10 Reasons Spike TV Will Cancel TNA Impact Wrestling

2. The Failure To Build New Stars And Hold On To Old Ones

Even before the news of the cancellation of Impact was announced, TNA felt like a dying company. Granted, fans have had them on their deathbed for years now, but all the signs pointed to a promotion in its last days. The man who many viewed as TNA's franchise performer, AJ Styles, was allowed to walk away, much to the chagrin of the fans. Styles was a beloved talent who had been with them since the start, and his departure was seen as a huge negative. Now he's experiencing an incredible career renaissance in Japan and is quite possibly 2014's performer of the year thus far. Two other TNA stalwarts, Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian, are also no longer with the company, causing another uproar. Sting, the man who had spurned WWE's advances for years, finally threw in the towel and walked away as well. And there are reports that the company's inability to hold onto Hulk Hogan was viewed as an epic failure by Spike, and Kurt Angle is looking to get off the sinking ship now too. Along with all the big names they've lost, they've struggled at building their own homegrown stars. Guys like Austin Aries, Samoa Joe, James Storm and Magnus have spent the better part of their careers building a little momentum, only to have it snatched away from them by whatever WWE castoff TNA lured in that month. It's killed the audience's faith in the writing and hurt their willingness to get behind any "TNA originals", and is an indictment of the promotion's inability to grow in any way.