Rate My "!MPACT" (detailed/long read!)

[Kinsey144]

Prepare yourself for a long read, this is how i would book TNA...

Post 1, i will start with the roster...here is a list in alphebetical order:

Wrestling Personel

Abyss

Keep​

AJ Styles

Keep​

Alex Shelley

Keep​

Amazing Red

Keep​

Angelina Love

Keep​

Brian Kendrick

Keep​

Chelsea

Keep​

Chris Sabin

Keep​

Cookie

Remove​

D'angelo D'inero

Keep​

Daffney

Remove​

Desmonde Wolfe

Keep​

Douglas Williams

keep​

Eric Young

Remove​

Generation Me

Keep​

Hamada

Remove​

Hernandez

Remove​

James Storm

Keep​

Jay Lethal

Keep​

Jeff Hardy

Keep​

Jeff Jarrett

Keep​

Jesse Neal

Remove​

Kazarian

Keep​

Kevin Nash

Keep​

Kiyoshi

Remove​

Kurt Angle

Keep​

Madison Rayne

Keep​

Magnus

Keep​

Matt Morgan

Keep​

Micke James

Keep​

Mr. Anderson....Anderson

Keep​

Orlando Jordan

Keep (See Info)​

Raven

Keep(See Info)​

Rhyno

Keep (See Info)​

Rob Terry

Remove​

Rob Van Dam

Keep​

Robbie E

Remove​

Robert Roode

Keep​

Somoa Joe

Keep (See Info)​

Sarita

Keep​

Shannon Moore

Keep​

Shark Boy

Remove​

Stevie Richards

Remove​

Sting

Keep​

Tara

Keep​

Taylor Wilde

Remove​

Team 3D

Keep (See Info)​

Tommy Dreamer

Remove​

Velvet Sky

Keep​

Non Wrestling Roles:

Christy Hemme

Keep​

Don West

Keep​

Eric Bischoff

Keep​

Hectar Guerrero

Keep​

Hulk Hogan

Keep​

Jeremy Borash

Keep​

Jimmy Hart

Remove​

Mick Foley

Remove​

Mike Tenay

Keep​

Ric Flair

Keep​

SoCal Val

Keep​

Taz

Keep​

Willie Urbina

Keep​

Reasons For Removal:

Wrestling Personel:

Cookie - Even as a Jersey Shore fan, this storyline does not interest me... Im here to watch wrestling

Daffney/Hamada/Taylor Wilde - For me, the womens division is there for nothing but eye candy purposes and if you can wrestle, its a bonus... These girls don't fit the criteria

Eric Young - The guy can't maintain my interest, whether thats managements faults or his, the guy doesn't make the cut for me

Hernandez - Never seen the fuss about the guy, sure he has the look, but i'd rather watch paint dry...twice. He's been irrelevant and boring since LAX and w/o Homicide, he doesn't feature for my !MPACT

Jesse Neele - The guy just can't wrestle and has no business in the business

Kiyoshi - For me, you CANT be part of a promotion if you cant speak english, promo's are AS important as wrestling

Rob Terry - See to Hernandez

Robbie E - See Cookie

Shark Boy - !MPACT is serious now... no time for joke characters

Stevie Richards - was underrated in his prime... but that time has passed

Tommy Dreamer - Brings NOTHING to the table, can't go, and doesn't cut promo's just cries on the mic.

Non wrestling personel:

Jimmy Hart - No longer entertaining as a manager
Mick Foley - Potentially contraversial, but the guy can't wrestle anymore, and he doesn't draw these days... for me, he's out.

INFO
Orlando Jordan - For some reason, i kinda like this guy (no homo) i think that it just needs the right push for this to be a solid mid-card gimmick.

Raven - Now this guy has WAY passed it in the ring, but i honestly believe that Raven is one of the greatest of all time on the stick... Raven could be some sort of a manager/mentor role for me

Rhyno - I have always believed that Rhyno had 'it'. For me, Rhyno has the same adrenaline feeling and jacked look that Goldberg had, despite his age, i think he could still be a dominant mid carder

Somoa joe - Now as we all know, Joe hasn't been the same as he used to be, but i think if he is put in the X-division and is allowed to let lose for a while, whilst consistantly being shown on TV. people would regain their interest in him.

Team 3D - these guys are done in the ring, but i think should stay with TNA. They should move onto behind the scenes/training, although Brother Ray can still cut a great promo.

