TNA? Competition?

My apologies for my break from finishing the way I would have written the Aces and Eights as I know some of you would have wanted to see where I was going. To spoil some of it, I had 2 possible outcomes which I will reveal one at a time over the course of the next couple of days. In the meantime, I have something else to talk about. Actually, I have two somethings to talk about.

1. Abraham Washington. WWE has released A.W. over some off colored remarks on camera about Kobe Bryant's rape case a number of years ago in a Colorado hotel. That's right. WWE. The same company who inducted a convicted rapist in Mike Tyson to the Hall of Fame. WWE. The same company that has horribly bullied good 'ol JR on a great number of occasions for over a decade. In fact, Vince McMahon, this June mocked him on RAW, poking fun at his Bells Palsy. So much for the anti-bullying campaign.

Should the WWE Universe be up in arms over this? I suppose it depends on how you view this recent news. I've been saying for over a year now that WWE is in some trouble and now, it seems, the problems are finally beginning to materialize. Abraham's Twitter rebuttal has brought some mid-carders on the roster to become more vocal about their mistreatment by WWE management. JTG, of Cryme Time fame went to Twitter to voice the injustice of travel expenses and bullying on the roster from the top talents down. Others on the WWE roster are making a great many complaints about top talents, not the least of which is the WWE poster boy.....John Cena.

THIS is the kind of thing that kills a company, people. Egos. Double standards. A land without consequences. Hogan got out of the way of the spotlight and TNA has been better for it. Eric Bischoff was taken off of TV and TNA has been better for it. Jeff Jarrett, who held most of the spotlight for the first few years of TNA's existence, has been taken off of TV and TNA has been better for it. This brings me to the second topic....

2. The Wizard World Convention. TNA Knockout Tara stated that she was banned from yesterday's Chicago convention because WWE was going to be present. In fact, she said that WWE would only make appearances if TNA was excluded from the festivities and was informed by the convention that she would no longer be appearing for the event. Wow.

Could it be that WWE is getting nervous about their standing? TNA is on the verge of exploding, folks and WWE can see the writing on the wall. Count on it. When Austin Aries won the World Heavyweight, the current WWE Champion gave his congratulations to A Double. CM Punk giving kudos to the enemy. How about that? I've been a Punk fan for quite some time, but that was classy. Seriously. WWE had been hyping their 1000th episode of RAW and now that things are over and done, has anything changed? Sure, but not for the better. Abraham Washington's release is only the beginning of the shifting of the tides.