Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff who was the former Boss of WCW recently talked about the rise and fall of TNA Wrestling. He explained why one of the biggest wrestling promotions of 2010s had to fall apart.
TNA wrestling came into existence back in 2002. The promotion came into the world of professional wrestling holding the hands of the former four times WCW World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett.
Eric Bischoff On TNA Wrestling Falling Apart
Speaking of WCW, the long running famous professional wrestling promotion announced its bankruptcy in 2001 and sold to Vince McMahon, the owner of WWE. The disappointed WCW fans was looking for an alternative. Most of them was not ready to accept WWE as their sole option.
And that is what TNA tried to be; the alternative of WCW. Needless to say, it failed drastically. Of course it had its moments. It was able to sign some of the biggest names of professional wrestling of that time including the likes of Kurt Angle and Sting.
Kurt Angle and it was their biggest signing and throughout his 10 year career of TNA career he remained the face of the promotion. They also created some stars who went on to become some of the biggest names in professional wrestling, such as AJ Styles and Samoa Joe.
But ultimately TNA wrestling failed to compete with WWE. They made some bold moves, but the moves were only bold, not clever enough. These are some of the biggest mistakes they made.
In reality they could never compete with WWE, unlike WCW. The promotion is still in existence under the name of Impact Wrestling but it is far from its glory days and it is nowhere near the mainstream competition. Hopefully the promotion shines again in the near future.
Eric Bischoff who was the former Boss of WCW recently spoke on his 83 Weeks podcast where he talked about the rise and fall of TNA Wrestling. He explained why one of the biggest wrestling promotions of 2010s had to fall apart. He said;
“It’s been the bane of my existence and frustration over the years with all things TNA because of what could have been. It kind of goes back to what we were saying earlier (about AEW), if the goal is to build a big roster, and TNA built a big roster, they had some big names there with Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, and at one point Booker T, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and all the others that went through TNA with the idea of, ‘Let’s get these guys on the roster and the audience will come’. No they won’t.
“You have to do the other sh*t right too. It’s one thing to have a big roster, and it’s another thing to have a big roster and build your business with a great strategic plan and vision, and that’s where TNA fell apart. There was no strategic plan and there was no vision. This PPV is a perfect example of it.”
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