While Halls partner Kevin Nash may not have been a great get for TNA, he at least put over some talent during his run and at least showed up for work on time. He also lent his star power trying to help elevate the talent in the X-Division. Scott Hall showed up multiple times, without anything good coming from it. The last few years of Halls run in WCW was pretty troubled and disappointing, but compared to his time in TNA it was like watching Ric Flair in his prime. Hall actually appeared on the first weekly TNA pay-per-view in 2002. It seemed like a good get for the company at the time. They were starving for stars, and Hall had some name value. He didnt last long. He had nine matches before leaving for a couple years. Upon his return he completed three more times. In 2010 he came back once again for eight more matches. Three runs. Twenty matches. The only people he put over in singles matches? Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash and Jeff Hardy. All ex-WWE guys. TNA tried their best two times to re-capture the NWO magic with The Kings of Wrestling and The Band, but both failed miserably. A clean, motivated Scott Hall would have been worth a fortune to TNA. A troubled, lazy Hall was an embarrassing waste of everyones time.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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