10 Reasons Spike TV Will Cancel TNA Impact Wrestling

By Brad Hamilton /

10. Uninspired And Unoriginal Creative Direction

One of the most frustrating things about TNA for fans of the promotion is that every time it seems they€™ve turned a corner and have started putting forth some compelling television, they do something to colossally muck it up. The company was riding a wave of momentum with the excellent 2012 Bound For Glory series, Bobby Roode€™s title run and the ascension of Austin Aries, and then destroyed all those positive gains with dragging out the Aces & Eights storyline for what felt like 11 years. The path for TNA has always seemed so clear€”instead of being Diet WWE, give the fans an actual alternative. Why would we watch TNA to see WWE angles rehashed, oftentimes less effectively? And they€™ve been doing it for years. Most recently, we€™ve seen them try and recapture the Daniel Bryan magic with the Eric Young championship failure. And now we€™re apparently seeing James Storm morph into a shameless Bray Wyatt rip-off. If WWE goes right, TNA should go left, but instead they go right also, chugging along in the same lane in a much slower, less efficient car. The many great workers under the TNA umbrella who€™ve busted their rears for the company deserve better than to be painted as cheap knock-offs of the competition. And when that doesn't work, there's always another ECW reunion/tribute/navel-gazing angle that can be ran.