The Self Destruction of TNA

[61 Corpses]

It wasn't just bringing in the old wrestlers that made them fail....It was the horrible management and like the other guy said horrible direction. Plus a lot of the "homegrown" guys on the roster were just "bland". There were a few diamonds in the rough (ex. Jay Lethal, Abyss) but look how horrible they booked those guys. Guys like Sabin, Storm, Rood, etc are just bland as fukk.
By the time Hogan came over, the company just flat out lost it's identity.


But that 05 TNA run had me thinking they could be a player in the long run. The Paparazzi stable were them dudes

 

[SuikodenII]

LAX was my shyt.........

 

[mrken12]

That's why tna started to fail was bringing in these old wrestlers

TNA had a lot of moments though during that period.

Like when Samoa Joe randomly got kidnapped by a van full of ninjas and it was never explained.

Or the Abyss vs. AJ Styles match when people fell in a hole in the middle of the ring like something out of a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

 

[Heelish]

right down to the spit

Instead if the Sharp Shooter it was the Angle/Ankle Lock

Only thing left was for Kurt to spell out R-O-H with his finger

 

[Silkk]

LAX was my shyt.........

LAX vs Styles & Daniels is my favorite tag team feud ever




Classic after classic after classic

 

[The Great One]

Just three years ago TNA had Hogan, Sting, Flair, Jeff Hardy, RVD, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, AJ Styles, & Jeff Jarrett all on the roster

Don't forget Foley, Booker T and Christian.

Along with Daniels, Shelly, Sabin and Austin Aries.

 

[DocZulu]

Comparable to the NFL. Veterans should supplement the talent until you can fill his spot with a young'un.

I'm a firm believer that you cannot build a legit, long-lasting company on the backs of over-the-hill big names from another fed. It's the reason I never rocked with WCW in the mid-late 90's even tho they were winning the ratings war. It just didnt intrigue me to see Macho, Hogan, Perfect and everyone else past their primes.

It might work for a little bit, but you MUST BUILD YOUR OWN STARS and have them be the main focus. Not a broken down Kurt Angle, not a 50+ year old Sting, not an almost 60 year old Hogan & not a 60+ year old Flair.

These guys sucked the company dry financially and wasted time/money they could've been promoting new talent.

 

[Wacky D]

I'm a firm believer that you cannot build a legit, long-lasting company on the backs of over-the-hill big names from another fed. It's the reason I never rocked with WCW in the mid-late 90's even tho they were winning the ratings war. It just didnt intrigue me to see Macho, Hogan, Perfect and everyone else past their primes.

It might work for a little bit, but you MUST BUILD YOUR OWN STARS and have them be the main focus. Not a broken down Kurt Angle, not a 50+ year old Sting, not an almost 60 year old Hogan & not a 60+ year old Flair.

These guys sucked the company dry financially and wasted time/money they could've been promoting new talent.

a broke-down kurt angle? kurt angle was in his prime when he went to TNA, and his TNA run is better than his WWE run.

and lets be reality. the wwf is the main promotion that strived off of other promotion's stars. macho, hogan, perfect. none of those guys you named were the wwf's stars to begin with. and if they stayed in the wwf, yall wouldnt have been calling them "over-the-hill".

not coming at your neck, but this train-of-thought is a result of those billionaire ted skits that the wwf brain-trained the masses with.

theres a reason why the wwe dark-age period that we're just now coming out of was so bad. it sucked because they tried to develop mostly their own talent. it took a bunch of ROH cats to swoop in an save the quality of the product.

 

[The G.O.D II]

Who made this video? TNAdubb?[DOUBLEPOST=1397505873][/DOUBLEPOST]

a broke-down kurt angle? kurt angle was in his prime when he went to TNA, and his TNA run is better than his WWE run.

and lets be reality. the wwf is the main promotion that strived off of other promotion's stars. macho, hogan, perfect. none of those guys you named were the wwf's stars to begin with. and if they stayed in the wwf, yall wouldnt have been calling them "over-the-hill".

not coming at your neck, but this train-of-thought is a result of those billionaire ted skits that the wwf brain-trained the masses with.

theres a reason why the wwe dark-age period that we're just now coming out of was so bad. it sucked because they tried to develop mostly their own talent. it took a bunch of ROH cats to swoop in an save the quality of the product.

I think hes referring to the fact that Angle was hurt and addicted to pills when he came to TNA. That other shyt you mentioned is pure nonsense. Go away please.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

i watched TNA briefly when i first got back into wrestling in 08-09...it had its moments, but overall it was a really bad show and only got worse.

when they tried to bring back the Monday Night War i was on board, but they just didnt have enough fire power and put too much stock in old has beens and the wrong newcomers.

 

[Wacky D]

i'll say this tho.

when hogan & bishoff came thru, they ruined the whole chit instantly.

and they pushed alot of older and/or outside wrestlers that had no business being pushed. in that respect, i can agree with @jadillac. but i cant rock with his overall message.

but chit, the reason they added so many of those wrestlers is because most of the so-called wrestling fans that complain about it are the same ones that werent watching UNTIL they brought all those wrestlers in. a bunch of faux criticism is what it really is. people can say this & that, but they werent supporting the product beforehand.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Just three years ago TNA had Hogan, Sting, Flair, Jeff Hardy, RVD, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, AJ Styles, & Jeff Jarrett all on the roster

That was the problem to begin with.

 

[Wacky D]

Who made this video? TNAdubb?[DOUBLEPOST=1397505873][/DOUBLEPOST]

I think hes referring to the fact that Angle was hurt and addicted to pills when he came to TNA. That other shyt you mentioned is pure nonsense. Go away please.

you want me to "go away" so that you can revel in ignorance. the funny thing is that youre always following me around, despite the fact that i rarely ever respond to you.

angle was hurt and addicted to pills when he was in the WWE and he wouldve DIED if he stayed there.TNA actually saved & rejuvenated him. gave him a lighter schedule and better opponents who didnt bang him up in the ring since they actually knew what they were doing.

btw, i remember benoit was rumored to jump ship as well but signed a wwe extension.

 

[Silkk]

That was the problem to begin with.

Having great talent is never a problem, bad utilization of that talent is

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Having great talent is never a problem, bad utilization of that talent is

Define "great", because in the context of the wrestling business, I see great talent as talent that you can rely on to further your business by getting not just themselves, but the people they're around over, an no one in the bolded had the ability or the desire to get anyone over. Those dudes were there to cash checks. Point blank. If Jeff was more reliable, I'd actually take him off that list, as he was the only one who even made an effort to expand his deal, and not just cobble together a collection of his greatest soundbites an moments and regurgitate them four times a month. Jeff actually busted his as in TNA on occassion.

"Great" talent isn't visibly half-assing every time they're on camera. In 2005/6, TNA was in the right direction in becoming a true alternative. Not a competitor, but an alternative. But they bailed out on their own future time and time again.