Hulk Hogan On Dixie Carter, TNA Going 4 PPVs and the TNA Roster

[Shockage]

Source: LordsofPain.net


During a recent interview with the UK’s Daily Star newspaper, Hulk Hogan made some interesting comments about Dixie Carter’s role as the leader of TNA Wrestling and her vision for the company’s direction.

“It’s either hold ’em or fold ’em. You’re either in the wrestling business or not. Is Dixie Carter really in the wrestling business, or this is just a hobby? You either make the move or you don’t. You’re at that point now. It’s the same place we were with WCW – you either run with the big dogs or be a little dog and stay on the porch. The destiny of this company is in her hands. It can stay TNA, a powerful little company, or she can make the decision to move on to greatness.”

Hogan says that TNA made some good decisions recently by cutting back on their number of pay-per-view events and finally taking Impact on the road.

“To limit to four major PPVs will give us a chance to make the wrestlers more important to give the fans a chance to choose who they love. I think it gives you a chance to sink your teeth into the characters and the company.”

Hulk Hogan says that many of the wrestlers currently on the roster would be “bagging groceries” back when he was headlining shows, but the business has changed and he admits it’s for the better:

“Twenty years ago most of the wrestlers who are in this business now wouldn’t even be here. They’d be bagging groceries somewhere. When I was wrestling I was a medium sized guy. King Kong Bundy was 450 and John Studd was 400 and Earthquake was 400 and Andre was 550 and I was 330, Don Muracco was 300lbs.”

The business has changed and it’s for the better. It’s more exciting because the guys can do more moves and are more athletic than we were.”

[Shockage]

Hulk's right, especially about the characters. You have guys like Roode, Aries, Daniels, Kaz and Joseph Park who weren't the fantastic characters 3 years ago that they are now. There's so much depth and individualism in 90% of the TNA roster that it's made them better wrestlers. You can have a roster of 30 great wrestler, but unless they have something different that makes one stand out from the other then it would be like watching the same match over and over again (you get that feeling when you watch a WWE match). The individual builds the character, the character builds the wrestler, and the wrestler forms his own realistic move set. When Bobby Roode hits that mint suplex of his (not his fishermen suplex, I'm referring to that textbook suplex similar to how Bret Hart did it) it's done intently with perfection and velocity because that's the kind of character Bobby Roode is. Nobody in the TNA roster has that style of the text book suplex like Roode.

[The Indy Junkie]

Hulk's right, especially about the characters. You have guys like Roode, Aries, Daniels, Kaz and Joseph Park who weren't the fantastic characters 3 years ago that they are now. There's so much depth and individualism in 90% of the TNA roster that it's made them better wrestlers. You can have a roster of 30 great wrestler, but unless they have something different that makes one stand out from the other then it would be like watching the same match over and over again (you get that feeling when you watch a WWE match). The individual builds the character, the character builds the wrestler, and the wrestler forms his own realistic move set. When Bobby Roode hits that mint suplex of his (not his fishermen suplex, I'm referring to that textbook suplex similar to how Bret Hart did it) it's done intently with perfection and velocity because that's the kind of character Bobby Roode is. Nobody in the TNA roster has that style of the text book suplex like Roode.

Ok so now that Hulk praises you are on the side of smaller guys? a short time ago you called Punk a vanilla midget. DO you have a single POV or are you bandwagon happy?

[Shockage]

CM Punk is still a good for nothing vanilla midget. However, TNA keep their vanilla midgets in the X-Division. Thank you for your time.

[Mighty Boosh]

Bagging Groceries? Hulk sticking his head up his ass as usual.

I don't think Hulk even really knows what he's saying here, I think he's just saying stuff that sounds good. He's saying all this fairly vague stuff but he hasn't really explained why. But hey, he earns his bucks I guess because it sounds good and if it looks TNA look good then he's doing his job, and that's exactly what Hulk does. Just wish he'd putr less work into putting himself over.

[Goldie79]

I bought that paper yesterday! The guy who writes the column has been after a Hogan interview for a long time.
Bret Hart one week... Hogan the next. That's wrestling royalty!

I agree that TNA do need to expand.... however not too much too soon!
Going on the road more will help... we've had 2 consecutive Impacts filmed in Manchester, UK......and Dixie mentioned they were planning on touring Australia.... would you go Shock?)

Dixie needs a sensible business plan to take it one step at a time.... go out all guns blazing, and spend beyond your resources and it could backfire.
It would be great to see TNA be able to compete directly with WWE, but one step at a time.

[The Indy Junkie]

I bought that paper yesterday! The guy who writes the column has been after a Hogan interview for a long time.
Bret Hart one week... Hogan the next. That's wrestling royalty!

I agree that TNA do need to expand.... however not too much too soon!
Going on the road more will help... we've had 2 consecutive Impacts filmed in Manchester, UK......and Dixie mentioned they were planning on touring Australia.... would you go Shock?)

Dixie needs a sensible business plan to take it one step at a time.... go out all guns blazing, and spend beyond your resources and it could backfire.
It would be great to see TNA be able to compete directly with WWE, but one step at a time.

Well at least they are not trying to go mondays again

[Shockage]

I bought that paper yesterday! The guy who writes the column has been after a Hogan interview for a long time.
Bret Hart one week... Hogan the next. That's wrestling royalty!

I agree that TNA do need to expand.... however not too much too soon!
Going on the road more will help... we've had 2 consecutive Impacts filmed in Manchester, UK......and Dixie mentioned they were planning on touring Australia.... would you go Shock?)

Dixie needs a sensible business plan to take it one step at a time.... go out all guns blazing, and spend beyond your resources and it could backfire.
It would be great to see TNA be able to compete directly with WWE, but one step at a time.

Dixie's emphasized that in her interviews in the past that it's important for the company to be taking baby steps. They learned from going Monday nights. The Aussie tour the talked about a few years ago was canned, I probably would go, but they are being realistic with only going to the UK, going 4 ppvs and now after 10 years going on the road permanently.

[Goldie79]

Dixie's emphasized that in her interviews in the past that it's important for the company to be taking baby steps. They learned from going Monday nights. The Aussie tour the talked about a few years ago was canned, I probably would go, but they are being realistic with only going to the UK, going 4 ppvs and now after 10 years going on the road permanently.

I was referring to a recent interview JB did with Dixie on an episode of TNA explosion. Dixie mentioned touring Australia.
Even if nothing has been announced officially they seem to be considering it

[Shockage]

Really? Wow that would be awesome, but maybe they should wait another year or two.