TNA and WWE Will Push Their Young Stars; Wrestling Fans Need to Be Patient

So, TNA and WWE are finally putting some focus on their younger talent. I love it. And apparently, the rest of the Internet Wrestling Community does, too. The exception being that they are being a bit too impatient.

As my grandmother always extolled to us, “Haste makes waste.”

Two pay-per-views ago, TNA gave us the chance to witness AJ Styles win his first TNA World Championship. Fast forward to the Bound for Glory event and it seemed the youth movement was in full effect.

Matt Morgan and Kurt Angle put on a good outing, the British Invasion left with the TNA tag titles, Eric Young won the Legends title from Kevin Nash, and Styles retained over Sting.

The post-BFG iMPACT! had a Kurt Angle who seemingly saw the “light.” Angle’s sudden face turn, coupled with a good debut of one Nigel McGuinness, now known as Desmond Wolfe. Things are looking to be heading in the right direction.

Then we hear of the huge news of Hulk Hogan signing with TNA. Now everyone is buying their wreaths and ordering tuxedos for TNA’s impending death. No one knows what is to happen yet, but we are jumping the gun that the youth movement is over with.

Up in Stamford, the WWE’s post-Bragging Rights episode of RAW showed the rise of Kofi Kingston. Kingston now seems embroiled in a feud with the Viper, Randy Orton.

When everyone was calling for Orton’s next feud to be with stablemate Ted DiBiase, the WWE gave a big middle finger to all of the “psychics” and gave us Kingston. Bravo! I love it.

We’re also seeing the progression of Jack Swagger and The Miz. Throw Sheamus in that mix, as he was just moved over to the flagship show. (I’ll get back to Sheamus momentarily.)

RAW also has the tag team of Legacy, DiBiase, and Cody Rhodes, who seemed to have been elevated some since their three-month feud with DX.

ECW continues its job of cultivating tomorrow’s stars. SmackDown has CM Punk in the world championship scene, with John Morrison and Dolph Ziggler probably less than a year from following. All in all, WWE seems to be on the right track.

So why the heck am I griping about impatience?

Well, when I was watching that Sheamus match on RAW , where he defeated Jamie Noble, I heard the crowd chanting “boring” and other noises to show disinterest.

While I am not a supporter of Sheamus’ sudden jump to Mondays (yes, I am aware of Triple-H’s endorsement), the fact is we have a good youngster on the main stage. Allow him the opportunity to grow. It’s not as if Sheamus is Khali in the ring.

Then the guest hosts announce that at Survivor Series, John Cena will defend his WWE title against Triple-H and Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match.

Cue moans and shouts of seeing the same old feuds.

Just because we saw progression of younger stars it seems that everyone was hoping to see someone unproven get a title shot against Cena.

They all seem to forget that this is a business and that at the end of the day, it is all about making money. Cena, HHH, and HBK are money makers. Not to mention that the match should be good considering the competitors.

Whether it is TNA or the WWE, fans are seemingly anxious to see new faces in the top title scene. That’s nice and all, but that shouldn’t be the way. Give the guys the chance to earn their way up to the top. Let them develop all facets of their character.

Eight years.

It was eight years of work in the WWE before Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart captured their first world title. And those two are always up at the top when discussing the greatest wrestlers.

How long did Edge and Jeff Hardy toil away in the mid-card ranks before their first opportunity to win the world title?

Everyone seems to want to put everyone on a two- or three-year plan and after those years are fulfilled then someone is automatically ready to be championship material.

As Les Thatcher was extolling this week on HTR, younger wrestlers of this day and age are winning championships at a far quicker clip than in the past.

Yet, fans are still clamoring to see these youngsters, who just barely left the shallow end, to go right into the deep?

Why? Because you tire of seeing John Cena, Triple-H, Randy Orton, Kurt Angle, and Sting in the title scene? You do realize that those names push tickets, right?

Would the casual fan, who is the person the companies want to attract, really buy a pay-per-view where John Cena is main-eventing against Sheamus? I highly doubt it since most casual fans wouldn’t know who Sheamus is at this stage of the game.

Pump the brakes, put the car in cruise control and enjoy the ride. New stars are coming shortly.

This article falls under the "My Latest Gripe" series.

This article was originally published on Hit the Ropes and Force of Wrestling.

Shane Howard is a member of Hit the Ropes Radio Show. You can check out the web site here . HTR Radio airs every Sunday and Wednesday at 6 PM ET. Next Wednesday, we welcome Dragon Gate USA's Gabe Sapolsky.

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