TNA is about to take their company into a whole new level thanks to a deal that will send their Knockouts on to the elusive covers of Playboy magazine.
TNA in Playboy
Wrestling fans used to go wild whenever a WWE diva would grace the covers of Playboy magazine. Record numbers would be broken whenever the two industries would intersect.
The numbers proved that wrestling fans were curious to see what their favorite female wrestlers looked like without clothes on.
When WWE and Playboy magazine stopped working together, that left a bit of a void with wrestling fans. It's been well over a year since Maria Kanellis appeared as the centerfold for the magazine.
On various message boards across the internet, wrestling fans have discussed which of the current group of WWE divas they would love to see in Playboy. Occasionally, the topic of conversation would switch over to the TNA Knockouts.
Many had people had dismissed the chance of TNA signing a deal with Playboy, quite simply, because dismissing TNA's ability to do business was the popular thing to do.
However, TNA has managed to come through and gotten the deal with Playboy magazine done. The Knockouts should start appearing in the magazine soon enough.
Reason For Doing It
This deal with Playboy is going to be something that the critics are going to jump on immediately and blindly.
The Knockouts division is one of the few things in TNA that is immune to the critics that will hate everything that the company is doing because of their loyalty to WWE. The gals in TNA have done such a superb job that it's difficult to blindly bash them.
Even those that hate TNA are willing to admit that the Knockouts division is a quality one that is focused on wrestling and looks.
The easy thing to say against TNA now is that they're going to try to emulate WWE by hiring just girls that can appear in the magazine. However, the company does have a huge base of female performers that are great at what they do.
If you're wondering why they're doing this thing with Playboy, it's the exact same reason why WWE did. This is a business move that is designed to bring more attention to the company.
There's going to be a handful of guys that read Playboy that are going to start tuning into TNA out of curiosity because of the girls that posed in the magazine. Whether or not they stick around as weekly viewers is another issue.
Velvet's Sky is the Limit
There's a lot of gals in TNA that are tremendously pleasing to the eyes.
So Cal Val is great for those of us that are into gals that have that innocent look. Lauren Brooke is the ultimate blonde hair beauty. When it comes to fiery redheads, it doesn't get much better than Christy Hemme.
However, the one Knockout that could become a superstar thanks to this thing with Playboy is Velvet Sky. She's an incredible woman to stare at for hours, and she has so much potential to draw in new viewers for TNA.
Shane Helms (her real life boyfriend) is an extremely lucky man, and WWE dropped the ball pretty badly by not giving her a chance (despite the fact that she tried so hard to get signed).
Closing Thoughts
When I heard this bit of news, I had to double check my calendar to make sure that it wasn't December already. Just wanted to make sure that my nap didn't last from July until then. |
