It's not a "TNA roster" if the All Elite fans don't see it that way. Perception is reality, those guys are wildly over with their fan base, it's just how big is this base. I don't think this thing compares to TNA much at all. There is a demand for this, a buzz on some level, there was no demand for TNA, it was created as a vehicle for Jeff Jarrett, and the hope was they could get the old WCW fans to come back, trying to recapture a hot period in the business a few years earlier. Of course that didn't work, it couldn't work. The reason they did weekly PPV's at the start was they couldn't get a TV deal. Dixie Cater came a few months later. Clearly the All Elite thing is not directed at the casual wrestling audience. Could 50 WWE fans name 2 New Japan stars? No. But 50 NXT fans sure could.
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