The whole Morley/Nasty Boys thing just has to be an angle, right?

Hogan is an astute businessman, surely he knows the heat he'll get for keeping his lackies around yet again, just as i'm sure he knows that the Morley gimmick has bombed.

BTW Morley isn't contracted and they did suggest on the first Impact of the new year that neither Knobbs or Sags were invited so hopefully it's an angle, and one that ends really soon.

As for Hall and the 'worked shoot', i'm not so sure the 'stumbling down the ramp' aspect was worked.
I'm Scott's biggest fan (that ladder match made me a fan for life) but he looks unsteady on his feet at the best of times these days, no doubt the result of decades of abuse.

Do you think it's true that the TNA wrestlers didn't find out about the ring change until they showed up for the PPV?

RESPONSE FROM KE: Nothing would surprise me.

I can do without that six-sided eyesore, but then again, I don't order TNA pay-per-views, and the company switching to a traditional ring won't change that.

Having read some online reports from Genesis, it seems to have underachieved. Maybe they need to get the ball rolling with the Jarrett/Hogan storyline, whatever that might be!? I do like the Flair/Styles program--especially if Flair takes on the JJ Dillon role from the Four Horsemen, and rarely gets in the ring. As nostalgic as Flair/Sting may be, you're talking nearly 20 years ago! Desmond Wolfe has been a GREAT addition to TNA. I hope one of the changes Bischoff and Hogan vow to make isn't eliminating the X division. Wrestling in general has become stale and predictable. It seems WWE is giving opportunities to guys who don't yet deserve it (McIntyre and Sheamus), while TNA is burying guys who do--too many to mention. Mr. Anderson is a nice pickup, and judging by Orton's latest tyrade with Kofi missing a spot, WWE's loss is TNA's gain. He is a solid worker in the ring, and really good on the mic. Why in the world aren't the Motor City Machine Guns utilized more? Their match with Generation Me was awesome! Overall TNA is quickly disappointing after a lot of hoopla with Hogan coming in.

6 sided ring or 4 sided V want bttr competition.Pls throw out Nasty Boys and Sean Morley they are Old

What about the instant defeat of Abyss, another hard worker in TNA by the newcomer Anderson? I find it odd to allow such an easy victory on the TNA monster by a guy half its size. I understand that it was supposed to come in TNA ona bang by why doaes this happened on an established original apreciated by anyone when you're talking about TNA.

This was just awful. Morley defeats Daniels? Daniels challenged for the TNA title last month. Morley is a never-was. Kennedy defeats Abyss? Abyss is a former NWA world champ. Kennedy is another never-was who's one dimensional.

What's up with the constant shots of Brooke Hogan anyway? Who gives a crap about Brooke Hogan?

Hogan promised he would make TNA better, yet all he's done is bring in his cronies from the dying WCW and his stupid Pukamania tour. Then, in response to the fans booing him at Genesis, they had the audience warned before this week's Impact taping. In response to his brains-challenged friend Bubba the Idiot saying **** Haiti, he decides to take JB off TV and will probably bring in this moron to TV again. I guess Hogan himself said it best at Genesis: He's gonna do stuff he wants whether the fans like it or not. Stupid moron.

As one of the biggest wrestling fans around, I'm occasionally asked why I don't watch TNA.

Does anyone really need to ask me anymore?

Hogan and his cronies need to crawl under a bridge.

Scott Hall - was a huge fan of Razor Ramon.... what a downfall... sad.

I've been a TNA fan for a long time and I've never liked the six sided ring. I always thought it was too gimmicky. I understand it's use in Mexican wrestling because it's generally 3 on 3, but I don't think it works well for American wrestling. I'm glad to see it gone, but I bet they'll bring it back for a pay-per-view or two (Six Sides of Steel maybe) out of the year.

I hated Val Venis' win. He doesn't deserve to be on Impact let alone a PPV match.

I'm glad that Hall and Syxx-Pac are back -- especially since it gets Nash out of that horrible angle with World Elite.

In my book, Mr Anderson is worthy of the "major acquisition" title. He's a young good wrestler with a bright future ahead of him -- I can easily see him main eventing in TNA for many years to come. I loved how he reacted to the "overrated" chant. Lots of wrestlers would have ignored it, but he just ate it up.

All in all, I'm pretty excited about TNA's future right now.

