Message #2272

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Clearly we operate bias.  If your a big TNA fan you can "overlook" certain things, same goes for if your a big WWE fan.  Because I've noticed on many boards, a lot of people who defend TNA have veterans are the same people who slated WWE for letting Flair outstay his welcome.

I think it is a very unfair comparison

WWE are a BRAND. They are the McDonalds of Pro Wrestling with a roster full of guys they can easily make stars without it hurting their ratings or bottom line. So for them to keep going with a 60 plus year old Flair is ridiculous cause they don't have to.

TNA are different. TNA are still a new company trying their best to survive and make it. Just like GNR fans, us die hard wrestling fans sometimes have a hard time seeing things from the 'casual" perspective.

To us its like 'Hey, AJ Is awesome, joe is awesome, throw them in every main event and it will be awesome......

Problem is, *to steal a line from Lofton* Joe Public have no idea who these guys are. If they are channel surfing and see these two guys......... they don't give a **** how great they can wrestle. They see two dudes they don't know and keep on flipping.

When that same person is channel surfing and sees Steiner,Angle,Nash,Booker T,Sting,Foley they think, WOW, I use to love these guys, let me take a look at this for a minute and it stops them from changing the channel immediately.

now, while watching guys who were great back in the day, they discover an AJ Styles, Samoa Joe etc and they then get hooked.

SO TNA don't have the luxury of doing completely new guys. Before the MEM, TNA barely did .9's

now they are doing as high as 1.3 in just a year which is phenomenal growth.

Putting all the straps on MEM is just a way to make the group dominant *unlike Legacy where Priceless are a bunch of lackeys and jobbers* and will get new TNA talent over even more when they eventually grab the belts.