10 Worrying Signs From TNA Impact Wrestling's Reboot Episode

The X Division’s fast, furious action was a huge part of TNA’s early success. It gave the company the kind of visceral spotfests that WWE’s toned-down product just couldn’t match, and was one of the few things that made Impact feel like a genuine alternative to Vince McMahon’s company. Sadly, Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff’s tenureship completely took the focus away from the X Division, reduced it to an afterthought, and left many of TNA’s most talented wrestlers in limbo.

The past few years have seen X Division wrestlers afforded little in the way of storylines and progression. They largely compete in short multi-man matches that are always fun to watch, but accomplish little in the grander scheme, and there’s little to no focus on individual characters. X Division wrestlers largely feel like Generic Wrestler A, Generic Wrestler B, and so on, because the company just don’t care about differentiating them.

You’d think that Impact’s new team would see this as a mistake and renew the X Division’s focus, but no. The reboot saw Braxton Sutter, Marshe Rockett, DJZ, and Caleb Konley compete in a pointless four-way identical to those found in the previous era, suggesting that rebuilding the division isn’t a priority for the new leadership. For now, it looks like the one thing that used to drag viewers away from WWE and towards Impact Wrestling won’t be making a comeback.