Sixteen years ago a top in pro wrestling. They had the attitude era in WWF and the Monday Night Wars. The attitude era's begining was amazing. It was born at the king of the ring in 1996. When Austin gave his iconic austin 3:16 speech. That started a time in wrestling that would never be matched. Shortly after that the orginal Degeneration-X got started and ran wild through the WWF. Lead by Triple H and HBK with Ravishing Rick Rude the orginal group was as it says degenerates that didnt follow any rules but there own. In WCW at this time a similar group was being formed in the NWO. This group took things a little farther then DX. They actually took over the show from time to time. They also got the companies "leader" in eric bichoff to join them. When the NWO was in full force there was no stopping them. That was also the downside as so many factions of the nwo exsisted the wolfpac the lwo it came to a point were everyone in wcw was almost in the NWO. The wcw in this time also created some of the most inovative matches. One was the War Games match were it had three seperate rings in a battle royal and the final partcipants competed for a title or just to be the winner. They also made a match to counter wwe's hell in a cell that was the triple cage match. This match though entertaining ended in a very poor way which was the begining of the end for wcw as david arquette won the wcw heavyweight title. After this happened Jeff Jarrett started his own version of the NWO called NWO Silver and Black. Though entertaing it never got the same following because jarret as a leader of the group just wasnt believable. In wwe they made some of there own unique matches. One of which was TLC the first ever TLC match was between the hardy boys edge and christian and the dudleyz. This match was one of the best of its time. The precurser to this match which was the ladder match between edge and christian and the hardy boys also had some jaw dropping moments as jeff got speard off the hanging belt. After some back and forth rating wise with the monday night war's eventually wwf baught out wcw. This at first was very intresting. They had an alliance storyline were wcw "invaded" wwe but it fell weak as some of the top stars goldberg,sting, and kevin nash were not involved as wwe didnt want to pay there high contracts.
In 2002 a new wrestling company got its start. It was named Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling. It was founded by jeff jarret. This company like the orginal wcw had some amazing moments like any of there ultimate x matches or there 6-sided cage match. The company thrived for a while focusing on the x-division and having jeff jarrett be the big dog in the company. This only lasted so long. The big blow that tna got in on wwe which made it seem like a big rivalry was going to happen is when Kurt Angle signed with TNA. This happened in september of 2006. Kurt right away made a huge impact in tna starting of a rivalry with samoa joe and eventually being tag champs with joe and soon the tna heavy weight champion.
Fast forward to now 2011. Both compaines are still around but at times seem to be grasping at straws. WWE as it is now called there top star is john cena who love him or hate him is the face of the company and does a pretty good job at being that face. He is schduled in 2 weeks to have a wrestlmania match against the current wwe champ The Miz. A big speculation is that former wwe champion and attitude era big shot the rock is going to be invoved as he is the guest hots of wrestlmania. This wrestlmania while the card looks good it seems as if they are just trying like hell to get ratings up. They have braught in stone cold steve austin to refree a pointless match with micheal cole vs jerry lawler. They have a match that should be quit entertaining in the undertaker vs triple h. But with the billing for this match they are trying to trick fans into thinking this is the first wrestlmania the two have faced eachother at wrestlmania 17 were taker defeated the game. The wwe is trying to put this out of the fans mind because they want it to seem new which it is not. I am not saying the match will not be entertaining because i am quit excited for it. But with how many wins taker already has at wrestlmania these matches lose there appeal as it never seems like he will lose and never seems believable that he could. The other main event is set up to be edge vs alberto del rio for the world title there have been rumors that christian edge's long time friend will be involved but that is yet to be scene. If wrestlmania draws big I can see a end to tna for several reason's. Which will be bad for wrestling because as of right now tna is the only thing close to comptition for the wwe.
A big reason tna is in a down fall is they have no true face to there company. For a while the face of tna has been jeff hardy former wwe champion but he is no longer there top star as he is facing drug charges. His last match in tna was against sting at turning point. Jeff hardy showed up to the match in no condition to compete. There are rumors that he was drunk or on drugs but also that he was just sick. Eitehr way the match shouldnt of happend as it did. It started off jeff walking out to the ring barley standing up right. He got into the ring and right away eric bichoff ran off and made some changes to the match mainly saying it was now a NO DQ match. The match started with jeff teasing fan's acting like he was going to throw his shirt but it never happend. The match had a total of 3 moves which didnt even take up two minutes. Sting punched jeff pushed him into the corner and then hit his finshing ddt on jeff and got the quick three count. After this match you could hear a loud chant from the tna fans saying this is bullshit. To which sting walking up the ring nodded his head and said I agree. Tna since 2010 has been on a drastic downfall since hogan and bichoff joined the company. Like they did in wcw it seems as they are doing in tna and proving that they can kill any company.
I am hoping that wrestling turns around and returns to some resemblence of its glory days. I have no strong feeling that it will happen though. With one company on its last breath in tna and another with no one to threaten tehre top spot in wwe it seems more or less that things will stay the same.
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