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Do You Think TNA Will Ever/Should Ever Take Anderson, Abyss & Storm Seriously Again?

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#1 ·
Title says it all.

I think Storm still has a lot of untapped potential. After BFG 2011 I thought TNA should have made Storm their "Guy". He was super over and quite marketable. Even as a heel I think there is a lot there. Maybe another feud with Roode post BFG.

Abyss has run his course. Much like Kane, there isn't anything new TNA can do with him. He's been heel, face, unmaksed, re-masked, humanized, a grand slam champion. His best bet is to head to ROH or Japan.

Anderson on seems to have been lost since 2012. It would tame some serious creative to revamp him. He would make a perfect TV champ but TNA has since retired that title. I thought maybe he would get another run near the top of the card after his Bully Ray feud, but I was wrong. He shortly found himself with the likes of Samuel Shaw and Gunner, and remains there almost 6 months later.

Thoughts?!?!
 
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To be honest when Anderson first debuted in 2010 he could have been huge for TNA. Here was a guy who a lot of people thought the WWE misused and treated unfairly but he was quickly killed off in dumb story lines and random face to heel back to face to heel turns. Anderson is ruined for TNA and should probably be looking at being in the role he is currently where he works with midcarders coming up the ladder or Upper Midcarders who need a win after losing a feud. It's a shame because he could have been a solid main eventer for them.

I never really saw the potential in James Storm to be honest. Solid tag wrestler and an okay Midcard singles guy but he doesn't scream main event talent to me. I think TNA has done the best they can with him but these days he's not in great shape and is getting up there in age. I'd use him in a tag team or whatever but I can't see him getting the main event run that some want him to.

Abyss is a complete mess and shouldn't even be with TNA to be honest. The guy is fat, can barely move and won't do the things that he's known for anymore due to age (Hardcore stuff). If TNA MUST use him his best role would be as a heel body guard who doesn't talk or wrestle but in all honesty he should be released so he can go off and work the indies or Japan or what have you. Definitely not a future main event talent.
 
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I pretty much agree with you. Abyss and Anderson are fine where they are or can be in a tag team to help out that division. Storm can still be a ME player and probably should be.
 
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Anderson still has the ability to be the main guy on Impact week in and week out IMHO. He can work a crowd as a face or heel, is ok enough in the ring to get a story told and can deliver on the mic. The only thing he'd have to do is tone down his shtick and be a little more serious, let him get a few wins and bam he's back in the mix. I'm honestly waiting for his interaction with MVP.
 
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Anderson and Storm yes. They both get good reactions and both can be heels and faces. Also they haven't really been through storylines were they have been jokes. Abyss on the other I don't think so. His original character is very far away at this point. Also the amount of silly/comedy bits have damaged him. Another thing to keep in mind is that he has slowed down a lot. Again changing what he could do even more.
 
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Abyss should take that stupid mask off, one it looks awful and two we know what he looks like so whats the point of it?

Anderson was ruined my terrible booking back in 2011 and what seems to be a lack of motivation of Anderson himself.

Storm can still be a upper midcarder/Main Event imo.

SOR said:
Abyss is a complete mess and shouldn't even be with TNA to be honest. The guy is fat, can barely move and won't do the things that he's known for anymore due to age (Hardcore stuff). If TNA MUST use him his best role would be as a heel body guard who doesn't talk or wrestle but in all honesty he should be released so he can go off and work the indies or Japan or what have you. Definitely not a future main event talent.
He was in a Monster ball 2 weeks ago :aries2
 
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He was in a Monster ball 2 weeks ago :aries2
A majority of TNA's hardcore matches these days are WWE style hardcore. Back in the day Abyss would do barbed wire, glass, tacks etc etc.

That's what he's known for. Abyss doing WWE Family Friendly hardcore doesn't excite anyone.
 
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Would like to see Storm in ME again. Anderson and Abyss should be used to push younger talents. But Abyss as a world champ sounds interestig to me. Dont remember him having a real title reign.
 
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james storm's new look and music makes him look even more legit. I would have no problem with him getting the long run that's due
 
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Anybody can be saved. I doubt that TNA do anything worthwhile with them though. Gaburick is an idiot and the writers that are with him looks like two useless losers. I think they probably have no idea what to do with Anderson, all they know is that they want to keep him. And Storm, I'm laughing imagining seeing Lagana and Conway trying to come with ideas for a old school southern character like him. It's almost hopeless.

Anderson, it's simple, the guy is a born jerk. Just turn him heel and let him shine. Just use whatever the Hell that thing with Gunner and Sam Shaw are doing to become a bully to Shaw then Gunner take it personally and that's how Anderson turns. Anderson is the ultimate cocky heel.

