Title: TNA Type Stuff
Mad Dog - April 25, 2005 11:48 PM (GMT)
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BACKSTAGE NOTES FROM TNA LOCKDOWN PPV
by Mike Johnson @ 12:30:00 PM on 4/25/2005
Dixie Carter gave a speech backstage last night before the Lockdown PPV to the TNA crew, putting over that the company had cleared Eurosport in Europe, and putting a positive spin on the future of the company. Carter asked the workers to work hard because a number of network executives "had their eyes on the company" and everyone was doing their best to get a deal done. TNA's new Vice President Frank Dickerson, who started a few weeks ago in the office and was a high level executive for Panda Energy, was also introduced last night to the wrestlers before the PPV.
One person backstage described the backstage atmosphere as "close to Victory Road" in terms of commitment from the crew to put on a good show. There were a number of wrestlers who wanted to "wash out" the Destination X PPV from fans' memories.
A number of those backstage were openly noting the positive change in the locker room with the departure of Kid Kash.
The feeling backstage was that it was a matter of when, not if Matt Hardy would be debuting for the company.
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Sounds like getting rid of Kid Kash was a real good move by TNA if it improved the lockerroom that much. TNA continues to cling to life as I could see them surviving until 2006.
I wonder if Matt Hardy coming in could light a huge fire under TNA.
dynamite kido - April 26, 2005 04:24 AM (GMT)
I call horseshit on the "Wow, our atmosphere is way better without Kash now" comments. Fuck that, there was a shitty atmosphere because that's what was being portrayed in the fucking ring at the time. Utter garbage......
Mad Dog - April 26, 2005 12:19 PM (GMT)
I could buy into it. I've had co-workers so irritating that they've turned the rest of the staff against each other because they piss everyone off so much. It might be bullshit just saying I've been through similar.
dynamite kido - April 26, 2005 02:51 PM (GMT)
But if Kash were THAT big of a problem, he would have been let go sometime ago. It's not like the guy was featured as a prominent main eventer for sometime.
Mad Dog - April 26, 2005 03:02 PM (GMT)
It could've been one of those things where they didn't realize how much of an effect he had until he was gone.
I don't know. Sounds like from some other reports that Panda might be hanging in longer than we thought.
whitemilesdavis - April 26, 2005 03:04 PM (GMT)
Negativity is infectuous, so maybe just him being gone, people realized he was a major source.
Mad Dog - April 26, 2005 03:07 PM (GMT)
Like I said it's happened to me. A very good friend and I got in some horrible horrible fights due to the negativity spread by one person in the job place. We would literally snap at each other over nothing. After that person was gone for good we never got in any arguments.