So, Samoa Joe vs Kurt Angle at Genesis.

**.44 Magdalene** · 10-28-2006, 09:49 PM

That's some pretty amazing short term booking there, champ. If it ends in a no contest, it lets them pick up the rivalry and go at it again later--if months down the line they get into it again and it results in another no contest, then you have some serious tension between these two men, especially if Joe's still undefeated at that point. Kurt may be great, but it'd be retarded to dump all of TNA's stock into him simultaneously--don't have him kill Joe's streak, just prove that he's on par with Joe for later. If either man gets a definitive win, then you have just blown the opportunity this match presented. If it ends in a no contest, though, then you have a great match with both men looking like gold. If this match has no definitive ending, then it's not over--it's just the start of something bigger. If Angle does win, he not only proves he's better than Joe, but ends Joe's streak and thus kills two potential highlights of TNA with one fell swoop--in a match that, again, doesn't need to happen in the first place. Just because you want immediate pay off doesn't mean Joe's sixteen months of build up needs to be blown on somebody who doesn't need it.

10-28-2006, 09:49 PM	#22
.44 Magdalene Smitten for Kittens Posts: 3,814	That's some pretty amazing short term booking there, champ. If it ends in a no contest, it lets them pick up the rivalry and go at it again later--if months down the line they get into it again and it results in another no contest, then you have some serious tension between these two men, especially if Joe's still undefeated at that point. Kurt may be great, but it'd be retarded to dump all of TNA's stock into him simultaneously--don't have him kill Joe's streak, just prove that he's on par with Joe for later. If either man gets a definitive win, then you have just blown the opportunity this match presented. If it ends in a no contest, though, then you have a great match with both men looking like gold. If this match has no definitive ending, then it's not over--it's just the start of something bigger. If Angle does win, he not only proves he's better than Joe, but ends Joe's streak and thus kills two potential highlights of TNA with one fell swoop--in a match that, again, doesn't need to happen in the first place. Just because you want immediate pay off doesn't mean Joe's sixteen months of build up needs to be blown on somebody who doesn't need it.