The X Division has also seen the introduction of a new type of match for the X Division championship; the Ultimate X match is a high-flying variation on something like a Ladder match, except with the X Division championship being suspended on two intersecting wires above the ring, forming an X.

The amount of “shoot” angles that TNA uses is just another element which sets it apart from the WWE. Because TNA caters to a more complex and niche audience, it has allowed itself to blur the line between a scripted formulaic world and the sports entertainment world. “Shoot” angles use real wrestling or MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and the results are often not scripted.

By using the audience’s knowledge of Kayfabe (the scripted and acknowledged series of events that are due to occur in professional wrestling - the suspension of disbelief which is used for all scripted drama) to completely subvert what they expect to happen. Thus openly recognizing the booking team and the hierarchy which is found in both the WWE and TNA.

TNA is recognized as have a good breed of established veterans paired with exciting cruiserweights, tag teams and female wrestlers; in comparisons with the WWE, TNA focuses more on actual wrestling as opposed to a lot of out-of-ring angles, meaning that the TNA competitors generally have a better average wrestling ability.

TNA has mixed former WWE and WCW wrestlers with their own talent and their current roster includes Kurt Angle, Booker T, Christian, The Dudley Boys, Scott Steiner, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Abyss, Matt Morgan and Sting.

With the introduction of the TNA DVD’s, the TNA brand became more accessible outside of the United States and those countries that don’t air TNA Impact! (Such as New Zealand) and opened up the market for TNA to expand.

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