That's the end of part 1, and i'll see you all at part 2.

 

[Kinsey144]

Hi, and welcome back to part two of "Rate My !MPACT"

Post 2 is about the divisions i would put the wrestlers in, and why, So without further ado, here's Part 2:

Women's Tag Team - REMOVE

Women's Division - All Women
not too bothered about these roles, have belt on mickie/tara/angelina with others as eye-candy

Tag Team Title:
MCMG - This team can carry the division for as long as it needs, they will put on good at worst matches
Generation Me - The main rivals to MCMG, the austin to your rock, off and on rivalries, because we know these two work
Beer Money - In the long run, there's no way these two can stay together, they're both future world heavyweight champions.
London Brawling - can be a tag team, but mostly competing in the mid card
Kendrick On His Own - this is a gimmick i will explain later in the "storyline" section

X-Division:
Amazing Red - the spotmonkey of the division. A long term stayer in the division
Brian Kendrick - a good addition to the division, not a title threat albeit. A long term stayer in the division
Douglas Williams - kazarian's rival - see "storyline section". Eventual mid carder
Jay lethal - using this division to get the crowd into him, before a rise to mid card
Kazarian - same as jay lethal
Somoa Joe - same as jay lethal/kazarian
Shannon Moore - adds diversity to the division, another long term stayer
Generation Me - singles competitors on occassions, to keep them on tv whilst other fueds happen in the x division (see storyline)

Mid Card/ Television Title:
Abyss - i was tempted to cut this guy, he doesn't interest me, mid card jobber
D'Angelo D'inero - needs that last push before hitting the main event
Desmonde Wolfe - see d'inero
Douglas Williams (in the long run)
Kazarian (In The long Run)
Somoa Joe (In The long run)
Jay Lethal (In The Long Run)
Jeff jarrett - wrestle sparodically, long term stayer, not a main eventer.
Magnus - see storyline
Matt Morgan - see d'inero/wolfe
Orlando Jordan - given a consistant TV time, he could spark interest
Rhyno - a dominant goldberg-esque heel to the division
Rob Van Dam - face/spot monkey, if the crowd react well, into main event, but for now, the guy just doesn't interest me

This division may seem large, but remember, a fued doesn't have to revolve around a title!

Main Eventers/Heavyweight Title:
AJ Styles - heel - see storyline
D'Angelo D'inero (in the long run)
Desmonde Wolfe (in the long run)
Jeff Hardy - heel - see storyline
Kevin Nash - not so much a wrestler, but in the main event none the less
Kurt Angle - face
Matt Morgan (in the long run)
Mr. Anderson - face - see storyline
Sting - see Nash
Robert Roode (in the long run)
James Storme (in the long run)


That's the end of Post 2, and i'll see you all at post 3 for factions/storylines

 

[Kinsey144]

Hi, and welcome to Post 3 of Rate my "!MPACT"

In this section i will discuss factions and storylines, so without further ado, here's post 3!

Factions:
i would continue immortal/fortune, as i think that is a great storyline, so:

Immortal:

Abyss
Eric Bischoff
Hulk Hogan
Jeff Hardy
Jeff Jarrett

Fortune:

AJ Styles
Douglas Williams
James Storm
Kazarian
Ric Flair
Robert Roode

EV2.0 - BYE BYE!

Storylines:

Tag Team Belts:

i would first have kendrick become relevant again, by starting a storyline, in which theres a over the top rope match with the tag teams listen in the post above. Throughout the match tenay and tazz would be saying, "there's an odd number of competitors in here, and its obvious kendrick is the one without a partner etc. i heard him talking in the back to his partner earlier, so his partner must have some sort of an injury". Kendrick would then win this match, and his title match will be hyped for the next PPV.

on the build up to the PPV Kendrick shows small hints/signs of schizophrenia. MCMG joke to each other about potential partners, but bring up the fact that he is a loner, no one wants to partner with him, he has no friends.

Kendrick turns up to the PPV and is on his own, with his partner as his split personality. He fights valiantly but ultimatly loses, gaining the respect however of the MCMG. they shake hands.

the next impact, beer money jump the guns during the guns' promo. kendrick makes the save, cementing the friendship. this "save" angers fortune, and kazarian later jumps kendrick, with MCMG making the save.

