I was trying to detail how the TV Championship originally started out & eventually got to this point, not trying to compare it the KO's championship beginning.
Fair enough. I can see where you're coming from here.
Actually, it does. It shows the the TNA TV Title used to have so much potential for greatness, only to have TNA completely disregard it in the past few years to the point were it's practically worthless.
TNA TV Title matches still make it to pay per view, but the same thing can't be said about the Knockouts Tag Titles. At least TNA takes the time to build TV Title feuds, that will make a pay per view card, but the Knockouts Tag Titles haven't seen a pay per view match since August of last year? I'm sorry, but the Knockouts Tag Team Titles have just become fancy jewelery pieces for their champions, and the weird team of ODB and Young is just laughable.
Well, again, just trying to show how the TV Title has gone from then to now.
Yep. I got it. You're giving a timeline breakdown of the title's history.
Yes, because getting 3-minute throwaway matches while his manager got more heat than him sure was "respectful".
Again, Robbie's matches did make it to pay per view. Were they amazing matches? No. No at all. But a good amount of Robbie's title defenses still made it to pay per view.
If anything, this is more of bad booking decisions rather than either titles being irrelevant.
So? How do bad booking decisions effect the relevancy of the Knockouts Tag Titles? That's a lame excuse, Talon. PLENTY of championships in other promotions have suffered bad booking decisions in the past, but those titles survived the embarrassing moments, and they STILL managed to maintain relevancy:
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Angelina Love won the Knockouts Championship during a freakin' lockbox segment. She opened a mystery box, and she instantly became the top female champion in TNA. This was an incredibly stupid idea, but is the Knockouts Championship irrelevant now a days? Nope.
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This has to be one of the goofiest title matches ever, but has the Intercontinental Championship become irrelevant? Did the Good Housekeeping match kill its credibility? No, and the IC title is still one of the most prestigious titles in all of pro wrestling.
Championships might suffer some miserable slumps every now and then, but they shouldn't just fade away into obscurity. This has happened to the Knockouts Tag Titles, and it's about time they receive the scrap pile treatment. It's long overdue.
No, it can't. At the end of the day, no match or feud for the TV Title would entertain you, me, or pretty much anyone else. To put it in better terms, imagine if Big Show won the Intercontinental Championship, & then had a feud with Jinder Mahal over it. Yeah, someone may possibly enjoy it, but there's a damn good chance that it would just be boring as hell to watch. That's why the TV Championship is irrelevant. It's simply boring as hell to watch matches for it, & that just shouldn't happen.
Boring matches don't equal irrelevancy for championships.
John Cena and R-Truth had to have one of the most underwhelming main event WWE Championships matches at Capitol Punishment last year. Is the WWE Championship currently irrelevant? Nope. Not at all. Jeff Hardy VS Matt Morgan for the TNA World Title at Turning Point 2010 was one the most horribly boring main events I've ever seen, but is the TNA World Heavyweight Championship irrelevant now a days? No. Ezekiel Jackson VS Wade Barrett at Capitol Punishment was another dull match, but the IC Championship is STILL relevant.
Again, championships might suffer slumps, every match won't be a five star classic, and you can't set the bar so high for every title defense. It's just unrealistic.
That's actually quite the opposite. Now, as bad a storyline it may be, the reason why ODB & Eric Young won the titles is because despite being an odd couple, they learned how to successfully act like a team & win the championships. That puts prestige on the KO's Tag Team Championship as a title that can only be won by two people that actually work as a professional team. For most likely the next couple of years, the TNA TV Title will be in exactly the same spot as it was before, withering away in the midcard.
Well, Young and ODB are perfect match for each other, and they are team. But how can Eric Young help the women's division in TNA? In order to bring prestige to these titles, Young has to hold up his end of the bargain, and what can he actually do? His goofy antics during their matches are a poor attempt at trying to provide some laughs, not prestige. So how can he actually help the Knockouts division? Wrestle a series of foolish one on one matches with the other Knockouts? Please. Young could go the Santina Marella route (it would still be ridiculous, but seeing Young dress up as a woman, and perform in drag wouldn't surprise me, especially when you consider the batshit crazy mindset of his character), but this wouldn't fool anyone. Eric Young is a man, and he has become a Women's Champion. That doesn't make sense at all.
The TV Title isn't this glorious championship, but it hasn't withered away, and as I've said many times before, this title actually makes the card for pay per view shows.
Devon is average at best as a singles wrestler, & Robbie E. is barely at the point of being better than an FCW guy. This is a memorable feud in the making.
Probably true, but can you think of any memorable moments for the Knockouts Tag Titles and their most recent champions? I know I can't.
Here's the thing, TNA's actually put effort into that. They probably said "Hey, let's do a storyline about a inter-gender team winning the KO's Tag Team Championships & then have a feud about them, followed with the team being wed."
Then TNA completely pissed away any sort of credibility these titles might have by giving them to an inter-gender team, because for reasons I've already explained, this just can't work.
TNA then probably spent the next few weeks/months planning it out. When it comes to the TNA TV, Eric Bischoff most likely just went "Hey, Devon's not doing anything, eh, let's have him win the TV Title from that Jersey Shore guy." That is why the TV Title is more irrelevant.
Pure speculation.
The KO's championship isn't irrelevant, it's in a bad storyline that takes up a decent amount of tv time, TNA simply puts no effort or interest to put the TV Title in any kind of actual memorable storyline, good or bad.
Currently, the Knockouts Tag Team Championships
aren't the main focus. Although, ODB and Eric's love story IS the main focus. The storyline is ridiculous, and they can't have any serious plans for their titles that are supposed to be exclusive to women, because an inter-gender team is parading around as champions.
As far as memorable storylines for the TV Title, yeah you, do have a point. Currently, the TV title hasn't produced any five star matches, but can you name ONE memorable Knockouts Tag Team Championship match? I can't think of any Tag Team Title feuds, because the reigns of the Knockouts Champions have been worthless and forgettable.
My Final Thoughts: Talon, I want you to take a look at this video, and you can go ahead fast forward to 3:37, because that's where the "big announcement" begins:
The creation of the TNA Knockouts Tag Titles were announced on this night. During this backstage segment, Tara, a six time Women's Champion, talks about "making history." You can hear the excitement in her voice, and the same thing can be said about Lauren and the other Knockouts. The Knockout Tag Titles were going to be special. This was an innovative and groundbreaking idea, that would change the Knockouts division. This is what TNA wanted us to believe.
But what eventually happened? The Knockouts Titles took a huge dive fast. The Knockouts Tag Titles faded away into obscurity, and the champions can't even make a pay per view for match anymore. And what do we have know? Eric Young and ODB as champions? Eric Young can't help the women's division in any way, and the ODB/Young Tag Title run will be remembered as one those awful pro wrestling storylines five years from now. This probably won't reach the levels of the Katie Vick/HHH/Kane storyline, or Mae Young/Mark Henry, but ODB and Eric will find a place in pro wrestling's worst storylines ever. Eric Young,
a man, can't help bring prestige to a women's title, for obvious reasons.
And the last pay per view match for a Knockouts Tag Team Championship match didn't provide any great memories......
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Wow. A below average promo from the champions, and things didn't get any better in the ring, because the match was boring and uninteresting. "Asstastic." That's how Taz summarizes this match. Ass. That's what I should I remember about the last TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship match on pay per view?? Something I can see on any regular episode of IW/TNA, WITHOUT any wrestling at all? Also, I can easily find plenty of "asstastic" pics of the Knockouts on the internet, and again, I don't need to watch any wrestling for this.