Here’s what Lance had to say in his latest Q&A on his Blog:
On RVD Winning the Title: I did not see it, I had already given up on the product by them. I’m certainly not against Rob getting the title but I think they really missed the boat by completely skipping the story of his quest for the title. Having him win the title on the very show where he first states he has interest in winning the title, to me was asinine. I’d have likely tuned in to watch the title match had they built to it.
On TNA Hiring former WWE Guys: I think the whole industry feels like you do. Yes signing people solely based on “They used to work for WWE†is stupid, but with that being said some of the guys leaving WWE are very worth bringing in. The key is to sign the right ones and ignore the wrong ones
On TNA Booking: There is NO easy or quick fix, regardless of who they hire. Even if Dixie found the right person and gave them 100% power, and the shows got better tomorrow and started making sense, it would still take years to significantly turn business around. Most fans have tried TNA and have already formed there opinion of it; 1- 1.5 million people are willing to watch the show for free, but only 15 – 25 thousand people nation wide are willing to pay for it. Everyone else in the country gave up a long time ago. Someone new has to over come the 5 year standing precedent TNA has established with their horrible nonsensical crash TV booking.
On Concussions: think the problem is that there were a ton of idiots that decided they would get over by taking unbelievable stiff shot, so they started taking ungodly hard chair shots to the head in an attempt to get over in spite of not actually having talent. Chair shots were an acceptable thing in wrestling for years and “prop†chairs were not needed because when you have two people who know what they are doing you can do safe decent looking chair shots to the head with a real chair. Once guys started taking the unprotected stiff shots, fans popped and the rest was history. As for the chairs in Japan they were legit chairs and you had to get hit ungodly hard to pop those seats off and I don’t for a second believe they were safe either.
