That thing that happened to Daffney never sat well with me…and now I see Bubba was being a dick about it.
Daffney wasn’t the only one fucked by TNA medical shit either, both Raven and Konnan had issues around the same time and also sued and settled out of court.
I haven’t watched TNA since.
I believe most of what Ryback says. Gallows described him as a pretty cool guy. However, I think some of the stuff he was told about his push was purposely misleading as a way to placate him so WWE could hold leverage over him.
For example, I don’t believe Ryback outright squashing AJ was the plan, but I definitely believe Vince or someone else in power told him that he was going to beat AJ at Wrestlemania before someone decided AJ was more valuable than that and switched Ryback to Kalisto. There are countless interviews of people leaving WWE where the final days were WWE Creative telling them one thing and then wind up doing something else.
There is no way they are going to give someone who is floundering in undercard and barely Midcard a 1.5mil contract.
Also one of the main complaints Ryback had before leaving was him not being as paid like top guys like Rollins, cena, Ambrose and Reigns.
I don’t even think Cena makes that much a year. There is no way I believe they offered Ryback that amount. Even if it was presumably over 3 years.
GeoG2
August 30, 2016, 4:09am
6667
Why does Roman even have a mic, lol.
Kinniku_Buster:
There is no way they are going to give someone who is floundering in undercard and barely Midcard a 1.5mil contract.
Also one of the main complaints Ryback had before leaving was him not being as paid like top guys like Rollins, cena, Ambrose and Reigns.
I don’t even think Cena makes that much a year. There is no way I believe they offered Ryback that amount. Even if it was presumably over 3 years.
Mike Conley, man…
Anyway, here’s more LOLTNA.
TNA did a round of drug tests in early autumn of 2010. Several wrestlers knew they were going to fail before the tests came back and were scared of getting reprimanded. Wrestlers with failed drug tests were informed that their test came back positive for illegal substances, but TNA took no disciplinary action and had no other tests done.
WWE banned chairshots to the head and issued fines to wrestlers who did it from then on. TNA responded by having a chairshot to the head happen every two or three matches. Turns out WWE banned them because of the potential health hazards with repetitive concussions (see: Bret Hart, Chris Benoit, Chris Kanyon, any long-term TNA fan). TNA’s repeated chairshots resulted in Mr. Anderson getting an actual concussion from Jeff Hardy braining him with a chair. To their credit, TNA banned all chairshots to the head after the Anderson incident. Matt Morgan then began a kayfabe crusade for concussion awareness stemming from the fiasco, even though he had been kicking people’s heads into the ringpost (and bragging about it) weeks earlier.
Around this time, Eric Young had a gimmick where he'd gone insane (again) after being knocked from the top turnbuckle by Suicide and hitting his head. TNA treated Young's brain injury as comedic, which completely contrasted with the serious take on head injuries caused by Anderson's actual concussion.
Booker had problems with TNA after he joined the company; he also didn’t approve of TNA’s decision to partner up with Team 3D’s school as a training facility instead of his own. He was eventually branded “the most selfish man in the company”. Nash, on the other hand, walked into Dixie’s office the Friday before the Royal Rumble to hand in his notice. Dixie granted his release despite knowing he planned to sign with WWE. Nash had issues with his pay (of course), but he also had issues with the storyline. Creative contacted Nash and Steiner to say they planned to reunite the MEM; Nash agreed to return so long as TNA made Immortal look like a legitimately dominating force (so the MEM would be on near-equal ground and the feud would mean something). The week before Nash left the company, TNA filmed an angle where Crimson planted Janice (Abyss’s nail-enhanced 2×4) into the back of Abyss (then serving as Immortal’s muscle). Nash saw no point in returning when Immortal looked weaker and weaker with each passing week.
Brian Kendrick proved how little control TNA exerted over its talent when he made an impromptu appearance on daytime game show The Price is Right. Kendrick won a popcorn machine and ended up on the main stage, but he never once mentioned his profession or who he worked for. TNA never hyped Kendrick’s appearance, and TNA Never Followed Up On This™ since it would show how little they knew about what their own talent did.
Almost two months after Jimmy Yang made an appearance on TNA, he took to Twitter and said TNA had not paid him for the appearance – and the check it had issued him for the appearance had bounced. A TNA official called him after the tweet went out and called his behavior “unprofessional”. Yang replied to the accusation on Twitter: “Somebody called and said I was being unprofessional. Not paying somebody for a job is unprofessional.” (TNA eventually paid Yang for his appearance after that tweet.)
Rodimus
August 30, 2016, 4:30am
6669
Rugged WcW Lion tamer good shit Jericho
GeoG2
August 30, 2016, 4:32am
6670
Cole remembered the difference between the Walls of Jericho and Lion Tamer this week.
Psychoblue:
Kinniku_Buster:
There is no way they are going to give someone who is floundering in undercard and barely Midcard a 1.5mil contract.
Also one of the main complaints Ryback had before leaving was him not being as paid like top guys like Rollins, cena, Ambrose and Reigns.
I don’t even think Cena makes that much a year. There is no way I believe they offered Ryback that amount. Even if it was presumably over 3 years.
Mike Conley, man…
I don’t know what this means.
GeoG2
August 30, 2016, 4:39am
6672
These Nia Jax/Strowman squash matches are getting old. We get it, they’re strong. They showed that even before they were beating up jobbers.
I approve of getting Dana away from the Black Hole of charisma that is Charlotte and partnering her with The Club.
I also highly approve of Bayley + New Day shenanigans.
Rodimus
August 30, 2016, 4:59am
6674
Shit Bayley is gonna print money sheesh
GeoG2
August 30, 2016, 5:01am
6675
Dana throwing up the 2 sweet sign, is this shit permanent? Hmm…
Those two didn’t look pretty excited when she did that.
Those 2 haven’t looked excited for awhile, probably because they are booked like cowards and always lose.
I am still salty they wasted them on Roman. Didn’t do them any favor, their whole appeal was “Dominant in Japan”. Roman Reigns, true American hero.
They should just have a standing rule that Charlotte can never talk because that bitch is terrible.
What’s sad is that I’m sitting here thinking…“How will Vince and Dunn fuck up Bayley’s main roster run?”