> The rumor mills are swirling with.. uh... rumors that TNA and GFW could be announcing some kind of merger soon. Jarrett is tweeting out teases.
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> The only way I can think this is a positive for Jarrett is if he acquires TNA"s talent (both wrestlers and production crew which I'm sure he needs) and tape library, and kills off the TNA brand name and sends Dixie packing.
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> Aside from that, I don't see how this makes sense for either side.
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> -Paul.
Buy they could geometrically merge their rings and have, like, a TWELVE sided ring! They'll make MILLIONS!
If they get a continued TV deal out of it, good. No Dixie and the awful TNA name goes
ReplyDeleteTNA & GFW merger? License to print confederate money.
ReplyDeleteWe'll take two small shitty wrestling companies and make one medium-sized shitty wrestling company!
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As for killing the TNA name, I'm not so sure. It may not have the best reputation but it is a recognized brand that people are aware of. I would bet that a small fraction of the audience knows what Global Force Wrestling is or think it's called the GWF, a mistake I have made a few times.
As much as I'd love Dixie to go, it ain't gonna happen. If she wouldn't leave a year or two ago, she ain't gonna leave now.
ReplyDeleteGFW would be the saddest Invasion angle of all time
ReplyDelete36 sided ring!!!! Oh yeah!
ReplyDeleteThing is ... I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see TNA or GWF use a 12 sided ring.
ReplyDeleteThat would end quickly, right after the first person tried to bounce off the ropes and got cut into quarters.
ReplyDeleteOh shit this is for real? I thought we were making up hilarious hypotheticals.
ReplyDeleteDeck chairs on the Titanic.
ReplyDeleteJarrett annoys me. Whoever his money mark is must be a moron if he/they think there's any value whatsoever in TNA
ReplyDeleteGFW sounds like the uncool cousin of VFW.
ReplyDeleteTNA and GFW, WCW just refuses to lay the fuck down.
ReplyDeleteI like that he says nothing is for sure until it goes through legal while tweeting about it every 3 hours.
ReplyDeleteWhere is this coming from? Nothing in his tweets imply anything to do with TNA.
ReplyDeleteWhat's Dibsy Carmer doing in the GFW Zone?
ReplyDeleteThat would be like selling your beat up old car to a guy that has no mechanical skills, but still wants to try fixing it, getting a newer car that doesn't have an engine, then going back to the talentless mechanic after a crash and asking for the battered old engine to get your new car running.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they can do baseball stadium tours together. The GFW/TNA Double Header Tour!
ReplyDeleteA GWF and TNA merger, explained mathematically:
ReplyDelete0 + 0 = 0.
That is all.
I just did the math.
ReplyDeleteAre you serious? TNA doesn't even sound like the name of a wrestling company, and also people familiar with the company think it sucks the fattest and smelliest of all horse cock.
ReplyDeleteChange the fucking name to literally anything else.
It's like dividing by zero.
ReplyDeleteYES.
ReplyDelete*Golf Clap*
ReplyDelete33 and 1/3% chance.
ReplyDeleteTna +gfw+ ?= profit
ReplyDelete-1 (due to TNA lacking touring) +0 = -1
ReplyDeleteTNA + GFW + Vince Russo = Profit.
ReplyDeleteAin't he great?
ReplyDeleteStill going to suck, whatever they do
ReplyDeleteAnd it spells disaster.
ReplyDeleteHow is GFW going to have a merger when GFW has put on what like 2 shows?
ReplyDeleteTHE PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING LANDSCAPER HAS SHIFTED TO THE IMPACT ZONE
Yes! We finally get the long awaited TNA vs GFW feud!
ReplyDeleteThe Performance Center has no wi-fi? Wait, how can they get the WWE Network if there's no wi-fi at the Performance Center then? #ContinuityError
ReplyDeleteQuite telling that the UFC only used it once though and immediately went back to the old format after the live/taped experiment bombed.
ReplyDeleteNo kidding, his Thrillseekers promos in SMW were more genuine.
ReplyDelete"What is Jeff Jarrett doing in the Impact Zone?!"
ReplyDelete"Firing most of us"
Meth
ReplyDeleteYou just did meth
It makes a lot of sense for Jarrett if he gets their time slot.
ReplyDeleteTNA is quite literally the worst name for any brand in American business.
ReplyDeleteWhat do 100% of people think of when you say, TNA? Hint: not wrestling.
I suppose that at some point, the WWE will have some actual competition. I don't think this merger, if it happens, would be it, or the start of it.
ReplyDeleteOr multiplying by zero.
ReplyDeleteAnswer #1: slang for pre-teens talking about dirty words
ReplyDeleteAnswer #2: Something not worth my time to watch.
I could never find that album in stores as a kid. Can't imagine why...
