WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 on the way

Have you seen the new WWECW? Its shocking. Anyways after Wrestlemania they plan to phase out most of the ECW originals except Dreamer (coz he's good friends with Shane McMahon). Yes that includes RVD too, he has refused to sign a new contract and has been vocal that he wants to go. The so called "new and improved" ECW is a joke and a piss on the legacy of what was really something special and every single original have even realized that they got suckered in. Even Dreamer acknowledged that ECW is dead after December to Dismember, vocally

After that you got CM Punk and a bunch of guys that suck provided Monty Brown/Marqus Cor Von remains as lazy as he's always been, and even Punk is not wrestling as good as he was 2-3 years ago.

So why are you looking forward to ECW's inclusion to the game? I would have no problems spitting in the face of Vince McMahon after unzipping his pants and urinating on the legacy of ECW

Sorry bout the rant but this is an issue VERY close to my heart

Sandman is very unhappy with his situation (who can blame him) Sabu has been heard of referring to Vince as a c**ksucker and regrets leaving TNA. RVD has been very vocal that he wants to goto TNA.

CM Punk is currently not on the bookers nice list, he has an "attitude problem" apparently because he is trying to use his sense of humor backstage to try and fit in. But I doubt he can be too happy there, his matches are laughable compared to what he is capable of. Look for some of his matches in Ring of Honor against Homicide and Samoa Joe, the war between those 3 are some of the best wrestling matches I have ever seen

At least within the next year or so TNA will be getting their own game. I have grown very disillusioned with WWE, theres guys there that are capable of so much more yet its almost like they have been told to "dumb it down" as to make the old farts look better

EDIT: Wanted to add something

Oh and for the guys that didn't watch the old ECW I got a few things to suggest

1) Buy or rent "The rise and fall of ECW" and you will get an idea of how great it was
2) Rent ECW One Night Stand 06, the bonus disc is "Barley Legal" ECW's first PPV and what a show it was, I bought it just for Barley Legal
3) Steve Austin's "Stone Cold" character is a direct rip off of the Sandman

Vince did a better job of destroying the legacy of WCW more than he did ECW. Vince has painted a picture of WCW being an evil empire that he crushed and he's the good guy.

Vince has ALWAYS been the evil empire of the wrestling business, he crippled the NWA, he pissed on the legacy of his main competitors and he is hell bent of wiping TNA off the map simply because they offer a better wrestling show than he does.

RVD like others (Sabu, Sandman) want out because what they were affraid of happened. Origionally they were basically given their word that they would let Paul Heyman run things like the old days and WWE were going to take care of the "business" side of things. Vince and Stephanie took over the show to try and make it more like WWE and even went as far to taking Paul E off the booking fullstop. They know they were used. Dreamer will most likely stay on but you can see why Raven, Dudleys and Rhino never even thought of going back.

According to Vince everything that has gone wrong with ECW is the fault of Paul E and ECW originals and apparently they "don't get' what the new ECW should be. Vince has NEVER gotten what ECW was about and should have let Paul E run it the way it was meant to, mostly at the Manhattan Center and the ECW Arena, keep the originals and bring SOME new guys in and keep "superstars" like Big Show and Lashley out of it.

Vince gets sports entertainment, but he never has and never will really "get" professional wrestling

Austin had his neck broken at Summerslam 96 and has never wrestled a good match since.

Goldberg matches while cool to start with, I got real bored real fast with them. My fave characters (persona's) in WCW were Buff Bagwell and Disco Inferno. There were too many good wrestlers in WCW that never really got the chance they deserved because the belt was almost always on Hogan (and boy do I hate him)

EDIT: last financial year, TNA broke even and they are expected to make profit soon, thought I am sure Kurt Angle's signing and Sting's contract didn't help their inital bottom line.

