The Beauty of Competition.....

Over the course of the time I've been writing, whether it's been for a Facebook fan page or here, one thing is inevitable....there is always one WWE fan who will say that TNA has no business competing with the number 1 "sports entertainment" company worldwide. I have no respect or patience for that opinion. In my view, it's selfish, short-sighted, and has very little to do with the well being of the pastime we all love, professional wrestling.

WWE would not exist as it is today without WCW and ECW. Guys like John Cena and Randy Orton, Edge, and the rest in the top tier would never have gotten the chance to prove themselves had WWF not needed the fresh faces to put up against their competition and The Rock, Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Triple H, and the top tier of the Attitude Era would never have seen the light of day had WCW not forced the hands of WWF Creative at the time.

The point is, competition is good for everyone: fans, wrestlers, writers, and executives alike all benefit from the success one company can capitalize on from competition with another company. The idea here is not that Bobby Roode or James Storm or even AJ Styles to be recognized by the WWE Universe as people they need to respect as top tier performers. I could care less what WWE thinks of TNA's roster, to be blunt. The idea is that there is always someplace to go to ply your trade. If WWE doesn't want what you have to offer, maybe TNA will or vice versa.

WWE has the name recognition and hype that comes from the Attitude Era victor, while TNA has a roster deep enough to put on a show worthy of mention and their utilization of talent in the undercard is almost unrivaled. The specialty divisions give women and undercard men a chance to showcase their skill set and make the company shine. The positives of dividing audiences and doing battle is something that is necessary to poke and prod WWE's complacent creative team into doing something more than kid faire FAR outweigh the negatives and TNA would do well to remember that this set of skirmishes are all leading to one place.....war. War brought popularity to WCW AND WWF in the mid-90's and into 2000 and I daresay that this decade would bring out some very interesting matchups if it all came to blows.