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| Yes and no. If the motivation is sufficiently explained, then it could make some sense. In a way, its kind of like Andre winning the belt and then handing it to DiBiase for cash.
As a whole, TNA does a far better job of making their title seem important than the WWE does. To me, having a belt change hands every month does more to devalue it than a screwy title change like last night on the PPV. |
Bingo. The actions of Joe might upset a great deal of fans (myself included) because it demonstrates incredibly asinine booking for one of the company's top stars, but I don't think it makes the title look weak at all. On the contrary, I think it will make Joe a very hated heel in TNA, whereas in WWE, if the same thing happened I doubt many people would care at all because of how often their world championships gets whored around.
It still irritates me that TNA would book Joe like this, given all the stock they've put into him to build him as one of the most dominant baby faces in professional wrestling today. This heel turn was far too soon and could seriously come back to bite TNA in the ass. Not to mention it seemingly makes zero sense, after all Joe has done to destroy the MEM the past couple months. Sure, the angle will probably make a little more sense once there is some explaining on Impact, but it doesn't change the fact that Joe is indeed heel now, which is stupid.
But as much as it might hurt Joe, I seriously don't think it hurts the title at all. TNA's World Championship still means you're the top guy. Neither of WWE's do at all.