10. Start With The Future
If you want to cement the future of your company, you need to begin with the stars of tomorrow. Thats exactly what TNA did with the very first episode of Impact Wrestling back in 2004. The show opened up with a six man tag team match, pitting Team International vs. Team Canada. Looking back on this match up, its amazing to see the amount of future stars involved. The first three men introduced as part of Team Canada, were Petey Williams, Eric Young and Bobby Roode. Add to that Amazing Red on Team International, who already had a previous run as X Division Champion and in total, you have 3 future X Division title reigns along with two future World Heavyweight Champions in Roode and Young. This same formula can be applied to the newest edition of Impact. Despite Eddie Edwards and Davey RIchards both being just passed 30, they remain two of the younger more talented stars on Impact Wrestling. Whether you believe it to be The Wolves, or guys like Bram and Jessie Godderz, as TNA management, you need to utilize them early and often and if you are lucky, in ten years from now, we ll be able to go back to this episode of Impact and see where the future began.