The Official "What I dislike about TNA's Current Direction" Thread

[Sweet N' Sour]

Discuss what you dislike about TNA's current product. If you like the current direction, then intelligent rebuttal is welcome (I.E No insulting other members)

[Gary]

I'll not go into too much detail but a big problem TNA have had even as much so as when they only had an hour, is that people are on the show one week then off the next and it's like what the hell.

Petey X Champ, can't recall a recent time where he's been a consistant part of the show, same with Beer Money, they win the belts and they struggle to get on the show seemingly.

Same happened with Rock n Rave a few months/weeks past, no where to be seen then randomly there.

People can say it's time issues, maybe so, better excuse when it was 1 hour if you ask me but anyways, it's a bad booking move to keep guys off the show when you are trying to build towards something.

E.g. Petey vs Kaz at Slammy hardly had any interaction cos they were rarely on the show. Or Dutt vs Lethal, a ladder match is announced, so why aren't they on the show?! It should be a big deal.

I'll save more for later...

[The Dudebuster]

Not much detail required on this one but I hate when it's "1-2-3, he wins wow what a victory, to the back with *an interviewers name*"

They can't seem to make moments mean anything.

[ChrisK Punk]

i hate the entrance video's before they actually come out that's gay

i hate how bright it is in the impact zone

i hate people like jay lethal and sonjay's fued

i hate PJB, Super Eric

I Hate Booker's Accent

I hate Abyss in white and talking

I hate The Booking!

[The Dudebuster]

i hate the entrance video's before they actually come out that's gay

Same here, I mean especially when it's a "surprise" arrival yet there tron is on que, stupid really.

I dislike the amount of times they plug the game to people who are defo gonna buy it anyways, the intro and trons with the game got annoying fast.

[darkwolf]

i Hate PJB

I hate the Lethal vs Dutt feud- common fighting for Val ? She's not that hot

I can't stand BG and Kip

[RasslingFanatic]

TNA is lost. There two hour shows are nothing but a big cluster fuck.

[Emir Parkreiner]

TNA is lost. There two hour shows are nothing but a big cluster fuck.

care to elaborate?

What I really don't like is what has been mentioned here before where after a win of a match you will get something like this

"1-2-3, oh my what an amazing win, lets see that finnisher again Don" *replay shows of impressive finnish* "right now off to the back with JB with something thats far more important than the ending of this match that we just witnessed, JB over to you" or some paraphrasing of this sentence.

It gets annoying that an interview with Angle, or AJ is more important than anything else in the show.

I don't like Super Eric. I DO like Eric Young i think he's got good talent and is a great performer and a character that the younger kids can cheer for. But Super Eric is just stupid.

And also I dont like Sting there I said it

I can't stand the whole look up in the rafters thing and there he is. Its not so much Sting as the blatant mis-use or lack of use by the creative team but Sting at the moment can be off my screen and make way for Foley

*blatantly marks out for one of my all time favourite wrestlers* <--------- and I don't care.

[t0rment2004]

My biggest complaint with TNA is that they have the greatest athletes in the business (Joe, Styles, Daniels and Kaz to name a few) but they put them in horrible storylines that ruin their characters/make stupid new ones.

Other ones include the current direction of Abyss. I think that he has a good voice for doing promos while staying in character, but the writing usually ruins that. I'd also like to see him get his black mask and old costume back.

Don West sucks at his job.

VKM should have been fired like a year ago.

That's about it, I think.

[Gary]

My biggest beef with TNA is probs there inability to push talent and to have an elevation tier system in place.

Like have a group of ME guys
Mid card guys who can go up to ME level
so on and so on

They don't have that and that's why we see guys like Roode and Storm who could have been someone when they went solo were left in over stretched mid card feuds with Eric Young and others

Call me a fanboy but WWE has and always had this sort of system in place, you can see who the next guys are by how they are booked and there role on the card, TNA seem to have no direction in this sense and that's why no new stars are being made, exactly what WCW's problem was.

