anything. You still need a show worth watching and when you have no star power, storylines no one cares about, uninteresting feuds, and quiet frankly a product that is irrelevant no matter what time or how you air your still not going to get a foot hole.

If the Monday Night debacle for TNA proved anything you can change all the bells and whistles you want but unless you produce a show worth watching your wasting your time.


Ratings for Wrestling overall, are stagnant, its not just TNA...Raw's ratings have been stuck right around a 3.0 for a long time ..Even the Rock coming back for the Mania build-up did not boost ratings...The wrestling fanbase has just shrunk, period.(maybe permnanently).. you can trace it back to ECW & WCW being bought by Vince, Rock & Austin leaving as full-time wrestlers, and the rise of UFC...And all these things happened within a space of about 3-4 yrs.. Its not a mystery.



read above the ratings today are down but basically the difference between fans are not that different. Television ratings around the board are down not because the show but because again in 1999 my television for example had 40 plus channels at most. In 2012 I have over 300. Thats why the composite number are down however the people actually watching has not changed all that much.


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Afro wrote:
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Are you not able to watch the PPVs on DVD then?

I never do. If I don't see em live I don't watch them. I never buy PPV DVDs besides Mania to see the HOF.

You've bought DVDs from Indy companies though, surely you weren't put off by the fact it was taped.

When have I done this ? Only ones I've bought were ROH & DGUSA ones I was at. If I wasn't at them I doubt I would have bought em. ECW ones back in the day when there was no other way to watch em. You can spin this however you want, but I much prefer a live show over a taped one. Maybe you don't, that's fine, but I do.

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xtremefalls43 wrote:
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Well I'll put it to you like this

Monday Night War TNA where half the shows were live they drew under a .9 a .89 to be on point.

Smackdown last week the taped show drew a 1.7 the live show? Drew a 1.5


Live and tape will not change anything. You still need a show worth watching and when you have no star power, storylines no one cares about, uninteresting feuds, and quiet frankly a product that is irrelevant no matter what time or how you air your still not going to get a foot hole.

If the Monday Night debacle for TNA proved anything you can change all the bells and whistles you want but unless you produce a show worth watching your wasting your time.


Ratings for Wrestling overall, are stagnant, its not just TNA...Raw's ratings have been stuck right around a 3.0 for a long time ..Even the Rock coming back for the Mania build-up did not boost ratings...The wrestling fanbase has just shrunk, period.(maybe permnanently).. you can trace it back to ECW & WCW being bought by Vince, Rock & Austin leaving as full-time wrestlers, and the rise of UFC...And all these things happened within a space of about 3-4 yrs.. Its not a mystery.



read above the ratings today are down but basically the difference between fans are not that different. Television ratings around the board are down not because the show but because again in 1999 my television for example had 40 plus channels at most. In 2012 I have over 300. Thats why the composite number are down however the people actually watching has not changed all that much.


I dont care if people have 1500 channels...If theyre wrestling fans, they will watch wrestling..

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I dont care if people have 1500 channels...If theyre wrestling fans, they will watch wrestling..


and they do dipshit thats the point, Raw is usually if not the top rated show in cable the top 5 or 10. The amount of people watching Raw is not that different from 15 years ago, and Smackdown was on Boardcast Television which is different than cable television which is why that so called rating is down but its really not.


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xtremefalls43 wrote:
theultimatebeef wrote:
I dont care if people have 1500 channels...If theyre wrestling fans, they will watch wrestling..


and they do dipshit thats the point, Raw is usually if not the top rated show in cable the top 5 or 10. The amount of people watching Raw is not that different from 15 years ago, and Smackdown was on Boardcast Television which is different than cable television which is why that so called rating is down but its really not.


If you honestly think the number of people watching RAW now is the same as it was during 98-02 or so, you truly are a fucking moron..Good grief

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theultimatebeef wrote:
xtremefalls43 wrote:
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I dont care if people have 1500 channels...If theyre wrestling fans, they will watch wrestling..


and they do dipshit thats the point, Raw is usually if not the top rated show in cable the top 5 or 10. The amount of people watching Raw is not that different from 15 years ago, and Smackdown was on Boardcast Television which is different than cable television which is why that so called rating is down but its really not.


If you honestly think the number of people watching RAW now is the same as it was during 98-02 or so, you truly are a fucking moron..Good grief


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Not really a widespread solution, but were he to kill himself on a live PPV, I'd buy it. I'd even order the replay a couple of times.

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