darkknightkryta said:
SnakeDrake said:
darkknightkryta said:
Chandler said:
So what does everybody think about the whole Wyatt thing? I think they had a good thing and botched it hard. I don't know why, but that fake white LED lantern when they enter the arena pisses me off so much. It just ruins the whole thing for me. I thought it was for safety reasons but they lit up a real lantern after the ring of fire match with kane if I remember correctly.
Edit: Regarding TNA, I really like that they dropped that lone wolf/emo angle for Styles, I let out an audible "oh yeeeaahhh" when the music changed.
Edit2: I also like TNA more than WWE right now. Storylines on both companies are pretty retarded but Aj Styles, Austin Aries and Samoa Joe are amazing, probably my favorites right now. I need them to be in the same promotion as Daniels and Punk and it would be perfect. Throw in Kurt Angle as the legend / heel and Edge as GM and I would be in wrestling heaven.
I also want to give late props for the two Gail Kim / Taryn Terrell matches, they were really really good.
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I like them. They're like those hick killers who live in the forest in those movies that never actually get made, but get made fun of in comedies. Though I think they're making Bray look too weak. He needs to be better than his "family" yet he can't do anything without them.
I don't really like TNA right now; they have the talent but the entire company's a mess. I facepalm everytime I see a skit from them. Their skits are also very low in production values, it's like they change cameras for them. Plus Bully Ray can't carry a company; he needs a better face to face him and TNA's faces are very lifeless. Plus WWE has really picked up the wrestling recently; so TNA doesn't even have that to claim anymore. TNA's current roster is getting old and they need some new faces to make a splash, much like their current roster did almost 10 years ago. Styles, Joe, etc, they were good then, but they're getting old.
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Are you freaking serious Joe and Styles are in the same age range as Bryan and Punk. In the last year TNA put over bobby Roode, Austin Aries (They're tag team run was funny as heck dirty heels FTW) Daniels and Kaz and Chris Sabin. Right now it looks like they're finally going to give Magnus a push.
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One's getting the last push of his career and the other is getting pushed down the card. Joe and Styles are going to be 40 really soon(Yes 4-5 years is soon), that's when you're career in wrestling starts turning to part time. Roode got pushed down the card again (Seriously; why the hell is Bully Ray TNA champ instead of Roode, Joe, or Styles?), Kazarian and Daniel's have become Roode's bitch. Chris Sabin just lost his title and he's not even in the title scene anymore? WTF? The problem is that TNA is not where they should be and these guy's are starting to get to the tail end of their careers. Like, they can't make the same splash anymore like they did almost 10 years ago. Plus they're slowing down. For TNA to go anywhere right now they need fresh faces making the same splash that their veterans did back then. This is the sole reason I like NXT right now over the rest. Young guys making a name for themselves. WWE has been a far more compelling product with the younger guys taking over the older guy's spots.
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And what have you seen from either AJ or Joe to indicate that either of them have lost anything in the ring? Kurt Angle is in his 40s, yet he can outwrestle most guys in his sleep. Let's not start putting guys' careers in the grave when we're years away from even having to think about it.
And I'm wondering where you think TNA should "be." If you mean competing with WWE on a serious basis, then stop waiting for it. Never gonna happen, at least not in our lifetimes. I think even TNA has accepted this and quit trying to establish itself as a competitor to WWE and more as a promotion that exists in its own vacuum.
If you mean it should be a financially viable company, then yeah, it has some things to work on. Cutting dead weight like Brooke Hogan was a good start (HOGAN, WE COMIN' FA U N***A!), and you'll notice that TNA has thankfully gotten less reliable on bringing in WWE rejects and well-past-ther-prime old legends (in place of them being these useless MMA guys that can't wrestle, but hopefully they go away after the big Bellator PPV).