10 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About TNA

7. The Knockouts Division Was Flawless

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Time for a little smidgen of negativity, and this is a point that'll touch a nerve with those who believe WWE's current 'Women's Evolution' movement is copyist behaviour. The truth is that TNA weren't the first to push proper, serious female grappling; anyone who thinks they were needs to take a look back at All-Japan Women.

TNA's Knockouts division wasn't as great as some say.

Only a handful of women in the company were great workers. For every Gail Kim or Awesome Kong, there was a Velvet Sky, Miss. Tessmacher or Lacey Von Erich. Don't get this writer wrong, those ladies had their place, but they weren't quite up to scratch with modern delights like Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Rhea Ripley or Asuka.

Whilst it is true that TNA pushed women's wrestling to the forefront long before WWE, it's not accurate to say something broad like, 'Oh, the Knockouts division was top notch'. A few workers were, and they had excellent matches. Others? Not so much.

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