This sets up kendrick in the x division (see x division storylines) and also Beer Money vs MCMG

this fued goes on for a few months, back and forth, with beer money never winning the belt however. eventually roode cracks and turns on storm, calling him a cowboy bum who he carried all this time, putting these two into a fued (see main event storylines + BFG)

MCMG would eventually drop the belts to GenME (heels) who have been on a streak as of late. This would start a major fued between the two, culminating at BFG in a ladder match. (see BFG)


X-Division Belts:

i would have the belt vacated due to a contraversal finish (between williams and lethal) setting up a tournament between 6 people, with the final being a triple threat at the PPV after next, allowing good type to set it up + hype it:

kazarian vs ???
moore vs williams
lethal vs Red

kazarian would get all cocky about his mystery opponent, but it would be somoa joe returning to the x division, who DESTROYS! kazarian, making him look stupid, and hugely dissapointing ric flair. leading to him, promising to impress flair, hence attacking kendrick, to impress flair (see above storyline), starting a fued between the two, with a match at the PPV, with kazarian losing (again!) getting him kicked out of fortune straight after the match.

Williams would go over moore, in a back and forth match, with a little bittle of help from naitch himself, so moore doesn't look weak.

lethal vs red would be a typical, respectful, face vs face, with red doing some spots but lethal ultimatly winning it.

this would set up Joe vs lethal vs williams. This match would be hyped by the commentators as TNA's x division returning to its roots; 'it's not about weight limits, its about no limits', three, very different styled wrestlers:
the brawler, somoa joe
the technician, douglas williams
and the high flying entertainer, jay lethal.

in this match, lethal face, williams heel, joe tweener. from the start, joe would have the upper hand, hitting his big combos and suplex's. however, williams uses dirty tactics to retake control, and hits lethal with the chaos theory (is he still calling it that?), and is about to make the pin but suddenly, kazarian makes a run in and takes williams out, shocking the crowd! allowing joe to hit the muscle buster and take the victory.

Somoa joe is our new x division champion.

This would start a fued between kazarian and williams in which kazarian is face. He complains that flair always favouritised williams and he was never given a fair chance as fortunes x division guy, but saying now he's on his own, he stands on his own too feet, he does what he wants, when he wants, making himself a slightly badass character.

Meanwhile, Joe is a strong champion, taking on all comers and eventually fights Kendrick for the belt at BFG (see BFG)

well thats the end of post 3, i'll see you all at post 4 for the midcard and the main event storylines.

 

[Kinsey144]

Hi and welcome back to Rate My !MPACT, this section is all about the:

Television Title/Mid Carders:

AJ believes he is too good for the mid card, cuts a promo saying this, elevating his cocky character, saying this is the house aj styles built, i deserve the main event. he does not vacate the title, but however passes the belt onto immortal/fortune team mate, Jarrett. Lets face it, immortal can do what they like, they run impact, so i think that legitimises the lack of a match for a title change!

This allows AJ to be put in his rightful place (main event) without having to lose the belt. it also gives Jarrett extra heat, as he can get all cocky saying hes the champ, without actually earning anything.

Jarretts first defence is against D'inero, at the next PPV who he jobs out to, giving D'inero the belt, and the platform to push him into the main event and as one of the faces of tna, like we know he can be.

D'inero again beats Jarrett in a rematch, cleanly, embaressing Immortal, making Bischoff try to stack the odds against Pope, to salvage Immortals embaressment. At the next PPV Bischoff books Pope vs Beer Money in a handicap match, with whoever gets the pin wins the belt stipulation. In the built up to the PPV we see pope getting outnumbered, with nobody on his side to help him out.

At the PPV we see a short comic sketch of beer money having a beer downing contest, with the winner being the one who will get the pinfall (and therefore the belt). Storm wins the contest. This solidified unity stacks the odds even stronger against pope.

In the match pope holds his own for a while, but ultimatly gets outnumbered however after a while Matt morgan (who has being fueding with immortal/fortune lately) comes out to help him; whilst the referee earl hebner is distracted by a female member of the congregation. Pope picks up the win against all odds once again, leaving bischoff devastated.

Bischoff realises these two may be able to defeat immortal/fortune, so decidedes to book them against each other at the next PPV before a good friendship can take place.

at the PPV the match begins and the two begin respectfully fighting, trading holds etc. when suddenly the lights go out. the lights come back on, and it is all of fortune/immortal standing, surrounding them. Pope + Morgan get beat down to a pulp, with bischoff announcing that the match is now a triple threat, where the returning and newest memeber of immortal, Desmonde Wolfe, picks up the win.

