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UBK05
joined wrestlingmarks.com on 1/18/07
Random Things That TNA Should Do When They Get 2 Hours
by UBK05 on 2/3/07 10:18 PM
Put Kevin Nash in the Commentating Booth
-Pretty random, but it would get over pretty quick. He has that Bobby Heenan or JBL-feel to him when does commentate. All he really has to do is put people over and crack funny-ass jokes. A 3-man booth would, as a whole, give the show a better feel. Of course, you'd hear less of Don West's incoherent yelling and Mike Tenay coherent rambling. He should step away from the storylines or have a lesser part in them because the X Division truly has to shine with one more hour.
Kurt Angle: Bi-Polar?
-Again, this is random, but it could work. You know how the entire IWC thinks that Angle is legit crazy and/or on drugs? They could do a worked shoot on this. He could be a serious, yet cool-headed face one second, but when things don't go his way, he can just go ape**** crazy on everyone. Fans, commentators, and the wrestlers would question his motives, as the character himself doesn't even know his next move. It could be akin to the Brian Pillman "Loose Cannon" character, but it would obviously be a bit less of a shoot. The show needs something out there and crazy to make people feel like they can't miss it.
Mid-Card Title
-This idea has been brought up a lot recently and it needs to be done. They have at least 10-15 guys, with no real motivating force, as they're not in the World Title hunt or don't compete in the X Division. Styles, Rhino, Truth (especially him), Hoyt, Tomko, Harris, Storm, and Roode are just a few that could benefit from this. But I think it's needed to help get over one person in particular: Bobby Roode. All the hype, the wins here and there, his new manager, and the feud with Eric Young, and he has abosutely nothing to show for it. He needs a run like Christopher Daniels' first X Division title run. He'lll finally look legit, then he can go after the World Title.
Get Rid of the Dead Weight, Bring In New Faces
-It's obvious that they haven't done anything with Shark Boy, Norman Smiley, A1, and a few others, in ages. I say, drop 'em. The Naturals, too, as they've been buried completely. Chase Stevens is garbage as a singles wrestler. This frees up a few spots on the roster. They should pretty much everyone that isn't signed to a WSX contract from ROH (McGuiness, Whitmer, Albright, Lacey, Allison Danger, Richards, etc.) and search for guys in local indies.
New Championship Belts
-TNA owns the rights to the NWA Tag and World Titles until 2012 (?). I'm not sure if it's just the name, the belts, or both. If they can, they should get some new belt designs. Those titles are so 1987, it's not even funny. I'm sure casual viewers think that Christian Cage is walking around with the Intercontinental Title right now. They need a big, shiny, pretty looking belt that makes everyone know that that is the belt. Make a new X Division title, while they're at it.
Comments
(4 total)
From bpapa on 2/4/07 12:02 AM
Nash in the booth sounds like money to me. The TNA commentary duo is really just awful and could use a shakeup, I'd say add Nash in and see how does with Tenay and West, and if necessary drop West. The whole Nash X Division thing has run it's course and we all know he can talk and is hilarious, sounds like a plan.
Angle as an insane dude is more or less what he was the past couple of years in WWE, so I'm all for it.
Mid-card title though, not so much. TNA should be pushing the X Division as something unique to their product. In the meantime, the World and Tag titles are enough for the rest, in my mind. I never really thought adding belts made for a better product, I think the product has to be there first for a belt to seem interesting. WWE used to have a million singles titles, and it became obvious quickly that they were were just getting in the way of things.
The New Faces thing would be cool, but again, it's only an hour long program. I do like the belts idea though.
From bpapa on 2/4/07 12:05 AM
Ooops, missed the whole "2 hours" thing in the title. Guess that makes some of my comments a little obsolete. So yeah, more guys... but honestly, no, still no on the add another title. I think 2 singles belts and one tag belt is enough, personally.
From RyderSands on 2/4/07 2:05 AM
I like the belt designs... They're traditional. Though, I think the World Title should be BIGGER, I love the design of it.
From bpapa on 2/5/07 11:05 AM
Actually putting a little more thought into it, if TNA does get a second hour of TV, how about just trying to make Impact better? Impact always has the feeling of them trying to overstuff each show so that they can sensibly book a PPV each month. With 2 hours, instead of rushing like mad, they can take the time out to have better matches on free TV.
Part of why ECW is watchable is because of this. They only have a few PPVs a year, so they can have key matches and blowoff matches in feuds on the weekly TV show. Thus, we get a lot of good 10-20 minute matches on free TV each week.