I think Trey Miguel sucks as a heel. When he was a face, I thought he would break out as TNA's next big star. That said, his heel turn led him to The Rascalz, and I guess that's better.
He must never turn unless he's super over.
I also believe The Rascalz could be packaged as a three-man version of the Motor City Machine Guns, or its WWE version, London and Kendrick.
I like Paul London and Brian Kendrick, especially their title run. Moreso, I love their Velocity matches because unlike in Smackdown, they have more ring time in that show. I was a fan of Chris Sabin (and his old school music,) but teaming up with Alex Shelley made me realize how London and Kendrick were.
The Hardy Boyz is my favorite tag team of all-time and while I am also a fan of Edge and Christian, they are the middle version of London and Kendrick, as well as MNM. Matt and Jeff are flippy with charisma and I guess they could have had a good time battling the WCW versions of Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman.
Anyway, this was the vibe I got when they met the trio of Je'Von Evans, Axiom, and Nathan Frazer. Axiom is like the British Mysterio, although I wish he'll lose his mask soon, while Frazer is quick as hell. Evans has been positioned as a potential main eventer although he needs more seasoning.
Here are parts of the match.
And yeah, with the interest of WWE with Joe Hendry, Jordynne Grace, and The Rascalz, it feels like that something's up with the partnership between WWE and TNA.
Either WWE is now a major TNA stakeholder or they are slowly raiding their talents en route to their demise. The thing about TNA is that it's still a separate entity... yet, but it follows the same formula as AEW. Nic Nemeth is an example of a person who can wrestle in TNA and can also do other things that aren't AEW-related. Also, he gets to wrestle under a better ring name that can potentially destroy the bad juju of his old Dolph Ziggler name. A guy like Bobby Lashley and MVP can go to TNA to revamp their characters with the possibility of returning to the WWE and at the same time, without the restrictions of a WWE contract.
Anyway, I still want to see Josh Alexander in NXT. I have seen reports that The Machine Guns are also WWE-bound but I hope they get on Smackdown.