no way they're gonna start their new era on AMC making Dolph Ziggler champion...
>>19434588TNA ripping off WWE again
>>19434588The future of TNA is a WWE midcarder from 10 years ago
>>19434588>Ziggler is somehow the better option out of your challenger and championlolTNA as always
>>19434588Why not? He's a recognizable, ex-WWE star. They want to start the TV deal off with someone casual fans know. It's no different than Chris Jericho being the first AEW Champion.>>19434759Kazarian is even older than Ziggler and casual fans barely know who the fuck he is.
>>19434778He was champion before in TNA, nobody cared and he went over Joe Hendry when he was hot. Doing the same thing and having him go over Santana would be a disaster.
>>19434588ziggler is probably the best option they have for champion.besides the hardys, he's the only one on their roster that the average wrestling fan might know (although they don't know nic nemeth), and he's still as good as he ever was.with hendry gone, who else do they have?>kaz holding - he should probably drop it to pop a rating>santana - i think he stinks and they have to build a chase for him again anyway now that people are watching>cardona - doesn't actually work therethey're not gonna put it on goofs like mance, maclin, eric youngtheir actual options are like solo jeff, moose, ziggler
>>19434778>ziggler is no different than jerichthis is your brain on e-slop
>>19434892kek I was about to post this
>>19434812I'm assuming he'd be going over Santana so Santana can eventually get his win back at the next big PPV. This is just textbook wrestling booking. Hell, TNA already did this 20 years ago when they took the NWA belt off Rhino and put it on Jeff Jarrett right before they debuted Spike TV. Network execs thought Jarrett was more recognizable than Rhino, and thought having a face chase after the heel would be a good way to get new viewers interested. Like I said, textbook wrestling booking.
>>19434937The next PPV is 48 hours later though. On no planet would that be good or textbook booking.
>>19434588WWE's trash can. Then, now, forever.
>>19434953Last minute hook brother
>>19434885>drop it to pop a ratingthe fuck does this even mean? Do you think as he's losing it 100k people will call their friends and say holy shit TURN ON TNA FRANKIE IS LOSING? How is him winning or losing popping a rating when nobody knows the result until after already watching?
>>19434937>wins belt>a month of no wrestling just recap shows after your biggest show of the year >loses the belt immediately on the first show back>leak to dirt sheets that he's all angry and not showing up>shows up anyways and nobody cares because it was all done for some random ass tag match on a PPV or TNA plus special idk >win the belt back from Frankie on the first TV show>Lose it fucking again literally immediately that night>win it back 48 hours later>after all this expect people to give a shit about Santana or the beltyeah that would be brillaint booking.
>>19434937>thought Jeff Jarrett would be more recognizableI'm sure Jeff had nothing to do with them having that belief and then booking himself to win AGAIN as fans chanted DROP THE BELT DROP THE BELT and literally begged for other people to get a chance.
>>19434953It's textbook TNA booking
>>19434588how was his first run with the TNA world title?
>>19435906Sometimes, when a title change is very obvious, it draws in viewers to see it happen.
>>19436206wasn't that pre-taped?
>>19436209Yes and people only tuned in because it was spoiled on Nitro.
>>19436206Yeah, that'll put some butts in the seats
>>19434885>santana - i think he stinks and they have to build a chase for him again anyway now that people are watchingWell that's too bad, the Fed already poached him and he's just spinning his wheels until his contract runs out
