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Hexagonal Hedonist
How the general inferiority complex of current wrestling fans manifests itself amongst those that don't currently watch/know their programming.
Agree or disagree?
Agree or disagree?
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I'm not sure about that but I think the biggest obstacle they have is getting over the stigma that the name TNA brings with it. A lot of fans associate it with the stupid angles and old guys dominating. They need to break that mindset and show fans that they've got something worth seeing. As Dreamer said in Rise and Fall of ECW, "You can have the best show in the world, but it doesn't matter if no one is watching." Getting people to realize they're a different company now will help more than anything.
Yeah, but how does TNA do that at this point? They've almost done everything within reason but throw the kitchen sink. Fire Hogan, retire Sting and Angle and focus only on newer talents? Hire more X Division guys? They've put billboards right under WWE's noses, held campaigns for their anniversary show, payed whatever celebrity name they could drag and have them even wrestle, hired an MMA star and on. What else to do? Go on the road and a second show? And then what?
KB, IMO that stigma both came from and persists largely because of what I laid out in the OP.
The #1 thing TNA can do is offer something different, like KB said. I don't want to watch TNA to see what would happen if the WWE had different performers . I want to watch TNA for something different. The main thing that drew my personal interest into TNA was the 6-sided ring and the X-Division, and let's be honest with ourselves, the X Division has gone from an entire division to one man: Austin Aries. Not that Aries isn't great, but you can't have a division with only one over performer. I miss what TNA USED to do that made them distinct. Ultimate X matches. 6 Sided Ring. King of the Mountain Matches were even innovative. I liked it back then because everybody was small and athletic, and then guys like Sunny Siaki, Lance Hoyt and Samoa Joe came into the mix and the smaller guys had to prove themselves against bigger competition. Now, it just feels like WWE Lite. Same philosophies, different performers.
This post is not good.The #1 thing TNA can do is offer something different, like KB said. I don't want to watch TNA to see what would happen if the WWE had different performers . I want to watch TNA for something different. The main thing that drew my personal interest into TNA was the 6-sided ring and the X-Division, and let's be honest with ourselves, the X Division has gone from an entire division to one man: Austin Aries. Not that Aries isn't great, but you can't have a division with only one over performer. I miss what TNA USED to do that made them distinct. Ultimate X matches. 6 Sided Ring. King of the Mountain Matches were even innovative. I liked it back then because everybody was small and athletic, and then guys like Sunny Siaki, Lance Hoyt and Samoa Joe came into the mix and the smaller guys had to prove themselves against bigger competition. Now, it just feels like WWE Lite. Same philosophies, different performers.
Pretty much anything that's got a TV deal.I rest my case.
For the sake of thoroughness a follow up question, what wrestling shows do you watch Kayoh?