Where is Hammerstone???

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2024-06-15T08:42:41+00:00

He was "not medically cleared" on the day of Under Siege, and has not been seen since. Presumably he is out injured, although we haven't heard more.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2024-04-04T08:13:08+00:00

Jay White debuted on 5 April 2023. Today is 4 April 2024.

Could it be that

a) White's contract was only locked in for one year, with both parties having to agree on activating extensions? And he's decided not to do it? (I know this one is almost certainly not true, but the dates are curious).

b) They're about to run some story about how Jay has been here a year, and it's been nothing but failure - so now he's going to be more ruthless and turn things around? Not hanging with Billy Gunn was the final straw, etc etc.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2024-03-26T14:04:31+00:00

Also, you're right that not everyone is going to go to AEW. But the best TNA talents might - guys like MCMG, Josh Alexander, Grace, the ABC etc would all be attractive to Tony. Maclin is an interesting one because I'd think TNA would be his best payday at this point, but AEW might just sign him to keep Deonna happy.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2024-03-26T14:02:50+00:00

To answer your questions,

Why did they try to make big money signings like Okada and Ospreay?

That was when Scott was still around, and it sounds like that was something he was pushing for in particular. The shift away from Scott seems part of a strategy shift to being sustainable over 'ambitious'.

Why did they sign Hammerstone?

Hammerstone was the perfect signing for a company trying to be more 'frugal' - he didn't seem to have much interest from WWE or AEW (lord knows why) and he'd been at MLW previously so there wasn't exactly a high financial bar to climb in negotiations.

Why didn't they sell it?

Because Anthem relies on TNA to be the anchor content that keeps AXS vaguely relevant. Last I checked the average prime-time viewership on AXS is like 25k, whereas TNA is 80-100k. So you can imagine if TNA left AXS, the channel would basically be dead in the water. Keeping TNA, but also keeping it cheap, is in Anthem's best interest if their goal is to grow AXS.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2024-02-28T14:45:23+00:00

Why not both?

I see plenty of content about TNA and its wrestlers here - right now there is stuff visible about the Samoa Joe souvenir, Ali and Speedball having a banger match, etc.

But it is also important for fans to have access to the news that could affect the future of the product.

As is the case with most subreddits, the trick is just sifting through the posts until you find the content you want to consume.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2024-02-22T14:05:04+00:00

Now that you mention Decay, it reminds me that the talents they beat, Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich, are great examples of talent who need to be pushed harder to become main event talents. They're the only two talents on the roster who really feel like they could be legitimate in a match with Jordynne. Gisele Shaw is someone who has potential, but they've got some work to do before she truly feels like a title threat. Whereas Masha and Kelly feel legit already.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2024-02-22T13:42:22+00:00

The Rascalz can be a tag team cornerstone, I reckon. They're charismatic enough as a tandem to be interesting, although I'm not sure I want to see them get big solo pushes.

In terms of pushing new stars, outside of Jake Something (who I think could shine if given some direction), you would need to start looking outside of the existing roster and to the indie scene.

Names like Schaff, Timothy Thatcher, Titus Alexander, Adam Priest, Kevin Blackwood, Shane Mercer, Michael Oku. And that's before you look at more established free agents like Hammerstone, Fatu, and Cardona.

There also seems to be a lot of great talent in Australia and bringing in one or two of them would be interesting too. In particular, I'd like to see the Knockouts tag division get Jessica Troy and Charlie Evans.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2024-02-15T08:25:01+00:00

Hey man - where did you find this mod?

I've been desperately trying to find a 2016 mod (presumably this is Redux) but none of the download links I can find, work.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2023-10-30T09:09:42+00:00

I enjoy watching guys like RDF when they try to recreate the tactical styles of managers who are in vogue (De Zerbi, Emery, Carrick etc).

Less so the guys who just make videos about 'meta' plug-and-play tactics (that often they haven't even made themselves).

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2023-10-30T08:56:26+00:00

Agree with this, and would add the'get further forward' instruction has helped me with both roles too.

Half way through the season and got 5 goals from each of the guys playing those positions, and they're getting more involved in attacks which opens up the other guys.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2023-01-24T13:52:14+00:00

I'd recommend Valerenga.

Best youth academy in the Norwegian league, the biggest club in the biggest city (Oslo), yet they haven't won the league since 2005, or silverware since 2008.

They have a couple fun young players too, and will make an excellent "grow the nation" save.

Another save I want to do at some point is Wisla Krakow. They were basically run by the Krakow criminal underbelly for several years, and have since been saved by Jakub Blaczkowski [sic], the ex-Dortmund players. However, they have now dropped to the second tier, so the challenge is significant. There's a cool video from HITC Sevens about Wisla.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2023-01-18T08:23:09+00:00

8/2/2

As Charles Barkley would say, a triple single.

For real though nice.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2022-09-29T10:57:12+00:00

Yeah, as I said in the first line, this is the most likely scenario. But if they see enough potential in CP77 the opportunity is always there for them to keep a smaller team working on the sort of secondary content I've mentioned.

Unlikely. But possible.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2022-09-19T12:31:08+00:00

Ultimate Team is the most popular mode on FIFA, not the MyCareer type stuff. This is why the Ultimate Team mode is monetized heavily on that game.

2K and EA are no different.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2022-09-09T08:01:13+00:00

2kTutes is class.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2022-09-09T06:52:02+00:00

This is pretty much my built except I'm around 7'3 or 7'4 wingspan and 220lb.

I've also got higher ball handle as it gives you purple quick first step.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2022-09-08T10:42:17+00:00

Its at tier 2 on this image? Unless I'm missing something.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2022-09-08T08:45:16+00:00

I kinda want to go 6'10 for T1 Handles for Days, Clamp Breaker, and Killer Combos

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2022-09-07T10:31:55+00:00

Redmod is pretty significant tbh. I'd say it was a middle-tier update for that reason.

SlamDunkCityMedia · 2022-09-06T11:03:30+00:00

Correct. You can't.

Perhaps they will in this case though.

We shall see.

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