General WWE Discussion: Roman Weeps, Taker Retires, MNK/SAM/RDM LFP

**Nitsuki** · 2016-09-26 20:58

tom philips spreading his legs like jean claude van damme to get below TJP's 5'10" height...

**Anoat** · 2016-09-26 21:34

D-Von Dudley appears to have taken a job as a backstage agent/producer for WWE. Good for him.

**tyven** · 2016-09-26 21:35

Originally Posted by Melena

Supposedly Seth Rollins has an injured rib after last night.

That gut buster he took off the top rope last night looked stiff as hell

**tyven** · 2016-09-26 21:45

god damn jericho is so good

**NynJa** · 2016-09-26 22:17

Originally Posted by tyven

god damn jericho is so good

Hes the only good thing to come out of winnipeg you idiot!

**Anoat** · 2016-09-26 23:49

The Table For 3 with Henry, Kane, and Show was hilarious and I wish I could listen to them bullshit and tell funny stories for a lot longer.

**Krandor** · 2016-09-27 09:39

Long ramble from Meltzer about the state of TNA.

tldr they're flat broke and unless they get an infusion of cash by Friday they could be dead in the water. WWE is apparently back into the discussion, but is likely only looking at the tape library, everything else would be killed off (with them obviously cherry picking some specific wrestlers)

"So… We still don’t have a deal. And time is running out. There’s no money to fund this week’s television and PPV. Um, WWE is back in the picture, which is a really interesting thing because with WWE in the picture, it could be over. And, you know, Dixie could sell to whoever she wants to sell too and I guess it’s become very complicated. Billy Corgan talked to ESPN and said, you know, he wanted to buy it but...and he’s got the money to buy it but its a complicated thing.. and he talked like it’s a deal that would take weeks to put together. And they don’t got weeks. They got like…I talked to somebody there and its essentially.. they got until Friday because that’s the last business day before Sunday. They can’t really, you know, get everything to the bank and get the money in and all that and be ready on a Sunday. It’s just not going to work. So they got a couple days to get this deal done.

Billy Corgan has also said that if he buys the company, he is changing the name of the company which, quite frankly, I would do. Just the feeling, it’s a tainted brand name and it’s just better to start with something else. Um, I would like to give it a little facelifting and get it out of Orlando, but, you know, financially, the last time they got out of Orlando, it cost them so much money that it really wasn’t worth it. And you know, they are really high on the Hardy’s thing. But everyday, you know, there’s talks going on, stuff going on and uh there’s not a lot of time.

If they sell to WWE, they are pretty much done. It’s pretty much it. You know, WWE would buy the tape library and um… there’s so much there because one of the complicated things is all the debt. There’s millions of dollars that there in the hole right now. There’s more in the hole than it would cost to buy the company. So, that make’s it real complicated. There's people who might be willing to buy the company. It’s like if Billy or Aerolux, let’s just say one of them buys it. Well, the other one would have to, you know, buy the company from Dixie for whatever it is but they are also going to have to pay the other one, the money that they put in for all those TV’s, not to mention all the other money for god knows what is still owed… wrestlers that might be behind.. whatever.. there’s so much.. its like.. its not an easy deal. Last week, I was talking to somebody from the outside, and my feeling is because the time situation, that's not happening. That deal is not happening in 4 days. With WWE, that's not as difficult because you’re just selling the tape library. With WWE, everyone would lose their job. Well, not everyone. They would take some wrestlers but the company would be done though."

**Zealot** · 2016-09-27 09:44

They had a good run. Hey, WCW didn't survive losing it's TV deal, TNA did.

**Delirium** · 2016-09-27 10:17

Originally Posted by Krandor

Long ramble from Meltzer about the state of TNA.

tldr they're flat broke and unless they get an infusion of cash by Friday they could be dead in the water. WWE is apparently back into the discussion, but is likely only looking at the tape library, everything else would be killed off (with them obviously cherry picking some specific wrestlers)

TNA has been flat broke for awhile. I think that Aerolux company paid for a taping or two as well as Billy Corgan.

TNA is the most prime example of how to not run a wrestling company.

Unrelated, can't wait for SD to beat Raw this week because of the debates and football. Raw rating will probably be brutal.

**Anoat** · 2016-09-27 10:58

WWE probably wants the tape library and the contracts of a select few wrestlers and that's it. If nothing else I think Matt Hardy is a safe bet. Jeff probably not a sure thing because of how he's burned them in the past, but I could see them putting Jeff in NXT once Joe and/or Nakamura move on to the main roster.

Trigun · 2016-09-27 12:49

Safe to say Dixie Carter is a more strong willed (or hard headed) person than Eric Bischoff.
In my book, getting rid of Scott Steiner for good was the biggest nail in their coffin.

**Vagrant** · 2016-09-27 14:16

EC3, Galloway, Hardys are probably the only guys they would really want to pick up for the main rosters with a few others being looked at for NXT. Otherwise all they would really want is the video library so they can start putting out Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, and more Sting material using their "missing" years.

Drew Gulak and Tony Nese are on the Raw roster page now but according to EVOLVE will also continue working for them further expanding the relationship between the two companies.

**Delirium** · 2016-09-27 14:33

ROH just posted this on their twitter

Spoiler: show

I know Taven is coming back after his Mexico excursion. Bennett is in TNA for the time being. Cole is in Bullet Club. so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

**Melena** · 2016-09-27 14:49

Originally Posted by Anoat

WWE probably wants the tape library and the contracts of a select few wrestlers and that's it. If nothing else I think Matt Hardy is a safe bet. Jeff probably not a sure thing because of how he's burned them in the past, but I could see them putting Jeff in NXT once Joe and/or Nakamura move on to the main roster.

Well remember, Jeff burned TNA as well. I remember him and Sting several years ago were supposed to have a title match, and Jeff walked out so fucking baked, the ref informed Sting that once he's in the ring, you roll him up and I'm counting to 3. Fans were booing like crazy and you could audibly here Sting yell I'm sorry and that this is bullshit what he did.

**Anoat** · 2016-09-27 15:56

Yeah, if, and I stress IF WWE brought Jeff back on I think he would be best fit in NXT so he doesn't have to go on the road and can stay in Orlando with daily trips to the Performance Center, hell, maybe be a coach. But he has proven he can't be trusted to be in an upper position on the card and putting him on the road would be dangerous to his health, I believe.

**Krandor** · 2016-09-27 16:14

Jeff has been clean for awhile now tho

**Kang** · 2016-09-27 16:38

I hope TNA survives but it doesn't look good. They dodged a bullet just before Slammiversary with a last minute influx of cash.

**Vagrant** · 2016-09-27 17:20

Originally Posted by Delirium

ROH just posted this on their twitter

Spoiler: show

I know Taven is coming back after his Mexico excursion. Bennett is in TNA for the time being. Cole is in Bullet Club. so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Taven has been teasing their return for a while and they are confirmed to be part of the plans for the new six man tag team titles being introduced. Only question is who else is in the group with him.

**Hitoru** · 2016-09-27 17:52

So with TJP and Kendrick having another match next week, do we think he drops the belt or holds on again?

**Anoat** · 2016-09-27 17:57

Raw with a 1.75 rating which is our NEW WINNER as the lowest rated episode of Raw in history. The Trump/Hillary debate did MASSIVE numbers, and even crushed Monday Night Football which managed to pull in an 8.something

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