First off, I'm not a fan of TNA at all. I tried back in the day and it just wasn't interesting. Too reminiscent of WCW Saturday Night. Tried watching again recently and looks like things haven't changed much. And yeah, too many gimmick matches.
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Originally Posted by Afterlife
TNA looks really bad -- and I mean that aesthetically. It's not a wrestling ring; the "arena" looks to be the size of a high school gym;
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This would be my first complaint with TNA. 8 sided ring? C'mon..stick to what works. 4 sided ring has worked for decades.
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Originally Posted by Afterlife
In short, TNA kinda looks like a public access version of American Gladiators. It's a hokey as you can get. Granted, that may be due to the fact that WWE is enormous and anything put beside it will look diminished, but still...it looks less than impressive.
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Any wrestling promotion at this point that goes against the WWE is going to look bush league in many regards BUT like many have said on here, they have the talent and potential to do great things and make a significant dent in their ratings.
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Originally Posted by Kane Knight
On the flipside, if they can't win over the community most likely to like them, maybe they don't deserve to get people from outside to jump on board?
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Good point indeed.
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So if they can't gain acceptance, maybe they just don't deserve it.
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Sad but true.
I think guys like Booker T, Christian, Angle...those are guys that have been there and done that. Perhaps they don't care cos they are still getting their paychecks but day by day, whatever wrestling legacy they have will slowly diminish.
And for the record, I was never able to picture a guy like Samoa Joe as any sort of heavyweight champion. Decent wrestler but not championship material IMO.