Is TNA the worst wrestling promotion in history?

[El-P]

On 12/3/2025 at 11:29 PM, sek69 said:

I mean history has shown that no matter who owns it, who  books it, or what TV station it's on, TNA is gonna TNA. They've been remarkably consistent in that regard. 

The Callis/D'Amore years between 2019 and 2022 is the only time TNA did not TNAed itself. And well, it was not named TNA anymore. It will never not be hilarious to me that coming back to the TNA name actively lead to more of the old LOLTNA booking.

Their next special event looks awesome too... Kaz vs JDC as the main event. JDC. And Leon Slater is defending the X-division title against AJ Francis. Jeeez. Mance Warner vs Matt Cardona (aka Zach Ryder from John Cena's retirement tournament jobber fame). And a bunch of NXT undercarders on the card. The reality is that their roster is completely depleted. The worse being the women. Lei Yin Lee is their new champ, despite never having been any good nor over nor interesting in any way shape or form. They are still pushing Indi Hartwell, who is, sorry to say, awful. The IInspiration are the tag champs and apart from doing their pose, they do *nothing* that would make their dismal actual wrestling ability even worth watching. Victoria Crawford is still around.

So yeah, Santana is gonna win the title *again* with the debut of their new TV deal. And then what ? More shitty NXT featuring ? More old ex-WWE guys coming up and taking the space ? Fuck, I almost expect Killer Kross & Scarlett debuting as the big surprise early next year.

[El-P]

And so at Final Resolution, The Righteous debuted (well, Vincent was part of Honor No More a few years back).... to the sound of crickets and "Who are you ?" chants. The TNA audience is basically NXT audience dumbfucks now. TNA should be a good fit for guys like The Righteous under other circumstances, but in 2026 ? Who the hell knows. I wish they were used better in AEW/ROH, as I really enjoyed them, but their biggest appearance was doing a 2 on 1 job to MJF at the first All In. Which is good for them, they will handle the pressure of a huge ass crowd better now that they are in the #2 promotion selling out these huge-ass buildings....

[Alucard]

On 12/5/2025 at 4:40 AM, El-P said:

So yeah, Santana is gonna win the title *again* with the debut of their new TV deal. And then what ? 

Don't forget Nic Nemeth still has his half of the Call Your Shot to cash in!

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I hope AMC's first production note is STOP FUCKING YELLING EVERY LINE OF COMMENTARY. This goes for NXT as well, and anytime Cole and Pat are together. 

[El-P]

1 hour ago, Alucard said:

Don't forget Nic Nemeth still has his half of the Call Your Shot to cash in!

Oh gawwwd I forgot about that shit.

1 hour ago, strobogo said:

I hope AMC's first production note is STOP FUCKING YELLING EVERY LINE OF COMMENTARY.

Funny, maybe I just blocked it out of my mind when I watch TNA, but that's really not what strikes me  about the announcing. I dunno, I don't feel they yell all the time. I actually kinda enjoyed the Hannifan/Rehwoldt duo, although Hannifan was taught all the wrong things about announcing by his years in WWE, the worst one probably being the infamous "for the win ! /for the title !" that ruins every nearfalls (and that crept its way into NJPW announcing from time to time too last time I checked).

Matt Hardy whining about how TNA is not about putting good match because they are focused on storylines is the most unintentional hilarious thing coming from him, considering the Hardys in-ring outings this last year in that promotion booked like complete shit by Delirious (who has managed to find his way into my "worst bookers ever" list on the strenght of this last two and a half years of TNA). 

[Boss Rock]

I actually kinda warmed up to the Righteous a bit when they actually got TV time on Collision. Mostly Dutch being a pretty solid big guy, but Vincent's snapping entrance was catchy.

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I guess to be fair to the current group, yelling and screaming announcers has been the deal with TNA since day one and regardless of management, TV, teams, or name of the company. But fuck, it is exhausting that most announcers can't find the medium spot between ludded up Solie and JR losing his mind during the Attitude Era. AEW has the chillest commentary team and most of them are guys that made that style so annoying or indie guys who also only knew how to scream on commentary.