10 Huge Mistakes TNA Copied From WCW

4. Ludicrous Gimmick Matches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi9KP6aQmW4 I don't want to let WWE get off scot-free here, since they did give us the Kennel from Hell and the Punjabi Prison, but in WCW's last few years they had some atrocious gimmick matches which made absolutely no sense and made the company look like a shambles. There was the famous Judy Bagwell on a pole match, where she was actually on a forklift since you can't put an older woman on a pole, and there was a Viagra on a pole match. Because pole matches are box-office, apparently. These ludicrous ideas contributed to fans either switching over to WWF or stopping watching wrestling all together. TNA somehow managed to top all those stupid ideas, however, as you'll see in the above video. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Reverse Battle Royal! That's right, where the aim of the match is that the first half of the competitors to get inside the ring, get to then compete in a regular battle royal, while the other half of the wrestlers are eliminated. Not only did somebody think this was a good idea but it made it onto TNA's biggest pay per-view event of 2007.
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