A new type of match has also been introduced for the X Division championship - The Ultimate X match; it's a high flying and high risk version of something much like a Ladder match. The difference is the X Division championship is suspended above the ring on two intersecting wires, thus forming an "X".
By catering to a more complex and niche audience, TNA has blurred the line between the sports entertainment world and a scripted formulaic world. "Shoot" angles are use actual Wrestling and/or Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) thus producing usually unscripted results. This is another aspect of TNA which sets it apart from the WWE.
By using the audience's knowledge of Kayfabe (the scripted and acknowledged series of events that are due to occur in professional wrestling - the suspension of disbelief which is used for all scripted drama) to completely subvert what they expect to happen. Thus openly recognizing the booking team and the hierarchy which is found in both the WWE and TNA.
TNA is well recognized as having a good mix of established wrestling veterans paired alongside with tag teams, exciting cruiserweights and female wrestlers. In comparison to the WWE, TNA focuses mostly on actual wrestling as opposed to out-of-ring angles, thus meaning the TNA wrestlers generally have a better wrestling ability.
Along with their own talent, TNA also has former WCW and WWE wrestlers such as AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Booker T, Kurt Angle, Scott Steiner, The Dudley Boys, Abyss, Sting and Matt Morgan.
The TNA DVD's has opened up new avenues for TNA to expand into. Thus bringing the TNA brand of wrestling to countries outside of the United States or those that don't air TNA Impact such as New Zealand. - 16035
By catering to a more complex and niche audience, TNA has blurred the line between the sports entertainment world and a scripted formulaic world. "Shoot" angles are use actual Wrestling and/or Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) thus producing usually unscripted results. This is another aspect of TNA which sets it apart from the WWE.
By using the audience's knowledge of Kayfabe (the scripted and acknowledged series of events that are due to occur in professional wrestling - the suspension of disbelief which is used for all scripted drama) to completely subvert what they expect to happen. Thus openly recognizing the booking team and the hierarchy which is found in both the WWE and TNA.
TNA is well recognized as having a good mix of established wrestling veterans paired alongside with tag teams, exciting cruiserweights and female wrestlers. In comparison to the WWE, TNA focuses mostly on actual wrestling as opposed to out-of-ring angles, thus meaning the TNA wrestlers generally have a better wrestling ability.
Along with their own talent, TNA also has former WCW and WWE wrestlers such as AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Booker T, Kurt Angle, Scott Steiner, The Dudley Boys, Abyss, Sting and Matt Morgan.
The TNA DVD's has opened up new avenues for TNA to expand into. Thus bringing the TNA brand of wrestling to countries outside of the United States or those that don't air TNA Impact such as New Zealand. - 16035
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