Now, some five years later, there?s chance we could have a re-kindling of sorts of the Monday Night Wars, this time from none other than Jeff Jarrett and TNA (Total Nonstop Action) which presently resides on Thursday nights, and in re-runs Saturday night on Spike TV. The first salvo in this fight will be fired this Monday night when TNA airs a two-hour special at 8 p.m. on Spike in the absence of RAW, which will be pre-empted for a dog show. In other words, TNA will have two hours to win over wrestling fans who don?t want to watch some rich fat woman judge a Schnauzer on the USA Network.

Let me just say, for those who haven?t tuned in on Thursday night, the wrestling on TNA is superior to that of the WWE, although the shows themselves, as far as story lines and such, may be not quite up to par yet. The six-sided ring, the high-flying X-division and some of the insane moves in the ring set the brand apart from the slower-paced, big-man-dominated WWE, meaning folks who watch wrestling for the wrestling may be drawn to TNA.

The whole TNA movement has been growing over the past year, going from a brand which used to tape in Nashville to one that is being groomed on Spike to go head to head with RAW someday. If you listen closely on RAW, which is live, you can hear TNA chants when the action gets slow.

And, if things continue to degenerate at ECW, things could get interesting real quick. Right now, Rob Van Dam is telling anyone who will listen that he is bound for TNA later this year, likely taking with him his good friend the homicidal, suicidal, genocidal Sabu and the Innovator of Violence Tommy Dreamer. They would join some fairly big names from WWE there including Christian, Rhino, the Dudleys, former dX member Road Dogg Jesse James and of course, the Wrestling Machine Kurt Angle who has made it his mission to make Vince McMahon submit.

And, for old-schoolers, TNA is already the home of Sting, Kevin Nash, Jeff Jarrett and a recently re-contracted Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner. Add this to TNA-created stars like Somoa Joe, who has had an incredible feud with Angle recently, the Phenomenal A.J. Styles, the Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels and their masked madman, Abyss, and they have a roster which rivals that of WWE. In addition, there are rumors of bringing in folks like Goldberg, Brock Lesner, Lita, Chris Jericho, all the hottest free agents in wrestling right now.

In addition to the names, TNA is able to put on more explosive shows because their travel schedule isn?t near as aggressive of that of WWE, whose stars have to pace themselves as they face three or four shows each week. The pay is lower, given the lack of house shows in TNA, but some big names are willing to settle for this because of the lesser travel schedule and the rising money being brought in through their monthly pay-per-views. Some of the big names are also getting fed up with Vince McMahon being the Alpha and Omega of wrestling.

Folks, watching the show for some of the finishing moves alone will be worth your time, and who knows, they may even break out their version of the cage match, the Six-Sides of Steel. There are also plans Monday night to showcase the five best matches in TNA history so first-time viewers can catch up on the background of TNA.

It?s their one real shot, seeing WWE plans to invade the TNA slot the following Thursday to make up for the missing RAW, with their show to feature no other than Donald Trump.