How could TNA seriously be better???

[KingofKings]

Its not that im a WWE hater, but i just think its gone stale right now, and living in the UK TNA is the only other promotion i get to watch. I want it to be like the old monday night war days, back when i used to watch WCW and it was them against WWE. TNA is the only promotion that could push WWE, but its not doing it....

So i wanted to know what could make it better??
Maybe the introduction of a certain Eric bischoff??

Your thoughts pleasee...??

[Xero]

Fire Russo.

Stop booking like they're competing within WWE's current style.

Those are really the two biggest problems, and they go hand-in-hand.

[KingofKings]

Yeaa tbh i dont understand how they have kept russo in for aslong as they have....
I think he is a good character to have in certain angles sometimes but i wouldnt use him as a booker!!
The best thing he did was the S.E.X thing, and that last what 2, 3 weeks??

[BigDaddyCool]

Also, they need better announcers.

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Xero Limit 126 Fire Russo. Stop booking like they're competing within WWE's current style. Those are really the two biggest problems, and they go hand-in-hand.

Fire Mantell, too. Remember when Dixie said that it wasn't Russo that was the problem? Okay, so get rid of the guy who's booking the shit that's got people chanting "fire Russo." Don't go "Shows what you know!" Because being right is less important than...You know...Keeping fans.

I'd also say the following:

Kill the gimmicky stuff. WWE can afford pissbreaks. You are the pissbreak. We don't need guys the kiddies love or whatever, because you have a very small audience to begin with, and not enough programming to merit a sideshow. Plus, they have too much talent to begin with, from the looks of things, which brings me to....

They don't need every wrestler on every program. This may have changed recently, but the effort of shoehorning every guy on the roster into every show made things ridiculous. And that dovetails with....

Work with the talent you've got. I don't remember anyone being snatched up by TNA after being released from WWE recently, but it happens too much. TNA's got an awesome roster, and with a few exceptions, their aquisitions aren't worth it.

Stop trying to revolutionise the business. One of the most important things in any business is an established foundation. Rather than building up their wrestling or storytelling, they slap a bandaid on it in the form of "Look! A New Gimmick Match!"

Again, WWE can get away with it. They have four times TNA's audience though, and they're barely able to pull it off. Not to mention TNA's are generally dumb.

Stop trying to ride WWE's coattails. You're not competition. Your fans know who WWE is. They watch it as well. WWE fans are probably all aware of you, and think you suck. The Mania stunt is a good example of how stupid this shit is....And that never got off the ground (pardon the pun).

See, TNA has most of the tools it needs. It's got the talent, there are a ton of people who want wrestling that's not WWE, it has a time slot to showcase it, and they've even got a cult following. But they need to improve. Cult followings generally don't lead to mainstream success. They need to grow, and they can't do that as WWE wannabes, with shitty booking that gets jeered even by the smarktard mutants at the Impact! Zone.

[Impact!]

- Get a compitent writing team

- Push home grown talent more (Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Robert Roode, James Storm, Jay Lethal, Kaz)

- Focus on wrestling more than gimmick matches (i.e. Since they have a PPV which consists of only cage matches, make sure that is the only time a cage match is used)

- No more celebrities

- Stop hiring WWE rejects, and cut down the roster.

[KingofKings]

Originally Posted by Kane Knight Fire Mantell, too. Remember when Dixie said that it wasn't Russo that was the problem? Okay, so get rid of the guy who's booking the shit that's got people chanting "fire Russo." Don't go "Shows what you know!" Because being right is less important than...You know...Keeping fans. I'd also say the following: Kill the gimmicky stuff. WWE can afford pissbreaks. You are the pissbreak. We don't need guys the kiddies love or whatever, because you have a very small audience to begin with, and not enough programming to merit a sideshow. Plus, they have too much talent to begin with, from the looks of things, which brings me to.... They don't need every wrestler on every program. This may have changed recently, but the effort of shoehorning every guy on the roster into every show made things ridiculous. And that dovetails with.... Work with the talent you've got. I don't remember anyone being snatched up by TNA after being released from WWE recently, but it happens too much. TNA's got an awesome roster, and with a few exceptions, their aquisitions aren't worth it. Stop trying to revolutionise the business. One of the most important things in any business is an established foundation. Rather than building up their wrestling or storytelling, they slap a bandaid on it in the form of "Look! A New Gimmick Match!" Again, WWE can get away with it. They have four times TNA's audience though, and they're barely able to pull it off. Not to mention TNA's are generally dumb. Stop trying to ride WWE's coattails. You're not competition. Your fans know who WWE is. They watch it as well. WWE fans are probably all aware of you, and think you suck. The Mania stunt is a good example of how stupid this shit is....And that never got off the ground (pardon the pun). See, TNA has most of the tools it needs. It's got the talent, there are a ton of people who want wrestling that's not WWE, it has a time slot to showcase it, and they've even got a cult following. But they need to improve. Cult followings generally don't lead to mainstream success. They need to grow, and they can't do that as WWE wannabes, with shitty booking that gets jeered even by the smarktard mutants at the Impact! Zone.

