TNA Gut Check Expands Starting on Thursday

[ManureTheBear]

TNA has to bring in young guys, though, because their roster is old. They don't need new guys only, but young guys. Their roster now is kick-ass, but we've discussed the roster age at length.

[Jack-Hammer]

I don't think it'll be of any particular help, but it certainly won't hurt it either. The first two competitors under this new format aren't from OVW, which might be a good thing as I can't say that I've been blown away by the guys that TNA's developmental territory believe have shown the most promise thus far.

Also, I have a feeling the Impact Zone crowd will be okay with it. They cheer for damn near anybody anyway. They'll just be cheering on two guys they don't really know instead of one. I don't think it'll be a game changer, but I do think it's better than basically feeding the Gut Check contestants to members of the roster in what generally amounts to 3 minutes of nothing.

[josh210]

Originally Posted by New Hot Fed

Here's the thing, TNA has wrestlers they dont know what to do with, now they're gonna bring news guys on a regular basis being given new contracts and they'll don't use them that much on the long run. To mention I figure most of them will be green guys, right.

Have you seen brian cage wrestle? It is a little stupid to say such things if you still dont know the contestant.I agree with the lack of use but there is a chance that they could have a future main eventer in gut check

[Hugh G. Rection]

Great idea but one drawback. You have two greenhorns in the ring surely it's going to result in worse matches? And the majority of the Gut Check matches have sucked pretty bad.

[Rated R Nightmare]

This could be a great idea. I hope they stick with people like Christian York and Taeler Hendrix who aren't no names because that's what Gutcheck needs to be. Considering we just had Sarita & Rosita leave the company and Hendrix is still doing nothing I wouldn't mind seeing another Knockouts Gutcheck soon.

Or maybe do a tag team Gutcheck? That would be cool to see and give us another team or two in the division which can only help things.

[CaptainInsano]

Originally Posted by Hugh G. Rection

Great idea but one drawback. You have two greenhorns in the ring surely it's going to result in worse matches? And the majority of the Gut Check matches have sucked pretty bad.

The two people they are bringing in are not greenhorns at all. They are solid workers. TNA has brought in some solid indy talent and this is a way to see if two indy workers work in the impact zone. Both guys being brought in tonight are solid workers and are nowhere near green.

[Cereal Killer EST 2012]

I agree with IDR. This is small but effective.

We don't have to see two guys getting squashed by a TNA contracted wrestler. Those matches always tend to be boring. We hardly see any offense from the Gutcheck contestant which really ruins things as we; the fans, can't actually give our opinion easily. Now, the contestants are wrestling others who have a similar experience and can put on a decent match together because of this.

Also, one of them is sure to win. So we don't have to witness something that is a possible waste of time like Kris Lewie's or that 18 year old's tryout matches. We saw two lame matches and then the week later.........they were told no.

Again, we will have decent matches now and a guaranteed winner so it won't be pointless anymore.

The reason they changed this (I think) was because of the same reasons as a lot of the people here as fans were disappointed and also because of how they're apparently reaching out to indy talents which can put on more entertaining matches, the judging can be more intense which is interesting and there is a chance they will take in both talents which means they can bring in stars faster instead of only 12 entries a year.

[ramblinroy682]

I like the idea. It's kind of a version of tough enough. But, If they do this 12 times a year, that might be too much. I'd vote for one every 3 months.

I do think it's a good idea, but at some point they're going to need to actually debut somebody new in a normal fashion. Knox, DOC, and Chavo are the only recent additions to the show. None of them, at this point, have really made a dent.

All the other guys debuted in some sore of tournament or gut check. Kenny King, Zema Ion, and even Aries debuted because of the x-division tournament. I'd like to see them bring in a guy like Bradley and introduce him in a way that would be a logical addition to the show. Even bring him in as a bodyguard for Aries or Roode. Something that makes him stand out. The two best recent debuts in my mind were Desmond Wolfe and Pope. Wolfe's was a spectacular debut and made him feel important right from the beginning. They didn't capatalize on it, but the debut was great.

Now, maybe this gut check segment they can really focus on the back story of years in the independent ranks and say this is a huge opportunity or signing for TNA.

I'm still waiting for the guy that says, I'm not competing in some sort tryout. I'm too damn good, you either want me or you don't, etc. Make a story of it and have them debut in a big way.