Benoit winning the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania XX was one of the greatest moments in wrestling history. Benoit's story, which really kicked up around the 2003 Royal Rumble, leading to him chasing, getting screwed by Heyman and finally winning the 2004 Royal Rumble and jumping brand was so brilliantly told. Just throwing that out there.
I think one of the stupidest things TNA has ever done was have Monty Brown throw his chances at being NWA World Heavyweight Champion away and align with Jeff Jarrett while being the biggest face in the company.
I'd still go for a TNA/ROH talent exchange or crossover. ROH could help with tag teams and providing some X-Division talent for TNA. In exchange, TNA can give ROH some "bigger names" back for certain shows. AJ Styles, Bad Influence, Austin Aries, Samoa Joe and even Kurt Angle working ROH would be pretty great for the promotion, and it'd give both them and TNA a chance to create a buzz about themselves. OVW could become a pretty decent online thing, too, if they, say, end the Aces & Eights and have the expelled members take residence in OVW. Devon, for example, would become a trainer for TNA/ROH and be an on-air character in their developmental promotion, with Garett Bischoff, Wes Brisco and Knux doing his bidding.
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