The nWo ("the Band") Discussion Thread

[deathdrop81]

I'm all about nostalgia, but an nWo reunion, regardless of whatever stable name they'd use, would bomb even bigger than when WWE tried to do it. We're looking at group of guys in their 40s and older who can't seem to evolve out of the mid-90s. I'm not necessarily dissing the ring veterans here, it's just that there's a reason why these men aren't in the WWE. Hall's out-of-shape and notorious for alcohol/drug problems, as is X-Pac. Plus, X-Pac is the type of guy most fans could live without seeing return to wrestling. He never made a splash with the fans and was always known as a DX or nWO lackey. Also, hence the term, 'X-Pac Heat.'
As for Hogan, perhaps I'm in the minority because I sense his arrival in TNA will be disastrous. From reading various reports of his recent Australia tour, the Hulkster could barely move and needed Ric Flair to carry him through those matches. I want to see TNA prosper, I really do. But Hogan is not the savior. His politicking led to WCW's demise (the 'fast count' by Nick Patrick at Starrcade 97, the fingerpoke of doom, his shenanigans with Russo toward the end, getting jobs for guys like Brutus and the Nasty Boys, etc.).
Nash has also become somewhat irrelevant. The last time I truly found him entertaining was when he was doing all of those skits with the X-Division wrestlers.
While it might be cool to see Hall and Nash together again, I hope they don't become a regular tag team or even tag team champions when there's more deserving duos like the Machine Guns, whom for the life of me, I cannot fathom why they continue to get buried just about every week.

 

[cowpokecrazy]

The nWo angle from the 90's has ran its course and had a great run then, but now its time to move on to something new and innovative, what is that? Im not sure at this point, but Im concerned if TNA starts off with trying to form another faction with these guys, mostly over 40... this will only make this whole TNA Monday night show a disaster before it gets off the ground, Yes I can see bringing these guys in for special appearances but thats about it, Im hoping the TNA owners realized what ultimately killed WCW and does not repeat that saga again.

 

[deathdrop81]

Call me Debbie Downer, but Jan. 4 will mark the beginning of the end for TNA. Hogan is NOT the savior. Now we're hearing reports of Hall and Waltman coming in.
I was huge mark for Hall back in the 90s, but if he and Nash roll over the TNA tag division in 2010, that, my friends, will be pitiful.
When is the last time Hall had a steady wrestling job? He is unreliable (as is Nash), therefore, TNA is really taking a gamble here if they want to put the tag straps on them. It would only be a matter of weeks before Hall no shows an event or Nash gets injured.
As much as I dug the Outsiders and how they set the new standard for being cool heels, reuniting them and putting the tag team belts on them won't fly today. It's different with DX because we're talking about Triple H and Shawn Michaels, two guys who never strayed from the wrestling spotlight and can still put on quality matches and remain in top physical condition.
Plus, I am also a huge mark for the Motor City Machine Guns. They remind me of a couple of WCW-era Chris Jerichos. They're gifted in the ring and add comedic value to the show. Yet they are underappreciated and seem to lose about every week.

 

[Jatycre]

It doesn't really matter who TNA has on January 4. If WWE has Bret locked as the guest host of RAW, it's a done deal no matter what anyway. I've heard all kinds of rumored names for TNA's January 4th show, Sid, Hall, Waltman, RVD, Heyman, etc. The problem is that none of those returns will be a bigger deal to wrestling fans than Bret Hart returning to WWE. WWE has basically killed TNA's live show if the rumors are true and they've got Bret for RAW. Which actually kind of makes me sad. I wanted to see what Hogan and Bischoff could come up with for TNA's first live show. But, for me, seeing Bret Hart back on WWE TV trumps ANYTHING TNA can do.

 

[HitmanAndRKO4Life]

I think the best idea I can come up with for TNA on 1/4 is this:

Have Dixie Carter in the ring as she introduces Hulk Hogan who comes out with Kevin Nash and Eric Bischoff come out to start the show. Then have Mick Foley come out with Jeff Jarrett and Abyss to confront Hogan and company. They go back and forth until Kurt Angle comes out. Obviously Angle would be out to side with Hogan to make it a 3 on 3. AJ Styles would be the next guy out, obviously siding with Foley's crew. Then Joe would come out to side with Hogan and company.

I'd then have Hogan, Nash, Angle, and Joe clean house. Just when you think there is unity between the 4 of them, Sean Waltman and Scott Hall come out and attack Angle and Joe. Then Hogan can say he doesn't trust anyone in the company except his boys from the past.

