For a few years now, TNA wrestling has been touted as an alternative to WWE. Some have even claimed it is a magical dream wrestling land where the "young up and comers" have a better chance to shine. I am here to shine the spotlight on TNA wrestling and tell those that might never have seen minute one of TNA to not even waste their times watching this ****.

1. Let's address this BS about TNA being a place for younger wrestlers to catch a better break. The problem with this, besides the fact that TNA (despite having grown since its inception) is no way legitimate competition to WWE, just had a PPV which was headlined by Sting (who turns 50 this week) and Kurt Angle (40). The next PPV will feature Sting (who is also the TNA champion, btw) square off against 43 year old Mick Foley. In fact, let's break down both rosters (WWE's will be all three brands combined). I got these from the respective company websites and while I included women (none of whom reach the 40 watershed) I did not include announcers, managers, GM's or any other person that has an on air personality but has not wrestled recently or will not wrestle in the near future (with the exception of Kevin Nash, who TNA claims is still a wrestler).

WWE Roster: 75 total, 9 wrestlers over 40 and two who turn 40 this year

Goldust (turns 40 in April)

Triple H (turns 40 in July)

Batista (40)

William Regal (40)

Funaki (40)

Kane (41)

JBL (42)

Shawn Michaels (43)

Undertaker (44)

Finlay (50)

Hacksaw Jim Duggan (55)

11/75 = 14.6% of the current roster will be 40 or over by the end of the year.

TNA Roster: 44 total, 8 wrestlers over 40 and 1 who will turn 40 this year

BG James (turns 40 in May)

Kurt Angle (40)

Jeff Jarrett (41)

Mick Foley (43)

Booker T. (44)

Kip James (45)

Scott Steiner (46)

Kevin Nash (49)

Sting (50)

9/44 = 22.5% of the current roster will be over 40 by the end of the year.

It's not just the number of wrestlers over 40 (or the percentages) either. If I'm not mistaken every single one of the middle aged crowd in TNA has been or is a part of that companies biggest angle, and the oldest roster member is the champion. Of the 11 WWE guys only 4 can really be considered main event guys (HHH, Taker, HBK and Batista) while the rest are either mid card jabronies (JBL, Kane, Regal, Finlay) or even lucky if they get on tv (Goldust, Duggan, Funaki).

2. TNA storylines are even dumber than (or the same as) WWE storylines

The main faction in TNA is the Main Event Mafia, which consists of almost every 40+ roster member I mentioned above. They are currently at war with the Frontline, which is a group of younger guys who are "demanding spots". This sounds an awful lot like WCW's "New Blood vs Millionaires Club" angle that absolutely crapped the bed during that companies dying days. If you have a bunch of old guys on your roster the last thing you want to do is bring them all together and draw attention to how old they are. There is another angle where the hideously deformed monster Abyss has a "girlfriend" who is of course out of his league and wants nothing to do with him. Didn't Kane do this with Lita a few years back?

I am not going to sit here and go through every Russo-tastic storyline that TNA has come up with, but from what I've seen it's no alternative to WWE.

3. Gimmick Matches that take stupid to a whole new level

King of the Mountain, Reverse Battle Royal, Ultimate X. These are just some of the gimmick matches in TNA which make another casket match sound appealing.

4. Don West sucks

The man who got his start shouting about baseball cards on a shopping channel is now the worst color commentator in wrestling. On top of his annoying voice he is now in the middle of a "shows up to work drunk" storyline that I'm sure has TNA fans enthralled. Tenay and West make me long for Grisham and Striker: that's how bad they are.

5. The Six Sided Ring

No matter how old we get there are some things that should remain constant and never need to be changed. One of those things is the traditional 4 sided wrestling ring. There is a reason why it's called the "squared circle" and not "hexagoned circle". The ring looks awkward on tv so I can only imagine that it would take some wrestlers a bit of getting used to when working it. In a company overloaded with gimmick after gimmick this is one that should disappear post-haste.

So there you have it, 5 very good reasons why if you haven't watched TNA yet you shouldn't waste your time.