As a pro wrestling fan, who has been as much for my entire life, I'm a cynic. It's not that I want to be or that I enjoy being overly negative, although I'm sure there are plenty of you that might think so. It's that I'm jaded. And watching the main event of TNA Bound for Glory play itself out last night is exactly why.

Bobby Roode was pushed to the sky for the past few weeks, complete with video packages airing week after week showing him preparing for his main event TNA heavyweight championship match against Kurt Angle at the biggest pay-per-view of the year.

He was booked to win every match against every heel leading into the show and was given a full endorsement from every babyface on the entire roster. There hasn't been this big of a push for a guy since Goldberg in 1998.

Okay, maybe that's pushing it, but you get the point. Absolutely everything was leading to Roode getting the title.

Then, he didn't.

After a 15-minute match that featured a ton of mat work because Angle came in with a bum hamstring, the champ pinned Roode using the ropes to aid him while Roode's arm was clearly under the bottom rope.

Not only did TNA end its biggest pay-per-view of the year with the heel going over -- which is almost a cardinal sin in pro wrestling -- they did so with a smoz finish that made absolutely no sense whatsoever.

There is no justification for this match ending the way it did. The match itself was actually serviceable despite the fact that Angle was badly injured going into the match and actually got hurt during it. Reports have him hurting himself even more with the spot off the top rope at the end of the match. The referee used the "X" sign and he was carried out, which wasn't part of the script.

But while Angle performed admirably, he shouldn't have the TNA heavyweight championship today. And now we know who may be to the blame for the whole mess.

According to Wrestling Observer, the plan for months was for Roode to win the title because, again, you don't spend as much time as they did pushing a guy without every paying it off. And yes, there's an argument to be made that they set up a rematch that will draw money but here's the thing -- it won't draw a dime. This was the right time to give Roode the title and doing anything else was going to kill the fanbase. Plus, how can you do a rematch in the near future with Angle as injured as he reportedly is?

What makes this worse is that Angle was reportedly in bad enough shape that he couldn't even make it to autograph signings before the show. Think about that for a second. This man was so injured he couldn't even show up to sign autographs and the decision was made to not only have him wrestle, injuring him further, but to keep the title on him.

What's the point of that? Roode was pushed huge, was booked really strong and Angle was hurt. All of that equals the former winning the belt and the latter taking a small vacation.

But of course not. This is the same company that allowed Jeff Hardy to go out for a main event match against Sting at Victory Road despite being so obviously drugged up he could barely walk to the ring and almost fell flat on his face getting into it.

Other reports coming out have Hulk Hogan being the prime culprit in Roode not getting the title. Hogan ruffled quite a few feathers recently when he claimed in an interview that Roode "isn't ready" and "he's not the next guy." The Hulkster would later claim that it was all a work and anyone that got upset about his comments -- which included AJ Styles -- was just a mark.

But, one day after Bound for Glory, Roode failed in his quest for the title. Now Hogan is getting the blame, with that one website we don't name saying he pulled a few strings and got the match changed to what we eventually got. It's no surprise, really, if that turns out to be the case. This man has been screwing up big money match-ups for years. Hogan is one of the greatest workers of all time but when given any measure of creative control, he's a disaster waiting to happen.

The match against Sting at Starrcade 1997 comes to mind.

In the same interview Hogan buried Roode, he gave a glowing endorsement to Jeff Hardy and said he was the next guy. Yes, the same Jeff Hardy who is being given chance number 28, who just served 10 days in jail, and has one of the worst drug problems in the history of pro wrestling -- and that's saying something.

There's a contingent of fans that will decry anyone for criticizing pro wrestling while calling themselves fans. "All you do is complain, it's like you don't even really like pro wrestling. How do you even call yourself a fan?"

It's because when wrestling is done right, it's amazing. When it's done wrong, as it was last night, it's absolute garbage. And we, as fans, don't have to settle for getting shit shoveled into our faces night after night from promotions that don't give a crap what the fans think.