I was going to make a thread, but since theres a thread that is pretty Germain to what I have to say, I will post what I have to say here.
I was thinking, as best and logically as I could, as to how TNA can get better. Better in all areas really. I think this comes from last nights iMPACT! and ReAction. And even the one before. Because I realized that ReAction in its 1 hour did a better job of reasoning and putting over the "they" angle than iMPACT! last week and this week did. And the thing is, there was about half hour of wrestling last week and this week maybe a few minutes more, just better spread out.
The thing is... Thinking of this almost made me pass out from all the asinine-ery... TNA is in ruins right now, the booking is really bad and the matches are not up to par, on iMPACT! or PPV. Aside from the dim shining light of the Tag Team Division, regardless of how poor a job TNA does at using more than 2 at a time is all they have really.
So, to get to how I would make TNA better, or even how TNA could get better without me (more realistic. Tongue) this is what I propose. For one, lets stay on the topic of wrestling on iMPACT! TNA has 3 hours every Thursday to get done what they need. Put over angles, put on matches, and tell stories. Why is it, that on a wrestling show there is more story and talking that a soap opera? As it stands TNA does about 75 to 25 percent, talking, angles and othwerwise to wrestling respectively. On top of which TNA has a entire hour dedicated to just those former things.
I am not saying, wrestle without anything else. But what I am saying is that rough figure needs to be flipped. For one, let us do away with the time limits being 10 minutes. That is just asinine. Either bump up iMPACT! to 30 minutes and PPV to 45-60 minutes or do away with them all together. iMPACT! is set up to have bad matches as it stands, 7 minute matches just wont cut it. Main event or opener, matches need more time!
TNA iMPACT! should have atleast 5 to 6 matches every Thursday and 2 of those matches, main event including should be between 13 and 16 minutes. With the occasional treat to the fans of having a 20 minute plus main event. Maybe even a title match. Last night, Pope vs AJ wasnt even the main event. They got like 7 minutes to work before the loop hole came in and cost Pope the match! Put that match in the main event spot and give them 16 minutes to have a really good iMPACT! street fight!
I wouldnt do ANYTHING to ReAction as it stands. Because ReAction does a very good job at putting people, angles, and PPVs over as it stands. I am not asking for there to be matches on ReAction, and I am not saying iMPACT! should run into ReAction. However, it wouldnt be terrible to have the main event run into ReAction every once in a while. I mean if we have Samoa Joe vs Rob Van Dam, I have no problem with that main event running off into.
Which leads me to another point. The main event. How does TNA fix the main event? For one, you have to have people who deliver in their matches. Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy for the most part dont deliver. They mail in their matches and the put on basic shells of what they can do. Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, and Kurt Angle. That is 3 bank wrestlers that no matter who they are put with they will have a great match and make their opponent look amazing. I cant see Hardy having any main event worthy matches as it stands against anyone other than the 3 I named. Or maybe RVD and I know Jeff can go with Shannon Moore. But I am talking main event.
The main event of PPVs need to deliver and for all of this year so far I cant think of many that did. It is a matter of time given to said main event and who is in that spot. Rob Van Dam, you gotta take a step back buddy. I would honestly give RVD from now until his contract is up to have atleast 2 really good iMPACT! matches and all of his PPV matches to be atleast 75% of what RVD can do. Because 75% of RVD is better than most dudes 100%. But RVD only gives me 50% and it is just not worth it. If you dont love wrestling why do it? Its not something you get into for money, or anything other than love for it. So why stick around? I dont believe RVD wants to wrestle at all.
And the main event right now, regardless of how nice I think Hardys gimmick is, get the title off of him quick. He and Mr. Anderson are going to headline a PPV? Seriously? Lets put aside the fact that they JUST came from WWE. but lets look at the fact that who knows who will show up? Both of these guys have had peaks and valleys and I just cant trust either to be facing eachother in a main event spot. Where is AJ? Where is Joe? Where is Angle?
I have said it time and time again. How does it make sense to put over Jeff Hardy to the moon, how does it make sense to make him TNA champion when he will most likely go to WWE after his short contract is up; Or hardy goes to jail and then what? Have yet another stripping of the title. Which that is a whole other thing I will probably get to. But seriously, the booking of the main event is just awful.
And dont think I want an overhaul of the roster. I like the TNA roster, guys like Nash though, he can go. Nash can go sit his ass at the commentary table and Mike Tenay can fuck off and die for all I care. Sabu, sorry you were awesome 12 years ago, now you are played out and really broken down. thank you sir for all the years of fun but your done. Raven? Ya you had a good match with Dreamer and I thank you, good bye. Dreamer, ditto for you but what do you really offer the product? Aside from burying TNA's best overall talent AJ Styles... Hey! Rhino, loved you in ECW man you were booked really well, too bad TNA doesnt have Heyman. But they dont so goodbye. Robbie E? yea, TNA had the right idea in bringing in fresh blood, but your the wrong guy. You wrestle like a FCW guy in the X-Division, not going to cut it buddy.
And I am not saying bring in a bunch of ROH guys either. All I ask for is maybe Kevin Steen, Jon Moxley, and most of all the one name who everytime I see I am just astounded he is still not with WWE or TNA. Chris fucking Hero. Please, I beg you, if you dont know him, or you do know of him just havent seen him, please go watch his matches. Look up Hero from early ROH, recent ROH, from CZW, and from Japan. The man is the most well rounded wrestler in the Indys. yea, Davey Richards and Moxley and Strong give me hard ons too watching them wrestle. But if TNA were to add Chris Hero it would be something I believe putting TNA over the top. he has Japan srong style, mat wrestling, spot monkey, he is a technician, and oh yea its all wrapped in a 230lbs 6'5 frame. All with a charisma and mic skills cherry on top! SIGN CHRIS HERO!
By signing these people and trimming the TNA fat, along with booking, that is important, you can turn around TNA overall for the better. Hell maybe even bring in a tag team. I would love The BLK-OUT, The Best Around with Robbie Mireno would be tits, maybe even Orisian Portal, they fit really well in TNA I believe.
Because the X-Divison is really weak right now and needs fresh faces that are not The Shore. Which I debate with myself should I even get into that? Havent I, or you reading this said it all in other threads? Fuck... Either way. Lots of old faces in X-Division, get some new life in there, get Moxley and get Steen. Hopefully Wolfe heals up nice and then TNA has London Brawlings back. great for them.
PPV main events need to deliver, the X-Division needs freshening up and atleast 2 matches per PPV, the tag team division could use a fresh team or two once 3D leaves. Or are they? And the Knockout division needs reassessing. Get Hamada out there, dont over use and push Mickie, dont do a Mickie vs Tara feud right off the bat. Get Sarita out there. And please release Lacy. PLEASE. She is the worst wrestler ever.
I guess in closing all I can say is the sad fact none of this can happen. I know and you know it. Not until Russo is ousted, not until Hogan and Bischoff kick dirt down the dusty trail will all if any of these things happen. Bischoff and Hogan dont know the business. I question if they ever did. they may have stolen some viewers 10 years ago, but pre Russo I always thought WCW was better in the early to mid 90s. And even then WCW stole viewers based on ECW angles and so on. I wish I could just snap my fingers and make it all better. But really, TNA has quite a while before they can heal up. If they heal up. Because the sad thing is once TNA is gone, all any one has is WWE. Will you just revert back to watching that kiddie, over booked, bad wrestling shit? Or will you stop watching wrestling? Ahh... Either way. Thats all. All I got for now.