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** 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. |
** 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. |
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*** It's even more grating because the promotion is actually headed by a woman, Dixie Carter-Salinas. |
*** It's even more grating because the promotion is actually headed by a woman, Dixie Carter-Salinas. |
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** To add on to the less than pleasant treatment of the Knockouts, they were shut out of the first TNA Impact video game. TNA thought it would be better to put Mike Tenay and Don West in the game over Gail Kim, Awesome Kong, Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, etc. |
** To add on to the less than pleasant treatment of the Knockouts, they were shut out of the first TNA Impact video game. TNA thought it would be better to put Mike Tenay and Don West in the game over Gail Kim, Awesome Kong, Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, etc. |
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* [[Unintentionally Sympathetic]]: Many [[Heel|Heels]] in TNA turn out this way. |
* [[Unintentionally Sympathetic]]: Many [[Heel|Heels]] in TNA turn out this way. |
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** For a couple of months, half of Immortal. Fortune was led by [[Red Baron|"The Nature Boy"]] [[Ric Flair|Ric]] [[Memetic Mutation|"God!"]] [[Ric Flair|Flair]] and consisted of several wrestlers the likes of which have helped build TNA from the ground up yet had a very good case to say that they've been [[Demoted to Extra]] for any latest big name veteran fads that may go through the place. When they turned on Immortal using the same exact character premise, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|the crowd exploded in joy]]. |
** For a couple of months, half of Immortal. Fortune was led by [[Red Baron|"The Nature Boy"]] [[Ric Flair|Ric]] [[Memetic Mutation|"God!"]] [[Ric Flair|Flair]] and consisted of several wrestlers the likes of which have helped build TNA from the ground up yet had a very good case to say that they've been [[Demoted to Extra]] for any latest big name veteran fads that may go through the place. When they turned on Immortal using the same exact character premise, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|the crowd exploded in joy]]. |
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*** Dreamer's own heel turn about a half a year later at first saw Bully Ray gleefully forcing his hand in a way that was very much implied to be the same situation. Then he decided AJ and the fans were all [[Ungrateful Bastard|Ungrateful Bastards]] and worked with Bully Ray willingly before leaving weeks later. |
*** Dreamer's own heel turn about a half a year later at first saw Bully Ray gleefully forcing his hand in a way that was very much implied to be the same situation. Then he decided AJ and the fans were all [[Ungrateful Bastard|Ungrateful Bastards]] and worked with Bully Ray willingly before leaving weeks later. |
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* [[Unintentionally Unsympathetic]]: Velvet Sky in the eyes of some fans. It doesn't help that her current "being bullied" angle is seen as a source of [[Snark Bait]] given ''her'' bullying of other knockouts as a part of [[Girl Posse|The Beautiful People]] for nearly her entire career in TNA and is [[Designated Hero|only a face because her friends have turned against her]]. |
* [[Unintentionally Unsympathetic]]: Velvet Sky in the eyes of some fans. It doesn't help that her current "being bullied" angle is seen as a source of [[Snark Bait]] given ''her'' bullying of other knockouts as a part of [[Girl Posse|The Beautiful People]] for nearly her entire career in TNA and is [[Designated Hero|only a face because her friends have turned against her]]. |
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* [[X-Pac Heat]]: Applied to [[Jeff Jarrett]] in 2005, when fans were pleading him to "DROP THE TITLE!" He was [[Fan Nickname|called "Triple J" by fans]] due to comparisons to [[Triple H]]. This pretty much vanished around the time his wife died and he took less of an on-screen role with the company. |
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** This also helped go away after two more things: first, the notorious lumberjack strap match where, whenever he was out of the ring, he would promptly be beaten down by sixteen fans with leather belts (some of them ''actual'' fans) AND [[Samoa Joe]]. Second, for the smarks at least, [[Hulk Hogan]]'s presence has helped to dull the hate, especially after he essentially buried Jarrett on-screen in a way that almost made Jarrett sympathetic. When he returned to in-ring action, he didn't even have any ''entrance music'' for the first few months. |
** This also helped go away after two more things: first, the notorious lumberjack strap match where, whenever he was out of the ring, he would promptly be beaten down by sixteen fans with leather belts (some of them ''actual'' fans) AND [[Samoa Joe]]. Second, for the smarks at least, [[Hulk Hogan]]'s presence has helped to dull the hate, especially after he essentially buried Jarrett on-screen in a way that almost made Jarrett sympathetic. When he returned to in-ring action, he didn't even have any ''entrance music'' for the first few months. |
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** Since Immortal began, several of the members (Hogan, Bischoff, and Jarrett) has been building X-Pac heat due to overexposure and really asinine moments (such as Hogan's "No more kayfabe" promo). |
** Since Immortal began, several of the members (Hogan, Bischoff, and Jarrett) has been building X-Pac heat due to overexposure and really asinine moments (such as Hogan's "No more kayfabe" promo). |
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