5 things I would change immediatly in TNA

[eDemento2099]

3) Fire the backstage interviewers.

I have no problem with the backstage interviewers, but I wouldn't mind if TNA replaced one of them with Deacon Daddy (The one who cunducted Lex Luger's infamous CSWF promo).

I'd love to see another encounter between Deacon Daddy & Lex: "Mister Luger, Mister Luger!!!" ;D

[THE Dinobot]

karisma888 said:

Scott Steiner brought back despite sucking
Kevin Nash burying the "little guys" (and TELL ME that wasn't what happened)
Crazy-ass matches with no point

Someone call Prince. 1999 is back.

Steiner, if used properly, as was the case last year with the Joe feud, can be very decent.
Nash is wacky old man, and despite having a comical side, had already murdered the X-Division long before Russo returned.
Crazy-ass matches...can't explain. Can only shake my head in disgust.
Been loyal to TNA since the very beginning, and over the last 2 months, their shows have just become to pointless and a bleepin' nightmare to keep track of.

Even if they ditched Russo tomorrow, at this rate, it'd take a miracle to rebuild TNA back into a somewhat proper show again.

[omgtheykilledkenny]

#1. Push Alex Shelley as a contender for the X division title.
#2. Push Serotin torwards a flock like angle
#3 If TNA does hire Chris Jericho, turn him face and let him have awesome martches with Joe, Angle, Christian or have him join Alex Shelley.
#4 If Hogan signs, make the dream match of sports entertainment(Hogan) vs. "real wrestling"(Samoa Joe) at Bound for Glory
#5 Sign R-V-D

[erisi236]

No match should be less then 4 minutes long, ever! Also, matches containing more then 2 wrestlers the minimum time goes up 1 minute per wrestler. 6 man tag matches should NOT be ending in 2 minutes!!

Only one match per show can have a BS ending of any kind.

Only one "random brawl" every other week maximum.

Guys may not walk in and out of other guys promos/back stage interviews unless it's insanely important.

Main event matches must be at least 10 full minutes of pure wrestling and timed as such to have commercials breaks BEFORE they start such as after the first guy makes it to the ring, NOT 1 minute into the match itself.

TNA can do any other wacky thing it wishes and I'll be a fan as long as they do those 5 very simple things.

Does Russo or Carter visit this site? ;D

[KingPopper]

1. Push Shark Boy.

2. Only have 1 ppv a year in the Impact Zone. Have the other 11 on the road.

3. Get rid of the six sided ring.

4. Give Alex Shelley the X-Division title.

5. Let Christian have a long title run, no more one or two month reigns.

[HRH The KING]

angryfan said:

Five things I'd change? Okay.

1. R
2. U
3. S
4. S
5. O

Ossur?

Who is that?

;D

[ronsimmons]

karisma888 said:

1- Fire Vince Russo

2 - Rehire Vince Russo

3 - So I could fire him again.

4 - And again

5 - And again


Is it me, or is anyone else getting a long whiff of The Dying Days of WCW in the newest storylines?

LOL @ the 5 choices....

DAMN!

[catwoman]

karisma888 said:

1- Fire Vince Russo

2 - Rehire Vince Russo

3 - So I could fire him again.

4 - And again

5 - And again


Is it me, or is anyone else getting a long whiff of The Dying Days of WCW in the newest storylines?

Hells yes. Maybe I'm just too much of an optimist but I was willing to give Russo time to do something good...but I've never seen a show go downhill quite this quickly. Even with WCW it took time...TNA TV has gone from good/great to crapsville in a matter of weeks. I was just telling a friend of mine last night that it could be WCW all over again...and that somewhere, Vinny Mac was laughing.

Even so, I heard that even with his insane number of bizarre gimmick matches (Key in a Coal Miners Glove in a Turkey on a Chain on a Pole with Catch as Catch Can Rules in Reverse!!111!), the last hour or so of the PPV wasn't all that bad. Guess he still has his moments...

[Doctor Tull-eus S. Venture]

Things I would change:

1.) Make Heyman an offer, even if I have to wait on him while he runs out his current contract.

