10 Years from Now

[Frost]

Any of you think TNA will be around or ROH? Or will another third company come in and take ROH's spot? I want to see both thrive but have a hard time believing both will be around, I know TNA's ratings aren't anything special but is Spike willing to gamble on them long term?

[TDP]

Ten years is a long time but I think a company like ROH will always be an indy fed. I'd say that TNA will be bought out by the WWE at some stage. A couple years ago I would have said that they'll probably just die out themselves but they're starting to put on some good shows now so they might actually start challenging the WWE for once.

[Drifter]

ROH will be around, just probably not much bigger than what they are now. I'm definitely cool with that though.

TNA's ratings are bad compared to WWE's....which most everything's ratings are bad compared to WWE especially on cable. TNA's ratings compared to other Spike shows are extremely good. I'm on the fence on whether they will be around in 10 years though. If I were to take control of TNA, the first thing I'd do is get rid of all the overpaid "legends", which they almost have now for the most part. I'd use what money they spend on those contracts and put them into production, lighting, effects, pyros, etc. It's sad that TNA is in one building most of the time and the lighting sucks compared to WWE travelling and portable lighting that's awesome.

[TDP]

Jul 11, 2012 19:27:11 GMT -6 Drifter said:

ROH will be around, just probably not much bigger than what they are now. I'm definitely cool with that though.

TNA's ratings are bad compared to WWE's....which most everything's ratings are bad compared to WWE especially on cable. TNA's ratings compared to other Spike shows are extremely good. I'm on the fence on whether they will be around in 10 years though. If I were to take control of TNA, the first thing I'd do is get rid of all the overpaid "legends", which they almost have now for the most part. I'd use what money they spend on those contracts and put them into production, lighting, effects, pyros, etc. It's sad that TNA is in one building most of the time and the lighting sucks compared to WWE travelling and portable lighting that's awesome.

I agree with this about 90%. They certainly need to start touring and to improve their production value. I agree they need to get rid of some of those legends but they do need to retain some of them. People switch on to watch Hulk Hogan still running around the ring. I've never been a fan of Dixie Carter on the air though and hearing about Brooke Hogan being a consultant to the TNA Knockouts is just plain ridiculous.

I think TNA has such an opportunity to be a great wrestling program but they just lack that bit of administration that seems to be holding it back.

[Frost]

I agree with the lighting, their production team is mediocre as well. One thing I'd like to see is TNA attempting to drift away from attempting to be Attitude Era 2.0, but at the same time I actually like that the program isn't watered down especially being on Spike.

I'd love to see more TNA video games as well or at least better ones than the last installment.