I'm marking out right now.

mja2k3

Why? So he can be repackaged as a Swiss dude with a german porn fetish who wrestles a bland pseudo-euro style?

This really sucks. No more KOW, either. CHIKARA won't be the same.

Good for him, though. He deserves a steady paycheck. I know i'd take the deal.

 a) ECW brand, and good amount of its workers, do not have anywhere near the credibility/establish-ability of Raw/Smackdown "

Which ties in with booking/overall decision making.

As for RAW not taking a beating in the ratings due to bad booking, before most of the crap started, they were almost averaging on 4's. They've since gradually dipped into the mid lower 3's. Unlike Smackdown, RAW can't get away with the excuses of a weird time slot and no credible stars, because RAW has both an excellent time slot and decent starpower. Which leaves only one thing to blame.

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Exactly how WCW weakened Bret Hart. You gotta give Jarret one thing, and that's that he's immediately always on top of every threat.

sephy37

well since Angle was fired a month ago, he has a 90 day no compete clause right?

i was talking with DirtyDarren and we were thinking that Kurt Angle obviously had a contract for a certain amount of years and since he was fired early, it was some sort of breach in contract so the no compete clause became null and void. maybe?

That's not the point. As Link said earlier, putting Angle in an "enforcer" role cheapens the impact of his signing, just as it did to Bret Hart, regardless of the circumstances. Jarret and Mantell know this.

And if that is the case, here's an idea: how about holding off on the announcement until Angle is able to legitimately perform with no restraints?! Maybe even air a few teasers that suggest Angle could be coming to TNA. (It's not like TNA wouldn't have had enough angles in the meantime to work with.)

See, THAT'S how you draw REAL attention. TNA had a real opportunity here and they blew it. I'm not saying Angle's presence alone still won't help out TNA in some capacity, because it could. But they could've done so much more for the company at large with the signing alone.

Of course, if Spike ordered them to do it, then that's a whole other story.

Exactly how WCW weakened Bret Hart. You gotta give Jarret one thing, and that's that he's immediately always on top of every threat.

- WWE's latest conference call is now online here. It features some interesting comments from Vince McMahon, including him calling the old ECW a show with "no logic whatsoever."Link256

Pot. Kettle. Black.

you can add Henry Godwinn to the list. he got signed toosephy37

After having been damn near booed out of the building during a dark match. Unbelievable.

Actually, Mack has been around since the late 90's, so he has the experience. It's a shame, because he really wasn't all that bad of a worker until the WWE watered him down, and made him change around his style to that of a street thug (which didn't suit him, obviously.) Before, he patterned himself  after JYD, and was solid enough.

There are better choices out there than Mack (like Raven, Jake Roberts, or Dory Funk Jr), but all things considered, it's not a bad trio at all.