Will pro wrestling ever see competition again? That is a question many wrestling fans are wondering about since the death of WCW. TNA is the closest to competition but that is going to take a lot more with brand awareness and of course putting on shows people want to watch. The WWE is the big dog in the yard and there hasn't been really a lot of companies wanting to challenge them and can't financially. That is going to be the big factor on that.
TNA itself has its own problems and for whatever reason doesn't believe in advertising their product out. If you watch TV, you're most likely to see a WWE commercial and unless you are a regular TNA watcher, you wouldn't know when it's on. It is true that there are some talented performers in the company but it needs more work as far as getting more recognized. There isn't a wrestler from the past that could go in there and all of a sudden cause people to change the channel and watch TNA because of a big star. That type of effect has worn itself out and could not work with these times. It will come down to getting people to want to watch and think the show is great and worth watching every week. How do they expect to have a growing audience if they're not willing to get advertising for their shows or the big PPV events? You can't no matter how great the product may be in your own eyes.
The WWE right now is sitting pretty and at this moment will have 9 championships pretty soon. It is divided up really into two main shows and one for development purposes. The brand extension has really made it seem like being a World Champion has become a bit too easy. Before the death of WCW, you had one World Championship and that person was to be considered the best in the industry or the man. To me, it makes it seem like the challenge has just been somewhat taken away but that's just one opinion on that. There shouldn't be 2 sets of tag titles since it's blatantly obvious that the tag team division is very weak in separate entities and should just be a tri-branded title. As far as a new Woman's Title, I'm against it because I believe there should be one Woman's Title and should be defended on all shows. Even to an extent, I would prefer there to be one World Championship because to be the leader, there should be one, not two, don't even think about three if you count the ECW Title as a World Championship.
Can someone come in there and become an immediate competition? Obviously that can't be done. What about financially? Unless you got either Bill Gates or Donald Trump backing you as the third promotion, you are pretty much out of luck. The only way for that to happen would be having a few guys that some may recognized that are actually pretty good and not a bunch of guys that are either past their prime or have never been a real success as a top talent. You always need new guys and that is a foundation to continue the evolution of wrestling.
Pro Wrestling needs competition to return because without it, it becomes stagnant. Look at what would happen to certain business's without competition. In the video game industry, you have Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft as the primary competitors and without that, one company would control the market and the system may be too expensive to buy and the same can be said about the games. Same can be said in the restaurant world and without someone in competition, you won't have to be at your best to keep customers.
Will it happen? I don't know at this moment in time but if the industry is to propel any higher, it needs it big time.