I watched the ppv, It was just ok. The Pope and Desmond Wolfe and AJ, Kurt were the best matches. It was weird watching TNA in a 4 sided ring, what the switch will achieve besides annoying the fans is debatable. Sean Morley's win over Daniels was a disgrace. An average wrestler at the best of times with a very tired gimmick could not even balance himself on the top rope. There was a lot of fan displeasure in the arena and I am getting very annoyed at all the on air time Bishoff is giving himself. It was good to see Brian Kendrick and Mr Anderson as he is now known make their debuts. I think they will be two good additions for TNA. No match for Jeff Hardy???

The whole Hogan/Bubba et al move to TNA has changed a promising fledgling pro wrestling group to a clown show, almost a WWE light, sad, because prior to this move TNA was drawing WWE malcontents with real talent rather than cartoon characters...

Rumor has it the six sided ring was replaced because the Nasty Boys can't count higher than five and it was impossible to put a match together with them. Seriously, the only thing good about Mr. Anderson is his ring entrance promo. That's it end of story. It's fun to chant along with his promo. Got it. He was released by WWE because they were afraid he'd hurt another talent during a botched move. Bottom Line. I hope the Jeremy Borash angle is just that, an angle. Hogan and Bischoff in TNA. Watched the live show and it took me back to the days were I could watch Eddie, Rey and Dean tear the house down for 8 minutes just to go to the ten o'clock hour and hear Hogan and Bischoff put everyone to sleep with their own version of he Barry Horowitz Pat on the Back..
I saw my first wrestling match in 76 at the Civic Center. I stuck with the ups and downs in the wrestling business. I've been to the shows, watched the PPVs. The only wrestling I can watch right these days is Ring of Honor. I even make the trips to Philly to see the tv tapings.

Hulk Hogan has an ego bigger than himself. He is not a good business man. Vince McMahon made him in the WWF and he hit it at the right time. When he went to WCW the writers made him again. After seeing how cocky and conceited he is on his reality show and how he treated his wife you can see that this guy cannot put things into perspective. Say what you want about McMahon - he made Hogan millions of dollars after he was a 2nd rate wrestler in the AWA. He will fail and it will not work and trust me he will blame it on everyone else. You notice that his contract is not even backed by TNA but the backed by the company that the Carter family owns. He knows if TNA goes under he is still going to get paid. Great confidence with the TNA. In 6 months it will be over..

With the average age of Hogan's sidekicks being so high, I can see changing the ring to 4 sides. Once Alzheimer's sets in it's probably easy to lose count as to how many sides of a ring you are dealing with & be disoriented.

well it seems after doing a million things wrong atleast the got making Flair Styles manager right as for everything else its TNA. I got a question Kev doesn't JB own a small stake in TNA too. I am really getting scared now though because it looks like within the next couple of years not months Vince my just own this train wreck of a company which is really sad I think spike better be ready to talk with ROH to fill the time slot.

TNA really is losing it.

-Replacing Jeremy Borash with a shock jock is not doing the product any favors. Dixie Carter needs to stick up for the established talent, regardless of whether Bischoff likes JB's work or not. There was a Spin Cycle where JB mentioned being criticized by Bischoff, so the storyline replacement may be permanent.

-Chris Daniels lost to a former WWE jobber. Daniels was in the main event for the last two PPVs. Awful booking there.

-TNA is becoming unwatchable, and that's coming from someone that stuck around during the Prince Justice Brotherhood, Voodoo Kin Mafia, goofy-heel AJ era of nonsense too.

so the shock joke ,who you hate, and has only worked for second most popular pro-wrestling company in the land for 2 weeks, gets 3000+ words the last 2 days but TNA gets 500? This post feels as rushed a Vince Russo angle.

TNA is looking more and more like WCW. The 6 sided ring made a big difference in seperating TNA from WWE. Now Hogan is bringing in all his friends to hold the young guys down just like WCW did. TNA has a bunch of really good young talent especially in the X division. What is Hogan gonna do, replace the X Division title with a US title. Before long TNA will resemble WWE in every way. Hogan has no clue what he is doing. I think Hogan and Bischoff are almost morons like BLS.

Wait, did I read that correctly? You want Don West back on the air?!?

RESPONSE FROM KE: I wasn't a fan of his work for a long time, but he was doing a very good job as a heel commentator. Like Borash, he's a TNA original, and I'd much rather hear him than WWE-reject Taz.