2.) Tell Eric Young to pack his bags.

3.) Ditto Monty Sopp

4.) Create a midcard title in order to give some of the other guys a chance to shine.

5.) Tell Kurt to shut the hell up with his crazy ass rants on Bubba the Shit Sponge.

[Jake Robert's Dealer!!!]

spongeboobnopants said:

1) Fire Tenay and West and put Nash or Shane Douglas with Jim Cornette. quote]

I say keep Tenay but surround him with Nash (heel commentator) and Shane douglas (tweener) that would be a good color team.

[emoney3265]

kingpopper said:

1. Push Shark Boy.

2. Only have 1 ppv a year in the Impact Zone. Have the other 11 on the road.

3. Get rid of the six sided ring.

4. Give Alex Shelley the X-Division title.

5. Let Christian have a long title run, no more one or two month reigns.

1. Why? He's not that amazing. His gimmick would never get him over with the true wrestling fan.
2. How would you afford that with the signing of Kurt Angle, Sting, and Christian, not to mention the possible signings of Hogan and RVD soon?
3. Why? It gives TNA a new feel to it instead of the same 4 sided ring we have had for forever.
4. I wouldn't give it but yes I'd build him up to it since he is amazing.
5. WTF are you talking about? He had it from February to June last year. I'm pretty sure that is more than one-two months. Besides this is his 2nd title reign...

[catwoman]

tull said:

Things I would change:

1.) Make Heyman an offer, even if I have to wait on him while he runs out his current contract.

2.) Tell Eric Young to pack his bags.

3.) Ditto Monty Sopp

4.) Create a midcard title in order to give some of the other guys a chance to shine.

5.) Tell Kurt to shut the hell up with his crazy ass rants on Bubba the crap Sponge.

I'm with you about getting rid of Kip. His lovely interview totally undermined even the crap that he was doing with the VKM/anti-DX gimmick. Kurt also needs to stop...Hell, I think TNA had the right idea by telling all their employees to shut the hell up when it came to shoot interviews.

I'm on the fence about Eric Young. His expressions and comedic timing are very funny, but the whole segment is taking away from valuable X-Div time. Also, could we argue that the X-Div title IS the midcard title, the way its been treated recently?

[Jason Todd Grisham]

1. Put Vince Russo under stricter supervision.
2. If Cornette doesn't want to deal with Russo, he's fired. He does nothing for my TV.
3. Get that second hour.
4. Get the Tag Team division starting again.
5. Push Christopher Daniels

[Doctor Tull-eus S. Venture]

catwoman said:

Also, could we argue that the X-Div title IS the midcard title, the way its been treated recently?

Good point, but this was my pattern of thinking:

-Keep the X-Div title for some of the smaller and/or lesser exposed guys, so that they can get some time in, but a secondary title could give guys like Daniels a little more elevation on the ladder.

And if you can book a good tournament leading up to the finals choosing an inaugural champ, that's always a good thing.

But that's a big IF, btw. I could trust Heyman to do it, but certainly not Russo.

[Brain Of F'n J]

1) Re-establish the X-Division Title as a championship equal to the Heavyweight Title (in the same way as the Pure Wrestling Title was in Ring Of Honor by the end of it's lifecycle) with better matches and booking based SOLELY around wrestling.

2) Stop taking all of the WWE's castoffs and start scooping up talented wrestlers from the indy circuit. It doesn't look good to call yourself the alternative, but stock your cupboard with the other guy's garbage.

3) Two hours. No explanation needed here. This is a MUST.

4) Bye-bye, Impact Zone. They may have moved to a weekly show/monthly PPV cycle, but if they make NOTHING at the gate in Orlando, they're more or less still running on the old PPV-only model ... and doing 3 less a month then they used to. Time for house shows and TV tapings on the road.

