Comments on: Twenty Hours of TNA Wrestling Last Weekend

By: Jacob Spades

Jacob Spades — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:28:40 +0000

RETARDITY!!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:40:21 +0000

Feel free to enjoy retardity. As far as I know it’s my word, never seen it anywhere else. Now that I’ve said that I’ll likely be finding out differently in 3…2…1…

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:06:38 +0000

“Retardity” – I now have a new word for my vocabulary!

What bothers me about both WWE and TNA is the excessive amount of time they take for ring entrances. This isn’t the late 1990’s where wrestling fans were crazy about the long, drawn-out entrances. I’ve noticed (after watching 20 hours of TNA), that you can essentially fast forward through the third and second to last segments of the show since they are filled with ring entrances and the first 5 minutes of a match that will end after the commercial break.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:36:16 +0000

Wow, I think I’m the biggest wrestling fan I know, and I can say with certainty that trying to watch that much TNA at once would kill me. The booking on that show makes my brain hurt. the lack of actual wrestling is also a major negative to me. Long ago I gave up watching it live because with commercials and all the pointless talking and stupidity it’s impossible not to lose focus and start doing other things or fall asleep waiting for something good to happen. Before they worry about getting another show to advance storylines, they should bring in writers who are capable of creating logical storylines that make sense not only from week to week but also from segment to segment. Impact insults me in some way pretty much every week without fail, and the only reason I watch TNA at all is because I love wrestling and I want to see the company do well because I know they have it in them to do so. I also watch it because were I not to see it with my own eyes, I would never believe that the retardity that makes air could actually have happened.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:13:27 +0000

In reply to Mike Kraski.

Mike,

Thanks for the comment! My comment does ignore the fact that programming dollars are limited in the Viacom network, but as a fan of the promotion, I’m speaking more from the stance of a guy who wants to see more from TNA. And while advertising spending rates are down, they are down across the entire media spectrum, so I would suspect that all programming is affected by the economic downturn.

Thanks again!
Joe

By: Mike Kraski

Mike Kraski — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:04:16 +0000

Your comment, “There’s no reason that the promotion couldn’t get a one hour slot on one of those channels and focus on advancing some of the undercard storylines.”, ignores the fact that programming dollars are limited in the Viacom family of networks. Also, it clear that advertising spend rates are down due to the poor economic conditions.