10 Big Changes To Make TNA Great Again
3. Rebuild The Roster
TNA have a decent core group of wrestlers. The Knockouts roster is fairly strong, and EC3, Drew Galloway, the much improved Lashley, and Eddie Edwards are capable of carrying the main event. Recent signings like Aron Rex, Moose, and Mike Bennett provide a strong midcard presence, and in the tag scene, The Decay’s ongoing war with Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero has been absurdly entertaining.
Despite all this, there are very few names on TNA’s roster capable of blowing an audience away, and there’s plenty of fat to trim. For the most part, TNA’s workers are solid but unspectacular, and that’s got to change. Billy Corgan’s going to need to start dipping into the free agent talent pool, and no, that doesn’t mean picking up every WWE castoff as soon as they hit the market.
Instead, TNA should look to the indies during their rebuild. They likely can’t compete with WWE for the biggest names, but there are countless independent workers who’d provide an immediate boost to the company’s fortunes. From former UFC fighter Matt Riddle to England’s Mark Haskins, the options are only limited by TNA’s ambition.
Moreover, why not reach out to overseas promotions and reinstate the talent exchanges that saw countless great wrestlers from Mexico, Japan, and elsewhere moonlight in TNA a few years ago? Their shoddy treatment of the likes of Tetsuya Naito and Kazuchika Okada might hinder this, but who wouldn’t want to see some of the world’s finest pop up in TNA every now and then?