7 Ways TNA Resembles A Dying WCW

4. The X-Division Means Nothing

When WCW and the WWF were battling for the hearts and wallets of fans, the WCW faithful could point to the Cruiserweight division as superior to most of the talent in Vince's company. It was like nothing that had ever been seen on a national scale. To this day, it's the greatest roster of lightweight wrestlers ever assembled with talent like Dean Malenko, Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, and Eddie Guerrero to name a few. As the years went on and Eric Bischoff was ousted from power, the division became a shell of its former self. Future booking regimes like Vince Russo and Kevin Sullivan either didn't care about the belt or made it a joke when talent like Madusa, Oklahoma and The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea all had their runs with the gold. When TNA first started, co-founder Jerry Jarrett was very high on the potential of the X-Division. Great talent was brought in like A.J. Styles, Jerry Lynn, Amazing Red and Lo Ki. Again, there was nothing like it in WWE. Over the next few years, the X-Division turned into a chaotic train-wreck as nearly every pay-per-view started with giant spotfests that tried to fit in nearly every wrestler in the division. Compared to what it is now, that was a golden era. There is barely any division to speak of currently. Sanada is the champion, but we'd never even heard of him a couple weeks ago. Besides that, no one even talks about the belt anymore. No wrestler is actively trying to win it. It's just an afterthought to the main focus of the company, which seems to be the neverending battles for power. Speaking of which...