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lastfighter89  346 posts
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Date Posted: 10/8/07 8:17am Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request)
KOTM posted:
Wow, I can't belive all you wwe-fanboys would rather watch boring, slow-paced, predictable matches over new fresh faces, fast-paced action, and unpredictable storylines.

Now I'm not bashing wwe, just stating my opinion.

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people only are used to WWE because it has a 4 sided ring, but i think a 6 sided ring is better because there is more possibilites, but thats just my opinion


yeah it may have 6 sides but the ring is dinky...and very small...and jeff jaret??....plz....who wants to see that???....id rather see undertaker or kane chokeslam batista thrugh a table then watch some wiger with a guitar who cant even play the guitar smahs peoples heads in cause hes a coward.....oh yeah...but go tna right??....pssh whatever.


Me. I want to see that. JJ is an extremely talented wrestler who doesn't rely on pyro and a 15 minute entrance to get over with the crowd. I respect Undertaker, but I'm still bored to hell with him. Also JJ owns and runs part of the company, so he'll always be in tna you noob. Now onto Batista: the guy in wrestling purely for money and to sleep with as many women as he can. He doesn't even respect wrestling, he has a moveset with less durability than the great Khali, and is rude to fans at autograph signings. Yeah, this is the sort of dude I want my kids to watch!

lastfighter89 posted:
now the rating is 1.1 not bad,considering the 1.0 of older episodes.

i really love TNA but until now 2007 is a dissapointening year.
i remember 2005 and 3006 were every ppv was discrete/good.

WWe is unwatchable...and agan i never seen kane or undertaker chokeslamming batista onto a table....and i'm afraid that this will never happens.




In my eyes, tna in late 2006 was the worst it's been for a while. The lie detector tests, the god awful booking, the unending gimmick matches all made it unbearable. But now, it seems to be slowly getting better; it's no 2005 but it's getting there.
There are still many problems in tna (Pacman Jones, Dustin Rhodes, and all the ex-wwe guys getting more tv time than the guys who are more entertaining and have been with them since the beginning, to name a few), but I see the product getting slowly better.

Now the game. I'm not expecting an amazing game on the first try, as it's taken thq years to get S vs. R up the level its at now and they've always ran it on the same engine. But I am expecting fun, and a game with a much longer life than S vs. R (Also a way to do spring-board moves easily). A couple of things I really want to see in the game:
- An extremely in-depth and unrepetative season mode
- and a better create a wrestler than S vs. R (shouldn't be too hard).


are you serious?
ou're telling me that late 2006 of TNA sucked?

No surrender 2006
Bound for Glory 2006
Genesis 206 and Turning point were all great PPvs!!!!!!!

Yeah a bit of over-booking,some delusional match but a good period.
the worst TNA moment was the start of 2007:final resolution and against all odds were terrible!!!!!

 

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Date Posted: 10/8/07 5:00pm Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request)
Tna Is Okay but WWE is way better More super Stars and better storylines TNA is kinda boring....WWE games Rule Can wait for SVR2008 OH and is going to feature ECW.. applause

 

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Date Posted: 10/9/07 2:15am Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request) - Date Edited: 10/9/07 2:24am (1 edits total) Edited By: MrZombay
Storylines mean crap, it's all about the wrestling. Pictures of TNA iMPACT!
http://www.midway.com/images/TNA/10_05_2007/images/TNA_Screenshot_01.jpg

http://www.midway.com/images/TNA/10_05_2007/images/TNA_Screenshot_02.jpg

 

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lastfighter89  346 posts
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Date Posted: 10/9/07 5:43am Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request)
pleasee!!!! more pics....
graphics is 1000 times better than WWE games!

 

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Date Posted: 10/9/07 8:26am Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request)
lastfighter89 posted:

are you serious?
ou're telling me that late 2006 of TNA sucked?

No surrender 2006
Bound for Glory 2006
Genesis 206 and Turning point were all great PPvs!!!!!!!

Yeah a bit of over-booking,some delusional match but a good period.
the worst TNA moment was the start of 2007:final resolution and against all odds were terrible!!!!!


Over booking?! That's just a tiny part of the problem. The Sting/Jarret build-up sucked, if you actually enjoyed watching jj take a fake lie detector test, there has to be something wrong with you. Joe/Angle was booked ok but got a bit tedious towards the end of the fued. Only good things to come out of late 2006 was Angle, monster's ball (but 2005 was better), and Christian's heel turn and the coallition.

