BWEEZY2009
Pre-Show Stalwart
There is currently 65 talents signed to Total Nonstop Action. These 65 don't include the prior five releases within the last week/TNA creative team/Referees/Announcers/Road Agents...
To help the thread out were not going to include female talents for the reason for both companies usually only spend 10-20 min on the diva/knock division and they take up some numbers.
TNA has currently 53 males under contracts and 2 males competing in dark matches. A total of 55 guys to work with within 2 hours. By the way.. I'm not counting Eazy E, Hulkster, and Flair within the 55 and they take up a good 30 min per show. So back to 55 guys with 90 min to work with.
Let's compare this to WWE.
WWE Smackdown - 28 Males with two hours to work with.
WWE RAW- 22 Males
WWE NXT- 8 Males (60 min)
WWE Superstars- Varies
In Summary if you combine the two flagship shows of the WWE, they still have 3-5 less paid talents than TNA. Not to mention 4 hours to TNA's 2 hours.
Individuals like Daniels stood no chance IMO. The biggest problem in TNA right now is re-introducing the original talent. E claims he's going to take the X division to new heights.. yet within 50 days two of the best in the division are gone and 50% of the remaining X division talents aren't being used, or jobbing to Kazarian who is the only guy in the X division who's been given a push since the take over. I'm not putting the blame on Hogan/E just yet.. but I am saying... we went from watching Daniels main eventing less than 3 months ago.. to him jobbing to Sean Morley.
Lets remember.. Daniels was just rumored to be wrestling a couple shows in ROH and now his release has been confirmed. MCMG's are rumored to wrestling a couple shows as well... should we expect more of the homegrown talent to be dropped?
Things i feel are working right now.
A- The A.J Styles Storyline: It wasn't predictable and no body if honest saw it coming. We've seen AJ heel before, but this is by far his biggest push. He's always been one of the faces of TNA, but this storyline has made him THE FACE of TNA. The cocky persona in my mind has worked well and great angles can work of this.
B- Possible Horsemen like Stable: Websites can't confirm it, but a lot of speculation going around has TNA creating such stable led by AJ Styles with Ric Flair playing the JJ role. Desmond Wolfe is clearly going to be a member and I love it. Wolfe has the charisma to go with the in ring work and he'll work well with the story. My money is on Matt Morgan being a member. Morgan has recently turned heel again and i feel it just fits. I don't know how they'll introduce him, but I'm calling it. I can't predict the fourth member, but i hope it's not sting. I don't think Sting needs the faction and he really wouldn't benefit in a stable like the likes of a morgan/wolfe.
C- Beer Money: There gimmick comes off as they sold out to impress E and in my mind its working. I feel its getting them exposure and they are the best tag team in wrestling today IMO. I hope TNA continues to re-introduce them to the new fans so people aren't confused.
Things I think need scrapped/adjusted
A- Abyss: Haven't been a fan of this angle since Hogan gave him the ring. His chokeslam to Flair worked for me, but I'm still wondering why he was given this and not some1 else.
B- Orlando Jordan: The guys in the back don't like it, the fans clearly don't like it (lost 123,000 viewers during this segment) Good luck getting this angle over.. don't see it happening in this age.
C- Missing Talent: I know earlier I complained about having way to much talent... but when i say this... I mean.. why in the hell do the beautiful people and Orlando Jordan get 10-20 min's a week when Samoa Joe/Raven/Rhyno continue to be MIA.
D- X Division: E.. you claimed to be taking it to new heights.. I want to know how this is going to happen with the results in previous weeks. The X division has never been this predictable... I remember the X Division being the match where you honestly didn't know who was going to win. Seriously whats Kendricks record in TNA 0-12?
Place your thoughts on some of the angles you think are working and the angles you think need scrapped or adjusted. Also feel free to argue with my points.
