Thread: Will Kurt Angle actaully help TNA to the next level?
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Old 10-04-2006, 02:59 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by St. Jimmy
IMO, casual fans will hate TNA. It has no non-wrestling entertainment value.
Interesting point. But I think the real weakness to its entertainment value for casual fans is A.J. Styles...well no, that isn't fair. It is all of the cruiserwieght indy workers they have really, who are best represented by A.J. Styles, at least in my mind.

All the TNA indy workers strive to be super awesome in the ring. And we all know being super awesome in the ring doesn't sell tickets or get the causal fan into it. Being super awesome in the ring is always a plus, but none of them have character that is unique to themselves, they are all the same. The only reason I named Jay Lethal and Eric Young is because I know who they are. Eric has a pretty good gimmick going right now, and Jay Lethal is the black guy. The rest of them all have generic names (hell Eric Young is prett generic too), generic ring attire, flashy move sets with unrealistic moves even for wrestling (but they all have them so they become generic movesets by default) and pretty much no gimmick. News flash, having the announcers calling you the Canadian Destroyer is not a gimmick.

Now if they were start getting the guys to be more unique, not all of them can be young pissed off badasses with a chip all the shoulder trying to prove how good they are to the world. Also, being the ethinic verision of the pissed off up and comer doesn't count as unique either, that's right I'm talking to LAX, Senshi, and Sonjay Dutt.

Plus, to get more casual fans, it would help if Jeff Jarrett was kept away from title for a while, and the title stayed on a guy for longer than 2 or 3 months.
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