LET SNOOKI BOOK!
Several years ago at a Pittsburgh indie, I saw a teenage kid from New Jersey work. Good physique, solid work, definite prospect. Rob Eckos.
TNA has signed Eckos and is casting him and a valet in a “Jersey Shore” gimmick. Wait a minute – a gimmick that actually references something CURRENT? How will TNA juxtapose that to EV2? The nWo? The Four Horsemen? Hulk Hogan?
Point is, Eckos is good. He deserves this shot. But it reminds me of when WCW debuted Three Count in the middle of the boy band craze. *N Sync and the Backstreet Boys were HUGE. But WCW half-assed Three Count, so Three Count failed. Jersey Shore is HUGE. TNA can’t half-ass Eckos.
But TNA will. This gimmick deserves a big push. It won’t get it.
Shame, too. TNA should phase out all but a few big-money contracts – Kurt Angle is ALWAYS worth keeping – and go with a smaller, low-budget, relatively anonymous crew. Develop stars, don’t recycle them.
TNA could produce exactly the same TV rating with that kind of roster. Same meager PPV buyrates, too. Costs would diminish. So would losses. TNA might get some mileage out of being the little engine that could. You can’t be the little engine that could when you’ve got Hogan limping to the ring. You’re the little engine that used to.
Only one thing could make the TNA picture complete: DDMe!
Is there any doubt that Dixie Carter is the dumbest promoter in pro wrestling history? She makes Paul Alperstein look like Sam Muchnick.
Mark Madden hosts a radio show 3-6 p.m. weekdays on WXDX-FM, Pittsburgh. Check out the Mark Madden page at WXDX.com. Contact Mark via wzmarkmadden@hotmail.com.
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