What is most needed?

[Darkside Ron Garvin]

With TNA going Live for the Summer, I figured I'd launch this poll

What does TNA need the most?

1. Go Live weekly/bi-weekly
2. Travel outside the Impact Zone for weekly Impacts and PPVs
3. Acquire a better Marketing Strategy
4. Get rid of Hogan and Bischoff
5. Invest in new Indy/Free Agent talent

Remember these fact when voting...
-TNA is set to launch Live this coming Thursday and run live events through the summer.

-TNA hosted Lockdown in Tenn this year. The crowd was horrid. They will host Slamiversary in Fort Worth, TX (which I will be attending live)

-Marketing is where Dixie got a lot of her experience in the entertainment world before becoming President of TNA

-Even if Hogan and Bischoff were fired, TNA would still have to payout their contracts (unless they breach contract like Flair did.) Would you rather them sit at home and get paid or be a part of the show and get paid.

-There are MANY free agents on the market right now, and there's a lot of talent in the indies (We saw this with Joey Ryan) but there's a lot of hyped wrestlers as well (example Silva who was hyped up in OVW, but has yet to live up to it yet in my opinion. With the addition of OFN and GutCheck, TNA appears to be addressing this, but how important is it really.

[jordan1995]

I would start by getting rid of Hogan and Eric they came in made changes that really didnt need to be made , then promised the same things for 2 and a half years and havnt delivered once, buried the x division and got rid of what made TNA unique, the ring.

Then i believe getting out of the impact zone makes the product look better and more professional though the lack of pyro is shit.

[lewism173]

travel outside the impact zone etc

[CM Rock-Austin]

Top 2 are getting rid of Hogan and Eric and travel outside the Impact zone.

[Asherdelampyr]

I would say just getting out of the impact zone
sure you can talk about Hogan and Bischoff, but I just don't think they are TNA's biggest issue right now, I think it comes down really to 2 things

1. Lack of name recognition/advertising. WWE has the clear advantage here since it has been around forever, however TNA really needs to step up their ad campaign

2. product seems lackluster. TNA has a ton of really talented guys, and the most spoiled live audience in a long, long time. the IZ crowd is usually a very quiet one, that seems like most of them just wanted a place to sit down before hitting up the Jaws ride. Getting out of the Impact Zone regularly will not only get their name out there more (see point 1) it will also get fans that actually cared enough to pay for their ticket.

going outside of the impact zone helps both of these issues. While Hogan and Bischoff may not have added much to the company, they haven't done any real damage either, and Hogan's name can still be used to get the TNA product out there, as long as they can get him to actually fucking mention TNA once in a while.

[jordan1995]

I would say just getting out of the impact zone
sure you can talk about Hogan and Bischoff, but I just don't think they are TNA's biggest issue right now, I think it comes down really to 2 things

1. Lack of name recognition/advertising. WWE has the clear advantage here since it has been around forever, however TNA really needs to step up their ad campaign

2. product seems lackluster. TNA has a ton of really talented guys, and the most spoiled live audience in a long, long time. the IZ crowd is usually a very quiet one, that seems like most of them just wanted a place to sit down before hitting up the Jaws ride. Getting out of the Impact Zone regularly will not only get their name out there more (see point 1) it will also get fans that actually cared enough to pay for their ticket.

going outside of the impact zone helps both of these issues. While Hogan and Bischoff may not have added much to the company, they haven't done any real damage either, and Hogan's name can still be used to get the TNA product out there, as long as they can get him to actually fucking mention TNA once in a while.

to be fair if hogan and Bishoff were gone and with the right people in charge they might push the right wrestlers have more compelling story lines , with this the rating could increase , then more sponsors and advertisers will come along , this will lead to more recognition which will lead to more money to get out of the impact zone.
Just my theory

[Asherdelampyr]

to be fair if hogan and Bishoff were gone and with the right people in charge they might push the right wrestlers have more compelling story lines , with this the rating could increase , then more sponsors and advertisers will come along , this will lead to more recognition which will lead to more money to get out of the impact zone.
Just my theory

it's not a bad theory, I just can't see them really selling any story that the live audience won't buy

[jordan1995]

it's not a bad theory, I just can't see them really selling any story that the live audience won't buy

to be fair aswell the last couple of crowds out of the impact zone have been dead ! London is the best crowd in their history for noise levels etc.

[akbar]

They have to move out of the Impact Zone...and I would keep Hogan because that guy sells big internationally and still keeps them in the media...

[Asherdelampyr]

to be fair aswell the last couple of crowds out of the impact zone have been dead ! London is the best crowd in their history for noise levels etc.

I would be all for them sticking to touring Europe...

If I lived there
What they need to do is come back to Austin, the crowd here went totally nuts just for a house show.