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I_Abibde posted...

I had to look up TNA to see if it still exists, and it looks like it is carried on a channel that almost nobody can watch (Pursuit), but it is not dead. ... Might have to look into AEW and NXT instead.

It's actually gotten better creatively - almost no one watches it because of its past reputation and because their TV deal is absolute dog shit, but the few people who do watch tend to argue that it's actually better than WWE at this point. Not that it would be hard to reach that level.



Donald_J_Zeus posted...

But was it worse than Deathbed: The Bed that Eats People?

If memory serves, that movie actually has a plot, which automatically makes it better than Rubber.



Donald_J_Zeus posted...

The fact that these places pay less and less doesn't seem to matter since TNA is infamous for not paying employees.

That was more a problem when it was owned by Dixie Carter, because she had no clue what the fuck she was doing (and mostly started out just spending her parents' money before they cut her off, which is when things started spiraling out of control), but supposedly a lot of the administrative issues of the past have been addressed and fixed since Anthem bought the company. Just like a lot of the creative issues have been fixed since Dixie was forced out and her cronies were dropped from positions of power (and there's been a major improvement ever since Don Callis was brought in to try and fix things).

The problem is that the reputation that comes from 15 straight years of being a clusterfuck tends to poison the well (part of why Anthem officially dropped the TNA name entirely and just renamed the entire company Impact, though it didn't really help because everyone still thinks of it as TNA anyway), so while they've improved, they still have a hard time getting TV deals or winning back lapsed fans.

Considering how WWE has been treating a lot of employees lately, and how much Impact has improved over the last couple years, there's a lot of people now who might be more inclined to sign there instead of with the WWE (especially if they can get a better TV deal, which they've been trying to do - and which may actually become easier for them if AEW succeeds and convinces networks that there's definitely more money to be tapped from wrestling that's being left on the table). For some wrestlers (like EC3) who might not be able to find their way into AEW once that starts going, Impact might effectively become the third-party alternative for North America (if nothing else, it's still seen as being a bit better than RoH these days).



Metalsonic66 posted...

Rubber was ridiculous and nonsensical, but it was also hilarious.

I would agree with two of those statements.

My friends - who used to make a hobby out of watching terrible bad movies for humor value - unanimously voted that movie the worst film ever created by human beings. I don't think any of us laughed even once, and we couldn't even really joke about it because it was so bad.


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