This leads to THREE divisions.

1st) Hogan's nWo Mates + Some TNA Talent: Hogan, Nash, Hall, Waltman, Bischoff, Steiner, Wolfe, Daniels, Eric Young, British Invasion, Kiyoshi, and Rob Terry. (13 guys)
2nd) Foley's Crew: Foley, Jarrett, Abyss, Styles, Morgan, Hernandez, Beer Money Inc, Amazing Red, Black Machismo, Creed, Suicide, and Pope. (13 guys)
3rd) Angle's Inbetween Crew: Angle, Joe, Sting, Lashley, Team 3D, Rhino, Jesse Neal, Homicide, Motor City Machine Guns, Raven, and Dr. Stevie. (13 guys)

You won't have to worry about who's face and who's heel. The Impact Zone isn't committed to either side. They could be cheering for the face one minute and then the heel the next. Eliminate the face/heel splits and create a whole new, revolutionary, exciting feeling on these shows. Obviously, I would never recommend having any 1 of these 3 factions having all their wrestlers in the ring at the same time. That just looks horrible. The fans would just keep being reminded of who each wrestler is aligned with.

Clearly Hall and Waltman are not confirmed but they could be replaced with some other guys that sign with the company because of Hogan.

I also would give each faction a reason for existence. Hogan's crew would be standing up for change and making TNA better. Foley's crew would be to keep egos like Hogan, Nash, Bischoff, etc., out of the way so TNA can grow. Angle's crew would be the ones somewhat in the middle, they'd have problems with Hogan's crew for trying to take their spotlight and they'd have problems with Foley's crew for coming off as being "selfish."

Dixie, call me. I got some GREAT ideas.

 

[wolvdog316]

So let me get this straight. MCMG don't draw, but Scott Hall does? LOL When the fuck was the last time Hall drew money. The outsiders? 10 years ago plus? Jesus, the man is fat, he drinks more booze than Ron White and no shows most of his gigs.

Maybe the MCMG don't draw because THEY NEVER FUCKING WIN. They are ALWAYS jobbing. I'm tired of hearing about people in TNA not drawing. While its true, and I do hate TNA, they sure as shit aren't given a full hand of cards to play poker with. They are doomed from the start. MCMG, AJ Styles, I believe these guys can draw a little bit. You just have to mold them. But losing then winning then losing then winning, and how they win just destroys their characters.

 

[wolvdog316]

You want DX to retire? You want Shawn and HHH to retire? Yet you are fine with a fat out of shape Hall stumbling around and a Nash and Hogan who can barely walk? Really?

Shawn puts on 5 star matches. HHH by himself is still entertaining. Both draw MORE money then Hogan, Hall, Nash, Xpac, combined.

You sir, need a CAT Scan, cause something is loose inside your head. Get it fixed

 

[Gifted1]

It doesn't really matter who TNA has on January 4. If WWE has Bret locked as the guest host of RAW, it's a done deal no matter what anyway. I've heard all kinds of rumored names for TNA's January 4th show, Sid, Hall, Waltman, RVD, Heyman, etc. The problem is that none of those returns will be a bigger deal to wrestling fans than Bret Hart returning to WWE. WWE has basically killed TNA's live show if the rumors are true and they've got Bret for RAW. Which actually kind of makes me sad. I wanted to see what Hogan and Bischoff could come up with for TNA's first live show. But, for me, seeing Bret Hart back on WWE TV trumps ANYTHING TNA can do.

Unless Bret does the unthinkable and actually no shows RAW as a last ditch effort to 'screw' Vince and actually shows UP LIVE on TNA. Sure Vince can sue, but i'm sure the pleasure of helping launch TNA's first primetime show would be well worth it to Bret. Highly unlikely, but definitely not completely out of question.


HitmanAndRKO4Life - I like your idea, but it sounds a little too congested for my taste. Reminds me of WCW when the NWO started breaking into 3 different factions, not to mention the WCW factions on top of that. Talk about mayhem and being lost in the shuffle. Great idea though. Just needs a tweek.

 

[bfred27]

Unless Bret does the unthinkable and actually no shows RAW as a last ditch effort to 'screw' Vince and actually shows UP LIVE on TNA. Sure Vince can sue, but i'm sure the pleasure of helping launch TNA's first primetime show would be well worth it to Bret. Highly unlikely, but definitely not completely out of question.

