The Future of the Knockouts; Leading to One Simple Question...

[SpecialFNK]

what is the purpose of women's wrestling? seeing their wrestling ability or something hot to look at? IMO they're eye candy, and that's the way it should be. if you're watching half naked/almost naked women interact in the ring and critiquing their wrestling ability, then you're watching them for the wrong reason. the Knockouts used to draw really well, and I bet it wasn't because of how they could "wrestle".
now sure you have to have some wrestling ability, but even if your below average in the ring you're good enough to be a star if you have the looks. one of the most popular Knockouts ever is Velvet Sky, and it's not because of her moves in the ring.
Velvet might be back soon too, her profile has been added back to impactwrestling.com

[Superstar77]

Originally Posted by SpecialFNK

what is the purpose of women's wrestling? seeing their wrestling ability or something hot to look at? IMO they're eye candy, and that's the way it should be. if you're watching half naked/almost naked women interact in the ring and critiquing their wrestling ability, then you're watching them for the wrong reason. the Knockouts used to draw really well, and I bet it wasn't because of how they could "wrestle".
now sure you have to have some wrestling ability, but even if your below average in the ring you're good enough to be a star if you have the looks. one of the most popular Knockouts ever is Velvet Sky, and it's not because of her moves in the ring.
Velvet might be back soon too, her profile has been added back to impactwrestling.com

Actually Velvet's profile has been up for months but her pics are back up now. Though I'm thinking TNA is just doing that to get attention and traffic for their site. Because according PWInsider despite all of the rumors Velvet is 100% done with TNA.

[Slash-LN]

I'm not 100% sold that she is going to wrestle. Having her referee gives Impact something you don't see much anywhere else. Female referees aren't really common.

I'm hoping they use Sarita when she gets back from overseas. I'd like to see her mix it up with Gail Kim and Tara. Since Mexican American Exchange is no longer together and Hernandez is a face now I'm not sure where that leaves her and Rosita.

They have that new girl that got a contract from Gut Check so I'm sure she'll be used at some point.
Mickie James can come back from injury.
They still have Gail Kim, Madison, Tara and ODB.

For as little as they as using the KO's anyway the roster doesn't need to be much bigger than that.

[Afro-Ameri-Spawn]

Originally Posted by HGR

I know the question was about Taryn, but I barely know who she is. It won't matter if/when she wrestles, eventually she'll get frustrated by the lack or care in women's wrestling, and she'll be gone too.

TNA will most likely begin to push her due to her role on the HBO series Treme. That's if they push that point, as I just happened to be reading a new story about her announcing her appearance the second time she was on the screen and put two and to together. She wasn't bad and actually did a full nude scene where her body was banging hard. And it's more than likely a repeat role, as she had lines and a connection with one of the main characters.

As far as pushing her goes, I see them repeating the Referee Shane Sewell storyline where some underused knockout, more than likely Serita and/or Rosita will ignite the wrestler inside of her and she takes action and eventually is fired and rehired as a knockout by Brooke Hogan. Just like Sewell was fired by Cornette only to be hired as a wrestler. It could work, as Taryn is no worse than Christie Hemme, a young Madison Rayne, or Lacey Von Erich, when they first started. But at least she has some experience on the mic, which would put her a little ahead of that pack.

As far as women's wrestling goes, or the death of it, look no further than WWE. With the years of hiring super models, beauty queens, and centerfolds to be center stage on the most watches tv program, (and under utilizing them greatly) it is WWE who has poisoned the once great genre. Due to how WWE has portrayed it to less than religious wrestling fans, people no longer respect a great women's wrestling match. Hell, when was the last time that the Diva's title was defended AT Wrestlemania? Hell, when was the last time that it was defended on ppv? So before you point at Bruce Pritchard as being the culprit, look at how WWE has pushed sex or substance lately and is letting even more actually female wrestlers walk away from their ring without any challenge whatsoever. TNA has at least tried to retain their Knockouts when they want to leave and didn't job them out on their way out of the door or make a mockery of their existence the way they did with Victoria The Extreme Loser, Piggy James, or even ho much of a disgrace they are making out of Beth Phoenix before she leaves. But then again, it's so easy to blame TNA when WWE is the juggernaut that it is.

[HBsam31]

She seemed like an odd choice to bring in to me. I didn't even recognize her when she first came out, and it wasn't until I read the forums that I even knew who she was. I am sure she will wrestle sooner or later, but I like everyone else think it won't make much of a difference. It isn't looking good for Women's wrestling in TNA or WWE, and I am wondering if the final nails aren't being driven into the coffin.