10 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About TNA

8. TNA Didn't Try Anything Groundbreaking

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This is a piggybacking point on the 'dumping ground' one.

One can sling all manner of insults TNA's way for their failures, but nobody can accurately claim that the promotion didn't try anything fresh and new. The organisation literally started out by producing weekly pay-per-views, which wasn't something the industry was exactly ready for in 2002.

Over the years, Impact also revolutionised certain aspects of the product by introducing a new six-sided ring and brand new gimmick bouts like the Ultimate X. Although not everything landed, it'd be an outright lie to suggest that TNA never worked hard to build on wrestling's foundations and take them to the next level.

As previously covered, some ideas like the dreadful 'Reverse Battle Royal' would never catch on. Despite that and other flops, TNA never caved and repeatedly attempted to push their creative limits by coming across as different to the norm.

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