Kurt Angle " TNA Will Win The War Over WWE

TNA World Champion Kurt Angle had some interesting comments in a recent interview with VideoGamer.com. The website did the interview in video format, but has since posted some quotes in text format. Below are some of the quotes posted:

Regarding TNA’s videogame to WWE's videogame: "Smackdown's game is going to look like all the other games in the past. I've been there. I know how much effort they put behind it. For each wrestler they usually take about two-and-a-half minutes and that's it. They (Midway) have actually spent hours with wrestlers to make this happen with TNA Impact! You're going to see it's so much more authentic. It's a no brainer. We're going to win the war definitely."

When asked if he felt confident that fans would choose TNA’s game over WWE’s game: "No I'm not confident that will happen. I believe in the long run we will end up selling more than they will. But I believe the fans will pick Smackdown first, they will try it out and then they'll go back and they will pick TNA Impact! up and they'll try it and say "wow I shouldn't have bought Smackdown".

Perhaps his most interesting comments: "During the first week I don't think we're going to win the war. I think within a month we're going to be crushing them in the war. So it's just going to take a couple of weeks for everybody to realize that we have the better game. It's just that right now WWE is slightly beating us in the TV ratings and they are going to have the advantage because they've had experience. This is our first video game. This is big for us, this is huge. A lot of people are going to be curious but at the same time they're so used to buying WWE stuff they are probably going to do the old fashioned "let me see how Smackdown's doing" and then they'll say "let me see how Impact's doing".

Of course Angle’s claim that WWE is just “slightly” beating TNA in the TV ratings is not true at all. TNA’s ratings are not even close to the ratings of RAW or SmackDown. Ever since TNA Switched to Primetime On SpikeTV, there is a sense of a Rating War between WWE and TNA not unlike the WWF and WCW Monday Night War of the 90's.

However the general feeling among industry insiders is that while TNA has helped make the business more competitive and provide a alternative for wreslters, there are question marks over the quality of TNA product as a whole.