Saturday, January 15, 2011
What Ever Happened to the Main Event Players?
In 2010 we had the battle flags being drown up again when Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff decided to declare war on the WWE in another round of the infamous Monday Night Wars.TNA wrestling, now being their platform to show that they still have the ability to take down the monster company of WWE started to promote Hogan as the weapon that they had make Impact the new Raw. On January 4th the war started of course because of the Hogan publicity TNA's rating did go up however it was no way Impact was going to rival Mr.McMahon and his blockbuster reunion of Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. I must say flipping through both channels were fascinating however, I must say that the tactics of both companies were the same. They both used well-known older 80's and 90's wrestlers who had their runs already and then some to bring in viewers into the head-to head broadcast. So this brings my question to the surface "Where are the new sensations in wrestling?" Do they always have to rely on Hogan,Piper or Bret to draw money? Or is it the easy thing to do? The attempt to start another Monday Night War was pitiful for the start. There really wasn't a big name in the two live broadcasts that made fans want to watch either organization. Me personally I'm a nineties child and will always hold the "Attitude Era" near and dear to my heart but I know that it is a different era now and the things that worked back then will never work now. Fans like me now are more so routing for the cruiser weight guys like A.J. Styles and Petey Williams Senshi aka Low Ki aka Kaval. The guys that leave there hearts and soul on the squared circle and give you there all. Not wrestling like Hulk Hogan who comes out poses for 20 minutes and then lifts his old leg up to do a unpolished leg drop. In 2002 up until the Hogan/Bischoff regime, TNA wrestling was becoming the longtime wrestling fans favorite U.S. wrestling company. A.J. Styles and others were starting to show other wrestling organiztions that wrestlers like him that were called mid-carders since could main event pay-per-views and be successful at it. I dear say that the matches that they had in 2002 were the best televised matches of the 2000's. The six sided ring that TNA use to have was a brilliant creation. It helped to showcase the acrobatic moves of these olympic style wrestlers. The company back then centered their promotion behind the wrestlers they had and that's what it should always be. The other beef that I have with both TNA and WWE is that they haven't taken time to develop characters lately for a long-term main-eventers. Now it seems in WWE everyone gets a chance to wear the once coveted WWE title. They aren't making wrestlers fight for the titles. Within eighteen months of being in the WWE "The Celtic Warrrior" Sheamus became the WWE Champion. As a fan, I felt like I didn't get a chance to truly to get to know his character. He was forced down my throat and I was forced to deal with him being champ. Don't get me wrong people, I think he is talented and he is the future of the company but the only person that I feel that has truly gotten over enough and has paid his way to be the champ is "The Viper" Randy Orton. We know his character, he has come into his own and he is the only new sensation in my eyes right now. TNA and WWE has alot of work to do. We are craving new talent that can actually carry a show and we need them now!!
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