Wolfe is able to keep defending the title, sometimes cleanly and sometimes with fortunes help, however, this belt becomes a second focus to fortune/immortal as they concentrate on eliminating pope/morgan

This sets off the main fued of !MPACT: pope + morgan vs immortal + fortune. (which will be discussed later in the main event section)

meanwhile, in the mid card RVD has taken revenge on abyss and beaten him down at the PPV in a full metal mayhem, but has recently started a fued with Rhyno.

RVD can't seem to beat this newly motivated Rhyno, who has decided, he's going back to what used to make him sucesful... there is no friends, no family, no EV2.0... just Rhyno. thats it.

Rhyno has a long lasting fued with RVD, ending at BFG (see BFG)

In another fued, OJ. has been fighting Magnus. Magnus feels weirded out by OJ's homosexual hints towards him (due to magnus' narcasistic gimmick) leading to the two being in a fued, keeping the two active, whilst gauging the fans reaction, if good, keep them on tv, if bad, release OJ and put magnus in fortune as a replacement for kazarian (at williams' request) and have magnus as a sort of enforcer role for williams.

In another fued, williams and kazarian culminating in a three way dance with jay lethal at BFG for the no1 contender to the x division belt

Well thats the end of post 4, and i'll see you all at post 5, for the main event picture!

 

[Kinsey144]

Hi and welcome back to rate my !MPACT. This is part 5, which discussing the main event picture, so with out further ado, heres the main event!

With AJ moving up a division, due to being two good for the mid card, Sting and Nash decide that it is time for the "veterans" to put him back in his place and tell him not to be so cocky. The two fued against AJ (in singles matches), with AJ going over, with help from Flair and various fortune members.

These wins get to AJ's head and he demands a world title shot (despite the fact that his team mate, Hardy is the champ). In order to keep AJ happy, Bischoff books the match at the PPV between Hardy vs AJ vs Morgan. Bischoff does this however, under the condition that Flair talks to AJ and makes sure that AJ will not win the match, in order to keep the the belt on Hardy. Flair has this conversation with AJ, and AJ agrees relectuntly but says that in the spurr of the moment, he may go for the pin due to instinct...hinting at a face turn and a break away from the group

the match comes around and aj and hardy dominate overwhelm morgan. Flair shouts at AJ to let Hardy get the win, and AJ storms off in anger to backstage, allowing hardy to fight it out with Morgan for the rest of the match, with Hardy getting the win.

at the next few impacts, AJ is clearly angry, but flair calms him down by promising him a shot at the gold. flair requests this to bischoff and hogan, who say yes, but never actually go thru with it, causing tension between the group.

However the group decide that right now they need to rally together, due to the problem of pope and morgan (picking up from the mid card storyline, at the point where pope and morgan are booked against each other at the ppv)

so here (as i already said) fortune and immortal jump pope and morgan in their match, and get the belt on wolfe.

At the next impact pope and morgan realise they cant do it alone and look for help around the locker room, going to people such as x division champion somoa joe, who says he tried to do the right thing once with jarrett, and got betrayed, and so will never help out again. They go to Rhyno, who is on a winstreak, saying these guys got your EV2.0 boys fired! but Rhyno says he doesn't care about anyone now, just Rhyno...thats it.

Pope and Morgan realise that they just have to go at it alone, and try to take them down themselves.

At the next PPV, the main event is Hardy and AJ vs Pope and Morgan. When the match comes about, Beer Money turn up in the front row of the audience. Security try to kick them out but they show valid tickets so can stay. During the match, Beer money get inolved and the referee does nothing. Tenay explains that he saw flair giving the ref money earlier tonight and the referee has been bribed. the 4 on 2 beat down commences, when suddenly the lights go out. Stingers music hits, and sting and nash run down to right, with sting carrying his signature baseball bat, and nash with a chair. Hardy, AJ and Beer money back over to one side of the ring, and slowly exit, when the rest of Immortal/Fortune jump sting and nash from behind. This begins a beatdown on what is now sting, nash, pope and morgan.

