Hogan agrees Impact Zone is "killing the product"

[Crayo]

- TNA star Hulk Hogan has once again publicly stated that he feels the Impact Zone is hurting the TNA product. A fan told Hogan on Twitter, “I love TNA bro but you gotta get out of the impact zone, it’s killing the product.” Hogan replied:

 

[Leo C]

Well, at least the crowd there is pretty good. It'd be good if they went on the road though.

 

[Lacky]

You don't say Hulk.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I like the IZ. It used to suck, but they are pretty damn good most of the time these days. I think the IZ is fine, if I were TNA I would just go on the road for go home shows and PPVs.

As we've seen though that is risky for TNA... Lockdown 2012 is hard evidence that going to a different venue isn't always better. I can't remember the last time the IZ ruined a PPV, but I can recall plenty of dead crowds in other places lowering the entertainment value of PPVs

 

[Testify]

Well duh. GTFOing away from the IZ can't come soon enough, but it's too damn expensive, plus when you counter in being live. More money earned, more advertising, good business decisions brought in the next 3-4 months and I think they can go on-the-road-and-live full time next mid-year around Slammiversary. My two and 2/3 chents.

 

[leojay]

I don't see that much of a problem with it anymore. The crowds pretty alive most the time.

Going on the road will be great, but it won't make it better imo. Can they really draw as many people as WWE every week in different states? What guarantees they'll be any better than the IZ?

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I don't see that much of a problem with it anymore. The crowds pretty alive most the time.

Going on the road will be great, but it won't make it better imo. Can they really draw as many people as WWE every week in different states? What guarantees they'll be any better than the IZ?

God no. They can't draw crowds for shit, that's why I don't mind the IZ.

They drew ~3,000 motherfuckers for BFG. Their biggest PPV of the year.

Now granted, TNA goes to the wrong parts of the country. If they would go into wrestling hotbeds like Philly, Chicago, NYC, Montreal, ect they would probably get some hot smark crowds.

 

[leojay]

God no. They can't draw crowds for shit, that's why I don't mind the IZ.

They drew ~3,000 motherfuckers for BFG. Their biggest PPV of the year.

Now granted, TNA goes to the wrong parts of the country. If they would go into wrestling hotbeds like Philly, Chicago, NYC, Montreal, ect they would probably get some hot smark crowds.

Only 3k? The place actually looked packed! Good positioning, I guess?

I'd love it if they just rotated each smark city every week, but any other city eh.

I can just imagine them going to a non-smark city where barely anyone shows up, and nobody cheers or anything. :

 

[Testify]

God no. They can't draw crowds for shit, that's why I don't mind the IZ.

They drew ~3,000 motherfuckers for BFG. Their biggest PPV of the year.

Now granted, TNA goes to the wrong parts of the country. If they would go into wrestling hotbeds like Philly, Chicago, NYC, Montreal, ect they would probably get some hot smark crowds.

3000? Hell NO. Meltzer reported that and it spread like the desease over the wrestling shitholes. If you look at the logic (what Meltzer is unfamiliar with obviously), the arena capacity is released was close to 5000. So a week b4, they released more tickets. What does that tell you? It was sold out. There were (according to reliable sources and researchers around 4500-4800 k people in the BFG building in Phoenix. That case is closed in my book.

But overall yeah, Lockdown this year also showed negatives of going on the road. But, pros are imo definitively outweighing the cons of going. TNA can draw, they showed it (especially Slammiversary and London), so why not? Do it, just advertise much more.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

3,000 or 4,500... still for your biggest show of the year that's not great. TNA doesn't have a big fanbase, so going on the road fulltime just isn't a realistic option.

 

[Testify]

Their core fanbase in USA is 1 million and 250-500k people. You count in UK, it's around 200-400k (I'm taking the Impact and Challenge TV viewers in estimate). Plus, it isn't PG, and that solidifies that milf moms can't take kids to the shows. So yes, forget about those kinda money fans.

 

[Solidus]

I think they should extend the Impact Zone, not move away from it.
TNA needs a professional marketing team more than anything, the product is great but nobody knows about it.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

TNA needs a professional marketing team more than anything, the product is great but nobody knows about it.

I've said this for the longest time.

 

[Leo C]

Indeed, marketing would help TNA a lot.

 

[Testify]

Please hire experts TNA and fire those marketing inbreds you've dealing with the last 7 yrs.