what went wrong?

Ideas so stupid they drove off their boy aj styles

And wwe started drawing from them and roh

Dixie being in charge
Spending massive money on names

>>1226214

>shitty lame ass story lines
>boring or retarded gimmick characters
>no real new guys that were cool, relied soley on WWE stars who had enough of Vinces shit
>didnt use them properly
>desperately tried to remake the 90s era attitude like shit
>overall sloppy unorganized ametuer hour shlock


It would probably be impossible and stupid if they tried to compete with WWE head on and try to dethrone them, but they really did drop the ball in 2006 when the PG era was starting and fans were looking for a good alternative.

hogan was in the AWA
hogan was in WCW
hogan was in TNA
hogan was in WWE
vince is a genius just because he survived hulkamania running wild

>>1226214
Russo, Hogan, Bischoff, Dixie
>retards

>>1226233
This retard.

>>1226214
When they stopped trying to be an alternative to WWE and just straight up copy pasted whatever Vince was doing.

Or when they brought in Russo, Hogan and Bischoff. Take your pick.

What was the best era for TNA?

TNA is a lot like WCW in its final years.

>>1226321
Yeah, except it's been like that for about twelve years.

>>1226319
2006-2008

they lost their stars for various reasons that mostly include money

>>1226214
Dixie.

>>1226319
2004-07

>>1226214
Get out the defibrillator.

http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/tna-wrestling-million-dollar-investment-firm/

>>1226321
Nah wcw actually had homegrown guys in the main event not wwe mid-low card cast offs

>>1226353
>Bobby rhode chose to go back to TNA instead of going to NXT a few years back
He would be on the main roster right now lol
Dumb move

>>1226214
Dixie carter

>>1226214
>what went wrong?

Dixie Carter. Jeff Jarrett was onto a good thing, but he didn't have the money to follow it through. It's when Dixie came on board that things became really stupid.

>I KNOW, LETS BASE THE WHOLE COMPANY AROUND WRESTLERS IN THEIR 50'S! THAT'LL WORK!

>>1226319
Christian cage era

>>1226233

Wasn't Hogan also in NJPW? They seem to be doing alright.

>>1226214
Stink was wronk

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>>1226834
>fucks off to japan

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>>1226838
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAgolW2HfY

>>1226826

>its a "Vince writes himself into the show winning the championship" episode

>>1226846
>>1226831

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn13PwaRQ6s

>>1226826
>>1226831
>>1226834
>>1226838
>>1226846
>>1226855
I think I've made my point

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>>1226859
OK now I'm done

>>1226846

Reminder that TNA actually had a shitty remake of the montreal screwjob

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>>1226868
Oh shit I forgot about that, I guess I blocked it out it was so fucking cringe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaFAMoGCJuk

>Still salty that TNA is a top-draw wrestling promotion
'Cept if they WERE doing poorly, they wouldn't even be in business anymore.
Care to give 1 reason (Hard Mode: 3) as to why talent hasn't left >LOLTNA in the first place?
Whether you like it or not, smarks, they'll continue to make revenue as long as WWE is around, and realize how shit their stale product is.

>>1226981
That's why they moved to their merch warehouse, right? Because of all that revenue pouring in.

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>>1226981
>they'll continue to make revenue as long as WWE is around
SCARED
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>>1226981

TNA marks still exist?

>>1227167
http://www.tnamecca.com/

Have fun

>Creating a promotion simply to give Jeff Jarrett a place to work after WCW went under.

>Thinking that weekly ppvs with no tv to advertise them was actually a good idea.

>Hiring Vince Russo

>Allowing TNA to become a vehicle for Jeff Jarrett to desperately prove that he was an actual main event talent

>Allowing TNA to become a vehicle for Vince Russo to desperately prove that he wasn't a one-dimensional hack

>Naming your company TNA

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>>1226981
>Hard Mode: 3

>>1226981
If Matt Hardy is a 2-time holder of the top belt in your company, you are not relevant.

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I'm in love with Dixie.

>>1227176
This place scares me. Even tnasylum isn't that bad

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>>1227270

nutshell.

>>1227747

at least he never came to the ring high as fuck for a main event to the point where his opponent just pinned him immediately and won

graveyard for wwf/e geriatrics

>>1226214
> Hiring Vince Russo
> Hiring Hulk Hogan
> Getting rid of youth for old guys
> Trying to relive NWO,the corporation and DX with "aces and eights" and "Main event mafia"
> Trying to relive the four horsemen with "Fortune" despite only having 1 legit current day fortune
> Rehashing shit WWE storylines
> Rehashing real WWE moments
> Not understanding that you need to put over young talent to build for the future
> Going to mondays despite having a day of the week already cornered
> Letting their best young talents leave to NJPW, ROH and NXT

>>1232086
>Hiring Vince Russo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Russo#Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling

He worked for them even during their better years. TNA still has the best triple threat match I ever seen.

I just never enjoyed TNA. It was always cheap shit and completely dull as hell.

>>1232924
yeah, it wasnt even a coke vs pepsi thing

it was like coke vs generic bargain bin "COLA!" thats old and flat

>>1226826

>Le Russo kills companies meme again

TNA was pulling in 2 million viewers on Spike when he was booking, their highest ever number. WWE was routinely doing ratings between 7.5 and 8.0 when he was booking, their highest ever number. WCW numbers stabilised and rose slightly during his first booking tenure between Oct 99 - Jan 2000 when they had been plumetting before, they then fell off again after the booking committee, Kevin Sullivan, Terry Taylor and Eric Bischoff gained creative influence during the year 2000. Russo has in just about every case had an empirically positve effect on companies performance and ratings when he has been put in charge. When will this meme end?

X division was cool when it first started, top tier flippy shit desu

Dixie Carter