Hey all, been a while since my last posting but enough of the touchy-feely stuff and let's get back to pure wrestling. I want to touch tonight on the necessity to have home-grown, fresh wrestlers who have the ability to become superstars in today's wrestling business.
Unfortunately for all of those who were familiar with my previous work, I must say my TNA fandom has dwindled to almost nothing. I enjoy some of the work a handful of the guys and gals put on, but most in my opinion is just terrible. Yet somehow ratings improve, go figure. Suprisingly I think the WWE has done a fantastic job lately with new talent and growing new main eventers. This time 2 years ago I would call myself crazy but hey, it's happening.
Let's start first with Legacy. Ted Dibiase and Cody Rhodes have grown into one of the best tag teams and some of the most solid young talent on that roster. Why? Mostly because of Randy Orton and the example he's shown as an in-ring heel and quite frankly one of the best heels of all time. Along with all of this is exposure, TV time to improve their mic skills and in-ring persona. Besides these obvious examples is ECW in general. Let's face it, it's a development show. But is that a bad thing? Not at all in my book.
Let's look at WWE Superstars; This is moreso your generic wrestling show. Good matches, viewers and fans can catch up on storylines, etc. Then you have the "rivaling" Smackdown and RAW shows. Lastly, ECW is a great start for guys to be noticed and paid attention too. Examples are the up and comers Abraham Washington and Tyler Reks. Personally, I'm planning to go to an FCW show with my Uncle who says they're great, just to see some of the young guns myself.
ECW also has the New Hart Foundation and veteran's to assist in their development such as Tommy Dreamer and Christian. This is the formula that TNA needs to follow. Sure they only have one show, but with all the rumors of another, for the love of God, PLEASE don't do this on Knockouts, but as a way to build young stars. I mean, comparing main events for PPVs between the two is something like this;
TNA has Kevin Nash vs. Samoa Joe- Ok, one home grown guy, I get that. But then it's followed with the likes of Sting, Booker T, Scott Steiner, Mick Foley, etc. Just doesn't make sense. Where is the young talent? AJ I see here and there, but then we hear talk of Tazz? Spare me, I'm sorry but this just isn't fair to the guys coming up who deserve their spot. Quite frankly, it's not that I don't respect the veterans, they just cannot perform in the ring anymore and look stiffer then boards.
And then you have WWE, consisting of Randy Orton and John Cena, with Legacy having a part as well. Even the likes of the Miz have been involved. Sure, you have HHH as well, but almost all of them began in WWE not to long ago. They aren't relying on just names, John Cena is just flat out one of the most popular wrestlers in the world, no matter what you think about him. Taker' and HBK are also much older, but the difference is, they had one of the best wrestling matches I've ever seen and thankfully I was able to see it in person. 8>D
And this is just a minor example of the great importance that is building young talent. A huge factor of this as well is injuries. Your top guy goes home, who replaces him? Now you have in the WWE, Edge going down with a recent injury, and while Chris Jericho is amazing on his own, who can fill that void? You have a CM Punk growing into a very good heel and he's going through an angle with another home grown WWE guy in Jeff Hardy. Personally, look to see John Morrison jump up to the next level, he's a superstar in the making, you heard it here first!
Well peeps I'll go ahead and wrap things up there, next time I'll hit up the subject of mixing things up in the biz, whether it be the roster, angles, etc. We're going old school, without knowledge in these areas, no wrestling business can be successful. Common sense folks, common sense. Until next time, I'll be just like you, a Common Fan.
-Jimmy
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