One problem with your theory, brett hates hogan from their WCW days so why would he help him out? Even though he hates Vince atleast he will be getting paid and if their is one thing I know is money can make you forget about the past.

In terms of the whole outsiders/NWO reunion it would probably be the worse idea ive ever heard of, if this is hogans big plan for TNA to create WCW version 2.0 with the same guy just older it will fail misserbly. TNA has some of the best young talent and Jan 4th should be about them and not about has beens and some kind of WCW reunion

 

[TNAMad]

1st) Hogan's nWo Mates + Some TNA Talent: Hogan, Nash, Hall, Waltman, Bischoff, Steiner, Wolfe, Daniels, Eric Young, British Invasion, Kiyoshi, and Rob Terry. (13 guys)
2nd) Foley's Crew: Foley, Jarrett, Abyss, Styles, Morgan, Hernandez, Beer Money Inc, Amazing Red, Black Machismo, Creed, Suicide, and Pope. (13 guys)
3rd) Angle's Inbetween Crew: Angle, Joe, Sting, Lashley, Team 3D, Rhino, Jesse Neal, Homicide, Motor City Machine Guns, Raven, and Dr. Stevie. (13 guys)

I like your Idea but weve just finished with the M.E.M vs The Frontline and IMO another gang rivalry would just be too much. Besides, theirs other rivalry's to think off. Maybe on a smaller scale with 3 or 4 people on each side then it could just work, they could even bring in a hogan team into the Team 3D, Jesse Neal and Rhino vs Hernandez, Morgan, Pope and Suicide Story.

 

[Gifted1]

Unless Bret does the unthinkable and actually no shows RAW as a last ditch effort to 'screw' Vince and actually shows UP LIVE on TNA. Sure Vince can sue, but i'm sure the pleasure of helping launch TNA's first primetime show would be well worth it to Bret. Highly unlikely, but definitely not completely out of question.

One problem with your theory, brett hates hogan from their WCW days so why would he help him out? Even though he hates Vince atleast he will be getting paid and if their is one thing I know is money can make you forget about the past.

Simple. TNA is not Hogan. You're forgetting that up until this point, Hogan has had NOTHING to do with TNA. So is Bret helping Hogan, or is Bret helping out competition against Vince?

Lets say that this company was owned by Hogan and/or Hogan played a huge role in establishing it. Animosity aside, however much Bret 'hates' Hogan, it pales in comparison to the hatred that Bret had/still has toward Vince. Think about it, would you rather help a co-worker that was a egomaniac that refused to let anyone else get a piece of the spotlight? Or would you rather help out a promoter that single handedly put a dent in your career and reputation? Against your will might i add.

In terms of money, thats no biggie. TNA would pay Bret. Would it be as much as the WWE may be offering? Probably not. But i highly doubt money was the motivation in Bret signing to his WWE talent deal to begin with. It would have more to do with him doing his 'character justice' and/or leaving on a better note.

 

[johnbragg]

So Scott Hall is coming back, and Nash has a contract for a tag team title shot. Logically, Eric Young gets kicked to the curb and Nash, Hall and Hogan "get the band back together" while being careful not to give Vince McMahon an excuse to sue them into bankruptcy for copyright infringement.

Rumors are that Hogan and Angle will lead the push to change TNA, while Foley and Jarrett lead the opposition. And somewhere in there is the 3D Wrecking Crew vs Team Morgan focusing on old guys defending their spots against new guys. Oh, yeah, champion AJ Styles in their somewhere.

Either TNA puts the belts on the Outsiders, or the Outsiders put over British Invasion at Genesis?

Welcome to the TNApocalypse.

 

[mr_dna]

TNA is doing there normal useing Ex WCW/WWE stuff . the only way tna is going to even get near WWE is to use there owngrown talent bringing washed up grandads aint going to help them. its just the same thing over and over again didnt they have a faction made up of 40+ ex wwe and wcw star ? and wasnt that less then a year ago they did it.

