Problem V. Problem: Adressing The Problems Of TNA and WWE

As any professional fan today can tell you, there are major, and I mean major issues, with the business today. In fact, there are too many to name them all in this short little article. So, I'll focus on the big guns: TNA and WWE.

Starting with TNA, their issues are very obvious.

1) Living in the Past: TNA is guilty, along with WWE at times, of living in the past. They focus on old storylines, old mentalities, and worst of all, old wrestlers. With all of the young talent that TNA has (A.J. Styles, Eric Young, Motor City Machine Guns, etc.) , there is no need for Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and others, to be in the spotlight. The emphasis should be on the young guys. I don't care what anyone says, any real fan will tell you that they would rather see A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe duke it out for the Heavyweight Title at a pay-per-view, than see Flair in a wheel chair and Hogan say brother 25 times in a sentence. If you don't believe me, just check their ratings over the past few weeks. I'm pretty sure those will agree with me.

2) Pacing: Watching TNA is like trying to keep up with a car on a highway on foot, it is just impossible. Eight backstage cutaways before the first commercial is just too much for the average fan to keep up with. Staying on one point of emphasis for longer than 30 seconds would probably help tremendously, but then again I'm not a wrestling writer, I just play one at home.

3) Quality: The geezers getting the spotlight wouldn't bother me as much if they were having good matches, but obviously they aren't. There are a million matches on impact every week, but the majority of those lack any substance. Eight squash matches of two minutes each is not the way to produce a wrestling show.

Now for the WWE...

1) Gimmicks: This isn't really a gripe about the gimmicky style of WWE today, it's more about the way the gimmicks are being utilized. Overkill would be the name of the game in this case. Iron Man matches, Hell in a Cell matches and Ladder matches, all of which used to be evenly spread out throught the WWE year, have been seen in the last 10 months alone. Just a bit of shomanship is all I'm asking for.

2) Quality: Yes, yes I know, I used this topic name for TNA, but it applies to WWE as well, just maybe not as much. How many Raw's have I seen in the past year that feature 5 squash matches featuring the likes of MVP, Evan Bourne, and Hornswoggle, none of whom should be on the supposed "flagship show" anyway, and an iffy main event. Quality not quantity folks.

3) The Main Event Scene: I'll spare my personal feelings for John Cena and focus on the business. I enjoy the pushes of the younger talent, even though there is no classic build up for them, but it is not enough. More guys need to be given a shot, classic shots at the established guys to build them up in a true manner. This is mainly more evident on Raw than on Smackdown, but a problem none the less.

Well, I know that was a bit lengthy, but thanks to all who got through it all. If this article is well received, I'll try and write one every week. If not, then I'll keep my crap to myself and look at this as some needed truth put into this crappy wrestling section's articles. Later.