Then a short, 1 second MISTEEEEEEEEER, shout is heard from the speakers, and fortune/immortal all look around in fear, wondering if it could be the returning mr anderson...

there is no sign of him. and the show goes off the air...

after a few months of hints at andersons return, he finally returns another 3 PPV's down the line, but not like his old self, not the arrogant loud mouth. He returns with a sting-esque feel to him. Silent, emotionless, but gives stares which paint a thousand words. Anderson does not fight at all on impact and is rarely seen, and nobody knows what he is back to do...

Pope/Morgan/Sting/Nash realise that they are unable to defeat fortune/immortal, and Anderson is the last hope for Immortal to be defeated and ultimately disbanded. Although Pope remains sceptical

people question anderson's sanity, and wonder if the concussion got to him, causing him to be a social outcast. after several several confrontations with pope (with pope still saying i dont trust you, your up to something) anderson finally shows his true colours and helps out pope and co. at a PPV from a beatdown. Anderson demands Hardy (who is still the champ) at BFG. Bischoff initially rejects, but when Anderson starts one by one laying out members of fortune/immortal and claims that Hogan is next, Hogan forces bischoff to accept.

That's the end of part 5, and i'll see you at part 6. BOUND FOR GLORY!

 

[Kinsey144]

Hi, and welcome to part 6, the penultimate part of "RATE MY IMPACT"
Part 2 is about the culmination of my fueds, BOUND FOR GLORY! so without further ado, heres bound for glory!

Going into BFG, immortal/fortune is showing cracks, with beer money having split up, kazarian left, and abyss on a losing streak. However, they still have several matches on the card against memebers of the alliance against immortal, with two title belts on the line, which can proove their dominance.

However, this post will not only show the contents of the main event picture, but also all of my previous storylines finally coming together here!

BFG card:

MCMG vs GenME (C) in a ladder match:
GenME retain, sealing there status as the best tag team in the business, giving them proof to back up their new cocky personas. this would be the begining of the break up of MCMG, in which sabin would move into the x division, with shelley being the breakout star, going into the mid card.

Somoa Joe (c) vs Kendrick
in a singles match:

Kendrick goes into the match as a HUGE underdog, as joe has been dominant all year, and hasn't lost a single match. There are interviews conducted with various tna roster/staff who all laugh off the chance of Kendrick winning. the only person to believe in Kendrick is
his new mentor Raven. Raven says that he can understand Kendrick and his mind set, and that the two of them aren't that dissimilar. Kendrick goes into the match and puts up a great fight but ultimatly can't seal the win, to the crowds dissapointment.

Douglas Williams vs Jay lethal vs Kazarian *no 1 contender for x division belt*

Lethal gets involved in this fued, mocking the two, saying, the x-division isnt about who papa naitch loves more, its about putting on amazing matches. Lethal challenges them both at BFG to show the what the x division is all about! The match goes about with williams (heel) lethal (face) kazarian (tweener). The match is very technically sound, with one big spot, where kaz does a double flux capacitator on both lethal and williams. Lethal picks up the win after submitting williams with the figure four leglock, to ric flairs disdain!

Robert Roode vs James Storm 2 out of 3 falls match:

In a Long Brutal Match, the two finally bury the hatchet and get their fued out the way and move on.
Roode picks up the first pinfall after a chairshot unseen by the referee. But Storm comes back with the eye of the storm and a superkick leveling the score! with the score level at 1 all, Storm hits roode over the head with a beer bottle to sneak the victory in and leaves the match as the face, with roode left in the ring sulking as a heel.

Kevin Nash and Sting vs Jarrett and Abyss (w. Hogan)

In this match, Nash and Sting aim to take revenge for Hogans deception and fooling the crowd twice. However, nash and sting make it clear that they do not do this for crowd, but they do this for themselves, as the crowd turned their back on them by refusing to believe what they said. In this match, Sting injures Abyss early on with a scorpion deathlock hold whilst the referee is down. Abyss is taken out on a stretcher. They dominate Jarrett for a while, until nash jacknifes Jarett for the pin. Nash and sting call Hogan into the ring, if he dares. Hogan calls out for backup, but realises that nobody is going to come, Williams is tired after his match, abyss and jarrett are out, wolfe aj and hardy are preparing for their match. Hogan gets into the ring on his own, but pulls out a pair of brass knucks and punches sting! but stinger blocks it, and mocks hogan with hogans trademark finger wag from side to side! sting then hits hogan in the corner with a stinger splash, leaving Nash and Sting standing tall, with hogan on the floor,deception well and truly exposed.

