The TNA Thread

jaydee74 wrote:From Wrestleview.com:

Report: Hogan frustrated with talent
» Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
» On Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 11:49 PM EST

Hulk Hogan has reportedly shown his frustrations to some friends as of late that he feels pressure to push people in TNA he doesn't want to as TNA President Dixie Carter doesn't want the "old crew" as they have been described as getting buried reports The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. There are said to be lots of wrestlers Hogan and Eric Bischoff see nothing in and want to get rid of. For what it is worth, Hogan seems to be high on only a handful of talent like Abyss, "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero and Tomko (who he says at least looks like a wrestler).

Styles as a heel sucks. He does not have the charisma to pull it off. People love him for his in ring talent he has never been strong on the mic

Also this was another show without Motor City Machine Guns Or The Young Bucks.

Fresh03 wrote:

Styles as a heel sucks. He does not have the charisma to pull it off. People love him for his in ring talent he has never been strong on the mic

He was pretty good at being a goofy heel when he teamed with Tomko and he was actually getting pretty stron on the mic for a while, they just haven't had him talk in forever it seems.

KingJoffers wrote:AJ is way to much of a babyface to be taken seriously as a heel. It doesnt look like the guy has a mean bone in his body. Flair shoulda clicked up with the Pope. Those 2 could do some real guerilla pimpin.

Fresh03 wrote:The main event is Syles/Flair vs. Abyss/Hogan, the only time that match will be remotely good is when Hogan isn't in it, lol. Although I'm honestly expecting a non-match to happen somehow.

I want to root for TNA, I really do, but they just keep turning me off every time there isn't a match going on, all of the back stage stuff and promos usually drive me to look for something else to watch.

I'll give them both a chance monday, but Chuck has priority over both shows, period.

jaydee74 wrote:RVD comments more on TNA rumors
» Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
» On Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 12:03 PM EST

Kelly Green of 100.9 The Farm passed on audio featuring an interview he conducted with Rob Van Dam on Friday morning regarding rumors that he has signed with TNA Wrestling. RVD didn't quite confirm the rumors, but didn't discount them either.

"Officially guys, no, I haven't signed anything officially. However, the talks have been very, very good lately. I'm sure I will be speaking to them a lot more today as well. I'd say there is a pretty good probability that you should tune in Monday night on Spike. Officially as of now, although rumors are everywhere that I have signed, it is not official at this moment."

You can listen to the full audio by clicking here.

Big thanks to Kelly Green and 100.9 The Farm!

Matt wrote:

jaydee74 wrote:RVD comments more on TNA rumors
» Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
» On Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 12:03 PM EST

Kelly Green of 100.9 The Farm passed on audio featuring an interview he conducted with Rob Van Dam on Friday morning regarding rumors that he has signed with TNA Wrestling. RVD didn't quite confirm the rumors, but didn't discount them either.

"Officially guys, no, I haven't signed anything officially. However, the talks have been very, very good lately. I'm sure I will be speaking to them a lot more today as well. I'd say there is a pretty good probability that you should tune in Monday night on Spike. Officially as of now, although rumors are everywhere that I have signed, it is not official at this moment."

You can listen to the full audio by clicking here.

Big thanks to Kelly Green and 100.9 The Farm!

Just what TNA needs more talent. I hope they actually let him wrestle instead of talk since that all TNA seems to have on their shows

From PWInsider:

After last week’s By the Numbers Column, I decided to return with another look back at the six major wrestling shows on television during the week (Sorry Wrestlicious, but you didn’t make the cut because a laugh track has no place in wrestling). The wrestling times below cover the wrestling that takes place during the show so commercials are not included. All times are rounded to the closest minute (examples: a 4:23 match will be listed as 4 minutes while a 4:32 match will be listed as 5 minutes and anything under a minute is rounded up to a minute)

Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:

Raw: 14 Minutes in 5 Matches
Ring of Honor: 34 Minutes in 5 Matches
NXT: 16 Minutes in 3 Matches
Superstars: 21 Minutes in 4 Matches
Impact: 14 Minutes in 5 Matches
Smackdown: 31 Minutes in 6 Matches

Breakdown of the matches on each show:

Raw
Randy Orton versus Ted DiBiase: 5 Minutes
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute
Divas Pillow Pajama Match: 2 Minutes
Show/Miz versus Degeneration X: 5 Minutes

