BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
“Worst Case Scenario” is a new take on the concept of “fantasy booking”. For years professional wrestling fans would spend endless hours of thinking up the coolest things that could happen. Why waste the energy? This only leads to high expectations. “Worst Case Scenario” flips that. Instead of looking through rose colored glasses, let’s take a bi-weekly look at the worst possible scenarios in professional wrestling. I’m not going to be malicious or anything too mean, but I will not refrain from letting my brain come up with the worst possible shit I can. Sadly, it seems the writers and producers of mainstream TV wrestling and the mainstream iPPV level indies are doing the same thing but charging us for it. And now…
“TNA Starts a Network Too!”
The WWE now has a network. For better or worse, they have made history with this big leap forward. Some say it’s an innovation, but other entertainment services and brands have done this already. It’s cool and hell and I look forward to seeing what direction this could take things. I know I’m not alone. The numbers speak for themselves. This is a big deal.
TNA has to do SOMETHING, right?
They will soon have to reveal they too are starting their own NETWORK!
They can hype up innovation and groundbreaking content.
All the new shows! An interview show! A Top 10 Show! A Q&A show! Then more and more and more! It never ends.
It’s easy for TNA to pull this feat off because you see this isn’t a video on demand network. It’s not even a radio network. The TNA “Network” will be a podcast network.
TNA runs things a certain way. In this certain situation, it’s easy to imagine they would pretape the podcasts months ahead of time. They would interview and feature talent that are not under contract. Instead of establishing new podcast talent, they’ll hire on old radio DJs and former WWE enhancement talent to fill out the host roster.
The problem with the pretaped podcasts is that somehow spoilers will get out, people will read the spoilers and then have no desire at all to tune in. They will have interviews with talent who have left the company. It will not have long term coherent storylines. Every night will feature a Dixie Carter in “letting-her-hair-done-mode” letting loose with karaoke of her favorite country and pop songs. For some reason she insists on doing “Feels Like a Woman” by Shania Twain every single night.
This will be the best network of all time. The WWE’s on demand PPVs, classics, and original content will not be able to compete with this entertainment juggernaut.
All hail, TNA! All hail, TNA!
Best network EVER.
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