Why Do Fans Downplay People When They're In TNA But Hype Them Up Once They Get To WWE?

[raw613]

Tna brand has been damaged because of a bunch of network and regime changes and disorganization that results from that, but they always had talent there. Of course there are also always people that just buy into whatever narrative the WWE puts out there as well lol

 

[Zebruh]

Because that would validate TNA more than the WWE and Jeff Jarrett would've won

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

What does it say about your company when a guy shows up and wins the tag team titles by himself?

...Vince literally did this TWO DAYS AGO.

 

[Flex Luger]

In most cases, because they're sheep breh.

This pretty much. I remember dudes calling the Broken Universe stuff corny when Matt and Jeff were in TNA but as soon as they went back to the E them same dudes were begging Vince to bring back the supposedly corny Broken Universe.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Outside of Lashleys TNA run, these guys were booked terrible over there, even as world champions

Angle was overbooked which actually hurt him when he first got there. What does it say about your company when a guy shows up and wins the tag team titles by himself?

We gotta let that one breath a little.

It’s a little too soon to be doing that or throwing that shot

Martha

 

[El Cocodrilo]

I can only speak for my own experience; every time I checked in on TNA it was trash.

The company itself also developed a reputation for just being a loser company so people just dont want to have anything to do with it.

 

[Reality Check]

I promise you if The Desi Hit Squad showed up the crowd isn't popping for them. By contrast someone who does have some buzz or name recognition or has put in good work like Johnny Impact or Eli Drake or Rosemary or Sienna is gonna get a good reaction.

If the WWE wants The Rock, they can call him up to appear. They don't need to poach the cheap, karaoke rip-off from TNA

 

[Coco Brown]

If the WWE wants The Rock, they can call him up to appear. They don't need to poach the cheap, karaoke rip-off from TNA

LOL why you gotta drag Eli and leave him for death like that? I know a lot of people think he's a Great Value version of the Rock but I like Eli and he's got a nice buzz going for himself. I can see him in the WWE in the mid card. IDK if they would tweak his gimmick so there were less Rock comparisons though.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

We gotta let that one breath a little.

It’s a little too soon to be doing that or throwing that shot

Martha

 

[Shadow]

A lot of folks don't seem to be fans of specific wrestlers rather they are fans of companies.

RVD was flabby and sick in TNA but as soon as left TNA people were getting happy and ready for his WWE return. I'm not talking about after he lost the weight, I'm talking about as soon as he left.
People suddenly Lashley fans yet refuse to watch the good matches he had in TNA.
Soon as Sting leaves TNA a bunch of Sting fans pop up. When he was in TNA I remember folks saying "the WWE crowd probably won't even know who Sting is." Same about AJ Styles "WWE fans don't even know him, he's basically a nobody." <---I know ya'll remember this.
The Kurt Angle hyperbole: "He's gonna die in the ring and TNA doesn't even care, he's flabby and old why is he still wrestling?" *time passes* "OMG GOAT ANGLE IS COMING BACKI!!! I hope he wrestles again!!!"

Hell, folks were doing the same thing with Hogan. Clowned TNA for having him, he comes back to WWE it's "Brehs, it's so great to see Hogan back in the red and yellow, I was always a hulkamaniac. "

It's the same when somebody leaves WWE too, all of sudden they were never a good wrestler and 'couldn't cut it in the big leagues'. It's hilarious.

This is nothing new though, been that way for awhile, folks are just seeing it more and more as WWE adopts more former TNA guys and TNA built talent(there's a difference, see: Lashley, Broken Matt, EC3, etc. Basically so called "WWE rejects" in TNA but once returning to WWE people suddenly start liking them.) Is it because of the change of scenery? Or because you were bias all along? Were you actually fans of those folks, or the company they wrestled in? Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z.

 

[julesocean]

This is simple. Alot of people don't watch Impact, they have no idea of who is talented or not, who got better or worse. They know people in the show they watch (WWE). And they trust the brand they watch to have the best guys. If Lashley wasn't on WWE, he must not be THAT good. Now that he is there again, WWE is showing them that yes he is this good and we went and got him for you, so you should go apeshyt.

It's the same reason people still shyt on Meek now because he battled and lost to Drake even though his music is still dope (imo). If you aren't with us, you're against us. The same reason you hate the agitator on your rival team until you guys sign him then you appreciate him more.

For instance, if we take ELI DRAKE, who has a rep for being a great talker and a shyt wrestler. if WWE makes a statement today that he is a top 10 wrestler, people would start talking about it like it's legit. That's all it is. Stand behind your brand and their talent vs. other peoples'.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

because if its not wwe the dont like it
its simple as that

 

[Kinguno]

For me I found TNA by accident and it always seemed slightly better than those Mexican wrestling shows in all Spanish but a comedy compared to WWE it didn't help it had people from WCW like Sting's dumbass who should have been in WWE so it was kinda ehh and over time it got worse and worse I would look in to see old favorites and I even became a fan of a few talents like AJ,Roode, cowboy Memphis bleek cac who rolled with Roode, Joe, Suicide, and bald old guy

When they tried to go head to head that was the worse

Plus all their talent is three fourths men size

 

[thaKEAF]

I never downplayed the talent in TNA but there was just never a time I tuned in and it wasn’t bush league bullshyt. Not saying WWE has always been the best but TNA has always been another level of .

I never thought I’d see AJ, Samoa Joe, Roode in WWE though.

 

[TBdaGhost]

Probably because the people hyping them in WWE weren't watching TNA like that in the first place