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I think Scott D'Amore has been exposed as just a mid-level booker. He was the smark darling in 2005 because smarks were still seething about Jarrett and Russo in TNA so they fanboyed for the x division and team canada stuff/summer of 2005 when they were waiting for off tv and waiting for the spike premiere. and it was good matches and it was anchored by AJ Styles. but that was almost 20 years ago and we've seen enough "good workrate matches" and future generations didn't hold it together like AJ Styles
Don Callis was the secret sauce to this era's Impact; he booked edgelord stuff but he put an emphasis on everyone getting good big loud character vignettes that differentiated them. Ever since he got fired for sexual harassment (kek) Impact hasn't been the same. And D'Amore's booking has been really boring. It's just "good workrate matches" with people from the midwest/canada indies and played out njpw pandering. and tommy dreamer helps book lazy wwe tropes like "cash ins".
Josh is a great world champ who needed a signature defining personal feud and hasn't gotten it. Someone to be the 2006 Edge to his 2006 Cena. His reign has been lacking. Impact needs a big loud character. Who is Impact's best trash talker? What has been the best Impact feud of the last year?
Impact is trying to do the same stuff as GCW and MLW and NJPW Strong and AEW's ROH. Do something different! Fuck!
Anthem should have sold it to Jarrett and Conrad this past summer when they had the chance. Impact needs to go back to its southern roots - that will make it stand out in the current wrestling scene. In hindsight the person whose departure hurt the most was Eli Drake.
