I just find it funny how TNA tries to put over its wrestlers by referring to them as former WWE IC champions (Rikishi).
It seems alright to put wrestlers over by referring to them as former champions, but why mention the WWE? Its like a Bush League baseball team trying to sell tickets by advertising the arrival of a former NY Yankee World Series Champion.
TNA shouldn't be putting over the WWE by making it a big deal that a former WWE champion is now on TNA.
Thats there problem. They are less focused on making new stars and putting more of their efforts into bringing in ex WWE stars. This might help them in the short term, but eventually when they need young stars, they won't be there because they haven't developed them properly or they grew frustrated and left. I realize that they are going to 2 hours thus need a deeper roster, but that second hour should be focused on building up the x division.
The WWE is in a far better place to be right now. They have their flagship shows plus a program focused solely on building young talent.