The six-sided ring always looked a little too weird for me, but now the four-sided ring looks a little too "normal" for TNA. Maybe they should split the difference and go with a five-sided ring.

I dont watch TNA, but read your reviews of the show every week, so I know what is going on...so here is my issure with them...does anyone know who is playing the Face & Heel?? I read some weeks something that sounds like an interesting angle then never read about it again. Didnt Team 3-D and Rhyno do this massive angle turning them heal saying they need to make a change? Now they are fighting the Nasty Boys? And where is Rhyno?? One week Matt Morgan is wrestling Kurt Angle, next week he is in tag matches? Jarrwt is bad one week, face the next? Same with Foley...how can you keep track of this stuff??

I did watch a little of the Minday show, and the first match w/ the cage and all the X-division guys, i had no clue who is good and who is bad. I knopw this day and age there isnt any god guys & bad guys, but there needs to be guys you cheer and guys you boo...I dont know, things like that bother me...and turns me off completely.

I wonder if John's definition of an "astute businessman" includes pitching a reality TV show to your incarcerated son. If so, then "yes, Hulk Hogan is an astute businessman."

Ironic that HH & Bischoff are changing TNA for the fans, but when the fans reject the change, they get told, shut up and get used to it - like Bischoff & HH are Mummy & Daddy...respectively.

Eck I bought the PPV, the thing that troubles me is the haziness between heel and babyface. I know "Shades of gray" creates suspense, but in too many WCW err...TNA angles I feel as if i don't know who I should care about.

I do like flair/AJ.

Kev, BTLS got assaulted by Aweome Kong.

http://www.angrymarks.com/index.php?ArticleID=9326

I'm happy she punched him. And Hogan pisses me off for defending him.

why am i not suprised at your dislike for TNA? your bias against Hogan is unreal. Maybe if they had HBK come down in his cowboy chaps and pose for 2 hrs,give out a cpl sweet chin musics and leave the ring, you would then enjoy the show

I saw the ppv..not all bad.AJ/Angle match didn't need that finish..great match,but you knew AJ was going heel..would have rather had Ric just cost Angle the victory,just one man's thought.Give me a break with Morley..nobody cares.It will be interesting to see what TNA does with the "Band"..Waltman is the only one who looks like he's in shape and that's a shame because a sober in shape Hall is very entertaining.The one major question is why is Hogan/Eric trying so hard to bury the TNA core?...God I hope this is a angle.Thanks Kev,may God Bless.

Daniels lost? The six-sided ring is gone permanently? I hate the new direction more than I already did. Ugh. I wish Hogan and company never came to TNA.

I sincerely hope TNA succeeds, but the early phases of Hogan/Bischoff have me feeling very apprehensive. At present, the uncertainty involving the real and scripted motives of Hogan, Bischoff, and "the Band" holds the promise of either a tremendous, multifaceted storyline revolving around the struggle for control and direction of the company or a disastrous Chernobyl-level meltdown featuring endless jobbing of Daniels, Joe, the Machine Guns, etal.

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Hogan's major acquisition will be one of the following:

1) Former WCW Champion David
Arquette.

2) The Demon

3) Hornswoggle

4) Ed Ferrera

RESPONSE FROM KE: Ed Ferrara is already there.

The six-sided ring was a feature that made TNA unique, and it is a major mistake to remove it.
It will be interesting to see what they do with Daniels now that he is getting probably the biggest pop from the fans and they just used him to put over a mid-carder like Morley.
Anderson was an excellent addition to TNA, but to be honest I would be more willing to pay money to see Brian Kendrick wrestle. Kendrick vs Amazing Red was the best wrestling of the show.
I had my doubts that Scott Hall was ready to wrestle, and my suspicions were confirmed when they substituted Waltman. Still, he is entertaining, and I thought that given the limitations, they came up with a decent angle to get him on screen.
Not a great show, but not a bad one. It was still much better than watching DX and Hornswaggle play with Jon Heder. Can Raw get any worse?

From the heights of Titan Towers, Vincent Kennedy McMahon cast his gaze at Orlando and he let out a laugh full of mirth and cheer. "Why doth mine rival kingdom trot out warriors long in tooth and fat in belly? Not a fortnight ago, they hath won a battle on my soil, and now they raise their white flag of surrender?"

Hulk Hogan responded to such a quandary: "This is my b*tch now, Brothers!"

