What originally started out as a criticism of the re-launch of Impact has now morphed into a general criticism of TNA’s approach to basically everything. If this veers into an unintelligible rant a lá Ric Flair I apologise, but it’s hard to stay focused when discussing this shambles of a company.
Mick Foley has recently published an apology of sorts for leaving Impact, and in effect, killing the whole angle of the re branding. But to be honest, as much as it hurts to say this Mick, you’re wrong. Sure it would have been better to leave either before this nonsense began, or after Destination X, but in all honesty none of that matters. The good that Mick sees in TNA isn’t related to the product at all, it’s that it was “a very good place to work, full of good people, who treated me and my family very well.”
So the rumour mill has it that the WWE is concerned about how SmackDown is doing and felt that Randy Orton would be a big enough draw to cover the loss of Edge, and how wrong they were. Talk of canceled weekend house shows and lacklustre crowd response to the main eventers all add up to what on the outside looks like a very worrying time for the "B-show".
But let’s take a second and a step back to look at what’s actually happening on the blue brand. We have three credible, former champions competing for the big gold belt, coming off arguably the best match at Over The Limit, and with the current Christian 'heel turn' the feud could go in a new very interesting direction. The heel turn for Christian is a very interesting move on the WWE's part due to the fact he is actually acting less of a heel than Orton has in the last few weeks. Put simply, while still remaining face, Orton has basically been a dick in the feud with Christian and has used circumstances very much to his advantage. Yet Christian will be the one walking out of this feud the bad guy.
