TNA needs THAT guy

[Rhonda Rousey's Sports Bra]

I have been thinking alot about what could make this a real war and it's that guy, TNA needs a guy that everyone wants to see face the top guy in the WWE. Back in the day it was Goldberg and Stone Cold or Sting and Undertaker, so on and so forth. I know for me those are the things that got my attention alot as a kid and made me watch Nitro and Raw every week.

So the question is who on the current roster can be THAT guy in TNA that people want to see face your Cenas and your Ortons of the WWE?

 

[DX vs NWO]

I think it would have to be Edge. Edge is one of the most entertaining guy on the roster, and if TNA were to have Edge, they would see their ratings go really, really high. However, a guy like Edge is not really a guy that the average wrestling fan,(children predominenty) would care about them too much, and what TNA needs to do is attract the average wrestling fan. If they had a guy like Cena or Batista then they will win the ratings war.

If not Edge, then probably Jericho. He is really entertaining, and I can see him fitting in TNA very easily.

 

[Mufasa]

Samoa Joe could have been that guy. He was extremely over, and was having great match after great match. The crowd used to chant "Joe's gonna kill you" during his entrance. He could cut good intense serious promos.He was a complete badass. Then TNA just sort of let his momentum fizzle out. They should have had him take the belt from Jarrett and gave him a long run. I used to tune into TNA just to see Samoa Joe. Now I no longer watch the show regularly so I'm not sure what's going on with him. I know they put some face paint on him for a while and they recently jobbed him out to Orlando Jordan which I was deeply disappointed about. I think he could have had the potential to carry the whole company.

Right now Hulk Hogan thinks Abyss is TNA's John Cena, but I disagree.

 

[Deexter Jorgan]

Most are going to disagree with this but i think the person they need is someone who already is being pushed to the moon, Deangelo Dinero (The Pope), simple fact the guy gets an amazing pop when he enters the ring.

His ring work is on par with Cena, he can tell a story and work a good match with anybody, weather it is AJ styles high flying style, or the technical expertese of Kurt Angle, the guy can work with almost anybody, but heres the catch he shouldnt get his opportunity at the next PPV (Lockdown i believe) He needs to be teased and distanced from the title but has to be shown chasing it, If they really want to make AJ a heel they need him to foil any attempt that Dinero has at coming close to the belt, he needs to keep chasing AJ until he eventually gets his match at Bound for Glory, if they do this i guarantee it will give dinero enough time to get the crowd behind him and with that momentum they can position him as the TNA babyface champion.

This has worked with numerous faces, look at the whole Sting/Hogan situation, if they actually made the blowoff work it would have been amazing, and would have given sting the momentum to take the company to the next level.

Look at Joe vs Angle (if done properly) they would have been able to make Joe TNA's top face.

Or if you want to add to the momentum Austin Vs Mcmahon, (positioned Austin as the companies top face single handedly carrying the company.

TNA needs to strike while the iron is hot, The pope has enough momentum and the best chance of carrying the company to the next level if they keep him away from the title for at least six months having AJ cheat his way out of the title match.

 

[#hamler]

To me, they already have "that guy". TNA wrestlers such at The Pope, Desmond Wolfe, Aj Styles and Kaz are great big name draws. The Problem is, TNA isn't taking them down the right path. They need to find a personality to fit them all and find a personality to draw fans, like SCSA and the rock did in the attitude era. They need to find some way to get them into the mainstream media and get them on people's tv in their homes.

 

[zozman]

The problem is not the wrestler it's the company. TNA cant take any of their current stars into superstardom on the same level of Batista ,Cena and co. If you ask anybody who John Cena is they will respond 99.5% of the time yes. Whether they know him from one of his movies or from WWE or both. The same goes with Batista, Rock ,SCSA. Others are just legends in the business and have had great exposure like HBK and Taker, 80% of people will also answer yes to these guys.

As for TNA their stars are only stars in TNA and nowhere else. You don't see AJ Styles on Ellen Degeneres or Jimmy Fallon. The only TNA stars that can accomplish this are those who have been already built up in WWE.

 

[Mr. Wrestling XIII]

Most are going to disagree with this but i think the person they need is someone who already is being pushed to the moon, Deangelo Dinero (The Pope), simple fact the guy gets an amazing pop when he enters the ring.

