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

[Sabin Shelley Army]

after watching final resolution the immediate thing that comes to mind is replace taz and tenay mike tenay sounds like he is in another room reading lines off of a script, neither one gets excited at all for the product, and taz says some of the dumbest things (let the pidgeons loose? what does that mean?) id say put an open call for commentators and give two or three new people a chance

Colt Cabana was a great commentator in FCW. There's one name.

[Brad]

after watching final resolution the immediate thing that comes to mind is replace taz and tenay mike tenay sounds like he is in another room reading lines off of a script, neither one gets excited at all for the product, and taz says some of the dumbest things (let the pidgeons loose? what does that mean?) id say put an open call for commentators and give two or three new people a chance

Does anyone know what Jonathan Coachman is doing now? I wish Matt Striker wasn't still with WWE he is a pretty good one to have. Just really anyone besides Taz and Tenay would be good I wouldn't mind Jeremy Borash and Don West at this point.

[Sabin Shelley Army]

Does anyone know what Jonathan Coachman is doing now? I wish Matt Striker wasn't still with WWE he is a pretty good one to have. Just really anyone besides Taz and Tenay would be good I wouldn't mind Jeremy Borash and Don West at this point.

Coachman works for ESPN. I think he hosts a show.

Borash and West would be great. They're miles ahead of Taz and Tenay. I really liked evil Don West and Tenay since West was able to even make Tenay enjoyable, but they were split up way too soon.

[198d]

Coachman works for ESPN. I think he hosts a show.

Borash and West would be great. They're miles ahead of Taz and Tenay. I really liked evil Don West and Tenay since West was able to even make Tenay enjoyable, but they were split up way too soon.

i would prefer west and borash, but i liked the idea of colt cabana doing color and maybe bischoff or somebody with a different personality on color 2, since we dont really need a play by play guy, just someone to tell what the names of moves are, but we can see what happens. raven also did commentary in the wwf in 93/94 so maybe a raven/ cabana team? you could add borash to that mix to be the straight guy since raven and colt would joke around a lot

[Sabin Shelley Army]

Raven, Cabana, and Borash would definitely improve the show by leaps and bounds. The thought of that is just great.

Someone, send that idea to Dixie on Twitter. They can use Tenay and Taz on Xplosion, All Wheels Wrestling, or the India project.

[texaslonghorn]

I think both the TNA and the WWE need to put more importance on titles. Bring back rankings and standings for title shots , have more title matches on the weekly shows and make sure that most if not all the belts are on the line at a pfv. Anymore when watching I find myself zoning out even in the main events because the match doesn't really " matter" or " count " for or toward anything. TNA was on the right track with the Power Rankings they used there for a while and then they just dropped it like a hot potato.

[mountain_rs2k]

I like TNA Wrestling but I seriously think they need new talent or some former
WWE Superstars. I like to see difference between wrestlers and I find guys like
Gunner, Magnus, Matt Morgan and Big Rob all look the same.

[Brad]

Magnus is one guy that I see everything in to become a future world champ. Also I like Gunner, but I think he would be better in an tag team right now with like Pope or Kaz managed by Ric Flair. Matt Morgan is really good imo also I have always liked him and he should've been champ last week during his feuds with Anderson and Hardy. Big Rob don't see anything in him.

[NWAFAN]

I like Sting, but why in God's name did he get a submission victory over the World Heavyweight Champion? That made absolutely no sense at all. Actually, why was Sting even in the match? TNA finally get a big crowd and they let Sting close the show. Unreal. Either Roode, Storm or Ray should have won that match. Not Sting. By having Sting win, TNA accomplishes nothing. All they proved last night is that they still can't let go of the past.

[D.B.]

There was a lot of fuss about it being Sting's last visit to the UK as an active performer, so they let him win and sent the fans home happy.

[NWAFAN]

It's always something. Later in the year, it they'll be another reason. Lockdown is in Nashville. Jarrett is from Nashville. Are they gonna let him win the title just to please the locals? IMO, what's best for the company is always more important than individual achievement. Sting has had his moment in the sun, now let the young guns have it.

Besides, if they wanted Sting to have one last harrah in London, why not have him win a dark match? I definitely would not have had him make the champion (who's gotten praise from wrestlers in other promotions) submit.

[DramaShark]

^ Even Nashville doesn't like Jarrett

[Metalitia]

Whilst I agree it seems odd for Sting to not only win on air but to do so by making the champion tap out the reverse way of looking at it is Roode is trying to be the ultimate selfish heel etc so Sting being the boss showed him a lesson.

Don't agree with it happening on air particularly but as has been said Stings final hurrah in the UK was a big element of the tour and come the London show everyone was well aware he'd been competing at the other shows.

[RasslingFanatic]

Get over it man, this is wrestling not real life.

Sting locked in a submission and Roode tapped. It gets the submission over more than anything else. I love reading stuff from people in the wrestling bubble. "Sting is old, so he can't beat the World Champion"

Did you guys watch real sport or fighting? Yes, wrestling is predetermined, but it isn't TNA in Space. It is based in real life so you can have Terry Funk defeat Raven after winning a hardcore triple threat match, you can have Sting beat the World Champion in a tag match with a over submission. The scenario just has to be probable.

Now the storyline TNA has in place is simple. Roode deserted the people close to him, abandoned his moral to take the short cut in becoming World Champion. In this situation we are supposed to hate Roode because we believed he could win the Championship fairly and hate that he decided to take shortcuts. When you build a heel that way, he gets away with it for x period of time and then the luck runs out.

There is nothing wrong with that story, and if you just let go and watch as a fan rather than attempting to be a critique.

The key question is this, did the crowd pop? No, not did they cheer, but the explanation Al Snow and others have given. Did they blow in their pants?

[D.B.]

I actually posted before I'd seen the match

I liked the Bully Ray part of the ending, it shows Roode has no allies and will look better if he gets out of the PPV with the title, Ray could have saved Roode but chose not to, I was hoping he'd hit him with the title
Sting has always been built as a guy that can win in any match, similar to Hogan, I don't have a problem with that but can see why some people don't like it in this case

My only real problem is the way they're dealing with Roode as champ, as a face he could legit beat anybody but since his heel turn he looks vulnerable to any challenger and I always prefer a strong heel champ who wins because he's that good, like Aries