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Hulk Hogan Agrees The Impact Zone Is Killing The Product

Richard Gray October 19, 2012 TNA News 27 Comments

Hulk Hogan agreed with a Twitter follower on Thursday night that the Impact Zone was “killing the product.” His response to the follower was to “tell Dixie.” You can view the Tweet below:

@krischeurer agreed HH tell Dixie.HH

— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) October 19, 2012

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jarvis

I agree i stopped watching tna a few months ago. I hope they come up with something entertaining so i can tune in again.
Andrew Ace

Hulk is killing the product. Are you serious no 6 sided ring
Rayner Chee-bai

actually it's Hogan who really kills the product. Who's with me?
- Tony P.
  
  No one is with you
- http://wrestlingworld.com jerry
  
  again ray, NO ONE IS WITH YOU!
- devon steel
  
  you are alone brah!
- Bill
  
  I actually agree. Tna was at its best (my opinion) in 07-09
- Robert olley
  
  I agree with you ray too much money for too less a talent
- Kevin
  
  I'm totally with you, Brother! Hogan and Bischoff are beating it to death. Dixie needs to get both of them out of there PRONTO! Then, once she gets someone in place who knows what the hell they're doing, say Sting, for instance, she needs to get Impact on the move. If they ever hope to compete with WWE, TNA needs to get on the move with their live show. Now is the time to strike; the 3 hour Raw is turning into a nightmare, with ratings dropping weekly. WWE is ripe for the picking; if TNA wants to be a real threat, they need to strike now.
- Wwe4L76
  
  Agree!
maria

Its not hogans fault he's doing his job and I like the whole aces and eights bit. Butndont blame terry its his job.
- teamUsUcK
  
  U would think u would learn after always asking..Whos with me…. that noone is ever with.. (in my Jericho voice) Would you please Shut The Hell Up
Trel67

When he is talking more about sleeping with his “best friend’s” wife more then the actual product… I’m sorry I lost so much respect for him over the years.
jdl

The Impact Zone is not a problem, it's the only thing keeping TNA afloat. The company isn't big enough or successful enough to justify touring to record shows. They can't fill stadiums or arenas, and a lot of cities out there don't have small enough venues that would be able to host a wrestling show. So unless Hogan intends for TNA to do a tour of highschool gyms, he's kidding himself.
Enforcer

There are many problems with TNA Including but not limited to: Impact Zone, goofy title belt every time Hardy wins it, Hogan, Dixie Carter, Bischoff, Russo, Hogan, NWO reincarnation #15 aka Aces & Eights, Hogan, Hogan and Hogan.
Bigdaddychuck

Tna could go on the road and go to college venues that seat 5 to 10 thousand ppl and than make it look better… They need more ppl than the few hundred filling the impact zone..
- jdl
  
  The problem there is that it wouldn't matter. TNA goes on house show tours and are lucky if 1,000 people show up, they typically get a couple hundred. They don't have the critical mass that the WWE has, they're not big enough to draw enough numbers to make touring profitable.
Matt

The Truth comes out
LeftyTosser

The problem with the Impact Zone is not the facility. Because it is in the same place every week there is no air of it being "an event" like RAW. When TNA can get out of Orlando on a regular basis for TV the ratings and attendance will improve. Look at how much better a RAW live event sells for WWE than a regular house show. Unfortunately the expense of a traveling show appears to be beyond what Panda is willing to contribute at this point. The facilities are available for the attendance they draw, but the cost of taking equipment and the crew on the road is what would kill them until they become stronger. If you remember back to the earlier days of the WWF before VKM, the TV shows were all taped at MSG. The WWF did not become larger until VKM started the traveling show which ended up as RAW. The NWA / WCW went through the same process.

Panda needs to decide to get in or out of the wrestling business. Right now it's more like a hobby for someone instead of a business investment. I'm not sure I care for the way Jarrett ran the business, but at least the passion was there, along with his money being on the line. TNA has far too much talent to continue with the small ratings they are getting.
LeftyTosser

The problem with the Impact Zone is not the facility. Because it is in the same place every week there is no air of it being "an event" like RAW. When TNA can get out of Orlando on a regular basis for TV the ratings and attendance will improve. Look at how much better a RAW live event sells for WWE than a regular house show. Unfortunately the expense of a traveling show appears to be beyond what Panda is willing to contribute at this point. The facilities are available for the attendance they draw, but the cost of taking equipment and the crew on the road is what would kill them until they become stronger. If you remember back to the earlier days of the WWF before VKM, the TV shows were all taped at MSG. The WWF did not become larger until VKM started the traveling show which ended up as RAW. The NWA / WCW went through the same process.
unknown

yeah like that is the only thing that is killing the product
Robert olley

1 if the problems is the impact zone is getting the same crowd every week and let’s face facts people once you’ve seen one tna or wwe show you can expect much the same these days but wwe go to different venues so the crowds don’t get board. It’s yet another things tna has in common with wcw same venue in the same city they need to do something drastic ,besides hiring more talent then they can utilize or afford ,and quick for 2 reasons to sand themselves and get wwe to up their game.
_JIM_

Hogan’s smart enough to know that to build an audience you have to take the show on the road. Start out in small venues and build your way up. WCW is a perfect example. The first Nitro was in the Mall of America for goodness sakes. Then as the audience grew so did the venues and the ratings were growing right along with the live audiences. This is why TNA needs a wrestling person in charge of the company. Not some supposed business woman who is only concerned about saving money because if she doesn’t her Mommy will pull the plug. If they grew the audience by going on the road for Impact they would have more money to be able to make the product better. Someone needs to explain to Dixie’s Mommy how this works and that if she ever wants to turn a profit she’s going to have to make a hard decision and replace Dixie.
Yanman

Hogan = Ratings!!! (0.86 of course)
- Yanman
  
  Zema Ion = Ratings too!!! (0.87 of course)
Bill

I like impact zone…reminds me of the war zone on RAW
CrankyVince

Hulk isn’t really killing the product right now. Obviously a lot of you haven’t been watching lately. It’s actually been pretty good tv from TNA lately.