TNA Returns To Its Roots With Reappearance Of Six-Sided Ring

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Anybody with half a brain could tell you that Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, better known as TNA, has been on a downward spiral in recent months, chalked up to poor booking decisions, almost copying WWE story lines, and refusing to nurture and promote any home-grown talents. However, with the return of TNA’s longtime trademark, the Six-Sided Ring, tchis could be the turnaround for Americas second largest wrestling promotion.



Now, hear me out, TNA is still going down for now, but this could be exactly the kick in the ass the company needs. While it is just one piece to a larger puzzle, it is a step in the right direction.



For those who weren’t around back when TNA had its (patented) Six Sided Ring, that was when TNA was a unique alternative to the WWE; it still is to an extent. The reason the ring was abolished was to try and by more like the WWE, using a four sided ring to boost ratings, when it intact started the companies decent into damn-near bankruptcy.



As previously stated, this is only the tip of the iceberg, with heavier underlying problems other then how many sides the damn ring has. TNA has been struggling greatly on the monetary front, with most investors leaving when it became clear that TNA was never going to top the WWE in popularity. Not to mention the fact that they have only a handful of wrestlers that they have created; wrestlers that haven’t come from other territories such as WWE, ROH, NJPW, and the like.







And the worst part about it: TNA has had AMPLE amounts of young, hungry talent come through its door, only to more than prove that they have what it takes to make it in this business, and be turned away.



Obviously this doesn’t count all of the wrestlers that have been here since damn near the beginning, or at least before the begin of the collapse. Eliminating those from the list leaves: 1) Rockstar Spud, a surprisingly good heel who cuts solid promos and can go in the ring, and 2) Samuel Shaw, one of the best – previously – unknown wrestlers who just finished a brilliant feud with Mr Anderson and Christy Hemme, and is now (keyfabe) getting released from a psychiatric facility under the care of Gunner. Thats it. TWO.



In the past they have made some of the bed homegrown talent, but this was also when TNA Creative was lead by story-telling mastermind Dutch Mantel, known to many WWE fans as Zeb Colter, the manager of the Real American(s). Back in those days, TNA produced such talents as James Storm (a formal World Heavyweight Champion and twelve, count them TWELVE, time World Tag Team Champion), Bobby Roode (a formal nine time World Tag Team Champion, and the longest reigning TNA Wold Heavyweight Champion at 256 days), Magnus, Austin Aries, Kenny King, and EY Eric Young just to name a few. As previously stated, these are all great talents that were made before the collapse.



This was announced earlier in the week, and the cleansing process has since continued on the June 26th episode of IMPACT! Wrestling on SpikeTV, where MVP (who?) was revoked of his status as general manager of wrestling operations, his successor being the Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle who now has more pieces of the puzzle to put back together than ever before.



All in all, I really, truly hope that TNA makes a bounding comeback. They have been a great alternative for WWE for just over a decade now, provide great, technical wrestling, with all of the hardcore-ness of the Attitude Era. They still curse. They still have Monster’s Ball matches, where there are bags of thumbtacks, the TNA classic barbed-wire board, and fan favorite Janice, a two-by-four piece of timber with nails protruding from all sides, the weapon of choice for the monster Abyss.



And last but not least, the final comparison its WWE counterpart: the good guy does NOT always win.