The Answer is Yes & Thats My Point

i watch both but tna is just bringing in to many old stars again

 

[theincredibleaaronbridges]

I think a good idea is to have hogan come in with a semi heel promo. Start with eric bishoff coming out to introduce a returning band member and bring out sean waltman, then introduce scott hall then bring out nash who cuts a promo about how everything is going to change in tna cause the mna the myth the legend hulk hogan is here. hogan comes to the ring and thanks to the fans for welcoming him to tna. then he goes on to inform the crowd that he knows being able to get in the ring with hogan is good for tna but hes not goin to get in there with just anybody he wants he best of the best so to get a shot at hogan you got to go through waltman, hall and last but not least nash. his name is money and to deserve that kinda rub you need to prove yourself to him and he doesnt think any1 is up for the task.of course mick foley comes out and says he wants to be the first in line for a shot at hogan. foley could beat waltman, hall , but lose to nash a couple times for aside fued and then finally win to go on and face hogan only to lose. next you could have jarrett run the gauintlet and lose to hogan. you could od this with sting, kurt angle and any other of the tna big names. build up a dream match for joe nad hogan but yet again have hogan come out victorious. Mean while keep building matt morgan up and finally have him run the gauntlet and beat hogan. tna would accomplish gettin a face for the future of the company and using hogans rub to elevate so,eone who is on the fringes to elite status. the only reason i am not picking joe or aj or daniels is because they are already over as much as they need to be and i think its a bad idea to put daniels or styles in a ring with hogan and joe is over whether he wins or loses and it will not serve huge divedends for joe like it would morgan

 

[Chicago1989]

These guys just can't seem to give it up...

I just can't stand Scott Hall. The guy's a mess..why would TNA even think of bringing that loser back after what he did two years ago.

And Sean Waltman has a pretty tarnished wrestling career. Again, why bring them back? -_-

This to me is the future of TNA. To keep bringing these old geezers back to Hogan's behest..

 

[Pedro08]

I think what you're going to have is MEM 2.0 or NWO 3.0 (or whatever version they are up to now). I think that may be the reason Steiner has kept talking about the Mafia. WWE owns the rights to the NWO name (I don't know about 'The Outsiders' or 'Wolfpac'.

I think Nash brings in Waltman and Hall to join him and Steiner (maybe Bischoff)in the new MEM. They try to get Hogan and Angle to re-join, but they refuse and lead the young guys against the new MEM. I know it's just a re-hashing of what happened this past year, but this is Russo we're talking about.

It may work for awhile purely based on the nostalgic factor, but it will get pretty old, pretty quick. Hopefully, they use them to help put over the younger guys, but like Hogan, I'm afraid that they will just put themselves over and end up screwing the younger guys and TNA as a whole.

 

[Fuel The Fire]

Nash is gonna screw EY over and join with Nash.

of What?

Interesting if Hogan is coming in to be booked as face, are we all suppose to mark for Nash and Hall?

Well to me it seems what tna is doing is a destroy and rebuilt. But did you expect any less of hogan to come in as a heel.

I guess the answer is yes and they will be face against the BI.

I just answered yes

but don't foget what happen last time they booked Hall with Nash.

Don't forget to spell check your work.

that went over real poorly and I can't believe TNA upper brass would really give him such a push if he were to come in off the street. guess the Hogan Era has begun

So what are you talking about..Nash and Hall or the Hogan Era? I guess I can kind of see what your saying that hogan coming in and having some pull around the company and he can make things happen by bringing in Hall.
Lets just face it though. Tna NEEDS to leave Scott Hall alone. W.W.E gave him a second chance, TnA gave him a chance and the man cant get together.
Last thing i knew about him is that he cant stop drinking. So if tna wants to start things in the right place, they can't have scott hall backstage drinking it up. It will do nothing but slow them down!

 

[Supersayin]

What the hell is wrong with you, MCMG didnt job to British invasion. Did you even see the match, if that is what call jobbing then that is the longest jobbing match in wrestling history.

Seeing The Outsiders with the straps will be Fucking cool, it will hopefully give MCMG the rub. The promos with them 4 in the ring will be off the hook, including Beer money.

 

[Kenny Powers]

As cool as it was in the past, I don't think the old guys coming together now on TNA is going to be anything special. Especially since it's not the NWO, it''s not Wolfpac, it's basically a second rate NWO at that.

I guarantee you Scott Hall will no show. If he doesn't no show Impact he will definitely no show the PPV. We already have two 40 year old stooges as tag team champions in WWE, we don't need 2 50 year old stooges as tag champs in TNA. It's cool to see Nash and Hall together, but I don't want to see them as champs.

Last time I saw Hall he was drunk as big as a bear at the Iron Sheik roast. The cops had to escort him out. I hope TNA doesn't turn into a big joke because of this. I just don't feel positive about the outcome though.

