What Happened to the Wrestlign in Wrestling?

Here is a very interesting fact about this week’s ECW show as compared to this week's TNA Impact broadcast.

This week on ECW, there was just under twenty five minutes of in-ring action. By that I mean actual wrestling, not skits or promos that took place in the ring.

This week's TNA Impact broadcast featured--and keep in mind that it is a 2 hours show--just under 18 minutes of in-ring action.

Hence the title of this post. So what the hell has happened to the wrestling in the pro wrestling. WWE, for all it's numerous booking faults as of late still devotes a majority of their programming to actual in-ring action. Whether or not that action is good or not, that's debatable. However, this week's TNA broadcast was dominated by poorly stupid vignettes and unnecessary promos. Let's recap.

I'll recap the things that I saw and deemed as unnecessary. Keep in mind, I didn't see the whole show because I was flipping back and forth between Impact and Ricky Gervais on HBO. I was more entertained by Ricky.

First off, the horrible--and incredibly cliché--contract signing between Awesome Kong and Angelina Love. I'll be very honest, the only thing that kept my attention during this segment was Angelina Love's low cut shirt. The part at then end of the segment when Kong powerbombed Rudy Charles through a table was mildly amusing as well. For the most part, I could have wasted my time on more entertaining things.

Second, the vignette of Kevin Nash and Booker T training for the upcoming I Quit match was useless. In fact, I have objections to the entire match itself. It's more than likely that A.J. Styles--one of the best wrestlers in the world today--will be stuck selling for an aging and an increasingly unentertaining Booker T. If A.J. Styles has to say "I quit" to Booker T, I would recommend he negotiate out of his TNA contract and give Vince's promotion a shot, because he's getting screwed.

Well, Mick Foley promised us the most outrageous segment ever to air on Impact, and he delivered in spades. He should have mentioned that it would also bored, annoy, and disgust all of the long time Foley fans. Mick Foley "wrestled" a cardboard cutout of Rocky Balboa. Why? The worst part of it all was that Foley hinted about Terry Funk all damn night. This has now led to further speculation that Terry Funk could work some shows for TNA. TERRY, DON'T DO IT!!! Not even Terry Funk can help the idiots booking for TNA. Maybe he can beat some damn sense back into Mick Foley, but I doubt it.

While WWE's product as of now is very imperfect, there is still a lot of in-ring action to be seen. Some of that action is very good in fact. You can't help but smile when John Morrison, Shelton Benjamin, MVP, CM Punk, Charlie Haas, or Evan Borne (Matt Sydel) step into the ring. Unfortunately, I cannot now say--nor have I been able to for quite some time--anything remotely as kind about TNA.