Zeven_Zion
King Of The Ring
Good riddance.
Look, people who blame TNA for Morgan's lack of success in the company ought to think it through. If a guy like Austin Aries can come back years after his less than stellar run as Austin Starr and almost immediately be pushed into Main Event status, how come Matt Morgan couldn't do it when he's been with TNA for a lot longer in a more consistent matter?
If TNA mistreats talent, even mediocre one, how come people like Aries, Magnus, Bully, Roode and Storm were built up into something more than they used to be? If they can get pushed and be successful in TNA but Morgan can't, what does that tell you? Something is wrong with Morgan. Something, whether it's talent or backstage issues, is keeping him from being pushed like those other guys.
I highly doubt that TNA knew this guy was talented and purposely left him on the bench. No company ever does that, not even the WWE. These people have their reasons not to push somebody. Reasons beyond in-ring work. A few years ago when Joe was becoming a bigger joke than he's ever been, TNA was blamed for ruining him with bad booking. Eventually it was discovered that Joe was terrible backstage, throwing hissy fits and whatnot, which explains why he was left to rot. Nowadays he seems to be built back up and that would tell me his backstage issues are gone.
In the case of Matt Morgan, every single fan knows that something was off with this guy. He had a look, he had mic skills, he was able in the ring and yet none of us ever bought him as a threat. Here you can blame TNA's booking, but remember that there was a time when Morgan was fighting for the World Title. There was a time when he was feuding with people like Angle and Sting. There was a time when he had a (I thought) nice thing going where he held the tag championships on his own.
Morgan's been up and down the card in TNA. He's been gone, he's been irrelevant, he's been relevant, he's been in the Main Event, he's held belts, he's fought legends, he's fought nobodies. The way I see it, TNA tried EVERYTHING with Matt Morgan since his debut and despite their efforts, people never clicked with Morgan.
Sometimes companies can really mess someone over through booking, but to act like TNA never gave Morgan a shot is insane. Whatever position he was in, he was never entertaining. Can anyone say they've ever watched a good Matt Morgan match? Booking aside, Matt's matches are his business and TNA has no influence there. Can anyone even recall a few Matt Morgan matches they thought were done very well, with great psychology and the whole deal? I certainly can't.
The thing about Morgan is that his look and the fact that he stands out from the rest of the big men are really not doing him a favor, while also being his greatest characteristic. Compared to other big guys, Morgan is gold. Why? Because, generally, big guys fucking suck. They are mostly clumsy, have very little charisma since they rely so much on their look and when it comes to psychology it's always the same match with them. Therefore, Morgan shines by default.
However, compared to other wrestlers, Matt Morgan pales in comparison. Can anyone say he's as good as Aries, Roode, AJ, Joe, Bully, Hardy, Angle, Sting? I think he's not. Nowhere near it, in fact.
So, his biggest problem is that he's a big guy who is just limited and that's it. When your roster is as good as TNA's, you have to at least rival some of the top guys in order to be pushed and I don't think Morgan does.
It's not the booking, he just couldn't cut it for whatever reason. Austin Aries wasn't booked like a million bucks when he came back. All he did was get in the ring, have a few matches and the storyline wrote itself. It's because he had talent that was in your face.
When Bully Ray turned on Devon and changed his name, entering that awful storyline, despite its drawbacks Bully came out of it looking like gold and went on to be a World Champion for the first time in his career. Bully was in fact in a MUCH worse situation. People were tired of him, we've seen him do the same old shit for over a decade, he was out of shape, he was terribly boring, wasn't getting younger, he turned on Devon prolonging all of that, changed his name to something silly (at the time) and despite all of that the guy made it out looking like a million bucks because he ALSO had talent that was in your face.
Morgan was never put in that bad of a situation. He had his storylines and he just never shined as these guys did simply because he can't. Look at the WWE. They're amazing at building hype around someone but at the end of the day if you're not able to run with it and keep that momentum going using your talent, you're going to fall flat.
We've seen people get booked great and run with it and succeed. We've seen people get practically buried in shitty storylines and they still show talent, break out and succeed. With Matt Morgan, booking can only do so much. Dude's just mediocre and that's it.
