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Mighty Melissa
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That Bryan Danielson shoot interview on NXT last night was probably the best thing I've seen in wrestling in a long, long time. Reminded me of the Attitude era when they would pull back the curtains a bit, so to speak.
TNA is making budget cuts. With a roster of over 70, and only one TV show for them all, some of the cuts include releasing wrestlers. Just out of curiosity, and because a lot of you know TNA better than I do, I would be interested to see who you guys would cut. Its kinda hard to determine, because some guys are paid-per-appearance, instead of a guaranteed contract. People like that aren't really big drains on the budget. But all things being equal, and not knowing who those guys are, here is my list of people that TNA should cut:
Amazing Red
Bischoff
Mick Foley
Generation Me
Jimmy Hart
Kazarian
Brian Kendrick
Kiyoshi
Magnus
Shannon Moore (not gonna happen tho cause of Jeff Hardy and the impending 3 Count reunion with Helms)
Jesse Neal
Raven
Rhino
Stevie Richards (Dr. Stevie)
Shark Boy
Team 3D (one of the worst and most overrated tag teams in wrestling history)
Sean Waltman
Tomko
Knockouts need some serious trimming. Again, this is not the WWE and there's just not room for them all:
Brooke Adams (Miss Tessmacher; she's hot but too pointless)
Chelsea
Hamada
Christy Hemme (just an interviewer, but I've read her salary is ridiculous)
ODB
Sarita
SoCal Val
Taylor Wilde
Those cuts should shape them up pretty well financially.
There are some other guys I think they should get rid of too, but objectively I don't see it happening. At least trim their salaries:
Russo (he needs to be replaced, but you have to get somebody to replace him first)
Taz (terrible commentary guy, but again needs a good replacement first)
Flair & Hogan (they are still big draws, and at least they're helping to put other guys over...a little)
Jeff Hardy (this guy is a disaster waiting to happen)
Jeff Jarrett (been discussed here; but I think he's still part owner or something)
Nash & Hall (old, but they're still draws and somewhat entertaining, at least when they're not wrestling)
RVD (he's over so its just not gonna happen)
Last but not least, I'd like to see Sting hang up his TNA boots and have at least one WWE run before he retires.
-We've never seen it.
-He doesn't need to go without appearing at least one Wrestlemania.
-Even at his age there's some guys he could have some interesting matches with (HBK, Taker, etc)
-He needs to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, especially with next year's ceremony taking place in Atlanta and rumored to have a WCW theme
-They need to release a DVD set(s) highlighting his career. There's lots of footage that TNA won't have access to, and only WWE does
-One of his big hangups about the WWF/WWE was that they were too raunchy, but they are more family-friendly now than TNA is
TNA is making budget cuts. With a roster of over 70, and only one TV show for them all, some of the cuts include releasing wrestlers. Just out of curiosity, and because a lot of you know TNA better than I do, I would be interested to see who you guys would cut. Its kinda hard to determine, because some guys are paid-per-appearance, instead of a guaranteed contract. People like that aren't really big drains on the budget. But all things being equal, and not knowing who those guys are, here is my list of people that TNA should cut:
Amazing Red
Bischoff
Mick Foley
Generation Me
Jimmy Hart
Kazarian
Brian Kendrick
Kiyoshi
Magnus
Shannon Moore (not gonna happen tho cause of Jeff Hardy and the impending 3 Count reunion with Helms)
Jesse Neal
Raven
Rhino
Stevie Richards (Dr. Stevie)
Shark Boy
Team 3D (one of the worst and most overrated tag teams in wrestling history)
Sean Waltman
Tomko
Knockouts need some serious trimming. Again, this is not the WWE and there's just not room for them all:
Brooke Adams (Miss Tessmacher; she's hot but too pointless)
Chelsea
Hamada
Christy Hemme (just an interviewer, but I've read her salary is ridiculous)
ODB
Sarita
SoCal Val
Taylor Wilde
Those cuts should shape them up pretty well financially.
There are some other guys I think they should get rid of too, but objectively I don't see it happening. At least trim their salaries:
Russo (he needs to be replaced, but you have to get somebody to replace him first)
Taz (terrible commentary guy, but again needs a good replacement first)
Flair & Hogan (they are still big draws, and at least they're helping to put other guys over...a little)
Jeff Hardy (this guy is a disaster waiting to happen)
Jeff Jarrett (been discussed here; but I think he's still part owner or something)
Nash & Hall (old, but they're still draws and somewhat entertaining, at least when they're not wrestling)
RVD (he's over so its just not gonna happen)
Last but not least, I'd like to see Sting hang up his TNA boots and have at least one WWE run before he retires.
-We've never seen it.
-He doesn't need to go without appearing at least one Wrestlemania.
-Even at his age there's some guys he could have some interesting matches with (HBK, Taker, etc)
-He needs to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, especially with next year's ceremony taking place in Atlanta and rumored to have a WCW theme
-They need to release a DVD set(s) highlighting his career. There's lots of footage that TNA won't have access to, and only WWE does
-One of his big hangups about the WWF/WWE was that they were too raunchy, but they are more family-friendly now than TNA is
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