Angle vs. Joe -Champion of Champions

[Mr. Hendrickson]

With the challenge set on IMPACT! who do you think will take home all the TNA Championships after Hard Justice on August 12th? Who do you think will become the first in TNA history to hold every championship at once?

http://www.tnawrestling.com/hardjustice/index.html

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I can't wait to see Samoa Joe hold all the championships but many won't say that. I dont see Angle holding them as he is a left over from the WWE and Samoa Joe seems to be an indy original. So what do you see happening?

[Aperama]

I want Samolian Joe to take the TNA-Crown.

[Mr. Hendrickson]

I want Samolian Joe to take the TNA-Crown.

Wow thats a low blow. a very low blow to SAMOA JOE.

[Mike Adams]

Hey Guys Remember A Month Or So Ago When Joe Was Jobbing In Tag Matches?

[Aperama]

Wow thats a low blow. a very low blow to SAMOA JOE.

What? Don't get me wrong, I like Samoa Joe and all. I even don't mind Angle. But he's no Samolian Joe. He didn't wrestle in the 2-sided rings of Madagascar. Not to mention, he doesn't wear a mask.

[Sunshine]

TNA would be idiots if they pushed Kurt Angle as their Champion of Champions against Samoa Joe. Have Joe go over cleanly Angle to let the rest of the world know that big time WWE Superstars aren't superhumans in 2nd-rate products and that there are a few of their own homegrown talent in TNA. Well not really homegrown, but ya know what I mean. ;)

[Mike Adams]

I hope they end up calling him Samoa Gold

[Smike]

TNA would be idiots if they pushed Kurt Angle as their Champion of Champions against Samoa Joe. Have Joe go over cleanly Angle to let the rest of the world know that big time WWE Superstars aren't superhumans in 2nd-rate products and that there are a few of their own homegrown talent in TNA. Well not really homegrown, but ya know what I mean. ;)

I'm not too sure about that.

Tell any fan sitting in a WWE arena (that's never heard of TNA, or at least never seen it) that Samoa Joe is the first TNA Champion of Champions. They won't understand, nor will they probably care.

Tell the same group that Kurt Angle is the first TNA Champion of Champions, and they'll most likely rush to see what the hell Angle is up to.

TNA is trying to grow.. and fact is, the only way they can do that is to attract people who are already wrestling fans. Most people who are already wrestling fans are fans of WWE, and therefore know Kurt Angle. They don't know Samoa Joe.

For TNA, it's a matter of.. do you want more fans, or do you want to please the current fans of the product? Obviously, one's a popularity option, one's a business decision.

[Scorch]

If you take your logic, you can also make the argument that if people hear "Samoa Joe beat Kurt Angle to be TNA's Champion of Champions" they would say "wow, this Joe guy must be really good, I should check him out. If people are not already watching Angle, when he is already TNA's champion, they do not care about him. Angle is not the guy they need to hitch their brand name too. Samoa Joe is that type of a guy, a growing talent that gets better every year and has been for the past few years considered a top 10 wrestler in the world. He is still moving up, Angle is on his way down.

You can capitalize on people's familiarity with Angle, while not having to bury Samoa Joe, who should be pushed as the face of TNA. As far as which fans to please, it would be wise for them to keep the one's they have happy, because there is no reason to believe they would get this large influx of fans with Angle as champion, where as Joe winning makes those they have happy, and hearing he beat Angle, can draw in more.

[Mike Corral]

I agree with Scorch on this one. Tell a WWE fan that Samoa Joe beat Kurt Angle to become the TNA Champion of Champions, and I guarentee you that people will try to find out exactly who the hell Samoa Joe is. And once they do, it's only a matter of time until more people tune in to TNA and see an alternative to WWE.

And they get to see the Motor (or Murder) City Machine Guns. Those guys are kickass.