An open letter to TNA about gimmick matches

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Originally Posted by Alienoid06 To be fair, though, it's not just TNA that are at fault for this. The WWE has watered down the cage match immensely. I can't remember the last time I was excited for one. They usually come out of nowhere, when the WWE wants to cheap pop the crowd and throw a gimmick match away on TV. I mean, I that it lost to a Street Fight at Cyber Sunday should be pretty telling (I think it was a Street Fight it lost to). The WWE is also starting to slip up with their Hell in a Cell Matches, too. They've always been somewhat spotty with that. But DX vs. Big Show, Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon? I remember when they were going to throw the match into Cyber Sunday just for the hell of it. There was hardly any build-up to Triple H vs. Randy Orton at all. And while there was for The Undertaker and Batista, that they were opponents in a regular Triple Threat Match a month later is not a great sign.

The very fact that they've introduced both the Hell in the Cell and the Elimiation Chamber in the last ten years shows that the WWE is also guilty of this. I even believe that Mick Foley ruined the HIAC matches when he took that dive because every match-up afterwards would be a disappointment.

However, TNA should be criticised more because it's trying to use gimmick matches to attract a fan-base. That's what it's doing wrong, and that's why it gets me hot to see PPVs like Lockdown because they've basically blown their load in just 3 hours, and the average casual fan isn't going to give a shit about the next iMPACT.

Hell, if a girl gives you a blowjob on your first date, how pissed are you going to be when she gives you a kiss on your second date, and only ever gives handjobs on special occassions?