5) Real wrestling bookers, not writers. The ideal booking committee, working just with the people they have: Cornette, Raven, Jarrett, Shane Douglas, Mike Tenay, Kevin Nash. If it turns out to be too many cooks in the kitchen, let 'em be split into sub-groups to handle sections of the roster (Tenay can do X-Division, Corny and Jarrett can work together on tag teams and mid-card, Raven and Douglas the main event, Nash on skits and promos).

Jed Shaffer
~I work cheap, TNA. Call me.

[Joekishi]

I don't get the X-division title. "WE HAVE THE BEST MATCHES AND ATHLETES"

So that means the heavyweight title is contested over by lesser wrestlers? WTF?

I say the X-division title is for all intents and purposes a "cruiserweight" title with only one champ above 210 lbs in Samoa Joe, and with the entire x-division being under 5'11.

I really think that the title is the cruiser title.

But the should do it like how it is in Boxing/UFC this division though smaller than the heavies puts on the most intense matches on the card.

a Midcard title like say the NWA North American title, would rock for guys like Roode, Eric Young, Chris Harris, Chris Daniels, Samoa Joe, Abyss, Rhino, and AJ Styles.

[Michael Coello]

I don't have a problem with the gimmick matches, cause they mostly have a purpose, and a feud to build off.

Little Italy Street Fight: Brother Ray is Italian, or half-Italian, half-redneck, and LAX messed with his family. Brother Ray gave the challenge. It's like the Mexican Street fight LAX did vs AJ/Daniels on that one iMPACT.

Chain: AJ Styles has run away from Rhino in different ways. From feingin injury to cheat for the victory, to laying down for a last man standing. Rhino hasn't gotten any real chance, so he'd hold him to a chain and make sure he can kick his ass.

Dale Torborg was a wrestler, so I'd give him a bye in the "celebrities shouldn't wrestle" course.

I just think Russo needs some control in the booking. Maybe get Raven and Cornette to help out. Also, Get Shark Boy, Norman, and DITR back on my TV.

[catwoman]

tull said:

catwoman said:

Also, could we argue that the X-Div title IS the midcard title, the way its been treated recently?

Good point, but this was my pattern of thinking:

-Keep the X-Div title for some of the smaller and/or lesser exposed guys, so that they can get some time in, but a secondary title could give guys like Daniels a little more elevation on the ladder.

And if you can book a good tournament leading up to the finals choosing an inaugural champ, that's always a good thing.

But that's a big IF, btw. I could trust Heyman to do it, but certainly not Russo.

Ok, good call. I can see your reasoning. I do agree that someone like Daniels is out of place on the current roster. Heck, his current series of promos even states this explicitly. The way they have the X-Div as an under mid-card seems not good enough for the Fallen Angel...I thought it was funny that during all the PCS silliness with the X-Div(which I loved), the person who actually HELD the damn title was nowhere to be found. He hasn't really seemed like a part of that division for a while, cause he, AJ, and Joe are a cut above the rest. Yet most people would not book him as a contender for the NWA World title (which I think is a mistake, but that's another rant for another time).

So, are we thinking a National title of sorts? Something comparable to the IC title in the E?

(and no, after what I've been seeing on my TV recently, I wouldn't trust Russo to book anything like this with logic.)

[krzykraka]

1. get 2 hrs
2. get out of the impact zone
3. Stop taping and do the show live
4. STOP using cheesy entrance music and pay a little for some good entrance music for at least your top guys
5. most IMPORTANTLEY STOP trying to compete with the WWE and worry about whats going on in your own ring or youll be another "the rise and fall" of TNA.

[Dean-o]

(if money wasn't an issue, of course)

1. Push for that 2 hour time slot

2. Stop worrying about the WWE and start worrying about your own product. Bashing WWE makes you look very bushleague and childish, and you won't attract the casual WWE fan by doing it.

3. Stop picking up the WWE's garbage, and start growing your own talent. To a casual WWE fan, a jobber to the stars (Christian) as your world champion only makes TNA look like the minor leagues compared to the WWE.

4. Get the hell out of the Impact Zone. Get your product out there for others to experience live.

5. Put faith in Vince Russo's direction, but make sure he doesn't take his (sometimes) wacko storylines out of line.