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Monday Night Wars, set to return.
So, the word going around right now is that starting March 1st, Impact will start airing on Monday Nights again. One will be live, then the next night they will tape an episode for the next week. Meaning that every other week will be live. Either way, the move to Mondays looks to be a permanent one, thus starting an all new Monday Night War. As exciting as this sounds, and as much as I loved the original battle between WWE and WCW, I don’t think this is a good idea. At least not yet anyway. As we have seen in just a few short weeks with Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff running the show, things can get mighty strange. TNA right now is in a transition phase. They are adding new talent, and trying to streamline their product. I really think that this is way too soon to be going head to head with the WWE. Looking back on the original Monday Night War, you have to remember that WCW was in a much different position. They had been around for quite some time, had many established stars who were big names, and were selling out arena’s. Of course It wasn’t until the whole NWO thing, that the company really starting taking it to WWE. But the point is, they were in the right position to do it. I do remember a time when WCW also used to tape out of Universal Studio’s in Orlando. They wouldn’t have tried competing with the WWE head to head back then. And this is very close to where I think TNA is at right now. They are close to breaking out, and perhaps in time they would be ready for this battle, but not right now. Now I know that the three hour special did great ratings, but is that the kind of thing they can keep up week after week? The other part of this, and It’s something that bothered me about the first Monday Night battles too, is why compete at all? Yes It was exciting, but at the same time It hurt both companies. WWE by their own admission, almost went under, and eventually WCW did ! So really, I would be perfectly happy to see TNA keep getting better, and growing, and staying on Thursday nights un-opposed. But for now, Its a matter of playing wait and see. Hogan and Bischoff have until March to fine tune their strategy, and then we will all get to see the new Wars begin. Should be interesting.
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