TNA: O's and NO's

Shame on us. Straight up, it must be said. Tha "O" Show just simply hasn't paid enough attention to TNA. It's been mentioned by many O-sters that "TNA sucks" but that just simply isn't true. There have been many an O-moment in TNA's short history... and since our favourite TNA stars modelled our very own "O" Show t-shirts, this company deserves our respect.

ESPECIALLY considering that TNA's version of WresleMania is coming up on October 22nd! The less-cool sounding Bound For Glory is TNA's premier event. And if it's ONE thing that TNA definitely does NOT suck at...it's delivering at their pay-per-view events.

I'm looking most forward to the tag-team match between the LAX and A.J. Styles & Christopher Daniels. Not only have they had a lengthy feud, the in-ring skills of each competitor is impeccable. How often is an A.J. Styles OR Christopher Daniels match O-less? Practically never.

Christian Cage and Rhino should be entertaining as well. Last night's "Impact!" helped to showcase why Christian is one of the best in the business. His "Ladder Fight" with Samoa Joe had a few O's to speak of. No stranger to ladder matches and more specifically, sick spots in big matches, Christian and his longtime buddy Rhino are sure to put on a major battle. As Gregory Helms and Matt Hardy proved at WWE's No Mercy, guys who have a long history together as legitimate friends have already developed a formula for great match making. (Okay, putting it that way was kinda gay, but you know what I meant).

Not to mention, Christian is still awesome on the stick. It made so much sense that Christian would not want to comment on the Sting/Jarrett main event, refusing even to face the screen during his promo...since he's the "real world champion". He plays the arrogant heel to a tee...and should NEVER be a babyface. Hopefully, he'll be holding the gold again soon.

Now TNA isn't full of O's. Here's my list of NO's:

The commentary. Mike Tenay and Don West suck. Period. They are so cliche and downright dry, they add nothing to any TNA broadcast. For some reason, TNA is avoiding the classic babyface play by play guy and heel colour commentator formula. Instead, they're going with two uninteresting fogies (is that how you spell it?) who talk over each other although they're saying the same thing.

K-Kwik. Yeah, that's right K-Kwik. They call him Ron "The Truth" Killings but his busted-ass gimmick hasn't changed since he was dancing in WWE. Why is he still dancing?! It's the most retarded looking dance ever! This guy wouldn't make it past round one of any of those loser-ass reality dance shows. And he can't rap either. He makes John Cena look like Big Daddy Kane.

Now this is all unfortunate considering that Killings' in-ring skills are actually pretty decent. Ever-agile, this dude needs a gimmick that can compliment the talent that he actually has.

The main-eventers. Unfortunately, TNA's main event picture is oh so WCW. Sting VS. Jeff Jarrett as the main event for Bound For Glory = bullshit. I will have tuned out before the final match. I've never been a fan of either competitor. If TNA wakes up one day (correction, if Jeff Jarrett wakes up one day) and allows the company to ride on the backs of its young talent (and I do mean those WITH talent) TNA will be a force to be reckoned with.

Until then, people like John Cena will continue to make snide remarks about the company...although like Cena, most could never perform at the level of the majority of TNA's roster.

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