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Bad news for TNA's Spike TV debut
Critic of the Dawn | Posted on 09/16/05 at 06:14:21Jeff Jarrett has defeated Raven to once again become the NWA Heavyweight Champion at an event promoted by Border City Wrestling in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. America's Most Wanted helped Jarrett defeat Raven, officially completing their teased heel turn.Oh goody. TNA has given their top title back to their own piss poor version of Triple H, Jeff Jarrett! Because apparently a competitive and interesting Heavyweight division with everyone chasing Raven as Jarrett feuded with Rhino would be too interesting. So, naturally, TNA has once again chosen to go with their proven heat vaccuum and midcard refugee. I'm sure that people who have followed TNA are going to DEFINATELY tune in in record numbers to see paranoid Jarrett's dull title reign AGAIN, complete with the latest iteration of the Jeff Jarrett's Cronies stable which will inevitably fade away in a few months, only to be replaced with a few OTHER wrestlers the next time he takes the title. Way to go, TNA! You're really going to stick it to WWE by presenting them with the same exact tripe you've been criticized for over the past couple years, which is in itself only a watered-down, recycled version of RAW's "Tripsy in Charge" formula that WWE has been rehashing itself since 2000! So much for TNA becoming competition for WWE any time soon. Eric "Critic of the Dawn" |
Anubis | Posted on 09/16/05 at 07:05:30 Wow, you beat me to it. I came here to bitch about it myself. I may despise Vince more than most, but I definitely will call stupidity wherever I may see it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Jarrett as Champion is a problem in and of itself, but the way this played out was sheer booking stupidity. So lemme get this straight. Raven loses the belt AT A HOUSE SHOW, after their last broadcast before the big debut on Spike. If they had actually done this ON their debut on Spike, I could see how it could make for decent booking and a somewhat interesting storyline, although it's more because the heel turn should have been televised. YOU DON'T DO BIG ANGLES AT HOUSE SHOWS. House shows are for testing ideas and physical training, they're not where you produce your good stuff. Not officially, anyway. Nothing can smash an angle to bits faster. Bad move. They lost what little leverage they could have had against WWE from the starting gun. It's gonna take extra work now to get things on track unless Jarrett loses the belt on the debut. |
Zedja | Posted on 09/16/05 at 14:51:30 So this is what Jarrett was going on about. Black September or whatever it was. Yes. For TNA. |
Critic of the Dawn | Posted on 09/16/05 at 21:03:43 Worse. It wasn't even a house show. BCW is, to the best of my knowledge, a moderately sized Canadian Indy, and the only connection between it and TNA is that Scott D'Amore runs BCW in his free time. BCW doesn't even seem to belong to the NWA (not that belonging to the NWA means much these days). Interestingly, the one group that this may be good for is Ring of Honor, as this may ease the pressure on them by making it harder for TNA to throw their weight around. Additionally, ROH distributes BCW's shows on DVD - I'm not sure if that's an exclusive arrangement or not, but it has a good chance of leading directly to fairly good sales for a non-ROH DVD, and thus, to more money for Ring of Honor than TNA will ever see from this debacle. Also. I am feeling shock and dismay that Anubis and I are agreeing about something! ;D Quick, say that Vince McMahon eats babies for lunch or something, before it's too late! ;D Eric "Critic of the Dawn" |
americamamushi | Posted on 09/16/05 at 22:50:04Quick, say that Vince McMahon eats babies for lunch or something, before it's too late!AH! Vince stole Snitsky's gimmick! :) |
Critic of the Dawn | Posted on 09/16/05 at 23:02:06 Where do you think Snitsky got the gimmick? It's Vince's way of giving the authorities the finger. ;D Eric "Critic of the Dawn" |
FormulaFirebird91 | Posted on 09/17/05 at 03:24:07 I agree with Anubis too. It's scary. ;) You are all right though. This is stupid. I was actually looking forward to TNA coming back to t.v. without Jarrett as champion because I've never seen an TNA show that he wasn't champ... but oh well. So much for that. It's not a real suprise. They are going to do everything like they did on fox sports minus Dusty Rhodes and a bunch of steel cages. I love AMW too so that really puts a bad taste in my mouth. |
Anubis | Posted on 09/17/05 at 11:15:29 Maybe AMW will be able to carry him, lol. |
Captain Tagon | Posted on 09/17/05 at 16:07:54 As long as the X-Division keeps headlining PPVs and the booking there stays smart, I'm happy. |
AllPowerfulGARTH | Posted on 09/17/05 at 16:34:13 I don't see how it's so unthinkable for people to agree with Anubis about this. I'll grant that generally, I (and some others) tend to disagree with him, but...this is Jeff Jarrett regaining the NWA Title. Seriously, is there ANYONE who wanted to see this? In the world? Besides Jarrett himself? |
Rick Garrard | Posted on 09/17/05 at 17:00:22 At this point, I'd rather see someone hold the NWA title that never has and probably never would again. Perhaps give a Tommy Rich like push to someone even if they only hold the title for a month. |
Critic of the Dawn | Posted on 09/17/05 at 21:17:40 Well, TNA DOES want a strong champion to start Impact's Spike TV stint. And I agree with that much, at least. I just have my doubts that Jarrett is the right man to hold the gold. Raven, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Rhino or Abyss all would have been better choices to hold the belt with a strong initial title run, in my estimation. Oh well. Maybe in 6 months or so someone unexpected can have a short reign. The time is not right at the moment, however. Eric "Critic of the Dawn" |
americamamushi | Posted on 09/17/05 at 21:48:20 I get that TNA wants to showcase with their home grown talent and not lead off with WWE rejects, but it seems like a road that wouldn't have been bad to go down is giving the title to someone besides Jarrett that fans might recognize outside of TNA. I think Raven would have been a better lead off choice. I would say Rhino would have been equally as good, but we already know that TNA is willing to put the NWA title on Raven. I think they should've left it on him personally. Of course on the other hand maybe it doesn't matter, from the sounds of things they're going to focus on the X-Division, which is smart, because it's giving the fans something the WWE doesn't really have: Cruiserweight action. Sure the X-Division has a lot of flying without the psychology, but there are a lot of guys in there who do know what they're doing. The casuals probably don't care about ring psychology much anyway. Vince McMahon's public opinion of TNA is (and I'm paraphrasing): "Let them do what they want, they aren't a threat." (I might be thinking of comments on UFC and sorry if I am) He's right for now. WWE needs the competition to help get real good on a consistent basis. UFC isn't compeitition. I like UFC, but their aren't mainstream enough and there seem to be a lot of MMA fans who hate wrestling and vice versa. (Personally I'll be watching RAW and taping UFC, like you didn't know where my loyalties are anyway ;) ) Apparently SpikeTV plans on having a UFC Fight Night and a TNA special once a month on Monday nights with UFC & TNA alternating months to sort of test the waters against the wrestling juggernaut. Perhaps the Monday Night Wars REDUX aren't that far off. |