Hulk Hogan looking for next big evolution in wrestling

From prowrestling.net:

Later, Hogan posted several tweets in a row about what he wants to do, saying, “Getting my head really wrapped around the fan business requests and how to transition Impact Wrestling beyond the Mania, Attitude era, nWo era. Not just grow in a black beard or just switch a title or just verbally say were changing, I’m talking about really changing [the] foundation to put wrestling in a whole new era. I know I came up with the idea, I’m gonna really flush it out before I drop the bomb on you Maniacs.” [Edited for clarity]

I’m linking to Shore’s report instead of Hogan’s tweets because of the last three words of that paragraph (always appreciated), and also because I’d like to comment on a few things Shore says in his own editorial:

TNA needs stable storylines built around stars that aren’t switching from heel to babyface three times within the same show.

To TNA’s credit, the characters on the show have stayed relatively stable since last October. The only major heel/face shift since then has been Austin Aeris, but I don’t think anyone can blame TNA for making him a ‘good guy’ considering his fan reactions.

They need to find “their guy” and push him to the moon. It can be heel (like Ric Flair in the NWA) or a babyface (like Hogan in WWF) but there must be one person around who the promotion rallys.

And, to TNA’s credit, they’ve done this with Bobby Roode. I don’t think they’re reading me, but this is what I suggested they do last summer, and so far they’ve stayed the course.

TNA needs to drop some titles, specifically the TV title and Knockouts tag titles, and develop long arc stories that have been fleshed out instead of guys just showing up and ignoring what their character did the previous week (see Kazarian’s heel turn as a prime example).

I’m not sure Kazarian’s story is all that terrific, but it’s hardly out of nowhere. Much like every other major TNA story, the Kazarian-Daniels-AJ soap opera has been going steady since last October, and shows no signs of stopping. Maybe they’ll actually conclude it one day?

Shore makes a kick-ass point, though about titles: there are too many. If Hogan has some wonderfully awesome, revolutionary idea, maybe it’s not to just drop some titles, but drop titles. Titles can be really cool reasons to perform wrestling stories, but they can also be albatrosses for lazy writing. I wonder if maybe Shore wouldn’t agree with me on this. Nobody takes TNA’s belts as worthy treasures, so why not ‘flush’ them and find new reasons to fight?