Viacom wants to buy TNA

[TheGreatShowtime]

Viacom needs to get their shyt straight with Netflix before they go and do something with this

 

[dh86]

Nope.

Panada Energy is a BILLION dollar company, not millions, but billions. TNA hasn't turned a profit in like 3 or 4 years, but they have been close so their operating costs are not costing Panda anything.

Dixie runs shyt at Panda, she told her dad to buy it and they did. She likes beings on TV, she likes being relevant (well to her anyway) and they won't give that up for anything. That's his daughter and she is spoiled lol.

TNA maybe broke slightly even in 2010 prior to signing Hogan and Friends and being at the impact zone. Now lets say TNA gets 8-10 million from Spike for TNA Impact. TNA now spends 600k every 2 weeks for live tapings. More than that for the 4 times they run ppvs. That alone nearly eats up what they receive from Spike. Hulk Hogan makes 35k per appearance. Sting and Angle reported to make 500k, and RVD and Scott Steiner were reported to make 20k per appearance, so you can imagine guys on their level salaries. Do the math. TNA has likely lost 100 million total since 2002. Dixie got her dad to purchase TNA to grab the market share WCW once had, but in 2013 that's long long gone.

 

[PHamm]

"Welcome, everyone! You are looking at the [insert arena name] in [town, state] as this capacity crowd is on hand for WCW MONDAY NITROOOOOO!"

 

[dh86]

Viacom did buy Bellator for $50 million, and they at least have a fighting chance with secondary MMA pending novembers ppv, say they offer 20 mil for TNA, Vince would offer more than that to kill it

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

I'VE BEEN CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS WITH VIACOM FOR MANY YEARS, BROTHER!

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

Bring back Wrestling Society X

 

[K-Apps]

Viacom did buy Bellator for $50 million, and they at least have a fighting chance with secondary MMA pending novembers ppv, say they offer 20 mil for TNA, Vince would offer more than that to kill it

To be honest, I don't even think Vince would ever even buy TNA, TNA's rep is that little company that was able this long without really making an Impact (pun intended ) in the wrestling business. Besides their wrestling library, they isn't any real reason for Vince to buy TNA.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Bob and Janice need to send Dixie to her room and take that Viacom check.

 

[The Great One]

TNA maybe broke slightly even in 2010 prior to signing Hogan and Friends and being at the impact zone. Now lets say TNA gets 8-10 million from Spike for TNA Impact. TNA now spends 600k every 2 weeks for live tapings. More than that for the 4 times they run ppvs. That alone nearly eats up what they receive from Spike. Hulk Hogan makes 35k per appearance. Sting and Angle reported to make 500k, and RVD and Scott Steiner were reported to make 20k per appearance, so you can imagine guys on their level salaries. Do the math. TNA has likely lost 100 million total since 2002. Dixie got her dad to purchase TNA to grab the market share WCW once had, but in 2013 that's long long gone.

According to Meltzer, TNA has been profitable 3 years of its existence.

Your math is very off (for example Steiner never made close to that, especially his last runs, he was getting nothing, Sting makes the 500,000 but Angle does not), and you are not accounting for that TNA makes money through merchandise, house shows and PPVs. It's not very much money, but they do make money, there is no possible way they have lost 100 million dollars, there entire operating costs for a year are like 12 million dollars, so by doing your math they are making zero money for 8 years and then losing another 12 million on top of that?

Viacom did buy Bellator for $50 million, and they at least have a fighting chance with secondary MMA pending novembers ppv, say they offer 20 mil for TNA, Vince would offer more than that to kill it

and LMAO @ this. You think Vince McMahon would pay $20 MILLION DOLLARS for TNA? Are you fukking crazy?

he paid NOTHING for WCW and that was WCW, a company that had beat them in ratings, stole all his major starts and made it personal.

TNA has done nothing of relevancy to WWE. WWE doesn't really look at them as competition. Vince does watch them, and wants to one up them, but he isn't competing with them.

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

TNA always tried to hard to be WCW, and ironically enough they're ending up like WCW. TNA was never a major company lets be serious now. TNA is like that indy company that happened to make it on TV.

 

[InstantKlassik]

This could be great news since Viacom will be able 2 put a lot more money into

TNA always tried to hard to be WCW, and ironically enough they're ending up like WCW. TNA was never a major company lets be serious now. TNA is like that indy company that happened to make it on TV.

Not trying to defend TNA but an Indy company wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell in signing the likes of Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting,and a Kurt Angle..I'm just sayin

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

This could be great news since Viacom will be able 2 put a lot more money into

Not trying to defend TNA but an Indy company wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell in signing the likes of Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting,and a Kurt Angle..I'm just sayin

I'll give you that.

 

[Hoss]

Even with a bigger budget these dudes gotta focus on being different from WWE, not the same. WWE-Lite is the wrong way to go and always will be.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Good. WWE has been resting on it's laurels for far too long.

 

[Jello Biafra]

I joke about the fukkery of TNA in those Impact threads but to be honest I hope the company succeeds because I am not a fan of the type of wrestling shows that Vince puts out and it is good to have an alternative work situation for wrestlers to go to besides WWE.