Would a TNA stable be good?

[KaiserGlider]

Let's say Impact Wrestling loses its 9th life and goes out of business, WWE gets their video library and they are comfortable mentioning TNA on WWE TV. With wrestlers like AJ, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, Bobby Roode, Eric Young, EC3 among others, there's plenty of guys on the roster for a TNA stable, and Jeff Jarret can even come in as their manager/mouthpiece now that he's on friendly terms with WWE. Does a TNA stable, possibly a TNA vs WWE storyline, sound like something that could be decent?

[The Legend]

No, just no. To start with the people you mention: Angle can't go any more. Eric Young is so entrenched in the Sanity stable that for him to do something else would be jarring. On top of it all, TNA doesn't deserve an Invasion story angle. They weren't a big enough deal to be on WCW's level. WWE had to go head to head with WCW to beat them, they've had to ignore TNA and let TNA be its own worst enemy en route to its demise.

[Hanley!]

It would only work if WWE was to acquire Impact and a group of the current wrestlers came in as an invading force. But does the current roster have a bunch of guys that you would even want to see in WWE? At least in that sort of major main roster program? I'm not so sure.

There are a few problems with putting together a group of former Impact guys. First of all, not everyone knows them as Impact guys. A large portion of WWE's main audience won't associate them with Impact. They'll associate them with what they've done on Raw or Smackdown. Or maybe NXT, Ring of Honor or New Japan.

WCW was a much bigger promotion than TNA, but WWE failed to bring on the biggest stars from WCW during the invasion. Whereas only the cream of the crop have made their way from TNA to WWE. So weirdly while the WCW stable was kind of pathetic back in 2001, a TNA stable now would have too much star power.

AJ Styles is a two time WWE champion and one of the biggest stars in the company. Samoa Joe is a main event guy who would probably be a bigger star by now if not for some unfortunately timed injuries. Kurt Angle is the General Manager of Raw and a wrestling legend. Eric Young is already the leader of his own stable. EC3 is the new guy, but his gimmick is a main event gimmick, not that of a lackey.

Not only do most of these guys seem wrong for any position other than leader of a stable, but they also have nothing in common on the surface of things. It's harder to think of a combination of guys less compatible.

It would be cool if WWE bought TNA's library some day, because it would let them put together some great DVDs on some of their current stars. But I don't see the appeal in a genuine crossover.