Remember not too long ago when there were three wrestling organizations one could watch in the same week and they all offered something different" If you wanted hardcore action and the stars of tomorrow you would tune into TNN on Friday nights. And if you wanted to see the best wrestlers in the world not being used to their fullest potential you would look no further than Monday nights on the USA network. And if you wanted to see the biggest cluster fuck of all time you would sacrifice the WWE and change the channel to Turner Broadcasting to see a Buff Bagwell's mother on a pole match. But I digress. My point is we no longer have those options. Right now there is only the WWE and NWA-TNA as most people don't get Ring of Honor. The point is the "big three" have been whittled down to the new and vastly different "big two". Now a days if you want to see the best in the world of professional wrestling you have a hard time deciding which show you'd rather watch. I know I'm not alone when I say that TNA's three hour epic events have been far better than WWE's feeble attempts at Pay-Per-View.

And I can personally tell you that I will not be ordering No Way Out and am very happy about where my money was spent instead. WWE already fooled me into thinking that New Year's Revolution was going to be good. It won't happen with No Way Out. Fool me once WWE shame on me, fool me twice... not going to happen. Anyway what I'm trying to say in so many words is that TNA appears to be better now than WWE. That's just my opinion. But while the wrestling quality of the shows is much better than anything WWE has done in years there are a few things wrong with NWA-TNA.

One big problem that they have is that they talk about themselves like they're God's gift to the wrestling world. You can't watch TNA for five minutes without Mike Tenay telling you that TNA is better than WWE or that they're "batting a thousand" when it comes to PPV's when really I think they're just "batting a thousand" with X Division title matches. They constantly bash the WWE and say that they're better and while it may be true I don't care to hear them say it. They're just being really cocky and arrogant. They seem to be begging WWE for a ratings war but if they do that they don't stand a chance. They'll end up like WCW.

That's another problem I have with TNA. They've become like WCW in that they acquire washed-up and essentially useless talent just for name recognition. *Cough* Kevin Nash Scott Hall Diamond Dallas Page Randy Savage Tony Schiavone *Cough* Wait... scratch that last one. They just hired these wastes of space so old time fans of WCW can go "oh look over there, they have DDP and the Outsiders... I want to watch this" If you don't believe me check this out. I watched impact! this past Saturday (caught the replay) and checked out the info on my PPV box. It said something to the extent of Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Diamond Dallas Page get ready for Against All Odds. That right there is a direct slap in the face of people like Monty Brown and AJ Styles and Raven and Fallen Angel and all the people that have worked their respective asses off to make TNA what it is and then along come these big names who really when you think of it have done nothing memorable short of busting their knee in the first five seconds of huge return from injury match. (I still laugh) The point is with the exception of Jarrett non of those guys have been here for more than three months and already they're getting top billing when they have don't nothing inside TNA to prove their worth. Dallas Page, while entertaining SOMETIMES, has done nothing. Kevin Nash, while he did impress me a little Sunday night by being able to hang with a champ the caliber of Jarrett, has done nothing besides being first eliminated at Final Resolution in the number one contenders triple threat match. How he became number one contender after that I'll never know.

Ways to remedy these problems- TNA should stop bragging about how good they are and just focus on the wrestling. They'll be a lot more successful that way. And then fire Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, DDP and D-Ray 3000 while there at it.

I love being right.

by Nathan Speckman..