The TNA Originals are made up of guys that have spent the majority of their careers in TNA Wrestling without going to WWE because they either loved it in TNA or they simply weren't wanted in WWE. Some of the main TNA Originals include guys like Jeff Jarrett (obviously), AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Bobby Roode, James Storm, Abyss, Eric Young and others are guys that are only known for their TNA work because they weren't in WWE. Even Samoa Joe would count although he joined TNA about three years after they got going. Even though Styles and Daniels aren't in TNA anymore (the company is really cheap now), they will always be considered TNA guys because they were there when the company started in the summer of 2002. It was their work, along with guys like Low Ki, that really got people talking about TNA thanks to their ability to have exciting matches all the time. Bobby Roode (also known as Robert Roode), James Storm and Eric Young are guys that have done everything in the company. Roode's been the most successful of the three because he's more of an all around talent, but Storm has definitely had his moments. Young was mostly booked as a comedy character for his career although he did become the World Champion this year. Some say that's a reason why the company fell apart because he was booked so poorly for so long, but if you look at it from a positive perspective it's a way to reward him for his hard work. Every company needs its core group of talent. When you look back at the main TNA guys it's fair to say that they all worked their asses off to get where they are and it was smart for the company to invest in them because they're all very talented performers. Just because they didn't sign deals with WWE doesn't mean they lacked talent. If there was one "face" of TNA then it's Styles and he ended up leaving towards the end of 2013 because of a contract dispute. They wanted him to take a massive pay cut. He refused, so he left. That's when people really started to get down on TNA because if AJ was going to leave then that showed there were major problems in the company.
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