Posted on September 24th, 2006 at 10:11 pm by Editor
At the close of No Surrender, Jim Cornette announced that TNA Impact was moving into primetime at 9 PM on Thursday, November 9. Cornette went on to say that the time change isn’t the big announcement. A Kurt Angle video aired concluding with a closeup of Angle saying “It’s real. It’s damn real!”
So TNA had three big events surrounding No Surrender: Vince Russo rejoins the Creative Committee, Impact moving into a prime time slot and Kurt Angle. Do any of these change the face of TNA or wrestling, no. For all the hype, I expected more. Kurt Angle is mentally and physically beat up and you can’t convince me that a few weeks of rest has him ready to go at 100%. I expected something along of the lines of TNA going to two hours, possibly up against one of WWE’s shows or maybe the signing of Brock Lesner or Bill Goldberg.
And I am a little suprised that Angle jumped ship like this. Angle seemed very loyal to the WWE and I was shocked at his release. And I would wager that Vince released Angle to rehab himself, not sign with a rival promotion. Angle blew more smoke about the situation by leaking his interest in MMA. This whole Angle situation seems a little shady and takes away credibility from both Angle and TNA. I’m not one to agree with the likes of Jim Ross, but he is right on the money criticizing TNA for trying to copy the WWE. I can only question what logic the people running TNA are using for these recent moves. Vince Russo will not take TNA to the next level and neither will Kurt Angle. These kind of decisions are the reason why TNA will always be what it always is and certainly not a legitimate competitor to the WWE. What are your thoughts about TNA’s recent moves?
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WHEN will pepole come the reallity that tna can not compete with the wwe.tna don,t push there pepople.thats why monty brown left tna if back the talent they had the wouldent need to get wrestlers from the outside the company.untl the lern that lesson tna will always be second best.
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December 7, 2006 at 9:35 am
I would really like to see TNA become a promotion that can produce ratings comparible to the WWE. Its not that I don’t like the WWE but i enjoy watching different varities of wrestling. Right now it does not appear that TNA is going reach a point where it can truly compete. It has a talented roster in which it is not using. there are alot of free agents out there that who are former WWE and WCW stars that I am sure would accept a contract to wrestle on live t.v. I don’t know why TNA is trying to push mid grade wrestlers on the fans when it has the talent it needs to promote a good show. I don’t know that Vince Russo is the man to take it where it needs to be, barring his previous record in the WWE and WCW. If at all possible It would be great to see Eric Bischoff on TNA. I would really like to see him in a behind the scenes role and maybe break him into a TV role at a later date. I think if he was acquired, putting him on tv to soon might lead a reinactment of WCW or he WWE, and TNA should be trying to invent it’s own brand and a new wave of wrestling (the six sided ring is nice, but it cant be the only thing TNA is know for.)