The NEW TNA (cover the kids' eyes)!!!!
Dec 1, 2006 13:12:55 GMT -5
Post by ringsyde on Dec 1, 2006 13:12:55 GMT -5
Greetings from the now snow-covered Chicago area!! The winter storm outside afforded me a day off, so I thought I'd drop by and share two cents worth of wisdom.
You know, I've been very tolerant of TNA wrestling, and I've even found myself enjoying it at various times. I'm not much of a follower, so I've avoided the partisan TNA-ripping that tends to predominate these boards. Usually, even when there's a reason to gripe, I wait and see what's coming.
So what has come from the house that Jarrett built?
In only the last three weeks, TNA has badly mishandled (screwed up) the tag title and the world title situation during the last pay-per-view, they've over-adopted the "throw everything at the fans now" booking style in an effort to attract viewers (not fans-viewers), they've spent major time and money to promote Bobby Roode and other "breakout" stars only to put them in completely ridiculous angles, and they've fostered the completely assinine and totally pointless train wreck that is the VKM angle (I opined how stupid this was several weeks ago after Jim Beam and Roid ra . . . I mean BG James and "Kip" debuted on primetime, and my low expectations have been more than met).
All of this is in line with TNA policy: get the fans interested, then suck whatever life you have out of the product and make those fans wonder what just happened (one of the first signs of this was when they followed a decent rookie year full of innovations such as the X division by loading up the roster with Vader, Dusty Rhodes, DDP, BG James and Scott Hall, to name a select few fossils who choked all the promise out).
Because of the recent change in direction, I suggest a re-naming that compliments TNA's new attitude. From now until Vincent Kennedy McMahon owns the promotion (I made this declaration upon my return to these boards, and I see it happening sooner rather than later), I submit to you that TNA stand simply for:
TWISTED NONSENSICAL ANALCANDY!!
Face it, fans: you have Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle - arguably the strongest draw in the fed - lost in a sea of disgruntled former WWE employees (vkm - note the LOWER CASE), all-over-the-place angles, an inability to make fans care about new stars (not named Eric Young) and a sense of desperation that sticks out further than the lump on Dusty Rhodes' gut.
You know, I've been very tolerant of TNA wrestling, and I've even found myself enjoying it at various times. I'm not much of a follower, so I've avoided the partisan TNA-ripping that tends to predominate these boards. Usually, even when there's a reason to gripe, I wait and see what's coming.
So what has come from the house that Jarrett built?
In only the last three weeks, TNA has badly mishandled (screwed up) the tag title and the world title situation during the last pay-per-view, they've over-adopted the "throw everything at the fans now" booking style in an effort to attract viewers (not fans-viewers), they've spent major time and money to promote Bobby Roode and other "breakout" stars only to put them in completely ridiculous angles, and they've fostered the completely assinine and totally pointless train wreck that is the VKM angle (I opined how stupid this was several weeks ago after Jim Beam and Roid ra . . . I mean BG James and "Kip" debuted on primetime, and my low expectations have been more than met).
All of this is in line with TNA policy: get the fans interested, then suck whatever life you have out of the product and make those fans wonder what just happened (one of the first signs of this was when they followed a decent rookie year full of innovations such as the X division by loading up the roster with Vader, Dusty Rhodes, DDP, BG James and Scott Hall, to name a select few fossils who choked all the promise out).
Because of the recent change in direction, I suggest a re-naming that compliments TNA's new attitude. From now until Vincent Kennedy McMahon owns the promotion (I made this declaration upon my return to these boards, and I see it happening sooner rather than later), I submit to you that TNA stand simply for:
TWISTED NONSENSICAL ANALCANDY!!
Face it, fans: you have Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle - arguably the strongest draw in the fed - lost in a sea of disgruntled former WWE employees (vkm - note the LOWER CASE), all-over-the-place angles, an inability to make fans care about new stars (not named Eric Young) and a sense of desperation that sticks out further than the lump on Dusty Rhodes' gut.