I did enjoy Bound For Glory and parts of all the late 2006 ppvs, but tna can do so much better if they utilise all the talent they have, instead of letting all these boring wrestlers who've had fame from other companies be in every damn match.

 

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Date Posted: 10/9/07 3:38pm Subject: Official TNA Discussion
Midway Games will be holding a major media launch previewing "TNA Impact: The Video Game" this weekend as part of TNA's Bound for Glory PPV weekend. The game will be the first professional wrestling video game associated with a national wrestling company other than WWE since ECW and WCW shut down in 2001 and Acclaim, which produced The Legends of Wrestling series (which were actually designed to be ECW games and then re-tooled) filed for bankruptcy.

The Midway TNA Impact game will be released this coming May for video game platforms PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 2 and is expected to be the first in a series of TNA-related games. TNA stars AJ Styles and Samoa Joe spent a lot of time dealing with Midway on various details of the debut TNA game.

thus far, here are confirmed details for TNA Impact: The Video Game:

*Impact will feature a nuumber of TNA performers that gamers will be able to customize in the game, including Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, Sting, Christian Cage, Jeff Jarrett, Rhino, Abyss, AJ Styles.

*Impact will take place inside the Six-Sided ring. TNA specialty matches The Ultimate X and The King of The Mountain will be featured as will tag team matches and "Fatal Four Ways." Midway is teasing that there will be "Online Tournaments" for users to play against each other as well.

*The game will feature a "Story" mode similar to WWE games, allowing users to create and choose a career path based on the decisions and actions they take during the storyline. Promotional material for the game teases that not only will gamers get to choose the look of their characters but also their managers, who will "specialize in different fighting styles, teaching special moves, and helping new wrestlers learn the ropes."

*As part of TNA Impact: The Video Game, there will be "mini-games" that users will play to help them enhance their characters' appearances and abilities, as well as unlock new modes for the game.

*There will be a "Create A Wrestler" mode, which be of interest to those of you that like to create your own characters to insert them into games.


the following are screenshots from the game:



Kurt Angle Hiptosses Christian Cage



Jeff Jarrett works over Sting




Jarrett Emulates "Black Machimo"




Kurt Angle Attempts an Angle Slam on the floor on Christian Cage.

 

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Date Posted: 10/9/07 4:53pm Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request) - Date Edited: 10/9/07 4:54pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JackassBoy
MrZombay posted:
Storylines mean crap, it's all about the wrestling. Pictures of TNA iMPACT!
http://www.midway.com/images/TNA/10_05_2007/images/TNA_Screenshot_01.jpg

http://www.midway.com/images/TNA/10_05_2007/images/TNA_Screenshot_02.jpg





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Date Posted: 10/9/07 6:34pm Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request) - Date Edited: 10/9/07 6:38pm (1 edits total) Edited By: kentjones
MAN THAT ONE OF CAGE LOOKS SO GOOD!!!!!!!!


Man im going to TNA's Bound for Glory PPV this weekendi hope we get alot more news on the game at the show Bound for Glory is going to rock!!!! just keep looking at WWW.TNAWRESTLING.COM for more news

 

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Date Posted: 10/9/07 6:37pm Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request) - Date Edited: 10/9/07 6:40pm (1 edits total) Edited By: kentjones
wwe=worst wrestling ever

- The big question is what happened between Kurt Angle and Sting’s son after cameras went off the air! The TNA World Heavyweight Champion is scheduled to be at Thursday’s broadcast – and so is Sting! Will all hell break loose between Sting and Angle after what the Olympic gold medalist did this past week? Tune in and find out!

- Also scheduled for Thursday’s broadcast, it will be TNA World Tag Team Champions Team Pacman taking on Triple X in a non-title bout!

- X Division Champion “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal will be in action against Havok of Serotonin

- Robert Roode w/ Ms. Brooks faces “The Canadian Destroyer” Petey Williams

- In a preview of the Monster’s Ball match at Bound For Glory, this Thursday night will feature Rhino teaming with Abyss to take on Raven and Black Reign in a tag team bout!

