10 Things I Love About NWA-TNA

[thefamoustommyz]

Before my recent criticisms of TNA get me labeled as a "hater" on THIS board, allow me to go down a list of the reason I love TNA, in no particular order.

1. AJ Styles - Phenomenal. Really. Seriously...believe the hype. Shelton Benjamin says "I do things in this ring that no one else can." AJ can...and more.

2. Abyss - Best big man ever? Well, maybe not...but a seriously great big man who can go full throttle with the little guys, go hardcore with Raven and Sabu and lock up with Monty Brown in total hoss mode.

3. America's Most Wanted - I want Chris Harris to be a STAR sooooo bad...but at the same time, I don't wanna see AMW end.

4. The Canadian Destroyer - Both the move and the wrestler. The move looks sick as all Hell...sure there's suspension of disbelief issues with it, but then, there's also issues with evil heels "plotting" with a camera RIGHT in front of their faces on live TV...AND THE BABYFACE IS STILL TAKEN BY SURPRISE. Petey Williams just one of my favorite wrestlers period.

5. Team Canada - I love the rest of these canucks, including D'Amore...just not as much as I do Petey.

6. Mike Tenay - J.R.'s the best play by play man in wrestling? No he's not. Tenay's a play by play man that knows the history of the wrestlers AND the names of the moves.

7. Raven - I just wish I hadn't missed his entire championship reign due to not being able to see Impact.

8. The X Division - When Cole trumpets the cruiserweight division, it sounds like a really bad joke with no punchline. When Tenay talkes about "no limits", you believe it.

9. Monty Brown - He and Batista are the most unique big men in wrestling...with Batista's quiet confidence and Brown's quirky personality.

10. Total Non-Stop Action - They are seriously nuts with the action they cram into Impact, even if they are a tad light on story to make up for it.

[BrianU]

1 Raven--a genius; smartest wrestler going
2 AJ Styles--the guy is amazing
3 Monty Brown--very explosive and fun to watch
4 Abyss--great gimmick, agile big man
5 X-Division--those matches are amazing
6 Christopher Daniels--love his gimmick, great talent
7 All the ECW alums
8 No more Dusty Rhodes
9 Traci
10 Traci

[swarm]

The 10 Things I love about TNA

1- it's only an hour

2- Team Canada

3- they won't be taking any of my favorite WWE stars away from me.

4- Sooner or later I will get to see Kevin Nash tear his quad again.

5- When I watch it I feel really good about myself because my own fake wrestling card game fed is 100 times better (I know, a lot of you can make this claim too...)

6- One day Eric Bishoff will work for them and make a complete ass of himself trying to shoot all over Vince and the WWE.

7- The fact that they make such a huge deal, and push any in-coming former WWE stars to the moon, making them look bad, and the WWE that much better.

8- The fact that the WWE can take anyone they want from TNA, whenever they want.

9- The X division guys make me feel like Brock Lesner.

10- If nothing else, it's the second training ground for the future WWE stars along with OVW, just not as good.

[canadianpittbull]

Are ya done? I seem to remember you getting all bent out of shape for others making comments about the WWE and telling them to take their nay saying to another board. I think the same applies here as well. naysayer! ;D

[swarm]

canadianpittbull said:

Are ya done? I seem to remember you getting all bent out of shape for others making comments about the WWE and telling them to take their nay saying to another board. I think the same applies here as well. naysayer! ;D

well the difference is I have opinions as to what could be done to make tna better...I don't just say it sucks and leave it at that.

[tafkaga]

Swarm, a bit of a WWE mark aren't ya?

It's ok to critique a show but your remarks border more on running it into the ground mercilessly and saying how much it sucks compared to WWE. Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of negative things say about it too...but I say them out of the desire to see TNA improved so that there will once again be some competition for the WWE and a good alternative product to watch. Your remarks on the other hand make you sound like you're on the WWE payroll or at very least sleeping at the foot of Vince's bed every night.

Nothing new about this though. There's no shortage of marks and fanboys in the internet wrestling community. You could hide it a little better though.

I mean come on...everything that you said in your above post indicates nothing that would make me think you want to see TNA improve. You're just taking a big verbal crap on it to tick off the people who actually enjoy the show.

Hurry...release another game edition and give this man something to do.

[swarm]

tafkaga said:

Swarm, a bit of a WWE mark aren't ya?

apparently you haven't read anyhting I've recently posted over on the WWE boards.

