Wrestling: WWE v TNA

I have been a big fan of the WWE currently but WWF in the past since i was about 6 years old.

I was first turned onto wrestling when my Uncle took me fishing with then a very successful wrestler at the time William Regal, i was in shock at meeting the British grappler who was and still is good Friends with my Uncle.

Mr Regal is currently a member of the RAW brand on WWE, he makes cameo appearances from time to time and his character is somewhat monster like, he strolls around the ring with a scowl on his face maiming his opponent and then unleashing the beast...... classic as i remember him being so soft spoken and funny, but i guess that's all for the storyline of the show.

Anyway my obsession with WWE became apparent, every chance i got to go and see a live event in England i did screaming for my favorite wrestlers and enjoying the entertainment of watching half naked men give chair shots and any other piece of equipment they could to savagely beat their opponent. It was fun, still is.

In the old days you has wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, Rick Flair, The Million Dollar Man, Cactus Jack, Randy Savage, Legion of Doom, Brett Hart, The Bulldog etc all great wrestlers in their own right, but as a kid you wanted to see them flying through the air, insane stunts that left you breathless with excitement, but it never happened 10 minute matches ended in a 1-2-3 without much effort...................... Enter Shawn Micheals, Jeff Hardy (The Hardy Boys) Degenration X, HHH, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Chris Jericho, Rey Mesterio, Randy Orton, yes you still have your plain, but very exciting powerhouses like Batista, John Cena, The Undertaker, Kane etc.

But the highflyers like Jeff Hardy and Shawn Micheals now make wrestling fast paced with more dare devil moves and thrilling story lines, i know its fake.......... but you don't become a Billion Dollar company if your not doing something right. Vince McMahon is an innovator, a genius, a creative wizard that not only makes compelling story lines, but have produced some of the top talent around. WWE is excellent.

TNA is ok, dry, sticky stuff between your teeth kind of thing. Apart from AJ Styles, Samon Joe, The Motor City Machine Guns, Black Jay Machesmo the rest of the roster in an old, washed up WWE rejects pool of has beens.

I mean Sting is the TNA world heavyweight champ, c;mon do something different, give one of the young guys a chance to hold onto the title a little longer.
The are running a storyline at the minute that sees Sting, Booker T, Kevin Nash and Kurt Angle as the new NWO style faction "The Main Event Mafia" what the hell is going on.
Sure they are going to bloody some people up like Styles and Joe last night, but at the end of the day these guys knees are gone and if this was the real deal instead of fiction Samoan Joe & Styles would stomp a serious mud hole in all of their backsides.

Mick Foley is the new general manager so to speak which i think is a great move for TNA, that guy is a well respected legend and if anyone can turn that company into a major player that can compete with WWE then Foley is the man.

TNA is more equipped that WCW was to take on WWE, but i feel unless TNA takes the initiative and books better talent and plots, WWE will reign and most likely put them out of business just like they did to WCW.