Weekly News Roundup (9/26 - 10/2) -- TNA's doom

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You don't really have to have Asuka on the main roster. In just the last little while you had Dana (for what she's worth), Nia Jax, Bayley, Carmella, and Alexa Bliss all debut and are new. Asuka coming up now could just be white noise - another new woman - when they already have so many, or maybe (probably) they would have to put her over them no matter which brand they are on. Very probably, she would have to win the the title (regardless of the brand) either on her first night, or at her first PPV, and at this point doing that wouldn't serve anyone other than herself. Right now that spot is open for her to make a bigger impact upon her debut down the line.

They have to have Asuka on the main roster because she will significantly add to the quality of the roster. Asuka would only be white noise if you assume that she's little different from anyone else on the roster when she is very obviously not. She is very unique, very good, and very entertaining and also something that helps further to legitimize the women's wrestling as a whole. And yeah, they would have to hotshot her to the main event but that doesn't mean it would have to be overnight nor does it mean it couldn't benefit anyone but herself. You debut her on Smackdown right now, she can go right down the line from Natty to Carmella to Bliss to Naomi to Nikki before they get to Becky. That's at least five months worth of singles programming for Asuka before even getting to the title picture if they wanted to.

It doesn't matter when she debuts in the sense that she's going to make a huge impact regardless. Whether that's this week, next week, next month, or next year. But you need your best talents working your top shows and there is nobody better than Asuka under their umbrella in the women's division. Certainly a few that can be argued as her equal but none that are better and plenty up right now that don't deserve to be there.
 

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Both shows are incapable of running two signicant women's segments right now.

Asuka would get lost in the shuffle with the current booking. She is better off in NXT for now.
 

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Both shows are incapable of running two signicant women's segments right now.

Asuka would get lost in the shuffle with the current booking. She is better off in NXT for now.

That's more because the quality of talent isn't there for two significant women's segments. Asuka can and will carry her own quality segment without any assistance to leave others to do the second one.

She is better on the main roster and either show would be lucky to have her because she would get over and make for good TV and certainly better TV than whichever 2nd segment for the women comes on Raw or Smackdown. They relegate their 2nd segment to either a Nia Jax squash or a women's tag match of no consequence. An Asuka segment of any type would be ridiculously better.
 

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They have to have Asuka on the main roster because she will significantly add to the quality of the roster. Asuka would only be white noise if you assume that she's little different from anyone else on the roster when she is very obviously not. She is very unique, very good, and very entertaining and also something that helps further to legitimize the women's wrestling as a whole. And yeah, they would have to hotshot her to the main event but that doesn't mean it would have to be overnight nor does it mean it couldn't benefit anyone but herself. You debut her on Smackdown right now, she can go right down the line from Natty to Carmella to Bliss to Naomi to Nikki before they get to Becky. That's at least five months worth of singles programming for Asuka before even getting to the title picture if they wanted to.

It doesn't matter when she debuts in the sense that she's going to make a huge impact regardless. Whether that's this week, next week, next month, or next year. But you need your best talents working your top shows and there is nobody better than Asuka under their umbrella in the women's division. Certainly a few that can be argued as her equal but none that are better and plenty up right now that don't deserve to be there.

Their idea is bring her up later adds quality to a roster that has better quality. Nobody would have ever bought Alexa Bliss as the #1 contender is Asuka was on the roster, or that Carmella would feud with Nikki. They brought up these girls from NXT because didn't want them to run into Asuka.
 

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Yeah sorry, what was I thinking.

Asuka would get lost in the Carmella and Naomi shuffle
 

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Eric Bischoff sent out a tweet that makes it sound like he's going to open up a lawsuit against (Broken) Matt Hardy for saying he and Hogan raped and pillaged TNA.
 

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Their idea is bring her up later adds quality to a roster that has better quality. Nobody would have ever bought Alexa Bliss as the #1 contender is Asuka was on the roster, or that Carmella would feud with Nikki. They brought up these girls from NXT because didn't want them to run into Asuka.

