In 2002, but after I was watching RoH. I realized all of the awesomeness in RoH was going on in TNA as well, as for about 9 months the X division was the same product RoH was offering but just with an absurdly awful heavyweight division. But at that time RoH dvds were 20 clams and you could get two TNA PPVs live for the same price, so I probably ordered about 15 of the weekly PPVs, including the greatest TNA match ever, the Triple X-AMW cage match.
Things were awesome in the X division, the World X cup was fucking innovative, and SeX was a fun faction, about the only good Russo ever did in TNA. Hell, even Disco Inferno was a fun watch. But then there was the Jarrett show, jesus christ was that the biggest turn off I've ever felt in wrestling, ever. Jarrett just thought the world of himself and he just wasn't a big star, no matter how many times he was TNA and WCW champ. And then they started on Fox Sports and I sort of lost touch with the product at that time. Then Raven came in, then the flood gates opened up and the washups took away from the X division and minus the awesomeness that was Joe in 06-07, TNA has been alot more bad than good to me. But I've been there since the beginning, through the RoH divorce, through the Jarrett era, through the Dixie era. I've seen it all. Hopefully they can clean house of all the garbage, get a credible booker and actually spark a real competition, I really, really want to see that, despite what all of my thrashings of TNA make people believe. Maybe it's in all god awfulness of TNA that I find that they will never be able to compete and competition breeds quality and that lack of quality is what angers me. Either way I truly hope they can do something that they aren't. That'd be nice.
