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[TMBS]

stingk

 

[Indy]

but management didn't understand that and only looked at name value

 

[Roadster]

Can you really blame them. They're trying to grow and that starts with getting people to notice the old, established names.

 

[Roadster]

The new talent is a backdrop because they aren't known to the new crowd.

 

[Roadster]

The idea is the crowd will see these extremely talented performers and latch on to them, and not care as much for the old-timers.

 

[Roadster]

But it came to the point where the new-comers started leaving because they were being destroyed by the old-timers, so it flushed away the talent diversity.

 

[Indy]

@Roadster I don't think the idea is to see those new guys and only care about them and not as much for the old-timers

 

[Indy]

You need established guys to make new guys feel like stars at first, until they're stars themselves imo

 

[Roadster]

The ultimate goal is to have the fans latch onto the new guys. They will become the big stars, and the old-timers can slowly fizzle out.

 

[Indy]

Yeah agreed

 

[Indy]

and TNA did everything but that, they made the new guys fizzle out

 

[Roadster]

But when it was time for the guys like AJ Styles and Roode to get the big rub, they brought in more washed-up talent.

 

[Roadster]

They moved them down to the midcard and gave the main slot to guys like Hardy and Angle

 

[Indy]

I didn't see Angle as an old-timer in TNA ngl

 

[Indy]

even now, the guy's like 40 and he's always been great and had a lot of mileage when he came in