By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

TNA wrestler Bully Ray compared TNA's decision to cut back from 12 to 4 pay-per-views like improving sex. In an interview with the Busted Open satellite radio show promoting his fictional "bachelor party" Wednesday night in New York City, Ray said he thinks it got to the point where some Impact episodes were better than the PPVs.

"I think it’s good for business as far as people being emotionally invested and really interested in what’s going on. From a dollars and cents point of view, I can only hope it makes sense for TNA," Ray said.

"I like to compare everything to sex. Even sex gets too much at times. A pay-per-view every single month, you kind of get burned out on it. What really is special and what is not special? Sometimes you may watch a PPV and say actually Thursday night’s Impact was better than the PPV. So what did I spend my money on?"

Ray added, "I remember as a kid growing up, the WrestleManias, the Royal Rumbles, the Survivor Series, the Summerslams, the Starrcades. The special shows that you really, really built to. You built real emotional investment. Where you said to yourself, 'I absolutely, positively have to see this show.' With PPV nowadays, whether it’s WWE, TNA, Ring of Honor. Is there anything that’s must see anymore? Okay, I know I must see Bound For Glory, and I know I must see WrestleMania. What else?"

Ray's comments follow a middle-of-the-road, skippable Genesis PPV on Sunday, which is one of the four remaining PPVs. TNA is expected to do a better job promoting and delivering on their three remaining PPVs in 2013 (Lockdown, Slammiversary, and Bound for Glory), which were TNA's signature events when they had 12 PPVs.

In other TNA business items, Ray said he would like to see TNA visit traditional wrestling cities more-often. The implication is that TNA trying to reach small-to-medium-sized towns that WWE does not tour is leaving out traditional wrestling towns where TNA could actually draw.

"There aren’t a lot of topics that I won’t answer you guys on. This one I’m going to step away from, for the very simple fact that my opinions might not mesh with their business opinions," Ray said. "I would love to see TNA get on board a little bit with the more traditional style of wrestling promotion, and getting word out to the fans a little more than just the TV show and the Internet.

"I do believe that a company who is still growing like TNA, you really do need to do the gorilla marketing, the grassroots marketing. I do believe that TNA should be appearing more and more in New York, in Philadelphia, in Boston, in Chicago, and Detroit. Hardcore wrestling fanatics, cities where people will really sink their teeth into your product, people will really jump on board. I’m not quite sure why they stay away from the Northeats as much as they do."

[ FYI: Busted Open with Dave Lagreca and Doug Mortman airs weekly on Sirius 92, XM 208, and Sports Zone on the Internet. ]

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