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There is always a lot of talk on this forum about the many eras of the WWF/E.
-WWWF
-Rock n' Wrestling
-New Generation
-Attitude
-Ruthless Aggression
-and finally the current PG Era.
Everyone has the favorite and most hated parts of each, but thats for another post.
In TNA there have been 3 key eras:
-Nashville
-Impact Zone
-Hogan & Bischoff
I'd like to have an open discussion about all 3. What were your most favorite and least favorite of each? Who were your fav wrestlers to watch? Who at that time did you think would take it to the next level? and which one was best?
For me i will ALWAYS love the Nashville era most, and being the
Mark that I am, I LOVED his TNA run from '03-'05. From his debut, to aligning himself with Russo (I think i am the only person to ever say i was a Russo mark) and S.E.X, his promos were a throwback to his ECW/WCW days and showed how Vince dropped the ball on him. His matchs with Jarret and AJ are classics. Go back and watch the no 1. contender ladder match with AJ and you will see what im talking about. One of the best matchs i remember was Raven/Jarrett/AJ when AJ won his 1st title. Not just that. You have the original Ultimate X match, the World X-Cup, and one of the guys i think was slept on most back then: Sonny Siaki. This guy was awesome to watch and thought a lot more could have been done with him.
It took awhile for me to warm up to the Impact Zone Era but what really did it for me was when they made the 3 biggest signings in TNA history Sting, Christian, & Kurt Angle all in the span of 1 year. Sting is the ONLY big name WCW guy never to sign with Vince (and i hope he never does), Christian was the 1st big name to pick TNA over WWE and Kurt Angle is Kurt F'N Angle!!! Angle actually made me care about Joe!! and their trilogy was magic. Also i was a fan of the Main Event Mafia because i was a mark for all 5 guys throughout the years. 2006 seemed like it was going to be the year TNA actually was goning to be able to compete with WWE but TNA dropped the ball (something ive become used to when dealing with TNA).
And finally in the Hogan/Bischoff era i find it hard to find something i like. I've defended TNA from the begining but in 2010 i just couldnt do it anymore. It was a year of fails. Even the highlights were fucked up by bad booking. AJ got the title at the end of '09 and then got Ric Flair as his manager. When that happened I was hoping Flair would manage AJ in the same manner he did with HHH and have AJ revert to his '03 heel persona but we got AJ with frosted tips doing a HORRIBLE Ric Flair impression
, We saw Sting come back again to wrestle 8 months on his 1 year deal with the "I've missed to many days in the gym T-shirt" (please Sting buy one for Ric Flair)
, EV 2.0
, and Jeff Hardy turning heel only to let his demons take hold of him
. Hell the only positive i can find in TNA is Mr. Anderson... Anderson.... and Fortune. If TNA is smart (which is giving them too much credit) in the next 18 months we will see Anderson, Aj and Robert Roode all hold the TNA title. But the biggest positive would be for Hogan to leave after his deal is up in January (Keep Eric, say what u will about the guy but he gets great heat, and has a mind for the production side of the business)
Thoughts?
-WWWF
-Rock n' Wrestling
-New Generation
-Attitude
-Ruthless Aggression
-and finally the current PG Era.
Everyone has the favorite and most hated parts of each, but thats for another post.
In TNA there have been 3 key eras:
-Nashville
-Impact Zone
-Hogan & Bischoff
I'd like to have an open discussion about all 3. What were your most favorite and least favorite of each? Who were your fav wrestlers to watch? Who at that time did you think would take it to the next level? and which one was best?
For me i will ALWAYS love the Nashville era most, and being the

It took awhile for me to warm up to the Impact Zone Era but what really did it for me was when they made the 3 biggest signings in TNA history Sting, Christian, & Kurt Angle all in the span of 1 year. Sting is the ONLY big name WCW guy never to sign with Vince (and i hope he never does), Christian was the 1st big name to pick TNA over WWE and Kurt Angle is Kurt F'N Angle!!! Angle actually made me care about Joe!! and their trilogy was magic. Also i was a fan of the Main Event Mafia because i was a mark for all 5 guys throughout the years. 2006 seemed like it was going to be the year TNA actually was goning to be able to compete with WWE but TNA dropped the ball (something ive become used to when dealing with TNA).
And finally in the Hogan/Bischoff era i find it hard to find something i like. I've defended TNA from the begining but in 2010 i just couldnt do it anymore. It was a year of fails. Even the highlights were fucked up by bad booking. AJ got the title at the end of '09 and then got Ric Flair as his manager. When that happened I was hoping Flair would manage AJ in the same manner he did with HHH and have AJ revert to his '03 heel persona but we got AJ with frosted tips doing a HORRIBLE Ric Flair impression




Thoughts?