[Vidtek]

OK, here we go Big Time countdown style:
10: 3 Live Kru
9: The Naturals
8: No Vince MacMahon
7. Abyss
6. Sabu
5. No Vince MacMahon
4. Raven
3. Team 3-D
2. AJ Styles, Chis Danials and the rest of the X-Division (especially Samoa Joe and the Muscle Buster!)
And the number one reason why I love the NWA/TNA (drum roll please).....
1. NO VINCE MACMAHON!
Big Time.

[canadianpittbull]

swarm said:

canadianpittbull said:

Are ya done? I seem to remember you getting all bent out of shape for others making comments about the WWE and telling them to take their nay saying to another board. I think the same applies here as well. naysayer! ;D

well the difference is I have opinions as to what could be done to make tna better...I don't just say it sucks and leave it at that.

This is true and I was joking with ya.

[Joe]

tafkaga said:

Swarm, a bit of a WWE mark aren't ya?

It's ok to critique a show but your remarks border more on running it into the ground mercilessly and saying how much it sucks compared to WWE. Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of negative things say about it too...but I say them out of the desire to see TNA improved so that there will once again be some competition for the WWE and a good alternative product to watch. Your remarks on the other hand make you sound like you're on the WWE payroll or at very least sleeping at the foot of Vince's bed every night.

Nothing new about this though. There's no shortage of marks and fanboys in the internet wrestling community. You could hide it a little better though.

I mean come on...everything that you said in your above post indicates nothing that would make me think you want to see TNA improve. You're just taking a big verbal crap on it to tick off the people who actually enjoy the show.

Hurry...release another game edition and give this man something to do.

Why doesn't anybody other than Swarm and myself call out people for their constant non-stop WWE bashing even when it is completely ridiculous and pointless?

Anyhow, I don't think I can find 10 things about TNA that I like, but I'll give it a shot.

1- AJ Styles is arguably the best pound-for-pound wrestler in the business.

2-Raven is still interesting and can go.

3-Don West makes me laugh to the point of damn near crying.

4-Don West's shirt/tie combo.

5-Everytime I see Mike Tenay, I'm reminded of how good of a show Tales From the Crypt was.

6-It's funny to watch a bunch of white people start applauding when Konnan C-Walks to the ring.

7-It's even funnier to watch B.G. James attempt to C-Walk. Come to think of it, hearing West and Tenay call the man B-Gizzle is great. Gotta love a guy who has "Giz" anywhere in his name.

8-I can always count on the main even never having a clean finish.

9-It's good to know that WWE castoffs can still find work.

10-I love reading people exclaim about the non-stop action on TNA broadcasts, but I can still remember a 20-plus minute segment that featured a verbal joust between Mike Tenay and Tony Schiavoni (who was decked out in a gold chain, Kiss tee shirt and an unbuttoned Polynesian shirt) about how Tenay undercut Tony and got him canned from WCW.

[Mad Dog]

8- The fact that the WWE can take anyone they want from TNA, whenever they want.

Most of TNA's roster is under written deals and the WWF can't touch any of them unless TNA first agrees to let them out of their deal. TNA kept all of their contract guys off of the ECW PPV.

[cakejedi]

My only exposure to TNA has been the last two weeks on Spike and I can say that the show has a lot of promise. Here is what I like:

1. I feel like I get more actual wrestling action in one hour of TNA than I do on two hours of RAW.
2. Very little talking by the wrestlers. I find most wrestler promos boring and pointless. I like to see feuds built in the ring, not on the mic. Promos have their place, but are overused on RAW.
3. Abyss-A big man that can actually move!!!
4. X-Division-These guys are exciting to watch!!!!!
I am sure the list will grow as I continue to watch the show. The only thing that I really do not care for is the Jarrett vs. Nash feud. But I understand why they are there, to provide a couple of "name" stars for casual wrestling fans to gravitate towards. I would like to see some of the other less know but very talented wrestlers get the spotlight soon.

[swarm]

canadianpittbull said:

swarm said:

well the difference is I have opinions as to what could be done to make tna better...I don't just say it sucks and leave it at that.

