So what do you think of SB 24:7, Lance?

LOL, I thought that was you...the fact that you admitted it again gets a LMAO. And honestly, I fail to see the comparison to Festus. He's a intellectually- disabled person that snaps when the bell goes off. You actually wanted Rhino to be like...well a rhino, perhaps it's a bit misconstrued, but not by much.

So why is TNA's originality, wrestle crap? That's the probelm, eveeryone has their standards for waht TNA should be instead of looking at what they at least are trying to do. Realy? All TNA is doing is pushing WWE ideas? In another psot, there are clear defenses of this narrowmindedness... X divsion, ultimate x, Elevation x, MCMG, the BCS, Machismo, Shark Boy. And i mention the last two because even though they are parodies of a wwe wrestler, it's the only compnay that's ever created a gimmick based on a former popular character sans the bWo.. that shows a sense or creativity in and of itself...original, perhaps not...creative, yes! And in wrestling it's a back and forth game with being original and sticking with the norm since fans are so damn fickle.

Also, this damn same arguement as to TNA not pushing their own talent...do you know, more people recognize TNA now becasue of the WWE employees they brought in then their origianl stars. You ask any 20 joe blows on the street who Kaz is and they're like huh, ask that same 20 who Kurt Angle is and i bet half equate him with WWE or tna. Whether its popular or not, WWE is the standard barer. Logic says you try to be like the thing thats popular not different. How wel do you think Sony would do if they never made PS2 or PS3 to compete with Xbox. Coke makes Coke w/ lemon...what does Pepsi do? Makes Pepsi w/lemon. Again, simple logic suggests you try to simulate what's hot. As I stated before I think TNA does this; they give us a nice mix..some things WWE, some things TNA, comedy, drama, etc. Is it perfect? Hell know, but it's emtertaining on some level to somoen and that's the point. Moreover, I've seen more of TNA 's talent getting pushes than ever before(pushes meaning air time and charater development in meaningful storylines, not pushes like Jeff hardy's in WWE only for him to soar back down to mid card status a day later :

I think the IWC thinks they make up the majority in the wrestling world and that's just not the case. cena gets booed outta arenas and bashed on the internet, yet his merchandise sales are the highest among WWE wrestlers...so guess what? that means more Cena on WWE. WWE aint gonna throw away a cash cow becasue a bunch of pimply face lard asses( me included ;D) don't like him. So i ask you ripper, would some punk lookin dude that has a I hate the world gimmick, with tatoos all over his body, actually entertain you, actually get you to enjoy tna? I just don't understand what some of you want. Perhaps a different perspective would help

You just made everyone's point in that post. TNA should be focusing on making homegrown talent names to casual viewers, not WWE names. Yes, WWE names can help but where is TNA's identity?

Why doesn't TNA take the time and resources to get guys like Styles, Joe, Daniels, Lethal, Abyss, etc. made as household names so when you ask the average Joe on the street who such and such is, they can say without hesitation, "Oh he's in TNA."

I mean, these some of the guys that got TNA recognition in the first place. Why not reward them for that and expand that recognition?

Ugh, yes you are right to some degree. You need established names mixed in. But the whole reason of having WWE stars mixed in is to HELP ELEVATE homegrown talent.

Kurt Angle shouldn't have held/be holding the World Title for the last 8 Months( barring 3 days). He should have been given the World Title, only as a transitional champ to help elevate a Samoa Joe, or an Alex Shelley.

That's everybody's problem with TNA. It's not that they sign WWE " rejects". It's that they push them to the moon and ignore their talent.

You say you can't give Kaz the World Title and have him be a recognizable name, and you're right. But if he wins the World Title from Kurt Angle and has a bunch of great matches with Kurt Angle, Booker T, & Christian Cage( recognizable names), then HE BECOMES A RECOGNIZABLE NAME.

But TNA never likes having the homegrown talent go over, so they're never going to become household names.

That right there is what I have been trying to get across in my posts.