- Plus, “The Instant Classic” Christian Cage plans to unveil his new talk show called “Chattin’ With The Champ”. Who will Cage have as his first guest?

All this and much more this Thursday night on “iMPACT!” on SpikeTV – two hours of Total Nonstop Action as TNA counts down the days until the “Bound For Glory” Pay-Per-View event on Sunday, October 14!

 

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Date Posted: 10/10/07 3:04pm Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request)
kentjones posted:
wwe=worst wrestling ever

- The big question is what happened between Kurt Angle and Sting’s son after cameras went off the air! The TNA World Heavyweight Champion is scheduled to be at Thursday’s broadcast – and so is Sting! Will all hell break loose between Sting and Angle after what the Olympic gold medalist did this past week? Tune in and find out!

- Also scheduled for Thursday’s broadcast, it will be TNA World Tag Team Champions Team Pacman taking on Triple X in a non-title bout!

- X Division Champion “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal will be in action against Havok of Serotonin

- Robert Roode w/ Ms. Brooks faces “The Canadian Destroyer” Petey Williams

- In a preview of the Monster’s Ball match at Bound For Glory, this Thursday night will feature Rhino teaming with Abyss to take on Raven and Black Reign in a tag team bout!

- Plus, “The Instant Classic” Christian Cage plans to unveil his new talk show called “Chattin’ With The Champ”. Who will Cage have as his first guest?

All this and much more this Thursday night on “iMPACT!” on SpikeTV – two hours of Total Nonstop Action as TNA counts down the days until the “Bound For Glory” Pay-Per-View event on Sunday, October 14!




hahaha Have you ever seen WWE Is the best...Tna is kinda boring ...The only good superstars That TNA has IS Kurt Angle,Sting,Cage,Rhino,Christy Wish They all came from WWE..

 

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Date Posted: 10/11/07 5:59am Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request)
JackassBoy posted:
kentjones posted:
wwe=worst wrestling ever

- The big question is what happened between Kurt Angle and Sting’s son after cameras went off the air! The TNA World Heavyweight Champion is scheduled to be at Thursday’s broadcast – and so is Sting! Will all hell break loose between Sting and Angle after what the Olympic gold medalist did this past week? Tune in and find out!

- Also scheduled for Thursday’s broadcast, it will be TNA World Tag Team Champions Team Pacman taking on Triple X in a non-title bout!

- X Division Champion “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal will be in action against Havok of Serotonin

- Robert Roode w/ Ms. Brooks faces “The Canadian Destroyer” Petey Williams

- In a preview of the Monster’s Ball match at Bound For Glory, this Thursday night will feature Rhino teaming with Abyss to take on Raven and Black Reign in a tag team bout!

- Plus, “The Instant Classic” Christian Cage plans to unveil his new talk show called “Chattin’ With The Champ”. Who will Cage have as his first guest?

All this and much more this Thursday night on “iMPACT!” on SpikeTV – two hours of Total Nonstop Action as TNA counts down the days until the “Bound For Glory” Pay-Per-View event on Sunday, October 14!




hahaha Have you ever seen WWE Is the best...Tna is kinda boring ...The only good superstars That TNA has IS Kurt Angle,Sting,Cage,Rhino,Christy Wish They all came from WWE..


no sting does not come from WWE and in TNA there are very goord and talented wrestlers such as Sabin,Shelley and Senshi.They never were part of WWE.


for KOTM:

yeah the JJ vs sting feud as dissapointening for ECW-TNA lovers,but was great for WCW fanboys.Considering that TNA in late 2005 made homages shows to ECW,in late 2006 they try to make homages to WCW.
The feud between Sting and JJ with fake guitar shot and fake lie detector,is horrible for us,but was relly great for WCW old school fanboys.

And again maybe 206 wasn't good as 2005,but the start of 2007 was terrible.

do you still remember that shit between Christy hemme and the big fat oily guy?

 

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Date Posted: 10/11/07 10:15am Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request)
WWE is great if you like sleeper holds and chinlocks in every single match plain


Seriously man TNA is the future and WWE is the past. WWE had their fun but its time to let go of the nostalgia of the "good old days"

 

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Date Posted: 10/11/07 11:11am Subject: RE: Official TNA Discussion Thread (Sticky request)
Steve Borden (born March 20, 1958) better known by his ring name Sting, is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), He is the highest profile wrestler not to have worked for WWE. He is the most know name in wrestling today .


