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* J-Woww from ''[[Jersey Shore]]'' was paid $15,000 to make a one-night appearance. Everyone hated the segment, even before it aired — but the worst part about all of this is despite the fact that many of TNA's brightest talents live in poverty, they still continually hire non-celebrities. Jenna Morasca (from ''Survivor''), Pacman Jones (on suspension from the NFL for paralyzing a man in a strip club shooting), and Christy Hemme (who gets paid six figures to do backstage interviews in TNA) all made big money while the average Knockout is lucky to get $400 a show.
* Tara lost the Knockout Title in a [[Finger-Poke of Doom]] match against Madison Rayne just three days after winning it at ''Bound For Glory''. No one, in the history of wrestling, has ever liked a Fingerpoke of Doom match in any way: it kills a title's prestige, it pisses off the audience, and it kills the momentum of whatever angle is happening at the time. Oh, and one Fingerpoke of Doom match between Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan '''''helped kill WCW.'''''
* ''Victory Road 2011'''s main event, a bout between [[Jeff Hardy]] and [[Sting (Wrestlingwrestling)|Sting]] for the TNA World Championship, was the obvious low point of the PPV. Hardy was visibly strung-out, and it took him close to six minutes to head to the ring. Shortly thereafter, Bischoff comes down to announce it as a No DQ match, but apparently this was a cover-up to hide the fact that he told Sting to forcibly pin Hardy down as quickly as possible before someone got injured. 90 seconds later (including 60 seconds of stalling by [[Jeff Hardy]]), a visibly pissed-off Sting hit Hardy with a Scorpion Deathdrop and held him down for the 1-2-3. One of the performers in the main event was so impaired that that he couldn't even work the damn match without there being a real possibility of him injuring someone.<ref>indeed, Hardy attempted to bite/scratch Sting while he was pinned down</ref> The fans started chanting "Bullshit!" at the end of the event, and Sting was clearly heard agreeing with them.
* Speaking of bad [[Face Heel Turn]]s and horrible angles, how about the dissolution of [[Christian]]'s Coalition in 2007-08? Let's run down why that failed:
** First off, [[AJ Styles]] and Tomko grow into a first-rate tag team by backing up Christian Cage together throughout 2007. The Coalition are popular villains due to a comedic bent in their segments in which it's apparent that these guys at least really enjoy working together. AJ's career is saved from floundering and kept afloat through the influx of established name talent which started with Christian and Sting because of this team. Tomko's subtle development as a wrestler and as a character despite being a backgrounder is so popular with fans that they've started to ''chant his name'' during appearances with Christian. Styles and Tomko eventually end the aforementioned Team Pacman abomination and become Tag Team Champions at ''Bound For Glory'', TNA's biggest showcase. Yet only a month later, they not only distract Christian by coming out when he said not to, costing him a match that would've got him back in the TNA World Championship picture, but later they go and help [[Kurt Angle]] (one of Christian's sworn enemies from earlier in the year and a [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|major league airtime thief himself]] for months since his own [[Face Heel Turn]]) retain said title.
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