Spotlights.....

Over the course of the past few months, I have been pondering what has been going through the minds of the upper crust in the TNA brass and it occurs to me as to why some of the guys I wanted to see spotlighted had been in the shadows. Touching on about 4 guys, I think I have the reasons as to their demotion or at least a portion of the reason anyway.

RVD.....He's a good talent and a credit to the roster, but he's slowed considerably as of late, even from his time in WWE. His wins against Daniels and some of the other TNA homegrowns have not been taken with much fanfare, nor have his entrances. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that TNA is experiencing some buyer's remorse from their deal with RVD as he's not invested as much into them as they have in him, by my way of thinking.

Matt Morgan......The guy is like a swiss army knife. He can appear just about anywhere on the card, which is rare for a guy of his stature. TNA knows this. They also know that he needs to recoop from his injury last summer. To that end, they have given him a lighter schedule in terms of ring work by putting him together with Crimson. BUT, look for him to break out of the Tag Team Division the moment more teams materialize. They know they have lightning in a bottle and they also know that time is of the essence to get him to the top of the card.

Samoa Joe.......I've been saying it for nearly a year that TNA needs to do something big with him and, it seems only now are they listening. It's been AWESOME seeing him in a division he's not competed in up till now. His chemistry with Magnus has been improving by the week, which means this is a team that might pan out to be better for him than his mid- to lower-mid card singles status before. I say give him gold and let him run with it. So why has TNA management waited so long to put him someplace? I can think of a couple reasons. First, there were circulating reports of him sending feelers to WWE to see if they had any interest in his unique talents. That is a no-no, for the record. Second, after his push was destroyed by Kurt Angle and then he was given the big title after, it seemed like there was no place for him to go. A simple case of being written into a corner.

Pope Dinero......What I wouldn't give to see this guy get some love from the people in the offices writing for him! He can work a microphone better than most, he's got charisma in spades, and he can work a very compelling match. Why haven't they pulled the trigger? He's been known to vent his opinions about the product, the negative ones, on Twitter, among other places, ALSO a no-no. Stand behind your product, even though you may not like where they have you and come up with something yourself.....pitch it with enthusiasm and hope for the best. Or launch your own YouTube channel and post videos. Worked for Ryder. Just saying.

If there are people I've missed, I apologize, but these four stick out at me as simple workhorses who do FAR more work than they need to be, even if that work consists of riding the pine.