whoopin' ass
Championship Contender
2 people from the fed - Carlito and MVP. both are established from their time with wwe so they would bring some name value(and i think both own their names).
Let`s clear up why names alone won`t make a difference. First, you need a storyline. Look at what a happened when Bret went to WCW. Should have been unreal but instead, pretty much a flop. Same with the WCW invasion when Vince bought them. Names are useless without good angles and a good angle can flop without the right names. You need both.
The other reason, and this is no shot at TNA, is that there isn`t a name big enough to make them equal with wwe. Back when Hogan joined WCW, WWF was the company but there were still smaller organizations around with a long history (NWA, AWA, etc - either still active or recently went under). But make no mistake, WWF was looked at as the best and Hogan and WWF were pretty much one-in-the-same in the general public`s mind. when he went to WCW, it made them an equal because it showed that the biggest name in the history of wrestling at that time thought WCW was the place to be. Today, we do not have that. You have to remember that there is almost an entire generation of fans watching who only know wwe - not wwf, wcw, ecw(at least not a watered down ecw), etc. when someone leaves wwe, they disappear for those fans. the ratings for TNA should have jumped big time when both Matt and Jeff Hardy came over but they did not. things are not the same as they were when Hogan jumped. and there is no one at that top level right now who would ever want to leave wwe. TNA needs to build their talent up to that level, not try and bring someone in. Both Sting and Angle can make talent look fantastic if given the chance. but TNA needs to say they want Styles, Joe, Beer Money, etc to be the focus of the company and then do everything they can to build them to that level. they can also build guys like Anderson who maybe didn`t get their chance in wwe. but they need to build, not buy, talent. just my humble thoughts
Let`s clear up why names alone won`t make a difference. First, you need a storyline. Look at what a happened when Bret went to WCW. Should have been unreal but instead, pretty much a flop. Same with the WCW invasion when Vince bought them. Names are useless without good angles and a good angle can flop without the right names. You need both.
The other reason, and this is no shot at TNA, is that there isn`t a name big enough to make them equal with wwe. Back when Hogan joined WCW, WWF was the company but there were still smaller organizations around with a long history (NWA, AWA, etc - either still active or recently went under). But make no mistake, WWF was looked at as the best and Hogan and WWF were pretty much one-in-the-same in the general public`s mind. when he went to WCW, it made them an equal because it showed that the biggest name in the history of wrestling at that time thought WCW was the place to be. Today, we do not have that. You have to remember that there is almost an entire generation of fans watching who only know wwe - not wwf, wcw, ecw(at least not a watered down ecw), etc. when someone leaves wwe, they disappear for those fans. the ratings for TNA should have jumped big time when both Matt and Jeff Hardy came over but they did not. things are not the same as they were when Hogan jumped. and there is no one at that top level right now who would ever want to leave wwe. TNA needs to build their talent up to that level, not try and bring someone in. Both Sting and Angle can make talent look fantastic if given the chance. but TNA needs to say they want Styles, Joe, Beer Money, etc to be the focus of the company and then do everything they can to build them to that level. they can also build guys like Anderson who maybe didn`t get their chance in wwe. but they need to build, not buy, talent. just my humble thoughts
) but maybe have someone along the lines of Matt Hardy or The Pope be the TV Champion and there dominating everybody they face so on PPV they have a open challenge and BAM! roderick strong walks out and destorys the tv champ and wins the TV title and uses a gimmick thinking hes better then everybody else so yes he would be heel then he would end up going after the TNA Title within about 6 monthes at the very most and lose but he would remain in the main event scene and end up winning the TNA title within a year