To be honest, I think it's apparent that Pope/Wolfe are their Austin/Rock, so to speak. They're slowly being built up, cutting amazing fucking promos and will soon take the spotlight. They even had the throw-off feud. What my previous post covered is still is a mystery to me though. They have so much damn talent, NEED TWO SHOWS! Not monday night live bullshit.
They need to do Tuesdays and Saturdays. Or Wednesdays and Sundays... I miss me some Sunday wrestling. Anyone remember WCW Main Event??
R.e: the "new" direction. It hasn't gotten any better and really hasn't gotten any worse. They basically poured alot of money into a product for minimal gains. There certainly is no evidence that they're ready to go head to head with the E, especially during the WM build. They should have waited to get some warmer feelings, like higher buyrates for PPVs, noticeably higher tv ratings, and more advance house show ticket sales. They've achieved nothing of the sort. And having Hogan and Bisch as anything besides on screen talent isn't helping, nor is adding more names to an already bloated roster.
Eventually they will have to come to the conclusion that it's time to actually book the entire roster, or a majority into actual storylines to progress the company. Having like four names with angles isn't going to cut it, even more when half the roster isn't even getting air time because it's being used on Hogan and Bisch 50% of the show. Adding names for some surprise value to pop a cheap rating once every three months isn't progress, it's lack of booking prowess. It's adding band aids to obvious wounds. It seems that every Impact I watch, including last night is just thrown together, a mis-mash of some half hearted ideas that lead to nothing. I can't be convinced to watch a whole two hours of TNA for only four guys on the roster unless you give me a reason.