8 Great Ideas TNA Gave Up On

6. The TV Title

There was a good idea behind the introduction of the Television Title, but there were a few flaws behind it.

The TV Title was a staple of WCW’s mid-card for years. When Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff came to TNA, they resurrected that idea after getting rid of the awful Global Championship (which was preceded by the even worse Legends Championship).

In 2012, though, they gave the TV Title a new twist: it had to be defended on TV every week. While that seems a bit much (perhaps having it defended every other week would have given enough time for a new challenger to be established), it was a great idea to finally give that belt an identity. It would be a working man’s belt, one that needed to be put on the line more than any other title in the business.

However, the company picked one of the absolute worst choices to be the first champ when that rule was enacted: Devon.

On a roster filled with great, exciting talent like Desmond Wolfe, Austin Aries, and Christopher Daniels, they went with a WWE castoff who was on the downslope of his career, and was never known for being a good singles wrestler in the first place. Did anyone want to see Devon matches every single week?

Well, the idea of defending the belt every week basically lasted...a few weeks. Perhaps Hogan and The Bisch realized that fans weren’t all that excited in seeing 52 Devon title defenses in a year.

After that, the belt went through another change when it became the King of the Mountain Championship, and we all went back to not giving a damn.