His ring work is on par with Cena, he can tell a story and work a good match with anybody, weather it is AJ styles high flying style, or the technical expertese of Kurt Angle, the guy can work with almost anybody, but heres the catch he shouldnt get his opportunity at the next PPV (Lockdown i believe) He needs to be teased and distanced from the title but has to be shown chasing it, If they really want to make AJ a heel they need him to foil any attempt that Dinero has at coming close to the belt, he needs to keep chasing AJ until he eventually gets his match at Bound for Glory, if they do this i guarantee it will give dinero enough time to get the crowd behind him and with that momentum they can position him as the TNA babyface champion.

This has worked with numerous faces, look at the whole Sting/Hogan situation, if they actually made the blowoff work it would have been amazing, and would have given sting the momentum to take the company to the next level.

Look at Joe vs Angle (if done properly) they would have been able to make Joe TNA's top face.

Or if you want to add to the momentum Austin Vs Mcmahon, (positioned Austin as the companies top face single handedly carrying the company.

TNA needs to strike while the iron is hot, The pope has enough momentum and the best chance of carrying the company to the next level if they keep him away from the title for at least six months having AJ cheat his way out of the title match.

I agree with you completely that The Pope could easily be "The Guy" for TNA. He is incredibly marketable, has one of the best gimmicks in the business right now, the man has the gift of gab, and to put the icing on the cake HE CAN WRESTLE!

I was a fan of Pope when he was with the WWE. The biggest problem when it comes to TNA competting with RAW is the simple fact that pro wrestling isn't nearly as popular as it was 15 years ago and it may never be that popular again. The only guys I could see coming from WWE that would actually steal some of the auidance away would be a John Cena, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, or Undertaker. We all know the chances of any of those guys jumping ship. They are however huge names and they have been with the WWE for the majority if not entire career.

As far as a complete package goes, I couldn't agree more about Edge and Jericho those guys (especially Jericho) would be an awesome asset to TNA, but TNA needs to create superstars. They need to get these young guys on some late night shows and try to get some endorsement deals. TNA's biggest issue is, the run of the mill WWE fan either has no idea what TNA is or no idea who people like AJ Styles and Samoa Joe are. They need to get the talent out there in the public eye and pimp the product, Hogan is great at self promoting, but he needs to start going on these talk shows and such with young TNA talent like Pope or AJ. Hogan doing a Rent-A-Center commercial doesn't do anything for TNA because Hogan is his own brand.

 

[Texas Rattlesnake]

i think they need somebody like a chris jericho who has excellent mic skills but can also put on a 5 star match

 

[luis_is_king]

THAT guy that tna needs so much is john cena. As much as those tna fans( who are frustrated wwe fans) shit on cena, he can't wrestle and shit like that but the truth is cena is the guy that can easily give tna a boost in the ratings because the younger audience will start watching tna to see their favorite wrestler which is CENA. He is marketable, he is a household name. Like what the previous poster said, almost every person who has not been living in a cave knows who john cena is either via watching wrestling faithfully or casually and probably from movies. And of course the adults who did not watch wrestling at all probably know cena because of their younger relatives who is fond of cena. So THAT guy that tna needs to give them a boost in the ratings is John Cena. Not triple H, not hbk ,not even the undertaker.

 

[Rhonda Rousey's Sports Bra]

I think I was being lazy when I made this thread and didn't clarify exactly what I meant. What I'm looking for is a guy that is on the current TNA roster that can rise up and be the face of TNA, a guy that everyone wants to see wrestle one of the top guys in the WWE like Cena or Orton. Back in the WCW days I know I always wanted to see Stone Cold versus Goldberg and Sting versus Undertaker, those are dream matches for me.

So who on the current TNA roster would you want to see face one of the top guys in the WWE?

I think AJ is great but I would want to see him against Mysterio more than one of the top guys.

The Pope could be great but I don't see him as the face of TNA, at least not yet.

Abyss... No just no.

Matt Morgan maybe, he has a great look but thats about it.

Truthfully I don't see anyone on their roster that makes me want to see a dream match, yea Kurt Angle but he already has had those matches, Mr. Anderson would be intersting but I don't know because he had too much of a push in the WWE so it's not like it would be a dream match.

