For years, anyone daring to say that TNA was dying would be accused of jumping on the bandwagon, of 'hating for the sake of hating'. As we slowly move towards 2016 however, even the most ardent of Impact Wrestling fans can surely see the writing on the wall, and must be discussing who will be the last one to tun the light out. Where did it all go wrong? A series of shaky TV deals, top stars jumping ship, nonsensical storylines involving the fake legs of war veterans, house show attendances down the toilet, what has happened? I was in my final year of university as 2010 came around, and the enthusiasm and excitement over TNA was a very real thing. They had the strongest roster of workers in the business, a decent TV and PPV deal, and a real alternative to WWE seemed to be growing. Of course, Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff then happened, the Monday Night Wars were re-ignited but more closely resembled a Monday Night Fight Against A Fly In The Bedroom. Now here we sit, five years later, waiting for the misery to end. It isn't over yet though, and there are a number of things TNA can do to save its ship from sinking. Here are seven possible medicines for this most terrible of ailments.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
