TNA Impact just keeps getting worse

tna has suffered the same problem for years/ Their's no leadership. When they get someone in thee that says this is how we're gonna run the company, if you dont like it, get the out, then they'll be good. Never thought I'd say this, but they're worse then WCW

If they woulda hired heyman instead of Hogan and Dickoff, they'd be sniffin 2.0's by now

I don't understand the Heyman love. His company failed to get ratings too. In fact, WCW under Bischoff was stronger than wcw under Russo and ECW under Heyman, ratings wise.

So, one could argue that ratings don't reflect a good show.

All that said, I enjoy the slightly more complicated storytelling. I like the different take on the backstage cameras. I always hate when the cameras move in wrestling backstage, but the wrestlers don't acknowledge the cameramen. I like the fly on the wall stuff too.

The show has issues, but so does a lot of the Wwe stuff. One thing I will say, I don't think TNA really wants to be the same as wwe. In some way I think they enjoy the more intimate vibe. They probably want to be bigger and better, but being the biggest is a lot more work for less reward sometimes.

They've already had talent not get paid.. And Heyman may not be the GREATEST booker of all time.. He's still miles beyond Hogan and Bischoff..

Hardly their peak.

Him booking the show would have nothing to do with who does or does not get paid directly. That should be handled by people that know finances, clearly something Heyman did not. He may not be the greatest booker of all time, but he sure as hell couldn't do any worse then what is currently in place at TNA. At least Heyman had a long term strategy for the company with the idea of getting behind the younger talent and making them the focal point of the company. You can't expect the longevity of your company to be preserved with your younger talent constantly being overshadowed by 50 and 60 year old men, or guys that can no longer go in the ring. People can say all they want about Nash being in WWE but the fact is, he's one aspect of the show, not the whole show like TNA woulda emphasized. There in lies the glaring difference in the two companies prospective future and current success of their product.




Bischoff gets a lot of credit for falling into something that clicked. the NWO is his only calling card. Since being in TNA, what exactly has he contributed? Now, one can say he's not involved in day to day bookings, but best believe if Hogan has any pull, bischoff's not too far behind. He's done more to promote his own style of production, which,is at best, hit or miss, then to actually show that anything he's associated with can revolutionize a company. He got lucky, he had an open checkbook to play with, and ran with it. It's pretty evident today, the man isn't as influential as he's been given credit for. And there's nothing intimate about TNA. Listen to some audio or read somethin from recently released wrestlers..ie..amazing red, Gen me, mick foley. This company is about pushing the people they want and the hell with anyone else. The only people benefiting from the light work load are the ones getting a nice pay check up front.

It's more realistic that way than the fake way WWE does it. Take it this way: would you want a camera following you around airing your secrets/personal business? In the WWE they completely ignore the cameras are there yet it's so obvious. In TNA they acknowledge the cameras when they can see them and when the can't it seems more real.

Some solid points, but I think you misunderstand my use of the word, intimate. I mean the crowd and TV audience in relation to the action and story. Being in a venue of 10,000 is awesome, but the guy sitting in the rafters may or may not be getting the most for his money. I like that the TV crew is part of the show, in some way, not just a moving prop that people pretend isn't there.

I also suspect that your opinion of Bischoff is correct. He created an angle and then drove it into the ground with the NWO. It got bigger than him and his company and it ended up getting weak and stale. He did, however, create the concept of a US cruiserweight division and making that mandatory watching on his shows. One of the universal praises that WCW gets is the introduction to the US audience of the high flying, quick and nearly out of control Cruiserweight division. So many of the stars that made it after started in that division, we must give him credit for putting those guys on TV and running with it, at least for a while.

Also, he made Goldberg. Like him or hate him, Goldberg was the real deal. He was, for a time, as big or bigger than the Rock and Austin in the WWF and bigger than Hogan in WCW. Whether he deserved it....?

Heyman was a great booker, he was just terrible with the actual books, in TNA he wouldn't be dealing with that aspect.