ReplyDelete"Buy they could geometrically merge their rings and have, like, a TWELVE sided ring! They'll make MILLIONS!"
ReplyDeleteThe dodecagonned circle?
Didn't the WCW Worldwide set circa 1994 have the ring set on top of what could only be described as a lazy susan. Maybe GTFNWA could take that idea a step further and spin the ring during matches to completely discombobulate their talent.
Tna isn't OFFICIALLY canceled a merger that gets rid of dixie and the tna brand means a national tv deal for jeff.
ReplyDeleteTna + gfw - dixie + anyone really = Hunda hunda hundred bills yall
ReplyDeletetna isn
ReplyDeleteTo quote the old and funny Dennis Miller, before 9/11 gave him crazybrains: "hey, folks, two of shit? It's still shit! If they really wanna fuck you, they'll give you three!"
ReplyDeleteCUE THE INVASION!!!! That's Chris The Adonis Mordetszky! WE HAVE SEEN HIM IN OTHER EMPTY BASEBALL STADIUMS BEFORE! He doesn't even work here!
ReplyDelete*GFW
ReplyDeleteThe idea of Dixie Carter crawling back to Jeff Jarrett to save her is one of the most amazing things I've ever thought of. Well at least one of the most amazing things related to TNA.
ReplyDeleteActually a war games with the four sided ring and the six sided ring would be something unique. It could be as big as Andre the Giant (700 pounds, brother. 650 on the truck scale in Detriot, dude). I mean if you had two four sided rings and one six sided ring you could call the match - the gauntlet.
ReplyDeleteI would be excited for this -- killing the TNA brand name stink and maybe restarting with the talent roster (plus GFW folks that are signed, whoever they are) and keeping another place open for guys and gals to earn a living. TNA has provided some really good matches this year already, plus EC3's killer promos, so I'd like to see those kept alive on TV.
ReplyDeleteTNA + GFW = NAW GTF
ReplyDeleteSo their target audience is the Dungeons and Dragons crowd now?
ReplyDeleteI wish I could upvote this a million times.
ReplyDeleteHe didn't say you need to show acceptance--just that you, clearly going into the show glass half empty, might not be the target audience for this, and therefore not the best person to review it. That said, I knew what to expect from your review, because it's what I typically expect from your reviews--unmitigated negativity.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree that you shouldn't be reviewing this stuff, but I do wish there was an alternative that was at least neutral going into the show.
I don't know if it's the same for you, but the show actually played live on USA Network up here in Washington. Of course, I'm not home before 5:45, so it didn't help, but there you are.
ReplyDeleteI actually enjoyed the show. Mind you, I watch exactly zero reality TV, so the level to which I'm sick of it is not what a lot of other people are at, and I defninitely hope they will give more time to the wrestling and less time to the personal in the future (not no time though--if you took the house segments away entirely, you'd find it would make the show lifeless).
ReplyDeleteIt was flawed, but reasonably entertaining for an hour, and I hope they can iron out some of the stuff I didn't care for as much as we move through the season.
"That said, I knew what to expect from your review, because it's what I
ReplyDeletetypically expect from your reviews--unmitigated negativity."
Ok, first, I'm not the "target audience". I never will be. I'm here to review the stuff WWE puts on the air (and do so for two other blogs who count on me to review it for clicks) and decided to do this because it's fun to write. Being the "target audience" doesn't enter into it.
Second, look at the stuff above. Tell me it deserves unmitigated PRAISE. Because you and I both know it doesn't. I didn't expect much from Tough Enough but I also didn't expect it to be awful, either. The show's a hot mess.
It's ok to say it's a hot mess. It's ok that you disagree with me. But the arguments that I'm "negative" and that I'm "not the best person" are completely moot. When WWE decides to put something watchable on the air, I'll praise it -- and I have. When they don't, they get punched in the gut.
That's life.
We're on the West Coast. I don't think we get the show until 8 PM. At least that's what our DVR says.
ReplyDeleteLike I said, I didn't agree that you shouldn't be reviewing this stuff, I was just clarifying that he didn't say you should be accepting.
ReplyDeleteI agree it was a hot mess, but I found it a somewhat entertaining hot mess. If they can clean up the mess over the next few weeks (which, fortunately, the show is partially live, so they can actually make changes as they go), they might actually have something decent.
It doesn't deserve unmitigated praise, but I thought it had some fun moments... I'll admit that I geeked out a little at Jason Jordan showing up just to demonstrate something, and I'm more interested in the coaches right now than any of the competitors, but that can change. I can say that I'll continue watching for now, and I don't have to strap myself down and grit my teeth to do so.
That's weird that they'd run it live up here and not wherever you are.
ReplyDeleteNot that it matters much since, you know, five in the afternoon is too early because a lot of us aren't home yet.