For everyone who accuses WWE of trying to recapture the magic of the Attitude Era, we give you TNA, which spent most of its life going even further back and trying to recapture the magic of the initial incarnation of the New World Order. To be fair, that stable turned the wrestling world on its head, propelled WCW to the 1 organization in the world, and made lots and lot of money. Except TNA just kept going back to the well. And then, just like the original nWo, they would always forget two things:.
Building up a babyface or group of babyfaces to topple the faction with a decisive victory 2. Every single time, TNA would build up this massive, unbeatable evil faction, and then continue to deny fans a big blowoff where the group was destroyed forever, delaying endlessly until nobody cared, and then having the faction simply disband and go away, only to be replaced, sooner or later, by another one.
Hey, if we told you that the writing staff for TNA included regularly over its lifetime names like Eric Bischoff, Hulk Hogan, and Vince Russo, would you be horribly surprised?
Thanks to several months of decent shows that had the company making significant gains in public perception, TNA developed more than a little hubris and decided that the time was right to take the fight directly to the 1 show in town. TNA Impact became a live show that would air on Monday nights, with the first hour airing unopposed, then directly competing with Raw for the second hour. But no, Hogan was also involved heavily in a behind-the-scenes role in TNA, and while nobody was going to let him book himself as the World Champion or anything, his influence did still lead to many decisions that helped cripple TNA in a variety of ways.
But Hogan also pushed for TNA to leave the Impact Zone and start touring, incurring massive production expenses that the company was unable to offset with ticket sales, and which also left them without a home once the experiment failed, thanks to Universal Studios giving the building to someone else in the interim. The problem was, TNA saw ratings from the original Monday Night Wars and assumed that by being an alternative to WWE, they had cornered the market on disaffected WCW fans who had stopped watching wrestling altogether when WWE bought the company, and that formed the majority of their fanbase and television viewership.
In order to compete with WWE, you have to offer a wrestling product that is somehow unique, and different from what they provide. However, after leaning on those divisions to build the company, when TNA decided to go up against WWE directly, they stopped trying to be unique and instead tried to emulate their competitors.
However, the real problem was that almost without exception, whenever a former WWE Superstar came into the company, they were instantly portrayed as being far more important and better than wrestlers that had been with TNA since the beginning. Instead of rushing matches, TNA has slowly allowed the rivalry to evolve and include other members of the roster, such as Jeff Hardy and Bully Ray, to extend the reach of the storyline.
No addition or twist in this key feud has served to prolong it unnaturally but has only added additional layers, unlike similar feuds in the WWE, which often feel forced to reach the next pay-per-view.
Over on TNA, not only are they dedicated to featuring a roster of very talented female wrestlers, but they often give considerable screen time to their Knockouts division. While TNA uses much of its female division as eye candy most of the roster look more like models than wrestlers , they also give their women full-length matches and fleshed out storylines that the WWE does not afford their divas.
Although there is room to improve the handling of their Knockouts division, its hard to deny that TNA is far more invested in their women than the WWE. TNA utilizes a separate title, the X-Division Championship, to create a hierarchy amongst their lower-weight or entry-level talent and is able to create and draw upon strong rivalries between these wrestlers. It's a sizable time investment, but completely doable. Two hours a week, and a three hour pay-per-view every four months shouldn't be too taxing on a wrestling fan.
WWE though requires a herculean effort to follow its narrative. You'd have to watch 12 three hour pay-per-views for the year, three hours of Raw every week, two for SmackDown and one for Main Event. This is putting your total time devoted to the WWE at hours, or basically and-a-half full days of your year. This isn't even counting Total Divas. The problem is, so much content makes it difficult to fully invest in the product. Once a fan misses one week, it becomes easier to miss the next.
A habit is broken. That's a sizeable amount for sure, but it's nothing compared to what WWE asks of you. WWE on the other hand has some of the absolute worst humor on TV, perhaps in all of the medium's history. How about the time that Hornswoggle learned how to talk from Santa Claus?
Or his never-ending feud with Chavo Guerrero? Or his run with DX? Besides Vince McMahon's favorite leprechaun, we have The Great Khali attempting to speak English to management's delight, a gassy Natalya, countless dance segments, Santino and his Cobra and of course the dated Jerry Lawler jokes. TNA may not have the epic WrestleMania type moments that WWE may have, but it doesn't have as many moments that make you embarrassed to be a wrestling fan.
Hulk Hogan is overexposed and annoying. Many fans probably feel they've heard enough "brothers" for one lifetime. Contrast that to Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox. Their positions in power make absolutely no sense. Why would Vince McMahon or the board of directors allow them to control their shows?
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