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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jul 26, 2018 1:08:05 GMT -5
You can't really say TNA botched it with having Nakamura there. The Nakamura I just watched in that video and the one we see weekly on WWE TV are two very different people. He had like zero charisma in this video, and now he is full of that and then some! You could make that argument for pretty much everyone mentioned that was in TNA for a short time during the relationship. TNA wasn't going to make any of them the wrestlers they are now. Now i disagreed with Okada being made a goof at the end of his excursion, but i read interviews of him saying he learned charisma in TNA and used it for his Rainmaker character. A lot of these guys that came from NJPW were there simply to add some International flavor to the X Division and TNA roster.
It was the same formula that WCW had from 1991 - 2000. I remember from 1991 - 1995, WCW saw Liger, Hase, Chono, Muta, Sasaki, Fujinami all appear on WCW PPVs or TV. TNA was smart to do that too back then, and it worked, it got people learning about new stars from Japan that they probably didn't know about before.
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Post by alanpartridge on Jul 26, 2018 6:01:35 GMT -5
Christopher Daniels had potential has a main event heel yet they chose WWE guys instead eg Kurt Angle. Which was absolutely the correct decision. Angle helped carry that company for years. Kurt Angle was great in TNA but Daniels could have had at least one run as world champ. |
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Post by drifter on Aug 5, 2018 14:24:13 GMT -5
Which was absolutely the correct decision. Angle helped carry that company for years. Kurt Angle was great in TNA but Daniels could have had at least one run as world champ. I would agree on this. While he had a good run in the company, Daniels definitely got a bit of a raw deal as well. When you consider how important the triple threat feud with Joe and AJ were considered in really making the X-Division, and helping TNA itself, and how both Joe and AJ would have world title runs, it straight up sucks you never had Daniels get a run. He should have had a run of either the NWA title of the TNA Title. And in my opinion, the runs as Curry Man and Suicide were a waste for him. Yeah I get the Curry Man was his from past runs in Japan, but it went on for too long. At least his return to ROH, he got that World Title run that had eluded him. |
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Post by LA Times on Aug 7, 2018 21:23:09 GMT -5
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Post by ~ Cymru ~ on Sept 12, 2018 1:00:01 GMT -5
You can't really say TNA botched it with having Nakamura there. The Nakamura I just watched in that video and the one we see weekly on WWE TV are two very different people. He had like zero charisma in this video, and now he is full of that and then some! This is spot on, Nakamura wouldn't have evolved into what we know today if he stayed in TNA. Same as Austin wouldn't be "Stone Cold" if he stayed in WCW. Triple H wouldn't have evolved outta the Terra Ryzing gimmick either. |
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