For Bo Dallas recent main roster debut, he defeated the masked Sin Cara in his first two matches. In Brams first TNA singles match, he defeated the masked Tigre Uno. Now Im not going to say that TNA ripped off WWE since this is a pretty minor detail, but it just makes you wonder why no one else could have taken Tigres spot. After all, the man has been fairly impressive in the ring, but fans have been given absolutely no reason to care about him. Its not really his fault. He wasnt given a chance, and TNA took one of the few X-Division wrestlers in the entire company and had him manhandled by a former NXT castoff. The X-Division used to be one of the few things that TNA could actually brag about. Now the title is almost non-existent and rarely defended. When it is, theres no storyline to support it. Therefore fans dont care and TNA continues not to try. Its a self-fulfilling prophecy, and the company would rather have evil authority figure No. 1 vs. evil authority figure No. 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7OA30kjVA0&feature=player_embedded Now, if you compare Tigre Uno to Sin Cara, at least Sin Cara was given a chance in his company. His attitude and inability to work a WWE style match was what sunk him. Tigre Uno was given one televised singles win on Impact, and then lost every other time. Expect this Tigre to be extinct from the TNA ecosystem sooner or later...only to reappear in a few months with Jesse Godderz under the mask.
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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