Tully Blanchard was put on this earth to be a professional wrestling bad guy. His name, synonymous with the NWA Television Title, remains one that instantly conjures memories of bloody, brutal feuds with some of the top babyfaces of the 80’s. Bobby Roode, cut very much from the same cloth, is currently in the middle of a career which may well still be on the rise. A former TNA Heavyweight Champion, as well as being a member of one of the greatest tag teams of the last decade, Beer Money, Roode is one of the very best in the business today. As great as he’s been with TNA, however, would a change of scenery not potentially propel him to even greater heights?

“The Blueprint” Matt Morgan has all the measurables. Standing 7'0" tall, weighing 330 lbs, and filled to the brim with athleticism, I'm left dumbfounded as to how he hasn't made a bigger mark on the wrestling business up to this point in his career. At various times in his TNA career, the brand has given him some legitimate pushes, but none where they seemingly ‘sold out’ for the self-proclaimed “DNA of TNA”. The problem with really big guys is, if you don’t stick with them after that initial push, if you’re constantly in a start/stop/start again mode with their character, it’s virtually impossible to get the fans back to believing he’s a true threat. A big man can almost never be an underdog, meaning once you put him on ice, once you make him look bad against guy infinitely smaller, it’s double tough to rebuild him in the eyes of the fans.  

Don’t misunderstand me, Johnny Curtis could always ‘go’. Long before the ball room dancing, the pyro, and foxy dancer on his arm, long before it took 10 seconds to say his name, Johnny Curtis was an underutilized talent within the ranks of WWE. However, as we’ve seen time and time again, being a good wrestler isn’t the quickest way to get to the top of the WWE power rankings. More times than not, you need that indefinable ‘it’ factor, that thing that makes the WWE Universe stand and take notice. For Johnny Curtis, the character Fandango is just what he needed to finally showcase his high level of talent and skill.

In and fair and just world, wrestling fans would be treated each week to storylines created, at least in part, from the mind of Scott Hall. Announcing legend, Jim Ross, has called Hall a “brilliant wrestling mind”, and many others, from Eric Bischoff to Kevin Nash have echoed those sentiments. Were it not for a myriad of demons, many of which crippled him emotionally and physically for a large part of his life, Scott Hall may well have found himself in a position similar to the ones currently held by Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff in TNA. Instead, the former 4-time Intercontinental Champion is fighting each and every day of his life against his addictions.