RVD vs Rhyno in a last man standing match:

Very violent, short, spotty match here, ends with Rhyno beating RVD in a last man standing match, with a gore, whilst RVD is mid 5 star frog splash.

Matt Morgan vs Desmonde Wolfe (c) in a singles match:

In this match, it is back and forth, with wolfe smartly working on the big mans legs, with various submission holds. However, the strength of Morgan eventually overwhelms Wolfe and despite Abyss' best efforts at interference, Morgan is able to defeat Wolfe cleanly, leaving fortune with only one title belt left, Jeff Hardy's World title.

Pope D'angelo D'inero vs AJ Styles in a singles match (if pope wins, nobody is allowed to interfere/be ringisde in andersons match, or hardy loses the belt):

Hyped as a dream match between the future of tna. AJ requests there to be no assistance and intereference from fortune/immortal as he needs to do this himself, to prove to himself that he is still the best. In this match it is extremely even and back and forth: given a lot of time. After long periods of back and forth action out of nowhere, AJ hits the styles clash. But he doesnt go for the pin, AJ points to the top ropes and climbs up for the spiral tap! with AJ ready on the ropes, pope jumps to his feet, runs to the corner and jumps straight up, delivering his version of the codebreaker (i dont think it has a name?) to aj from the top rope! Pope goes for the cover, but aj miraculously kicks out. the fighting carries on, and suddenly AJ hits the pele! and goes to the ropes, looking for the 450 splash. However, D'inero counters it into the codebreaker! Pope gets the pin and celebrates. Mid celebration, AJ gets up and stands behind Pope, and grabs him by the arm...and shakes is hand! AJ raises Popes hand and then leaves (thus turning face)


Jeff Hardy (c) vs Mr Anderson

Before the match Sting is seen talking to anderson in the rafters, leaving the audience wondering what was that about?

Anderson has his first match in TNA in nearly a year and catches Hardy offguard with his offence, but the match continues on. Anderson and Hardy have a back on forth match with Hardy using dirty tactics to retain the upper hand. Throughout the match, both wrestlers kick out of each others finishers. The finish to the match comes when Hardy attempts a twist of fate, but in the attempt to kick anderson in the gut to set it up, anderson catches his leg, trips him and locks in the scorpion death lock! Hardy is in the centre of the ring and has no choice but to tap out!
After the match, Pope/Morgan/Sting/Nash come down to the ring to celebrate with Anderson, as confetti falls down from the ceiling.

Well thats the end of part 6, and i'll see you in the final part : final thoughts!

 

[Kinsey144]

Hi and welcome to the final part of rate my !MPACT.
In this part, i will discuss my final thoughts, so without further ado, here's part 6!

First of all i'd like to say i hope you had as much fun reading this as i did booking this.

i'd like to point out a few things that i realised whilst writing this:

1) yes, the anderson gimmick is essentially a rip off of sting taking out the nWo, but i thought that if that gimmick happened in TNA now, it would REALLY interest me, so i thought why not book it?
For all WcW's faults, they did do some AMAZING! storylines

2) i didn't use Kurt Angle... i didn't do this on purpose, but for me, he did not fit in anywhere, despite the fact that he puts on 5* matches, i thought that establishing the new stars who in time will produce 5* matches took its place - please give me feedback if you see a place where he could fit in



So yeah. thats for reading this and i hope you enjoyed my series as much as i did, and give me feedback it, and feel free to create your own versions!

 

[mickeybabylon]

Well, I could tell you that I didn't like this, but since this is basically the same TNA as their on-air product that wouldn't really be telling much. If you'll oblige, I'd like to really rate this, to go into detail, to give some thoughts. I suppose it's important to mention my background as it pertains to this. I am not a TNA fan... anymore. I bought many of the weekly PPVs back in the day. When they got on TV, I watched them on Fox then on Spike, and bought many of the monthly PPVs. I also bought many of the DVDs during that time. My interest in the company has generally declined since '06. Sometimes I'll watch, sometimes I won't. I have not seen an Impact since about March, and haven't bought a DVD since the MCMG/Beer Money set over the summer. I would certainly be willing to buy TNA PPVs and DVDs and watch Impact if the product appealed to me.

