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]]> By: John Hancock http://www.wrestling101.com/blogs/archives/34#comment-142 John Hancock Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:45:19 +0000 http://www.wrestling101.com/blogs/archives/34#comment-142 Before you get completely swamped with the inane chirping of TNA marks, let me be the first to just completely and whole heartedly agree with you. I watch TNA every now and again and I think that, to date, it’s the first wrestling based event (since I was about 11 and saw Mick Foley get “fired” for the first time) to get me genuinely angry. To me, TNA have constantly been snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Wrestling fans (let alone casual fans) seem to be slowly but surely turning on WWE, yet TNA refuse to offer us an alternative despite the potential. I could have quite happily beaten Russo to death with one of his own infernal poles after watching a potentially show stealing LAX VS Murder City Machine Guns (possibly the two best tag teams around right now) being brushed to one side so The New Age Outlaws (minus charisma, plus the Boogey-woman), The Dudleys (minus burning tables and any sort of heat, plus about 400lbs) and The Steiners argue about who was good LAST DECADE. I’ll give it to them, mid-90’s, the Steiners ruled, in ECW, the Dudleys were a high light and Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie against The Outlaws in early ‘98 was a truly amazing feud. However, it’s over, it happened, it was awesome, move on. It should be a three way argument between LAX, The Machine Guns and XXX about who’s the best NOW. TNA just has so much talent both on the mic and in the ring. The Paparazzi Productions stuff was amazing with Nash and Shelley and now Cage has really come into his own. Meanwhile, in the ring you’ve got Joe (a man who could and should have been this generation BIG name), Homicide, XXX, the Machine Guns, Styles and Cage. Hell, even a fat lad like Abyss is cool just from the insane bumps he’s willing to take. But none of that is what TNA are showing us. No, we get a mind-numbing pre-Attitude era wife-stealing story line, Angle in his pants (as funny as it was), one guy with every single belt (or we will have by tomorrow morning) and a bizarre collection of mid-carders and has beens lining up to main event like one of those really depressing indy shows you see on YouTube that make you go “Wow, that’s Scott Hall! Man, he doesn’t look too good. That’s a shame.” Anyway, I went of topic. Just a big thanks for the post really. It’s to read things you agree with. I’m a huge TWO fan too, but can never figure out how to join, so I watch like a stalker in a garden. (I’m a huge Punk fan by the way. I’m just finding it harder and harder to justify these days though) Before you get completely swamped with the inane chirping of TNA marks, let me be the first to just completely and whole heartedly agree with you.

I watch TNA every now and again and I think that, to date, it’s the first wrestling based event (since I was about 11 and saw Mick Foley get “fired” for the first time) to get me genuinely angry. To me, TNA have constantly been snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Wrestling fans (let alone casual fans) seem to be slowly but surely turning on WWE, yet TNA refuse to offer us an alternative despite the potential. I could have quite happily beaten Russo to death with one of his own infernal poles after watching a potentially show stealing LAX VS Murder City Machine Guns (possibly the two best tag teams around right now) being brushed to one side so The New Age Outlaws (minus charisma, plus the Boogey-woman), The Dudleys (minus burning tables and any sort of heat, plus about 400lbs) and The Steiners argue about who was good LAST DECADE. I’ll give it to them, mid-90’s, the Steiners ruled, in ECW, the Dudleys were a high light and Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie against The Outlaws in early ‘98 was a truly amazing feud. However, it’s over, it happened, it was awesome, move on. It should be a three way argument between LAX, The Machine Guns and XXX about who’s the best NOW.

TNA just has so much talent both on the mic and in the ring. The Paparazzi Productions stuff was amazing with Nash and Shelley and now Cage has really come into his own. Meanwhile, in the ring you’ve got Joe (a man who could and should have been this generation BIG name), Homicide, XXX, the Machine Guns, Styles and Cage. Hell, even a fat lad like Abyss is cool just from the insane bumps he’s willing to take. But none of that is what TNA are showing us. No, we get a mind-numbing pre-Attitude era wife-stealing story line, Angle in his pants (as funny as it was), one guy with every single belt (or we will have by tomorrow morning) and a bizarre collection of mid-carders and has beens lining up to main event like one of those really depressing indy shows you see on YouTube that make you go “Wow, that’s Scott Hall! Man, he doesn’t look too good. That’s a shame.”

Anyway, I went of topic. Just a big thanks for the post really. It’s to read things you agree with.

I’m a huge TWO fan too, but can never figure out how to join, so I watch like a stalker in a garden.

(I’m a huge Punk fan by the way. I’m just finding it harder and harder to justify these days though)

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