P.S. I read the spoilers for this week's episode and it only gets worse.

Kevin, Like many of the observatiosn both you and other long time TNA fans are making, I too have no idea where all this is headed.

Generally speaking, sometimes this can generate interest and excitement, and of course buzz...but this is supposed to lead us down a 'fun' path of speculation.

Unfortunately, this isn't turning out to be very fun at all, and everyday, my hopes for TNA are being dashed more and more.

TNA (at least 2-3 years ago), while maybe small in profile was a great place to showcase 'new' talent. I immediately recognized Joe, AJ, Daniels, and so many others as a breath of fresh air. Now, with Hogan, Russo, Eric at the helm, the 'fresh' guys are being lost and 'stale' appears to be back in.

I was a little skeptical when some of the older WCW stars started showing up like Nash, Big Poppa and a few others, but they seemed to work in okay, and I admit I liked Nash's comedic vignettes (as long as he wasn't in the ring.)

I agree, the 6 sided ring feels like a TNA trademark, that was uncerimoniously trashed. Strike one.

The very tired angle/non-angle of Scott Hall and Sean Waltman...seems like I've seen this playout before. Strike two.

BTLS: Strike three period, worked or not.

Now instead of great matches, TNA seems to beleive they can relive/recreate WCW/WWE history in their image. The Nasty Boys? Seriously? Nash can barely move as well as Hogan, and sorry, no matter what a great talker Ric is, I don't want to see him in the ring anymore. Ric...please...go out with dignity and let me believe your WWE retirement was your farewell.

I'm more surprised really at Jeff Jarrett...I can't beleive he is allowing this debacle to unfold before his very eyes. In the end, what will we remember JJ for? Creating TNA, or allowing it to be destroyed?

Overall, not a bad PPV. I was a fan of Morley in his old days, but agree he shouldn't be as prominant now...but I do feel Anderson, and especially Kendric are good additions to the rouster.

As for the the ring, I too enjoyed the uniqueness of the 6-sided ring, and think they should use it for some specialty matches, but, overall, think the move to a traditional one will be better for transitioning wrestlers. New guys coming in from other organizations will feel more comfortable, which should lead to better debut matches.

The Band -- Ugh, hopefully over before it really begins. As for the Nasty Boys vs T3D I wouldn't mind seeing them in a loser leaves TNA match...one time in the ring, and that's it.

All in all, I'm still optimistic about the new direction.

Hey Kevin. just to let you heard TNA has fired Bubba The Love Sponge for his comments he made about Haiti. I am just sorry you had idiots who try to defend him and sounded like the same supporters who's follows Rush limbaugh. I just wanted to say I and the rest of TNA Nation agrees with you. now if only we can get rid of Hulk Hogan, he is the one who has cause this mess I feel Dixie Carter has made a big mistake listening to Hogan and Bischoff. she should not turn on the ones who help build TNA into the global wrestling company they are today

Now i will agree to disagree with what John just said. yes Hogan is a businessman but I feel he has lost touch with his follow fans. doesn't exactly know what they think we don't want TNA to become another WCW

I'm not so sure that acquiring the services of Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson is such great idea. Although I do believe that he has great mic and wrestling skills. Ken Anderson seems to have some kind of curse on him. Besides the fact that he is injury prone, he also has injured top wrestlers or had the final matches with deceased wrestlers. For example:

Eddie Guerrero = Final match
John Cena= Shoulder injury (1st major)
Bobby Lashey= Shoulder injury & last match with WWE.
Randy Orton= Well almost injured.
Umaga= Final match (Hogan's tour)

I hope this is just a big coincidence, but the way you are talking about the PPV, it looks like there is a curse.

The whole Morley / JB / BBTLS / Nasty Boys thing must be a work. Only logical explanation (I hope) as Morley going clean over Daniels is embarrassing.
I might give it a few weeks to see how AJ / Flair pans out which could be entertaining and to watch McGuinness and Angle do their stuff. Hope that the Guns, Beer Money and EY get back on the screen also.
Mr Anderson Anderson doesn't really excite me that much (if he wasn't the acquisition referred to then who is?).
Might be losing interest in this soon though....

"Personally, I liked the six-sided ring. It was unique to TNA, and anything that the company can do to differentiate itself from WWE is a good thing. I really don’t see what switching rings accomplishes other than ticking off your most loyal fan base."

