Extreme Letdown

God what a lovefest TNA just was...there is no "invasion", just an upcoming ECW farewell PPV. Wasn't that One Night Stand in 2005?

This smacks of emergency re-writes by Russo and Co. Didn't just last week Abyss beat up some meat and declare that "they" would change everything. I guess "they" didn't sign Paul Heyman. I doubt that Abyss would be "paving the way" for a one off PPV. Abyss was not on TV tonight, and that speaks volumes. It says to me that not signing Heyman and Dreamers torn MCL forced the hands of TNA creative to do something to salvage the angle. Damage control.

You know, even with Heyman, I wasn't too excited by an ECW invasion. It was certainly interesting , and having Heyman control booking would have positive long term benefits. But I read something last week that opened my eyes to another possibility so awesome it makes the IWC wet themselves with delight and makes the ECW invasion look as tired and stale as some have suggested any incarnation of it would be...what if the "they" that Abyss has been talking about wasn't ECW at all but...Ring of Honor?!

Now it has been said that Jim Cornette would have to be dead before he would work for Dixie Carter and Vince Russo, but money talks in this business and for ROH being on Spike would be money in the bank (no pun intended). I'm not sure how anyone in the company could turn down that kind of exposure. It makes almost so much sense that it probably can't happen, but it would be an absolute coup for TNA and probably save Vince Russos job. Imagine it....Daniels comes back to TNA to take vengeance for AJ turning his back on him....the shit writes itself. AJ vs Daniels, Lynn vs RVD, Steen vs Joe, Ares vs Hardy, Briscoes vs MCMG, Strong vs Angle....the list goes on and on.

I mean...TNAs core audience is hardcore wrestling fans and WWE PG era defectors....they must know that anyone with a computer and the ability to type "Samoa Joe" into Google will see his name linked with ROH wherever they look. Kayfabe cannot be maintained in the Internet Era so why even try. Embrace your talents origins and use it to your advantage...nothing propels a storyline like a little history. Dixie Carter mentioned in her promo tonight that for wrestling, Hogan was the '80s, and ECW was the '90s. The '00s are ROH.