What do you think about the leaders of TNA?

[BladeRunner]

Did you like when Jeff Jarrett called the shots in TNA? Would you prefer him to have more power or the power he had before?

Or do you like it now where pretty much Dixie Carter is in charge?

Is she bad for kayfabe?

Should there even be tv "owners" that are really just wrestlers? Or should it be how it is now where the real owner is shown making decisions?

Feel free to focus on any one of these questions only if you prefer.

 

[burnout4200]

Since "Professional Wrestling" was at it's peak television has changed. Reality TV invaded the airwaves and it literally took over. Interest in wrestling has lowered during the reality television era because it's the exact opposite of reality. All of the drama in wrestling comes down to one take unlike any other form of televised acting therefore the botch's turn off the reality nuts. If you give the microphone to Bobby Lashley or Matt Hardy don't expect a compelling story. The more real they can make it the better off TNA is. Dixie gives the company a more real aspect that it needs to survive in the current market. Having a good character as owner is fun for the wrestling fan, but the real owner adds something that's desperately needed right now. In the 90's wrestling adapted to the real "attitude era" when sex and violence was extremely popular. It looks like its time to try and adapt again.

 

[Supersayin]

I think it's Fucking PATHETIC how people in TNA management are treating Double J. This guy was a mid-card in the fans eyes (probably still is) and took a company took it right to the top. He worked his ass off, he was a major player in TNA vs MEM storyline which was breaking viewer records every week or two. I really can't wait for the anticipation of his return so he can be guitar swinging the crap out of everybody.

 

[M_Montana]

I think it's Fucking PATHETIC how people in TNA management are treating Double J. This guy was a mid-card in the fans eyes (probably still is) and took a company took it right to the top. He worked his ass off, he was a major player in TNA vs MEM storyline which was breaking viewer records every week or two. I really can't wait for the anticipation of his return so he can be guitar swinging the crap out of everybody.

you took the words right outta my mouth, Double J MADE tna. He used a million dollars of his own money to start the company. Now they treat him this way. I feel really bad. I do. I found JJ to be one of the most entertaining ppl on TNA love him hate him, you cant think of tna without thinking of JJ. My opinion. Dixie knows nothing about wrestling yet shes tryin to run a wrestling promotion. Pathetic. BRING JEFF JARRETT BACK

 

[It's Damn Real!]

If the choice was between a Jarrett-run or Carter-run organization, I'm more than content with the latter. Jarrett and his cronies (Dutch Mantel, Savio Vega, etc.) did nothing note-worthy in TNA, and IMO are one of the biggest reasons it's stumbled out of the gate so poorly. A company with names like Sting, Kurt Angle, etc. with so much budding young talent should not have been struggling to make a 1.0 rating. I blame a lot of that on Jeff and his boys for trying to book the same bullshit the NWA did back in the 80's as if fans are so stupid and naive that they'd actually still find value in a "beer on a pole" match.

I forget who said it, and how exactly they said it, but someone said it best a while back regarding Jarrett and his career/gimmick. Something along the lines of "Jarrett has broken about a thousand guitars in his career – not one of them mattered".

 

[Storm4life]

you took the words right outta my mouth, Double J MADE tna. He used a million dollars of his own money to start the company. Now they treat him this way. I feel really bad. I do. I found JJ to be one of the most entertaining ppl on TNA love him hate him, you cant think of tna without thinking of JJ. My opinion. Dixie knows nothing about wrestling yet shes tryin to run a wrestling promotion. Pathetic. BRING JEFF JARRETT BACK

ABSOLUTELY!! Just my opinion and speaking only for myself, TNA, for me seemed more interesting when Double J was at the helm. The bullshit between Jeff and Kurt NEVER should have been brought into the company. It should have stayed outside the door. Dixie needs to take about ten steps backwards and let a real wrestler run the show. The direction she is wanting to go in seems to me like a WWE/WCW re-run and all because she wants to compete with Vince McMahon. I thinks she is missing the point that as fans, we have all seen the WWE and most of us saw WCW. It's time for something new and better. What I'm seeing out of TNA is not that anymore. What started me watching TNA was that it wasn't the WWE and that is now gone. And while I know a lot of fans will disagree with me, Hulk and Bischoff coming in is not gonna take this company in the direction it actually needs to go in.
Both of these guys have their own agenda. And I'm not convinced that their agenda is in the best interests of TNA.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I'm not overly thrilled with the leadership of either Jeff Jarrett or Dixie Carter to be quite honest. However, that's not to say the neither of them have no merit.

Jeff Jarrett loves pro wrestling, it's been his life for pretty much his entire life literally. I respect that he took a shot in starting his own wrestling company and how far the company has progressed in a relatively short period of time. However, I think that Jarrett ultimately proved to be ineffective in getting TNA over the hump. There's been a lot of young, great talent on the TNA roster and TNA has had guys like Kurt Angle on the roster for several years but, for the most part, I believe that TNA has been a state of near stagnation for the past few years. As an active wrestler on the roster, and the founder, Jarrett is someone that kept himself in the spotlight and in main event situations over other wrestlers do the detriment of the company I think. Jeff Jarrett is not a main event wrestler and never should have been. He doesn't have the charisma and general capability in my opinion. As a wrestler in the main event, Jeff Jarrett always struck me as someone that was in over his head and didn't belong where he was. Not to say that he's not talented, but he's not someone that should be the face of a professional wrestling company. I think that by ramming himself down everyone's throat week in and week out, it hurt the product overall.

As for Dixie Carter, she has shaken things up in TNA over the past 6 months or so. Overall, I admit that I do find TNA to be more entertaining than it was when Jarrett was running around in charge of TNA's creative team. However, Dixie Carter doesn't know dick about wrestling or how it works. For her to give a lecture to the TNA roster about how they need to crank it up is an insult since she has demonstrated a number of times in the past that she just doesn't have the knowledge to ultimately be in charge. TNA is a business investment to her, it's not her life or her passion ultimately. Dixie Carter wants to compete with the WWE but seems to want to refuse to accept the fact that growth takes time. She wants to go head to head with the WWE yesterday seemingly and she believes that by signing Hulk Hogan to the TNA roster that it's going to happen. As of right now, I think bringing in Hulk Hogan is a mistake that could very much hurt TNA in the long run as Hulk Hogan is, first and foremost, about Hulk Hogan with everything else coming in at a distant second.

 

[SuperKnockout]

i don't like it when Dixie is in charge. Jeff called shots, made main events, and had a good run. He made good events when he fueded with Kurt, or even Mick foley. He asked for it, and boom it happened. It is just amazing how With jeff gone, TNA has gotten boring. Hogan hasn't even showed up yet!!! IDK just my opinion

 

[EStreet]

None of this will matter because when Hogan comes in, He will be the man in charge, calling the shots and booking the main events. Like it or not, thats reality and we will soon find out if Hogan is in this for himself, or possibly (as I suspect) to beat VKM (again)