Up and coming World Wrestling Entertainment rival, Total Nonstop Action has a game plan to win ratings away from their nemesis in the sports entertainment realm.  TNA decided to hire elderly wrestlers like 80s icon Scott Hall and 70s kingpin Ric Flair in the battle to win the 60 to 80 year old demographic. 

“Brother, I am very excited,” stated 57-year old grappling icon Hulk Hogan.  “I didn’t hear their call at first.  I thought it was just a ringing in my ear.  Once I picked up my Jitterbug, I told them I was ready to wrastle.  I jumped from my table at Golden Corral and headed straight to Orlando.” 

Hogan stopped at the Sun City Retirement home on the way to pick up his friends Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs (The Nasty Boys).  The 90-mile trip from Sun City to Orlando took a little under seven hours.  Hogan stated that the crew had to stop several times for bathroom breaks and they had an issue “trying to figure out that automatic hand dryer.” 

“If we are going to compete with Vince (McMahon, a head honcho in the WWE), we are going to have to get a better timeslot,” said long time Hogan ally Eric Bischoff.  “People just can’t stay up after 8 PM these days.  Maybe we can get something at 6 AM.  That’s when our generation has their most energy.” 

TNA will also have some setbacks as they incorporate an older generation into their programming.  It was reported that Kevin Nash, another older wrestler who performs with the company, fell and almost broke his hip in a match with Alex Shelly.  It was fortunate that Life Alert was available to save him before the ten count. 

TNA is also in negotiations with such wrestlers as Frank Gotch, Sam Muchnick, Bruno Sammartino, and Lou Thesz.

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