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**Jordan** · 03-04-2010, 03:33 PM

I have been so iffy on TNA's new direction in the last month. Since January I feel like the product has regressed instead of progressed. However... lets just be dead honest...

Your a 13 year old kid who isn't a member of the IWC... you've been watching for a few years... Raw is on and it goes to commerical. So instead of watching that you flip around. You are bound to eventually land on Impact, right?

If on Impact! you see some guys you grew up watching like Angle, Hogan, Flair, RVD, Jeff Hardy, Foley, Jarrett, Kennedy.... etc...

Don't you think that you might stick it out for a few minutes to see what it's all about?

All it takes is five minutes to get a rating point from a viewer.

WWE is on top of the game now, best they have been in a LONG time. But it won't last forever, it never does. And even though it is pretty grand right now, there are still shit parts. I would much rather watch any one of the guys mentioned above than a WWE Diva's or Women's division match. I'd rather watch those guys than Chavo, or Carlito, or Masters, or Shelton, or any of the guys WWE has floating around for 3 minutes on Raw.

I think within five or six months TNA will be hitting in the high 2's... it's just logical.

The only way it will happen though is good booking.

The reason we switched from Savio Vega vs Yokozuna, or The Smoking Guns vs The Godwins, or Bob Holly vs Aldo Montoya is because WCW was using Kevin Nash and Scott Hall in ways we never though possible.

Hogan could pull this off, he needs to reach way back into the memory banks... think back to how he was booked in AWA. Genius. Fucking glorious booking that made Wrestling what it is today. I am sorry Vince but you only sold Hulkamania to the masses, Verne Gange and Hulk Hogan created Hulkamania.

Eric needs to focus on what he does best. Search everywhere else, ROH, Dragon Gate, New Japan, All Japan, Noah, CMLL, AAA, UFC, Bischoff is an idea theaft.

NWO was an angle in New Japan before it was in WCW.

Eric needs to be smart and steal from the most creative just like he did from Paul Heyman and NJPW (Inoki was probably the booker I think?).

So whats getting the real wrestling fans hot? Great wrestling. We all love great matches, and realistic shoot style angles that make even us say "Was the supposed to happen?".

I know they could do it. I don't have too much faith in them to pull it off in the long term however.

03-04-2010, 03:33 PM	#26
Jordan It's a blood match! Posts: 27,385	I have been so iffy on TNA's new direction in the last month. Since January I feel like the product has regressed instead of progressed. However... lets just be dead honest... Your a 13 year old kid who isn't a member of the IWC... you've been watching for a few years... Raw is on and it goes to commerical. So instead of watching that you flip around. You are bound to eventually land on Impact, right? If on Impact! you see some guys you grew up watching like Angle, Hogan, Flair, RVD, Jeff Hardy, Foley, Jarrett, Kennedy.... etc... Don't you think that you might stick it out for a few minutes to see what it's all about? All it takes is five minutes to get a rating point from a viewer. WWE is on top of the game now, best they have been in a LONG time. But it won't last forever, it never does. And even though it is pretty grand right now, there are still shit parts. I would much rather watch any one of the guys mentioned above than a WWE Diva's or Women's division match. I'd rather watch those guys than Chavo, or Carlito, or Masters, or Shelton, or any of the guys WWE has floating around for 3 minutes on Raw. I think within five or six months TNA will be hitting in the high 2's... it's just logical. The only way it will happen though is good booking. The reason we switched from Savio Vega vs Yokozuna, or The Smoking Guns vs The Godwins, or Bob Holly vs Aldo Montoya is because WCW was using Kevin Nash and Scott Hall in ways we never though possible. Hogan could pull this off, he needs to reach way back into the memory banks... think back to how he was booked in AWA. Genius. Fucking glorious booking that made Wrestling what it is today. I am sorry Vince but you only sold Hulkamania to the masses, Verne Gange and Hulk Hogan created Hulkamania. Eric needs to focus on what he does best. Search everywhere else, ROH, Dragon Gate, New Japan, All Japan, Noah, CMLL, AAA, UFC, Bischoff is an idea theaft. NWO was an angle in New Japan before it was in WCW. Eric needs to be smart and steal from the most creative just like he did from Paul Heyman and NJPW (Inoki was probably the booker I think?). So whats getting the real wrestling fans hot? Great wrestling. We all love great matches, and realistic shoot style angles that make even us say "Was the supposed to happen?". I know they could do it. I don't have too much faith in them to pull it off in the long term however.