I have tried to watch TNA in the past, but I can never quite seem to bring myself to do it. I tried 6 years ago, I tried 4 years ago, and I have tried so hard to get into it for the past 4 months. No matter how hard I try to watch, it just seems to be the same old thing over and over. Now I'm not saying that TNA is repeating themselves over and over, but the whole scenario of what is going on is repeating itself. I read the spoilers and recaps of TNA every week so I'm not totally oblivious to the organization, but I dont understand why TNA fans are so hopeful....
TNA is getting to be so much like WCW its scary. I understand that wrestlers need jobs like everyone else, but does everyone that has been fired by WWE really need to go to TNA? It almost seems to me like the are trying to prove a point to WWE by going to their "competition". Over and over again, the ratings dont change when they go there, and the WWE's point of letting them go is proven again. When Kurt Angle was signed by TNA, they acted like it was the greatest signing of all time. Did they forget that he was released by WWE for having too many injuries and not saying anything to anyone about them until he was found to be "cracked-out" on painkillers? He was beginning to be a danger to himself, that why they let him go. Vince Russo goes there and somehow convinces Dixie Carter that he is worth anybodies time? He is only there because he is friends with Jeff Jarrett. Lets face is folks, outside of Tennessee and Jarrett's mind, no one really considers him to be as much of a legend in this business as he believes that he himself is. I dont care if you put Booker T and Jerry Lawler's title reigns together, add in The Rocks charisma and give him a body like Batista, and hand it to Jeff Jarrett; he will still suck more than Max Moon. In my opinion, the whole reason why TNA was created was so that Jay E Double Eff would have a job and hire all of his other has-been friends. The whole reason that WCW failed was because it was the "good-ole boys" that over ran the company and dragged it into the ground. I was a huge fan of WCW from 1994-1998. I admit that I marked out when Hogan came out in WCW, but the difference between now and then is that he was in the prime of his career between 1985 and 1997 (1994 was close to the end of it but, regardless). He still had drawing power back then and always will because he is Hulk Hogan. But the difference between then and now is that that was 16 freakin' years ago. If he were to make sporadic appearences for TNA, it would be so much more beneficial to them than having him on a weekly basis and attempting to be the star of the show. I don't care if he is trying to "give the rub" to Abyss and have Ric Flair "give the rub" to A.J. Styles, they are coming off the wrong way on that. It is holding those two back to have Hogan and Flair by their side. Speaking of Ric Flair, the guy who got the greatest retirement send-off in the history of pro wrestling, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING STILL WRESTLING? I wouldnt mind you as a manager at this point, but for the love of god, please TNA, do not book another Sting and Ric Flair feud or I swear that I will puke. That match was cool 22 years ago but not now, and not ever again.
I personally like Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman and the Nasty Boys. I like watching them on my Wrestlemania Anthology DVD's. I dont want to see them wrestle anymore. I want to see guys like Randy Orton, Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, Batista, Cena, Jericho, Edge, Christian and even Sheamus wrestle. I will be ordering Wrestlemania, but I won't be watching to see Vince vs. Bret Hart . But if it were up to TNA to book Wrestlemania, that would be the match with the two youngest stars on the card. I dont give a shit about Scott Steiner, Mick Foley or Sting anymore. I am a huge fan of Mick Foley and Sting, but I dont want to see them on a weekly basis anymore. If we were to go back to 1991 and all I saw was Killer Kowalski tagging with Mr. Perfect to take on Bruno Sammartino tagging with Kerry Von Erich I wouldnt have given a shit about Kowalski or Sammartino then either.
I dont mind the WWE deciding for me what is best, because they have the proven track record of keeping me entertained. They did long after Hulk Hogan left, and they will continue long after Bischoff fails again. I will never take away from Hogan and Bischoff how they helped revolutionize the industry, but they helped make it so that the only competition that the WWE has is themselves. WCW failed because of so many reasons and from my point of view, TNA will fail because history is repeating itself. Before any of you attack me for being a life long WWE fan who can't be bothered with the guys that I loved to watch 15 years ago, think about why WCW sucked so bad after Slamboree 1998. TNA will never benefit from having guys who have personal vendettas against the McMahons. They will only prosper if they push they guys that give a shit about TNA and the wrestling business in general. WCW lost because all they wanted to do was take out WWE at any cost. The ultimate cost that they paid was their jobs, plus nearly destroying a 150 year legacy built by the NWA. I wish nothing but the best of luck to TNA, but quit trying to take out the WWE, and start trying to make your product that you put out as good as possible.