Should TNA Get Rid of the X-Division Title?

[Boring]

Before you react, just think about it for a few minutes...

When was the last time this title meant something? If you said, when Austin Aries was holding it, you may have a point but I think Aries also proved how irrelevant the title is.

The pioneers of the X Division are either gone or being held back by it aka Samoa Joe. I'm no Joe mark, but I think most would agree that you're not going to buy a PPV to see Samoa Joe battle for the X Division title, though I may be wrong.

In my opinion, the X Division might of been nice, unique, reminiscent of the cruiserweight division for some, but what real impact does it have in today's wrestling? Some of WCW's cruiserweights like Billy Kidman, Juve and Rey Mysterio are only now turning 40 and look where they're at in their careers. I know my last comment might be vague and someone might say "Chris Jericho is 44 and look what he's accomplished" and that is my point. Jericho and Mysterio weren't massive draws as Cruiserweights, nor were the Radicals or whoever else. They became more valuable apart of the regular roster fightings for standard titles.

I'm sure many won't agree with my point of view, will say the X Division makes TNA unique or is a cornerstone of the company, but I find it does more harm then good especially with the roster it's had the past few years. The wrestlers have gotten older and the new guys can't go like the generation before them, the division needs to be scrapped and the company needs a strong 2nd tier title to get behind for the non-world title contenders.

That's my opinion.

Comments?

 

[Adam X]

If anything they need to REBUILD IT!

It sets them apart from the E and with Aries/King/Low Ki/Joe and others there is no reason they can't build it up again.

WCW let their cruiserweight division go to crap later in their run and never let it get back to respectability sans having the talent for it. TNA has a chance here to do something with their cruiser division.

 

[FromGlasgow]

I think thats one of the appeals of TNA is their superiour cruiserweight style matches so I think its the worst thing TNA can do is getting rid of it, Most of the orginal X Division stars that made it like AJ Styles, Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels, Kazarian etc are all gone now so I think they need a new generation of X Division wrestlers, The newer guys they have brung up lately haven't seemed to have made as much of an impact as the original guys did.

 

[GI Cake]

Back in the day, the X-Division was more of a draw for TNA than the rest of the company due to the fact it was unique and it belonged to TNA. The WWE had their ladder matches, sure. But they didn't have insane flippy flip matches like what the Ultimate X provided back in it's hay-day. The more Dixie and Friends try to build the business to be WWE-lite, the more people will stop caring.

 

[Starkist]

Not much more to say than what Pancake stated. The X-Divison need to be amped back up. Make it what WWE is not about and that is non heavy weight matches.

If anything Dixie needs to focus on all the belts and make them matter. X-Divison title needs to stay.

 

[klunderbunker]

No. I'd send you back to 2002 when WWE got rid of the midcard titles and the only thing you had was the World Title on either brand. That was with a far deeper roster than TNA has right now and the whole thing was a disaster. If you get rid of the midcard title, TNA is only left with the World Title to fight for, and most of the roster just isn't ready to fight at that level.

Rebuild the division, get rid of the weight limit, and have the title be a midcard title instead of just a divisional title.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

No. It defines too much of the history of the company to simply bail on. It's difficult enough having to picture TNA without the likes of AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, potentially Samoa Joe, etc — men who would be considered the pillars of the house it was built on.

If anything, it needs even more feature air time. Even more emphasis. Even more focus.

You know how you fix it? You drop Option C, which devalues the title every year when it's cashed in for a title shot. Find another way to hot shot guys to main event matches/victories that doesn't require they throw titles they'd previous worked incredibly hard to get into the trash heap.

 

[Fabulous Freebirds]

Yes.

Get rid of it. Cruiser weight / x-division is nothing more than a niche product at this point in wrestling. Same moves, same spots, no storytelling, no psychology.


Plus, it has been proven that smaller guys don't draw in wrestling - don't give me Daniel Bryan in WWE because by the time he was made world champion, he suffered injuries and has yet to wrestle since late May.

TNA desperately needs BIG wrestlers that are larger than life that the general public would believe in and want to pay money to see.

Smaller guys don't draw and never will.

Get rid of the title, refocus the brand and bring in the type of wrestlers that can draw. Create a new title or bring back the TV title.

I am not hating on the smaller wrestler. There's a place for an underdog type of wrestler but not everyone on the roster has to be small.

X-Division is just small guys doing the same high spots and ignoring telling the story.

 

[Mr.Maikeru_Sawyer]

you people saying they need to drop the Xdivision and calling it a cuiserweight/lightweight devision OBVIOUSLY have NEVER watched TNA prior to 2010 when Hapless Hairline and Eric B FORCED wieght limits.
The TRUE X-D is about NO LIMITS not weight/size. it is about exhibition, showing off, going against the norm.

 

[three count bout]

Yes.

Get rid of it. Cruiser weight / x-division is nothing more than a niche product at this point in wrestling. Same moves, same spots, no storytelling, no psychology.