Abyss, get rid of that fucking lame mask. Write him a good storyline. The moment they gave a mask back after Lockdown TNA were clueless of what to do with him.

Storm, put him right back into the main event. His work with Roode in 2012 was the best stuff TNA has ever done so he deserves to be there. Now just watch tapes of his heel work in late 2006 and 2007, that was freakin amazing stuff. Dude was a brawlin' sneaky evil son of a bitch. Take that and make it darker where he would slaughter people with objects. Like a mix of the 07 stuff and Abdulla the Butcher. Have him bring a brand iron and hit people with it. Hang people with a bull rope. Raise Hell, basically.

It's hilarous how TNA come up with storylines for new guys like Bram and his brainwashing of Magnus and do nothing for established guys. It would have been interesting if Storm would have acted as the Bram to Roode recently. Storm talks to Roode into joining the dark side, hitting people with objects. And Roode contrary to Magnus, rejects it and that's how Roode turns face. Would have been more original than "Roode comes in and save EY from a beating".
 
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I thought Anderson was at his best when he was a heel while he was opposite Kurt Angle. but since then he has mostly been playing the wrong part. when they had Immortal Anderson was missused by being a face opposite Immortal. Anderson got another chance to be a heel when he was with Aces and Eights, but I think that was missused because I don't think he fit into a biker gang. since then he has been a face and I don't think he fits as a face.
I don't know who else TNA could have used to "save" Christy from Samuel Shaw, but I think Anderson would have been better WITH Samuel Shaw.

I thought TNA had a great feud with Storm and Roode when Roode was champion. I thought it would have been good to have Storm beat Roode at Lockdown that year. but instead Roode won when Storm superkicked Roode and he landed outside of the cage to win. I think Storm has been a disappointment since. I also think it's disappointing that that was the year TNA went on to start option C with the X division champion Aries winning the title for the first time, IMO without being built up enough yet as a heavyweight.

Abyss is supposed to be this monster. when was the last time he came off like a monster?? I think TNA had a good opportunity to take Abyss back to being a monster this past winter/spring when he was gone for so long as we had "Joseph Park". Abyss could have/should have came back with a manager that did the talking. Abyss talks too damn much for someone supposed to be a monster.
 
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Storm has been great since his heel turn - really refreshed his character. I see him as a definite main eventer (as he was in 2012 when he had that brilliant feud with Roode). I'm just not sure I see him as World Champ material.

I disliked Anderson for the longest time but since he re-signed his contract near the end of the Aces and 8s run he's seemed a lot more motivated. However, I don't see him as a star for the company. He's an upper midcarder who can fit in the Main Event, the sort of guy who can win tag gold or put younger guys over but really his main role in the main event is to be "a big name" for the defending champ to feud with (and beat) before he moves on to the guy who will actually take the belt.

Abyss fulfills a role but I'm not sure it's a role that needs him to be full-time. If he just turned up every so often, destroyed everyone on the roster then disappeared again that would be great. There's a definite need for a monster that everyone, heel or face, shits themselves when they see him. But that's something that should happen rarely and who knows if he'd be up for that part-time role? Other than that I can't see many interesting angles for him.
 
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I'd love to see Storm back in the main event scene, probably one of the most versatile performers on their roster and has been for a long time. They squandered Anderson and ran his Asshole schtick into the ground when it was catching on but like anyone with good booking he could bounce back, he's still a great talker. Abyss is good in his current role, the character's been dragged through so much crap but he's still one of the brand's most identifiable talents and can be great for filler roles like EY.
 
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- Anderson is out of shape, doesn't seem to show signs of wanting to carry the brand. The best work he did recently, was during the Aces&Eights days.
- The Abyss character should have died with Joseph Park, by now he should be wrestling as Chris Park without a mask.
- Storm is a quality worker that will never be on top because he can't impose himself over others. He will always end up on feuds carrying other guys and making them look like a million bucks.
 
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I don't care for Anderson at all and couldn't care less if I never see him again. I feel like he's one of those guys who was picked up around the time Hogan came in to give the company more "star power" to draw in new fans but he never really did anything to earn his keep IMO.

I used to like Abyss but I think the character isn't salvageable at this point. He's been going downhill since James Mitchell left and he started talking. Plus, over the years he's put on a lot of weight (I'd say he's twice the size he is now as he was in 2005) and has been put in some of the most ridiculous storylines in wrestling history.

I never cared for Storm outside of AMW or Beer Money. I feel like he's more of a tag wrestler. I don't want to see him have a title run, but it wouldn't surprise me because he's one of like 4 who were there in the beginning who never left.
 