 

[Daedalus]

I'm a fan of TNA even though I admit their booking sucks ass for the most part. I'm pulling for them to get better starting with the new year but these recent reports have killed my hope somewhat. Hogan, Nash, X Pac, and Hall back together as a NWO twin makes me bored just thinking about it. The Main Event Mafia felt like a small ripoff of the NWO and the group honestly didn't do much interesting and it was a waste of booking. Fear and almost expect the same to happen with this reforming. Hogan on the booking team scares me too although hopefully he will finally stop pushing himself and friends instead of young talent. I'm hoping he finally realizes that he needs to get the next generation of stars over for the business (which he states at times) and honestly means it. I don't mind Hogan/XPac/Nash/Hall on a limited basis (aka not on overkill) but fear they will build the shows around them which probably will bore the hell out of me. Oh TNA, this is your chance to start building somewhat new and it feels like you will blow it already

 

[varun42]

was only good in the and some of WWE. They should bring it back because its the nwo. But then kevin nash has to become a babyface unless hogan and hall become heels.

 

[Kanye South]

Well, I'll be damned. If I was not completely heterosexual in every way, shape, form, and mentality, I would be jizzing out of every hole in my body right now. Jizz means sperm for those older posters who haven't been keeping up with the kids' crazy slang these days. I don't care if Kevin Nash is a crippled motherfucker who can't lift his cock up to take a piss without a dose of Viagra. I don't care if Hogan is a flabby old man who can't wrestle a match to save his life. I don't care if Scott Hall is a fat dirty bastard who slurps alcohol off of elderly hookers' tits. It's the fucking nWo!

TNA is smart. Not that smart, mind you, but smart. And they know that putting three old men in a stable to run TNA for the next year is about the dumbest thing they can do right now. You can bet your shriveling penis that Eric Young will be in it, thus giving new life to factions in TNA. Also, a face team has to arrive to slay those evil nWo-ites, so thats another faction. Plus, more flabby fat Hogan screen time equals less flabby fat Awesome Kong screen time! Can't you just feel the excitement running through your pubic hairs?! TNA is great right now and they need to continue down that path, so we can get something exciting going on in wrestling again, and I can leave my porn tapes in the garage on Monday nights at 9.

 

[Belladonna29]

While I'll admit I'm somewhat curious about the condition of Scott Hall and might not change the channel if I see him on Impact, I really hope this doesn't spiral into a MEM 2.0 angle.

I understand the idea of bringing in older wrestlers to spark some nostalgia ratings, but of this point, TNA is should be marketing themselves as the edgier, more wrestling-oriented show in direct contrast to Raw's kiddie circus. More than that, they should be trying to establish a brand that's TNA on first impression and nothing else. Call me crazy, but how exactly is this going to happen if a casual fan tunes in on 1/4 and sees Hogan, Nash, Hall and possibly X-Pac standing in the ring?

To a new viewer, it's going to just look like a bunch of old dudes taking up space and wasting time; to a WWE loyalist, it would re-affirm the notion that TNA is WCW/WWF dinosaur-reject land, and to a TNA loyalist it will confirm the worst fears about Hogan pushing his glory-run agenda down our drops while AJ, Joe, and the like wait their turn to get some tv time.

With the MEM storyline over, it's been pretty clear how much better Impact has been in general and any rehash of it at this point would really be a "one step forward, two steps back" mistake. There's a basically sense of relief that the show is moving on and letting the younger stars get their pushes ( or at least be put in meaningful feuds in the meantime).

Hogan's arrival is still a wait- and-see thing at the moment, but the epic-power struggle storyline with him, JJ, Foley, Angle, Dixie ( and possibly Sting) is already sounding like it could overshadow the title scene with AJ, Joe, Daniels and Wolfe on some level.

Add this to possible "nWo" ( or whatever they'd be allowed to call themselves ) reunion to the mix, and I'm not liking the signs of what's going to be priority in TNA storyline wise.
I know with Hogan coming in, he needs a major plot to fall into, and admittedly, this might be a way of keeping him out of the ring by having his storyline be about managerial control. But the nWo crap needs to be where it stops. They don't need it and it's not going to keep anyone watching. It's not 1996 and acting like they can recapture that magic is reckless. They tried it in 2000 in WCW and around the Invasion on the WWE and both times it FAILED. What other lessons of the past does Dixie need?

