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**Mr. Nerfect** · 03-16-2010, 02:07 PM

Am I the only one who thinks that TNA would benefit from a second show? Like a SmackDown! to iMPACT!'s RAW? The characters and such we get on TNA are actually pretty interesting, but everything feels rushed, and proper wrestling is neglected. If you space things out between two shows, then you can theoretically increase the length of the matches and such.

Just avoid the WWE's whole "certain stars only appear here" thing. Don't make wrestlers exclusive to one show. Have a talent floating around like Raven moved back to do commentary, and that frees up a roster space. This would also increase the chance people have of turning onto a piece of TNA programming. From there, you can actually implement a lot of the creative changes -- which do need to happen.

TNA's best chance of getting the WWE's attention, is not to put forward the same product with older names, but to see where their weaknesses are counteract those. The Knockouts, for example, do really well in TNA. In the WWE, Diva segments are low-rated and are buffers between bigger matches on PPV. The WWE works a safer style, so naturally the X-Division is a good counter to that. The WWE have seven championships to focus on, whereas TNA have five -- so actually build them up to mean something.

Instead of bringing in these big names for the main event scene, maybe let Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy help out in the X-Division? It suits their styles, and Angle has actually gone on the record saying he would love to work in that division. Having these credible main event guys lower on the card also rises the stock of your guys actually in the main event, like AJ Styles and The Pope.

03-16-2010, 02:07 PM	#5
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,571	Am I the only one who thinks that TNA would benefit from a second show? Like a SmackDown! to iMPACT!'s RAW? The characters and such we get on TNA are actually pretty interesting, but everything feels rushed, and proper wrestling is neglected. If you space things out between two shows, then you can theoretically increase the length of the matches and such. Just avoid the WWE's whole "certain stars only appear here" thing. Don't make wrestlers exclusive to one show. Have a talent floating around like Raven moved back to do commentary, and that frees up a roster space. This would also increase the chance people have of turning onto a piece of TNA programming. From there, you can actually implement a lot of the creative changes -- which do need to happen. TNA's best chance of getting the WWE's attention, is not to put forward the same product with older names, but to see where their weaknesses are counteract those. The Knockouts, for example, do really well in TNA. In the WWE, Diva segments are low-rated and are buffers between bigger matches on PPV. The WWE works a safer style, so naturally the X-Division is a good counter to that. The WWE have seven championships to focus on, whereas TNA have five -- so actually build them up to mean something. Instead of bringing in these big names for the main event scene, maybe let Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy help out in the X-Division? It suits their styles, and Angle has actually gone on the record saying he would love to work in that division. Having these credible main event guys lower on the card also rises the stock of your guys actually in the main event, like AJ Styles and The Pope.