TNA is lowkey making incredible power moves right now.

[Buggsy Mogues]

Your average wrestling fan didn't know who AJ Styles was in 2002. He's on some bullshyt.

How many more of your AVERAGE wrestling fans knew him in 2014 when he left? It's millions of casuals out there who think Kurt Angle retired in 2006

 

[Rell84shots]

It's a fact? What did they do to make him a star other than put him on their TV shows at the time when the company was at the peak of its popularity by hiring every ex WWF/WCW big name in the industry to try to stay afloat?

That's not star-making, if it was, Styles would have took those guys place and kept TNA at that level.

BTW smarks are by and large the majority of TNA's viewing audience for most of its run.

That's how you make someone a star genius, if they don't have tv time then they won't become famous. TNA's peak was 06-09 and he was a focal point well before that, so they didn't just put him on at their peak. Did you even watch TNA or are you just throwing out random bullshyt?

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

That's how you make someone a star genius, if they don't have tv time then they won't become famous. TNA's peak was 06-09 and he was a focal point well before that, so they didn't just put him on at their peak. Did you even watch TNA or are you just throwing out random bullshyt?

So TNA made Styles a star simply because they had a TV show with decent ratings and they put him on it? You're missing the point.

Going by that line of thinking, how can they possibly make anyone a star now when nobody watches their show?

 

[mrken12]

This was from Jan 2002. This proves our point.

 

[dh86]

AJ Styles (WCW/ROH)
Christopher Daniels (ROH)
Samoa Joe (ROH)
Christian Cage (WWE)
EC3 (WWE)
Lashley (WWE)
Wolves (.....................)

 

[dh86]

AJ been a star since at least 05 when he was positioned and presented that way by TNA. Stop the

There's enough legit criticism of TNA without needing to make up lies.

Here I was thinking TNA had him in the midcard in the X division for years and years. I must have been dreaming about him being Kurt Angle sidekick wearing the burger king crown. Or the time where he had on the turkey suit. He was in the main event as a star!

 

[dh86]

AJ Styles was a virtual nobody when he first signed with TNA in 2002, they made him into a star which is how he was able to make ridiculous money after he left and wrestled overseas.

People that still watched WCW in 2001 (more than whoever watched TNA) knew AJ Styles. AJ also was in ROH concurrently with TNA for years.

 

[Rell84shots]

People that still watched WCW in 2001 (more than whoever watched TNA) knew AJ Styles. AJ also was in ROH concurrently with TNA for years.

Y'all really want to rewrite history, AJ was not famous during the early 00s. Kiwi was more known than Styles during the final WCW days

 

[dh86]

Y'all really want to rewrite history, AJ was not famous during the early 00s. Kiwi was more known than Styles during the final WCW days

AJ also main evented ROH concurrently with his time in TNA

 

[dh86]

They're truly rebuilding the company and trying to make it profitable. Changing the name isn't rebranding.

I know most people think what they're doing is wrong, but it's not. They want a new roster and are going to build new stars. The Hardys are great, but why pay that much for them when you can get cheaper stars who are, quite frankly, better wrestlers? Yes, they may be bigger draws now, but you have to look at tomorrow. You can build stars with weekly television.

TNA airs on Pop tv.

Now depress yourself with YouTube views

Impact Wrestling

 

[Dreamzeedream]

TNA has never created a "homegrown" talent into anything that could resemble a star, as far as I can remember. "Star" doesnt have to be someone on the level of Cena, but it should be someone who can main event and carry your company and draw money.

That's basically what they need to do if they ever want to draw more than 300k viewers, and I've never seen proof they can do it.

What about Bobby Rhode

 

[Dreamzeedream]

AJ is a star now, he wasn't then. All TNA did was give them a national platform, but they didn't creatively turn them into stars. Everyone knows TNA dropped the ball with them. If they had become stars in TNA, they would have never peaced out.

To be Fair. Wwe didn't make him a Star ether. He was already one B4 he got there. They just gave him a bigger Platform

 

[Silkk]

Here I was thinking TNA had him in the midcard in the X division for years and years. I must have been dreaming about him being Kurt Angle sidekick wearing the burger king crown. Or the time where he had on the turkey suit. He was in the main event as a star!

You should probably grab this DVD and do your research then

 

[Piff Huxtable]

AJ Styles
Christopher Daniels
Samoa Joe
Christian Cage
EC3
Lashley
Wolves

I wouldn't call Samoa Joe a star. More like "known".

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

What stars have ever been built by TNA?

Come on breh TNA turned Indy stars into main stream stars. Joe had AMAZING matches in ROH,but let's not act like his stuff with Kurt wasn't the shyt that made people look at him. AJ would be midcard status right now if it wasn't for TNA. Even during ROH peak he wasn't doing no real promos. The triple threat match the had in 2005? With Joe and Daniels was when people was like woah. Plus the stuff he did towards the end of his TNA run was good entertainment wise. I can go on for days.


I was watching TNA when them nikkas had 30 mins on FSN. They're shyt now,but TNA had shyt on lock before they thought they could fukk with WWE.