As a new viewer, I liked the ring too and I'm not particularly happy that Hogan's arranged to get rid of it so soon after I started watching. I was following the PPV results on wrestlecrap.com's TNA forum, and one person is worth quoting here: "We had four sides, then we crossed the line and unleashed six, then thought about it and stepped back behind the line a scootch to four again."

But it's not the end of the world. I can get used to four sides, since I've already seen it in like every other wrestling promotion I've ever watched. What I will NOT get used to is Hogan's response to the fans who chanted "we want six sides" in which he buried the old ring and basically made it clear that he didn't give a damn how the fans felt. That's real nice. And this is even nicer, via PWinsider.com:

Before tonight's TNA iMPACT tapings began in Orlando, members of the TNA staff addressed the crowd at the iMPACT Zone about their behavior.

Fans were told not to curse, make obscene gestures or gang signs. The fans were referred to as "cast members" and were basically told they needed to be quiet, according to a fan in attendance.

This is likely another decision made by Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, who haven't been pleased with some of the reactions from the TNA crowd lately.

Back to what a WrestleCrap forum poster said, different one this time, at being considered a "cast member":

"I'd be hunting down my pay check then.

"Want me to mark out for the Nasty Boys? Sure, let's talk salary!"

I don't usually defend Vince McMahon, but on last night's Raw there was a guy wearing a shirt that had Cena's name on it inside a circle and slash. So to recap: in the Hogan era of TNA, fans are being censored. They get punished for not reacting to Morley the way TNA wants them to. Meanwhile in WWE, they not only let a guy in wearing an anti-Cena shirt, who's not reacting to Cena the way WWE wants him to, but they put the camera on him twice!

Meh. I always found the 6 sided ring "different for the sake of being different". Besides its 2 less poles for Russo to work into a match.

I did like the separate entrance ramps though.

Morley is a good wrestler who was just buried after WCW died. However they could have booked his debut better, he was a popular enough guy at his peak that he could have gotten a decent pop in an angle where Daniels is firmly entrenched as the heel instead of having Daniels break up a Morley promo that was going nowhere.

Do any UK viewers know if and when Genesis is airing in the UK?

When is someome going to hold Nash up to his end of the bargain when he said "If Knobbs comes in - Im Leaving"???

Well, I watched the Genesis PPV and thought it was wrestling wise a quality show. I thought the Wolfe/Dinero match was good. The Kendrick/Red match was okay. Angle and Styles as always put on a good show. I hate when the main event on a PPV ends due to outside interference, but I get why they did it. I was glad to see Beer Money get the win. Also, I think British Invasion is done. They have been buried the previous few weeks not even making Impact since hogan has been in charge.

I don't get why you would give time to the Nasty Boys over British Invasion. I fear that TNA is heading south.

The four-sided ring doesn't bother me, but the lack of room ringside does. TNA has always had impressive diving moves to the outside. Whether its an x-division star, Hernandez, or even Jarrett, there have always been that diving high spot. If the ring stays the way it is, there won't be anymore of those. AJ did a flip dive on Angle and he hit the ringside guardrail.

To me, TNA has always been willing to push the guys who could get it done in the ring. TNA fans won't buy Morley and the Nasty Boys. They just can't get it done in the ring and quite frankly aren't that entertaining otherwise. If Bischoff and Hogan continue to shove this down everyone's throat, TNA will lose this golden opportunity to make gains on the WWE.

I don't really watch Raw anymore because I can't handle Hornswoggle, and I don't find John Cena entertaining. I don't like the five moves of doom that everyone seems to have to have in WWE. The Rock was a great entertainer and IT DOESN'T MATTER, that his people's elbow was a terrible move. It fit his style,but all these copycat moves that everyone has to have is driving me crazy. From the 5 Knuckle Shuffle to Kingstons Boom Boom Drop, it just isn't the same.

I want a show that provides and opportunity to see innovative wrestling with unpredictable finishes. Even if I know that AJ is probably going to win, I like the fact that he wins with the Styles Clash, The Pele, or the 450. It at leasts makes me not sure when the match is over. Daniels has 2 or 3 moves that he can win with. All of TNA's guys have moves that sometimes they win with. They need to continue to push the guys that are different from Batista, Cena, HHH, and Orton.

