TNA vs. WWE

So the biggest topic over the past couple years in wrestling have been which company is better? To me, it's not really comparable. It's like Arena Football League trying to compete with NFL. NFL has been around so long and has the biggest stars and best promotions and the biggest show ever(Super Bowl). So why do people watch AFL? Because it is a faster pace than the dominating run game in the NFL. The plays are more exciting and the whole reason to watch a game is for touchdowns, not clock management like the NFL. This is the same with TNA and WWE.

WWE rules wrestling. They have the most popular talent. They have hundreds of shows on the road and overseas. They make millions off of their merchandise. They have been on the same established channel for years, one reason Smackdown doesn't do to well even though they have more talent. And they have the biggest show in town.(Wrestlemania) Plus they already put two big companies out of business with WCW and ECW.

TNA, to me, has better talent in the younger guys. They don't go on the road as much as they should, so they are usually at an Orlando based theme park. They are on a fairly new channel, which really hurts them in ratings since Spike TV doesnt get good ratings period. They need another show on a different day. They tried with that one hour show right after Impact but it didn't work out.

Talent wise, WWE usually revolves around 2-5 people for years at a time. This hurts their product in my opinion. Cena and Orton will always be in the title picture on Raw until they retire. They do the same with Undertaker and Rey Mysterio on Smackdown, who are the two most beaten up Superstars on the whole roster. Now what is great, none of these people are champions as of right now. It is Miz, who is a younger extremely talented heel(who still needs hell of ring work IMO) and Edge, who is a seasoned veteran with 11 Heavyweight title reigns(which is surprisingly never brought up when complaining about Cena or HHH's many title reigns.)

WWE does not focus on their tag team division, mostly only shown on Superstars. Yet every week we get to see Heavyweight contenders tag together several times before their singles PPV match. Extremely predictable. Their Women's division has gotten more exposure than it use to but has very thin talent for the number of Divas. (Why are the bellas, eve, kelly kelly, even there if they can't wrestle and aren't managing?)

Biggest complaint is the lack of use of the talent. They have/had so many talented wrestlers that they could of exposed them more but they rather have John Cena do a 25 minute promo, followed by him getting beat up, then an interview backstage about him getting beat up, then another 5 minute promo, then his tag team match where he totally destroys and doesn't sell. Come on, if Miz still had a real bruise on his face two weeks after Big Show knocked him out, then why are you jumping all around with not even a band aid on after Big Show threw you through the spotlight???

TNA has an abundance of talent. They are similiar with WWE by not showcasing it. But they only got one show and have a lot more rotation than WWE. I like that all of their wrestlers are shown as strong competitors unlike WWE. They make it believable for someone like Eric Young(TNA version of Santino) to win the World belt. Their tag team division is amazing, I love that they can actually work together and do high spot moves with each other like a real tag team does without ref interference. X division, which hasn't been shown too much since Hogan came, is also crazy. The fast pace, high flying, dare devil moves keep me on my toes. Womens division gets two matches a show and two or three promos too. Plus they have their own tag titles. They take WWE mid carders and make them stars. (Christian, R Truth, Ken Anderson, Pope, etc)

My biggest TNA complaint is the old WCW guys and making them the face of the company instead of the originals. But hey, guess what? Hogan been off air for awhile recovering from surgery. Nash is gone. Hall is gone. Sting is gone. Booker T is gone. Steiner was gone but recently came back. Jarrett owns it but at least hasn't been in the title picture for a long time. Flair is a manager which is great for the young guys. Thus, this has given Jeff Hardy, Ken Anderson, RVD(i know he is old but got screwed in WWE), AJ Styles, Abyss, Samoa Joe, Pope, Matt Morgan, Hernandez, etc all tremendous opportunities.

All in all, I faithfully watch Raw and WWE ppv's. I try my best to catch Impact and Smackdown but don't get to that often. WWE will forever be the leader in sports entertainment but TNA is worthy of watching also.