Nope.

But is interesting to note that with half of TNA's lockeroom consisting of former WWE wrestlers, half of TNA's angles come straight from the dying years of WCW, and most of TNA's "Original" talent being buried by a healthy combination of both of the aforementioned, I must admit that their recent signee is a sign of the that silver lining the TNA dark cloud that's been hovering over Universal Studios for awhile now.

Nope, and I'm not talking about Bobby Lashley...

According to Gerweck.net, Elijah Burke has signed a deal with TNA.  Sweet.

Any one with at least one working eye and twelve brain cells knows that TNA is quick to pick up people that have either been fired from, or quit, their job with Titan Sports (aka the WWE).  This is the same thing WCW did back during the Monday Night Wars, but it's also the same thing Vince McMahon did one he took the company over from his father and made it the pro wrestling monster that we know and love today. 

Vince's m.o. consisted of taking well known stars from territories all over the US, bringing them into his org, and marketing the hell out of them to make them known around the world.  WCW had fresh, young talent, that all took a back seat to the big stars from the WWF that were paid mucho WCW $$$ to jump ship and perform or sit at home...mostly sit at home.  TNA seems to be doing a weird combination of both; they've taken WWE verterans and used them to build up notoriety for their product, but also picked up their underrated talent and have actually made them well known in TNA wrestling...of course, this is all at the expense of their own underrated talent, who have either had to sit on the bleachers due to crappy storylines or being buried by the WWE guys, or were just fired for lack of creative direction.

But, with the acquisition of Burke, and possibly a future acquisition of Ken Anderson, TNA could definately have a roster of young lions grizzled enough to go agaist McMahon's legion of superstars and burgeoning talent.  Could this spell doom for the mighty McMahon empire???

Nope.

TNA's problems will keep them where they are, despite whomever is on the roster.  I've said it once before and I'll continue to say it: TNA does NOT know how to market their stars, and TNA buries them to the point where it doesn't matter who AJ Styles, MCMG, Beer Money, Lethal Consequences, Samoa Joe, or Chris Daniels are...b/c they'll all play second banana to the likes of Angle, Morgan, Sting, Foley, Nash, Steiner, Booker T, Team 3D, and a slew of other superstars from their "competition."  But, I surmise that if TNA can properly utilize the talents of stars such as Burke and Anderson, then they could possibly in the next 5 years become serious competition for the WWE.

But, much like great storylines and excellent ppvs with TNA, that possibility is highly unlikely.