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Okay, back again everyone. This time to talk a bit about the past couple of TNA shows and my thoughts right now. Not necessarily reviews, just a couple thoughts. Before that and before I really get heated and begin running down what for the most part I wish to discuss (that being TNA), I first want to address WWE. I am just tired of it. Plain and simple, I’m tired. I have said more than enough about WWE in the past and things don’t change. People know how I feel, people who have followed me and my opinions know how I feel. I have been saying the same stuff for years now and I am completely over it. I can no longer get behind that product because I disagree with their philosophy (which I have discussed much more in depth in the past and don’t have the patience for right now). I feel as though I could stop watching completely for the next year, then tune in again and not miss a beat. It’s the same old crap over and over, rehashed and done again and again. They view their audience as if they are all a bunch of mindless sheep, underestimate their fans, and have no interest whatsoever in creating cutting edge/gripping stories and/or characters. They are attempting to appease the lowest common denominator and not the majority of us hardcore fans of the sport. Well, I’m tired of it! This is not to say that I will refrain from ever talking about the WWE product again because I always get suckered into it (heck, I may very well do so in my next blog), this is just me venting some. I am a pissed off fan, I can’t help it. I used to watch wrestling back when it was actually good. Back when, get this, back when it was actually cool to be a wrestling fan and back when wrestling was mainstream! You didn’t have to give away a million dollars in order for people to watch your show, you didn’t have to bring in a celebrity guest host each week. Guys like Steve Austin, the Rock, the Undertaker, HBK, Bret Hart were all good enough feature attractions. They didn’t need a sideshow, just good storylines.

Moving along now though, I will be discussing TNA for the remainder of this blog. One of the things I believe in more than anything else is the importance of creating new stars. It is evident that TNA is attempting to do just that with Matt Morgan. At last nights TNA Impact we found out that he’ll  be one of the three guys participating in a four way against Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Title at No Surrender. While watching Impact these past two weeks I have thought to myself that though TNA has been booking this entire Matt Morgan thing horribly wrong they have still managed to somehow have him come off as credible. And folks, credible is all you have to be in wrestling. You must be credible, the people must believe in you. Morgan has that look you need in order to be successful. That is not to say that you must be 6′5” and 250 in order to get over, no way. That is to say though, that being 6′5” (even bigger in Matt’s case) and 250 can very well be enough to get you over. Case and point, look at someone like Batista or Goldberg. It’s called a marketable look. In wrestling you are marketing your product (your wrestling, your wrestlers, and everything about your show) to the fans, your consumer. How you choose to do so is important, and having someone with that look is a step in the right direction for you. Basically all I’m saying is that he looks like he is where he belongs. I am buying into Matt Morgan as a legit contender. Say all you want about his “work”, that means nothing.

Next up, lets talk about the TNA Knockouts. Though it hasn’t actually been all that long it sure as hell seems like ancient history now when you think back to those great matches and feud Awesome Kong and Gail Kim were having. They were stealing the show nearly every night and arguably putting on some of the very best matches in the business at the time. Today though, we have ODB and Cody Deaner. Yes, I said ODB and Cody Deaner. The Knockouts division is a disgrace. The TNA Knockouts Championship is becoming a not so funny joke and they have decided to add even more titles to this poor division, adding Knockout Tag Team Titles. I really believe (no, I KNOW) that this is a big mistake, adding more titles completely waters down the Knockouts division in my opinion. A division which is already watered down and needs either more talent or better booking to simply make one title mean something. TNA has an extremely hard time getting people over as it is and now they have to put time and effort into getting some pointless Knockouts Tag Team Championship over, taking away from more important things they should be doing. All of this is just plain stupid if you ask me. TNA has bigger fish to fry, they should know better.

Well, that’s all for now. In my next blog I will continue to discuss TNA. I want to speak on Bobby Lashley in TNA, his MMA career, among other things wrestling related. I want to wait until after UFC 102 to talk about Lashley because I plan to discuss my thoughts on his MMA career thus far and then talk about UFC 102 and some other MMA. Until then, take it easy.