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See, the face/heel turns happening all the time thing is the conditioning to a modern product. They didn't used to happen all the time. Not everything was some big angle, because if every segment was an angle they would stop to matter. This a post-Russo hangover. Everyone has to be doing something, kinetic, hitting someone with something, or changing all the time. Wrestling can be patient, smart and emotionally effective. There is a spot in wrestling for short title reigns, sudden turns, quick turnarounds and changing direction; but there's also a spot for slow-builds, planning, tension, coherence, and sticking to something.
TNA has burnt a lot of bridges with many different fans and many different talents over the years. Its core "identity players" have all left (save for Abyss), and almost all of them have gone on to do bigger and better things. That jades people. And it's not the fault of the on-air talent there or even some of the people behind the scenes right now. It is very easy to see the bad in TNA and overlook the good it is trying to do -- I'll give you that. But it doesn't help itself with some of the shit it throws out there -- it really doesn't.
See, I can watch older things and I still love it. If I were truly outgrowing wrestling, wouldn't I be like "hmm, that was stupid." No, I love wrestling. I just don't like the current trend that everything needs to be bad to be good. Or that because it's fake it doesn't matter what story you tell. Or the excuse that everything is bad justifies things being bad.
I love your posting, man, and I love that you engage with so much, and I'm sorry to be such a downer -- well, I'll rephrase that -- I'm sorry if me being critical of things gets people down -- that's not my cause. But I don't feel much like censoring my opinion because it's easier to stick fingers in ears and go "la-la-la." Debate me, argue with me, prove me wrong -- that's all well and good -- but I'm not going to stop because I also love wrestling; I just hate the shape that it's in.
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