The New Monday Night Wars

and yea my bad lol.

all i can think for this monday is something big is coming on tna. Fancy hulk being put off screen for a while, show is better with easy e in charge anyway so hulk getting fully fucked is something we might sef? Also got a feeling that hulk was hinting at a future story that abyss is his son lol.

a feeling i've had all along with TNA and moving to monday's is that, can TNA sustain performances over a long period, eventually the hogan era will lose momentum. WWE are not putting in quality yet still draw if Vince felt that TNA were getting too close he can still increase the E's performances where TNA would find it very hard to push on again.

I'd like to see TNA be serious competition for the 'E, but I can't. And if the most recent impact is anything to go by, it won't. The amount of promos and backstage interactions in hogans office is making raw look like 2 solid hours of wrestling. I think they need to go back to what they have the edge on the WWE, that being the tag and x-divisions...and actually wrestling.

Besides, if they start rivaling the WWE, we may soon see 'The Rise and Fall of TNA' on WWE DVD.

There's a huge difference between TNA's chances now and WCW in the mid 90s, WWE was still reeling from the steroid scandal and that gave WCW a huge boost. WWE at that time got a 2.2 on the night of the first Nitro, on the First Monday Night Impact WWE got a 3.7, that's a huge difference in numbers. TNA have a lot of guys that used to be drawsbut their star power has faded. It'll be a few years until TNA seriously challenge WWE imo.

everyone is getting so wrapped up in the war, tna are getting better figures. That is all that matters now, too much analysing i think from picky people

is TNA on the same time as Raw or does it just clash for the first hour ?

I think TNA put out a better product and have the better talent, but will never have the WWE's fanbase. I just hope TNA continue to produce a show I want to watch and don't just focus of trying to beat WWE.

Althought WCW would've continued to beat WWE, had it not been for the AOL merger. WWE will never be in that poor a position again, and TNA are not in the position WCW were.

If TNA start showcasing their talent (Styles, Wolfe, Angle, Pope, Joe, Morgan, MCMG, Gen Me, Beer Money etc and possibly RVD and Hardy) on a regular basis, they will definately draw in some of WWE's older fans, due to the quality of matches and characters. But wont realistically ever truely threaten Vince and the WWE.

yea its at the same time. 8-10 on spike. of course, raw's 8-10 on usa. hence my saying get the tivos ready

i thought only 1 hr colided hence why people say TNA need to retain viewers by making a big start?

ah well

Does anyone know if it starts at 1 or 2am in England (will be staying up for iMPACT)? I thought we were 5 hours in front of the States but im pretty sure Raw is usually listed as starting at 2am on Sky?

Raw always 2am unless a PPV

depends on what season though, when the clocks change it changes

they say they need to keep the crowd entertained cause tna always does good in the beginning, but gradually loses viewers as time goes on.

Thats because people tune in for WRESTLING!

Sure TNA has good opening promo's (usually) but they follow it up with promo after promo after skit after a quick look at Velvet Sky's arse.
15 minutes of wrestling on a WRESTLING show is shit and it's no wonder they lose viewers over the couse of the two hours.

Hey Theres New Jack! RUN! wrote:

Althought WCW would've continued to beat WWE, had it not been for the AOL merger. .

WWE were hammering nitro in the ratings for a full year before the AOL Time Warner merger.

Tna just need to get on with their own stuff and forget all this talk of a war, get on with you're own stuff and build gradually.

Bazz23-v2 ®™ wrote:

Hey Theres New Jack! RUN! wrote:

Althought WCW would've continued to beat WWE, had it not been for the AOL merger. .

WWE were hammering nitro in the ratings for a full year before the AOL Time Warner merger.

Tna just need to get on with their own stuff and forget all this talk of a war, get on with you're own stuff and build gradually.

Thats why im not sure if moveing to Monday's is a good idea. I can see TNA crash and burn by getting too big for there boots to quickly. I'll be crossing my fingers and hopeing this makes TNA and WWE better products

mattbased wrote:

Bazz23-v2 ®™ wrote:

Hey Theres New Jack! RUN! wrote:

Althought WCW would've continued to beat WWE, had it not been for the AOL merger. .

WWE were hammering nitro in the ratings for a full year before the AOL Time Warner merger.

Tna just need to get on with their own stuff and forget all this talk of a war, get on with you're own stuff and build gradually.

Thats why im not sure if moveing to Monday's is a good idea. I can see TNA crash and burn by getting too big for there boots to quickly. I'll be crossing my fingers and hopeing this makes TNA and WWE better products

they wont lose fans. im going to keep hammering this into people.

they are not realisticly lookinf for a war, but if they say they are people get more excited, they will gain some fans from interest and keep their decent ratings that have improved since hulk came.