Kurt Angle joined TNA Impact! Wrestling on SpikeTV
Being with TNA feels like I found my home, Kurt Angle commented. TNA will be the most watched show on cable TV its just a matter of time. Thank you TNA for saving my career, my life and my desire to do what I love.
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You should watch a real sport like UFC ...how can you get into it when you know there just acting ? Im seriously curious ?
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I wouldn't put it quite as simple as "acting" The wrestlers do put their themselves at risk of injury if something goes wrong during their stuts. Why do you think many of them get so angry when you say "they're just acting?"
Yes, the fights are staged. But you shouldn't take away from their physical abilities to do the stunts that they do. Look for youtube videos of wresting moves gone wrong... you might gain a better aprecitiation of what these guys put into their work.
UFC is great because you know the fight is real. But you have to admit, it isn't always the most exciting to watch. The fights can end very, very quickly... or drag out with both fighters being on the ground.
well.. technically he was supsended as part of WWEs wellness plan.. then he asked to be releived of his contract.
Its odd tho, cause he has said he didn't want to compete with WWE. This would be exactly that, with someone like Angle, I think they could get some much needed press, extra viewer ship
TNA does a few PPVs on the road and has some Dark (non televised) House shows on the road, but not many, TV tapings are all from the universal studios lot, so Angle could have a house in FLA and not have to travel, probably better for his family/health.
Also, currently, TNA tapes 3 shows at once, This will probably change in the future, but either way, with all shows out of the same city, it will make things much less hectic for him.
well, wreslting is a bit of mind controlling, force feeding people with shirts etc , using boobs to promote themselves, stripoker stuff, "what a guy wants" theory . I watch it because i find the moves that they use pretty awesome, it is highly fictional those soap opera stuff , punches etc, but when they pull dangerous stunts they get their ass kicked.
What is teh UFC's qualification process? It seems like they let a ton of people in who can't really throw punches, but when it comes to the main contenders, they have some of the meanest brawlers around.
Ebagg, a fighter needs to qualify by winning a bunch of fights at the local and small circle level. King of the Cage, Rumble on the Rock, and other smaller venue champions usually get a shot. Also, champs and high level competitors from other disciplines such as Abu Dhabi grappling, K-1 kickboxing, D1 wrestling, National Judo, and others can often get in if they are proven champs in that discipline, and have a few mixed martial arts wins.
Excluding a few top guys in the UFC such as Hughes, St. Pierre, Franklin, Liddel, and a few others, the quality of competition is much better in Japan's Pride organization, which is shown on Fox Sports. A mid-tier Pride competitor would be a title-contender in UFC.
The reason for this is that Pride pays its fighters a hell of a lot more. Low level UFC guys might make $3000 off of a fight. In Pride, it's more like $10,000. More fighters would prefer to fight in Pride, so the organization can be more selective of who it takes. This makes for much better fights, of course.
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Being with TNA feels like I found my home, Kurt Angle commented. TNA will be the most watched show on cable TV its just a matter of time. Thank you TNA for saving my career, my life and my desire to do what I love.
if you are not a TNA/Wrestling fan, please ignore
besides, doing a spinning moonsault of the top rope isn't acting. Pretending it hurt, thats acting.
Angle wanted to spend less time on the road, have less matches. WWE did a lot of damage to him physically. The hectic schedule.
TNA is an up and comer. I prefer it to in my opinion, it goes TNA, Raw, ECW, Smackdown, tho I know Rhinokio will disagree
You should watch a real sport like UFC ...how can you get into it when you know there just acting ? Im seriously curious ?
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I wouldn't put it quite as simple as "acting" The wrestlers do put their themselves at risk of injury if something goes wrong during their stuts. Why do you think many of them get so angry when you say "they're just acting?"
Yes, the fights are staged. But you shouldn't take away from their physical abilities to do the stunts that they do. Look for youtube videos of wresting moves gone wrong... you might gain a better aprecitiation of what these guys put into their work.
UFC is great because you know the fight is real. But you have to admit, it isn't always the most exciting to watch. The fights can end very, very quickly... or drag out with both fighters being on the ground.
Its odd tho, cause he has said he didn't want to compete with WWE. This would be exactly that, with someone like Angle, I think they could get some much needed press, extra viewer ship
:P
Also, currently, TNA tapes 3 shows at once, This will probably change in the future, but either way, with all shows out of the same city, it will make things much less hectic for him.
I think you can achieve the same result by watching the Backstreet Boys' music videos...(pain & choreography).
Excluding a few top guys in the UFC such as Hughes, St. Pierre, Franklin, Liddel, and a few others, the quality of competition is much better in Japan's Pride organization, which is shown on Fox Sports. A mid-tier Pride competitor would be a title-contender in UFC.
The reason for this is that Pride pays its fighters a hell of a lot more. Low level UFC guys might make $3000 off of a fight. In Pride, it's more like $10,000. More fighters would prefer to fight in Pride, so the organization can be more selective of who it takes. This makes for much better fights, of course.