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Every TNA thread brings up the line of something like 'they are making the same mistakes as WCW' or some such like statement. I haven't seen TNA in quite some time, I see the odd clip on the internet every so often.
I think everyone sees that TNA aren't as good as they could be if they put some thought behind it. Because of this people naturally assume that they are screwing themselves up like WCW did. However, WCW at least had a high point. This is probably because WCW had the purchasing power over a weak WWE at a point in time which nobody can overthrow at present. However, WCW did have angles that looked fresh even though they might have been variations on older storylines. I think KK's line on originality in wrestling as a whole probably fits best here.
For me TNA is probably at best a poor man's WCW. TNA did hire from other organisations, however couldn't raid a company as big as ECW and could only feed on the scraps of WWE.
TNA needs to settle down and think about it's direction. The problem with most of wrestling is that they focus on positioning themselves compared to WWE. TNA need to start making their own stars. WWE guys need to stop coming in with a lofty position on the card compared to the guys who have been there years. They need to put on a product which has quality in wrestling terms and leave 'entertainment' to the WWE. If they dedicate too much tv time to entertainment, they will contiuosly be shown up as second rate.
It's frustrating I guess because they could feasibly do it. They have the wrestlers, they have the personalities, they have the TV time, they are even making waves international wise but they are way off with their product.
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