Monday, 20 August 2007

TNA TNA TNA!

  • Internet reporter Alan Wojcik is banned by TNA management from bringing his laptop into the Impact zone after five years of giving them free press that they have been unable to garner on their own merit, on the premise that "new policies" are in place.
  • That same night, the tabloid press are allowed into the Impact zone, with laptops, to get a few sound bytes from newest celebrity involved in TNA, Pacman Jones.
  • As a result, one of TNA's biggest fans has dropped his TNA tapings reports from about 16 online websites. Not even Meltzer has TNA tapings coverage anymore. Fantastic business decision there.
  • Anyone who openly criticises online the current way of things in TNA booking, like Bob Magee, is regarded as "on the WWE payroll" by the top brass. Hey, Mandy criticises TNA and Vinnie Mac is a billionaire....how come we is still skint?
  • Maverick Matt/Michael Shane released by the company for talking to an internet radio show about the low morale in TNA, since the brass seems more intent on replacing their top talent with WWE discarded talent, and ignoring their homegrown talent. Hell, AJ Styles is meant to be Mr. TNA and he is currently third string to Christian (of Edge and Christian fame) and Tyson 'feckin' Tomko. Not only that but he's banned from receiving what amounted to over half of his actual pay packet through competing for Ring of Honour.
  • Declaring war against ROH, before the PPV market came into the fued.
  • Punishing Samoa Joe by making him job out ("lose") in several main events, ruining months of booking all for the ROH off the record cuff of having "tripped over some bad booking."
  • Trying to blackmail Austin Aries into remain loyal to a market which has suspended him without paying, whilst preventing him earning any other wage from similar markets, for being honest.
  • Enraging some of the most loyal TNA supporters so much by their booking and signing policies that they start a "Boycott Impact" campaign.
  • THEY DON'T DRUG TEST, NOT EVEN SUPERFICIALLY. NOT ONCE IN THEIR FIVE YEAR HISTORY HAVE THEY EVEN TRIED TO.
  • Oh, and lie about that fact in various statements.
  • Chris Candido died, due to a serious of unfortunate events starting with a leg break in their ring. Not their fault. But, then they blocked Candido's last payment* from the Impact as his partner, Tammy Lynn Sytch was not his married wife. Tammy and family had to scrap together to pay for the funeral, as TNA blocked all monies due to the man and his family.
  • Fans chant "Sack Russo" (chief booker) during PPV main event - TNA management put that down to "smart fans trying to take over the show"

    *Candido broke his leg on the 24th April 2005. He had surgery on the 25th, appeared at Impact on the 26th, and died from a blood clot as a result of his surgery on the 28th April.

  • Claim to be the alternative to the WWE, when all you provide is a lite version of the Entertainment, with little compassion to the needs or pains of your workers. TNA is not the new WWE. It is WCW run on a ECW budget, with as much of a future as the AWA.



Got to love North American proffessional wrasslin'.

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