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Storm is one of the best talents on the roster, really good heel, good worker and decent in the ring. It was looking great for him after his match with Roode at BFG 2012 but now he is just in random feuds and losing to Gunner all the time.
 
#21 ·
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Storm - sorry but he needs to get away from wrestling Roode and Gunner. Of course, they would face each other in the Bound for Glory series. Unless he starts wrestling Lashley, he will remain mid card.
Anderson - I agree that he should have been the one helping Shaw against Gunner and Hemme. I just don't see Anderson going very far in TNA again.
Abyss - needs to be the monster, but has been ruined by the Joseph Park gimmick. He needs to wrestle both the faces and heels.
 
#23 ·
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Storm - sorry but he needs to get away from wrestling Roode and Gunner. Of course, they would face each other in the Bound for Glory series. Unless he starts wrestling Lashley, he will remain mid card.
Anderson - I agree that he should have been the one helping Shaw against Gunner and Hemme. I just don't see Anderson going very far in TNA again.
Abyss - needs to be the monster, but has been ruined by the Joseph Park gimmick. He needs to wrestle both the faces and heels.
And the last time Storm wrestled against Roode was like 5-6 months ago
 
#22 ·
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I think people are forgetting but the time Storm was getting a big push he had to go away a few times due to injuries. If anything that's what stopped his momentum.
 
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^Bret & Shawn had the world's worst chemistry :aryalol

As for the topic: Storm yes. He's real good as a heel. Much more convincing. Simply put: it is him.

Abyss, nah. Midcard at best if they like. He's kind of acceptable in his current position as it is, if still around.

Anderson. lolno. Worst knob around. Kick to the curb.
 
#33 ·
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^Bret & Shawn had the world's worst chemistry :aryalol

As for the topic: Storm yes. He's real good as a heel. Much more convincing. Simply put: it is him.

Abyss, nah. Midcard at best if they like. He's kind of acceptable in his current position as it is, if still around.

Anderson. lolno. Worst knob around. Kick to the curb.
Yea Bret and Shawn had the Worst chemistry, they only had the Best Match in WWF History at Wrestlemania 1996. :D:
 
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I think a lot of people measure storm and roode and don't really think they are main event quality because they don't draw like wwe stars do(which is impossible even in new japan), or wrestle the puro style. What most don't realize is that since neither of these guys are that and are actually really good FOR tna. What works for wwe probably won't work for wwe, and what works for the indies does not work for tna either, tna needs to find that middle ground like they use to.
 
#29 ·
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Storm should be in the main event. Abyss and Anderson, on the other hand, are stale as hell.
Storm is going to have one of the best matches at BFG with something to do with Sanada and Muta from the looks of things
 
#30 ·
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Storm still has value has a upper-card heel and when it calls for it the stable half of a tag team. As long as they don't book him against Roode he could be that feud that gets a rising face up into the main event.

Anderson just doesn't even try anymore in the ring and he's the most annoying guy promo wise TNA might has ever had. Unless he's in a feud with Angle or Bully he lowers whoever he's with and wastes whatever time they give him.

Abyss should never have been brought back - the reason why Joe Park worked as a uncoordinated mess with heart is because Abyss is pretty much an uncoordinated mess. He can't do singles matches well, sticks out in tags and even anchors down hardcore matches. Hell, he can barely get down the ramp without falling down.
 
#31 ·
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Anderson is pretty much a upper midcard, lower main event guy. He will never be the top guy in any company. He doesn't have the ability really, but don't get me wrong. He is good in the ring, just not good enough for a top spot. He will get perhaps another world title reign, but for the most part, I see him being used to put over mid carders, perhaps with a tv title run.

As for Abyss. He has never been that great. He's a mediocre ring performers, and his best matches are hardcore style matches, like Monster's Ball. He has the ability to put on good matches when he has someone to help him. His main issue is he sucks on the mic. He needs James Mitchell back to do his talking for him. His best work was when his character was mute, and Mitchell was his manager.

Storm is a great wrestler, great on the mic. He just needs to be built up better. They had a chance to build him up as a singles wrestler and dropped it. I think that he will be given a couple world title reigns in the future. But, I see him reuniting with Bobby Roode and dominating the tag division mostly. Perhaps even a return of Chris Harris and a AMW reunion.
 
#32 ·
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James Storm - My Thoughts Exactly, keep him heel and he can win a world title a heel james storm v a face bobby roode!

Abyss - Definitely My Thoughts Exactly and its time for him to go! Indies or Independents is likely his best bet! He wouldn't even make the ROH or NXT Roster =(

Anderson - his TNA success has passed and he also has ran his course in TNA, sadly is becoming a Joke, he is better as a face than a heel, but even that isn saving him anmore!
 
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