I agree with everything you have put tbh, iv always thought that everything is there for them to be at a par if not better than WWE, atleast for a long period of time if not forever. They just dont use it right!!

Its really annoying as a wrestling fan that they cant get it together properly because i am forced to watch the same old stuff the WWE is putting out every week.

The thing that i dont understand is, i can see whats wrong, and obviously you can see whats wrong by that post^^^ and there is probably a ton of other people that can see it, so why cant dixie carter see it?? and sort it out.

[Londoner]

Yeah just gonna say KK made every point i was thinking of.

[Juan]

They NEED to ditch that horrible ring. I've never watched ONE TNA match, but that retarded ring doesn't help. I know they haven't always had that ring, but whatever...

[The Mackem]

I don't know I think that they need to be unique in ways like that in my opinion.

[BigDaddyCool]

This topic has been done to death, imo. I figure it keeps come up though because TNA has a ton of wasted potential.

[KingofKings]

Originally Posted by BigDaddyCool This topic has been done to death, imo. I figure it keeps come up though because TNA has a ton of wasted potential.

Thats exactly it, i thought by now they would have sorted it, but obviously not! so thought id ask again, see if anything has changed!

[Hanso Amore]

Sign Oj Simpson

Asses in seats.

[Indifferent Clox]

#1 listen to tpww
: they have all the answers.

[NoRoolz]

More AJ.

[Xero]

Originally Posted by Indifferent Clox #1 listen to tpww : they have all the answers.

The 2 point gap in the ratings show that in this case, we do.

[Indifferent Clox]

I wasn't even being sarcastic.

[RVDmark]

TNA seem to be trying so hard not to be WWE that they haven't given themselves any identity. I agree entirely with KK's post. But to add to it, they need to sort that arena out, it looks like one of those laser gun shootout arena's that they hire out when its shut.

Ditch the 2nd entance and use it for seating more fans. More fans = more merch sales, even if getting in is free.

The 6 sided ring is just annoying and makes it look like they are trying to associate themselves with MMA / UFC. And its wrestling, its scripted and MMA / UFC is not, and that makes them look poor by comparison. Plus its the SQUARED circle, not the hexagonal circle. I see it as slightly disrespectful. And if they want something to make themselves memorable by, with the talent they have, they can do better than an odd shaped ring to make themselves stand out.

And as KK also mentioned, I can't stand the announce team. Are we seriously meant to believe they never know anything about upcoming surprises. At least say something like "we know what it is and you'll love it folks". To me they sound like exitabe children announcing. JR and King have been bad on occasion in recents years but I have never wanted to turn off the TV just to not hear them. IMO if TNA could get Joey Styles as an announcer it would be a great start. TNA would actually use his style of commentary, unlike WWE who wanted it their way from him. Joey Styles is an excellent announcer on his own.

The one advantage TNA has is that the management team seems to be 3 or 4 people of equal status. Whereas in WWE its all Vince, and one person will NEVER get it right on their own 100% of the time. They also do a limited number of shows per month which means they get to spend more time in the real world, something its plain to see Vince doesn't.

If TNA really wanted to get themselves a following, it woldn't hurt for them to aknowledge the fan sites,Vince actively annoys us and ignores them. I'm not saying they should use every idea, but occasionally giving the internet fans what they want would certainly make me watch them.

In fact a noid written segment every week could be entertaining

[Outsider]

They should listen to fans when they say they want something different to the WWE. Giving them something similar is not giving them something different. They have a fairly large potential audience. Look how many fans have stopped watching since 2001. If they could get even 30% of those fans to watch TNA instead then that would be enough to have a masssive impact on the buisness.

But at the same time, don't actively piss off WWE fans. Don't keep attacking them. There is no reason to compete with the WWE. The only thing TNA and WWE are competing for is talent and merchandise sales, and the WWE and TNA do not want the same talent pool. If you can increase the number of fans watching then PPV buys and merchandise sales will rise naturally, even if the WWE stays constant. There is no need for them to keep telling people they are better than the WWE - they aren't and people don't believe them. They need to create their own, different product and fans will come. Don't try and put the WWE out of business, it's not possible or desirable.

[BigDaddyCool]

For whatever reason, TNA is killing the X-Division, which is retarded. The X-Dvision is their trade mark, their bread and butter. But no, they are killing it and making themselve WCW circa 2000, complete with all the same stars, now 8 years older and a crazy Kurt Angle.