The Biggest Impact

[Jay]

Yes, that is a pun.

I have a question. Out of all the people TNA has obtained from the WWE over the years, who do you think has made the biggest impact on the over all production and quality of the show? Who was a good decision to bring in?

And the vice versa of that as well, who made the worst impact?

 

[Ben]

For me this is going to be biased cause I think the minute they started concentrating on bringing big name WWE/WCW talent in is when the product started to turn to the point it was today. In the early years they had Jarett, Sting, Nash, Hall, ect around but back then the up and coming talent was still given a hell of a chance to shine and it's what got me and a lot of people hooked on the product.

Biggest Impact would have to be Sting though, he should of left 2 years ago, but without him I don't think they get the Spike Deal and some of the international reach they do. They could of just had him as there one "big name" and built the company up around him being a legend and a bunch of new stars around him.

Bad decision was Hogan. At the time I was one of the people that thought he was going to take TNA to the next level, obviously I was wrong and 2010 and this year has been the worst in terms of quality of the product, not saying it's directly his fault but the brand went downhill the moment he came in.

 

[Troy]

None have really made a huge change to the product and haven't helped them grow.

The big moves in a rough timeline of when they move would be Raven, Rhyno, Christian, Kurt Angle, Matt Morgan, Dudleys, Mr Anderson, Jeff Hardy and RVD. Out of those Raven, Rhyno, Morgan and RVD have had barely any impact on the show. Anderson and Jeff haven't done too much either even though they have won the world title. I think it would come down to Christian, Angle or the Dudleys. Christian had a good run but didn't spike the ratings that much. Angle has been there for a long time but again he hasn't drawn the ratings and he is more notable for being arrested a lot of times during his TNA run including twice whilst he was World champion.

Breaking it down I would have to say that the Dudleys made the biggest impact. They have been there for six years and they helped make TNA's tag team division, at one time, the best tag team division in pro wrestling.

The worst would be Hogan for ruining the product or Matt Hardy for being a trainwreck in the few months he was there.

 

[Jay]

None have really made a huge change to the product and haven't helped them grow.

The big moves in a rough timeline of when they move would be Raven, Rhyno, Christian, Kurt Angle, Matt Morgan, Dudleys, Mr Anderson, Jeff Hardy and RVD. Out of those Raven, Rhyno, Morgan and RVD have had barely any impact on the show. Anderson and Jeff haven't done too much either even though they have won the world title. I think it would come down to Christian, Angle or the Dudleys. Christian had a good run but didn't spike the ratings that much. Angle has been there for a long time but again he hasn't drawn the ratings and he is more notable for being arrested a lot of times during his TNA run including twice whilst he was World champion.

Breaking it down I would have to say that the Dudleys made the biggest impact. They have been there for six years and they helped make TNA's tag team division, at one time, the best tag team division in pro wrestling.

The worst would be Hogan for ruining the product or Matt Hardy for being a trainwreck in the few months he was there.

But the thing about Hardy was that he was amazing at his work. He was great. Maybe he had a Sheen ending, but he could have had a big impact.

 

[Troy]

He could have had a big impact but he didn't because of his outside issues. He had a couple of good matches but I just think that it was a downhill spiral for him and the way it ended made it a pretty bad signing for TNA.