Guest The Original HTQ Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 TNA have signed Kurt Angle and are heading to prime-time. On the surface, this appears to be great news, but TNA, as they tend to do, aren't making the most of it. Until they ran some local ads in a number of major markets on USA this past Monday, almost nobody outside of wrestling knew Kurt was even in TNA. Almost nobody outside of hardcore wrestling fans even know about TNA as it is. As TNA head towards prime-time it does appear they are starting to make some effort to get the word out. The other major news in TNA came almost two months ago when Vince Russo was put on the creative staff, which now consists of Russo, Dutch Mantell and Jeff Jarrett. While TNA wasn't exactly hitting gold as it is from a creative standpoint, the addition of Russo doesn't appear to have done anything to change that. In fact, he may have made things even worse. The reverse Battle Royal was a mess, we had a worked shoot angle with the James Gang quitting that only makes TNA look bush league, and we've had an increase in run-ins, swerves and overbooking, something TNA needed to cut down on not do more of. While Russo isn't helping, the majority of the blame for that lies squarely with TNA for bringing back Russo in the first place. And their latest set of tapings, which includes their prime-time debut, definitely does not bode well. Heading into Genesis, which will see Samoa Joe take on Kurt Angle in a IWC 'dream match', how do you see TNA's direction? TNA has the talent, that's not in doubt. But do they have the creativity, intelligence and, most importantly, the willingness, to do what it really takes to finally make their mark in the real world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 I have to wonder how TNA can possibly be successful with Vince Russo steering the ship, because it's already perfectly obvious that he doesn't even realise the mistakes he made in his previous booking runs, yet alone learnt from them. You also would have thought that if Angle was going to be the difference maker TNA needs him to be, he would have already shown some signs of boosting business through higher TV ratings, but that hasn't happened yet. Still, as long as Spike TV is happy with them, TNA will be fine in the short term at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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