EDIT: Let's add something to to the things that aren't working. You have a 1 hour head start on WWE this week to portray why we should keep it on this channel once the start of Raw comes on and you just had another Rob Terry Sqaush match, Orlando Jordan puttion lotion on his face, and a Knockouts Lock Box/Out match
To help the thread out were not going to include female talents for the reason for both companies usually only spend 10-20 min on the diva/knock division and they take up some numbers.
TNA has currently 53 males under contracts and 2 males competing in dark matches. A total of 55 guys to work with within 2 hours. By the way.. I'm not counting Eazy E, Hulkster, and Flair within the 55 and they take up a good 30 min per show. So back to 55 guys with 90 min to work with.
Let's compare this to WWE.
WWE Smackdown - 28 Males with two hours to work with.
WWE RAW- 22 Males
WWE NXT- 8 Males (60 min)
WWE Superstars- Varies
In Summary if you combine the two flagship shows of the WWE, they still have 3-5 less paid talents than TNA. Not to mention 4 hours to TNA's 2 hours.
Individuals like Daniels stood no chance IMO. The biggest problem in TNA right now is re-introducing the original talent. E claims he's going to take the X division to new heights.. yet within 50 days two of the best in the division are gone and 50% of the remaining X division talents aren't being used, or jobbing to Kazarian who is the only guy in the X division who's been given a push since the take over. I'm not putting the blame on Hogan/E just yet.. but I am saying... we went from watching Daniels main eventing less than 3 months ago.. to him jobbing to Sean Morley.
Lets remember.. Daniels was just rumored to be wrestling a couple shows in ROH and now his release has been confirmed. MCMG's are rumored to wrestling a couple shows as well... should we expect more of the homegrown talent to be dropped?
Things i feel are working right now.
A- The A.J Styles Storyline: It wasn't predictable and no body if honest saw it coming. We've seen AJ heel before, but this is by far his biggest push. He's always been one of the faces of TNA, but this storyline has made him THE FACE of TNA. The cocky persona in my mind has worked well and great angles can work of this.
B- Possible Horsemen like Stable: Websites can't confirm it, but a lot of speculation going around has TNA creating such stable led by AJ Styles with Ric Flair playing the JJ role. Desmond Wolfe is clearly going to be a member and I love it. Wolfe has the charisma to go with the in ring work and he'll work well with the story. My money is on Matt Morgan being a member. Morgan has recently turned heel again and i feel it just fits. I don't know how they'll introduce him, but I'm calling it. I can't predict the fourth member, but i hope it's not sting. I don't think Sting needs the faction and he really wouldn't benefit in a stable like the likes of a morgan/wolfe.
C- Beer Money: There gimmick comes off as they sold out to impress E and in my mind its working. I feel its getting them exposure and they are the best tag team in wrestling today IMO. I hope TNA continues to re-introduce them to the new fans so people aren't confused.
Things I think need scrapped/adjusted
A- Abyss: Haven't been a fan of this angle since Hogan gave him the ring. His chokeslam to Flair worked for me, but I'm still wondering why he was given this and not some1 else.
B- Orlando Jordan: The guys in the back don't like it, the fans clearly don't like it (lost 123,000 viewers during this segment) Good luck getting this angle over.. don't see it happening in this age.
C- Missing Talent: I know earlier I complained about having way to much talent... but when i say this... I mean.. why in the hell do the beautiful people and Orlando Jordan get 10-20 min's a week when Samoa Joe/Raven/Rhyno continue to be MIA.
D- X Division: E.. you claimed to be taking it to new heights.. I want to know how this is going to happen with the results in previous weeks. The X division has never been this predictable... I remember the X Division being the match where you honestly didn't know who was going to win. Seriously whats Kendricks record in TNA 0-12?
Place your thoughts on some of the angles you think are working and the angles you think need scrapped or adjusted. Also feel free to argue with my points.
EDIT: Let's add something to to the things that aren't working. You have a 1 hour head start on WWE this week to portray why we should keep it on this channel once the start of Raw comes on and you just had another Rob Terry Sqaush match, Orlando Jordan puttion lotion on his face, and a Knockouts Lock Box/Out match