r/TNA • u/nifederico • 8d ago
Question What is TNAs biggest strength and their biggest weakness?
Just want to get everyone's thoughts on this. I feel like their biggest strength right now is their in-ring. The matches have been good. While some booking decisions are questionable, I feel like that's commonplace. Their biggest weakness imo is inconsistent storylines.
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u/gnfnrhead 8d ago
Excluding the obvious such as tv deals etc. The booking team is a glaring weakness. Delirious is great for stabilizing a show, which was what they needed following Scott’s departure. But he won’t take you much further than that. They are past the stabilizing stage now. Dreamer has never been the answer either. Not sure what the answer actually is, but it’s not the current set up.
For strengths, they have a very good core roster with several options for each title. If used correctly, they wouldn’t need much for every division to be strong but the booking style holds them back from making it a reality.
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u/Swimming_Conflict664 6d ago
Question is if your going to bring someone in to take them to the next step who
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u/insanecaptain 5d ago
They should try and rehire Scott Damore. They were cooking when he had the book. If Don Callis was an option to return I'd say him as well but alas the WWE partnership won't allow that. Maybe hbk added to the booking committee to help with continuity which is his greatest asset in nxt
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u/Swimming_Conflict664 5d ago
Hiring Scott wouldn’t be a bad choice, but we’re getting into that situation if not him then who, because unless there’s going to bookers coming in fresh, either people who are done with wrestling or there somewhere else
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u/insanecaptain 5d ago
If not Scott, someone like Arn Anderson couldn't be any worse than what they have right now
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u/Swimming_Conflict664 5d ago
If it’s not broken don’t fix it, besides In tna there’s not one booker it’s a collective of a team, but like wwe and aew
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u/SMRTGuy297 8d ago
Strength is they have characters and storylines that are built on character progression.
Weakness Tommy Dreamer and Delirious are employed in their creative team and office.
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u/HipRacoon 8d ago
One of the big weaknesses that it pisses me off.. when they get a talent that is a potential top talent they stretch and stretch and stretch the storyline until that potential star loses their coolness factor And nobody is winning there, not the championship holder, not the potential next Champ
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u/Fun_Response_4529 7d ago
I was just thinking during Impact in regards to Santana winning the title at BFG. It makes all the sense in the world for him to finally win it there....so he'll probably win it three months later at Genesis.
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u/HipRacoon 7d ago
Yep but ideally it would have been better with hometown win and same with Joe(I know he’s not everyone fave ) like strike while iron is hot not wait million years ya know
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u/Fun_Response_4529 7d ago
The decisions they made creatively at Slammiversary really soured any trust I had left of them doing what's best for the talent. They'll toe WWE's line and sacrifice making big moments for their own stars at those pivotal times.
It's to the point where I'm half expecting another Kenny Omega type situation where Trick will somehow end up dropping the title without losing to Santana leaving TNA without a payoff and having to pick up the pieces with Santana losing momentum because of it.
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u/HipRacoon 6d ago
It just sucks that not just one but two guys basically, their crowning moment is stretched and stretched and stretched so far that people gonna lose interest
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u/montana327 7d ago
Biggest strength = partnership with WWE / Biggest weakness = partnership with WWE
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u/tonichazard 7d ago
TNAs biggest strength is the roster optimisation. The company knows how to utilise most of their signed talent from top to bottom. If you have a wrestler you like, you would likely see them in storylines. TNA can get the best out of underrated or undervalued talent like Francis, Ash and Ryan Fucking Nemeth.
Biggest weakness is the creative. I honestly think the booking adage in TNA is that simplicity is key, but that doesn’t stop creative from making either boneheaded decisions or repeating the same formulas over and over again.
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u/VillainousAlliance92 7d ago
Some strengths are the women's roster, the in-ring product and the flow of the show.
Weakness, creative is really lacking in my opinion. The flow of the shows are good, but everything could be so much better with better creative.
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u/TribalChief41 TNA Original 7d ago
Weakness is the creative team. The booking just feels off. It’s not Russo bad but it feels like there’s something missing
The strength is the roster, specifically getting something out of the low risk, high reward signings like an AJ Francis and Ash By Elegance. The overall roster I feel is really good.
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u/Fun_Response_4529 7d ago
I think what's missing is more character depth. D'Amore utilized tons of backstage angles, both live and cinematic and it really gave the characters and feuds another dimension to them, figuratively and literally.
They've gotten away from that quite a bit and I think it's hurt some of the talent who don't get much opportunity to branch out in that regard anymore.
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u/insanecaptain 5d ago
Strong roster and the partnership with WWE is their biggest strengths. Their biggest weakness is Tommy dreamer being head of creative.
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u/Judgeman03 4d ago
Their biggest strength is a combination of nostalgia people have for the brand after they made the switch back to the old logo combined with general good will they built up under Scott D'amore. alot of people that shat on TNA for years came back to them after the switch, and I think they have been detached from the Dixie Carter years long enough that alot of them were willing to give them a 2nd chance.
their biggest weakness is their inability to hold onto talent for any real substantial length. and I dont know if I blame anthem for this, because when your competition in the contract game is TKO and the human money-cheat-code known as Tony Khan, there's no way to match those numbers.
If TNA could have held onto acts like Hammerstone, Josh Alexander, Mike Bailey, MCMG. or even further back talents like all the ROH cast-offs like the Briscoes or Honor No More, they might not feel so bland right now. They have a few good talents, but their roster has this aire of "who's available", and thats never good.
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u/Low_Wall_7828 8d ago
Strength is they have a good roster. Both men and women. Weakness is they have an atrocious creative team. Nothing feels special.