Plus, it has been proven that smaller guys don't draw in wrestling - don't give me Daniel Bryan in WWE because by the time he was made world champion, he suffered injuries and has yet to wrestle since late May.

TNA desperately needs BIG wrestlers that are larger than life that the general public would believe in and want to pay money to see.

Smaller guys don't draw and never will.

Get rid of the title, refocus the brand and bring in the type of wrestlers that can draw. Create a new title or bring back the TV title.

I am not hating on the smaller wrestler. There's a place for an underdog type of wrestler but not everyone on the roster has to be small.

X-Division is just small guys doing the same high spots and ignoring telling the story.

The last thing TNA wants to do is alienate their existing fan base, especially now that they're moving to a channel with less exposure. They should build the X-Division as good as humanly possibly, which means resigning Joe and also simultaneously focusing on the World Heavyweight Title.

I see no reason why you can't have the X-Division and a solid Main Event scene which would include Roode, Storm, Hardy, Lashley, Angle, Aries and anyone else who gets built up to ME status.

The fast, frenetic pace of the X-Division should be a selling point for fans looking for an alternative to the WWE. TNA has consistently shot itself in the foot for trying to be WWE lite and getting rid of one of the most historically important aspects of the company would only do more of the same.

 

[6timehitta]

As far as removing the pioneer title from this company, it's just laughable. They still are using OVW as a developmental territory right? Bring some of those guys in and they still have a working relationship with NJPW as well. It could bring a new eye to the amazing talent in NJPW and elevate some of the talent in TNA, as well as creating some new and vibrant feuds instead of the same 4 to 6 guys over and over.

 

[Fabulous Freebirds]

The last thing TNA wants to do is alienate their existing fan base, especially now that they're moving to a channel with less exposure. They should build the X-Division as good as humanly possibly, which means resigning Joe and also simultaneously focusing on the World Heavyweight Title.

I see no reason why you can't have the X-Division and a solid Main Event scene which would include Roode, Storm, Hardy, Lashley, Angle, Aries and anyone else who gets built up to ME status.

The fast, frenetic pace of the X-Division should be a selling point for fans looking for an alternative to the WWE. TNA has consistently shot itself in the foot for trying to be WWE lite and getting rid of one of the most historically important aspects of the company would only do more of the same.

That's the problem. It's too fast. I give you an example, I have been watching Lucha Underground and in several of the matches, one guy does his fancy, high flying moves, then the other guy reciprocates by doing his fancy, high flying moves as well.

No story. Why are they doing these moves?

That is what I like about wrestling. Tell me a story. Don't just fly around. It becomes to dull.

That is what the X-Division was about and got overboard and that everyone was the same: high flyer, spot fest guys.

What I like about this year in TNA was Bobby Lashley and how dominant a heavyweight champion he was with the storyline being "who can stop The Destroyer?"

That was intriguing.

X-Division does not offer that ever in its time.

 

[three count bout]

That's the problem. It's too fast. I give you an example, I have been watching Lucha Underground and in several of the matches, one guy does his fancy, high flying moves, then the other guy reciprocates by doing his fancy, high flying moves as well.

No story. Why are they doing these moves?

That is what I like about wrestling. Tell me a story. Don't just fly around. It becomes to dull.

That is what the X-Division was about and got overboard and that everyone was the same: high flyer, spot fest guys.

What I like about this year in TNA was Bobby Lashley and how dominant a heavyweight champion he was with the storyline being "who can stop The Destroyer?"

That was intriguing.

X-Division does not offer that ever in its time.

Have you watched the product at all? This is a serious question, Samoa Joe has been champ since August and he is certainly not a flippy spot fest guy. He has been booked strong, he would have beat Lashley if MVP and King didn't interfere. His matches against Low-Ki weren't spot fests either, I'm assuming you're probably lumping old X-Division matches together and making generalizations about the division.

I'm glad you enjoyed the Lashley stuff, so did I. That can't be the entire focus of the show, just because you don't like the X-Division (and I'm not entirely sure you've even watched it recently) doesn't mean others don't enjoy it and wouldn't be upset if it vanished.

 

[Fabulous Freebirds]

Have you watched the product at all? This is a serious question, Samoa Joe has been champ since August and he is certainly not a flippy spot fest guy. He has been booked strong, he would have beat Lashley if MVP and King didn't interfere. His matches against Low-Ki weren't spot fests either, I'm assuming you're probably lumping old X-Division matches together and making generalizations about the division.

I'm glad you enjoyed the Lashley stuff, so did I. That can't be the entire focus of the show, just because you don't like the X-Division (and I'm not entirely sure you've even watched it recently) doesn't mean others don't enjoy it and wouldn't be upset if it vanished.

You are right about Joe and he has always been the one standout. And you are correct in that I am lumping all the X-Division guys together.

I just think TNA should focus on making larger than life characters like Lashley instead of focusing on reinventing a division that has the problem of getting stale very quickly.