Title: Some TNA questions/observations
eStragand - May 21, 2005 11:36 PM (GMT)
A few things I've noticed during TNA/NWA broadcasts:
1- "America's Most Wanted". What's with the name? Did they have an outlaw/former criminal gimmick? Are they supposed to be sexay beasts? Aside from them carrying a pair of handcuffs to the ring, I have no idea how the team name fits them.
2- Eric Young and Trytan. If ever two wrestlers could benefit from wearing a mask, it's these two. Young needs a full hood, but Trytan could probably get away with a half-mask, a la Kane or Vader or even Cobra Officer(!). Young looks WAY too goofy, has bacne, and consistently needs a haircut. (plus, everytime he walks down the ramp, he acts like he's talking to someone in the crowd, as if he's saying "oh yeah.. this is what WE talked about. You know it. Yuk yuk"). Trytan looks way too youthful with those bulgy eys--not something you want for a supposedly bad-ass heel.
3- Sonjay Dutt- Whenever I feel bad about hair loss, I think of Sonjay. Poor guy is 21 and already his head- turf looks worn out.
4- Lance Hoyt's butt/lower back tatoo. Umm... somewhat hot on Skinemax FEMALE porn stars, but not something I want to see on a guy. Very disturbing. Wear a singlet, or have "taped ribs". Or... hike up your drawers like Road Warrior Hawk did in the late 90's.
5- What happened to ... Johnny B. Badd, D-Ray 3000 and Scott Hall? Haven't seen Badd since he beat Raven on Impact, around December. I know D-Ray was dumped late last year, but I thought I heard a rumor that he had returned. Last I saw Hall was when he teamed up with Bobby Roode at a PPV in February or something. I don't need to see Badd or Hall, but D-Ray's fun.
6- Hardy gets Tacked. Watched Comcast's On Demand replay of Heff Hardy vs. Abyss. The ending is blacked out, but they refer you to www.tnawrestling.com/comcast
LAME!. But, if you enjoy seeing annoying twerps get all sticky, jump over and check it out. You'll need a Quicktime plug-in
Scrooge McSuck - May 22, 2005 01:22 AM (GMT)
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| 4. Lance Hoyt's butt/lower back tatoo. Umm... somewhat hot on Skinemax FEMALE porn stars, but not something I want to see on a guy. Very disturbing. Wear a singlet, or have "taped ribs". Or... hike up your drawers like Road Warrior Hawk did in the late 90's. |
For those three of us who watched Xplosion during the Weekly PPV era, Hoyt appeared quite a few times as a "jobber", and looked to be in a lot worse shape than he is now, which basically means he had a beer belly and was a lot greener... and yes, the tattoo looks nasty. Give him the grandpa tights like Hawk or like JYD from 1990-92.
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| 5- What happened to ... Johnny B. Badd, D-Ray 3000 and Scott Hall? Haven't seen Badd since he beat Raven on Impact, around December. I know D-Ray was dumped late last year, but I thought I heard a rumor that he had returned. Last I saw Hall was when he teamed up with Bobby Roode at a PPV in February or something. I don't need to see Badd or Hall, but D-Ray's fun. |
If my sources are correct, Scott Hall's problems have caught up to him again, and took off a few months ago. Johnny B. Badd I thought was only a special occasion appearence, and D-Ray was probably someone TNA had no use for and probably has on the back burner like Shark Boy was/is.
jamiegeist - May 22, 2005 06:00 AM (GMT)
I tried to get into TNA awhile back (before Destination X I guess) and it just seemed so tired and boring. Especially the way they're building World Title feuds. I realize it hurts to have to do all your TV for 3-4 weeks in one take, but it seems like they just announce throughout the first show taped what the next matches will be. I appreciate knowing what you want to do, but each match is announced with no build, and then they attempt to build it up...or sometimes don't at all.
I don't know.
Scrooge McSuck - May 22, 2005 03:20 PM (GMT)
It's still better than pretty much every WCW PPV from 1999 on. 5-6 matches with absolutely no meaning, and the built up matches sucked ass and no one wanted them in the first place.
Big F'N Swigg - May 22, 2005 03:25 PM (GMT)
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1- "America's Most Wanted". What's with the name? Did they have an outlaw/former criminal gimmick? Are they supposed to be sexy beasts? Aside from them carrying a pair of handcuffs to the ring, I have no idea how the team name fits them.
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It doesn't. At least it hasn't in TNA. It's the plague of TNA as no one's "gimmick name" is truly explained. I realize that most of these guys wrestled under their gimmick names before TNA, but TNA was the first time many people have seen these guys, and they need to explain it better, i.e:
"The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels
"The Notorious K-I-D" Kid Kash (Yes, I know he's gone, but it's something I always wanted to know: was he really notorious?)
It seems to me they just give guys gimmick names and expect you to accept them regardless. With the exception of Monty Brown, and few others.
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| 2- Eric Young and Trytan. |
I think neither should be wrestling
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3- Sonjay Dutt- Whenever I feel bad about hair loss, I think of Sonjay. Poor guy is 21 and already his head- turf looks worn out.
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As a guy who's gonna be bald someday, I sympathize with him. But he should find some way to stay "cool" looking or he's gonna end up being the manager of "Down-Lo" really quick.
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4- Lance Hoyt's butt/lower back tattoo.
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He should just wear a wife beater