Here goes:
The Roster
-You removed Kiyoshi and Shark Boy. Why? They're not even featured on Impact in the first place. They're both good wrestlers. Not everyone has to or needs to cut a promo. Sabu. Goldberg. Jeff Hardy. The Great Muta.
-You kept Orlando Jordan. Honestly, I didn't have a problem with his gimmick either, but most people did. He can't wrestle or cut a promo. What is the advantage of keeping an unpopular, untalented wrestler? You're just ostracizing part of your audience.
-You kept Matt Morgan. Why? He's never gonna turn into anything. They gave him a push during the M.E.M. storyline. It was a decent push. A talented wrestler would've used the push to get over. He didn't. Because he's not talented. It's far past time for his release.
-If you intend to keep Team 3D as backstage guys, that seems fine. But there's no need to list them on the active roster if that's the case. They are a combined 200 pounds overweight. They have literally no business anywhere near a ring ever for any reason (unless that ring is full of trainees and there's no crowd present).
-Shannon Moore has no business on a professional wrestling roster of any sort.

Roster Division
-If you're not interested in the Women's Divison, why do you have it? Why not just get rid of it? There's no law that says you have to feature women's wrestling. If you waste valuable television or PPV time on a portion of your product that is boring and that you are apathetic towards, I will be bored and apathetic about your product.
-Samoa Joe weighs 300 pounds. I'm not buying him in the X-Division. I know he was already in the X-Division before, but that was five years ago. The business has changed. Doesn't work anymore.
-How is it helpful to have Abyss as a mid-card jobber? He gets his heat by annihilating people with hardcore spots. If he doesn't do that, he has no heat. What would anyone gain from going over on him?
-I see The Pope as the most worthy of anyone on the roster to be TNA Heavyweight Champion, and you have him in the mid-card. I see Desmond Wolfe as his most credible challenger for the gold, and he is also in your mid-card.
-What on Earth is a dominant mid-carder? If Rhyno dominates in the mid-card, what exactly stops him from going into the main event? Don't say Goldberg, because Goldberg was a rookie. He had to climb the ranks before challenging main eventers and that was made clear by WCW. Rhyno's been around for years. This thing makes no sense.
-AJ Styles isn't a heel. Why would he be a heel? He's the foundation of the company, good-looking, well-paid, fans love him. What exactly does he have to angry about?
-I don't buy Jeff Hardy as a main eventer. At all. Can't talk, not versatile in the ring, always high/incarcerated, etc. Plus he's a WWE guy. Anytime you have the option of demoting Vince's talent and promoting homegrown, always go with homegrown. Always. Your company looks better that way. To be honest, Jeff Hardy is a one-trick pony and that trick got old about the time he left TNA the first time. Might be interesting to bring in every once and a while (King of the Mountain Match and stuff) but really has no place on a full-time roster anymore.
-Do you seriously have Kevin Nash in the main event? Never drawn a dime, can't wrestle, a large portion of your audience hates him, old as bejesus, etc., etc. Get him out of the main event and unless he's doing something legitimately interesting, off the roster completely.
-Neither Robert Roode nor James Storm are going to work as main-eventers or singles wrestlers of any sort. It's been tried. It failed.