I watch TNA for the AJ's, Daniels, Joe's, Wolfe's, etc. I hope that Hogan is smart enough to see the niche that can bring TNA to the forefront. Provide the fans with good wrestling, good interviews and promos, adult centered entertainment, and not be WWE 2.0.

Kev just reading the intro made me sick,jeez I hate to admit it but you may be right,apparently my positive spin,was just that-spin. If this isn't a work I'm done,I'll just watch old retro cable shows and tell my kids that this is how it used to be. First that slob BLS,then So Cal WWE Val,beats Daniels,WTF,from the 2 or 3 comments I could stomach along with your blog it seems like the only good thing to happen was the Flair/Styles angle,how do you take such potential and simply ground it out like a cig butt on a sidewalk. They have about 2 more weeks to wake up and smell the coffee or the might as well do the Shane "O" Mac bought WCW-TNA angle again. This is shameless. You would think even if this is an angle that Hogan/Bischoff would be smart enough to have a build first,then smash your hopes,then angle everyone back(no Kurt pun intended,yet it is appropriate).Damn this makes me mad. As soon as they start to do things the right way,they revert back to the cheap exhibitionism and lame hype. Think I'll watch a Sheik drunken shoot interview,to bring me back to reality.If true this really sucks. Maybe someone will start to market Hogan,Carter,Bischoff ,and the rest of the slobs on EBAY as VOODOO dolls like someone did Pat Robertson,Oh wait bring back Shaka Zula(or whatever) and he can stick pins in them during matches as the evil,devil pact making Haitian,destroying careers and matches. No that wouldn't work,the destroying careers part is strictly the domain of the "wrestling hierarchy,be it McMahon,Hogan,Carter or Bischoff-none of them are giving up that POWER. One word says it all "DAMN".

F*** Haiti! No, F*** Hogan, Bischoff, and most of all you Dixie for letting it come to this.

These people ran WCW into a highly profitable video archive for Vince McMahon and you think it's your answer.

Months ago she publicly acknowledged her fondness of Hernandez and Morgan. Morgan's
forgotten during your most important shows and Hernandez watches him kick somebody in a tag team match on your "biggest show". Dixie, you deserve watching TNA go bankrupt, and it's sad because no matter how bad it is, it's still better than WWE. But I already know that, they're are millions others you need to convince.

The return of the Nasty Boys will cure that! They'll probably beat 3D in a Dudleyville Death Match in Philadelphia!

Hogan's TNA = Wresltlecrap

-- MrJM
http://twitter.com/misterjayem

I think Sean Morley would go over better if they would put him with the Beautiful People and work an angle with them. I'm a fan of the Beautiful People (what red-blooded man isn't?) and I think they could help put him over as long as they don't make him act so stupid as Kip did.

Any of you TNA fans remember when it was a 90 minute Wednesday night Pay Per View on Directv?. I first saw TNA then back around 2002/03. Up till now TNA had the top spot in my DVR, but now I am having flashbacks to the whole crap NWO stuff that Killed WCW. Someone point out to Dixie the line "those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it" and have her check on how well Bischoff did in WCW and WWE, there is a reason he and Hogan get bounced out on their rear ends. I personally look forward to the day Jeff Jarret and the other TNA Originals start another new organization to leave this crap behind.

When did TNA spell come on in has beens and we will make your star shine again..i dont like the direction they are headed in..Dixie shouldnt have complied to hire B****off and Hogan..but instead she shoulda just keep pushing along her boat with her young stars that were on the verge of blossoming this company..but instead they got to turn back time and try to re create the mess that they had in Dub Ya C Dub Ya..and u know this mess all started with the hiring of mick foley..the Hogans the Foleys the Flairs they are just nothing but names to sell on now..and its sad that TNA had to resolve to that.

I am pretty sure that what Hogan and Bischoff are doing is just a big to stri things up abit. I think it was great that the brought in Brian Kendrick and Ken Anderson they are two guys who can really do the business! Sean Morley should not have beaten Daniels that is for sure Morley looked very Rusty. Being From Melbourne I was at the Hulkamania Tour and of the guys that wrestled I would have said to bring in to TNA would be Ken Anderson and Shannon Moore both of which hogan has done. I am not happy about some of the older guys but if it just a storyline for a few months which I think it is. It will work you only have to look at this page to see how much debate has been stirred up. I did like the Six sided ring but you could tell at time that guys foudn it hard to work the ring cause of its size and the difference in the ropes being much shorter. I think TNA need to get rid of Hall but from what I saw of Waltman on Genisis he has no reason not be a regular player lets not forget he was at TNA in the eraly days and had some great matches! Also on the Nasty boys I saw them in Melbourne and yeah they can't move but they are still willing to take a bump so why not watch them get smacked in the head with Chairs week in week out, I don't get tired of it! And I wouldnt mind seeing Morgan and Hernadez destory them and put them on the shelf for good!

