A Brief TNA Talk.

Hey guys, just wanted to post something that I noticed. I'm listening to the Wrestling Roundtable Radio on Youtube and they are talking about TNA's ratings and such...(don't get me started on the Wrestling Roundtable guys, but they are one of the few wrestling programs I can listen to) I pulled up the TNA roster page and noticed that the roster has over 69 faces on it, granted a small number of those faces are managers, interviewers and announcers, but still...over 55 people on a roster that gets a 2 hour show and one "Explosion" match on Youtube. That's just WAY too many people, and let me tell you who should get cut. There are too many names to give reasons, but I'll explain after.

CUT:
-Bubba The Love Sponge
-Don West
-Mike Tenay
-Hamada
-Jimmy Hart
-Kiyoshi
-Shannon Moore
-Shark Boy
-Suicide
-Tomko

Okay, let me run down this quickly. Four guys on this list are X Division guys, granted Suicide is Kiyoshi/Kazarian/Daniels, but he is a true "character." It's become abundantly clear that TNA has stopped caring about the X Division and it has clearly become nothing more than warm up matches for the likes of Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. And you may notice that I didn't mention either of those names in my list, let's think about this for a minute. Scott Hall, when motivated, can be a great wrestler, even at the ripe age of 50. Nash, while he has rickety knees, is one of the best talkers and can surely transition into a great manager or announcer in a matter of years (the sooner the better). As far as announcers, Mike Tenay sucks plain and simple.This isn't WCW, so why get WCW's Jim Ross on your roster? It does no good. Tazz was a great step forward, but with Hulk Hogan, Eric Bishoff and the aforementioned Kevin Nash on your roster, as well as having free agents in Paul Heyman, John Bradshaw Layfield, and countless others that would probably work for them, there is no reason to stay stuck in the past.

Now let's look at who needs a push, I'll put what division they need the push in.

PUSH:
-Brian Kendrick (Heavyweight)
-Daffney (Knockout)
-Eric Young (Heavyweight)
-Homicide (Heavyweight)
-Jay Lethal (X)
-Jesse Neal (Global)
-Orlando Jordan (Global)
-Raven/Stevie Richards (Tag Team)
-Rhino (Global)

Okay, a brief breakdown here. Kendrick, as I've said before on this blog, is one of the most talented and charismatic little guys in the ring. He can transcend the X Division if he is given the proper time on screen, but unfortunately, with the 69 member roster, he is lumped in the X Division. Jesse Neal and Rhino are two guys I am torn on, Neal is good, and Rhino isn't good enough. Both men need this Global Title to try and make these guys relevant again.

That's all I have to say now. I might review Vampire Weekend's "Contra" because I meant to do that months ago.