Part 3
-You've chosen to keep the stables. Bold.
Let's break it down: Why are the members of Immortal together? What is their common goal? And why do each of them share this goal? How is being a member of Immortal going to help each man achieve his goal? Please don't spend too much time trying to come up with answers for these questions, because there are none. This stable makes no sense. At all. It was thrown together for no apparent reason. Get rid of it.
Let's break it down part 2: Why are there six people in Fortune? Shouldn't there be... idk... four? Tabling that, ask the same question of the members of Fortune that you did of the members of Immortal. Again, not too much time trying to come up with answers. Again, there are none. Get rid of this one, too. Recreating the Four Horsemen has been done... a thousand times. It gets more uninteresting every time. Don't beat a dead horsemen. (Couldn't resist.)
Bonus Breakdown: TNA has had more faction feuds than I think any of us would like to remember. They have all sucked. Factions are generally unnecessary and almost never live up to the hype. This is because one man has to be the leader of the faction, leaving every other member to be a subordinate. No one will take a subordinate seriously. Nor should they. This is basic biology. No one gets a push from being a subordinate in a faction, and in fact it's just the opposite. Guys are labeled subordiantes and usually never find success afterwards. (Unless you want to push a guy by giving him his own faction, like HHH with DX and The Rock with The N.O.D. Then it works.)
-You have four tag teams and you want to break one of them up? If that's how you feel about tag team wrestling just get rid of the tag belts. I would at least respect that.
-What is this Brian Kendrick scizophrenia thing? Why can't he just have a partner? Put him with Rhyno. Let them call themselves The King's Revolution Warriors. Give 'em both black trunks and leather jackets, and put a K on Kendrick's ass like Rhyno has an R on his back. Just made that up off the top of my head, but it's certainly better than wasting precious PPV time with a handicap match for the Tag Team Titles. That's just insulting.
-Why do MCMG and Beer Money need to have some weird storyline about Brian Kendrick in order to facilitate a match between the two? Why can't they just have a match because it's a pro wrestling show and pro wrestling shows have matches? Or.. better yet.. why don't they have a match because they both want to be TNA tag team champions? If you had chosen to make the belts mean something instead of having them contested in a handicap match for no particular reason, you wouldn't have had to waste time thinking up a reason for MCMG and Beer Money to wrestle at all. The belts aren't props.
-What's wrong with Moore looking weak? A match has two people in it: One wins, one loses. Being a booker is the business of deciding which is which. Ya can't push 'em all. Try to and you end up pushing no one. And then the crowd chants "Fire Russo".
-Joe isn't a brawler. He's a striker. If you can't tell the difference, go search "Kenta Kobashi" on YouTube. Watch the first three videos that come up. I'll be here when you get back.
-It was good, huh?
-Kazarian isn't actually a badass. You can't arbitrarily assign someone a gimmick because it fits your script. You have to base your script around who you've got.

Part Four
-AJ Styles isn't cocky. This promo would go over like a fart in church.
-Title change without match = your belt is now completely meaningless. Might as well hock it 'cause the cash value of the gold is about all it's worth now.
-Now the TV Title is being defended in a Handicap match, too? No more Handicap matches. Ever. For any reason. They're stupid to begin with. Oh, and some interference in the handicap match! (that's on a PPV!) Awesome. I guess if you're going to make a complete mockery of the business I've loved since I was three years old, you might as well do a thorough job of it.

Boy, this really is like TNA! So much like TNA that my interest in it has completely deteriorated and I'm now going to go do something else instead.

Before I go, some quick thoughts. I see that you have Mr. Anderson recreating Sting from 1997 and Kurt Angle doing nothing because ya couldn't fit him into the storyline.

What exactly about Anderson's character makes you think he would be prone to behaving like Sting did in 1997? The fact that he says his own name a lot? The fact that he's a self-proclaimed "asshole"? The fact that he's adopted a bit of a redneck gimmick? Which of these is Sting-esque in your mind?

"Creative has nothing for you" are the five dumbest words in pro wrestling. It means that the fans are going to miss out on a talented wrestler because the booker didn't have room for him in a storyline. Now, pulling a guy for the purpose of re-sparking interest upon his return can work, but that usually needs to be built around the guy having a legitimate injury in the first place. But pulling a healthy wrestler (of the caliber of Kurt Angle) because he didn't fit into the script is unacceptable.

I said it once, but it's worth reiterating: you don't just write a script and then plug in the wrestlers higgedly-piggedly. You highlight the talent you have by developing their charcters (logically) and putting them in positions to shine. You don't need gimmick matches or factions or complicated storylines or run-ins or any of that. Watch:

TNA Bound for Glory
1. Kiyoshi vs. Kazarian
12 mins. Kazarian wins
2. Mr. Anderson vs. Abyss
10 mins. Anderson wins
3. Beer Money vs. Doug Williams & Brian Kendrick
12 mins. Beery Money wins
4. RVD vs. Kurt Angle
16 mins. Angle wins
5. Samoa Joe vs. Nigel McGuiness
18 mins. Joe wins
6. TNA X-Division Title
Jay Lethal vs. Amazing Red
18 mins. Amazing Red wins
7. TNA World Tag Team Titles
MCMG vs. The Young Bucks
22 mins. MCMG wins
8. TNA World Heavyweight Title
The Pope vs. AJ Styles
27 mins. Pope wins

No gimmicks matches. Nothing but clean finishes. No storylines. I'm not even sure why Doug Williams & Brian Kendrick are a tag team. But you know what would happen if this card was announced on Impact three nights before Bound for Glory (with no other hype whatsoever)? This would get 50,000 buys. At least. And the people who bought it would be happy with their purchase, and more inclined to buy TNA products in the future.