X Division Revolution: The New Generation; New Rules and Stipulations

[Afro-Ameri-Spawn]

First and foremost, let me just respond to the Low Ki argument. This guy is NOT good for the X-Division. He never sold for others the way he wants them to sell for him, he has a reputation for always working stiff, and has the charisma of a rotted pumpkin. No, scratch that, a rotten pumpkin can at least draw flies. As far as letting him have the title and run with it for an extended period of time, it already happened. It was called the "Senshi" era. Everybody remembers it. There were hard workers like Petey Williams, Alex Shelley, Michael Shane, Jay Lethal, Frankie Kazarian, Chris Sabin, and a host of others. And what did they do? They put the title on the smallest of them all and had everyone sell his moves like he was the most devastating thing that ever happened to the X-Division. The matches were just awful as Senshi never sold for anybody and would pretty much just spring up from others high spots while flopping around the ring and hitting all of his. I think that the whole beat down at the end of NXT and jobber run in WWE was a message to him, as he hates to sell for others. So I would have to give the big nah-no to that idea.

As far as the new concept goes, I think that it can definitely be good as TNA already has quite a few X-division sized guys in OVW and on the indy scene that they can utilize. I mean, it's not like WWE is going to be re-introducing the Cruiserweight division any time soon, so their other options (in the US) are limited. Sure they botched or nearly botched a few moves during the initial match, but this should be ironed out over time and should make for some exciting matches to come. So I look forward to the concept.

Now with every good point, there is one glaringly questionable one that stands out. So let me get this straight. The man who gets pinned in the X-Division title match is out of the title match but them automatically gets put into a match to determine the next contender to take his place? So he essentially can lose the match but them earn his way back into it if he wins the contenders match? Am I the only one noticed this fatal flaw in the whole rules make up. Will it ever come to pass? Who knows. But I find it weird that there would be HUGE glaring loophole by which someone could lose the match but them be right back in the next X-division title match the next time. And to think, I thought the NFL has some janky rules. This one is just too weird not to be noticed or questioned. Any thoughts?

[Jack-Hammer]

Originally Posted by snoopy

No it's Tna's alternative to not having enough T.V. time to develop the X-division wrestlers characters and storylines.

Maybe time could be found if TNA altered a few if their booking strategies. For instance, one alternative is to not have Hulk Hogan bigfoot the show on a regular basis. Also he doesn't ALWAYS have to smack in the center of every relevant storyline TNA decides to make a focal point.

Also, doesn't TNA have Xplosion? Granted it's not a perfect solution as it's not on television in the states, but that show could be used to put a ton of energy into the X Division. Footage & clips from Xplosion could be broadcast regularly as part of IW so as to give the broader audience that watches IW the sense that TNA is genuinely trying to improve things.

TNA has chosen what is a priority and what isn't. What isn't, as of this point in time, is a relevant mid-card title picture.

[Thrash]

At first I thought, "Why the fuck bother with this?", but as I gradually thought about it some more, I realised that this could be pretty interesting in regards to how the X Division works. Apart from the all 3-way rule, the rest is a pretty interesting concept that COULD be perfect providing that TNA don't decide to forget that they created these rules and try to make them different by the 2nd week of using them.

Either way, it's going to be interesting to see at the start and it's either gonna get boring very quickly, or it'll make things great again.

[KJ]

Originally Posted by Jack-Hammer

Maybe time could be found if TNA altered a few if their booking strategies. For instance, one alternative is to not have Hulk Hogan bigfoot the show on a regular basis. Also he doesn't ALWAYS have to smack in the center of every relevant storyline TNA decides to make a focal point.

That wouldn't solve a thing. After each match, there's a segment. It's script standard stuff and has been done by both TNA and WWE for ages. Taking Hogan out is not going to change the amount of segments and it's not going to magically give time to the lingering X Division and Knockouts to the point of making them relevant again.

Also, doesn't TNA have Xplosion? Granted it's not a perfect solution as it's not on television in the states, but that show could be used to put a ton of energy into the X Division. Footage & clips from Xplosion could be broadcast regularly as part of IW so as to give the broader audience that watches IW the sense that TNA is genuinely trying to improve things.

That would take more time from the regular broadcast and we'd get clips of matches instead of one dull one.

[Rayne]

Originally Posted by Killjoy.exe

That wouldn't solve a thing. After each match, there's a segment. It's script standard stuff and has been done by both TNA and WWE for ages. Taking Hogan out is not going to change the amount of segments and it's not going to magically give time to the lingering X Division and Knockouts to the point of making them relevant again.

You then fill those segments with other people.

The argument people always seem to make about Hulk Hogan is that either he's entirely good for everything that he's around, and should hence be used as much as possible, or that he should be completely removed from the program and hidden in a dark closet to maybe, maybe make an appearance in the first half hour of a B-tier PPV.

Isn't there a middle ground? Can't people just say "hey, Hulk Hogan is a major personality within the world of professional wrestling, but it's possible to see too much of him"? Couldn't it be that instead of having it be HoganHoganHogan, such that the focus is on Hulk Hogan seeing (performer) he could keep his presence limited, so that the focus is on (performer) seeing Hulk Hogan?

Let's not fall into the magical Hogan trap. He doesn't automatically make everything around him better. His past history gives him the potential to improve a program far more than other people could in his position- but that doesn't automatically mean that you can use Hulk Hogan however you want and the product has to be improved.

[MINISTRYrising]

While i do like the idea, I don't see how it is going to improve the X division. For years the X division was the crown jewel of TNA and helped put the company on the map in the first place, But in recent years the division has recieved far less coverage and is now made up of only handful of guys who nobody really cares about. If TNA are serious about once again pushing the X division, then they need to be putting the spotlight on the division a lot more during impact and bring in some new tallent so you don't see them same two or three guys fighting over the title time and time again. Another good idea might be to drop the tv title and have the x division title as the only mid card title in the company with the division returning to being about no limits and not weight limits like it used to be. This way TNA would only have one title to focus on and it would allow guys like samoa joe to compete in the division again.

[NaturalChoice]

So many "What if"s accompany these new regulations. I guess thats what we keep us watching.

I wonder if this rule will last longer than the "X-Division champion going into Destination X can get a shot at the TNA title" stipulation. I was actually looking forward to that and look at what happened.