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The Official Professional Wrestling Thread (WWE, TNA, etc.)
Styles1:
--- Quote from: cantoms on January 13, 2008, 01:26:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: Styles1 on January 10, 2008, 10:53:04 PM ---TNA is actually becoming entertaining to watch... Wanting to bone the hell out of Karen Angle helps too...
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I think that some of their storylines are better in that they are somewhat cohesive and understandable. However, I had the chance to go to one of their houseshows at the end of Dec. and noticed that the quality of the wrestling was horrible. Most of the matches were under 5-7 minutes and some of the spots were messed up, especially with the X division 3-way. Even the Angle-Cage main event was not up to par.
I'll still watch Impact whenever I can, but I don't know if I'll drop $90 on a houseshow ticket again.
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You dropped $90 for TNA tickets? I dig the show and all, but I'd hardly be willing to pay that for a WWE show let alone a TNA one.
cantoms:
--- Quote ---You dropped $90 for TNA tickets? I dig the show and all, but I'd hardly be willing to pay that for a WWE show let alone a TNA one.
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Yeah, that's how much floor tickets were for the show. I guess since they're run by independent promoters the tickets can get pretty pricey. That's probably why there were less than 1,000 people there. TNA charge for everything...... autographs were $5 and the wrestler (Tomko) couldn't give less of a shit about the fans that night. Polaroids with Angle were $20. At least WWE always give free autographs.
I know that $90 is kind of crazy, but I thought that it would be cool to see the first house show here. Plus, who knows when they would have come back. Usually the WWE house shows here run about $60 for a floor ticket.
I've got no problem paying for a good show. I paid $400 for front row at Summerslam 2004 and $200 for 4th row at Unforgiven 2006. I don't remember how much I had to pay for floors at Wrestlemania XX, but the whole package ran $1700.
Styles1:
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Jesus... charging for autographs at a show? However, the only one's I would want anyway would be Angle's or Sting's.
A Wrestlemania would be nice for the experience. I've just grown too accustomed to watching wrestling in the nice comfort of my home. No idiots with signs blocking your view and no morons screaming in your ears. Ya know...
cantoms:
--- Quote ---Jesus... charging for autographs at a show? However, the only one I would want anyway would be Angle's or Sting's.
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The Kurt Angle pic game with an autographed frame, but he wasn't actually signing stuff when you got your picture taken.
I've always loved getting autographs but hate having to pay for them. I've gotten tons of them for free through WWE signings: Cena, Orton, Edge, Batista, Benoit, Booker, Eddie Guerrero, Mysterio, Bischoff.......
Actually, the only time I haven't had to pay is when it's done through WWE. Most washed up veterans charge $10-15 for an autograph as I found out with Honky Tonk Man, Jim "Anvil" Neidhart, Kamala, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, & Koko B. Ware. Only Hacksaw was signing stuff for free. (This was about 3 years ago, before he came back to WWE.)
Maybe the worst experience was in December when Bret Hart came to town to sign at a bookstore. If you wanted to meet him, you had to buy a copy of his book for $40 and he was only guaranteeing to sign for 50 people. So many people got screwed because they came with books that they'd already bought. This guy was my favourite wrestler when I was a kid, and was glad to finally meet him. However, he couldn't have been less interested in the people who were there. He kept his head down and didn't say a word to anybody.
Styles1:
--- Quote from: cantoms on January 13, 2008, 05:07:19 PM ---
--- Quote ---Jesus... charging for autographs at a show? However, the only one I would want anyway would be Angle's or Sting's.
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The Kurt Angle pic game with an autographed frame, but he wasn't actually signing stuff when you got your picture taken.
I've always loved getting autographs but hate having to pay for them. I've gotten tons of them for free through WWE signings: Cena, Orton, Edge, Batista, Benoit, Booker, Eddie Guerrero, Mysterio, Bischoff.......
Actually, the only time I haven't had to pay is when it's done through WWE. Most washed up veterans charge $10-15 for an autograph as I found out with Honky Tonk Man, Jim "Anvil" Neidhart, Kamala, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, & Koko B. Ware. Only Hacksaw was signing stuff for free. (This was about 3 years ago, before he came back to WWE.)
Maybe the worst experience was in December when Bret Hart came to town to sign at a bookstore. If you wanted to meet him, you had to buy a copy of his book for $40 and he was only guaranteeing to sign for 50 people. So many people got screwed because they came with books that they'd already bought. This guy was my favourite wrestler when I was a kid, and was glad to finally meet him. However, he couldn't have been less interested in the people who were there. He kept his head down and didn't say a word to anybody.
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Damn. Bret is a scumbag for that. And LOL @ all of those old farts charging for autographs, especially Koko B. Ware! He's in the same league as the Brooklyn Brawler.
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