WWE vs. TNA: The War is On
History often has a way of repeating itself sometimes. On January 4th, 2010 history will repeat itself once again when TNA Wrestling moves to Monday nights to compete with the WWE. It was on September 4th, 1995 when WCW Monday Nitro aired against WWE Monday Night Raw. The reason WCW decided to go head to head is because they had the biggest name in history, Hulk Hogan. Hogan was still in prime and could have great matches. TNA now has the biggest name in wrestling history but the question is will he wrestle? There is no doubt that Hulk Hogan will draw viewers in but if he ends up wrestling how many more people will he draw in?
A lot of people look at this as the same thing as WCW because of Hogan, Bischoff and Russo being in TNA. However, Dixie Carter has made no bones about who is in charge of TNA. TNA has a mixture of a lot great, young talent as well as some great veterans. The first TNA Impact on Monday nights will be a 3-hour special featuring the return of Hulk Hogan to TV. The funny thing about this is WWE has never considered TNA competition but has decided to have a three show that same night. It should also be noted that the rumored guest host for Monday Night Raw on January 4th is Bret Hart. It is no secret Bret Hart hates Hulk Hogan so beating Hogan in something would give him a lot of satisfaction.
Something else I would like to point out is Kevin Nash keeps telling people that “The band is getting back together,” which is referring to n.W.o. Could Hogan be bringing back guys Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, and others close to Hogan? I will this, we do not need another n.W.o. in wrestling because it got to be way to much during the end of it. My advice is to TNA Wrestling is not to make the same mistakes that WCW did because they have a lot of great talents whose lives and careers depend on it. TNA Wrestling has a chance to rewrite or repeat history with this major move.
The one factor that everyone is forgetting about is the UFC. The UFC and TNA Wrestling are on the same network which happens to be Spike TV. Why do you think Hulk Hogan made the announcement on the last UFC show? That show drew 5.2 million viewers because of one Kimbo Slice so many of those people saw Hulk Hogan and heard the announcement about TNA Wrestling moving to Monday Nights. You count on the fact that TNA and UFC are going to plug each other on their shows and sometimes the UFC and TNA will be airing back to back so that’s huge for both companies. I am fan of both pro wrestling and MMA so I look forward to those nights that UFC is on then TNA Wrestling to follow or vice versa.
It all starts January 4th, and the first shots will be fired. This is going to be incredible. I never thought in my life that I would see WWE have someone go head to head with them again. I am excited and wrestling fans should be too. It’s going to be a great time in the wrestling business. WWE vs. TNA, let the battle begin.
