If we solely look at the example of ECIII, TNA has done this quite well over the last couple of years. Carter has been undefeated and technically still is, and it is always a fine stick for wrestlers to cling on to. It is where many other companies fall down, where competitors trade wins back and forth, making the outcome of matches irrelevant. Isn't that why we watch in the first place, to see our favourites win? TNA should implement a rankings type of system that follows wins and losses and provides appropriate rewards for victories. The company flirted with this with an annual Bound for Glory Series, but their own booking bogged them down. Right now the TNA World Title Series is underway, and instantly some fairly mundane matches will become important. Mahabali Shera vs. Crazzy Steve doesn't interest me at all, but knowing that Steve must win to stay alive in a competition? That introduces something to make me care.
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.
