i love them and appreciate what they are doing, but why cant they get booked nation wide yet? And how can they expect to steal fans without leaving Orlando?
2006-12-01 05:03:14 · 13 answers · asked by Hafeman 5000 4 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
They dont have the funds to move around much right now, and in orlando they seem to be selling out all their shows. its cheaper and makes them more money right now without the traveling. They will start to travel more as they grow bigger. Most of the money now is spent on bringing in big names.
2006-12-01 05:12:50 · answer #1 · answered by Ronnie Gardocki 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is much like the old NWA/WCW started into their giant growth. They filmed in a small arena, sold it out, and televised the matches. They built a fan base that was solid, and then started taking it on the road and doing the nitro shows from various larger arenas. It takes time, but eventually, if they keep producing the quality matches, they will end up going world wide. They are already apparently stepping on McMahons toes, a couple of months ago they had a show scheduled in Stamford (or somewhere else into Conneticut), and the show mysteriously was cancelled only hours before it was supposed to start. That paired with the fact that there are many stars jumping from the WWE to TNA is starting to make McMahon paranoid, which is why he's starting to make stars sign long term contracts long before their contract is even close to expiring. There is no doubt that TNA is growing by leaps and bounds, and that once they have the funds they will start traveling and doing shows all over more. Lastly, if they keep their focus on the wrestling instead of pushing the "shock factor" envelope (like wwe), they will continue to grow, and will draw the old school wrestling fans away from WWE and to their shows. It wasn't very long ago that WWE focused more on great matches and building stars, then in the early to mid 90's it turned to just getting ratings and making fans tune in to see what would happen to shock them that night.
2006-12-01 09:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by b-lamb13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're building a fan base. Besides, the house show gate portion of the wrestling biz is a drop in the bucket, and house shows are often big losers. WWE's house show revenue/loss has fluctuated greatly over the years, but Vince can take the losses because his TV/PPV money more than makes up for it.
By doing things the way that they are TNA can attract big names (and grow their own talent, which they've done very well), pay them decently, and give them the stability of letting them establish a home, work much less frequently than they would in WWE, and not have to deal with being on the road 300 days a year. For a lot of workers, this is a much more attractive career choice than what WWE has to offer, even though Vince can afford to pay them more.
2006-12-01 06:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by bgdddymtty 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't listen to my good buddy Billy the wrestling expert (SIKE!!!) , he'll say anything to make TNA look good and WWE look bad.
Anyway, the answer to your question is the general public doesn't care for wrestling as much as it did in the nineties so TNA will NEVER reach the success the of the WWE. They have an average show with average talent that pretty much target a wrestling only fan base audience and thats why they'll never make big money. Unfortunatley if the WWE continues to drop in revenue, ratings and fan base then we'll probably see the end of wreslting as whole in the big markets of American Television. That pretty much means if that happens then we're going to have to make like Billy Shitzer and buy a ticket to a live show.
2006-12-01 07:36:36 · answer #4 · answered by j.soto416 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
TNA's ratings are still below 1 or 2.How'd you expect them to go state to state?If TNA tour the country,most of its wrestlers will quit because they don't want to travel that much in the first place.TNA is losing alot of money right now,most of the fans get in the arena for free,while WWE is making tons of money.
2006-12-02 02:37:33 · answer #5 · answered by WWE Champ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-14 10:26:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TNA is on TV worldwide although they don't travel but they are still known around the world as being the new face of professional wrestling.TNA is already stealing fans and doing a damn good job of it to.
2006-12-02 01:21:46 · answer #7 · answered by HHH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The TNA organization is going world wide its just taking time. They were in Chicago and going back to Orlando it will just take time since they are competing with Vince.
2006-12-01 05:45:20 · answer #8 · answered by J2BADD 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They follow this idea. People visit Universal Studios and see a show. They like it so much they start to watch it on SPIKE TV. TNA gets money through the television viewers and the visitors. TNA's Game Plan brought to you by DEMONSPAWN
2006-12-01 07:39:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is how promotions start. It wasn't long ago that the WWWF didn't venture beyond the Northeast.
In fact, when WWF first bought the rights to air their show on TBS in the mid 1980's, fans of NWA wrestling flooded TBS with calls and got WWF thrown off the air, in favor of NWA Wrestling.
It happens to all promotions. Seeing as how they started in 2002, and it took the WWWF about 40 years to become a nationwide promotion, I'd say they're doing pretty good.
2006-12-01 07:02:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