Vince Russo is no longer the TNA creative team head writer. He has been replaced by Bruce Prichard, who also heads the talent relations division. Russo is now considered essentially a senior writer and continues to write the actual shows along with Matt Conway once the direction has been mapped out by Prichard, who also signs off on the scripts.

I want to believe that this is good news. I want to believe that this means things will change for Impact Wrestling (although I do think that lately they have done some pretty good stuff, namely the Bobby Roode build). I want to believe that this means TNA will have a more steady, logical, and fun directiion. Most importantly, they need continuity. However, due to pessimism and a less than stellar track record, I can not give TNA the benefit of the doubt. So I will have to take a "wait-and-see" approach.

Just looking at the way that it is written, it does not sound like anything has even changed...just that they added yet another cook in the kitchen. Dixie Carter is still there. Vince Russo is still there, just with a fresh new job title. Hulk Hogan is still there (as he was just re-signed). Eric Bischoff is seemingly not going anywhere.

The Hogan re-signing news was posted by PWInsider. I have no idea why when TNA make-up contracts they always have them end right before their biggest Pay-Per-View of the year in Bound for Glory. Wouldn't you think the contracts would end after that show? I'm not a business-man though, so whatever.

So, apparently all TNA have done is add Brother Love to the creative "team." To me, it just seems like a lot of false hope from fans. Any news regarding Vince Russo not being in his current position excites people. I don't think that anyone wishes for TNA to fail. If they do, it is solely because they have lost faith in TNA and want them to fail so that someone else can pick up the pieces and try again. Most people want an alternative, something that doesn't suck which they can watch when WWE does. Vince Russo just has a reputation, a stench on him that is not going away. Sort of like how Paul Heyman has a reputation, or Jim Cornette has a reputation, both of which are opposite Vince Russo (regardless of how true it is or not).

TNA does a lot of things that I just don't agree with. Re-signing Hulk Hogan, bringing back Jeff Hardy, keeping Vince Russo around, etc. I think Hogan can still bring something to a show, not in an in-ring sense, obviously, but as a talker and a name. So of course TNA seem to be building toward a Hogan match. Same with Ric Flair. He has a good mind for wrestling, he's still a good talker...but he should not be in the damn ring! I can't justify Jeff Hardy, after awhile you have to stop giving a guy chances. Vince Russo though? I'm not sure. Maybe with a real, true filter he can be beneficial. Just as an ideas guy. Come up with a bunch of ideas, any with potential we can mold into something useful. Instead, he comes up with ideas, but doesn't have a middle or an end, so we just get a lot of starting and then no continuity and a lot of confusion. If Prichard can help with that, then OK. I just have a lot of doubts. So TNA need to prove me wrong for a chance. Prove everyone wrong.

A lot of people seem to be taking the "Prichard has to be better than Russo" stance but I'm not so sure. Is Russo even not going to be around? It sounds to me like Russo will be getting filtered through Prichard now but still doing the writing, so I have no idea. Even if it does fail, or even if it succeeds, the important thing to remember, no matter what, is that Bruce Prichard...LOVES YOU!