Jeff Jarrett ALWAYS gets a reaction.
Before last year AJ always you to get a reaction.
Spots get reactions.
Eric Young (believe it or not) gets a reaction./
RVD's matches have been silent as fuck.
And no, I wasn't using his accomplishments to say he was good. That wasn't my point. If AJ didn't mean shit to TNA, do you believe they woulda put the title on him? This isn't a real sport. Management decide who they give the title to. AJ has held them all and the World Title was his for the longest. To say they wouldn't care if he went is moronic.
A new fan may or may not be watching because of WWE guys. Who's to say a new fan watched wrestling in the 90s? Who's to say a new fan may or may not of found TNA before WWE? This isn't unbelievable.
To say AJ only attracts long time TNA fans and marks is foolish, because I know as a fact, personally, that AJ was one of the wrestlers that attracted me to TNA during a time where I wasn't a mark and was more of a casual wrestling fan.
If fans are going for RVD or they're being told who to boo and cheer for, am I to believe they're still going for RVD if he gets no reaction? If Hardy, Jarrett, Anderson and Eric Young can get a reaction, why are some of the ex-WWE guys failing?
Right well there's no point arguing because you've flat old told me straight up you're a mark. That's fine, but we can't have a debate when you're marking for AJ Styles.
If you was a brand new fan then how in the blue hell did AJ Styles attract you to TNA? If you was to say indys, then you're not a real fan.
AJ Styles is not even on the FRONT of advertisements, like I said, go and look at TNA's website if you don't believe me, he's not there.
And who on earth that wants to get into Wrestling for the first time starts to watch TNA? Or hell, even KNOWS about TNA? Everyone, literally everyone has atleast
heard of WWE and if they were to think about giving pro-wrestling a try they'd tune in on monday night.
Do you honestly think that if AJ Styles was fire or left the company there'd be a drop in ratings? If people were tuning in to see AJ (or Joe) they would've switched off a long, long time ago.
It's so god damn stupid to think AJ is the face of TNA when his own company don't even think that.
Oh and once again, for the record (because I had to rattle on a bit). I'm a massive fan of AJ and Joe.
EDIT: I should also add that I too, started watching TNA last year (although have since downloaded from 2004+). When I got back into pro-wrestling last year I seeked out an alternative, a wCw if you will, wanted to know if one existed. I saw that this company on Bravo, that had Hogan, Hardy, Angle, Anderson, RVD, all those guys I enjoyed watching in WWE were there. So I tuned in.
It was awesome seeing them but while continuously watching I began to notice the other "original" talent. That's when I noticed AJ and Joe, the tag team division, the (at the time) knockouts division. You get to know the originals from being DRAWN by the ex-WWE guys.
That's how TNA should work now, they draw you in with the Angles, Flairs, Hogans and Hardys, then use them to put over the AJ's, Joe's and Lethal's. Except TNA has stuck with the WWE guys instead because they know how much of a
DRAW those guys are. And, as pointed out via TNA's website, has now used them as the face of the company. It's simple and I don't understand why you can't get your head round it.
