10 Signings That Could Have Saved TNA

7. Kevin Owens

In 2010, Kevin Steen left Ring of Honor. He wasn’t getting paid what he thought he was worth, and his notoriously icy relationship with head booker Jim Cornette was getting worse; it was time to go. He had plenty of options on the indy scene, but all TNA had to do was call him, make him a decent offer, and if he refused, make him an even bigger offer.

Steen's exit from ROH was the year that Hogan, Hall, Bischoff, Flair, and RVD all came into the fold. Steen would have cost a fraction of what any one of their deals were, and with the right push, he would have given TNA so much more than all of those names combined.

His signing could have made the statement that TNA was the place to go for promising indy talent. It would have endeared hardcore fans to the promotion, instead of scaring them off by further building the company's reputation as the place where former WWE and WCW veterans went to earn an easy payday.

Imagine Steen/Owens being given the Samoa Joe push he had received when he first joined the company; it certainly would have created a lot of buzz. And right now, he could be in big programs with Bobby Lashley, Drew Galloway and Matt Hardy.

While Owens is doing incredibly well in WWE, he could have been even more important to TNA, as perhaps he would have helped stave off their sharp decline.