[billbears]

Oh I agree with you. The have a long, long way to go. The few times I've watched it, it seemed about the level of what you'd see at the local armory if you know what I mean. I heard something about Christian debuting tonight but they're not at the level I would even think about buying a PPV yet.

The thing is it may very well be going back to what you were talking about with the semi-national circuits. WWE isn't pulling in the numbers on USA and it shows. Five-ten years from now will there be a 2 hour wrestling show every Monday night? Contracts nonwithstanding at this rate, probably not

[HitmanLV]

I think the best thing they could do is get the title off of Jarrett - he makes the whole promotion look small time, if you ask me. They have a long way to go: the path is to cultivate credibility first and foremost. Then develop good characters with compelling story lines.

Even the WWE is deficient in that regard, lately.

Yea, I'd love to see the return of several regional promotions. I'm oldschool when it comes to wrestling. Right now there's too much T&A, even though I love good looking women around, the constant procession of bootie carted across the screen detracts from the wrestling ambiance.

I like a slightly seedier wrestling that had a basic credibility to it. Even if some wrestlers were not credible, the championships always had an aura about them. Now, its a cartoon sideshow. I don't care for the direction it has gone and as I said on the day Vinnie Mac won the wrestling war by purchasing WCW for a song, he can only go down from here!

Wait and see.

[HitmanLV]

Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer radio show comes on in a few minutes. He isn't live every week, though. I hope he is live today so he and callers can discuss this tragic loss.

[HitmanLV]

Meltzer is live and discussing Eddie now. Bret Hart comes on for an interview in about 30 mins.

[L`enn]

My son said he saw TNA on Spike-TV. I do not know if it was a one shot deal or not.