Its starting to look more like the current mayhem in TNA is mostly a big work.

Things may not be great in TNA currently but they certainly are not boring.

Hopefully double double E is starting to get things in gear a bit in advance of Wrestlemania. About time too! Lazy bastards!

TNA is really hit or miss for me. sometimes it is very entertaining and others its like rehashed WCW material. speaking of rehashed material, i missed genesis...how many shots were there of sting in the rafters?

I was watching at home. Like the fans in the audience, I too turned my back after seeing Daniels doing the job to Morley. Don't think management saw me doing that, though.

We have enjoyed watching TNA for two years now after WWE became long winded and borish. Some of the reasons we enjoyed TNA so much where the six-sided ring and the amazing new talent. We were surprised ut delighted to hear of Hardy arriving to make an already exciting X-division even better. However with the new ring change we are wondering what would now happen to the X-division? Sitting down and enjoying a stimulating display of strength and athletic ability inside the six sides of steel or ultimate X was one off the highlights in TNA. It appears that since Hogan (as much as we love him) has arrived to take up his role in the company, TNA is rapidly losing its originality and uniquness that has attracted many fans worldwide. Hogans' words on his first night in TNA "Everybody has to earn their place in this company" has not seemed to carry over to his old friends, with TNA originals taking the back seat. Lets pray this is just a plot, and in light of recent events of Sting reappearing i assume it is. We hope order is restored and TNA returns to the entertaining and exciting show that has made us jump out of our seats.

i think they need to kick hogan out and put foley back in charge. plus hogan is to old and foley made it worth watching.

New TNA drinking game!

Everytime an announcer calls someone by thier old WWF/E name take a drink!

I would have been wasted when Tazz was calling the Sean Waltman/Nash vs Beer Money match.

Hi Kevin,

What is Hulk Hogans true position with TNA at this point? Is he strictly an on-air talent? Is he an on-air talent who the owners are allowing to make real changes? or has he actually bought into the company and become part owner?

RESPONSE FROM KE: He's an on-air talent who also is calling the shots creatively

TNA Thursday Night show. Give me a break what a lame ending. Kurt spitting on Hogan yelling he was screwed. Keven I have to say that TNA has gone from bad to worst. Maybe Vince paid off Hogan to destroy TNA. And a bloody Easy E yelling Foley YOU ARE FIRED. I bet ole Vince is watching that garbage and laughing his ass off. WOOOOO

Originally, I thought that Eric Bischoff would have the most to gain with nothing to lose in his TNA involvement.

NOW, I'm beginning to realize if TNA fails under his watch, then he will lose that whole "corporate conglomerate" excuse that he used as why WCW failed. It will expose him as an average-at-best businessman.

I agree with you Kevin - The problem is that by taking the most unique aspect away from their company,TNA now has one fewer thing to distinguish them from WWE. The 6-sided ring allowed for different moves and match types that I hadn't seen before with the traditional ring.

TNA is not anywhere in the WWE's league as far as stage presentation, graphics and pyrotechnics.

So now we will just have to wait and see if TNA can beat WWE with storyline and recycled wrestlers.

Losing the six-sided ring definitely hurts that effort.

the new ring sux in TNA, but i like the new ramp

I have to disagree with some points in this article. I think the change to a 4-sided ring is actually a good thing. Sure, TNA loses part of its unique identity, but that unique ring actually did have some drawbacks.

Most pro-wrestlers are initially trained in developmental territories in 4-sided rings. Suddenly moving to a 6 sided ring when they enter TNA causes them to have to re-think there ring strategy. If you think about it, the location of the ropes can completely change a match. Sure, its scripted, but the newer wrestlers coming in from 4-sided rings to a six sided ring have to make a significant adjustment to that, causing a brief period of time on-air where they are preforming sub par. Switching to a 4 sided ring makes it so the new talent coming in does not have to adjust and can look and preform better.