 

[Whistler 619]

The only guy I can really see who can be "That Guy" in TNA is A.J Styles. The reason being that when you look at there Roster, like what 50-60% of them are all former WWE guys that either couldn't make it, got lost in the shuffle, or got on McMahon's bad side. So when that happens, either we've already seen a match happen, or we know a match would be crap because we've already gotten over the guy who left.

Thats why I think A.J Styles would have to be "That Guy", like Sting, hes never been on the other side of the Grass, people in WWE haven't seen him attempt to make it in the WWE, have a match against a guy like Triple H or something like that. So I think for me that guy would have to be Styles.

Think about it, if he were to get really exposed and Uber-Over with the Wrestling Community, then just imagine, we've talked about Sting vs Undertaker, Sting vs Shawn Michaels, and such well if A.J got the type of exposure, I think people would without a doubt want to see a A.J Styles vs John Cena or A.J Styles vs Randy Orton type thing.

 

[Kayoh]

Samoa Joe. He's the only guy on the TNA roster who isn't complete shit on the mic who could legitimately beat a Cena or Batista one on one. I want to say AJ, but he's what, 5'9? Come on. Nobody would believe that. Joe is taller, thick (putting it nicely) and athletic. Basically, think Umaga. People were scared as FUCK of Umaga. Now think Umaga, but he can speak fluent english and is articulate and talks about how much he wants to hurt people. That's what TNA has in Joe. And the fact that he hasn't seen TV since he was squashed by fucking Orlando Jordan is an embarrassment.

 

[PsychoBlack]

christian should come back to tnavince doesnt like him. at all so why not come to the company who made you a world champion and didnt try to stick you on the 3rd show and christian had to do a job to DiBiase after whooping his ass the entire match but thats not the topic right now

desmond wolfe could be that guy hes amazing in the ring pretty good on the mic and can get tons of heat

i also like the pope he can put on a good match and has a great gimmick

my sleeper guy is doug williams the guy is so technically sound but with wolfe already higer up on the card i dont see how you could have two heels both from europe fighting for the same title so the x division is where hes stuck for now but him and morrison could have a 5 star match hell he could work with anyone and have a good one

 

[shattered dreams]

I do not know if they need a top face but IMO they need that badass intense guy. As people have mentioned they have a decent amount of talent. However, most of them use some comedy and are not too hard hitting in the ring. So if they could put together a good storyline for badass Joe to come back I think it would complement the talent already in the main event scene well. Honestly I have zero desire to watch Cena wrestle anyone.

 

[MisterRob]

TNA's problem isn't not having THAT guy. They could very well have one of those great talents who has the potential to explode.. someone like Pope, someone like Samoe Joe, and certainly in my opinion someone like Ken Anderson could be big stars. But they won't be. They won't be because of all the OTHER problems TNA has. Their booking, their writing, all of it will allow them to drop the ball and not be able to use that person properly even if they have him, which we've seen countless times in the past with TNA. Not to mention all of the issues that make TNA still a small time company that has a small audience and can't become more will always stop that star from exploding because he doesn't have the audience that will grasp on and watch him, or even be aware he's there. The problem isn't not having THAT guy, it's TNA as a whole.

 

[tyciol]

This isn't anything I'd expect to be that interesting, more of an appeal to old timers, but I would love to see (Ultimate) Warrior come back on. Now that he's all buzz cut uber conservative it's sort of like his own version of Hollywood Hogan. The drama he's got with him, plus RVD trained him and they shot movies together and RVD has a face push, so you could have Warrior as a controversial face (mending differences with Hogan, not sure if they did that before) or as a heel and turn on RVD after receiving assistance.

Not to mention that he and Sting were also tag team partners a long time ago as well...

If they ever did a TNA/WWE crossover he might bother triple H about how the Pedigree does essentially nothing to him.

 

[asslber]

In my honest opinion, I think TNA's "That guy" is simply Mr. Kennedy. He was supposed to be the WWE's next "Rock" so why not him? I mean, he draws. Doesn't he? I don't know for sure 'cause I don't like TNA at all, but I think he would be a great fit for this TNA .vs. WWE thing going on now.

By the way, I'm well aware that he's now called "Mr. Anderson." I'm just used to calling him Mr. Kennedy so deal with it.