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"A match between Daffney and Taylor Wilde ended up getting the highest ratings of any segment of the episode of Impact it aired on. TNA followed up this success by rarely putting either Knockout on TV again."
"TNA paired Petey Williams up with Scott Steiner with Petey serving as Steiner's protégé; this resulted in Petey riding with Steiner between house shows. On one of these journeys, Steiner drove the wrong way into a drive-thru order at the pay window, and then ate his food in the park-and-wait bay.
Williams also became "Maple Leaf Muscle" during his run with Steiner, and the gimmick started getting him over with fans again. TNA promptly fired him for daring to get over with the help of a veteran instead of, you know, putting the veteran over."
Both of those sounds like something the WWE would do
"Speaking of Taylor Wilde, she inadvertently became the focus of one of TNA's first major pay scandals. Despite her status as both a performer on a primetime cable network television program and the then-reigning Knockouts Champion, Wilde had to work a second job at a local Sunglasses Hut to cover her living expenses because TNA paid her far less than she needed. When a fan recognized her at the second job, she quit out of embarrassment. She also left TNA later in the year, presumably also out of embarassment. The Taylor Wilde fiasco allowed critics to turn the disparity in pay between male and female performers (as well as the generally low pay of TNA in and of itself) into a legitimate criticism of the company. ODB also revealed that she had to work a second job as a bartender. The low pay extended to the male side of the roster, as well. Several midcarders have admitted to having second jobs while TNA continued paying big bucks for ex-WWE "big names". The company eventually shelled out $4 million for the contracts of half a dozen people, none of whom were midcarders or Knockouts.
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The epilogue for Death of WCW was the most hilarious thing I read this year. It's pages full of TNA goofs, I can't believe they let some of that stuff happen.
