What’s Bothering Me? (In Professional Wrestling)

October 31, 2011

#1. What Was The Point, TNA?

I was just putting TNA over for what I felt was a positive swerve in putting the title on James Storm instead of Bobby Roode. However, we're going to now see a heel turn by Roode and a title swap this Thursday night on Impact Wrestling.

Bobby Roode I'm perfectly fine with Roode's heel turn. I think that will serve him well. I also think Storm will work better as a face right now. But what was the point of putting the title on Storm at all? Roode should have just won at Bound For Glory like originally planned.

Roode beating Storm doesn't devalue Storm's title win. He was never supposed to get it in the first place. He gained from it. Roode's win on Thursday will mean considerably less now. Had he won it at BFG, that wouldn't be the case.

I also agree with Madden's latest editorial. The Roode/Storm feud should have been held off for months. There would have been a number of ways to set it up with the heel turn and it would have meant much more than it's going to now.

I'm still looking forward to Roode and Storm working each other, so I'm not ruling it a complete bust yet, but it's not the direction I would have taken to get it started.

Chris Cash can be reached via email at wzchriscash@yahoo.com or on Twitter @RealityofChris.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.