Well I thought it would be fun today to basically take a look at a few comments made by TNA wrestler Magnus during a recent interview. The cherry picked responses are below from the original post over at wrestling edge.
On people expressing negativity towards TNA through social media platforms: “People think because that they watch a few DVD’s that document one part of history and how the business went and they are able to predict what’s going to happen in a completely new set of circumstance and I tend to ignore it and I don’t really give it much thought. These are basically the people that throw something out there with no filter because they are nobodies and I’m not trying to knock anyone. It’s easy to say when you have nothing to lose and to throw out an opinion in the hope that it actually happens and then you can say: ‘See, I was right. I told you.’ For some reason now we live in an age now where all wrestling fans think are obsessed with showing on how much knowledge they have and its either you’re just a fan or you’re in the business.
“Your knowledge is kind of irrelevant unless you are in the industry or unless you are making a living off of our sweat or talking about and I’m one of those people too, I have a column in a wrestling magazine that I get paid to do but the only difference is that I get paid to do it because people read that magazine because they want to hear something’s on the ground that makes for a nice change. I use Twitter as a promotional tool and somewhat as a barometer, it’s like an instant focus group and I think if you take it anymore serious, then you are probably wasting your own time and I tell my fellow peers the same thing especially the younger guys who don’t have as much experience for their age and are bothered and affected by this kind of stuff on Twitter and I said look: ‘This is what Twitter is. In terms to your significance, your life, your career and your psyche, don’t take it seriously then you should do, which is not very much at all.’”
Yes Magnus I am a wrestling fan, not the biggest but I consider myself to be average in the fan rating system, if one existed. I am not on the bandwagon of "death to TNA" and yes the company should be getting the same kind of attention that WWE has, but it's being run into the ground by a mixture of issues. I personally think the entire year of 2010 was a massive blow to the company and has been slowly going downhill ever since. I don't want TNA to vanish of course and I don't want to see wrestlers out of jobs, TNA management does a pretty good job of that on it's own. We already see less wrestling on TV because TNA like WWE spends ten to fifteen minutes talking at the beginning of every event instead of you know running a fucking wrestling match.
I don't think my blog here is doing anything to hurt the business or TNA specifically, hell if my words here had that kind of effect Dixie Carter would have been ousted as owner years back. No the real damage is being done by management in TNA. The fans are allowed to express their views on TNA Magnus, even if they are negative. I am largely negative about the show and it's direction because when you look at it and watch the show every week, you see these bizarre decisions playing out on screen and wonder why they thought it was a good idea to say cut more than half of their pay per views to save money only to then go on the road all year round, thus spending the money they saved and possibly costing them more in the long run.
About the illegal downloading comments, like any issue with piracy it's effect is minor. Much like the games industry and it's piracy issues, people like to make out that X product failed to sell well because of piracy but when you look at the wider issues with X product, piracy was never the sole reason for it's failure. WWE has been pirated for years now and the company continues to post profits. People who pirate the shows are smaller in number than those who pay for the shows and Magnus seems to be ignoring the fact that TNA has had a terrible track record of broadcasting their live events. Nearly every pay per view this year has had some technical issue with certain carriers or other broadcast sites and people have had to get refunds so it's no wonder some fans of TNA are illegally watching the shows. Fortunately for myself in the UK I can watch every TNA show for free on Challenge so it's never an issue for me, but in the states I can see people really struggling to justify the cost of a TNA pay per view every three months.
Magnus here is towing the company line like he should, but he is talking a massive amount of bullshit. Personally I am surprised he is still working at TNA, not because he isn't a good worker, but because being a foreigner he is more hassle to keep on every 3 or 6 months with work visa's and the such. I wouldn't be shocked to read about him being let go of course since TNA have little consideration for their workers as it is despite their whole "TNA family" shtick. Asking your talent to take pay cuts when they are already on crap money anyway isn't the best way to ensure a calm backstage environment. We may even see AJ Styles leaving at the end of the year unless they re-negotiate his contract, while Hogan is still a big question mark again due to money. Really it's a waiting game where the companies future is concerned. Rumours abound about TNA going back to the old impact zone or a new location Vegas. Other rumours are circulating about the potential buyout of the company by Spike or other parties. I think TNA needs new management, fresh eyes to look at the business from every angle and make the necessary changes because as it is the company is going the way of the Dodo.
Tomorrow I will be talking about Bound for glory 2013. Until then have a good week folks.
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