Bret_Hart_Mark™
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Apr 29, 2014 19:17:51 GMT -5
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Apr 29, 2014 19:32:24 GMT -5
I'm honestly not surprised that indy shows he's done drew more than the TNA house shows he's done. It's kinda sad that the guy who I consider the biggest home grown TNA guy is the one saying these things about the TNA shows.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2014 20:39:31 GMT -5
I follow Matt Hardy on facebook and pretty much all of the indy shows he puts on or works draw more than TNA.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Apr 29, 2014 21:20:00 GMT -5
What this quote left out is the most important part of the interview. AJ said TNA is too big to be local and too small to be national. He hit the nail on the head. The company is on a national cable channel. It runs legit PPVs. They go overseas and do great business. But its too small to be national. They cant draw huge crowds all around the US b/c they are so small. They dont have any hometown presence in these cities and not enough of the main stream audiences are watching TNA. They also dont hone in on their big name talents like Hardy and Angle. These guys should be featured players at ALL times. Instead they go in and out of main events, major stories, etc. This interview with AJ, which can be found on the PW Torch, sums up the issue with TNA as far as the company this particular issue. Its definitely worth a read.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Apr 29, 2014 21:24:03 GMT -5
I follow Matt Hardy on facebook and pretty much all of the indy shows he puts on or works draw more than TNA. Matt Hardy runs OMEGA out of a few states ONLY. Most of his shows have been in NC as well, where he lives. Yes, he and Reby, Thomas Simpson and the rest of the guys are definitely smaller but they also have a great reputation in their community and are known as hometown commodities. They may run on a smaller budget and have less people working for them, but they can market themselves better. They are right there to paper flyers, Matt is travelling about and can market OMEGA and they have a known presence there. Part of TNA's problem is they are exploring areas without doing any of this. Matt isnt stupid. He isnt picking up OMEGA and saying he is gonna go run in Los Angeles tomorrow. If he would do it, he would spent countless amounts of time researching the market and properly marketing his company and his show in the area so when tickets go on sale...there is already a buzz for it. TNA puts tickets on sale and just expect people to show up. Matt understands his company, his market and the pro wrestling business. He IS gonna draw more than TNA because he doesnt try to be bigger than what he is nor does he try and be smaller than what he is.
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Post by Too Sweet on Apr 30, 2014 2:36:41 GMT -5
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Post by Darkhawk on May 1, 2014 18:13:18 GMT -5
The thing AJ Styles doesn't mention is how most fans don't even bother to watch ROH, because they don't have a TV deal. To be honest only those hardcore wrestling fans go to those Indy shows while TNA and WWE make non-wrestling fans into wrestling fans. Since AJ Styles left TNA I haven't bother to follow him on what he's doing in ROH even though I'm a huge AJ Styles fan myself.
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Post by Dr. Mantis Toboggan MD on May 1, 2014 18:54:06 GMT -5
The thing AJ Styles doesn't mention is how most fans don't even bother to watch ROH, because they don't have a TV deal. To be honest only those hardcore wrestling fans go to those Indy shows while TNA and WWE make non-wrestling fans into wrestling fans. Since AJ Styles left TNA I haven't bother to follow him on what he's doing in ROH even though I'm a huge AJ Styles fan myself. ROH has a syndicated TV deal and they are own by Sinclair Broadcasting. ROH is available in about 30 of the 50 US states on 63 TV stations.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2014 19:20:07 GMT -5
TBH he sounds like another angry and bitter Superstar who is only saying this because he's upset with TNA.
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Post by Word™ on May 1, 2014 19:38:24 GMT -5
TBH he sounds like another angry and bitter Superstar who is only saying this because he's upset with TNA. AJ Styles has never struck me as the spiteful/bitter type.. He's probably being completely honest. I wish he could have made a small run in WWE.. AJ Styles was always a favorite of mine, I thought his moveset was something that could easily adapt and "wow" the WWE crowds.. Get ready to fly!
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Post by Epic Z on May 1, 2014 19:41:12 GMT -5
Not surprising, TNA sucks at promoting there house shows.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2014 19:55:40 GMT -5
TBH he sounds like another angry and bitter Superstar who is only saying this because he's upset with TNA. AJ Styles has never struck me as the spiteful/bitter type.. He's probably being completely honest. I wish he could have made a small run in WWE.. AJ Styles was always a favorite of mine, I thought his moveset was something that could easily adapt and "wow" the WWE crowds.. Get ready to fly! He dosent stuck me as that type of person either but What I'm saying is is that he just sounds upset and bitter TNA wouldn't give him more money(IMO). AJ Styles has been with the company for years.TNA is the full Reason why AJ styles is that popular now then what he was before.Why bash company that Made You who you are? One thing I HATE about someone is when they Know there the Best thing ever and they Want More Money because they know there the best thing that company has.Everyone Is Easily Replaceable and Everyone should appreciate what they have because if not then Someone Will take there spot and that's how I feel about Styles he's no Jeff Hardy or Kurt(Popularity Wise) so of course he's not gonna get paid more or equal to them. I just don't like AJ styles Attitude now I LOVED him in TNA but in ROH not so much.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on May 1, 2014 22:27:09 GMT -5
AJ Styles has never struck me as the spiteful/bitter type.. He's probably being completely honest. I wish he could have made a small run in WWE.. AJ Styles was always a favorite of mine, I thought his moveset was something that could easily adapt and "wow" the WWE crowds.. Get ready to fly! He dosent stuck me as that type of person either but What I'm saying is is that he just sounds upset and bitter TNA wouldn't give him more money(IMO). AJ Styles has been with the company for years.TNA is the full Reason why AJ styles is that popular now then what he was before.Why bash company that Made You who you are? One thing I HATE about someone is when they Know there the Best thing ever and they Want More Money because they know there the best thing that company has.Everyone Is Easily Replaceable and Everyone should appreciate what they have because if not then Someone Will take there spot and that's how I feel about Styles he's no Jeff Hardy or Kurt(Popularity Wise) so of course he's not gonna get paid more or equal to them. I just don't like AJ styles Attitude now I LOVED him in TNA but in ROH not so much. They offered him a paycut and he was TNA Champion.
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Post by Cass on May 1, 2014 23:21:55 GMT -5
He headlined a house show here back in Halifax back in March, it drew much better than TNA, filling the entire bingo hall it was in. I'd say about 700 showed up and he tore the house down.
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Post by k5 on May 1, 2014 23:31:02 GMT -5
aj reminds me of the horse in george orwell's animal farm a great deal.
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Post by King Silva on May 2, 2014 6:34:05 GMT -5
That is kinda sad that he is saying this but it is true a lot of the time. -_-
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on May 2, 2014 11:16:07 GMT -5
Not surprising, TNA sucks at promoting there house shows. I think AJ even said on his shoot interview that when he was going to the hotel and he would tell the hotel that he's here to wrestle for a TNA house show that night, and they didn't even know that they had a show that night. I think the problem with TNA and their house show is a little of where they put the house shows, and a little of them not promoting the house show properly. I mean I remember one night hanging out with my friends and hearing about an AIW show in Cleveland on the radio and I never heard an indy event being promoted on the radio, so yeah TNA does poorly promoting their shows.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 17:05:32 GMT -5
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Post by Midnight on May 3, 2014 15:04:31 GMT -5
Lol, that can't seriously be TNA...can it?
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jason1980s
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Post by jason1980s on May 7, 2014 17:02:33 GMT -5
Don't give TNA any ideas!
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