At the end of the day TNA offer what WWE does not: good wrestling

Russo isn't doing much. He's just throwing out ideas. Jeff Jarrett is still running things, him and Mantell are mostly to blame for some of these stupid story lines. Jarrett seriously suggested making the X Division bouts "more like video games" fast and over soon. Now that idea is so much worse than anything Russo could come up with. One idea thrown around was making the X Division legit and basing it not just on pinfalls but on points too (which is interesting but won't work). I think Russo should have less input in his current pet projects and focus on getting some X Division guys some personality, this makeover bs with Kevin Nash, Alex Shelly, Austin Aries, Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt is quite pathetic, and blame Nash and Mantell for that

Ted Turner's only real use was a checkbook to get guys like Hogan (who TNA DO NOT NEED) and Bishoff is burnt out, he had a few good ideas (like nWo) but I think they just need to re-think a few of their story lines

Christian Cage vs Samoa Joe, brilliant match, best match Christian has pulled off in my mind. Mind you if they want this TNA Heavyweight Title to have any credibility when it is born (they are losing the NWA World title soon) they need to put it on Joe, who pretty much is the best wrestler in the world. Apparently the losses to both Tomko and Christian were to punish him for what he said publicly about "bad booking" when he was announcing his farewell to ROH, though he maintains TNA was not on his mind when he said it

Other things, this Robert Roode Inc storyline totally sucks, all of a sudden Roode came out claiming to be the hottest free agent in the business and now hes just being used to make people feel sorry for Eric Young. Give him a better finisher and give him a push, put him in a program with a solid main eventer

AJ Styles heel push isn't working, its hard to boo someone that gifted, despite I am sure Russo had nothing to do with it. Those 2 are real good friends and Russo came in last time AJ tried turning heel.

Christopher Daniels new look is interesting, we dont know if hes focusing his attention on the X title or calling out Sting, or both! I always thought the reason Daniels was being held back in the X Division was he didn't have "the look" to be a main eventer, but the Fallen Angel may get his well deserved push

The Sting/Abyss angle was pretty bad to start wtih but I think it has picked up except for the last rites match (which was Mantell's idea NOT Russo despite what most people think and the "FIRE RUSSO" chant)

Some feudes have just gone for too long, especially AJ Styles and Rhino along with LAX vs Team 3D. I am intereted in seeing what new team Hemme is going to bring in to feud with VKM

Some characters just dont make sence, Lance Hoytt is now apparently with the VKM while The Truth is doing a comical "movie star" sort character while they were becoming a really good team, makes so sence.

Jeff Jarrett is expected to return in a baby face role sometime soon, Jarrett is the kind of guy that you could never cheer, like its hard to boo Sting (which Russo tried in WCW) its hard to cheer Jeff, the guy has been a solid heel for too long, they tried a heel/face switch between AJ and Jeff in 2003 and it didn't work, it was quite pathetic (yes Russo was involved with that) and this time its Jeff pulling his strings to try and be the top face of TNA, which wont work coz the crowd will never accept him.

On ECW, it was tough being able to watch ECW but it was worth it, I knew a guy who would go to the states reguarly and would bring back video tapes (usually 6 months at a time and alot of tapes) in the late 90's and I would rely on the internet to keep up to date with story lines. So no I have not watched a few DVD's and called myself a fan. I am saying for people to get an idea about what ECW was like, get the DVD's

TNA was Jeff Jarretts way of saying "screw you Vince" and Dixie Carter does not seem like she would want to sell. Especially this is the only wrestling organization currently that has the potential to beat WWE

Oh and the remark about Bret Hart vs Steve Austin WM13, yes that match was amazing and probably the peak of Austins career as far as a wrestling match goes, this was before Owen broke his neck, he has never had a good "wrestling" match since, its been fist, forarms, Lou Thez press, Stunner. You want to see Steve Austin wrestling really good, watch his wars with Savio Vega, I always cheered him before he started fueding with Bret Hart, as he was my fave wrestler and in my view best wrestler Vince McMahon ever had working for him, run rings round guys like Hogan, Savage, Rock, Cena, Batista, HHH and many others