Why hasn't the WWE raided TNA?

Because they're not interested? I know Triple H has made offers before to Roode and Storm, but they've both made it clear that their loyalty lies with TNA.

TNA is there for people who want something different in their wrestling. Same with ROH, NWA, Shimmer, etc.
A person can only watch WWE programming for so long.

As for your question, TNA is probably better for RVD and Roode right now

For someone who hates TNA so much, you seem pretty impressed by their talent.

Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.....

I don't really see why people consider TNA the minor leagues. They may be a couple steps below WWE in a lot of ways, but that doesn't necessarily constitute them as the minor leagues.

As far as WWE not raiding their talent, I'm sure a lot of TNA wrestlers are happy where they are, even if some people think TNA is the "minors".

Well TNA offers their wrestlers a light work schedule. WWE did offer a contract to RVD but it required him to be on the road 24/7 which he doesn't want to do, and he doesnt have to in TNA.

TNA is good for Pro Wrestling as a whole because it offers the boys a place to go other than or after WWE. On top of that, I don't think WWE would know what to do with a Bobby Roode. He'd get lost in the shuffle real quick like Monty Brown did when he went there.

Unfortunately WWE doesn't really care how far one goes in TNA whether he made it to the top or not. That doesn't really prove that a guy can draw and put asses in the seats. Most people don't even know about TNA and TNA don't draw worth a crap compared to WWE so it's kind of hard to tell who can or will be major star when they jumpship.

I hate TNA but I'm impressed by some of their talent.

There's nothing wrong with AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode.. I love Austin Aries, Joey Ryan, and Xima Ion to death. I'm sure there's others I'm overlooking.

My problems with TNA are the old goons who have held on WAY too long and WAY past ANY relevance what so ever (Hogan, Sting, Bischoff, Taz, Dudleys) the nepotism at work (Brooke Hogan and Garrett Bischoff being two of the biggest stars, despite neither having any natural god given talents at all), and the overall production. TNA has some of the lowest production values I've ever seen. Their "arenas" all look dinky and small. If you can only draw 1000 fans.. run 1000 seat arenas! Don't run the 40,000 seat ALAMODOME!

Taz and Mike Tenay ruin almost everything in TNA by Taz just being an old coot who craps on everything and is obnoxious, and Tenay being the most plastic, fake announcer in wrestling history. People can complain about Jerry Lawler, but at least he fakes enthusiasm. these two talking heads can't even manage that.

The massive amount of talking. Talking that goes no where. Yeah, I know, WWE does it too and it's just as obnoxious when they do it. But the fact is, when TNA has 83 minutes of programming a week (that's their actual programming after the commercials are removed) to spend 15-20 minutes on Hulk Hogan talking and ultimately saying nothing is downright absurd. To spend another 10-15 minutes on groups of guys backstage, with a camera sneaking around the corner that can't even pick up good audio on them is just mind boggling. 83 minutes a week is enough time to run a quality wrestling federation and build up good storylines. ECW did it for years with 42 minutes a week. But when you waste most of your time with non-wrestlers babbling about nothing and just general time wasting.. our product suffers.

The main problem within TNA is the writing and booking teams are completely inept. Everyone is either a main eventer or at the bottom of the card. No one is a mid carder. Because of that, no one can move up or down the card.. All the main eventers who AREN'T currently the focus are the "mid card" in hodgepodge feuds that are clearly just assembled to fill time until it's their turn on top. Then when they run out of guys.. they catapult someone like Eric Young from wrestling women in comedy matches to a PPV main event. Because that makes sense.


WWE has their problems, but TNA is completely inept. I've wanted them to just go out of business for a long time, so people won't mistake what they are doing for pro wrestling. At this point, TNA is such damaged goods that they aren't just ruining their own brand name. They aren't just wasting money. They aren't just squandering away talent and making mindboggling stupid decisions.. They're hurting professional wrestling as a whole. They clearly label what they do as "IMPACT WRESTLING" despite the show have a very small percentage of actual in ring wrestling. Networks notice the ratings they get. And the constant downswing in them. And it harms new groups from getting national television deals. There are independents out there who would do about anything to have THIRTY MINUTES a week on Spike TV and would throw their absolute best in to it.. Yet TNA has two hours a week, 83 minutes of content a week.. And they just flush it away.

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If we're being realistic, Aces & Eights is the worst storyline in wrestling right now. WWE certainly has its shortcomings, but Aces & Eights have been an absolute joke.

Sure, Bully Ray joining is great, but it's eight months too late. There have been far too many lackluster, jobber reveals already. It's a lost cause.

I disagree. As an internet fanbase, we are guilty of pissing and moaning about stories before they are completely rolled out, myself included. Looking back at the bigger picture, and while I agree it took too long to get to where they were going for my liking as well, they told a good story. It was a good story imo, because when the absolute most obvious conclusion ever happened, we all loved it. If you can get a guy over in a spot where everyone knows what's going to happen then you did something right. Plus, the reveals along the way, Devon, were at least shocking stepping stones. But again, I commend them for actually telling a story. To each their own, not for everyone.

You just made a thread bitching about how WWE is in the Dark Ages; and now here you are blowing it because you "hate TNA"?

Make up your mind. As for your question; plenty of wrestlers have made it clear that they enjoy working for TNA; and why shouldn't they? Sure, they aren't on TV week after week (or not in many WWE superstars cases) getting buried by the bigger talent; but they're happy where they are. Why fault them for it?