Total Nonsense Again

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.”

Regardless of how nice a place it is to work, and how good the people involved are, the sad fact is that TNA is a train wreck. Week to week we see a succession of bizarre events during matches, the promotion of the TV show over the pay per view offerings, and the promotion of former WWE stars over people that were took to their current highs by TNA. Pretty much nothing this company does makes sense.

I’ve started referring to when TNA will fail, rather than if, and that’s something that makes me sad. The re-branding to Impact Wrestling was clearly nothing more than a shot at Vince McMahon's dropping of the word ‘Wrestling’ from his company’s’ name. I honestly can’t fathom how the presentation of Impact sends the message that “Wrestling matters”. In the first episode of the new era, its architect was missing from screen, and we opened not with a match, but with a non-wrestler talking. It would take over sixteen minutes before an actual match began.

The sheer amount of baffling decisions made by the TNA hierarchy meant that Mick Foley’s involvement was never going to end well. He understands wrestling. He understands logical booking, keeping continuity and why stipulations should be adhered to. Those with the power in TNA at present do not, and it’s in the best interests of Mick Foley to get out of there, even if it negatively affects the current angle.

In all honesty, the majority of the audience are past caring. We watch TNA in spite of all of this stuff, certainly not because of it. It’s worth wading through the garbage for the moment we get to see AJ Styles in action. We know that TNA needs a Mick Foley to come to its rescue, but we also understand that it’s probably more trouble than it’s worth for him.