[The Sexecutioner]

Call me a fanboy but WWE has and always had this sort of system in place, you can see who the next guys are by how they are booked and there role on the card, TNA seem to have no direction in this sense and that's why no new stars are being made, exactly what WCW's problem was.

Fanboy!

It's a different situation tho. WWE can make stars as they are the #1 company and they have the biggest stars. And since they have the biggest starts, the biggest stars can put over the younger guys e.g Cena, Kendrick, CM Punk ..

With TNA having ony a small percentage of big name guys (Sting, Angle, Nash, Booker T) there are only so many young guys they can put overy dont have the advantage that WWE has to put the younginns over.

[Gary]

Fanboy!

It's a different situation tho. WWE can make stars as they are the #1 company and they have the biggest stars. And since they have the biggest starts, the biggest stars can put over the younger guys e.g Cena, Kendrick, CM Punk ..

With TNA having ony a small percentage of big name guys (Sting, Angle, Nash, Booker T) there are only so many young guys they can put overy dont have the advantage that WWE has to put the younginns over.

I think that's a crap excuse tbh, a 3 month feud isn't needed, teaming with them, a segment, 6 man against them, it's called a rub.

And I don't care for another fanboy reference

[TNAFan2385]

Im not trying to be negative, but during the Creed vs. Sheik match at last weeks Impact show, TNA reportedly lost 95,000's viewers. It's quite easy to see why.


Other than the fact that Creed is a good talent, the whole booking is out of wack.

As it stands theres 3 , yes 3 competitors in the X-division, Creed, Sheik and Petey... Now thats just sad, what happened to one of the most respected divisions in wrestling.

Lethal and Dutt are stuck in sum gimmick,
Styles and Joe have moved up to the Championship picture.
Sabin and Shelley(two of the best wrestlers!!) are stuck as a tag-team and for sum reason cant ever be booked in a 1-on-1,
and Daniels has been "fired".

So there u have it, all the best ex X-division wrestlers are stuck in another angle.

But wait, why not bring in sum fresh faces, build up the division a little bit, put Petey over with a great match against an unknown idie...isnt that how Lethal made it big?...

But Noo we get an x-WWE guy that couldnt even make it as a manager in wwe be pushed as the #2 heel, and not only that, u make the #2 heel in the division get smashed by a ref...Bravo, great booking, great way to kill the x-division. I seriously feel the Knockout's division is now tuffer than the X-division, Kong can smash a Ref, and ref can smash an x division star. just great.
Whats next Don West becomes the champ??

[Maxxy the Franchise]

Meh... just because some wrestlers are in a separate storyline or not exactly in contention for the belt, doesn't mean they're out of the division...

The X-Division where it stands today...

Sheik Bashir (my perennial favourite at the moment), Consequences Creed, Curry Man, Eric Young and Super Eric (remember... for storyline reasons, they are two separate men), Jay Lethal, Johnny Devine, Petey Williams, Shark Boy, and Sonjay Dutt.

Where it stands... it's a pretty stacked division... thus the storylines for the Prince Justice Brotherhood and Lethal/Dutt. Probably one of the better times for competition for the division... albeit... they aren't no AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, or Samoa Joe... but they all bring a unique quality to the table to make the division better.

And on the topic of the Motor City Machine Guns... First off, they're over more as a tag team... why would you break them up? And secondly... as I remember... the smark community was really pushing for those two to be reunited. Why turn your backs on them now?

About the indy wrestler... why would you bring in an unknown to go fifty/fifty with the champion... TNA isn't a indy fed anymore... most of its fanbase now is mainstream wrestling fans... and the champion would only look weak if you bring in an unknown... Now that... is bad booking sir.

And Bashir is a hell of a talent... he's my favourite in the whole division right now. And secondly... that referee is a wrestler on the indy circuit... TNA is probably going to bring him in slowly as one (as a wrestler).

So there you have it... as for the ratings loss... I have no idea... usually, those 80,000 - 100,000 only tune in to see Sting and the Knockouts... so there you have it

[NaturalBornThriller]

Not sure how much this factors in as I didnt watch it but last Thursday was opening week for the NFL season, so Im sure that didnt help ratings out at all.