TNA Wrestling Premiere

 

I am taking a break from the Mets and baseball for this post. One of my other fave things to watch and go to events is wrestling. I have a couple of buddies who are pro wrestlers and it has always been something I’ve enjoyed since I was a kid.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. AKA TNA Wrestling. This company has been around since 2002 and was founded by Jeff Jarrett. The company had changed ownership over the years and had had some real lows but has also had some great highs. AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Joe Hendry, Broken Matt Hardy, The X Division, The System, Beer Money, Abyss, Petey Williams just to name a few folks that have been there over the years and made the company what it is today. Talents that have gone on to be big stars in other companies around the world have been in TNA. Also let’s not forget wrestling stars who came to TNA after runs in other companies. Christian Cage, Jeff Hardy, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, Mickey James, Victoria. They all helped the younger talent grow. Why am I stating all this? I have always been a fan of TNA wrestling and I was and am stoked that they have a big tv deal to make this company bigger. Here is the problem though. What the hell was going on with the production/network side of things. Whole matches with title were missed. It felt like ad breaks went on forever and then they would come back for 15 seconds and then go back to ad breaks again. The shot of the celebs before the Ryan Nemeth segment showed a huge part of the arena being empty. There are ways to shoot that to not let that happen. It’s a shame that these issues are the things that are going to be talked about and not AJ Styles returning( I feel there were issues with his entrance too). 

The action was great when it was actually being shown but the network with the ads felt amateur. And the normal fans will be blaming TNA for it and not the network dropping the ball. It’s a shame because this was a “big” debut show and there can be some small hiccups to be expected to happen but the ad breaks killed it for everyone. I am hoping Genesi the PPV delivers and can erase this first episode off of folks minds. The TNA brand definitely deserves that’s because it’s a great company with great wrestlers and production usually.