Look, people who blame TNA for Morgan's lack of success in the company ought to think it through. If a guy like Austin Aries can come back years after his less than stellar run as Austin Starr and almost immediately be pushed into Main Event status, how come Matt Morgan couldn't do it when he's been with TNA for a lot longer in a more consistent matter?
If TNA mistreats talent, even mediocre one, how come people like Aries, Magnus, Bully, Roode and Storm were built up into something more than they used to be? If they can get pushed and be successful in TNA but Morgan can't, what does that tell you? Something is wrong with Morgan. Something, whether it's talent or backstage issues, is keeping him from being pushed like those other guys.
I highly doubt that TNA knew this guy was talented and purposely left him on the bench. No company ever does that, not even the WWE. These people have their reasons not to push somebody. Reasons beyond in-ring work. A few years ago when Joe was becoming a bigger joke than he's ever been, TNA was blamed for ruining him with bad booking. Eventually it was discovered that Joe was terrible backstage, throwing hissy fits and whatnot, which explains why he was left to rot. Nowadays he seems to be built back up and that would tell me his backstage issues are gone.
In the case of Matt Morgan, every single fan knows that something was off with this guy. He had a look, he had mic skills, he was able in the ring and yet none of us ever bought him as a threat. Here you can blame TNA's booking, but remember that there was a time when Morgan was fighting for the World Title. There was a time when he was feuding with people like Angle and Sting. There was a time when he had a (I thought) nice thing going where he held the tag championships on his own.
Morgan's been up and down the card in TNA. He's been gone, he's been irrelevant, he's been relevant, he's been in the Main Event, he's held belts, he's fought legends, he's fought nobodies. The way I see it, TNA tried EVERYTHING with Matt Morgan since his debut and despite their efforts, people never clicked with Morgan.
Sometimes companies can really mess someone over through booking, but to act like TNA never gave Morgan a shot is insane. Whatever position he was in, he was never entertaining. Can anyone say they've ever watched a good Matt Morgan match? Booking aside, Matt's matches are his business and TNA has no influence there. Can anyone even recall a few Matt Morgan matches they thought were done very well, with great psychology and the whole deal? I certainly can't.
The thing about Morgan is that his look and the fact that he stands out from the rest of the big men are really not doing him a favor, while also being his greatest characteristic. Compared to other big guys, Morgan is gold. Why? Because, generally, big guys fucking suck. They are mostly clumsy, have very little charisma since they rely so much on their look and when it comes to psychology it's always the same match with them. Therefore, Morgan shines by default.
However, compared to other wrestlers, Matt Morgan pales in comparison. Can anyone say he's as good as Aries, Roode, AJ, Joe, Bully, Hardy, Angle, Sting? I think he's not. Nowhere near it, in fact.
So, his biggest problem is that he's a big guy who is just limited and that's it. When your roster is as good as TNA's, you have to at least rival some of the top guys in order to be pushed and I don't think Morgan does.
It's not the booking, he just couldn't cut it for whatever reason. Austin Aries wasn't booked like a million bucks when he came back. All he did was get in the ring, have a few matches and the storyline wrote itself. It's because he had talent that was in your face.
When Bully Ray turned on Devon and changed his name, entering that awful storyline, despite its drawbacks Bully came out of it looking like gold and went on to be a World Champion for the first time in his career. Bully was in fact in a MUCH worse situation. People were tired of him, we've seen him do the same old shit for over a decade, he was out of shape, he was terribly boring, wasn't getting younger, he turned on Devon prolonging all of that, changed his name to something silly (at the time) and despite all of that the guy made it out looking like a million bucks because he ALSO had talent that was in your face.
Morgan was never put in that bad of a situation. He had his storylines and he just never shined as these guys did simply because he can't. Look at the WWE. They're amazing at building hype around someone but at the end of the day if you're not able to run with it and keep that momentum going using your talent, you're going to fall flat.
We've seen people get booked great and run with it and succeed. We've seen people get practically buried in shitty storylines and they still show talent, break out and succeed. With Matt Morgan, booking can only do so much. Dude's just mediocre and that's it.
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