Rumours of TNA's eventual demise have been growing, especially as their deal with Spike TV comes to an end as the year draws to a close. If it were to finally shut down, the news would be met with a mixed response from the wrestling community. Some would bemoan the vacuum its absence would create in the wrestling industry, the WWE lacking any sort of competitor to spur it into providing a better quality product. Other promotions are either too small (most notably Ring of Honor) or simply too difficult for an English-speaking audience to show interest in - especially New Japan Pro Wrestling, which boasts a fantastic array of talent from top to bottom). In response, TNA's critics would argue that the demise of Total Nonstop Action means the demise of the atrocious matches it produces on a startlingly regular basis. Since its birth in 2002, the promotion has provided the wrestling world with some of the worst matches ever broadcast. Not all of these choices are due to their atrocious in-ring action (although some most certainly are) - some take horrible booking decisions into account, others illogical or convoluted stipulations. Although a bad match can't kill a company on its own, even if it's one of the most atrocious bouts in wrestling history, the fact that all ten of these travesties were produced over just 12 years by the same company can't bode well for TNA - especially considering its uncertain future.
