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* [[Author's Saving Throw]]: The second "they" reveal on February 3rd, 2011. Originally the storyline was written for the [[Disc One Final Boss|Main]] [[Power Stable|Event]] [[The Mafia|Mafia]] (or at least a babyface reincarnation thereof) to reunite. [[Too Dumb to Live|Despite Booker T, Sting, and Kevin Nash not even having signed back with TNA yet.]] At least two, possibly all three, of those guys recently heading for [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] instead, forced TNA to rewrite the story. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|And by God, the result caused much rejoicing.]] So who were "they", exactly? ''[[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Fortune]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|epically]] [[Conspiracy Redemption|rebelling against]] [[Obviously Evil|Eric Bischoff]] [[Nebulous Evil Organization|and]] [[The Illuminati|Immortal]].'' And the best part? '''The original idea would've been closer to an [[Ass Pull]].'''
** Oh that's not the best part, the best part is [[AJ Styles]] [[Calling the Old Man Out|calling Bischoff out]] for turning TNA into a WWE ripoff. Why is this the best part? This is ''exactly'' what the fans had been complaining about!
** After the catastrophic mess that was the Main Event of ''Victory Road 2011'', TNA offered six months of free access to their online on-demand service if you show proof of purchase.
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** Most people consider the breaking point the amount of time spent on storylines (i.e. talking) versus the amount of time spent on wrestling. YMMV all around.
*** One thing about TNA that must aggravate some WWE fans is that they apparently have to assign all of their talent to some ridiculously large faction (Main Event Mafia, Fortune, etc.) in a failed attempt to recreate the magic of 1990s WWE with [[The Corporation]], Nation of Domination, etc. Rather than make the storylines more interesting, this tactic only cheapens them because it locks the characters into stereotyped roles to the point where their only motivation for attacking each other is "one's in Fortune and the other's not," etc.
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** If it had anything to do with Abyss before his [[Badass Decay]] set in, it was Dutch Mantell booking it. The first time the "Fire Russo!" chant was invoked (Turning Point 2006, during the [[
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-8BEqC_EPs Dutch defends himself].
** According to Internet reports, [[Hulk Hogan]] and Eric Bischoff have been rewriting the shows. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] as to the quality of the finished product.
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*** This has seemingly been rectified following an incident with [[Ric Flair]] and Jordan's male valet, leading to the latter's apparent dismissal from the company. His female valet disappeared shortly afterward.
*** Now, Orlando is openly groping his opponents like D'Angelo Dinero during his matches. This just takes the implications to a whole 'nother level. Apparently, Orlando would rather sexually assault other men than try to defeat them in a wrestling contest which, should be mentioned, ''is his job!''
** Recently, after [[Rob Van Dam]] was forced to vacate the World Championship, a tournament was held to decide the new champion with final four consisting of [[Kurt Angle]], [[Jeff Hardy]], Ken Anderson, and The Pope. All four former [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Superstars. There were TNA originals in the tournament, but they all lost to the aforementioned.
** The treatment of the Knockouts could be seen as this, given that they are paid lower and have less screen time than the male wrestlers. Made worse if the rumor why the "unlucky-knockout-gets-her-head-shaved" angle came to be because the Knockouts were complaining about their lack of screen time was true.
*** It's even more grating because the promotion is actually headed by a woman, Dixie Carter-Salinas.
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** Bubba The Love Sponge had this, chiefly because he was a barely-known radio show host who got into the company thanks to being friends with [[Hulk Hogan]]. When he got fired, [[And There Was Much Rejoicing|pretty much the entire IWC exploded in joy]].
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