 

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Date Posted: 10/11/07 11:23am Subject: "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles
Allen Lloyd Jones (born June 2, 1978), better known by his ring name "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles (also written AJ Styles), is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.




Allen Jones attended Anderson College in Anderson, South Carolina on a partial wrestling scholarship. During his time at college, he participated in the 1998 NAIA National Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada before leaving Anderson College to pursue his professional wrestling career.

NWA Wildside (1999-2001)

Allen Jones was trained by Rick Michaels and debuted on February 15, 1999 in the Georgia-based National Championship Wrestling promotion as Mr. Olympia, losing to Michael Brooks in his first match. He achieved considerable success in NCW, winning both the Television and Lightweight Championships within eight months. In December 1999 NCW merged with NWA Georgia to form NWA Wildside, and Jones was renamed A.J. Styles.

Styles won his second Television Championship on January 11, 2000, defeating K-Krush in Cornelia, Georgia. He lost the title to Eddie Golden on April 1, and regained it for a third time on January 6, 2001, defeating Air Paris during his run as a heel in NWA Wildside as a member of attorney Jeff G. Bailey's NWA Elite stable. His final reign ended on February 21 when he lost to Robbie Rage in Athens, Georgia.

World Championship Wrestling (2001)

World Championship Wrestling, a global promotion which often recruited talent from NWA Wildside, observed the feud between Styles and Paris, and both men were offered contracts in early-2001. Styles and Paris were placed in a tag team named "Air Raid", with the gimmick of the team being that both men would dress in G-suits.

Air Raid made appearances on WCW Thunder, and on the March 5, 2001, episode of WCW Monday Nitro they were entered in a tournament for the newly created Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship. They were eliminated from the tournament in the first round by the eventual winners, Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo.

After WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001, Styles was left without a job. He returned to NWA Wildside, this time competing for the Wildside Heavyweight Championship, and wrestled several matches for the WWF on WWF Jakked, his most circulated and famous match from those tapings being against Gregory Helms as The Hurricane. Styles was offered a developmental deal by the WWF in April 2002. The offered contract was for $500 USD per week, and required Styles to relocate to Cincinnati, Ohio, where the Heartland Wrestling Association developmental territory was located. He declined to sign, reasoning that he could earn more money on the independent circuit, and that moving would interfere with his wife's college plans.[1]

World Wrestling All-Stars (2002)

Styles toured Australia with the short-lived World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) promotion in April 2002. He made his pay-per-view debut at WWA: The Eruption on April 13 in Melbourne, defeating Nova and Jerry Lynn in a one-night four man tournament to become the WWA International Cruiserweight Champion. He later vacated the title.

NWA Wildside (2001-2005)

Following his stint in World Championship Wrestling, Styles returned to Wildside and began pursuing the NWA Wildside Heavyweight Championship, then held by his trainer and mentor, "The Original Chosen One" Rick Michaels. He defeated Michaels for the title on December 22, 2001, at Christmas Chaos using a top rope Styles Clash. While champion, Styles engaged in a rivalry with former manager Jeff G. Bailey's copycat version of Styles, "The Role Model" Jason Cross, who debuted as a total clone of Styles, all the way down to his in-ring attire and finishing move (this angle was later partially reused on a larger scale by Ring of Honor, with Jimmy Rave acting as Styles's doppelgänger).

Styles lost the NWA Wildside Heavyweight Championship to David Young in a three way dance that also included Rick Michaels on March 23, 2002 at Hardcore Hell. Shortly thereafter, Styles signed a contract with NWA:TNA and only returned to Wildside for sporadic special appearances due to an increase in his higher profile bookings. These special appearances reached an apex at Freedom Fight in July 2002, where Styles was the final man entered into the "Holy Wars" steel cage match for the Wildside Championship. The then-TNA X Division Champion, Styles was pinned by long-time rival "All That" Adam Jacobs. He made several more appearances throughout 2002, defeating Sonny Siaki, Jorge Estrada, and Jacey North in various one on one encounters.