Ring of Honor
Dark City Fight Club versus American Wolves: 12 Minutes
Bobby Dempsey versus Steve Corino: 3 Minutes
The Set versus Skullkrusher Rasche Brown: 2 Minutes
Portia Perez versus Sara Del Rey: 5 Minutes
Kenny King and Austin Aries versus Tyler Black and Roderick Strong: 12 Minutes

NXT
Darren Young versus David Otunga: 7 Minutes
Daniel Bryan versus Wade Barrett: 2 Minutes
Justin Gabriel and Matt Hardy versus William Regal and Skip Sheffield: 7 Minutes

Superstars
Chavo Guerrero versus Kofi Kingston: 6 Minutes
Evan Bourne versus William Regal: 5 Minutes
Mike Knox versus Kane: 4 Minutes
Chris Jericho versus Goldust: 6 Minutes

Impact
Motor City Machine Guns versus Generation Me versus Beer Money versus Hernandez and Matt Morgan: 3 Minutes
Jeff Jarrett versus Sean Morley: 2 Minutes
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute
Jeff Jarrett versus Tomko: 4 Minutes
A.J. Styles versus D’Angelo Dinero versus Desmond Wolfe versus Abyss: 4 Minutes

Smackdown
Matt Hardy versus Drew McIntyre: 5 Minutes
Shelton Benjamin versus Dolph Ziggler: 5 Minutes
Jimmy Wang Yang versus Ezekiel Jackson: 2 Minutes
Rey Mysterio versus Luke Gallows: 8 Minutes
David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd versus Cryme Tyme versus John Morrison and R Truth: 5 Minutes
Edge versus Big Show: 6 Minutes

Hourly Averages (this week):
Raw: 7 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 34 Minutes
NXT: 16 Minutes
Superstars: 21 Minutes
Impact: 7 Minutes
Smackdown: 15.5 Minutes

Per Match Averages (this week):
Monday Night Raw: 2.8 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 6.8 Minutes
NXT: 5.33 Minutes
Superstars: 5.25 Minutes
Impact: 2.8 Minutes
Smackdown: 6.2 Minutes

Three Longest Matches (this week)
Dark City Fight Club versus American Wolves: 12 Minutes
Kenny King and Austin Aries versus Tyler Black and Roderick Strong: 12 Minutes
Rey Mysterio versus Luke Gallows: 8 Minutes

Three Shortest Matches (this week)
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute (Raw)
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute (Raw)
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact)

Total Wrestling Time (2 Weeks)
Raw: 31 Minutes for 10 Matches
Ring of Honor: 58 Minutes for 8 Matches
NXT: 28 Minutes for 6 Matches
Superstars: 37 Minutes for 8 Matches
Impact: 26 Minutes for 10 Matches
Smackdown: 62 Minutes for 10 Matches

Hourly Averages (so far):
Raw: 7.75 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 29 Minutes
NXT: 14 Minutes
Superstars: 18.5 Minutes
Impact: 7 Minutes
Smackdown: 16.5 Minutes

Per Match Averages (so far):
Monday Night Raw: 3.1 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 7.25 Minutes
NXT: 4.66 Minutes
Superstars: 4.625 Minutes
Impact: 2.6 Minutes
Smackdown: 6.2 Minutes

Three Longest Matches (so far)
Young Bucks versus Briscoe Brothers: 15 minutes (ROH February 22)
Dark City Fight Club versus American Wolves: 12 Minutes (ROH March 1)
Kenny King and Austin Aries versus Tyler Black and Roderick Strong: 12 Minutes (ROH March 1)

Shortest Matches (so far)
Rob Terry versus Ken Anderson: 1 minute (Impact February 25)
David Otunga versus Darren Young: 1 minute (NXT February 23)
John Cena versus Batista: 1 minute (Raw February 22)
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact March 4)

jaydee74 wrote:Paul Heyman headed to TNA?
» Reported by Steve Gerweck of Wrestleview.com
» On April 22, 2010 at 11:32 am
As we reporter earlier, Vince Russo intends to take a break from the TNA creative team, claiming to be burned out. This has fueled rumors that TNA is targeting Paul Heyman to replace him. It is true that TNA had previously offered Heyman a position to co-write with Russo on the creative team, but of course, he refused. TNA wants to start an ECW faction which could include Team 3D, Tommy Dreamer, Rhino, Stevie Richards, Rob Van Dam, and possibly Raven and Heyman himself, but nothing is confirmed at this time. Dave Meltzer reports that there are people with TNA that believe he is coming to TNA.