This is true and I was joking with ya.

cool aye

[dennish]

10.) 3LK, I like these guys... BG James, Ron Killings and Konnan are a solid trio. 9.) Abyss, he is a great big man and he has the Black Hole Slam. 8.) Tag Team Wrestling, this would be higher, but I can't wait to see the Naturals and where the division will go. 7.) Jeff Hardy, he is the better Hardy and he is the Enigma. 6.) Chris Daniels, over the top villian whose liked by the fans. 5.) Kevin Nash, one of my all time favorite wrestlers and he might be in TNA for a short spell, but it's good to see him. 4.) Jeff Jarrett, the NWA Champion whose hated by all and thats good imo, for your top villian. 3.) A.J.Styles, he is the best wrestler in TNA... PERIOD! 2.) TEAM 3D, they are turning a career back around and they are reborn in TNA. 1.) TNA and iMPACT, the whole promotion is just starting to rise and the 1 hour iMPACT program brings a new promotion thats not the same old same old. ( I'm not one to rip into the WWE, and I'm not... it's not drawing me at this time so I'm not watching it, so thats all I'm saying about that. )

[tafkaga]

In no particular order.

1. Tag team division
2. Gail Kim and Traci are hot, without being slutty like WWE divas
3. It's an alternative to boring WWE
4. 6 sided ring is a nice change
5. It's an alternative to boring WWE
6. It's a family-friendly wrestling show that doesn't cater to the "lowest common denomenator" demographic
7. It's an alternative to boring WWE
8. Raven
9. It's an alternative to boring WWE
10. No 20+ minute segments with only talking

[pikemojo]

1. AJ Styles - always entertaining and always puts his heart into it.
2. Abyss - I would say that he is probably the best big man right now, not of all time but right now.
3. Samoa Joe - Legit tough guy. Very different style than you will ever see on WWE.
4. Petey Williams - Canadian Destroyer always makes you cheer.
5. 6 sided ring is different...in a good way.
6. Girls that can wrestle and look good. Imagine that. And yes tafkaga they are still pretty slutty.
7. An alternative to WWE.
8. There is more wrestling to watch in my week. yaaaaayy!
9. A tag division that exists not just in memory.
10. More real finishes to matches than WWE has had since the attitude era and less talking.

TNA does have some talent on long term deals like AJ and Chris Daniels but many are not so WWE could technicallly come in and take some if they wanted. AJ however has turned down WWE and will most likely stay in TNA for quite some time.

[dennish]

I did leave Raven out, this is a 10 reason list and well he just missed out this time. Raven is one of my all time favorite wrestlers, and he makes TNA great!

[tafkaga]

pikemojo said:

And yes tafkaga they are still pretty slutty.
.

My definition of slutty is taking off all of their clothes for a pay check, demeaning themselves and women everywhere with bra & panties matches, and pretending to be lesbians to excite teenage boys. If TNA women can avoid all of those things... I'll be very happy. A little skin is one thing... but the level of sluttiness that a lot of WWE divas have reached is just not attractive at all to me.

[thefamoustommyz]

tafkaga said:

pikemojo said:

And yes tafkaga they are still pretty slutty.
.

My definition of slutty is taking off all of their clothes for a pay check, demeaning themselves and women everywhere with bra & panties matches, and pretending to be lesbians to excite teenage boys. If TNA women can avoid all of those things... I'll be very happy. A little skin is one thing... but the level of sluttiness that a lot of WWE divas have reached is just not attractive at all to me.

I have to defend Trish here.

Turned down Playboy twice...decided to become an actual wrestler and a great mic worker instead of just getting by on being naked (Calling Torrie Wilson, Calling Torrie Wilson)...and in her recent Bra and Panties handicap match, outside of one brief attempt by Victoria to depants her, was the only woman in the match not to lose any clothing...which I'm sure was an insistence on her part, and a moral victory.

[Big Bri]

thefamoustommyz said:

tafkaga said:

My definition of slutty is taking off all of their clothes for a pay check, demeaning themselves and women everywhere with bra & panties matches, and pretending to be lesbians to excite teenage boys. If TNA women can avoid all of those things... I'll be very happy. A little skin is one thing... but the level of sluttiness that a lot of WWE divas have reached is just not attractive at all to me.

I have to defend Trish here.

Turned down Playboy twice...decided to become an actual wrestler and a great mic worker instead of just getting by on being naked (Calling Torrie Wilson, Calling Torrie Wilson)...and in her recent Bra and Panties handicap match, outside of one brief attempt by Victoria to depants her, was the only woman in the match not to lose any clothing...which I'm sure was an insistence on her part, and a moral victory.

I'll second that Tommy. Trish tries to bring respect to the women's division, although she isn't getting much help from the other ladies. Elizabeth is probably the most popular "diva" ever because she left everything to the imagination (although in her peak era, the B&P stuff hadn't even been thought of yet).