I can only tolerate Hall and anymore nWo affiliates coming back if on of 2 things happen:

(1) Hall and Nash reunite, BUT no more Hogan cronies show up. It's just Hall being Nash's partner cause he has the case from FOF.
They get their title match but lose to the British Invasion, OR they win the title briefly and drop them to the MCMG. If the Guns end up with the titles, all will be forgiven in my eyes.

(2) Even with Hogan having some creative control over himself, Russo is still writing this, so there's a decent chance this is all a swerve.
Here's why.

The truth is that there's a huge portion of TNA's fan base that may turn on Hogan very quickly. TNA knows who it's audience is ( mostly smarks ) and that the average smark probably has a wayyy less positive opinion off Hogan than a casual fan would.

Unlike the majority of the current WWE audience, TNA's fan base won't necessarily bend to the will of the writers. They're way more likely to cheer or boo whoever they want to, and that may pose of problem considering TNA wants Hogan to be a face to the casual crowd their trying to pull in on 1/4.
There's already been some noticeable "Who needs Hogan?!" chants going up in the Impact Zone and Hogan hasn't even shown up! There's a fear that Hogan's going to come in and pull many of his past spot-light hogging, depushing shenanigans.

So how could they do this?

Have Nash and Hall and even X-Pac come in a declare that their back and taking over TNA like the good ol' days...and then have Hogan come out and reject them. He can say that he's in TNA to push the company forward and not relive the past, and iu would be selfish of him to try to be what he's done before.
They could even have AJ, Morgan and Hernandez come out and mock Nash for assuming that Hogan would want to hang with them again, when he's got the younger, cooler, and better wrestler to deal with now.
They can even sneak in a WWE/DX joke about how pulling together has-been teams from the 90's is so stupid, and only promotions that are lame would pull something like.
It would get Hogan over as a face with the smarks, push the younger guys in TNA and squash the nWo nonsense all in one segment.
If they want to go on with the Foley/ Hogan storyline, they still can, with Foley's suspicions about Hogan still not leaving after that segment.
If Hogan is really interested in pushing the young guys and not over-running the place with his cronies ( as he claims in recent interviews) having him reject the nWo reunion seems like a good start.

Sounds like wishful thinking/bullshit? Yeah, but remember, Russo is still booking this, so it's far from being out of the question.

So basically, if Hall coming in doesn't involve a short series of title matches that ends with MCMG winning the titles, or Hogan rejecting the nWo reunion, then this can only end badly. With Raw sucking so bad lately, this is the perfect time for them to step up with something fresh. I really hope they don't blow in on a another nWo rehash.

 

[posterboyforperfection]

they wont be called the nWo we all know that much, and Hogan will probably just manage them after him nearly crippling himself after the australian tour, but its not unlike TNA to team ppl up under different names, Dudley Boys = Team 3D, New Age Outlaws = The James Gang/Vodoo Kin Mafia. but I do think the nWo will get back together, allthough I liked Scott Hall in the original nWo there is no way I want him to return in his condition, Waltman, isnt he pretty much just a mini Hall? I think it could work with hogan not wrestling he cant push himself as the best wrestler in the company and Nash has proven he wants to push the younger talent so the nWo getting back together could be good, we will just have to see how TNA runs with it.

 

[JulesWagner]

It may have been adressed in some other thread but I checked and I honestly don't think it has.

Soooooooo, Mr. Nash gets a TNA Tag Team Title shot. Now, I look at this situation with much caution, for obvious reasons. The logical choice for partner would have to be EY, but what if this a portent for more somber and tragic things? Am I really the only one who's worried about Nash and a certain legend-debuting-very-soon teaming up and winning the titles in one fell swoop? I'm afraid the planets are presently lining up a little too nicely for that not to happen. On the other hand, I can only hope that this could be a great opportunity to further push a young up-and-comer (again EY comes to mind).

With all the hype surrounding January 4th, TNA could very well be tempted to do something very drastic and detrimental to the company by reuniting two too-banged-up-to-wrestle wrestlers over younger, more capable athletes who could benefit a lot more from being champs than Nash and Hogan. Again, this could be a long term plan but we all know how TNA's long term plans usually work. If Hogan were to write himself as Nash's partner and new Tag Team champion, is he really the guy who would quickly and nicely drop the championship to say Beer Money or MCMG and give them the rub? That is what scares me most about the whole thing. The fact that very soon, the new tag team champions could be Nash and Hogan or Nash and one of Hogan's crap cronies... Your opinions would be obviously appreciated and God help us all!