WWE Purchasing TNA Is Best For Fans

TNA is on their death bed. It feels like they’ve been on this bed for years, but no one has pulled the plug. While the cord is still plugged into the outlet, the power is out and they’re relying on a back-up generator that doesn’t have much juice left. It looks like the end is finally near for a company that has been wrongfully pronounced dead multiple times since their inception in 2002.

Multiple suitors are lining up to save the company, with Billy Corgan and Aroluxe leading the charge. Both would purchase the company and attempt to keep it alive, but that seems like a losing battle given the history of TNA and the amount of debt that they’ve accrued.

That’s why it’s best for everyone if WWE purchases the company.

TNA needs to go away. They’ve hung on for far too long and, while it was admirable at first, it’s now just sad and pathetic. I would never want someone out of a job, but the majority of the wrestlers and workers are working for pennies or aren’t getting paid at all. Every single wrestler on that roster will be fine. WWE will take some of them and the rest will find independent work with promoters who can pay them. The behind the scenes guys might have a little trouble, but I have feeling that they will sleep a little easier once they get back on their feet and find a job with an employer who pays on time. I wouldn’t be shocked if half the production crew already has a second job anyway.

If Billy Corgan purchases the company, then what happens?

He funds Bound For Glory this Sunday and maybe the next set of TV tapings, but they still have bad television deals and aren’t making money with any type of consistency. They’re paying for guys like Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow, when they can’t even pay the talent they currently have. Unless they make significant cuts, I just don’t see how this company makes money in the near future. Corgan might keep the company on life support, but there’s no bringing this company back.

This isn’t a WCW situation where the company was the #1 wrestling organization less than five years ago and you can see the positives in trying to keep it alive. This is a company that has been the butt of every wrestling joke for years now.

Selfishly, I want WWE to purchase the company because I want the TNA tape library on the WWE Network. I want to see the glory days of AJ Styles and Samoa Joe and the X Division. TNA certainly isn’t doing anything with it. Sorry, they’re still trying to sell “Best Of” DVDs in order to cash in on the current WWE and NXT success of Styles and Joe.

We all know that we’re far more likely to watch classic TNA matches on the WWE Network than current TNA on Pop.

TNA has had a decent run, but there’s no value left in the company. I’m sure there are bright spots on Impact. I love the Broken Matt Hardy character and Larry Csonka tells me that Bobby Lashley has been awesome. But wrestling is in a strong place right now and every worker on the roster will be fine. WWE ratings are down, but tell me another period of time where there’s been more access to high quality wrestling. Matt Hardy can continue to do his act on the internet and garner just as much attention as he does now. Bobby Lashley can walk into the EVOLVE arena, be the biggest star in the company, and it’ll mean more than it currently does in TNA.

With the brand split in WWE and NXT being a touring brand, NJPW lighting it up, and the dozens of Independent promotions with VOD and live stream services, there has never been more opportunities in the world of professional wrestling.

That’s why there’s no reason to save TNA. They’ll continue to flounder on Pop, half-ass a bunch of PPVs that no one pays for, make no money with attendance, and actually hold back talent from a larger audience.

Give TNA a lot of credit. They’ve built an identity as the #2 promotion in the United States, but in 2016, it’s a false identity. People assume they are #2 because of their history and the guys on their roster and the fact that they have television. People like Rhodes and Sandow go there because they think TNA can still compete with WWE and that they can be difference makers. It’s just not true. No one is a difference maker in TNA and they’ll never compete with WWE. Thanks to the Internet, TV means far less than it did five years ago, and it means even less when the television deal is with the station that still has the TV guide taking up 1/3 of the screen. If people want to know what’s on TV, they either hit the “Guide” button on their remote or, you guessed it, go to the internet.

WWE purchasing TNA is best for business as they’ll recoup losses with new network subscribers and the addition of talented wrestlers can only help. But, more importantly, it’s best for the fans of wrestling.

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