Thursday, May 19, 2011

Impact Wrestling - Wrestling Matters?

There is a new look to the set - one that was supposed to indicate change finally in TNA Wrestling. The name is Impact Wrestling now, but the changes seem to be a case of getting plastic surgery to repair an internal organ. In other words, there is nothing different but some colors. The creative team has not changed, and from the opening segment one could tell it was going to be the - as ECW fans used to chant - "same old shit."
I seriously have no desire to go into great detail, or a match by match analysis, because it isn't needed. There is a lot of talk about wrestling, wrestling matters, wrestling wrestling wrestling. But it is nothing more than talk. The show is still a clusterfuck of nonsense. There are some positives. They seem to be following certain storylines, like Angle-Jarrett etc. - but overall, if you don't change what the real problem is, and spend money and focus on bullshit that doesn't matter, it is still the same exact show. Why spend money to put billboards in Stamford, CT? Why spend money on changing the entire set? And why are they still trying to act like they are in competition with WWE, when they are so far below them? It's like taking a team from Class A minor league baseball and have them play the 1927 Yankees.
The problems, as well know, are behind the scenes. The powers that be, a famous Vince Russo WCW era line, are like cancer in this company. With the WWE running completely boring programming right now (minus an exception or two), there is an opening to make progress. But, when your company has cancer running the show, and you put a band aid on your forearm and act like that will sove the problem, you get nowhere and do nothing but waste more money.

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