The Tom-Tom Club

[Brain Of J]

So ... anybody listen to my podcast here? Feedback, thoughts, questions, comments, points of concern?

Jed Shaffer
~Nobody will email us or comment on our FB page, and with the 'Crap/forum split ... gotta generate interest SOMEWHERE.

[comahan]

Link? Ill give it a listen.

[Brain Of J]

tomtomclubshow.mevio.com/

On the page, there's a link to the iTunes subscription thread. If you sign up, when the new episodes are uploaded (Thursday evenings), you'll get the immediately.

Jed Shaffer
~And if you like it, tell friends. Spread the word. We're hoping to go from the lowest rated podcast on iTunes to the second lowest rated!

[themightyblot]

I'm on it as well. We argue a lot.

Brian J. Blottie
-But I'm usually right, so it's OK.

[Brain Of J]

Oct 29, 2010 17:12:16 GMT -5 themightyblot said:

But I'm usually right, so it's OK.

Except when he's wrong, which is almost always. ;D

Jed Shaffer
~You got hosted!

[Brain Of J]

New episode tapes tonight, 8pm EST! All the news that's fit to print, and quite a lot that isn't ... Survivor Series predictions ... we'll be discussing Sean Waltman's comments about WWE's Wellness Policy and if he's on point or out of his mind ... and I have a rant to go off on! All you need is Skype and a mic to join the Cheap Wood Paneling, and Skype-to-Skype is free!

Jed Shaffer
~Come! Join! Have Cake!*
^{*There is no cake.}

[comahan]

Listening to Ep 17 right now.

****** NOTE: All of this is me rambling while listening to the show, eating, and watching basketball. So forgive me for going on and on, or any idiotic grammar.

* Turning point was indeed just *bland*, not good, not bad, but just there.

The Jarrett/Joe match btw, was Joe SQUASHED him for like 10 minutes, and then Jarrett's lackeys (security) came down after a ref bump, and Joe annihilated them as well. Then, Jarrett took out Joe from behind with a Night Stick, then choked him out with the Night Stick. Then, when the ref started getting up, Jarrett threw it away and put on the Rear Naked Choke. The ref saw Jarrett putting the choke on, and saw Joe unconscious, and called for the bell.

It wasnt bad at all, and not nearly as bad as it sounded on paper reading results.

That said, Im actually a TNA fan, one of the very few, so...

* Also, even though the discussion is over and me talking about it doesnt matter at all, I semi agree with both you and Baretta about what makes a "TNA/WWE Guy".

Im with you in that they have to establish their own new character, or a fresh take of their old character, and be involved with good, original stuff going forward. But im with him in that guys like Angle and Sting are TNA guys now. Theyve done enough imo, been involved with enough stuff while not just coasting on being their WWE/WCW self that I think theyre established as TNA guys. Same with Christian Cage before he went back to WWE, I thought he had turned himself into a TNA guy.

That said, one of TNA's biggest problems in my eyes is that guys like Christian, Angle, Sting are very few and far between. Most of the guys they end up picking up that are supposed to be big names end up being just slower versions of their WWE self with no character tweaks or anything of the sort. Rob Van Dam for instance, has done absolutely nothing in TNA to make himself a TNA guy. Jeff Hardy was the same way, though I think changing himself like he has for the heel turn will eventually distinguish his WWE self from his TNA self. Mick Foley, hes a WWE guy to me. Still doing the same stuff and not really contributing anything new or fresh.

Theyve done a good job with Mr Anderson, Matt Morgan, D'Angelo Dinero in differentiating them from their WWE selves I think. Hell, even Stevie Richards becoming Dr Stevie was awesome, because it was new and fresh. Now he, along with all of EV2, fall into the category of just being slower versions of their former self. Its stale, its boring, and its a waste of time and money imo.

* Totally agree on Joe and AJ and how they should be THE GUYS by now. Personally, my biggest peeve with TNA, though I am a fan of theirs, is that they never strap a rocket to anyone and push them to the moon. Everyone that they have ever pushed that has gotten hot (Chris Harris, Monty Brown, Samoa Joe, Tomko, LAX, etc), they reach a certain point, and then TNA seems to just stop pushing them higher than that. They wont let them transition from being "the next star" to being "THE star", and its unbelievably frustrating. Everytime someones close, theyre pushed aside for a flavor of the month, or someone whos "proven".

[Brain Of J]

Not one but TWO episodes for your listening pleasure!

Firstly, Episode Twenty! Lots of TNA news! Very little WWE news! No panel due to personal time constraints!

And then, myself and Scott Barry were guests on John Gray's Real Side Of Wrestling show on Wednesday! Hear us have a more intelligent debate on someone else's show than we could EVER manage on ours!

Jed Shaffer
~Three hours of podcasts! How can you resist?

[themightyblot]

The last few podcasts were golden. Check them out, kids.

Brian J. Blottie
-Pimping since Jed can't bring himself to do it anymore.

[Dan O'Mac]

Odd.... I once was asked by Maestro to pop on there once... and never managed to set anything up with him... SMALL WORLD!!!

[Brain Of J]

You can still be on ...

www.facebook.com/Jagdrs#!/WTRJAGRS

Best way to get in touch with either myself, my co-host (Brian Blottie, who also posts here), or Maestro, who is sort of a "legacy" co-host (his schedule permits infrequent appearences).

Jed Shaffer
~We're always looking for new blood on the show.

[mlsq42]

Yeah, they have that Sforcina guy on a lot, he sucks. Replace him.

Wait...