TNA Originals compared to WWE/WCW Castoffs

**glanville6** · 10-28-2010, 11:02 PM

I was thinking the other night about the TNA roster. Its got its share of guys who made their names in TNA, and a boatload of guys who previously were in WWE, as well as Sting from WCW.

I just kind of think of guys like AJ Styles, Eric Young, Abyss, and Samoa Joe as glorified independent wrestlers.

Yes, Samoa Joe wasn't there from the start and was big in ROH, but still, he wasn't on TV then so I just threw his name in there.

Styles and Abyss have had success as TNA/NWA World Champions, so they are successful, but to me, if you haven't been in WWE- asides from any dark matches they have had- you are almost a nobody in this business. Not a knock on their work, but WWE is still the king.

Conversely, almost all of the guys in TNA are working in TNA because WWE didn't want them anymore. Kennedy, Mickie James, Team 3D, Matt Morgan, The Pope. They are there to collect a paycheck. Not that its a bad thing, but the consensus is that a lot of these guys are washed up. The wrestlers are making money, but besides Jeff Hardy- whose going to draw any money for the company?

Any thoughts? Disagreements?

10-28-2010, 11:02 PM	#1
glanville6 Posts: 1,377	TNA Originals compared to WWE/WCW Castoffs I was thinking the other night about the TNA roster. Its got its share of guys who made their names in TNA, and a boatload of guys who previously were in WWE, as well as Sting from WCW. I just kind of think of guys like AJ Styles, Eric Young, Abyss, and Samoa Joe as glorified independent wrestlers. Yes, Samoa Joe wasn't there from the start and was big in ROH, but still, he wasn't on TV then so I just threw his name in there. Styles and Abyss have had success as TNA/NWA World Champions, so they are successful, but to me, if you haven't been in WWE- asides from any dark matches they have had- you are almost a nobody in this business. Not a knock on their work, but WWE is still the king. Conversely, almost all of the guys in TNA are working in TNA because WWE didn't want them anymore. Kennedy, Mickie James, Team 3D, Matt Morgan, The Pope. They are there to collect a paycheck. Not that its a bad thing, but the consensus is that a lot of these guys are washed up. The wrestlers are making money, but besides Jeff Hardy- whose going to draw any money for the company? Any thoughts? Disagreements?