These Are The Days
Oh no! We suck again!!
Oh God not me. I'd go all in and almost outright declare war on WWE. I'd tell Dixie to **** off and make her sell all her shares and I'd immediately cease operations of TNA for several weeks, maybe even months. Me and my guys would rebrand the product, reset the title picture, create all new story lines and start everything from scratch. We'd hire brand new everything from writers to executives to oversee the business and create a brand new vision for the company. Meanwhile I'd honor the contracts of the current wrestlers and negotiate to get some new ones.
A few features of the promotion
- A new name for the company like NAWA (North American Wrestling Association) but stick with TNA if we can't think of anything better
- 4 sided ring with red ropes like Raw
- 4 major PPV's a year set apart from the Big 4 of WWE as not to impose direct competition.... yet
- The flagship show will be live from 7-9 PM EST on Wednesdays if we can negotiate that time slot
- If we can get the live show, promote the hell out of it for at least a month before the show starts to maximize interest.
- Establish "Attitude Era" atmosphere at live events as much as humanly possible
- PG programming that is 70% on par with current WWE standards and about 30% consistent with the Ruthless Aggression era of 2002-2003.
Examples: romantic storylines but no over-sexualization the female talent. i.e a story line with an affair is not off limits. And programming with a kiss and a door closing to with to imply they're gonna get it on would also not be off limits but that would also constitute the limit. Circumstances like this would be rare but they'd still happen
- Swearing would not off limits but there would be a strict and established quota because there's a very fine line between a guy saying "Get your ass out here" to call him out or a wrestler disagreeing with the GM booking him in a cage match the next week saying "You're a real piece of **** you know that?" and a straight up trailer park trash, Jerry Springer show
- 3 or 4 primary championships with all new beautiful belts: World Heavyweight Championship, Tag Team Championship and a middle weight championship that both the mid-carders and "cruiserweight" class can compete for and POSSIBLY a Women's Championship if we have the talent for it.
- The institution of wrestling managers like Bobby Heenan like in the 1980's and there would be backstage scenes or during the fights where they talk to their client about fight strategy i.e "You gotta keep Mysterio isolated at center of the ring. Remember: stay way from the ropes and the corners. Get too close and he's gonna carve you up. He's simply too good to not take advantage of you. You're much bigger than him and you can wear him down in the middle. Ground and pound and you've got this won."
- Emphasis upon payday i.e World Champion makes more money than the rest of the guys
- "Anything goes" matches on TV would be rare (maybe once a month) but they would be preceded by warnings from the announcers like, "Ladies Gentlemen up next we have (wrestler A) vs (wrestler B) in an anything goes match for the #1 contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship. That means anything can and WILL happen here tonight and discretion is advised for a match like this. Because I can assure you this is gonna get ugly in a hurry" and it the spots and weapon would be consistent with the Attitude Era WWF.
- Blading would not be off limits but would be rare.
If I can think of anything else I'll say it but that's the kind of vision I would have for the company if I were to take over it. The biggest thing is that people know what TNA is and it is firmly established as the 2nd highest level of wrestling in North America and with proper leadership and re-branding I don't see why I can't do better than it is right now.
I honestly think that if you can give the fans at least 6 months of GOOD quality programming that is better than WWE (which doesn't seem to be that hard) and they'd run to it like a moth to a flame
A few features of the promotion
- A new name for the company like NAWA (North American Wrestling Association) but stick with TNA if we can't think of anything better
- 4 sided ring with red ropes like Raw
- 4 major PPV's a year set apart from the Big 4 of WWE as not to impose direct competition.... yet
- The flagship show will be live from 7-9 PM EST on Wednesdays if we can negotiate that time slot
- If we can get the live show, promote the hell out of it for at least a month before the show starts to maximize interest.
- Establish "Attitude Era" atmosphere at live events as much as humanly possible
- PG programming that is 70% on par with current WWE standards and about 30% consistent with the Ruthless Aggression era of 2002-2003.
Examples: romantic storylines but no over-sexualization the female talent. i.e a story line with an affair is not off limits. And programming with a kiss and a door closing to with to imply they're gonna get it on would also not be off limits but that would also constitute the limit. Circumstances like this would be rare but they'd still happen
- Swearing would not off limits but there would be a strict and established quota because there's a very fine line between a guy saying "Get your ass out here" to call him out or a wrestler disagreeing with the GM booking him in a cage match the next week saying "You're a real piece of **** you know that?" and a straight up trailer park trash, Jerry Springer show
- 3 or 4 primary championships with all new beautiful belts: World Heavyweight Championship, Tag Team Championship and a middle weight championship that both the mid-carders and "cruiserweight" class can compete for and POSSIBLY a Women's Championship if we have the talent for it.
- The institution of wrestling managers like Bobby Heenan like in the 1980's and there would be backstage scenes or during the fights where they talk to their client about fight strategy i.e "You gotta keep Mysterio isolated at center of the ring. Remember: stay way from the ropes and the corners. Get too close and he's gonna carve you up. He's simply too good to not take advantage of you. You're much bigger than him and you can wear him down in the middle. Ground and pound and you've got this won."
- Emphasis upon payday i.e World Champion makes more money than the rest of the guys
- "Anything goes" matches on TV would be rare (maybe once a month) but they would be preceded by warnings from the announcers like, "Ladies Gentlemen up next we have (wrestler A) vs (wrestler B) in an anything goes match for the #1 contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship. That means anything can and WILL happen here tonight and discretion is advised for a match like this. Because I can assure you this is gonna get ugly in a hurry" and it the spots and weapon would be consistent with the Attitude Era WWF.
- Blading would not be off limits but would be rare.
If I can think of anything else I'll say it but that's the kind of vision I would have for the company if I were to take over it. The biggest thing is that people know what TNA is and it is firmly established as the 2nd highest level of wrestling in North America and with proper leadership and re-branding I don't see why I can't do better than it is right now.
I honestly think that if you can give the fans at least 6 months of GOOD quality programming that is better than WWE (which doesn't seem to be that hard) and they'd run to it like a moth to a flame
