One thing in TNA that's definitely improved
Jan 22, 2015 19:24:49 GMT -5
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 22, 2015 19:24:49 GMT -5
I mentioned this in another thread: the first two Destination America episodes have been pretty solid (in my opinion, obviously), though there's still some of the annoying TNA booking traits going on, like there being a new super strong heel stable, Eric Young having what felt like a random heel turn, and the opening episode having too damn many "out of control" brawls. We all know the tropes by now.
That being said, there's a pretty decent silver lining right now: even if TNA does what it has done so often in the past and give us a solid start and then a stupid finish to things, at the very least it's nice to see that the roster is largely comprised of people who can legitimately work.
I'm glad there's a lot less "legends" around, less guys who have an excuse to kind of coast through since it isn't WWE, and that even if the booking goes south again, at least we're guaranteed a card with guys like Joe, Ki, King, Roode, Aries, the Wolves, and mid carders like TJ Perkins and others on there.
We talk a lot about how TNA has historically screwed the proverbial pooch by trying way too damn hard to be WWE's competition, but it makes me wonder how things might've gone if they had just consistently resisted the urge to bring in more than one "legend" or old school WWE/WCW/ECW guy in at a given time since, say, 2005 or so. Again, the booking can still wind up being a mess, but at least you'd know the matches would be alright.
That being said, there's a pretty decent silver lining right now: even if TNA does what it has done so often in the past and give us a solid start and then a stupid finish to things, at the very least it's nice to see that the roster is largely comprised of people who can legitimately work.
I'm glad there's a lot less "legends" around, less guys who have an excuse to kind of coast through since it isn't WWE, and that even if the booking goes south again, at least we're guaranteed a card with guys like Joe, Ki, King, Roode, Aries, the Wolves, and mid carders like TJ Perkins and others on there.
We talk a lot about how TNA has historically screwed the proverbial pooch by trying way too damn hard to be WWE's competition, but it makes me wonder how things might've gone if they had just consistently resisted the urge to bring in more than one "legend" or old school WWE/WCW/ECW guy in at a given time since, say, 2005 or so. Again, the booking can still wind up being a mess, but at least you'd know the matches would be alright.
