Okay, to start Im going to say I really like TNA Impact and watch it weekly. TNA gets a lot of critisism, so Im going to break it into three categories to why TNA is so full of problems. Please read all before commenting, as Im sure everything will be covered, but please reply to add, or argue, or to agree.
Disorganization
This covers a few major issues with TNA. The first is story line pay off's. How often does TNA build and add to something for there to be no pay off in the end, or for it to just fizzle out. Story lines should progress to a final end point with a resolution and wrestlers characters/ positions changing. TNA to many times starts something, cluster fucks it, then kills it. It leaves fans ripped off, wrestlers in limbo and time wasted. For example to Main Event Mafia. A whole year of build, TNA was too disorganised to see contract issues and writing on the wall, let if fizzle, and after a year nothing was really achieved.
This extends to the story lines themselves. Constant changes and lack of direction create a completly uncompelling story. When you dont know where your going sometimes working on the fly is interesting, not all the time. Constant MEM Frontline leades, then no front line made that story to confusing to follow.
Again Disorganisation moves on to two more issues. The first is not keeping track of events. All to often TNA omitt previous feuds and issues because they want to have something on a PPV. This discredits previous feuds, fragmenting the show and killing it for many fans. If Samoa Joe loses at BFG in 7 minutes how come he is in the 3 way for the TNA championship the next month? If its not explained people wont get it or want to see it.
Finally how often will TNA bring in a wrestler, have nothing for them, then job them out. Or, bring in a big name, have a month or two of direction and fizzle out. Jethro Holiday can testify to this. TNA doesnt plan ahead thus doesnt move ahead.
Failing to deliver
How many times have TNA fans believed that this PPV is the one. The stars have alined, the build is good/ great, and on paper it looks to be really really good. So they pay there money in hope, truely believing it will be good, and it ends up sucking. Poor time distribution for matches, the X guys taking 30 seconds each to set up spots, horrible over booking and bad match lay out kill the PPV, the matches and leave fans in the lurk.
BFG looked great on paper. How could you fuck it up? Totally over booking matches, trying to hard and short finishes. Its the same all the time. Matches that look like they cant fail always seem to. Its not good enough when people pay money to have a shit finish, over book a match to the point of no return, or poorly distribute time.
Fans wont jump up and down on a weekly free TV show. But when they put money into something, and dont get a return they wont support the show, who would? TNA to often fails to deliver on its promises, and that just isnt good enough.
Poor Layout
The final issue with TNA is poor/ horrible layout. TNA has a fasination with throwing out gimmick matches on Impact, repeating PPV matches people paid for on free TV the next night, and having title matches for no reason.
We have all been there. Why the fuck is that on free TV? we ask. Ultimate X on Impact? But we paid for that last night.
And a lot of the time these free gimmick matches arent very good. Wrestlers dont kill themselves on free TV, thus people get the wrong impression on these matches, who havent seen them on PPV.
So you have a whole lot of pointless stuff on free TV, killing progression, matches and just confusing the audiance to why they should care about themse matches later.
So thats the three broad issues I have. Thoughts?
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