I would've never put Bliss in the position of being the #1 contender. I would've made her champ right off the bat. I really don't care what Carmella is doing. Yeah, it's great she's being fed to Nikki but she's just not any good.

She would since that is who she would be feuding with, which is incredibly beneath her.

Unless people are ok with their current favorite Bliss losing significant tv time.

Even if it's beneath her, Asuka squashing the likes of Naomi, Carmella, or Natalya is great TV because of how she works and how she presents herself. Her squashes in NXT are awesome to watch. And my way of bringing Asuka in would have no impact on Bliss' TV time. There is enough TV time to allow for Bliss, Lynch, Nikki, and Asuka to do something meaningful.

Plus, she doesn't speak enough English

She doesn't need to. She shouldn't be speaking much to begin with but when she does, she gets the job done for what kind of character she is.
 

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Broken Matt Hardy would be ruined in about 10 seconds in the WWE. Wrestlers/talent are not allowed to be individually creative.
 

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I would've never put Bliss in the position of being the #1 contender. I would've made her champ right off the bat. I really don't care what Carmella is doing. Yeah, it's great she's being fed to Nikki but she's just not any good.

Carmella isn't any good, but that doesn't mean they're not trying to get her over.
Alexa being the champ with Asuka on the roster at this time would be even worse. They need to give these girls a chance to be taken seriously, that isn't going to happen with Asuka on the roster at this time.



She doesn't need to. She shouldn't be speaking much to begin with but when she does, she gets the job done for what kind of character she is.

I understand what you're saying, but on the main roster in 2016, to expect that is just not based in reality. It's just not going to happen.
 

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Carmella isn't any good, but that doesn't mean they're not trying to get her over.
Alexa being the champ with Asuka on the roster at this time would be even worse. They need to give these girls a chance to be taken seriously, that isn't going to happen with Asuka on the roster at this time.





I understand what you're saying, but on the main roster in 2016, to expect that is just not based in reality. It's just not going to happen.

I understand they're trying to get her over but that's easy if they just put her with E&C where she belongs. Alexa being champ with Asuka on the roster wouldn't matter one bit because you can keep Asuka away from Bliss as champion for quite some time. If you want to have these girls taken seriously then you need to put a serious talent in the mix. Just because Asuka is up there doesn't mean that she needs to be booked as unbeatable either. While Bliss and Lynch are going at it, you can put Asuka up against Natalya then Naomi then Nikki. Asuka is still going to need to get herself over with the WWE crowd and she can start at the bottom and work up. By then you could've had Lynch win the title off of Bliss after a good two month reign that would've legitimized Bliss. At this point, I don't think Bliss is going to get that title run and eventually will be playing secondary to Nikki and Becky. Which is fine but she could've at least been made more credible down the line with a title reign to her credit.

I don't expect them to bring up Asuka anytime soon. It's just the smartest thing that they could really do for a division that they're trying to give as much credibility as possible. She is, imo, the best woman they have under their umbrella and holding that down for mostly lesser talents is not a smart business decision.
 

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I just want Asuka to be called up as the wrecking ball she is in NXT. the main roster has heels, but no proper monsters like Asuka
 

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So what I'm understanding from the observer is that it is Dixie's fault this sale isn't done yet for TNA

Certainly everyone in TNA is blaming her, but of course they would, she's a lame duck. She's clearly to blame for the fall, but the sale not happening yet? I dunno, feel like the guys trying to buy it dont have the money, so thats on them
 

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You can not keep Asuka away from the champ.

The absolute worst use of Asuka is how they are booking the rest of the women in random tag matches.

Eventually she will get to the champ but you can absolutely keep Asuka away from the champ upon her call-up and keep her away for at least five months. All you have her say is that she needs to beat everyone to earn a title shot. Then you can give those random tag matches some actual meaning as it would be a way to progress a program against someone she's slated to go one-on-one with at a PPV. Hell, I can book her to not get to the champ for a year. It can be done and done well. Just because they have random tags now doesn't mean that you can't add Asuka in a way that her programs get lost. If anything, adding her would give less randomness to those second segments.
 
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