In March 2003, Styles defeated former rival Ron Killings at Hardcore Hell. In October 2003 he headlined another Wildside card, facing "The Soul Assassin" Rainman. Styles had been the NWA World Heavyweight Champion at the time of booking, and this was scheduled to be a title match, but Jeff Jarrett defeated Styles for the title just three days prior to the scheduled bout. As a result, Jarrett agreed to defend the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a three way match. However, Jarrett withdrew from the event at the last minute, leaving Styles and Rainman to fight one another in a non-title match which was won by Rainman following interference from Jeff G. Bailey. Styles defeated David Young at Christmas Chaos in December 2003. On March 26, 2004 at the two-night Hardcore Hell event he defeated his protégé, "Kool" Seth Delay in an impromptu match, then teamed with Gabriel and Altar Boy Luke (with Dusty Rhodes in their corner) to defeat Rainman, Azrael and "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels in a six man tag team main event on the following night.

After an absence of almost one year, Styles returned to Wildside on March 25, 2005, losing to Wildside mainstay David Young in a match that received a standing ovation from fans in attendance. After this match, Styles presented an award to Wildside Promoter Bill Behrens, along with David Young and Rick Michaels. This was his final Wildside appearance.

Ring of Honor

2002 – 2004

Styles debuted in Ring of Honor at their third show, A Night of Appreciation, in 2002 [2]. He quickly became a main event wrestler, competing against Low Ki for ROH Championship at Honor Invades Boston [3]. After failing to win the title, he became the first holder of the "Number One Contender's Trophy", which was viewed as a second title at the time [4]. At the One Year Anniversary Show in February 2003, Styles competed against Low Ki and Paul London in a three-way match, with the winner receiving a shot at the ROH Championship later that night. London won the match but failed to defeat Xavier for the championship. After the show, Styles and London agreed to form a tag team and compete for the ROH Tag Team Championship.

Set to compete for the number one contendership for the titles at the following show, London was unable to attend after having emergency sinus surgery the day before. Instead, Styles competed by himself and defeated The Backseat Boyz, The SAT and The Carnage Crew to receive a title shot. He chose Amazing Red as his partner, and the two defeated The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Xavier) for the championship [5]. When London return, he was upset when Styles chose to remain a team with Red instead of forming one with him . The two would go on to wrestle against each other at Night of the Grudges, with the match ending in a draw [6].

Styles and Red, as the ROH Tag Team Champions, would go on to wrestle and defeat the Briscoe Brothers on three separate occasions. However, the duo would not be so lucky against The Prophecy. At Wrath of the Racket, Jim Cornette made his first appearance in ROH and aligned himself with Christopher Daniels and Dan Maff. During intermission, he convinced the two to attack Amazing Red, who was already suffering from a knee injury, while he was signing autographs. With Red unable to compete, Styles chose Maff's former trainer Homicide as his partner, and the two defeated The Prophecy [7]. Styles would then have to vacate the title due to Red being sidelined with his knee injury.

After his reign as one half of the ROH Tag Team Champions, Styles took on fellow Georgia wrestler Jimmy Rave as his protégé. While coaching Rave, who was competing in the "Field of Honor" tournament, Styles attempted to become the ROH World Champion. He defeated Bryan Danielson at Main Event Spectacles to become the number one contender for the title. At War of the Wire, Styles challenged Samoa Joe for the title, but was once again unable to win it [8].

ROH gold would not remain out of Styles' hands for long. At the Second Anniversary Show, he competed in a one night tournament to become the first Pure Wrestling Champion. He defeated his protégé Jimmy Rave in the first round, Matt Stryker in the second, and CM Punk in the finals to become the first championship [9]. His title reign, however, would be short lived. Not long after the Second Anniversary Show, ROH's owner Rob Feinstein was caught by an internet sting trying to solicit sex from a minor [10]. This scandal caused tensions between ROH and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where Styles was under contract. Despite this, Styles returned to ROH at the following show, At Our Best, and defeated CM Punk in a rematch with Ricky Steamboat as the guest referee [11]. The match turned out to be Styles final match in ROH for 2004, as TNA withdrew all their contracted wrestlers from ROH [12]. Styles left the company and vacated the Pure Wrestling Championship.

2005 – 2006

In the summer of 2004, Styles' protégé Jimmy Rave was "fired" by Ring of Honor due to not winning any matches. He was brought back to the company by Prince Nana, and became known as "The Crown Jewel of The Embass