Total Nonstop Action Wrestling: Difference between revisions

* [[Braids, Beads, and Buckskins]]: This is basically the gimmick that Mickie James played up when she first arrived in TNA in 2010, underscoring her Native American heritage with, well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|beads and buckskins]] (no braids, though) and the 1970s hard-rock theme "Hardcore Country" (with its "primitive" guitar sound). She has kept "Hardcore Country" into 2011, but now goes for a more generic, [[Deep South|traditionally Southern look]] (she's from Virginia).

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: One of THE most blatant and needless examples of this in the history of scripted television came from [[Hulk Hogan]] on ''ReAction'' November 18th:

"No wonder this company ''was'' in the shape it's in. It's time to get rid o' the trash, the garbage, the worthless piece of crap out here, and we started with Dixie Carter. Yeah, we're gettin' ''very'' real around here. We are so, real, it's unbelievable. Because, if you don't get over like I said, you're fired. If you don't draw number, if you don't entertain, if you don't put asses in seats, if you don't put the coinage in the piggy bank, you're fired. No more games. No more, "[[Fourth Wall|Kayfabe]]." "It's a work." "I've won 34 tag team belts." Who gives a damn, how many…fake belts you won!? If you don't draw money, you get fired around here. If you don't put asses in seats, you’re gone." }}

* [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]] / [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Rob Van Dam, who defeated Sting in about ten seconds during his surprise debut in TNA, only to [[Disproportionate Retribution|immediately receive a hellacious minutes-long beatdown from Sting and his trademark black bat]].

** Might have established a new low with the infamous Reverse Battle Royal.

** Nearly surpassed it with the ungainly red (bird)cage as the opening match under the Hogan regime. Poor Homicide trying to climb out of it to no avail (think [[Full Metal Jacket|Pvt. Pyle]] on the obstacle course).

* [[Girl Posse]]: The Beautiful People.

* [[Glass Jaw Referee]]: Averted by Shane Sewell, whose Puerto Rican wrestling background was acknowledged.

** More insulting was that Dixie's comments on Twitter gave the impression that she thought this was what the fans had wanted.

** When introducing the new four-sided ring to replace TNA's unique six-sider, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO5QqVKWT-w&t=1m0s the crowd booed and started to chant "WE WANT SIX SIDES!"] Hogan's response to the crowd?

** There was Dixie Carter's quote about how TNA tries to appeal to the kind of fans like "that guy who collects the toys in the 40 Year Old Virgin." Of course, it [[You Suck|is]] the titular character of the film.

* [[The Un-Reveal]]: Velvet Sky removes the helmet of the mysterious biker chick who's been allied with Madison Rayne, only to find a mask underneath. (It has since been revealed that this woman is {{spoiler|Tara. You know, the "spider-lady."}})