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I think there were a number of factors in the poor showing.  One, it was a concept that had been done before (The Running Man comes to mind).  Two, it was the worst weekend of the movie industry's year, partially due to all the other major feature films coming out shortly after.  Three, Steve Austin in 2007 is something of a nostalgia act that fans will pop huge for but aren't spending money to go see.  In many aspects, John Cena is a bigger name now than Austin is in 2007 and that reflected in their respective films.  I think the Kane film did well simply because it was a horror genre film that has its own audience built in while Cena drew a lot of female and younger fans.

I was wondering if you feel that die hard TNA fans are perhaps hurting TNA's ability to grow it's fan base? They post videos on youtube or comments on message boards that basically express their opinion that WWE sucks and TNA is great and that only a teenage girl or a moron would watch WWE. I think this causes a WWE fan looking at TNA for the first time to look at it from a jaded viewpoint and be less willing to accept the product. If the die hard TNA fans would say something like "If you like watching WWE matches with Johnny Nitro or Matt Hardy then check out TNA" without belittling or condescending to people they would really help the company in my opinion. Bottom line - I don't think TNA is as good as the die hards say and WWE certainly isn't as bad as they say; both companies have strengths and weaknesses.

The only way a diehard fan can hurt a company's growth is to reject the company as it evolves.  While some of the comments you mention are silly or absurd, I don't believe any wrestling fan that comes across TNA (or any company) is going to reject it because of someone's opinions.  They are going to make up their own mind.  It's up to TNA to attract and maintain fans that want to watch and pay for their product.

Hi, I was just curious as to what the “4-up” on Elijah Burke’s wrist tape refers to.

It stands for four fingers upside your head, as in a punch.  It's a takeoff from an old Red Foxx routine, where he would say he's going to give someone "five upside the head".  Since you only actually use four fingers when you close your first for a punch, that's where Burke gets the name.

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