There's lots TNA could do to increase ratings. First off, note that the product has house shows running in, and out of the U.S. They should just take a break from the iMPACT! Zone for a month or so, then they could expose themselves to a large audience outside of Orlando on TV. Face it TNA, you guys are running house shows in places like Essex, Coventry, and the Liverpool Olympia...why not have the iMPACT! tapings there to give the fans a new perspective on how big TNA really is, where they are capable of performing, and the fans that come to see them live. If people notice that TNA is in a bigger arena, the viewers will notice that TNA isn't some kind of joke, and know that the company can draw in other areas. I think fans would probably like to see this, so the ratings could increase.
Secondly, they could stop the humorous skits that we've seen weekly for the past nine months, and get done to business. Management should try to plot out a storyline revolving around two top stars, and teaming them with two future stars of the wrestling world today. This could form a heel stable similar to Evolution, and help create stars out of lower midcarders. Try Booker T and Kurt Angle, with two young guys like James Storm and Johnny Devine. Angle could challenge Joe, Devine could have the X-Division title, and Booker and James Storm could have the Tag Titles. If management used a stable properly, they may attract viewers.
If none of this works, they could just put up flyers on Stop signs. That always works for the missing dogs...
LOL, about the heel stable part, are you kidding me?
No offense to Devine and Storm, but there is no way that Devine and Storm are the future of the wreslting industry.
Evolution was made for the future stars of wrestling, and it worked out, look at Orton and Batista, the top two wwe guys. And your saying to have a similar concept, but Storm and Devine are not the future... If they wanted, TNA could still do it just as two old guys and two young guys, for the short term, but overall it wont change anything.
IMO, if they did that type of stable, it would have to be with different guys, although I dont know who, cause I dont see anyone in TNA being the future of wrestling...
Anyways, as for this thread, TNA really cant do much. If people arent interested, they arent interested.
if they bring in older guys, it wont work, as other wrestling fans will just not want to see it, because those guys are past their time and arent a draw (other than Flair and Hogan)
And if they bring in ex WWE guys, it wont make a difference. Look how they brought in Angle, Christian, Steiner, Tomko, etc and it stayed the same. that wont work, because WWE fans realise that those guys can be repleaced, and it wont change anything.
So my point is, adding random guys isnt going to help them. because all that does is push their own guys out of the roster, for other guys who wont help ratings either. TNA needs to stick to their own guys and build from withing. Thats what all companies need to do.
Look at WWE (not to sound like a sheep) but honestly, their whole core are homegrown guys, and it takes alot longer than 5 years to do that, which is why TNA is nowhere near WWE level yet.
Anyways, IMO, dont bring in anyone else (Lashley wont increase ratings btw) and just grow with their own guys, cut down on the run ins, and the stupid skits.
But above all else, stop overbooking. Every time I tune into iMpact, I always see the show ending with like 10 guys randoly teamed up fighting eachother. Basically, TNA has too many short term alliances if you know what I mean.
So I think they need to get back to basics, of just the wrestling and normal storylines. Because they cant even compete with wwe storylines-wise, so no point trying. If they stick to awesome matches, and focus more on themselves, ratings may not go up, but they definatel ywont go down.
