Cutting back?

[Darkside Ron Garvin]

Well, word on the IWC street is that since TNA is moving Lockdown to March that means they might actually be dropping down the number of PPVs. Will this help or hurt them? How could dropping the income help secure them in the long term? Can they afford to take the hit in revenue?

Those are all questions most normal people would ask, but DAMMIT! I'm not normal!

I want to know, if you could change the PPV line up for TNA, what would your final draft be?

For me...


Genesis - January
Lockdown - Moved to March
Victory Road - Moved to April
Slammiversary - June
Destination X - Moved to August
Bound for Glory - October
Clash Style event - December

This would allow more time for angles to build up to their payoffs. I would also use the "Clash Style" event as a Free, 3hr PPV on live TV (Clash of the Champions) and would be the only event on my list in the Impact Zone.

[Automatic]

They should only have 3 PPV's.

[Cabers]

They should only have 3 PPV's.

Lets not get to hasty now i think cutting back to 8 would be the way to go.

[Automatic]

Lets not get to hasty now i think cutting back to 8 would be the way to go.

Let's look at this seriously.

They have only 3 PPV's that are over.

- BFG
- Lockdown
- Slammiversary

Oh maybe 4, you could put Destination X in there, now that they have the X-division title shot deal.

Why not work on upping the buyrates with those PPV's and if they are at a steady level, you can look at adding new PPV's.

[Darkside Ron Garvin]

Let's look at this seriously.

They have only 3 PPV's that are over.

- BFG
- Lockdown
- Slammiversary

Oh maybe 4, you could put Destination X in there, now that they have the X-division title shot deal.

Why not work on upping the buyrates with those PPV's and if they are at a steady level, you can look at adding new PPV's.

I see the point of where you are going and the idea of 1 per quarter "should" (in theory) bump the buy rates up substantially so long as they avoid any kind of "payoff" moments on the shows.

With that said, what do you do if your theory implodes? Now you have a year in which you didn't drop your PPV income by half, but three-quarters of what it would have made the year before. That's a pretty substantial loss for TNA whereas dropping to 8 would only drop your PPV revenue by a third.

[Automatic]

I see the point of where you are going and the idea of 1 per quarter "should" (in theory) bump the buy rates up substantially so long as they avoid any kind of "payoff" moments on the shows.

With that said, what do you do if your theory implodes? Now you have a year in which you didn't drop your PPV income by half, but three-quarters of what it would have made the year before. That's a pretty substantial loss for TNA whereas dropping to 8 would only drop your PPV revenue by a third.

They aren't making money anyway on PPV, so cutting back on PPV saves them money.
Unless they magically can break-even with 9.000 buys per month.

And since TNA is more geared towards longer angles, a PPV per quarter would, in theory, help their angles. With all the big pay offs and such.

[HCollins-TNA1]

Let's look at this seriously.

They have only 3 PPV's that are over.

- BFG
- Lockdown
- Slammiversary

Oh maybe 4, you could put Destination X in there, now that they have the X-division title shot deal.

Why not work on upping the buyrates with those PPV's and if they are at a steady level, you can look at adding new PPV's.

I don't think reducing the numbers of PPVs would matter in getting buy-rates....

[Peter Kaymakcian]

If it were up to me I think I would go to maybe six or seven PPVs with an eighth being a TV freebie. I wouldn't count number eight because I think it would just be the equivalent of a Super Impact!. My line up would be:

Nov: BFG=TNA Wrestlemania

Dec-Jan: King of the Mountain=KOTR tournament with the winner getting a title shot at Lockdown

Mar: Lockdown=Bring back the Lethal Lockdown match

Apr-May: No Surrender=Transitional PPV

Jun: Slammiversary

Jul-Aug= Destination X

Sept= Super Impact/TV PPV: Where the BFG series ends

[Automatic]

I don't think reducing the numbers of PPVs would matter in getting buy-rates....

Could you explain that?

[HCollins-TNA1]

8 or 9 to 10 PPVs is enough for TNA IMHO..... Glad they looking for a way to save some money as well....

Next step is to take most if not all the PPVs on the road.....

Here what months TNA should do and take off...

January- Genesis
Feburary- off month Live 3 hour event on free TV at the Impact Zone
March- Lockdown
April- Victory Road
May- off month live 3 hour event on free TV...
June-Slammiversary
July- Destination X
August- Hardcore Justice
September- Sacrifice or No Surrender
October - Bound For Glory
November- Turning Point/ Final Resolution
December- Off month Live 3 hour Impact or such??
..