[Centraal] Pro Wrestling topic #72

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Op woensdag 14 juli 2010 21:01 schreef Wes_FR het volgende:
En wij zullen dit weten, hoe?

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Bill Goldberg posted the following on his Twitter, commenting on Jim Ross being cut from the WWE intro…

* So I hear the WWE made an example out of JR because he was on camera being interviewed at Brock's UFC event. Things never change do they.

* Give'm hell JR!!

* Sounds like something they would do. Just speaking out for my buddy JR.

Note from Ryan Clark: Bill is right and Jim is just to classy to make a big stink about it. It was clear by JR's 'tweet' that he was not all that pleased about the removal but he's never been one to 'bash' WWE.

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Op woensdag 14 juli 2010 21:03 schreef wc-eend het volgende:

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Carlito's TNA Theme & Titantron LEAKED!

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**TNA is going in a completely different direction for their next pay per view ‘Hard Justice' on August 8th where they will abandon all current storylines and angles for one night and present an ECW nostalgia show built around the ECW alumni in the promotion. The company has absolutely nothing to lose and I would be shocked if this show is not their most successful pay per view of the year but it is a band aid solution with history showing that nostalgia will draw for one night but it's not a sustainable booking method. The show is going to be modeled exactly as the WWE ‘One Night Stand' shows were presented in 2005 and 2006, which were strong successes on pay per view for the company (325,000 and 280,000 buys respectively) which along with the support of the sales from the ‘Rise and Fall of ECW' DVD led to Vince McMahon resurrecting the brand from June 2006 until this past February where it was shelved in favor of NXT.

The premise of the pay per view will be that the ECW alumni have control of the show and presumably will be using TNA talent on the show with ‘one night of full control' of the company.

There is no doubt that the immediate reaction will be strong and people will be nostalgic for the ECW of old but the key for TNA is shooting a major angle that is going to continue and sustain that level of interest. In 2010 you cannot build a company around stars from 1997 and integrating your current crop of stars is going to be essential.

When it comes to pay per view the company has hit rock bottom in terms of interest and buys so there is no such thing as a ‘bad idea' as long as it's different and there is no denying the short term jolt this angle will provide for the August pay per view.

In terms of what is considered a success for TNA on pay per view? It's hard to gauge how much casual interest there is in ECW as the nostalgia for ECW was hit hard in 2005 with both the WWE show and the ‘Hardcore Homecoming' series of shows and with the WWE's presentation of ECW over the past four years I'm not sure how high the demand is. The TV for TNA really has to push the show hard and make it feel special and you definitely have guys that cut the right promo to gain interest and the tease of Paul Heyman debuting at that show and cutting a promo will guarantee buys for this show.

On a final note the legalities behind the promotion of this show will be interesting considering the WWE owns all of the intellectual property behind ECW and that is going to be the selling point of the show. The wording behind the promotion is going to have be very carefully put together as I'd be surprised if we don't see some form of lawsuit coming out of this from the WWE based on the fact they are selling a show based around WWE IP

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Dixie is under significant pressure to make some sort of positive change. While Spike is still publicly behind the company, it is no secret within the network what a disaster the company is. We're told from people who have spoken to both her and her father Bob Carter, whose Panda Energy funds the company, that while she has absolutely no idea what she is doing Bob Carter actually does, at least in the sense that he at least can see what many of the problems are (writing is awful, nobody is buying the PPVs, old guys all over TV, etc.). Dixie is said to understand that the Hogan/Bischoff experiment didn't work out as she'd hoped, but still thinks that Vince Russo was the secret behind WWE's success in the 90s and has steadfastly refused to listen to people who suggest he be removed from his position in creative.

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The August 8th TNA pay per view is being re-branded 'Hardcore Justice - One Last Stand' according to new advertising the promotion has sent out. The 30-second commerical features fans chating 'EC Dub' throughout the promo and puts TNA on a very thin line when it comes to what they are or are not allowed to use in the advertising of this event.

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Op vrijdag 16 juli 2010 19:32 schreef The-Brahma-Bull het volgende:
Renwan moet trouwens even dit kijken:

WWE NXT Season 2 Episode 5 The Showtime Percy Watson Show

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Op zaterdag 17 juli 2010 11:38 schreef renwan het volgende:

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Zal vanavond kijken of ik tijd heb

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Op zaterdag 17 juli 2010 21:07 schreef renwan het volgende:

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Oké, waarom moest ik dat dan persé kijken?