PWInsider.com reports that former ECW and WWE Superstar Al Snow is expected to show at the TNA iMPACT! tapings this week. After making showing up at TNA's Final Resolution this past weekend, he would be the latest crossover to TNA from WWE. Now, Al Snow had been let go from the WWE a while ago, however, he was a pretty popular name back in the day and could easily attract certain groups of fans to TNA.
He has made his round on the independent circut lately, so he's getting his face back out there. So a return to TV could bring the fans that have recently seen him as viewers to iMPACT! if all works out right. He would be quite the complement to Mick Foley, who I mentioned earlier in this blog that TNA brought in. When they were both popular in WWE, the two of them were often paired together for comedy segments - mostly Al Snow jokes. Mick Foley would take up every opportunity that he had to make fun of Al Snow. Now, while that probably seems insignificant, wrestling fans are SUCH suckers for nostalgia. If there is a chance of a pairing like that happening in the near future, I guarantee people who wouldn't necessarily tune in would put on TNA to see if it would happen. Bringing in Al Snow is almost a sure fire way to at least gain SOME viewership for the company, and maybe some extra buys on the pay-per-views. I don't see it contributing to any potential rivalry between WWE and TNA in terms of talent, but hopefully it could be one step closer to TNA stumbling on the right formula to really compete with the WWE in the near future.
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