AUSTIN ARIES
Last night at TNA's Destination X Pay-Per-View, Austin Aries won the World Heavyweight Championship from Bobby Roode. This was a shocking development. Many wrestling fans thought (including myself) that Bobby Roode would retain the title and lose it in October to James Storm at "Bound For Glory".
It will be interesting to see how long Aries will be champion. But it is a good sign that shows that major wrestling promotions like WWE and TNA are using wrestlers like Aries, CM PUNK, Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson) and Samoa Joe as the future of the wrestling industry.
I must admit I was wrong when I wrote an article (you can read it here) saying that Austin Aries was in a no-win situation at Destination X. It seems that TNA shocked and surprised its audience which I think is a wonderful thing. It's something that WWE has not done in a while with their champions or title matches.
TNA has built Austin Aries well and he is a star that they can build for the future. Similar to Ric Flair in skill and charisma, he is a man who can play good guy or bad guy against anyone no matter what size they are. I'll be watching Impact this week to see the new World Champion.
The Professor
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