As many of us know so far Kurt Angle was arrested early this morning. If you did not know that yet, then you should read Hayley Graham's article on the subject as well as the one by Jim McKinnon on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website.
Until the whole ordeal is situated, then I reserve judgement for Angle. My opinion has in no way been changed.
Currently Angle is scheduled to in court on Tuesday, two days after the Hard Justice pay-per-view. There he is scheduled to defend his TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Match between himself, Sting, and Matt Morgan. With this complication, Angle might not be able to defend his title.
TNA currently has a few options to handle the situation.
Find a replacement
TNA could go the route of finding a replacement competitor for the match. It would be interesting to see who TNA puts in the match if they decide to put a replacement in.
A.J. Styles would be an obvious choice for most, but he is currently suffering from staph infection and is out until September.
Another guy I personally would like to see out into the match is Robert Roode. Roode was poised to be the next big star in TNA in late 2007 and early 2008. He formed Beer Money, Inc. with James Storm and has dominated tag team wrestling since. Even though Beer Money is extremely over and one of the best tag teams, it would be okay for Roode to have one title match. If Roode were to win then Beer Money's spot could easily be taken by the Motor City Machine Guns.
Have a match between Sting and Matt Morgan
Morgan and Sting had a good match at Slammiversary, but it was screwed up when Sting messed up the finish.
The two are known to work well together and would be a plausible main event if Morgan can look strong and get rub from Sting.
The only problem is that TNA might not want to have just a Sting and Morgan match as a main event because it was an undercard bout just two pay-per-views ago.
Make the title vacant and have a tournament
This by far, in my opinion, is the best option. TNA could hold a 16 man tournament to crown the next champion. This could give TNA the opportunity to put the spotlight younger talent.
In the tournament it would be nice to see guys like Abyss, Chris Sabin, and Robert Roode advance somewhat.
TNA could build it up as sort of a King of the Ring type match and have two brackets where the winners face off for the title.
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